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Quantifying and mapping land use changes and regulating ecosystem service potentials in a data-scarce peri-urban region in Kenya

Peter Waweru Wangai, Benjamin Burkhard, Felix Müller • Ecosystems and People (2019)

Recent scientific developments are advancing to link land use and land cover (LULC) change with ecosystem service (ES) potentials. Such links within peri-urban ecosystems are scanty due to methodological and expertise challenge, and data li...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/21513732.2018.1529708

Association between premenstrual syndrome severity and academic performance among adolescent girls in Bara Kahu, Islamabad

Alia Ibrahim, Mariyam Sarfraz, Aashifa Yaqoob, Syeda Areesha Ali Naqvi • Journal of Social & Health Sciences (2025)

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) affects many adolescent girls in terms of physique, behavior, and psychology. However, evidence regarding the association between PMS severity and academic performance among adolescents in peri-urban areas of Pak...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.58398/0001.000020

Modeling antiretroviral therapy adherence among people living with HIV: a cross-sectional study at Pantang Hospital, Ghana

Eric Nyarko, Irene A. Kretchy, Grace Lovia Allotey-Babington, Adwoa Oforiwaa Kwakye et al. • BMC Infectious Diseases (2026)

Abstract Background Poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) continues to undermine HIV treatment outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa, including Ghana. Objective This study aimed to quantify ART treatment adherence among people living with...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12879-026-13836-z

Bioecological Study on the Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) in Sari County, North of Iran

Nasibeh Hosseini-Vasoukolaei, Leila Ghavibazou, Amir Ahmad Akhavan, Ahmad Ali Enayati et al. • Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases (2023)

Background: Phlebotomine sand flies are vectors of Leishmania species, the causative agents of leishmaniasis in the world. Present study aimed to evaluate the bioecological aspects of sand flies in different ecotopes in Sari County, north o...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.18502/jad.v16i2.11806

Operating pesticide use reduction within the boundary of food security in peri-urban settings

Yuquan W. Zhang, Bruce A. McCarl, Zhengwei Cao, Qiang Li et al. • Fundamental Research (2022)

Pesticide use in peri-urban areas affects the urban environment and public health, and reducing the use may present food security issues for urban dwellers. In this study, we explore how a municipality-adopted goal of a 20% reduction in pes...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.fmre.2022.04.003