Tobacco Use, Risk Perceptions, and Characteristics of Adults Who Used a Heated Tobacco Product (IQOS) in the United States: Cross-Sectional Survey Study by Hui G Cheng, Brendan Noggle, Andrea R Vansickel, Edward G Largo, Pierpaolo Magnani

“…THS consists of a holder and specially designed tobacco sticks that are heated instead of burned to produce a nicotine-containing aerosol. THS was available in Atlanta, Georgia; Richmond, Virginia; Charlotte, North Carolina; the Northern Virginia region; and South Carolina before its market removal in November 2021. …”
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Optimization of industrial symbiosis in coffee-based eco-industrial park design by N. Laili, T. Djatna, N.S. Indrasti, M. Yani

“…Coffee solid waste constitutes biomass containing useful compounds promising as raw materials for added-value products through the implementation of industrial symbiosis. …”
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Validation of the Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire for MASH (CLDQ-MASH) by Zobair M. Younossi, Maria Stepanova, Issah Younossi, Andrei Racila

“…After item reduction and exploratory factor analysis with the training set (>90% variance), the CLDQ-MASH contained 35 items and seven domains. With the non-overlapping testing set, CLDQ-MASH demonstrated excellent face validity, internal consistency (all Cronbach’s alpha >0.78), and high correlations with relevant domains of SF-36, FACIT-F (p <0.01). …”
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Implementasi Algoritma Fuzzi Mamdani pada Sistem Pakar Menggunakan Software Aplikasi Matlab R2007B, Studi Kasus: Tanaman Hidroponik Selada Air by Okta Purnawirawan, Tri Afirianto

“…The expert system was built using the functions of the Fuzzy Inference System (FIS) contained in the Fuzzy Logic Toolbox (FLT) in the MATLAB R2007b application software. …”
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Impact of immunosuppressive regimens on antibody response after COVID-19 vaccination among Thai kidney transplant recipients by Nuttasith Larpparisuth, Kritsada Pongsakornkullachart, Nartsiri Ratchawang, Attapong Vongwiwatana, Peenida Skulratanasak

“…The seropositive rate was significantly higher in KTR who received tacrolimus (TAC)/everolimus (EVR)/prednisolone (CS) immunosuppression than EVR/mycophenolic acid (MPA)/CS and TAC/MPA/CS, respectively (95 % vs. 65 % vs. 34 %; p < 0.001). The MPA-containing regimen is associated with an inferior humoral response (OR 0.02, 95%CI 0.01–0.16; p < 0.001). …”
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Analisa Sentimen Financial Technology Peer To Peer Lending Pada Aplikasi Koinworks by Rousyati Rousyati, Windu Gata, Dany Pratmanto, Nia Kusuma Wardhani

“…Second, there are risks associated with data security (cyber risk), governance, and customer privacy and also because of system vulnerabilities and data abuse, whether intentionally or unintentionally. Reviews contained in the Google Play comments column can be used as a data source that can be shared with data mining. …”
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Optimization of Lactic Acid Production from Pineapple By-Products and an Inexpensive Nitrogen Source Using Lactiplantibacillus plantarum strain 4O8 by Joel Romial Ngouénam, Pierre Marie Kaktcham, Chancel Hector Momo Kenfack, Edith Marius Foko Kouam, François Zambou Ngoufack

“…Concerning the screening of factors, temperature, nitrogen source, and carbon source were the factors that showed a major impact on LA production in the production medium containing chicken by-products as nitrogen source. A pineapple by-product concentration of 141.75 g/l, a nitrogen source volume of 108.99 ml/l, and a temperature of 30.89°C were recorded as the optimum conditions for LA production. …”
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Brain Age Prediction Using a Lightweight Convolutional Neural Network by Fatma Eltashani, Mario Parreno-Centeno, James H. Cole, Joao Paulo Papa, Fumie Costen

“…We proposed a lighter version of the Simple Fully Convolutional Network (SFCN) that contain only 1.2 million parameters. Computational load was further reduced by cropping the brain images. …”
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Oura Ring as a Tool for Ovulation Detection: Validation Analysis by Nina Thigpen, Shyamal Patel, Xi Zhang

“…MethodsThe study sample contained 1155 ovulatory menstrual cycles from 964 participants recruited from the Oura Ring commercial database. …”
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Structure and identification of the native PLP synthase complex from Methanosarcina acetivorans lysate by Angela Agnew, Ethan Humm, Kang Zhou, Robert P. Gunsalus, Z. Hong Zhou

“…We found that the native PdxS complex exists as a homo-dodecamer of PdxS subunits, and the previously proposed supracomplex containing both the synthase (PdxS) and glutaminase (PdxT) was not observed in cellular lysate. …”
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Influence of fruit stages on chemical compositions, phytochemicals, and antioxidant activity of wood apple (Feronia limonia (L.) Swingle) by Rashmi Srivastava, Neha Mishra, Arshi, Shraddha Tripathi, Smriti, Neha Taslim Fatima, Neetu Mishra

“…Swingle is an underappreciated tropical fruit, contains several vitamins, minerals, and bioactive substances, yet it has received significantly less attention. …”
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Baseline Smartphone App Survey Return in the Electronic Framingham Heart Study Offspring and Omni 1 Study: eCohort Study by Jian Rong, Chathurangi H Pathiravasan, Yuankai Zhang, Jamie M Faro, Xuzhi Wang, Eric Schramm, Belinda Borrelli, Emelia J Benjamin, Chunyu Liu, Joanne M Murabito

“…MethodsFramingham Heart Study Offspring and Omni (multiethnic cohort) participants who owned a smartphone were invited to download this study’s app that contained a range of survey types to report on different aspects of health including self-reported measures from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS). iPhone users also completed 4 tasks including 2 cognitive and 2 physical function testing tasks. …”
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Microbial-Induced Carbonate Precipitation for Strengthening Soft Clay by J. Z. Xiao, Y. Q. Wei, H. Cai, Z. W. Wang, T. Yang, Q. H. Wang, S. F. Wu

“…For this paper, soft clay specimens were prepared by mixing a solution containing Sporosarcina pasteurii bacteria, solutions with different concentrations of nutrient salts, and soft clay. …”
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Combined multi-scale characterization of pores in ultra-thick coal seams of Jurassic Xishanyao Formation, Tiaohu-Malang sags, Santanghu Basin by Yue CHEN, Qiqi LEI, Dongmin MA, Xin WANG, Xinggang WANG, Diefang HUANG, Gaoxiang RONG

“…The surface of the 9-1 coal sample contains a large number of mineral crystal particles, with well-developed pores, breccia pores, friction holes, and micro-fractures, displaying a distinct pore-fracture topological structure. …”
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Study of the Influence Hormone LHRH-a and 17a-MT of Hemocytology on Orange Spot Grouper Broodstock, Epinephelus coioides by F. Johnny, A. Priyono, D. Roza

“…Fish were kept on two concrete tank contained 100 m3 sea water and 2 meters depth and density 15 fishes/tank,  male ratio and female was 1 : 2.  …”
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Investigating Smartphone-Based Sensing Features for Depression Severity Prediction: Observation Study by Yannik Terhorst, Eva-Maria Messner, Kennedy Opoku Asare, Christian Montag, Christopher Kannen, Harald Baumeister

“…The best regression model contained EMA and sensing features (R2=45.15%, 95% CI 30.39% to 58.53%). …”
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Levels of Cytokines (IL-1β, IL-2, IL-6, IL-8, TNF-α) and Trace Elements (Zn, Cu) in Breast Milk From Mothers of Preterm and Term Infants by Bilal Ustundag, Erdal Yilmaz, Yasar Dogan, Saadet Akarsu, Halit Canatan, Ihsan Halifeoglu, Gurkan Cikim, A. Denizmen Aygun

“…It has been well documented that human milk contains several immunomodulator components which are important during infant period when the newborn's immune system is still under development. …”
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Characteristics of the Approximate-Optimal Training Indicators of Goalkeepers in Modern Football by Igor Doroshenko, Andrii Svatyev, Valerij Shamardin, Bogdan Khorkavyy, Daria Vaniuk, Eduard Doroshenko

“…The analysis of the data contained allows us to state the presence of certain relationships between the indicators of morphometry and the level of development of motor abilities of football players of various playing roles with the indicators of the effectiveness and efficiency of their competitive activities: goalkeepers show reduced correlations with endurance development; flank defender and midfielder have reduced indicators of the relationship between the effectiveness of competitive activity and morphometric indicators and manifestations of flexibility. …”
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Effects of Dietary Pectin and Lactobacillus salivarius ATCC 11741 on Growth Performance, Immunocompetence, Gut Microbiota, Antioxidant Capacity, and Disease Resistance in Narrow-Cl... by Samyah Darwish Saddig Jastaniah, Hafsan Hafsan, Cheng-jui Tseng, Yasir Salam Karim, Mohammed Ubaid Hamza, Noora M. Hameed, Sura Hasan Al-Zubaidi, Saif Sabbar Kemil Almotlaq, Ghulam Yasin, A. Heri Iswanto, Mahnaz Dadras, Mohammad Mansouri Chorehi

“…Microbiological analyses revealed that the total heterotrophic bacteria count (TVC) and lactic acid bacteria (LAB) of narrow-clawed crayfish fed diets containing LS1, LS2, LS1PE1, and LS2PE2 were higher than control group. …”
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Solid Self-Microemulsifying Drug Delivery System for Improved Oral Bioavailability of Relugolix: Preparation and Evaluation by Li ZL, Deng GX, Fang CZ, Zhao YQ, Yuan J, Chen L, Zhong HJ, Guo F

“…In phosphate buffered saline (PBS) (pH 6.8) release medium containing 1% tween 80, the vitro release studies showed 86% cumulative drug release for RLGL-S-SMEDDS and 3.6% cumulative drug release for RLGL suspensions. …”
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