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Tissue Biopsy in Infected Foot and Ankle Surgery

Samir Abdalla, Daoud Makki MD, FRCS(Tr&Orth), tarel Elgamal, David Harvey MB ChB et al. • Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics (2016)

Category: Basic Sciences/Biologics Introduction/Purpose: When performing surgical debridement to treat chronically infected orthopaedic cases our unit routinely samples 5 intraoperative specimens for microbiology. Best practice and achievin...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/2473011416S00076

Study on seroprevalence of hepatitis delta in a regional hospital in western Turkey

Sukran Kose, Gulfem Ece, Ayhan Gozaydin, Melda Turken • Journal of Infection in Developing Countries (2012)

Introduction: Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is an incomplete virus dependent on hepatitis B virus (HBV) for its multiplication. It can infect individuals with active HBV infection and cause severe liver disease. It is less prevalent than hepa...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1749

Identification and Validation of PLOD2 as an Adverse Prognostic Biomarker for Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Yawei Sun, Shuai Wang, Xingwei Zhang, Zhuhao Wu et al. • Biomolecules (2021)

Background: Procollagen-lysine, 2-oxoglutarate 5-dioxygenase 2 (PLOD2), a key enzyme that catalyzes the hydroxylation of lysine, plays a crucial role in the progression of several solid tumors. However, its spatial expression profile and pr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/biom11121842

Bacteriophage: A Useful Tool for Studying Gut Bacteria Function of Housefly Larvae, Musca domestica

Xinyu Zhang, Shumin Wang, Ting Li, Qian Zhang et al. • Microbiology Spectrum (2021)

ABSTRACT Beneficial symbiotic bacteria have positive effects on some insects’ (such as mosquitoes, cockroaches, and flies) biological activities. However, the effects of a lack of one specific symbiotic bacterium on the life activities of s...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1128/Spectrum.00599-21

Adsorption and Corrosion Inhibition Behaviour of Oil Extracted from Moringa peregrina leaves for Carbon Steel in Acidic Media: Experimental and Computational Studies

Ismat H. Ali, Mohammad I. Khan, Alhafez M. Alraih, Mohammed K. Almesfer et al. • International Journal of Electrochemical Science (2021)

The current research aimed at investigating the potential corrosion inhibitory effect of essential oil extracted from Moringa peregrina leaves on carbon steel in acidic conditions. Gas chromatography (GC) and scanning electron microscope (S...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.20964/2021.08.49

HIV-infection, atherosclerosis and the inflammatory pathway: candidate gene study in a Spanish HIV-infected population.

Laura Ibáñez, Pablo Sebastián Velli, Roser Font, Angeles Jaén et al. • PLoS ONE (2014)

BACKGROUND: Higher prevalence of atherosclerosis and higher cardiovascular risk is observed in HIV-infected individuals. The biological mechanisms underlying these processes are unclear. Several studies have implicated genetic variants in t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112279

Effect of physiochemical parameters on yield and biological efficiency of Volvariella volvacea cultivated on empty fruit bunch pellets

Nur Fariha Amir, Aslizah Mohd-Aris, Tuan Norhafizah Tuan-Zakaria, Noor Azrimi Umor et al. • Heliyon (2025)

Background: Volvariella volvacea is a highly nutritious edible mushroom grown mainly in Southeast Asian countries. However, the low yield of V. volvacea has discouraged farmers from engaging in its production. Objective: The study was condu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e42572

Incubation of semen with human follicular fluid improves the antioxidant status and quality of spermatozoa after freezing–thawing

Monireh Mahmoodi, Elham Shojafar, Maryam Dastjani-Farahani • Reproduction and Fertility (2025)

The sperm freezing–thawing procedure is the most commonly used technique in clinics to preserve male fertility before any pathological destruction of the testis. Therefore, most studies are currently focused on optimizing this method to ach...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1530/RAF-24-0056

Anti-Bacterial Microgel Synthesis: Sonochemical Modification of Carbopol for Hygienic Applications

Aghil Asadi, Mohsen Najafi, Hossien Bouhnedi, Mehdi Haji Bagherian • علوم و تکنولوژی پلیمر (2021)

Hypothesis: The volume of studies conducted on biopolymeric materials emphasizes the high-consumption of polymers in biomaterial fields, especially in cosmetics industry which must be resistant to different kinds of microorganisms and bacte...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22063/jipst.2021.1779

A Systematic Meta-Synthesis of Factors Influencing University Student Happiness

Seyedkamal Vaezi, Mohammad Pedrami • پژوهشنامه روانشناسی مثبت (2025)

This study aimed to systematically synthesize and prioritize the main factors influencing university students’ happiness and well-being. Employing a rigorous qualitative methodology based on interpretive meta-synthesis, the research compreh...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22108/ppls.2026.142544.2560

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

The Influence of Applying PVD Coatings on Adhesion Wear Resistance of Quenching and Tempering Steels

Ivica Kladarić, Stjepan Golubić, Danko Ćorić, Andrijana Milinović • Metals (2026)

The article examines the effect of different types of two-layer nanostructured coatings (cVIc and nACVIc) deposited on three types of steel substrates, 45S20, C45E, and 42CrMo4, to determine the resistance to adhesive wear of the substrate/...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/met16020130

Dispersal homogenizes communities via immigration even at low rates in a simplified synthetic bacterial metacommunity

Stilianos Fodelianakis, Alexander Lorz, Adriana Valenzuela-Cuevas, Alan Barozzi et al. • Nature Communications (2019)

Fodelianakis et al. examine the role of immigration and selection as the means of community homogenisation in a bacterial metacommunity. They confirmed the role of immigration in homogenisation, even when immigration was four times slower t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09306-7

Spatiotemporal patterns of remotely sensed phenology and their response to climate change and topography in subtropical bamboo forests during 2001-2017: a case study in Zhejiang Province, China

Xuejian Li, Huaqiang Du, Guomo Zhou, Fangjie Mao et al. • GIScience & Remote Sensing (2023)

Vegetation phenology has long been adapted to environmental change and is highly sensitive to climate change. Shifts in phenology also affect feedbacks of vegetation to environmental factors such as topography and climate by influencing spati...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/15481603.2022.2163575

Metabolic modeling-based drug repurposing in Glioblastoma

Claudio Tomi-Andrino, Alina Pandele, Klaus Winzer, John King et al. • Scientific Reports (2022)

Abstract The manifestation of intra- and inter-tumor heterogeneity hinders the development of ubiquitous cancer treatments, thus requiring a tailored therapy for each cancer type. Specifically, the reprogramming of cellular metabolism has b...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-14721-w

The Prehistoric Indian Ayurvedic Rice Shashtika Is an Extant Early Domesticate With a Distinct Selection History

Mariet Jose, R. Dinesh Raj, M. R. Vinitha, Remya Madhu et al. • Frontiers in Plant Science (2018)

Fully domesticated rice is considered to have emerged in India at approximately 2000 B.C., although its origin in India remains a contentious issue. The fast-growing 60-days rice strain described in the Vedic literature (1900–500 B.C.) and ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01203

Surface albedo from the geostationary Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite (COMS)/Meteorological Imager (MI) observation system

Chang Suk Lee, Kyung-Soo Han, Jong-Min Yeom, Kyeong-sang Lee et al. • GIScience & Remote Sensing (2018)

The surface albedo is an essential climate variable that is considered in many applications used for predicting climate and understanding the mechanisms of climate change. In this study, surface albedo was estimated using a bidirectional re...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/15481603.2017.1360578