Association between smoking status and death from COVID-19 in South Korea: A nationwide cohort study by Jae Woo Choi

“…The smoking status of subjects who participated twice in national health screenings between 2015 and 2018 was measured. …”
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The Legal Values of the Formal Composition in the Interior Spaces of Beauty Centers as a Model by Liqa Ahmad Abd al- Rhman, Rana Abdalkareem Saieed

“…The interior designer of the beauty centers’ space was able to realize himself in the reception space of the centers that the system is a formal structure subject to formal limitations in order to gain acceptance. …”
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Dynamics of dormancy regulation in ‘Sonata’ strawberry and its relation to flowering and runnering by Anita Sønsteby, Ola M. Heide

“…While plants grown in LD at 18 ℃ for 10 weeks remained vegetative under subsequent forcing, they unexpectedly initiated flowers when subjected to chilling in darkness for 6 weeks before the forcing. …”
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TOURISM AS A WAY TO EXPAND THE HUMAN LIFE SPACE by L. V. Martseniuk, T. Yu. Charkina

“…The element of originality is compilation of existing concepts to the definition of the individual as a subject of life property, for the understanding of human relationships and its external environment. …”
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Artificial Neural Networks Model for Photosynthetic Rate Prediction of Leaf Vegetable Crops under Normal and Nutrient-Stressed in Greenhouse by Yohanes Bayu Suharto, Herry Suhardiyanto, Anas Dinurroman Susila, Supriyanto

“…The statistical analysis revealed a notable disparity in the CO2 assimilation rate among leaf vegetable crops subjected to nutrient stress treatment. The constructed ANN model demonstrated strong performance, achieving an R2 value of 0.9416, an RMSE of 1.5898 during training, and an R2 value of 0.9271 with an RMSE of 1.9649 in validation. …”
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The Microbiota Profile Analysis of Combined Periodontal-Endodontic Lesions Using 16S rRNA Next-Generation Sequencing by Ping Sun, Zhiyong Guo, Daiping Guo, Jian Wang, Tingting Wu, Tingjun Li, Jiannan Liu, Xinhua Liu

“…Then, the V3-V4 hypervariable regions of the 16S rRNA gene were amplified and subjected to next-generation sequencing. The statistical analysis was performed by R software (V3.5.1). …”
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Clinical Outcomes of Mandibular Angle Fractures Treated by Single-Versus Double Miniplates by Mustafa Rasul Muhammed

“…Material and Methods: The present study was carried out on 40 patients with fractures of the mandible angle region treated by open reduction and internal fixation with 2.0mm standard conventional mini plates. Subjects were selected and randomly assigned to one of the 2 groups, 20 patients for each. …”
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ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN NOTIONS OF J.RAWLS‘ "A THEORY OF JUSTICE" by Goda Izabelė Izabelė Venslauskaitė

“…Rawls such as justice, subject of justice, ideas of cooperation and well ordered society, veil of ignorance, rationality of the original situation, principles of justice, the rule of maximum minimorum. …”
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An Intelligent Approach for the Challenges in the Evaluation of Public Accountant Firms Under Uncertainties by Zijie Yu

“…The ability to handle subjective and unclear data while integrating interconnections between several assessment requirements is lacking in the practical assessment methods currently used by CPA companies. …”
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The Role of Parents in Increasing Children's English Vocabulary in Kelambir V Kebun by Doni Efrizah, Indah Sari, Vivi Oxana Putri

“…Nine parents in Kelambir V Kebun Village were selected purposely as the subject of the research. Interview and observation were used to collect the data. …”
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The elementary education Turkish Republic Revolution History and Kemalism course curriculum from the perspectives of social sciences faculty members by Kaya Yılmaz, Yakup Ayaydın

“…From the perspectives of the participants, the curriculum should be redesigned under the principles of the Constructivist Learning Theory or learner-centred education so that students can gain a deep understanding of the subject and develop their higher-level thinking skills.…”
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Characteristics of Patients With Community‐Acquired Pressure Injuries by Midori Nagano, Yoshiko Kubo, Akiko Egawa, Masayo Kobayashi, Masami Sato

“…Results From 324 patients with CAPI, 272 patients were selected as the study subjects, due to availability of sufficient information regarding risk factors of PI. …”
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Effect of laser and light emitting diode bleaching techniques on micro-leakage of dental composite postoperatively using two different bonding systems by Shalaw S. Jawhar, Bassam K. Amin

“… Background and objective: Aesthetics is mostly a subjective perception that varies from individual to individual. …”
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Correlation of Iron Deficiency Status with Thyroid Profile among Subclinical and Overt Hypothyroidism Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Puducherry, India: A Cross-sect... by Angel Mercy Sylus, M. Priyatharshini, P. Muraliswaran, M. Lavanya

“…Serum ferritin, iron, and TSAT were significantly lower, while TIBC was higher, in both the subclinical and overt hypothyroid groups compared to healthy subjects. In subclinical and overt hypothyroidism, thyroid-stimulating hormone showed a significant negative correlation with ferritin, iron, and TSAT, but positively correlated with TIBC. …”
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Conceptos sobre pensamiento crítico en el discurso de docentes de humanidades de universidades chilenas by Kristov Cerda Neira, Angel Ovando Morales, Loreto Viveros Ahumada

“…An important part of the responses is organized around metaphors that present critical thinking as a conflict, while others refer to text analysis or reflections around the subject and its relationship with society. The consistency and hermeneutic circle of the concepts that underly those metaphors, as its consequences for the interpretation of the humanities didactic strategies, point to an ideological configuration beyond the disciplinary discourse, while belongs to the academia discourse itself. …”
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Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Population of the Area I in the Municipality of Cienfuegos by Hilda María Delgado Acosta, Karelis Lastre Navarro, María Lina Valdés Gómez, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Alain Morejón Giraldoni

“…The sampling units consisted of districts, areas and sections containing the dwellings where the subjects were chosen. A survey with the following variables was applied: age, sex, marital status, skin color, history of hypertension and diabetes mellitus, smoking, physical activity, food intake (fruits, vegetables and fat), body mass index and waist circumference.…”
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The communicative evaluation of Spanish in non-Spanish-speaking students of the Medical Sciences preparatory course by Adrian Abreus González, Guadalaupe García González, Nancy Castillo Mauri, Zaydelys Lucrecia Torres Calzadilla, Juan Manuel Cala Corrales

“…<p><strong>Foundation:</strong> the linguistic skills’ evaluation in foreign languages has been the subject of study by different researchers. The establishment and identification of indicators that describe the performance of students according to the levels of competence defined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, constitutes a priority for this study.…”
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Bibliometric analysis of climate research in East Africa: The rise and progress by Mohammed Rady, Ahmed Abdiaziz Alasow, Abdifatah Ahmed Hersi

“…The analysis also highlighted significant international collaboration, with non-African countries such as the US, UK, and Germany among the top five contributing nations. The top key subject areas included environmental sciences, earth and planetary sciences, agricultural and biological sciences, and social sciences. …”
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The Impact of Effective Microorganisms (EM) on Egg Quality and Laying Performance of Chickens by Alem Tadesse Atsbeha, Teweldemedhn Gebretinsae Hailu

“…In this experiment, 180 pullets of ISA Brown chickens with uniform age and weight were used and managed in a cage system. Chickens were subjected to 4 treatments with 3 replications, and each replication consisted of 15 chickens. …”
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African Activism Through Pugwash by Nola Dippenaar, Joelien Pretorius

“…The history and role of Pugwash has been the subject of many publications, but none of them pay adequate attention to Africans’ participation in Pugwash, if at all. …”
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