A brief alcohol intervention during smoking cessation treatment in daily cigarette smokers: A pilot randomized controlled trial by Yee Tak Derek Cheung, Tin Shun Titan Mak, Tzu Tsun Luk, Kam-wing Joe Ching, Nga-ting Grace Wong, Ching Han Helen Chan, Man Ping Wang, Tai Hing Lam

“…Abstract Alcohol use attenuates successful smoking cessation. We examined the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a brief alcohol intervention in smokers. …”
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Transcriptomic reprogramming and epigenetic regulation underlying pollination-dependent and auxin-induced fruit set in tomato by Xiaohan Li, Xiaohan Li, Xiaohan Li, Bing He, Anis Djari, Pierre Frasse, Elie Maza, Farid Regad, Julien Pirrello, Guojian Hu, Guojian Hu, Guojian Hu, Guojian Hu, Mondher Bouzayen

“…Notably, MCM1, AG, DEFA and SRF (MADS)-box and NAM, ATAF1/2, and CUC2 (NAC) genes were extensively downregulated during the transition from flower to fruit, suggesting their negative roles in fruit initiation. …”
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Predicting Optimum Moisture Content by the individual and hybrid approach of machine learning by Yinghui Yang, Yahui Dai, Qunting Yang

“…To further enhance the predictive accuracy of these models, two meta-heuristic optimization techniques—Atom Search Optimization (ASO) and Reptile Search Algorithm (RSA)—are employed. …”
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Short Telomere Length in Plasma of Sudanese Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Chronic Liver Diseases by Fayza A. Rahamtalla, Iman M. Shammat, Salma B. M. Mudawi, Maram Abbas, Mohammed A. H. Kheir Elsid, Mohammed S. M. Abdalla

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Exploring the dynamics of seasonal surface features using coastal and regional ocean community model by D. Jaishree, P.T. Ravichandran, D.V. Thattai

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Studying the monthly variations in the surface features of the Bay of Bengal is a complex task that involves numerous large-scale ocean-atmosphere dynamics. This study identified the bay’s changing circulation patterns over recent decades as a crucial study area requiring in-depth research. …”
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The Optimization of the Debittering Process and the Exploration of Bitter Metabolites of <i>Paeonia ostii</i> ‘Fengdan’ Seeds by Shuting Li, Yanfeng Xu, Xinyue Liu, Qizhen Su, Junyu Zhang, Xinran Zhang, Xinmiao Guo, Yanlong Zhang, Qingyu Zhang

“…Tree peony seeds, traditionally used for edible oil production, are rich in α-linolenic acid (ALA). However, little attention is paid to their development as a healthcare food due to their bitter and astringent taste. …”
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Event Forecasting in Organizational Networks: A Discrete Dynamical System Approach by Piotr Śliwa

“…Both inter- and intraorganizational networks draw the attention of researchers and practitioners from various disciplines who view them as the fabric of the socioeconomic world. …”
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The indifference towards democracy in Latin America by Alejandro Monsivais-Carrillo

“…The evidence suggests that for a significant number of citizens democracy is an abstract notion that does not create political attachment.…”
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Clustering Gempabumi di Wilayah Regional VII Menggunakan Pendekatan DBSCAN by Ihsan Bagus Fahad Arafat, Mokhamad Amin Hariyadi, Irwan Budi Santoso, Cahyo Crysdian

“…Therefore, it is necessary to classify earthquakes to map earthquake-prone zones based on their sources in Regional VII area based on the similarity of attibutes, based on the characteristics of earthquakes from the same source. …”
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Lest we remember? Recollection of the Boer War and Great War in Ireland by Ciarán WALLACE

“…Despite the existence of major monuments in the centre of Dublin, the memory of the South African or Boer War (1899-1902) has not attracted the same celebrity as the First World War. …”
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A Summary: Portraying the Legal Culture and the European Human Rights Culture of the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice through Interviews by Nina-Louisa Arold Lorenz

“…Studying European human rights culture, in turn, is key for an assessment of the recent attempt to merge the two systems through the accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). …”
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Autoridades cognitivas versus autoridades eclesiásticas e espirituais: as comunidades evangélicas brasileiras e a desinformação by Márcia Feijão de Figueiredo, Marianna Zattar

“…Em seguida, descreve os conceitos utilizados nas comunidades evangélicas para as autoridades eclesiásticas, que podem ser atribuídas através de cargos administrativos, a autoridade espiritual, que se estabelece através do reconhecimento dos membros sem possuir cargo formalizado e, nos ambientes digitais, a ascensão de autoridades espirituais como influenciadores e youtubers, que detém junto às comunidades liderança dentro e fora das igrejas. …”
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RNA Viruses: ROS-Mediated Cell Death by Mohammad Latif Reshi, Yi-Che Su, Jiann-Ruey Hong

“…This review focuses on RNA viruses and retroviruses, giving particular attention to the human influenza virus, Hepatitis c virus (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and the aquatic Betanodavirus. …”
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EN TORNO AL LENGUAJE HACIA 1916: LA CRÍTICA DE WALTER BENJAMIN AL ESCRITO DE HABILITACIÓN DEL JOVEN HEIDEGGER by Maria Paula Viglione

“…Asimismo, se estudiarán las razones que conducen a Benjamin a comentar críticamente la tesis de Heidegger desde dos perspectivas: el problema de la traducción y la recuperación heideggeriana del neokantismo. Atendiendo a la rehabilitación de la escolástica y de la fenomenología en los comienzos del siglo XX, se intentará reconstruir un debate implícito entre los autores hacia 1916 para dar cuenta de la distancia entre la concepción lógica del lenguaje de Heidegger y la concepción teológica del lenguaje de Benjamin.…”
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Sanitary Risks Connected to the Consumption of Infusion from Senna rotundifolia L. Contaminated with Lead and Cadmium in Cotonou (Benin) by S. A. Montcho, K. Koudouvo, A. P. E. Yehouenou, P. Guedenon, L. Koumolou, M. Oke Sopoh, V. Dougnon, Mensavi F. Gbéassor, E. E. Creppy, M. Boko, A. P. Edorh

“…This plant was collected and analyzed by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The results revealed a contamination of plants from markets of Dantokpa, Vossa, and Godomey with heavy metals. …”
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A Compact High-Gain Coplanar Waveguide-Fed Antenna for Military RADAR Applications by Zaheer Ahmed Dayo, Qunsheng Cao, Yi Wang, Sandeep Pirbhulal, Ali Hassan Sodhro

“…This paper presents a new design of a compact, high-gain coplanar waveguide-fed antenna and proposes a multielement approach to attain enhanced characteristics. The proposed method overcomes the simulation and geometrical complexity and achieves optimal performance features. …”
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La problématique de la représentation des paysages brésiliens dans les manuels scolaires français by Leonardo Moreira Ulhôa, Vânia Rúbia Farias Vlach

“…This is a research still in progress, but it is already possible to extract elements for decoding the meanings attributed retrospectively to Brazil's  landscapes in France.…”
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Emigration of South Africans to the West: Sociological and missiological implications by Christopher Magezi

“…The article dialogued with relevant literature to accomplish the proposed objective and provide an overview of the push and pull factors of why South Africans emigrate to the United Kingdom, Australia, the United States of America, New Zealand and many other countries, all of which used to send missionaries abroad, but they are now experiencing exponential growth in atheism. Further, the article discussed the unprecedented growth of Christianity in Africa, particularly South Africa, in contrast to the opposite trends in the Western world, thus, establishing how South African Christian emigrants can contribute towards evangelising the post-Christendom West, according to the biblical notion that God advances his kingdom through migration in centripetal and centrifugal ways. …”
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Acculturation in the Professional Activities of Specialists in International Relations by N. Romanenko

“…It further describes the strategy of acculturation (separation, marginalization, integration), emphasizes the role of integration strategy that makes it possible to preserve the cultural identity of a specialist in international relations along with an awareness of the regional culture of the host country. Special attention is given to the task of the university in preventing possible assimilation of future specialists in international relations and building "immunity" to the cultural (regional) adaptation and sustainable cultural identity as a representative the Russia. …”
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Optimal Operation Scheme with Short-Turn, Express, and Local Services in an Urban Rail Transit Line by Tao Feng, Siyu Tao, Zhengyang Li

“…Flexible railway operation modes combining different operation strategies, such as short-turn, express, and local services, can significantly reduce operator and user costs and increase the efficiency and attractiveness of rail transit services. It is therefore necessary to develop optimization models to find optimal combinations of operation strategies for urban rail transit lines. …”
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