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METHODOLOGICAL AND PRACTICAL ADVANTAGES OF PLSSEM IN MANAGEMENT RESEARCH: THE CASE OF RAKIJA

Slobodan Adžić, Doloris Bešić-Vukašinović, Ivana Savić • Ekonomika Poljoprivrede (1979) (2026)

Structural equation modeling (SEM) is widely applied inconsumer behavior research; however, the methodologicalchoice between covariance-based SEM (CB-SEM) andpartial least squares SEM (PLS-SEM) remains contestedin applied research contexts....

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.59267/ekoPolj2601217A

Longevity of dental restorations in Sjogren’s disease patients using electronic dental and health record data

Grace Gomez Felix Gomez, Mei Wang, Zasim A. Siddiqui, Theresa Gonzalez et al. • BMC Oral Health (2024)

Abstract Background Decreased salivary secretion is not only a risk factor for carious lesions in Sjögren’s disease (SD) but also an indicator of deterioration of teeth with every restorative replacement. This study determined the longevity...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12903-024-03957-9

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

Why did an effective Dutch complex psycho-social intervention for people with dementia not work in the German healthcare context? Lessons learnt from a process evaluation alongside a multicentre RCT

Sebastian Voigt-Radloff, Maud Graff, Myrra Vernooij-Dassen, Rainer Leonhart et al. • BMJ Open (2011)

Background The positive effects of the Dutch Community Occupational Therapy in Dementia programme on patients' daily functioning were not found in a multicentre randomised controlled trial (RCT) in Germany.Objectives To evaluate possible ef...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000094

Association of triglyceride glucose-body roundness index and body roundness index with incident sarcopenia among Chinese older adults: A nationwide cohort study

Yu -Yang Ma, Hai-Yan Li, Ruo-Nan Yao, Gong Cheng et al. • Experimental Gerontology (2025)

Background: The relationship between TyG-BRI, BRI, and the sarcopenia definition proposed by the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS) in 2019 remains unclear. This research focused on exploring the relationship between the TyG-BRI inde...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2025.112946

Effective analysis of neurotoxicity and mechanisms of dioctyl terephthalate using network toxicology

Hao Tang, Ting Qin, Zhiwen Yan, Changqing Li et al. • Frontiers in Neuroscience (2026)

ObjectiveDioctyl terephthalate (DOTP), a widely used plasticizer in food packaging and environmental materials, has raised concerns regarding its potential impact on human health. This study aims to investigate the neurotoxicity-related mec...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2026.1783807

Local, collaborative, stepped, and personalized care management for older people with chronic diseases – results from the randomized controlled LoChro-trial

Gloria Metzner, Lukas Maximilian Horstmeier, Jürgen Bengel, Eva Maria Bitzer et al. • BMC Geriatrics (2023)

Abstract Background In the aging population of Western societies, an increasing number of older adults have multiple chronic diseases. As multifaceted health problems imply the involvement of several healthcare professionals, multimorbid ol...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12877-023-03797-2

Topology and seasonal evolution of the network of extreme precipitation over the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka

V. Stolbova, P. Martin, B. Bookhagen, N. Marwan et al. • Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics (2014)

This paper employs a complex network approach to determine the topology and evolution of the network of extreme precipitation that governs the organization of extreme rainfall before, during, and after the Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM) season...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/npg-21-901-2014

Genetic impact of non-consanguineous marriages in Saudi Arabia.

Mohammed Alyahya, Taghrid Aloraini, Youseef Al-Harbi, Lamia Alsubaie et al. • Journal of Biochemical and Clinical Genetics (2022)

Background: Physicians and geneticists face challenges in making accurate diagnoses during clinical evaluations; affecting patients and clinicians. The aim of this study was to estimate the hit rate of the non-consanguineous population. Mor...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.24911/JBCGenetics/183-1664872492

Evaluation of Occupational Accidents in the Forestry Sector Using Standardized Accident Rates: The Case of Türkiye

Tuncay Narin, Mustafa Eryüksel • Düzce Üniversitesi Bilim ve Teknoloji Dergisi (2026)

This study examines work accidents that occurred in the “Forestry and Industrial and Fuel Wood Production” sector in Türkiye between 2007 and 2024. In the research, the number of insured persons, the number of workplaces, and work accident ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.29130/dubited.1880400

Bone Diagenesis in Short Timescales: Insights from an Exploratory Proteomic Analysis

Noemi Procopio, Caley A. Mein, Sefora Starace, Andrea Bonicelli et al. • Biology (2021)

The evaluation of bone diagenetic phenomena in archaeological timescales has a long history; however, little is known about the origins of the microbes driving bone diagenesis, nor about the extent of bone diagenesis in short timeframes—suc...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/biology10060460

Lipofuscin: Wear Pigment or Alarm Signal for Cardiac AlloGraft Vasculopathy?

Anca Otilia Farcas, Mihai Ciprian Stoica, Septimiu Voidazan, Carmen Corina Radu et al. • Diagnostics (2026)

Background: CAV (cardiac allograft vasculopathy) is considered the leading cause of late post-transplant mortality and affects approximately 50% of transplant patients at 10 years post-transplant. Its etiopathogenetic mechanism is considere...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics16152432

Autism Spectrum Disorder and collective catering service: results of the pilot study FOOD-AUT

Maria Vittoria Conti, Sara Santero, Chiara Breda, Sara Basilico et al. • Frontiers in Nutrition (2024)

ObjectiveIndividuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often exhibit a low dietary diversity due to food selectivity that leads them to a marked preference for high-energy-density food, exposing them to risk of malnutrition. Despite these...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1298469

Hospitalisations for physical abuse in infants and children less than 5 years, 2013‒2021: a multinational cohort study using administrative data from five European countries

Catherine Quantin, Jonathan Cottenet, Colleen Chambers, Natasha Kennedy et al. • International Journal of Population Data Science (2025)

Objectives Child physical abuse (CPA) is a global public health problem associated with lifelong negative consequences, yet reliable epidemiologic data are lacking. We did a multinational cohort study to analyse trends in CPA hospitalisatio...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.23889/ijpds.v10i3.3028

Evaluation of nutrients in bread: a systematic review

Zahra Aghalari, Hans-Uwe Dahms, Mika Sillanpää • Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition (2022)

Abstract Background A balanced and optimized amount of nutrients in bread, which is the main food in many countries, is necessary to maintain human health. Considering the importance of nutritional values of bread in the food basket of Iran...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s41043-022-00329-3

Development and Comprehensive Diverse-Matrix Evaluation of Four PAHs Using Solvent-Modified QuEChERS-GC-MS with Freeze-Out

Kyung-Jik Lim, Hyun-Jun Kim, Yu-Jin Heo, Han-Seung Shin • Foods (2025)

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are recognized carcinogens that enter the food chain through pre-existing environmental contamination (air, water, soil), and their formation and accumulation during food preparation and processing in...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/foods14172979

Robotic Arthroplasty Clinical and cost Effectiveness Randomised controlled trial (RACER-knee): a study protocol

Martin Underwood, Charles E Hutchinson, Helen Parsons, James Mason et al. • BMJ Open (2023)

Introduction Robotic-assisted knee replacement systems have been introduced to healthcare services worldwide in an effort to improve clinical outcomes for people, although high-quality evidence that they are clinically, or cost-effective re...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068255

Evaluation of clinical quality improvement interventions: feasibility of an integrated approach

Sandeep Reddy, Kevin Mc Namara, Mary Malakellis, Tim Denton et al. • Pilot and Feasibility Studies (2019)

Abstract Background Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the largest cause of death and disability in Australia. Australian national guidelines for the primary prevention of CVD recommend that all adults without CVD and aged 45 years or more a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40814-018-0386-1