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Systematic Literature Review of the Use of Computational Intelligence in the Routing and Spectrum Assignment Problem in Elastic Optical Networks

Renan V. B. Carvalho, Henrique A. Dinarte, Raul C. Almeida Jr., Carmelo J. A. Bastos-Filho • Journal of Microwaves, Optoelectronics and Electromagnetic Applications (2025)

Abstract Elastic optical networks (EONs) have characteristics that meet the growing demand for current and future bandwidth, such as 5G and Internet of Things. In EONs, connections must have a route and a spectrum slice available between th...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/2179-10742025v24i1289308

Investigating Undergraduate Students’ Learning Styles and Preferences in English as a Second Language: The Case of a Public University in Ghana

Gifty Budu, Edward Owusu, Levina N. Abunya, Emma Sarah Eshun • E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (2025)

This study examines selected undergraduate students’ learning styles and preferences at a public university in Ghana. These participants were Level 100 students pursuing the Bachelor of Information Technology programme. The study sought to ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.2025653

Improving Waste Management at Construction Sites—Evidence from a Comparative Study in Poland and Slovakia

Ewelina Mitera-Kiełbasa, Marcela Spišáková, Krzysztof Zima • Buildings (2026)

Construction waste management remains a critical challenge for improving project efficiency and sustainability. Despite extensive research, there is still a lack of comparative and up-to-date empirical studies addressing both material and n...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/buildings16071418

Participatory Research for Adaptive Water Management in a Transition Country - a Case Study from Uzbekistan

Darya Hirsch, Geraldine Abrami, Raffaele Giordano, Stefan Liersch et al. • Ecology and Society (2010)

Participatory research has in recent years become a popular approach for problem-oriented scientific research that aims to tackle complex problems in a real management context. Within the European Union project NeWater, stakeholder processe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5751/ES-03549-150323

Satisfaction Rate from the Communication Skills of Family Physicians in Rural Health Centers at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences

Rezaali Bagheri, Seyed Ahmad Mohammadikia, Mehraneh Kazemian, Batuol Kazemi et al. • آموزش پزشکی (2014)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Since that one of the basic points in the competences of physicians, is the communication skill to carry out their professional duties properly, several studies suggest that manyphysicians can not communicate to th...

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Barriers faced by people with disabilities in mainstream sports: a systematic review

Pablo Elipe-Lorenzo, Pablo Elipe-Lorenzo, Pelayo Diez-Fernández, Pelayo Diez-Fernández et al. • Frontiers in Sports and Active Living (2025)

IntroductionDespite advances in inclusive policies and social awareness, the participation of people with disabilities (PwD) in mainstream sports remains limited due to numerous barriers. This systematic review seeks to identify and critica...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1520962

Student views of instructor-student rapport in the college classroom

Nathan Webb, Laura Obrycki Barrett • Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (2014)

Building upon past research on the positive learning outcomes associated with rapport building in the classroom, this study examines the specific behaviors instructors utilize in college classrooms to build rapport with undergraduate studen...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.14434/josotl.v14i2.4259

Extracellular vesicles: A dive into their role in the tumor microenvironment and cancer progression

Kassandra Lopez, Seigmund Wai Tsuen Lai, Edwin De Jesus Lopez Gonzalez, Raúl G. Dávila et al. • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology (2023)

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) encompass a diverse set of membrane-derived particles released from cells and are found in numerous biological matrices and the extracellular space. Specific classes of EVs include apoptotic bodies, exosomes, an...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1154576

TYPES OF COMPOUND WORD-FORMATION IN MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY (ON THE MATERIAL OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE)

Marina I. Nosacheva, Nataliya I. Danilina • Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета: Серия 2. Языкознание (2019)

The aim of the study is to optimize the classification of the types of the compound word-building with components of Greek and Latin origin; the research is based on the sample of 2882 substantive compound terms of the German clinical ter...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.15688/jvolsu2.2019.4.11

Psychological and Pedagogical Support for Parents of Children with Special Educational Needs

Zauresh Issabayeva, Aizhan Sapargaliyeva, Galiya Shubayeva, Kuanysh Shalabayeva et al. • Continuity in Education (2024)

This study primarily aimed to develop a program that aids parents of children with Special Educational Needs (SEN), placing emphasis on the challenges encountered in communication and understanding. The Eidemiller and Justizkis’s (2008) Fam...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5334/cie.103

Decolonization and Globalization in Communication Studies

Sinfree Bullock Makoni, Katherine A. Masters • Oxford University Press eBooks (2021)

Abstract Decolonial scholars are guided by alternative ways of thinking about language and communication that have existed for millennia but have gone unnoticed in scholarship. An approach to communication underwritten by the decolonial app...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.013.1152

THE EMERGENCE OF COMMUNICATION STUDIES

Jay G. Blumler • Journal of Educational Television (1977)

This article charts the vast multiplicity of phenomena that can be brought under the ‘communication’ umbrella. The author denies that these can be integrated within a framework of communication regarded as a discipline in its own right. He ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1358165770030102

Advanced Combination Localization Algorithm Based on Trilateration for Dynamic Cluster Network

Xiantao Zeng, Baoguo Yu, Lifang Liu, Xiaogang Qi et al. • IEEE Access (2019)

Dynamic cluster network localization requires taking the following factors into consideration: 1) the localization time of network nodes; 2) the communication load among all cluster nodes, and; 3) the presence of the abnormal distance measu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2921364

MAPPING RICE CROPPING SYSTEM IN THE LOWER GANGETIC PLAIN USING LANDASAT 8 (OLI) AND MODIS IMAGERY

A. Maiti, P. Acharya • The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences (2018)

The Indo-Gangetic basin is one of the productive rice growing areas in South-East Asia. Within this extensive flat fertile land, lower Gangetic basin, especially the south Bengal, is most intensively cultivated. In this study we map the ric...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-5-271-2018

Patient-Reported Continued Benefits in Patients Treated with Pexidartinib for Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor Based on a Real-World Study in the United States

Margaret Wooddell PhD, MBA, Dong Dai PhD, Feng Lin PhD, Irene Pan MS et al. • Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics (2024)

Category: Other Introduction/Purpose: Tenosynovial giant cell tumors (TGCT) are neoplastic, inflammatory lesions that arise within the synovium and can be locally aggressive. Patients with TGCT frequently experience pain and joint swelling,...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/2473011424S00422

Prevalence and determinants of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Endalamaw Tesfa, Endalkachew Nibret, Solomon Tebeje Gizaw, Yohannes Zenebe et al. • PLoS ONE (2020)

Introduction Hypertensive disorder of pregnancy is the second commonest causes of maternal death globally. Different public health studies were conducted on hypertensive disorder of pregnancy which presented inconsistent result. Therefore, ...

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Prevention of Morbidity in Sickle Cell Disease (POMS2a)—overnight auto-adjusting continuous positive airway pressure compared with nocturnal oxygen therapy: a randomised crossover pilot study examining patient preference and safety in adults and children

Jo Howard, Sophie A. Lee, Baba Inusa, Man Ying Edith Cheng et al. • Trials (2019)

Abstract Design This randomised crossover trial compared nocturnal auto-adjusting continuous positive airway pressure (APAP) and nocturnal oxygen therapy (NOT) in adults and children with sickle cell anaemia, with patient acceptability as t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13063-019-3461-x

Evaluation of Impedance and Reactance in the Intensive Treatment of Lymphoedema

Jose Maria Pereira De Godoy, Henrique Jose Pereira De Godoy, Maria De Fatima Guerreiro Godoy • Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research (2019)

Introduction: Lymphoedema is a progressive, chronic, clinical sign of an abnormal accumulation of macromolecules in the interstitial space that causes a buildup of fluids. Aim: To evaluate specific data of bioimpedance such as impedance and...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2019/40158.12806

COVID-19 AND INTERNAL MIGRATION IN SERBIA—GEOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVE

Vesna Lukić, Suzana Lović Obradović, Radoslav Ćorović • Zbornik Radova: Geografski institut "Jovan Cvijić" (2022)

Internal migration is an essential part of regional population change. Driven by various determinants, internal migration has been unequal across time and space. Migration responses to the changes in societal circumstances make it relevant ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2298/IJGI2202191L