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Alterations in Hip and Knee Joint Contact Force Waveforms and Orientation Induced by Gait Modifications: A Case Study

Laura Rathmair, Willi Koller, Clara Egner, Kevin Kitir et al. • Current Issues in Sport Science (2026)

Introduction & Purpose Idiopathic torsional deformities of lower limb bones can affect a patient’s gait pattern and joint health, while their cause remains unidentified (Koller et al., 2026). Abnormal joint loadings and the progression of ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.36950/2026.5ciss011

Progressive suppression of regulated cell death defines terminal macrophage states in liver cirrhosis

Kepu Zheng, Leiyang Dai, Yanghui Wen, Haitao Jiang et al. • Annals of Medicine (2026)

Background Macrophages are central regulators of liver immunity and fibrosis; Recent single-cell studies have characterized macrophage heterogeneity in cirrhosis; however, how regulated cell death programs shape their functional transitions...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/07853890.2026.2690717

Genetic analysis of suicide: a sample study in Tuscany (Central Italy)

Martina Focardi, Barbara Gualco, Vilma Pinchi, Norelli Gian-Aristide et al. • Forensic Sciences Research (2022)

Many studies have examined the genetic contribution to suicide. However, data on suicide in the Italian population are scarce. We therefore aimed to address this gap by investigating a cohort of 111 Italians for whom a verdict of suicide ha...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/20961790.2020.1835156

Monogenic obesity due to MC4R deficiency: lessons from a multigenerational case

Eleni Z. Giannopoulou, Stefanie Zorn, Melanie Schirmer, Stephanie Brandt-Heunemann et al. • Molecular and Cellular Pediatrics (2026)

Abstract Background Melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) deficiency is the most common monogenic cause of obesity, yet remains underdiagnosed. Patients with monogenic obesity often undergo a frustrating diagnostic and therapeutic odyssey of years...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40348-025-00214-z

An Anthropology of Structural Violence

Paul E. Farmer • Current Anthropology (2004)

Any thorough understanding of the modern epidemics of AIDS and tuberculosis in Haiti or elsewhere in the postcolonial world requires a thorough knowledge of history and political economy. This essay, based on over a decade of research in ru...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/382250

Anthropology of Ontologies

Eduardo O. Kohn • Annual Review of Anthropology (2015)

The turn to ontology, often associated with the recent works of Philippe Descola, Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, and Bruno Latour, but evident in many other places as well, is, in Elizabeth Povinelli's formulation, “symptomatic” and “diagnosti...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-anthro-102214-014127

Barriers to tuberculosis case finding in primary and secondary health facilities in Ghana: perceptions, experiences and practices of healthcare workers

Joyce B. Der, Alison D. Grant, Daniel Grint, Clement T. Narh et al. • BMC Health Services Research (2022)

Abstract Background Ghana’s national tuberculosis (TB) prevalence survey conducted in 2013 showed higher than expected TB prevalence indicating that many people with TB were not being identified and treated. Responding to this, we assessed ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-07711-1

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

DIAGNOSTIC AND INTERVENTION PROGRAM FOR THE PREVENTION OF BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN THE AREA OF FBIH

Lejla Kuralić-Ćišić, Adela Ĉokić, Dţana Sultanić • Research in Education and Rehabilitation (2023)

Educational institutions record an increase in behavioral disorders in children and adolescents every day, with severe symptoms that result in hospitalization or the imposition of criminal sanctions for juvenile delinquents....

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.51558/2744-1555.2023.6.2.243

Two Sides of the Same Coin—Mechanistic Insight, Diagnostic Application and Therapeutic Translation of Bacterial and Host‐Derived Extracellular Vesicles

Philipp Arnold, Fanni Annamária Boros, Jochen Mattner, Gerald Seidel et al. • Journal of Extracellular Biology (2025)

ABSTRACT Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have gained increasing attention in recent years due to their pivotal role in both health and disease. Emerging from both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells, EVs serve as essential mediators of intercellu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/jex2.70093

Evaluating the diagnostic value and prospects of genomic and mutational sequencing in malignant transformation of oral leukoplakia

Jian Yuan, Yuhan Zhu, Zirui Wang, Zhongjing Lv et al. • Journal of Dental Sciences (2025)

Genomic and mutational sequencing in malignant transformation of oral leukoplakia (OLK) has emergingly gained momentum. In this short communication, we identified 5 retrospective follow-up studies and 5 cross-section comparative studies on ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jds.2025.07.016

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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ASPECTOS CLÍNICOS, EPIDEMIOLÓGICOS E LABORATORIAIS DE PORTADORES DE TUBERCULOSE PULMONAR E EXTRAPULMONAR PROVENIENTES DE SERVIÇOS PÚBLICOS DO ESTADO DE PERNAMBUCO

Renata Inglez de Souza Tej, Lilian Maria Lapa Montenegro, Wlisses Henrique Veloso de Carvalho Silva, Jéssica Lopes Teixeira et al. • Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases (2023)

Introdução/objetivo: A tuberculose (TB) mantém-se como um grave problema de saúde pública, sendo a principal causa de morte por doença infecciosa antes da COVID-19. Em 2022, foram notificados 78.057 novos casos de TB no Brasil, destes, 5.14...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2023.103607

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

A Mark-Release-Recapture Study to Estimate Field Performance of Imported Radio-Sterilized Male Aedes albopictus in Albania

Enkelejda Velo, Fabrizio Balestrino, Fabrizio Balestrino, Përparim Kadriaj et al. • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2022)

The pathogen transmitting Aedes albopictus mosquito is spreading rapidly in Europe, putting millions of humans and animals at risk. This species is well-established in Albania since its first detection in 1979. The sterile insect technique ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.833698

Prevalence and factors associated with diabetic retinopathy among diabetic patients at Arbaminch General Hospital, Ethiopia: Cross sectional study.

Yilma Chisha, Wondwossen Terefe, Huruy Assefa, Serawit Lakew • PLoS ONE (2017)

BackgroundCurrently 93 million people are estimated as living with diabetic retinopathy worldwide. The prevalence and risk factors of diabetic retinopathy in developed countries have been well documented; but in Ethiopia, data on prevalence...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171987