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Revisiting Mobility Limitations of Seniors in Singapore, 1995 to 2011

Soon-Hock Kang Phd, Vanessa Yong PhD, Angelique Chan PhD, Yasuhiko Saito PhD • Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine (2016)

Singapore’s life expectancy at birth and at age 65 continues to improve. Although this is a positive development, it is necessary to understand how much of this increased life expectancy is spent with and without mobility limitations. This ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/2333721416645034

The evaluation of changes in muscle strength in elderly patients with premature aging

Tatyana V. Pavlova, Kirill I. Proshchayev, Elmira E. Satarinova, Natalia B. Pilkevich et al. • Медицинский вестник Юга России (2019)

Purpose: to evaluate changes in muscle strength in elderly patients with signs of premature aging. Materials and methods: the study included 1080 people: 540 aged 44 to 54 years (mean age 49.1±2.2) and 540 at the age of 55 to 64 years (mean...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21886/2219-8075-2019-10-1-59-64

The burden and determinants of cognitive impairment among individuals with chronic diseases in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Addisu Getie, Melaku Bimerew, Mihretie Gedfew, Baye Tsegaye Amlak et al. • Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Plus (2025)

Introduction: Cognitive impairment is a medical condition caused by neurodegeneration, marked by a gradual decline in neurological, motor, psychological, and cognitive domain functions, as well as daily activities. It primarily affects indi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.aggp.2025.100171

HEART Camp Connect—Promoting adherence to exercise in adults with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Windy W. Alonso, Sara E. Bills, Scott W. Lundgren, Steven J. Keteyian et al. • ESC Heart Failure (2025)

Abstract Aims Most adults with stable heart failure are safe to exercise at a moderate intensity for 150 min/week. Regular participation in exercise may improve outcomes in adults with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)....

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.15341

Decreased Daily Melatonin Levels in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - A Short Report

Ralitsa Robeva, Georgi Kirilov, Dobromir Tanev, Analia Tomova et al. • Balkan Medical Journal (2013)

Background: The neuroendocrine system is known to influence immunity, but the precise interactions between different hormones and autoimmune disorders remain obscure. Aims: The present study aimed to investigate the role of daily serum ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5152/balkanmedj.2013.8064

Cloud Radiative Feedback to the Large‐Scale Atmospheric Circulation Greatly Reduces Monsoon‐Season Wet Bias Over the Tibetan Plateau in Climate Modeling

Jiarui Liu, Kun Yang, Dingchi Zhao, Peili Wu et al. • Geophysical Research Letters (2024)

Abstract Over‐estimation of summer precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) is a well‐known and persistent problem in most climate models. This study demonstrates the impact of a Gaussian Probability Density Function cloud fraction schem...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1029/2024GL109180

Modelling effective diffusion for accurate NMR pore size analysis in nano- and microporous rocks

Michał Fajt, Grzegorz Machowski, Bartosz Puzio, Artur T. Krzyżak • Scientific Reports (2025)

Abstract Low-field NMR (LF-NMR) is a widely applied technique for evaluating pore size distribution (PSD) in porous materials. Conventional approaches typically assume surface-controlled spin-spin relaxation and negligible diffusion contrib...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-20379-x

Rapakivi K‐Feldspar Megacrysts in Monzogranitic Porphyry: Evidence for Magma Recharge and Mush Rejuvenation

Wang Li, Xuxuan Ma, Roberto Weinberg, Liang Qiu et al. • Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (2025)

Abstract The formation, storage, and evolution of granitic magmas are fundamental processes driving the growth of continental crust. While traditionally attributed to crystal fractionation in high‐melt fraction magma chambers, the model inv...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1029/2025GC012435

Uncovering the Tradeoffs and Synergies of Ecosystem Services in Mining Landscapes: Spatiotemporal and Factor Detection Perspective

Jiao Pan, Tao Chen, Antonio Plaza • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (2025)

Revealing the spatial-temporal evolution and interactions of ecosystem services (ESs) in mining area is critical for sustainable environmental management. The temporal and spatial characteristics and changing trends of six ESs in Yuzhong mi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2025.3586637

Characteristics of two mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) over the Greater Jakarta: case of heavy rainfall period 15–18 January 2013

Danang Eko Nuryanto, Hidayat Pawitan, Rahmat Hidayat, Edvin Aldrian • Geoscience Letters (2019)

Abstract Two different mesoscale convective system (MCS) events that produced the heavy rainfall over the Greater Jakarta (GJ) during 15–18 January 2013 period were investigated. The purpose of the present study is to analyze the atmospheri...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40562-019-0131-5

Jianghan plain, the locale of China’s Great Flood four thousand years ago

Li-Xin Guo, Meng-Long Hsieh, Olga Gorodetskaya, Zi-Hao Fan et al. • Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (2023)

Abstract The Yellow River Plain (YRP), being regarded as the cradle of Chinese civilization, is traditionally thought to be the locale of the Great Flood, a hazardous flood (or floods) tamed by Yu who started China’s first “dynasty”, Xia, i...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1007/s44195-023-00044-4

Multimodel GCM-RCM Ensemble-Based Projections of Temperature and Precipitation over West Africa for the Early 21st Century

I. Diallo, M. B. Sylla, F. Giorgi, A. T. Gaye et al. • International Journal of Geophysics (2012)

Reliable climate change scenarios are critical for West Africa, whose economy relies mostly on agriculture and, in this regard, multimodel ensembles are believed to provide the most robust climate change information. Toward this end, we ana...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1155/2012/972896

A multi-instrumental and modeling analysis of the ionospheric responses to the solar eclipse on 14 December 2020 over the Brazilian region

L. C. A. Resende, L. C. A. Resende, Y. Zhu, C. M. Denardini et al. • Annales Geophysicae (2022)

This work presents an analysis of the ionospheric responses to the solar eclipse that occurred on 14 December 2020 over the Brazilian sector. This event partially covers the south of Brazil, providing an excellent opportunity to study the m...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/angeo-40-191-2022

Snow Depth Retrieval Using Detrended SNR From GNSS-R With Bidirectional GRU

Wei Liu, Zihui Lin, Yuan Hu, Aodong Tian et al. • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (2024)

Snow depth monitoring is crucial for hydrology, climate research, and avalanche prediction. While traditional global navigation satellite system (GNSS) reflectometer methods offer cost-effective snow thickness retrieval, they suffer from po...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2024.3470222

GPS network observation of traveling ionospheric disturbances following the Chelyabinsk meteorite blast

F. Ding, F. Ding, T. Mao, L. Hu et al. • Annales Geophysicae (2016)

We use the Global Positioning System (GPS) network in northwest China and central Asia to monitor traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs), which were possibly excited by the large meteorite blast over Chelyabinsk, Russia, on 15 Februar...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/angeo-34-1045-2016

Internal Variability Reshapes Externally Forced Trends in Marine Cold‐Air Outbreak Frequency Over the Northern Hemisphere

Huanhuan Ran, Hainan Gong, Yulan Li, Kangjie Ma et al. • Geophysical Research Letters (2026)

Abstract Marine cold‐air outbreaks (MCAOs) are key conduits of polar‐to‐midlatitude air‐mass exchange, strongly modulating wintertime air–sea heat fluxes, storm‐track activity, and the development of extreme cold conditions over adjacent co...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1029/2026GL124914

A comparative study on chaoticity of equatorial/low latitude ionosphere over Indian subcontinent during geomagnetically quiet and disturbed periods

K. Unnikrishnan • Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics (2010)

In the present study, the latitudinal aspect of chaotic behaviour of ionosphere during quiet and storm periods are analyzed and compared by using GPS TEC time series measured at equatorial trough, crest and outside crest stations over India...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/npg-17-765-2010

Spatial and temporal distribution of vertical ground movements at Mt. Vesuvius in the period 1973-2009

Folco Pingue, Milena Bottiglieri, Cataldo Godano, Francesco Obrizzo et al. • Annals of Geophysics (2013)

Since the early ’70s vertical ground movements at Mount Vesuvius area have been investigated and monitored by the Osservatorio Vesuviano (Isti-tuto Nazionale di Geofisica Vulcanologia - Osservatorio Vesuviano since 2001). This monitoring be...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4401/ag-6457