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The epidemiology of scrapie

Linda A. Detwiler, Matthew Baylis • Scientific and Technical Review (World Organisation for Animal Health) (2003)

This review provides an update on the epidemiology of scrapie. The authors provide historical and recent information regarding the determination of geographical distribution, pathogenesis, transmission, genetic influence and the dynamics of...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.20506/rst.22.1.1386

‘The public health turn on violence against women’: analysing Swedish healthcare law, public health and gender-equality policies

Ann Öhman, Monica Burman, Maria Carbin, Kerstin Edin • BMC Public Health (2020)

Abstract This article focuses on policy and law concerning violence against women as a public health issue. In Sweden, violence against women is recently recognized as a public health problem; we label this shift “The public health turn on ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-08766-7

First seroprevalence survey of bovine anaplasmosis: an emerging tick-borne disease in commercial livestock and dairy farms in Bangladesh

Md. Makshuder Rahman Zim, Nurnabi Ahmed, Mostak Ahmed, Md. Abu Haris Miah et al. • Parasitology (2024)

Bovine anaplasmosis is an infectious, tick-borne disease caused by Anaplasma species, which is accountable for huge economic loss in dairy industry. This study was aimed to determine the seroprevalence of bovine anaplasmosis on randomly sel...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1017/S0031182024001495

Metabolic perturbations underlying the associations of endocrine-disrupting chemical mixtures with muscle mass and strength in adults: A repeated-measures study

Kun Huang, Shuoshuo Hu, Yilin Zhou, Qingqing Cao et al. • Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology (2025)

Introduction: Adult exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) may reduce muscle mass and strength; however, few studies considered EDC mixtures and their potential mechanisms. Objectives: We aimed to explore associations of EDC mixt...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.enceco.2025.08.019

Epidemiology of varicose veins

Michael J. Callam • British journal of surgery (1994)

Assessment and treatment of varicose veins comprises a significant part of the surgical workload. In the UK, National Health Service waiting lists suggest that there is still considerable unmet need. This review analyses all published data ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800810204

Epidemiology of peripheral neuropathy.

Christopher N Martyn, Richard AC Hughes • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry (1997)

Peripheral neuropathy occurs as a component of several common and many rare diseases.It is heterogenous in aetiology, diverse in pathology, and varied in severity.The term peripheral neuropathy includes symmetric polyneuropathy, single and ...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.62.4.310 PMC: 1074084

Life Stage-Specific Burdens and Impacts of Gastrointestinal Nematodes in Beef Cattle in the United States: A Review of Diagnostics, Impacts on Productivity, and Immune Response

Brooklyn L. Laubinger, Kelsey M. Harvey, William Isaac Jumper • Veterinary Sciences (2026)

Gastrointestinal nematodes (GINs) remain a significant challenge to productivity and sustainability in beef cattle systems in the United States, contributing to subclinical reductions in growth, reproductive performance, and overall herd he...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/vetsci13030210

Research Progress of Citrus Melanose

Feng HUANG, Aitian PENG, Xiaobing SONG, Yiping CUI et al. • Guangdong nongye kexue (2024)

Citrus melanose consists of a series of plant diseases caused by the fungal species of the genus Diaporthe. It has been reported with over 30 Diaporthe species on citrus, including several important fungal pathogens, endophytes, saprophytes...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.16768/j.issn.1004-874X.2024.06.003

Epidemiology of Peripheral Artery Disease

Michael H. Criqui, Victor Aboyans • Circulation Research (2015)

New data on the epidemiology of peripheral artery disease (PAD) are available, and they should be integrated with previous data. We provide an updated, integrated overview of the epidemiology of PAD, a focused literature review was conducte...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/circresaha.116.303849

The Epidemiology of Endometriosis

Daniel William Cramer, Stacey A. Missmer • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (2002)

Advances in understanding the epidemiology of endometriosis have lagged behind other diseases because of methodologic problems related to disease definition and control selection. Nevertheless, a better picture of the epidemiology of endome...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb02761.x

The Utilization of Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) for the Confirmation of Gastric and Post-Pyloric Feeding Tube Placement in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Alonso Marron, Michael Wolf, Marla Levine, Jeremy Boyd et al. • POCUS Journal (2025)

The aim of this study was to investigate the role of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) as an alternative imaging modality to confirm the location of gastric and post-pyloric feeding tubes in patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.24908/pocusj.v10i01.17785

Nanoparticles: Taking a Unique Position in Medicine

Tomy Muringayil Joseph, Debarshi Kar Mahapatra, Amin Esmaeili, Łukasz Piszczyk et al. • Nanomaterials (2023)

The human nature of curiosity, wonder, and ingenuity date back to the age of humankind. In parallel with our history of civilization, interest in scientific approaches to unravel mechanisms underlying natural phenomena has been developing. ...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13030574 PMC: 9920911

SOCIAL SCIENCES AND MEDICINE

Addeane S. Caelleigh • Academic Medicine (2001)

Medicine, as both science and art, relies on a spectrum of knowledge to inform patient care and, by extension, to deliver that care and set health care policy. The research essential to create that knowledge comes from a wide range of scien...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/00001888-200109000-00005

Exploring a Novel Material and Approach in 3D-Printed Wrist-Hand Orthoses

Diana Popescu, Mariana Cristiana Iacob, Cristian Tarbă, Dan Lăptoiu et al. • Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing (2024)

This article proposes the integration of two novel aspects into the production of 3D-printed customized wrist-hand orthoses. One aspect involves the material, particularly Colorfabb varioShore thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) filament with ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/jmmp8010029

Soft Robotic Grippers

Jun Shintake, Vito Cacucciolo, Dario Floreano, Herbert R. Shea • Advanced Materials (2018)

Advances in soft robotics, materials science, and stretchable electronics have enabled rapid progress in soft grippers. Here, a critical overview of soft robotic grippers is presented, covering different material sets, physical principles, ...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201707035

Robotics and Control

G. H. Ryder, M. D. Bennett • Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks (1990)

As equipment and systems become more complex and sophisticated, the problems of operation and control by humans have become more difficult. Modern industrial processes and production techniques often require continuous vigilance of machine ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21112-8_16

Legged Robots That Balance

Marc H. Raibert, Ernest R. Tello • IEEE Expert (1986)

This book, by a leading authority on legged locomotion, presents exciting engineering and science, along with fascinating implications for theories of human motor control. It lays fundamental groundwork in legged locomotion, one of the leas...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/mex.1986.4307016

Emergence of chaotic resonance controlled by extremely weak feedback signals in neural systems

Anh Tu Tran, Sou Nobukawa, Sou Nobukawa, Sou Nobukawa et al. • Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics (2024)

IntroductionChaotic resonance is similar to stochastic resonance, which emerges from chaos as an internal dynamical fluctuation. In chaotic resonance, chaos-chaos intermittency (CCI), in which the chaotic orbits shift between the separated ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fams.2024.1434119