Extending the Shelf Life of Apples After Harvest Using Edible Coatings as Active Packaging—A Review by Magdalena Mikus, Sabina Galus

“…Extending the shelf life of perishable food, such as apples, and storing them in cold conditions and/or controlled atmospheres have been of great interest in the last decades. …”
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Life Comparative Analysis of Energy Consumption and CO2 Emissions of Different Building Structural Frame Types by Sangyong Kim, Joon-Ho Moon, Yoonseok Shin, Gwang-Hee Kim, Deok-Seok Seo

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An Evaluation Of The Enjoyment Levels Of Participants Of LifeLab, A Health Literacy Intervention For Socially Disadvantaged Adolescents. by Lorna Burke, Dr. Hannah Goss, Craig Smith, Dr. Johann Issartel, Dr. Sarahjane Belton

“…Aim: LifeLab is co-designed by and for Junior Cycle students from social disadvantage in Ireland, with the hope to improve health literacy and subsequent health outcomes in this cohort. …”
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Comparison of the Effects of Carperitide and Tolvaptan on Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction: A Two-Center Retrospective Study by Chikahiko Koeda, Shohei Yamaya, Maiko Hozawa, Masayuki Sato, Kazuhiro Nasu, Tomohiro Takahashi, Katsutoshi Terui

“…In patients with left ventricular (LV) dysfunction, diuretics can reduce blood pressure and lead to electrolyte abnormalities. …”
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Left Distal Transradial Approach for Coronary Intervention: Insights from Early Clinical Experience and Future Directions by Hao Feng, Zhenfei Fang, Shenghua Zhou, Xinqun Hu

“…Left distal transradial approach is a novel technique for coronary intervention. …”
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Corrigendum to “Retrospective Observational Study on Rebamipide Ophthalmic Suspension on Quality of Life of Dry Eye Disease Patients” by Yuri Sakane, Masahiko Yamaguchi, Atsushi Shiraishi

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The Life, Achievements and Legacy of a Great Canadian Investigator: Professor Boris Petrovich Babkin (1877–1950) by Ivan T Beck

“…The present paper reviews the life and achievements of Professor Boris Petrovich Babkin (MD DSc LLD). …”
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Competing Risks in Accelerated Life Testing: A Study on Step-Stress Models with Tampered Random Variables by Hanan Haj Ahmad, Ehab M. Almetwally, Dina A. Ramadan

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Compressive Loads on the Lumbar Spine During Lifting: 4D WATBAK versus Inverse Dynamics Calculations by M. H. Cole, P. N. Grimshaw

“…Six individuals were asked to perform a series of five lifting tasks, which ranged from lifting 2.5 kg to 22.5 kg and were designed to replicate the lifting component of the Work Capacity Assessment Test used within Australia. …”
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Everyday Health among Older People: A Comparison between Two Countries with Variant Life Conditions by Cecilia Fagerström, Lena Sandin Wranker, Zarina Nahar Kabir, Ola Sternäng

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RETRACTED: The struggles and triumphs of Indian women entrepreneurs on their path to achieving work-life harmony and career fulfillment by Kaushik Madhu Bala, Rajharia Poonam

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Life-history adaptation under climate warming magnifies the agricultural footprint of a cosmopolitan insect pest by Estelle Burc, Camille Girard-Tercieux, Moa Metz, Elise Cazaux, Julian Baur, Mareike Koppik, Alexandre Rêgo, Alex F Hart, David Berger

“…Here, we predict how climate change adaptation in life-history traits of insect pests affects their growth rates and impact on agricultural yields by unifying thermodynamics with classic theory on resource acquisition and allocation trade-offs between foraging, reproduction, and maintenance. …”
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Putting the broken pieces of life together, Baloch family caregivers’ confrontation with schizophrenia: a phenomenological study by Nastaran Heydarikhayat, Fatemeh Darban, Jamileh Farokhzadian

“…Conclusions For a family with a member with schizophrenia, restoring family life is a top priority. However, schizophrenia is so debilitating and destructive that it threatens not only the peace of the family but also the survival of the family, and it requires constant effort and complete support to restore and maintain life.…”
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Level of Acceptance of Illness and Its Association with Quality of Life among Patients with Epilepsy in North Shewa, Ethiopia by Yonas Teshome, Yerukneh Solomon, Feredegn Talargia, Negese Worku, Abreham Shitaw, Abebaye Aragaw Leminie

“…Acceptance of illness is regarded as an indicator of functioning and predictor of quality of life. However, quality of life of patients with epilepsy in sub-Saharan countries worsen because of low medication adherence, increased morbidity and mortality, and the stigmatization associated with the disease. …”
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Life History of Aricoris propitia (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae)—A Myrmecophilous Butterfly Obligately Associated with Fire Ants by Lucas A. Kaminski, Fernando S. Carvalho-Filho

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Structural Brain Changes Following Left Temporal Low-Frequency rTMS in Patients with Subjective Tinnitus by Astrid Lehner, Berthold Langguth, Timm B. Poeppl, Rainer Rupprecht, Göran Hajak, Michael Landgrebe, Martin Schecklmann

“…Therefore, we examined magnetic resonance images of 77 tinnitus patients who were treated with rTMS of the left temporal cortex (10 days, 2000 stimuli/day, 1 Hz). …”
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Pipeline for development of acylated peptide based CGRP receptor antagonist with extended half-life for migraine treatment by Jens Bjelke Kristensen, Lisbeth Elster, Morten Lundh, Borja Ballarín-González, Flora Alexopoulou, Martin Kræmer, Ditte Marie Jensen, Ulrike Leurs, Jens Christian Nielsen, Henrik H. Hansen, Kristian A. Haanes, Matilda Degn

“…Here, we present a pipeline for development of a peptide-based hCGRP receptor antagonist with increased half-life capable of antagonising the vasodilatory effect of hαCGRP. …”
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Famine Exposure in Early Life and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Adulthood: Comparisons of Different Metabolic Syndrome Definitions by Feng Ning, Jie Ren, Xin Song, Dong Zhang, Li Liu, Lei Zhang, Jianping Sun, Dongfeng Zhang, Zengchang Pang, Qing Qiao, on behalf of Qingdao Diabetes Prevention Program

“…This study examined the association between famine exposure in early life and the risk of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in adulthood during the 1959–1961 Chinese Famine. …”
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Effect of Beverage Consumption Frequency on DMFT Index among Iranian Adult Population: An AZAR Cohort Study by Mahdi Hadilou, Mohammad Hossein Somi, Elnaz Faramarzi, Leila Nikniaz

“…Given the effect of oral and dental condition on emotional and physical health and the different effects of beverage consumption on decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT) as one of the indicators of oral health in different populations, this study aimed to investigate the effect of beverage consumption and its frequency on DMFT among Iranian adult population. …”
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Influence of Edible Coatings on Biochemical Fruit Quality and Storage Life of Bell Pepper cv. “Yolo Wonder” by Abad Ullah, N. A. Abbasi, M. Shafique, A. A. Qureshi

“…The present study was carried out to investigate the influence of food grade coatings on fruit quality and storage life of bell pepper cv. “Yolo Wonder” at 8±1°C with 90–95% RH for 24 days. …”
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