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Impact of a Nursing Strategy for Mechanical Ventilation Liberation on Patients' Outcomes

Manal Mohamed Ahmed Ayed, Nagwa Ibrahim Abbas Ghoneim, Fatma Shoeib Ali Abd Elraheim, Hala A. Abdelrahman • Egyptian Journal of Health Care (2025)

Background:  Successful liberation from mechanical ventilation is a critical milestone in intensive care, facilitating patient recovery and reducing the risk of ventilator-associated complications. Optimizing this process requires structure...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2025.417302

Linear Potentiometer Sensor-Based of Athlete Flexibility Measurement Tool

Dzihan Khilmi Ayu Firdausi, Muhammad Eka Mardyansyah Simbolon, Indra Dwisaputra, Catur Pebriandani • Jurnal Teknik Elektro Indonesia (2024)

This study aims to develop a novel "sit and reach test" flexometer device utilizing a linear potentiometer sensor to quantitatively evaluate an individual's body flexibility. The innovation in this research lies in the utilization of electr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.24036/jtein.v5i1.541

Graph Theory-Based Approach to Accomplish Complete Coverage Path Planning Tasks for Reconfigurable Robots

Ku Ping Cheng, Rajesh Elara Mohan, Nguyen Huu Khanh Nhan, Anh Vu Le • IEEE Access (2019)

Extensive studies regarding complete coverage problems have been conducted, but a few tackle scenarios where the mobile robot is equipped with reconfigurable modules. The reconfigurability of these robots creates opportunities to develop ne...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2928467

Experimental study on the impact of sulfate attack on the performance of shaft lining concrete under sustained compressive load

Guo-qiang Xu, Wei Zhang, Si Chen, Zhen-kai Zhu et al. • Case Studies in Construction Materials (2024)

To investigate the impact of sulfate corrosion on the performance of shaft lining concrete under sustained compressive loads, this study immersed samples in a 10 % sodium sulfate solution after subjecting to sustained compressive loads of 0...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.cscm.2024.e03657

Phase 2a/b randomised placebo-controlled dose-escalation trial of triheptanoin for ataxia-telangiectasia: treating mitochondrial dysfunction with anaplerosisResearch in context

Matthew Lynch, Sophie Manoy, Peter D. Sly, Claire E. Wainwright et al. • EBioMedicine (2025)

Summary: Background: Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is a rare multisystem disease characterised by neurodegenerative cerebellar ataxia, lung disease, immune deficiency, high cancer risk, and mitochondrial dysfunction. A-T cells demonstrate de...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2025.105840

Identification and Validation of PLOD2 as an Adverse Prognostic Biomarker for Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Yawei Sun, Shuai Wang, Xingwei Zhang, Zhuhao Wu et al. • Biomolecules (2021)

Background: Procollagen-lysine, 2-oxoglutarate 5-dioxygenase 2 (PLOD2), a key enzyme that catalyzes the hydroxylation of lysine, plays a crucial role in the progression of several solid tumors. However, its spatial expression profile and pr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/biom11121842

Associations of time spent on different types of digital media with self-rated general and mental health in Swedish adolescents

Helena Frielingsdorf, Victoria Fomichov, Ingrid Rystedt, Sofia Lindstrand et al. • Scientific Reports (2025)

Abstract Although previous studies have suggested an association between digital media use and health, detailed knowledge about how different types of digital media impact adolescent health is limited. This cross-sectional population-based ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-83951-x

We Are All in This Together: Effects of Synchrony in Social Media Videos on Viewers’ Experience of Self-Transcendent Emotions

Mary Beth Oliver, Alex Paloma, Yansheng Liu, Yilan Guo et al. • Behavioral Sciences (2026)

Synchrony refers to similarity in movement between different actors such as dancing, clapping, or singing together. Prior research demonstrates that synchrony often elicits emotions that may be characterized as aesthetic or self-transcenden...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/bs16071155

Analyzing the Spatiotemporal Patterns in Green Spaces for Urban Studies Using Location-Based Social Media Data

Hidayat Ullah, Wanggen Wan, Saqib Ali Haidery, Naimat Ullah Khan et al. • ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (2019)

Green parks are vital public spaces and play a major role in urban living and well-being. Research on the attractiveness of green parks often relies on traditional techniques, such as questionnaires and in-situ surveys, but these methods a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/ijgi8110506

Evaluating Load-Conditional Convergence in Lithium-Ion Battery Degradation: A Matched-Group Statistical Framework

Nnamdi C. Aronwora, Chibuzo Nwabufo Okwuosa, Jang-Wook Hur • IEEE Access (2026)

The rate of capacity fade in a lithium-ion battery following a transition to a new discharge current is widely assumed to equal that of a battery that has always operated at the destination current, an implicit premise referred to here as l...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3732470

A study on high-shear and low-pressure grinding with body-armour-like abrasive tool (BAAT) for Inconel 718 superalloys

Yebing Tian, Chengjin Tian, Sohini Chowdhury, Jinguo Han et al. • Journal of Materials Research and Technology (2023)

A novel body-armour-like abrasive tool (BAAT) was developed for the high-shear and low-pressure grinding of super alloys with an aim to reduce the ratio of normal force to tangential force. A composite process model was developed based on f...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jmrt.2023.04.205

An assessment of the mathematical model for estimating of entropy optimized viscous fluid flow towards a rotating cone surface

Yong-Min Li, M. Ijaz Khan, Sohail A. Khan, Sami Ullah Khan et al. • Scientific Reports (2021)

Abstract Entropy optimization in convective viscous fluids flow due to a rotating cone is explored. Heat expression with heat source/sink and dissipation is considered. Irreversibility with binary chemical reaction is also deliberated. Nonl...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-89739-7

Effects of sponge‐to‐sponge contact on the microbiomes of three spatially competing Caribbean coral reef species

Shelby E. Gantt, Patrick M. Erwin • MicrobiologyOpen (2023)

Abstract Sponges perform important ecosystem functions, host diverse microbial symbiont communities (microbiomes), and have been increasing in density on Caribbean coral reefs over the last decade. Sponges compete for space in coral reef co...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.1354

Exposure, hazard, and vulnerability and their contribution to Schistosoma haematobium re-infection in northern Senegal

Andrea J Lund, PhD, Susanne H Sokolow, PhD, Isabel J Jones, PhD, Chelsea L Wood, PhD et al. • The Lancet Planetary Health (2021)

Background: The risk of infectious diseases, including snail-borne schistosomiasis, is determined by three inter-related components: exposure, hazard, and vulnerability. For schistosomiasis, exposure occurs through behaviours involving wate...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00094-2

Offering mental health first aid to a person with depression: a Delphi study to re-develop the guidelines published in 2008

Kathy S. Bond, Fairlie A. Cottrill, Fiona L. Blee, Claire M. Kelly et al. • BMC Psychology (2019)

Abstract Background Depressive disorder is ranked as the largest contributor to non-fatal health burden. However, with prompt treatment, outcomes can improve. Family and friends are well placed to recognise the signs of depression and encou...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40359-019-0310-3

Context presentation and native conversation structure in large language model responses to escalating suicide risk: a controlled multimodel evaluation

Jueqiao Liu, Jueqiao Liu, Xiaoyi Chen, Jun Cai et al. • Frontiers in Psychiatry (2026)

BackgroundLarge language models are increasingly used for informal mental health support, yet their safety during escalating suicide-risk conversations may depend on how prior information is presented. Native multi-turn conversations and re...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1962098

A Review of Thermal Safety and Management of Second-Life Batteries: Cell Screening, Pack Configuration and Health Estimation

Md Imran Hasan, Gang Lei, Dylan Lu, Pablo Poblete Durruty • Batteries (2026)

Electric vehicle (EV) adoption is generating a rapidly increasing stream of retired lithium-ion batteries for second-life deployment. However, thermal safety concerns continue to limit their reuse. This paper reviews second-life battery (SL...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/batteries12030099