Applying multi-theory model to determine intentions to smoking cessation among male health worker smokers in Kabul, Afghanistan by Mousa Bashir, Farkhondeh Amin Shokravi, Anoshirvan Kazemnejad

“…The sustenance of smoking cessation behavior was significantly influenced by emotional transformation, practicing for change and changes in social environment.ConclusionMTM has the usefulness to assess both the initiation and sustenance behavior of smoking cessation. Potential arrangements utilizing MTM develops ought to be created in future interventions to alter behavior of smoking cessation.…”
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Colloidal Spin Ice Cellular Automata for Logic Design by Vasileios P. Karkanis, Nikolaos I. Dourvas, Andrew Adamatzky, Panagiotis Dimitrakis, Georgios Ch. Sirakoulis

“…These nanomagnets are arranged in specific designs usually in square or kagome shape and are coupled together by their magnetic interactions. …”
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Application of Presplitting Blasting Technology in Surrounding Rock Control of Gob-Side Entry Retaining with Hard Roof: A Case Study by Shuang Gong, Yi Tan, Yunpeng Liu, Dan Zhu, Yang Yu

“…The results showed that deep holes and shallow holes with small spacing and parallel to each other shall be arranged on the planned seam line. The peeping results show that the crack formation rate in the charging section exceeds 85% in the process of deep hole blasting. …”
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Orthogonal Design Study on Factors Affecting the Determination of Common Odors in Water Samples by Headspace Solid-Phase Microextraction Coupled to GC/MS by Shifu Peng, Zhen Ding, Weiwen Xia, Hao Zheng, Yuting Xia, Xiaodong Chen

“…In this study, the orthogonal experiment design L32 (49) was applied to arrange and optimize experimental conditions. The optimum was the following: temperatures of extraction and desorption, 65°C and 260°C, respectively; times of extraction and desorption, 30 min and 5 min, respectively; ionic strength, 25% (w/v); rotate-speed, 600 rpm; solution pH, 5.0. …”
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PEGDA-based HistoBrick for increasing throughput of cryosectioning and immunohistochemistry in organoid and small tissue studies by Emilie Vuille-dit-Bille, Larissa Utz, Fiona E. Müllner, Valeria J. Arteaga-Moreta, Yanyan Hou, Stefan E. Spirig, Diane Ledroit-Paic, Sarah Heub, Jonas Goldowsky, Gilles Weder, Magdalena Renner

“…Here, we have adapted to cryosectioning our previously developed HistoBrick approach, in which small tissue arrangement is spatially controlled within arrayed mini-wells. …”
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Enhanced electrochemical performance of activated carbon derived from Acacia catechu bark by KOH activation for supercapacitor application by Mishra Pawan Kumar, Aryal Sabin, Bhakta Oli Hari, Shrestha Timila, Sapkota Thakur, Shrestha Ram Lal Swagat, Prasad Bhattarai Deval

“…The prepared specimen underwent analysis using diverse methods such as iodine and methylene blue number techniques, XRD, FTIR-test, Raman test, TEM, and its potential storage capacity was appraised via CV, GCD, EIS, and CV stability tests paying a three-electrode arrangement. The activated carbon synthesized at 800 °C (KBAC-8) demonstrated a specific capacitance of 264.51 F/g at 1 A/g, with outstanding retention of 94.64% and superior coulombic efficiency equated to KBAC-6 and KBAC-4. …”
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Comparison Between Tafsir Al-Zamakhsyari And Al-Qurtubi Regarding The Interpretation Of Verse 59 Of Surah Al-Ahzāb by Ikmal Adnan, Khairulnazrin Nasir, Rahim Kamarul Zaman, Ahmad Asraff Ismail

“…The results of the analysis show that the methods used by al-Zamakhsyari and al-Qurtubi are different in the form of arrangement, discussion topics and explanations. In conclusion, the study related to the comparison of interpretation methods among scholars of interpretation needs to be expanded to identify the best method in understanding the holy verses of the Quran.…”
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The 2020 IDS Release of the Antwerp COR*-Database. Evaluation, Development and Transformation of a Pre-Existing Database by Sam Jenkinson, Francisco Anguita, Diogo Paiva, Hideko Matsuo, Koen Matthijs

“…An important characteristic is the sample's large migrant population, including the timings of their demographic events and living arrangements, whilst resident in the district of Antwerp. …”
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Safety Distance of Shotcrete Subjected to Blasting Vibration in Large-Span High-Speed Railway Tunnels by Ao Li, Dingli Zhang, Qian Fang, Jiwei Luo, Liqiang Cao, Zhenyu Sun

“…Evolution law considering different factors including blasting charge, rock mass class, and setting time of shotcrete was also obtained, which could be applied to determine blast charge shotcrete arrangements for tunnel constructions in future. The obtained results showed that the safety of shotcrete could be ensured and shotcrete falling off the rock could be prevented under current blast constructions.…”
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Giant Prolactinoma of Young Onset: A Clue to Diagnosis of MEN-1 Syndrome by Chandrika Jayakanthi Subasinghe, Noel Somasundaram, Pathmanathan Sivatharshya, Lalana Devi Ranasinghe, Márta Korbonits

“…This report emphasizes importance of screening young patients with giant prolactinoma for MEN-1 syndrome and arranging long-term follow-up for them expecting variable treatment outcomes. …”
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A Case of Isolated Primary Pleural Neurofibroma in a 39-Year-Old Woman by Kritika Krishnamurthy, John Alexis, Pukhraz Basra, Ana Maria Medina

“…Microscopic examination revealed the tumor to be composed of spindle cells with wavy nuclei arranged haphazardly in loose collagenous and pale myxoid stroma with rare interspersed mast cells. …”
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Structure Design and Flow Field Analysis of a Model Test Box Used to Study Freezing Temperature Field of Seepage Stratum by Renliang Shan, Weijun Liu, Zhe Liu, Zhien Wang

“…Water sealing between the upper cover plate and lower box body was achieved by arranging bolts, iron sheets, and silica gel strips. …”
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Bionic Silk Fibroin Film Promotes Tenogenic Differentiation of Tendon Stem/Progenitor Cells by Activating Focal Adhesion Kinase by Kang Lu, Xiaodie Chen, Hong Tang, Mei Zhou, Gang He, Zhisong Lu, Kanglai Tang

“…SF films with a bionic microstructure may serve as a scaffold, provide biophysical cues to alter the cellular adherence arrangement and cell morphology, and enhance the tenogenic gene and protein expression in TSPCs. …”
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Two-Photon Laser Scanning Microscopy of the Transverse-Axial Tubule System in Ventricular Cardiomyocytes from Failing and Non-Failing Human Hearts by Andreas Ohler, Jutta Weisser-Thomas, Valentino Piacentino, Steven R. Houser, Gordon F. Tomaselli, Brian O'Rourke

“…To rule out possible inhomogeneity in the arrangement of the TATS, Euclidian distance maps were plotted for every section, allowing to measure the closest distance between any cytosolic and any membrane point. …”
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Association of burnout and working environment conditions in respiratory care professionals in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study by Saad Al-Anazi, Saad Al-Anazi, Syed Shahid Habib, Thamir Al-khlaiwi, Abdulaziz Alhomaidi Alodhayani, Abdulmueen Alotaibi, Abdulmueen Alotaibi, Saja Aldulejan, Sufana Al Safadi, Fahad Saad Alshammari, Aqeelah Marar, Afaf Alrashdi, Alhanouf G. Almutairi, Mohammed Alshahrani

“…Age, gender, living arrangements, education, employment status, and salary level were not significant predictors of severe burnout or personal achievement issues.Conclusion with discussionThe findings highlight that marital status and extended working hours are significantly associated with increased burnout among respiratory therapists in Saudi Arabia. …”
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Physical, Spatial, and Molecular Aspects of Extracellular Matrix of In Vivo Niches and Artificial Scaffolds Relevant to Stem Cells Research by Maria Akhmanova, Egor Osidak, Sergey Domogatsky, Sergey Rodin, Anna Domogatskaya

“…Spatial aspects include scaffold dimensionality (2D or 3D) and thickness; cell polarity; area, shape, and microscale topography of cell adhesion surface; epitope concentration, epitope clustering characteristics (number of epitopes per cluster, spacing between epitopes within cluster, spacing between separate clusters, cluster patterns, and level of disorder in epitope arrangement), and nanotopography. Biochemical characteristics of natural extracellular matrix molecules regard diversity and structural complexity of matrix molecules, affinity and specificity of epitope interaction with cell receptors, role of non-affinity domains, complexity of supramolecular organization, and co-signaling by growth factors or matrix epitopes. …”
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Dual-Band Eight-Element MIMO Array Using Multi-Slot Decoupling Technique for 5G Terminals by Wei Hu, Long Qian, Steven Gao, Le-Hu Wen, Qi Luo, Hang Xu, Xuekang Liu, Ying Liu, Wei Wang

“…Zero ground clearance is also realized by the coplanar arrangement of the antenna elements and decoupling structures. …”
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Comparative Study on the Evolution of Airflow Temperature and Valid Ventilation Distance Under Different Cooling Strategies in High-Temperature Tunnels for Mining Thermal Energy by Fangchao Kang, Jinlong Men, Binbin Qin, Guoxi Sun, Ruzhen Chen, Weikang Zhang, Jiamei Chen, Zhenpeng Ye

“…Our findings indicate that (1) the TIL-HE strategy demonstrates superior cooling performance, resulting in significantly lower airflow temperatures and markedly higher VVD; (2) higher water velocity and more heat exchangers contribute to lower airflow temperature and prolonged VVD; (3) positioning the heat exchangers within the surrounding rock rather than inside the insulation layer leads to even lower airflow temperature and longer VVD. Longitudinal-arranged heat exchangers present fewer construction challenges compared to traditional radial-drilled ones, ultimately reducing tunnel construction costs. …”
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Integrated Bioinformatics-Based Identification of Potential Diagnostic Biomarkers Associated with Diabetic Foot Ulcer Development by Long Qian, Zhipeng Xia, Ming Zhang, Qiong Han, Die Hu, Sha Qi, Danmou Xing, Yan Chen, Xin Zhao

“…These DEGs were then arranged into a protein-protein interaction (PPI) network, and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway and Gene Ontology (GO) term enrichment analyses were performed to explore the functional roles of these genes. …”
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Reconfigurable Photonic Lattices Based on Atomic Coherence by Jiaqi Yuan, Shun Liang, Qingsong Yu, Changbiao Li, Yanpeng Zhang, Min Xiao, Zhaoyang Zhang

“…Abstract The array of coupled optical waveguides, which is also viewed as a photonic lattice, can exhibit abundant photonic band structures depending on the desired spatial arrangements of involved waveguides. Studies of photonic lattices are usually performed in solid‐state materials, where the required periodic susceptibilities can be achieved by employing the femtosecond laser direct‐writing or optical induction method, and have spawned flourishing achievements in manipulating the behaviors of light. …”
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