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The Association of Parent-Child Communication With Internet Addiction in Left-Behind Children in China: A Cross-Sectional Study

Jingjing Cai, Yun Wang, Feng Wang, Jingjing Lu et al. • International Journal of Public Health (2021)

Objective: Internet addiction has emerged as a growing concern worldwide. This study aimed to compare the prevalence of Internet addiction between left-behind children (LBC) and non-left-behind children (non-LBC), and explore the role of pa...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2021.630700

Impact of prolonged obstructive sleep apnea syndrome disease course on retinal-choroidal microcirculation: a WF-SS-OCTA study

Chaomin Chen, Xinyi Chen, Lixia Qin, Mingming Zhao et al. • Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy (2026)

Purpose: This study used wide-field swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (WF-SS-OCTA) to evaluate changes in macular vascular density in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) at different stages of disease d...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2026.105582

Comparative Study of CUDA GPU Implementations in Python With the Fast Iterative Shrinkage-Thresholding Algorithm for LASSO

Younsang Cho, Jaeoh Kim, Donghyeon Yu • IEEE Access (2022)

A general-purpose GPU (GPGPU) is employed in a variety of domains, including accelerating the spread of deep natural network models; however, further research into its effective implementation is needed. When using the compute unified devic...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3175987

Investigating the cost of mechanized unpaved road maintenance operations in Uganda

Andrew Moses Obeti, Lawrence Muhwezi, John Muhumuza Kakitahi, Chris Bic Byaruhanga • Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives (2024)

Force Account Mechanism (FAM) is the predominant road maintenance system in Uganda’s local government setup and a similar, though slightly different approach, is used in some large private sector agriculture plantations. With the Uganda Roa...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.trip.2024.101135

Earnings management and performance of acquiring companies in mergers and acquisitions in Brazil

Elizio Marcos dos Reis, Wagner Moura Lamounier • Revista Contabilidade & Finanças (2026)

ABSTRACT This article investigated whether the economic and market performance of Brazilian companies after mergers and acquisitions (M&As) was influenced by earnings management (EM) practices adopted before these operations. Domestic empir...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/1808-057x20262462.en

Weight-loss strategies of South African female university students and comparison of weight management-related characteristics between dieters and non-dieters

Marjanne Senekal, Gabrielle L. Lasker, Lindsay van Velden, Ria Laubscher et al. • BMC Public Health (2016)

Abstract Background Female university students are at risk for weight gain and use of inappropriate weight-loss strategies. By gaining a greater understanding of the weight-loss strategies used by and weight management related characteristi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3576-x

Effects of Dietary Supplementation with Moringa oleifera on HIV Viral Load in Adults Receiving Standard Care

Phyllis Waruguru, Dasel Mulwa, Michael Okoth, Wesley Bor • Journal of Food Innovation, Nutrition, and Environmental Sciences (2025)

Background: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) effectively suppresses HIV viral load. However, people living with HIV (PLWH) fail to achieve optimal viral suppression and especially in resource limited settings. Nutritional supplements such as Mo...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.70851/ynxgrq90

Differences analysis of community residents' e⁃Health literacy level and influencing factors between urban and rural

ZUO Qiantao, CHENG Jingxia, PENG Weixue, ZHU Longling et al. • Huli yanjiu (2022)

ObjectiveTo explore the urban-rural differences and influencing factors of the e⁃Health literacy level of community residents.MethodsA total of 452 rural community residents and 464 urban community' residents in Chengdu were enrolled in thi...

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Detection of microRNA-335-5p on an Interdigitated Electrode Surface for Determination of the Severity of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Bei Lu, Leiting Liu, Jingrui Wang, Yuan Chen et al. • Nanoscale Research Letters (2020)

Abstract Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) refers to the enlargement of the lower artery of the abdominal aorta, and identification of an early detection tool is urgently needed for diagnosis. In the current study, an interdigitated electrode...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s11671-020-03331-y

Admission prognostic nutritional index improves risk stratification for the carbapenem-resistant phenotype in culture-positive Klebsiella pneumoniae: a retrospective cohort study

Kaixuan Zhang, Huihui Li, Yuanyuan Xu, Sudi Zhu et al. • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (2026)

BackgroundCarbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) remains an infection-control challenge. We assessed whether admission immuno-nutritional status, measured by the Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI), is associated with the CRKP phe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2026.1828441

Metabolomic Profiling of Bile Acids in an Experimental Model of Prodromal Parkinson’s Disease

Stewart F. Graham, Nolwen L. Rey, Zafer Ugur, Ali Yilmaz et al. • Metabolites (2018)

For people with Parkinson’s disease (PD), considered the most common neurodegenerative disease behind Alzheimer’s disease, accurate diagnosis is dependent on many factors; however, misdiagnosis is extremely common in the prodrom...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/metabo8040071

Application of TyG index and carotid ultrasound parameters in the prediction of ischemic stroke

Huimin Guo, Huimin Guo, Sen Wang, Haizheng Wang et al. • Frontiers in Endocrinology (2025)

ObjectiveThe triglyceride - glucose (TyG) index has been confirmed as an independent risk factor for ischemic stroke (IS) in numerous studies. In terms of the role of carotid ultrasound in the risk assessment of IS, the focus has shifted fr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2025.1481676

Associations of time spent on different types of digital media with self-rated general and mental health in Swedish adolescents

Helena Frielingsdorf, Victoria Fomichov, Ingrid Rystedt, Sofia Lindstrand et al. • Scientific Reports (2025)

Abstract Although previous studies have suggested an association between digital media use and health, detailed knowledge about how different types of digital media impact adolescent health is limited. This cross-sectional population-based ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-83951-x

The Impact of Residents’ Daily Internet Activities on the Spatial Distribution of Online Fraud: An Analysis Based on Mobile Phone Application Usage

Guangwen Song, Jiajun Liang, Linlin Wu, Lin Liu et al. • ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (2025)

In recent years, there has been a sharp increase in the number of online fraud cases. However, research on crime geography has paid little attention to online crimes, especially to the influencing factors behind their spatial distributions....

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/ijgi14040151

Movement behaviors and their association with depressive symptoms in Brazilian adolescents: A cross-sectional study

Bruno Gonçalves Galdino da Costa, Jean-Philippe Chaput, Marcus Vinicius Veber Lopes, Luis Eduardo Argenta Malheiros et al. • Journal of Sport and Health Science (2022)

Background: Physical activity, sleep, and sedentary behaviors compose 24-h movement behaviors and have been independently associated with depressive symptoms. However, it is not clear whether it is the movement behavior itself or other cont...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jshs.2020.08.003

Relationship between atherosclerosis and occlusal support of natural teeth with mediating effect of atheroprotective nutrients: From the SONIC study.

Sayaka Tada, Kazunori Ikebe, Kei Kamide, Yasuyuki Gondo et al. • PLoS ONE (2017)

Whereas most of studies investigating relationship between oral health and atherosclerosis have focused on periodontitis, very few of them were examined about occlusal status of natural teeth which possibly influence dietary habit. The prim...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182563

Evaluating Load-Conditional Convergence in Lithium-Ion Battery Degradation: A Matched-Group Statistical Framework

Nnamdi C. Aronwora, Chibuzo Nwabufo Okwuosa, Jang-Wook Hur • IEEE Access (2026)

The rate of capacity fade in a lithium-ion battery following a transition to a new discharge current is widely assumed to equal that of a battery that has always operated at the destination current, an implicit premise referred to here as l...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3732470

Development, modelling and optimization of process parameters on the tensile strength of aluminum, reinforced with pumice and carbonated coal hybrid composites for brake disc application

Tanimu Kogi Ibrahim, Danjuma Saleh Yawas, Julius Thaddaeus, Bashar Danasabe et al. • Scientific Reports (2024)

Abstract This study focuses on optimizing double stir casting process parameters to enhance the tensile strength of hybrid composites comprising aluminum alloy, brown pumice, and coal ash, intended for brake disc applications. Analytical te...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-67476-x