Open Access Pub publishes peer-reviewed, free-to-read open-access articles. Showing
articles matching DOES — open any to read the full text,
or download the PDF or XML.
Dec 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2372-6601.jhor-19-3094
Vladimir ZaichickCorresponding author
Prostate specific antigen (PSA) does not provide the high reliability and precision that is required for an accurate screening for prostate cancer (PCa). The aim of our study was to search for a simple, rapid, direct, preferably non-invasive, and highly accurate biomarker and procedure for the scree…
Sep 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2689-4602.jes-19-2990
Gennady ShkliarevskyCorresponding author
There is hardly anything more central to our universe than conservation. Many scientific fields and disciplines view the law of conservation as one of the most fundamental universal laws. The Darwinian model pivots the process of evolution on variability, reproduction, and natural selection. Conserv…
Jul 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-3585.jpmc-19-2947
Minoo AsadzandiCorresponding author
Objectives Death is the only definitive phenomenon in life, and everyone is sure that it will happen in the future. Based on the philosophical perspective, the concept of death differs in different cultures. The purpose of this study was “explaining the difference between the concept of death from t…
May 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.3070-5835.jcpn-19-2741
Ladislav ValachCorresponding author
Lindenstrasse 26, 3047 Bremgarten, Switzerland
After pointing out the wide scope of issues in nursing and summarizing some of the attempts in nursing to deal with this problem of wide scope we propose a conceptual consideration to address this issue anew. We suggest that the contextual action theory is well equipped to provide an economical and…
Jan 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-19-2608
Peter W. HarveyCorresponding author
In the light of various complaints about the quality of care provided by and operation of aged care facilities across Australia, the Commonwealth Government has announced a Royal Commission into the activities of the sector. As the proportion of Australians over 65 continues to grow with the ageing…
Dec 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2324-7339.jcrhap-18-2333
Abayomi Joseph AfeCorresponding author
Introduction: The introduction of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against incident HIV infection has changed the epidemiology of disease as continuous treatment with tenofovir and emtricitabine among high risk groups can reduce the relative risk for incident HIV infection by over 90%.However,despite…
Dec 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2576-9359.jot-18-2388
Stuart M. FlechnerCorresponding author
This review article provides ethical guidance for determining which kinds of financial benefits provided to living organ donors are ethically appropriate. It does so by way of ethical analysis of a policy case study: the National Kidney Registry (NKR) has implemented a donor insurance program to all…
Nov 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2689-5773.jcdp-18-2435
Anubha BajajCorresponding author
Theobjective of reviewing Hairy Cell Leukaemia may be achieved by emphasising the condition as a category of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia with hair like protrusions of the cytoplasm situated on the aberrant B cell surface. An infrequent disorder, hairy cell leukaemia contributes an estimated 2% of…
Oct 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2578-8590.ipj-18-2441
Nasim HabibzadehCorresponding author
Physiological changes in musculature allow widespread movements in human body. Correspondingly, varying in muscle prototypes characterise direct different training paradigms in therapeutics practice or can governs athletic performances. Mode of muscle contraction type are isometric, concentric or ec…
Sep 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2689-2855.jan-18-2342
Andrey BelousovCorresponding author
This study was devoted to the learning of the use of nanotechnology to correct the functional activity of red blood cells (RBCs) at the storage stages at a positive temperature. It was established that saline NaCl, which had previously been processed by magnetite nanoparticles (ICNB) had a marked me…
Aug 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2324-7339.jcrhap-18-2202
AA OkechukwuCorresponding author
Department of Pediatrics, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada.
Background: Ideally, disclosure of HIV status to infected children and adolescents should involve both health care workers and parents/caregivers. Most studies on disclosure in children have focus mainly on parents/caregivers with little information on health care workers. We conduct this study to e…
Jun 2018
J MwaiCorresponding author
Background: Tungiasis is a parasitic tropical disease caused by female Tungapenetranswhich has remained an important public health problem and it affects resource-poor communities causing different health disabilities hence the need for behavior change. Main objective of the study was to determine f…
Mar 2018
Loris RizzelloCorresponding author
The crusade against cancer has a new army: immunotherapy. The rational design is very simple, but brilliant at the same time. Extract the patients T-cells, reprogram them in vitro for the expression of highly specific receptors against cancer, perfuse them back to the patient. As a result, T-cells a…
Jan 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2577-137X.ji-17-1800
R Patil RajanCorresponding author
School of Public Health, SRM University.
This article has been retracted on December 28, 2018. VIEW THE RETRACTION NOTICE (https://doi.org/10.14302/issn.2577-137X.ji-25-5837) This paper attempts to summarizes possible reasons for BCG trial failure in India. It also lists out some of the important controversies and questions raised with reg…
Sep 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-17-1724
Pär WanbyCorresponding author
Hypovitaminosis D is common among older people and treatment with vitamin D is associated with reduced risk of falls and fractures. This paper provides a cost analysis of assessing the vitamin D status of and providing the pharmaceuticals for elderly citizens in Kalmar County, Sweden (population app…
Aug 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2694-1201.jsn-17-1527
Andrea TrescotCorresponding author
Cervicogenic headaches are a significant cause of head and neck pain, and occipital neuralgia is a common component of these cervicogenic headaches. Occipital injections are commonly performed at the occipital ridge, but this site does not address more proximal entrapments of the nerve in the subocc…
Apr 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2470-0436.jos-17-988
Ying-Ling ChenCorresponding author
Photorefraction (PR) methods have beenwidely used for pediatric vision screening since the 1980’s. While PR is easy to implement, the accuracy of refractive error measurements in humans has been unsatisfactory, largely due to the variations of intraocular scattering, the retinal reflectance, and pup…
Nov 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-16-1274
John James PowerCorresponding author
Ageing whilst an inevitable process in the human being, does not have to be marked by progressive decline and social withdrawal. `Ageism’ can generate a number of negative and at times destructive perspectives, labelling the elderly and possibly encouraging them to reflect the attitudes and behaviou…
Apr 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-3585.jpmc-15-704
David RottCorresponding author
Objective: Statins are highly effective medications for reducing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations and cardiovascular events. Their most common side effects are a variety of myopathic complaints, possibly due to reduced circulating Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) levels. We sought to determine…
Mar 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2572-5424.jgm-16-1353
Tamara V. KozyrevaCorresponding author
The possible interrelation of ethanol and the membrane protein molecules such as TRP ion channels in the whole living organism has not been studied. In the present research we study the influence of ethanol (50%) and agonist of TRPM8 ion channel L-menthol (1% in 50% ethanol) application to abdominal…