Oral-malodor measurement and intention to quit smoking in men: A before–after study by Naoko Yatabe, Takashi Hanioka, Nao Suzuki, Atsushi Shimazu, Marie Naito

“…Other variables, such as lung age deficit, exhaled CO concentration, and hydrogen sulfide concentration (another component of oral malodor), were not significantly associated. …”
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Multimedia: multimodal mediation analysis of microbiome data by Hanying Jiang, Xinran Miao, Margaret W. Thairu, Mara Beebe, Dan W. Grupe, Richard J. Davidson, Jo Handelsman, Kris Sankaran

“…Using a series of linked regressions, this analysis quantifies how complementary data relate to one another and respond to treatments. Despite these advances, existing software’s rigid assumptions often result in users viewing mediation analysis as a black box. …”
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The Development of an Instagram Reel-Based Bystander Intervention Message Among College Students: Formative Survey and Mixed Methods Pilot Study by Leticia Couto

“…Short messages that incentivize bystander intervention behavior can be another tool to fight sexual violence. …”
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Evolution of local heterogeneity towards flat free energy landscape: Optimization of piezoelectric response in PNN-PZ-PT at morphotropic phase boundary by Shubham Modgil, Varun Kamboj, Mukul Kumar, Arun Kumar Singh, Shobhna Dhiman, Gyaneshwar Sharma, OP Thakur, Sanjeev Kumar

“…Local structure heterogeneity is another generic route towards optimization of the piezoelectric performance via rare earth doping, as rare-earth doping introduces the local structural distortions. …”
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Fin Type Variation of Lionhead Strain Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Offspring by M. Syaifudin, Odang Carman, K. Sumantadinata

“…It might be caused by incompletely segregation in meiosis and many gen responsible to certain phenotype trait. Another abnormalities such as no anal fin, blindness, stumped and no pigmen in their gill lamella also occurred. …”
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Education of migrant children as a contribution to Russia’s future by A. Kh. Rakhmonov

“…Population movements and migration processes are an integral part of human history. Another modern phenomenon, globalisation, entails fundamental changes in the world and the world market. …”
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Resistance-breaking strains of tomato spotted wilt virus hamper photosynthesis and protein synthesis pathways in a virus accumulation-dependent manner in Sw5-carrying tomatoes by Maria Isabella Prigigallo, Ugo Picciotti, Giovanni Bubici

“…In Italy, TSWV is widely spread in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) crops and causes severe yield losses. In the last decades, several tomato varieties carrying the Sw-5b gene for resistance to TSWV have been released. …”
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Virgin coconut oil lessens trichloroacetic acid assault on the stomach and intestine of rats via enhancement of Nrf2 but inhibition of TNF-α, IL1β/NF-kB signalling pathway by OO Oladokun, KO Ajeigbe, MA Adelakun

“…Materials and Methods: Rats received TCA (250 mg/Kg b.wt, p.o) for ten days, followed by either 5 % or 10 % VCO per gram feed alone or in combination with 5FU (50 mg/kg, i.p) for another ten days. Stomach and intestinal tissue oxidative stress parameters and inflammatory markers were evaluated along with histological examination. …”
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Investigating the effect of the teaching method of peer education in medical students of surgical internship on satisfaction, grade at the end of the section, and implementation ab... by Keivan Sabooni, Madjid Shafiayan, Farzaneh Zarei, Behzad Khalafi

“…Results: A significant difference was found between the two control and intervention groups in terms of satisfaction, validity, and applicability, and the level of satisfaction, as well as the level of learning, was significantly higher compared to the observation group that was trained by the lecture method(p<0.05); was higher It has also achieved its educational goals, including satisfaction and learning, as well as self-efficacy. Another finding of this study is the difference in the final grade, which was significantly higher in the peer education group than in the classical education group (13.44 vs. 15.21 (p<0.001)). …”
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Unravelling the transcriptomic symphony of muscle ageing: key pathways and hub genes altered by ageing and caloric restriction in rat muscle revealed by RNA sequencing by Gulam Altab, Brian J. Merry, Charles W. Beckett, Priyanka Raina, Inês Lopes, Katarzyna Goljanek-Whysall, João Pedro de Magalhães

“…RNA-seq data were subjected to Gene Ontology, pathway, co-expression, and interaction network analyses. …”
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How climate change is shaping young people’s health: a participatory, youth co-led study from Bangladesh, Guatemala and Nigeria by Jessie Pinchoff, Karen Austrian, Eno-Obong Etetim, Damilola Babatunde, Eleanor Blomstrom, Sigma Ainul, Toyin Olamide Akomolafe, Brian Medina Carranza, Angel Del Valle

“…Despite this injustice, research and policy to date lacks AYP’s perspectives and active engagement.Methods Participatory, youth co-led qualitative focus group discussions were held in Bangladesh, Guatemala and Nigeria in mid-2023. …”
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Reclaiming Subsidized Land: An Evaluation of Coal Gangue Interlayers by Yuling Gong, Zhenqi Hu, Kevin McSweeney

“…Group 1 treatments (T1–T3) had a 15 cm layer of subsoil immediately below the topsoil, underlain, respectively, by progressively thicker gangue layers (20, 30, and 40 cm) overlying another 15 cm subsoil layer, in turn underlain by gangue. …”
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Role of the Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Noncritically Ill Patients during the SARS-CoV-2 Epidemic by Olivier Taton, Emmanuelle Papleux, Benjamin Bondue, Christiane Knoop, Sébastien Van Laethem, Alain Bauler, Delphine Martiny, Isabel Montesinos, Marie-Luce Delforge, Kahina Elmaouhab, Dimitri Leduc

“…Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is currently not recommended in noncritically ill patients for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Indeed, the diagnosis is based on the RT-PCR test on a nasopharyngeal swab (NPS) and abnormal findings on the chest CT scan. …”
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The Sedimentary Geochemical Characteristics and Geological Significance of the Wufeng-Longmaxi Formation Accumulation of Organic Matter Black Shale on the Southeastern Sichuan Basi... by Bin Wu

“…The identification of the geochemical behavior characteristics of major and trace elements shows that enrichment of the organic matter black shale section in the Changning-Qianjiang-Xiushan areas is mainly formation in the anoxic-moderate water mass restriction environment with high primary productivity and less terrigenous detritus input under the low hydrodynamic conditions. …”
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Genialna niemota by Marcin Giżycki

“…Film oparty na tej książce (Slapstick of Another Kind, reż. Steven Paul, 1982) jest niestety powszechnie uznawany za jeden z najgorszych filmów, jakie kiedykolwiek nakręcono. …”
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Comparison of the Frontal Plane Projection Angle and the Dynamic Valgus Index to Identify Movement Dysfunction in Females with Patellofemoral Pain by Lori A Bolgla, Haley N Gibson, Daniel C Hannah, Tiana Curry-McCoy

“… # Conclusion The DVI during a single-leg squat may be another useful tool for discriminating between females with and without PFP…”
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The Immediate Effects of Foam Rolling and Stretching on Iliotibial Band Stiffness: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Talin M Pepper, Jean-Michel Brismée, Phillip S Sizer Jr, Jeegisha Kapila, Gesine H Seeber, Christopher A Huggins, Troy L Hooper

“…Stretching interventions are common in ITBS treatment and may predominantly affect tensor fascia latae (TFL). Another ITBS treatment is foam rolling, which may more directly affect the ITB. …”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines of Russian Gastroenterological Association, Scientific Society for the Clinical Study of Human Microbiome, Russian Society for the Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, Interregional Association for Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy for <i>H. pylori</i> Diagnostics and Treatment in Adults by V. T. Ivashkin, T. L. Lapina, I. V. Maev, O. M. Drapkina, R. S. Kozlov, A. A. Sheptulin, A. S. Trukhmanov, S. R. Abdulkhakov, O. P. Alekseeva, S. A. Alekseenko, D. N. Andreev, D. S. Bordin, N. N. Dekhnich, I. L. Klyaritskaya, N. V. Korochanskaya, M. F. Osipenko, E. A. Poluektova, A. S. Sarsenbaeva, V. I. Simanenkov, A. V. Tkachev, A. I. Ulyanin, I. B. Khlynov, V. V. Tsukanov

“…Quadrotherapy with bismuthate tripotassium dicitrate is also used as main second line therapy in case of standard triple therapy, bismuth enhanced standard triple therapy or combined therapy failure. Another second line therapy includes PPI, levofloxacin and amoxicillin, to which a bismuth-containing drug product may be added. …”
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الدور المجتمعى للمکتبة الوطنیة فى تنمیة الوعى السیاسى للمواطنین : دراسة مسحیة by د. هبة ابراهیم مرعى

“…In addition to study the current situation inthe national libraries of the Egyptian national library and archives in greater Cairoin terms of providing knowledge services, activities and programs to develop < br />citizens' awareness of political information and e-government services and theextent of their encouragement for political participation in the stateThis study used the survey method to identify the role that nationallibraries play in developing citizens' awareness towards national services andlaws that, in addition to this, know the availability of activities,  The data was collected through the questionnaire tool that targeted thelibrarian working in the Egyptian national library and archives and its branches ingreater Cairo, and the checklist to collect information about the projects beingimplemented and those implemented by the state, and electronic services thatcitizens are interested in, from the websites of the Egyptian ministries.The researcher used a statistical method using the SPSS program (thestatistical package for social sciences).…”
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The main features of military law in Ukrainian lands during the XVIII century by B. H. Holovko

“…It has been found that the law provided for the possibility of refusing conscription in case of emergency, but even in such circumstances, the landowner had to take care and appoint another serviceman from among his relatives. Moreover, it has been proved that legal norms also regulated the prosecution of military personnel who violated law and order during redeployment, cantonment, and communication with each other and the local population. …”
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