Determination and Difference Analysis of Phenolic Compounds in Smokers’ Saliva and Mainstream Smoke by Xiaoxi Si, Jianyun Yang, Fengmei Zhang, Ruizhi Zhu, Chunbo Liu, Wei Jiang, Qingpeng Shen, Pei He, Shiyun Tang, Zhenjie Li, Zhihua Liu, Junheng You, Zhang Di

“…The predominant phenolic compound in mainstream smoke was dihydroxybenzene, while monophenols predominated in smokers’ saliva. (4) The contents of phenolic compounds from five kinds of cigarettes were analyzed in the saliva of different smokers using principal component analysis, which indicated that cigarettes with different sensory effects were clearly distinguished by differences in the contents of phenolic compounds in saliva.…”
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How Menstruation Is Perceived by Adolescent School Girls in Gedeo Zone of Ethiopia? by Zelalem Belayneh, Moges Mareg, Birhanie Mekuriaw

“…Data were collected using an interviewer-administered questionnaire. …”
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Improvement in soil properties and soil water content due to the application of rice husk biochar and straw compost in tropical upland by Junita Barus, Rr Ernawati Rr Ernawati, Nila Wardani, Yulia Pujiharti, Nandari Suretno, Slameto Slameto

“…There was a significant improvement in total porosity and micro-pores, soil water content especially at PF 2.54 (0.33 Pa) and PF 4.2 (15 Pa), and increased soybean yield compared to control. Based on the overall results, we got a significant effect of rice husk biochar at higher doses (10 and 20 t ha-1).Conclusion The application of rice husk biochar (at doses 10 or 20 t ha-1) and straw compost 5 t ha-1 gave a positive effect on several soil properties including total-C, soil porosity, and soil water content, especially at pF 2.54 and pF 4.2, and also increased soybean yields.…”
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Hyperkalemia or Not? A Diagnostic Pitfall in the Emergency Department by Frank-Peter Stephan, Florian N. Riede, Luca Ünlü, Gioele Capoferri, Tito Bosia, Axel Regeniter, Roland Bingisser, Christian H. Nickel

“…Two groups were established based on potassium levels in the initial and repeat blood tests: 1) True hyperkalemia, characterized by consistently elevated potassium levels in both the initial and repeat samples; and 2) Factitious hyperkalemia, defined by an elevated initial potassium level while the repeat blood test showed a normal potassium level. …”
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A Decades-Long Journey of Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) for Chronic Neuropathic Pain Management: A Comprehensive Narrative Review by Giustino Varrassi, Martina Rekatsina, Matteo Luigi Giuseppe Leoni, Marco Cascella, Gabriele Finco, Salvatore Sardo, Chiara Corno, Domenico Tiso, Vittorio Schweiger, Diego Maria Michele Fornasari, Antonella Paladini

“…Then, it deeply explores why PEA may be useful in the pharmacological management of both neuropathic and mixed pain. …”
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The Feasibility of Telephone-delivered Self-management Intervention in Multiple Sclerosis by Mozaffar Hosseininezhad, Sajjad Saadat, Fatemeh Younesi Rostami, Roghaye Zare, Ali Bonyad, Masoumeh Qanbary Joopish, Alia saberi, Fateme Shafaee

“…The participants were selected through a public callback using judgmental sampling. The telephone-delivered self-management intervention, delivered through educational video files and telephone calls, included evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy and psychological strategies to assist participants. …”
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Noise-resilient designs and analysis for optical neural networks by Gianluca Kosmella, Ripalta Stabile, Jaron Sanders

“…Therefore, we propose the first hardware-based approach to mitigate noise in ONNs. …”
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An Approach for Detecting Parkinson’s Disease by Integrating Optimal Feature Selection Strategies with Dense Multiscale Sample Entropy by Minh Tai Pham Nguyen, Minh Khue Phan Tran, Tadashi Nakano, Thi Hong Tran, Quoc Duy Nam Nguyen

“…Subsequent to the extraction process, correlation-based feature selection (CFS) and sequential backward selection (SBS) refine feature sets, improving algorithmic accuracy. …”
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“Rights and Liberties” in Pylyp Orlyk’s Constitution through the Prism of Renaissance Interpretations of Justice by S. B. Ivanov

“…Such an outstanding historical monument of Ukrainian state-building as the Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk of 1710 has been studied in the context of the traditions of European constitutionalism and its influence on the process of national state-building of the first half of the XVIII century. The author has determined the role of such a category of natural law as “justice” in its formation, which became pervasive in the Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk by guiding its content and spirit. …”
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Comparison of the efficacy and safety of bupropion versus aripiprazole augmentation in adults with treatment-resistant depression: a nationwide cohort study in South Korea by Dong Yun Lee, Rae Woong Park, Soo Min Jeon

“…Data were collected from a nationwide claims database in South Korea. …”
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Ranking of spring bread wheat genotypes according to the heading date and growing season duration in different ecogeographic environments by L. Yu. Novikova, E. V. Zuev, A. N. Brykova

“…Correlation coefficients were studied for the impact of the environment and temperature on the duration of the interphase periods from sprouting to heading (SH) and from heading to yellow ripeness (HR) versus the period from sprouting to yellow ripeness (SR) in VIR’s wheat collection across 18 sites located in Russia and Uzbekistan from 41 to 60°N and from 30 to 135°E. …”
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Identification of Industrial Occupational Safety Risks and Selection of Optimum Intervention Strategies: Fuzzy MCDM Approach by Gülay Demir, Mouhamed Bayane Bouraima, Ibrahim Badi, Željko Stević, Dillip Kumar Das

“…The Fuzzy Alternative Ranking Technique based on Adaptive Standardized Intervals (F-ARTASI) method was used to identify and rank the most appropriate safety interventions. …”
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A Spatio-Temporal Deep Learning Model for Automatic Arctic Sea Ice Classification with Sentinel-1 SAR Imagery by Li Zhao, Yufeng Zhou, Wei Zhong, Cheng Jin, Bo Liu, Fangzhao Li

“…Therefore, it is essential to produce high-resolution sea ice maps that accurately represent the geographical distribution of various sea ice types. Based on deep learning technology, many automatic sea ice classification algorithms have been developed using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery over the last decade. …”
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Bullying and Its Associated Factors among School-Aged Adolescents in Thailand by Supa Pengpid, Karl Peltzer

“…The aim of this study were to assess bullying and its associated factors in school-going adolescents in Thailand. Using data from the Thailand Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS) 2008, the prevalence of being bullied and its associated factors among adolescents (N=2758) was assessed. …”
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The evolution, facilitators, barriers, and additional activities of acute flaccid paralysis surveillance platform in polio eradication programme Bangladesh: a mixed-method study by Humayra Binte Anwar, Yameen Mazumder, Sanjana Nujhat, Bushra Zarin Islam, Anna Kalbarczyk, Olakunle Alonge, Malabika Sarker

“…We collected grey literature from online websites and paper documentation from GPEI stakeholders. …”
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Roles of core nosZ denitrifiers in enhancing denitrification activity under long-term rice straw retention by Shijie Zhang, Shijie Zhang, Mengyao Hou, Mengyao Hou, Bing Li, Bing Li, Panfeng Guan, Panfeng Guan, Qing Chi, Qing Chi, Hao Sun, Hao Sun, Hangbo Xu, Hangbo Xu, Dongjie Cui, Dongjie Cui, Yupan Zhu, Yupan Zhu

“…Four straw retention treatments with equivalent chemical fertilizers were applied, namely no straw (NS), wheat straw only (WS), rice straw only (RS), and wheat and rice straw (WRS). Results indicated a significant increase (by 41.93–45.80% when compared to that with NS) in the soil denitrification activity with RS and WRS. …”
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Determinants of Household Food Insecurity and Depression in Mothers: Evidence from Ghana by Anthony Wemakor, Ibrahim Alhassan Mohammed, Victoria Awuni

“…An analytical, community-based, cross-sectional survey was conducted to collect data on 364 mothers of under-five children selected using the multistage method in the municipal. …”
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Diagnostic value of multi-parameter ultrasound evaluation in sepsis complicated by acute kidney injury by Liu Wang, Xiang Wang

“…The prediction value was evaluated using a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve.Results In the AKI group, creatinine, CysC, urea, MPUS score, RPT, and RI values were significantly higher, while the 24-h urine volume was lower than those in the non-injury group (p < 0.01). …”
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Comparison of the Influence of the Chinese Lobby and the Israeli Lobby in the United States by D. B. Grafov

“…The Israeli lobby can be considered as the religious lobby. It can use the possibilities of Jewish religious organizations in grass root action. …”
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Effects of Contact Angle on the Hysteresis Effect of Soil-Water Characteristic Curves during Dry-Wet Cycles by Gaoliang Tao, Ziyue Li, Lisheng Liu, Yangyang Chen, Kai Gu

“…By combining this feature and based on the drying curve, the soil volume and contact angle changes during the drying and wetting processes are employed to predict the hysteretic behaviors of SWCCs. …”
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