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Communication Needs for Individuals With Rare Diseases Within and Around the Healthcare System of Northern Ireland

Ashleen L. Crowe, Amy Jayne McKnight, Helen McAneney • Frontiers in Public Health (2019)

Objective: By definition a rare disease affects fewer than 1 in 2,000 people but collectively 1 in 17 people are affected at some time in their lives. Rare disease patients often describe feeling isolated and unsupported. The needs of indiv...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00236

Media and cultural policy as public policy

David Hesmondhalgh • International Journal of Cultural Policy (2005)

The British Labour government's media and cultural policies since 1997 are analysed as aspects of public policy. This allows assessment of the media and cultural policies of a supposedly centre‐left government in a conjuncture marked by neo...

OPENALEX public-domain DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10286630500067861

IMPLICATIONS OF INTERFAITH MARRIAGE DIVORCE ON CHILDREN’S CARE RIGHTS IN INDONESIA

Putu Ayu Diah Laksmi Dewi, I Nyoman Sujana, Putu Ayu Sriasih Wesna • Journal of International Legal Communication (2022)

This research is a normative legal research, which concerns the implications of the Divorce Divorce Marriage of Different Religious Against Child Custody. Problem 1). What is the legal protection for interfaith marriages in Indonesia ? 2)...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.32612/uw.27201643.2022.1.pp.50-54

Perceptions of the functioning and effectiveness of nursing regulators in Ghana and South Africa: a cross-sectional study

Lydia Aziato, Laetitia Charmaine Rispel • BMJ Open (2021)

Objective Nursing regulators are important governance structures for nurses who are critical to the achievement of universal health coverage (UHC). This study examined the perspectives of the heads of nursing education institutions (NEIs) i...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050580

Internet in the life of Russian youth

Natal'ya V. Rozenberg, Liliya V. Rozhkova • Известия высших учебных заведений. Поволжский регион: Общественные науки (2023)

Background. The active development of information and communication technologies has led to the fact that the Internet has taken an important place in the daily life of a modern person. Today there is no such area of life of people where th...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21685/2072-3016-2023-3-1

Expertise, Knowledge, and Resilience in #AcademicTwitter: Enacting Resilience-Craft in a Community of Practice

Sean M. Eddington, Caitlyn Jarvis • Media and Communication (2022)

Online communities of practice are a useful professional development space, where members can exchange information, aggregate expertise, and find support. These communities have grown in popularity within higher education—especially on soci...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.17645/mac.v10i2.5053

Cannabidivarin Treatment Ameliorates Autism-Like Behaviors and Restores Hippocampal Endocannabinoid System and Glia Alterations Induced by Prenatal Valproic Acid Exposure in Rats

Erica Zamberletti, Marina Gabaglio, Marie Woolley-Roberts, Sharon Bingham et al. • Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience (2019)

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental condition whose primary features include social communication and interaction impairments with restricted or repetitive motor movements. No approved treatment for the core symptoms is availa...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2019.00367

Effect of electronic health records on doctor-patient relationship in Arabian gulf countries: a systematic review

Celine Tabche, Mays Raheem, Arwa Alolaqi, Salman Rawaf • Frontiers in Digital Health (2023)

BackgroundThe electronic health record (EHR) has been widely implemented internationally as a tool to improve health and healthcare delivery. However, EHR implementation has been comparatively slow amongst hospitals in the Arabian Gulf coun...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fdgth.2023.1252227

The relationship between severity of hemorrhoid symptoms and quality of life in Postpartum Women with Grade I and II Internal Hemorrhoid

Jamileh Malekuti, Khadijeh Samadi, Mojgan Mirghafurvand, Fatemeh Abbasalizadeh et al. • Majallah-i Zanān, Māmā̓ī va Nāzā̓ī-i Īrān (2019)

Introduction: The hemorrhoid is referred to dilated parts of the anal canal veins, which help to control fecal excretion and is one of the most common digestive diseases. Since postpartum problems such as hemorrhoid have significant effect ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22038/ijogi.2019.12851

Ocular manifestations in autism spectrum disorder

Ning-Yu Wang, Zi-Yu Zhu, Zi-Yun Jiao, Nai-Rong Pan et al. • International Journal of Ophthalmology (2025)

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) represents a neurodevelopmental disorder that has been the focus of numerous studies on the central nervous system (CNS). The embryological origin of the brain and retina is shared, with the axons of retinal g...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.18240/ijo.2025.10.25

Editorial

Bulent Cavas • Science Education International (2026)

Dear Readers, The September 2026 issue of Science Education International presents 11 original research articles authored by scholars from 11 countries, including Germany, Slovenia and Italy, Finland and South Africa, Brazil, Chile and Arge...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.33828/sei.v37.i4.e

The world is coming to an end! COVID-19, depression, and anxiety among adolescents in Malawi

Chilungamo Mmanga, Yamikani Ndasauka, Jimmy Kainja, Fiskani Kondowe et al. • Frontiers in Psychiatry (2023)

IntroductionThis paper assessed the effects of Covid-19 on adolescent mental health in Malawi. There is minimal research on adolescent mental health in Africa, Malawi in particular. The study shows a link between the pandemic and mental hea...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1024793

How the social media impact women’s psychological well-being in the patriarchal structure? The moderating effect of social capital

Liu He, Amira Firdaus, Jiankun Gong, Nasrullah Dharejo et al. • BMC Public Health (2024)

Abstract Background Despite technological, political and economic progress, Pakistan is still a traditionally patriarchal society, and cultural norms curb women’s freedom of socialization, which contributes to poor mental health. The digita...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18013-y

A Systematic Review of Deep Learning Approaches for Information Disorder Detection on Social Media: The Context of Misinformation, Disinformation, and Mal-information

Andualem Woldegiorgis, Mohammed Abebe, Durga Prasad Sharma, Worku Jimma • International Journal of Emerging Research in Engineering, Science, and Management (2026)

Social media platforms have become powerful tools for communication, information exchange, networking, and community building. However, their widespread use has facilitated the proliferation of misinformation, disinformation, and mal-inform...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.58482/ijeresm.v5i2.3

Urban Fear, Criminality and the Erosion of Intangible Cultural Access in Machala: A Critical Qualitative Content Analysis of Ecuadorian National Digital Press

Fernanda Tusa, Ignacio Aguaded, Santiago Tejedor • Heritage (2026)

This article examines how the Ecuadorian national digital press has represented the relationship between criminal violence, declining mobility, tourism contraction, and the erosion of intangible cultural access in Machala, Puerto Bolívar, a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/heritage9050187

Genetic algorithm–optimized support vector machine for real-time activity recognition in health smart home

Yan Hu, Bingce Wang, Yuyan Sun, Jing An et al. • International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks (2020)

Health smart home, as a typical application of Internet of things, provides a new solution for remote medical treatment. It can effectively relieve pressure from shortage of medical resources caused by aging population and help elderly peop...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/1550147720971513

Postbiotics in Functional Foods: Preparation-Based Characterization, Gut–Brain Axis Interactions, and Translational Perspectives

Selin Elmas, Daniela Cîrțînă, Rodica Dîrnu, Ion Dorin Plută et al. • Foods (2026)

Postbiotics are defined as preparations of inanimate microorganisms and/or their components that confer a health benefit on the host. Although interest in postbiotics has increased substantially, their translational use in functional foods ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/foods15142457

The Effect of the Expressive Art therapy Package with a Unity-Oriented Approach on Subjective Well-being of Middle-Aged Women

Parisa Darouei, Afsaneh Nazeri, Ali Zadeh Mohammadi, Mahdi Motia • پژوهشنامه روانشناسی مثبت (2025)

This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of expressive art therapy package (based on visualizing memories with a unity-oriented approach) on the subjective well-being of middle-aged women. It was a quantitative, ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22108/ppls.2026.131333.2222