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Plasma Exchange for ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: An International Survey of Patient PreferencesPlain Language Summary

David Collister, Mark Farrar, Lesha Farrar, Paul Brown et al. • Kidney Medicine (2023)

Rationale & Objective: We sought to elicit patient preferences regarding the use of plasma exchange in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV) and its tradeoffs of risk of kidney failure and risk of serious infec...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.xkme.2022.100595

Highly Purified versus Filtered Crude Collagenase: Comparable Human Islet Isolation Outcomes

Yong Wang, Daniel Paushter, Shusen Wang, Barbara Barbaro et al. • Cell Transplantation (2011)

This study was designed to retrospectively compare the impact of crude Sigma V collagenase (Sigma V, n = 52) with high-purified Serva NB1 collagenase (Serva NB1, n = 42) on human islet isolation outcomes. A three-step filtration was applied...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3727/096368911X564994

Predicting hospital admissions from individual patient data (IPD): an applied example to explore key elements driving external validity

Rafael Perera, Marjan Van Den Akker, Kym I E Snell, Joerg J Meerpohl et al. • BMJ Open (2021)

Objective To explore factors that potentially impact external validation performance while developing and validating a prognostic model for hospital admissions (HAs) in complex older general practice patients.Study design and setting Using ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045572

Epidemiology of Drowning Incidents among Children at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital Oman

Niranjan Lal Jeswani, Muhammad Faisal Khilji, Syed Rizvi, Abdullah Al Reesi • Oman Medical Journal (2021)

Objectives: We sought to study the epidemiology of drowning among children reported at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital in Oman. Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of the patients who presented to the emergency department with a h...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5001/omj.2021.104

Epidemiology and Clinical Manifestations of Mucormycosis

George L. Petrikkos, Anna Skiada, Olivier Lortholary, Emmanuel Roilides et al. • Clinical Infectious Diseases (2012)

Mucormycosis is an emerging angioinvasive infection caused by the ubiquitous filamentous fungi of the Mucorales order of the class of Zygomycetes. Mucormycosis has emerged as the third most common invasive mycosis in order of importance aft...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cir866

Factors affecting final functional outcomes in open‐globe injuries and use of ocular trauma score as a predictive tool in Nepalese population

Saurav M. Shrestha, Casey L. Anthony, Grant A. Justin, Madhu Thapa et al. • BMC Ophthalmology (2021)

Abstract Background Open globe injury (OGI) is one of the most devastating form of ocular trauma. The aim of the study is to identify the epidemiology and predict visual outcomes in traumatic open globe injuries using ocular trauma score (O...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12886-021-01819-4

Combined Letrozole and Growth Hormone Therapy in Late-Pubertal Males with Advanced Bone Age and Open Knee Physes

Hui Zhang, Pengxiang Zhou, Yunpu Cui, Xuemei Wang et al. • Children (2026)

Background/Objectives: The therapeutic window for growth hormone (GH) therapy in late-pubertal males with advanced bone age (BA ≥ 15 years) is generally considered closed. Yet, open knee physes may indicate residual growth potential. This s...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/children13081077

Assessing PM2.5 pollution in the Northeastern United States from the 2023 Canadian wildfire smoke: an episodic study integrating air quality and health impact modeling with emissions and meteorological uncertainty analysis

Hao He, Timothy P Canty, Russell R Dickerson, Joel Dreessen et al. • Environmental Research Letters (2025)

Between June 6 and 8, 2023, wildfires in Quebec, Canada generated massive smoke plumes that traveled long distances and deteriorated air quality across the Northeastern United States (US). Surface daily PM _2.5 observations exceeded 100 µ g...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ae10c9

Clinical presentations and dispositions of transient ischemic attack and minor stroke patients at the emergency department of a tertiary hospital in southern Thailand: A retrospective study

Tanawin Sakarin, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul • Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine (2024)

Abstract Objective To assess the dispositions, management, and clinical outcomes of TIAMS patients in ED to improve the quality of management in ED. Material and Method A descriptive retrospective study was conducted in ED patients aged >18...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/hkj2.12048

Efficacy of integrative medicine using Yinhua-based herbal granules on herpangina: A Bayesian network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Yongcheng Sheng, Yuhui Zhang, Qin Wang, Qi Hong et al. • Phytomedicine Plus (2022)

Background: Different Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in the format of granules, such as Kanggan Granules (KangGs), Kouyanqing Granules (KouGs), Lianhua Qingwen Granules (LQGs), Qingkailing Granules (QGs) and Xiao'er Qingjie Granules (XQ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.phyplu.2022.100351

Outcomes of primary gastrointestinal diffuse large B cell lymphoma in the rituximab era

Luyao Zhang, Jianwen Zhou, Yanyan Sun, Yaodong Zhang et al. • Discover Oncology (2026)

Abstract Background Primary gastrointestinal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (PGI-DLBCL) constitutes 30%-40% of primary extranodal lymphomas. While rituximab has significantly improved survival in nodal DLBCL, its impact on the prognosis of P...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1007/s12672-026-05022-z

Epidemiology of acne vulgaris

Ketaki Bhate, Hywel C Williams • British Journal of Dermatology (2012)

Despite acne being an almost universal condition in younger people, relatively little is known about its epidemiology. We sought to review what is known about the distribution and causes of acne by conducting a systematic review of relevant...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.12149

Introduction to Epidemiology

Sajid Suleman • Elsevier eBooks (1978)

This chapter introduces the foundational concepts of epidemiology as the scientific study of health and disease patterns in populations. It outlines the distinction between descriptive and analytical approaches, establishing the importance ...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-745250-0.50015-1

Gout epidemiology and comorbidities

Jasvinder A. Singh, Angelo Gaffo • Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism (2020)

OBJECTIVE: To review the epidemiology of gout and associated comorbidities. METHODS: We review the key published studies of the epidemiology of gout and associated comorbidities. RESULTS: The prevalence of gout ranged 1-4% worldwide and inc...

OPENALEX cc-by-nc-nd DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2020.04.008

Primer of epidemiology

GARY D. FRIEDMAN (1974)

PRIMER OF EPIDEMIOLOGY Preface Preface to the First Edition Chapter 1. Introduction to Epidemiology Chapter 2. Basic Measurements in Epidemiology Chapter 3. Observations Used in Epidemiology Chapter 4. Basic Methods of Study Chapter 5. Desc...

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Impact of early life exposure to heat and cold on linguistic development in two-year-old children: findings from the ELFE cohort study

Guillaume Barbalat, Ariane Guilbert, Lucie Adelaïde, Marie-Aline Charles et al. • Environmental Health (2025)

Abstract Background A number of negative developmental outcomes in response to extreme temperature have been documented. Yet, to our knowledge, environmental research has left the question of the effect of temperature on human neurodevelopm...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12940-025-01173-8

Cost effective reproduction number based strategies for reducing deaths from COVID-19

Christopher Thron, Vianney Mbazumutima, Luis V. Tamayo, Léonard Todjihounde • Journal of Mathematics in Industry (2021)

Abstract In epidemiology, the effective reproduction number R e $R_{e}$ is used to characterize the growth rate of an epidemic outbreak. If R e > 1 $R_{e} >1$ , the epidemic worsens, and if R e < 1 $R_{e}< 1$ , then it subsides and eventual...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13362-021-00107-6

Nurse-coordinated home-based cardiac rehabilitation for patients with heart failure: A scoping review

Tiantian Ruan, Mengqi Xu, Lingyan Zhu, Yuan Ding • International Journal of Nursing Sciences (2023)

Objectives: This study aimed to review and summarize the studies of nurse-coordinated home-based cardiac rehabilitation for patients with heart failure. Methods: The review was performed using Arksey and O’Malley’s scoping review framework....

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnss.2023.09.022

Enhancing vocational training in corrections: A type 1 hybrid randomized controlled trial protocol for evaluating virtual reality job interview training among returning citizens preparing for community re-entry

Matthew J. Smith, Jamie A. Mitchell, Shannon Blajeski, Brittani Parham et al. • Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications (2020)

The Michigan Department of Corrections operates the Vocational Villages, which are skilled trades training programs set within prisons that include an immersive educational community using virtual reality, robotics, and other technologies t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.conctc.2020.100604

Multisensor Fire Detection System Mobile Robot as a Learning Media in Firefighting Robotic Course

Direstu Amalia, Wildan Nugraha, Sunardi Sunardi, Rio Rizko et al. • Journal of Innovation in Educational and Cultural Research (2023)

Firefighting Robotic technology has been used for a long time to achieve aviation safety and security goals. The research is deemed necessary because of some related issues: 1) A pressing need for lecturers and students to have access to le...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.46843/jiecr.v4i4.1016