The 500-year Cultural & Economic Trajectory of Tobacco: A Circle Complete by Christopher A. Jones, Amanda Wassel, William Mierse, E. Scott Sills

“…However, by the mid-20th century, advancements in medical research supported enhanced government and voluntary actions against tobacco advertising and also raised awareness of the dangers associated with passive tobacco smoke exposure. Solid epidemiological work connecting tobacco use with “the shortening of life span” began to appear in the medical literature in the 1950s, linking smoking with lung cancer and related conditions. …”
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A review of smart structures and adaptation of 3d printing methods for future fashion applications by Viktorija Diak

“…This review primarily focuses on actively developing types of passive intelligent structures discovering their properties and advantages in relation to future clothing. …”
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RENEWABLES IN DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARAB EAST (CASE OF SOLAR ENERGY) by A. O. Filonik, V. A. Isaev, V. M. Morozov

“…Insufficient experience and lack of competence are followed by more serious factors seeing in bureaucratic hurdles, passivity of national capital, incorrect distribution of functions among administrative bodies, etc. …”
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Criminal law characteristics of mass destruction weapons as a criminal offense constructive objective feature (Articles 439, 440 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) by О. V. Shamsutdinov

“…Doctrinal approaches to distinguishing the object, means and instrument of committing a criminal offense have been considered, on the basis of which it has been concluded that the object of the crime is a “passive” feature of the composition of the criminal offense, it is characterized by a criminal influence on it in the form of action or inaction, its properties are provided by the subject of the crime use in the more or less distant future. …”
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Temporal–Spatial Acupuncture Effects on Poststroke Sensorimotor Cortex via Yanglingquan (GB34) by Ruoyi Liu, Yue Wang, Myadagbadam Boldbayar, Yuanyuan Li, Chen Chen, Xin Yu, Tianjiao Xu, Muzhao Zhang, Yihuai Zou, Hua Zhang

“…To explore motor cortex pathology and acupuncture’s immediate spatiotemporal effects on poststroke motor pathway impairment, 63 patients and 42 healthy subjects underwent three functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans: resting-state, passive finger movement, and acupuncture at Yanglingquan points. …”
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Combination Therapy with Platelet-Rich Plasma and Epidermal Neural Crest Stem Cells Increases Treatment Efficacy in Vascular Dementia by Somayeh Akbari, Masoud Haghani, Mojtaba Ghobadi, Etrat Hooshmandi, Afshin Borhani Haghighi, Mohammad Saied Salehi, Sareh Pandamooz, Negar Azarpira, Afsoon Afshari, Shahrbanoo Zabihi, Marzieh Nemati, Mahnaz Bayat

“…The memory performance and anxiety were evaluated by behavioral tests including open field, passive avoidance, and Morris water maze. The basal-synaptic transmission (BST) and long-term potentiation (LTP) were assessed through field-potential recordings of the CA1. …”
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The MyFlex-ζ Foot: A Variable Stiffness ESR Ankle-Foot Prosthesis by Johnnidel Tabucol, Vera G. M. Kooiman, Marco Leopaldi, Ruud Leijendekkers, Giacomo Selleri, Marcello Mellini, Nico Verdonschot, Magnus Oddsson, Raffaella Carloni, Andrea Zucchelli, Tommaso M. Brugo

“…Most commercially available foot prostheses are passive ESR feet, which store and release energy to reduce metabolic costs and improve comfort but cannot adjust to varying walking conditions. …”
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Modelling sensory attenuation as Bayesian causal inference across two datasets. by Anna-Lena Eckert, Elena Fuehrer, Christina Schmitter, Benjamin Straube, Katja Fiehler, Dominik Endres

“…Experiment 2 showed impaired delay detection between an arm movement and a video of the movement when participants were moving vs. when their arm was moved passively. We reconsider these results from the perspective of Bayesian Causal Inference (BCI). …”
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Outcome measures for assessing the effectiveness of physiotherapy interventions on equinus foot deformity in post-stroke patients with triceps surae spasticity: A scoping review. by Isabella Campanini, Maria Chiara Bò, Maria Chiara Bassi, Benedetta Damiano, Sara Scaltriti, Mirco Lusuardi, Andrea Merlo

“…Finally, the complexity surrounding the concept of "spasticity" and the possibility of assessing the several underlying active and passive causes of EFD, with a consequent bespoke treatment for each of them, was discussed.…”
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ON THE SIMULATION OF MODES ОF ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS WITH FACTS by E. D. Halilov

“…In traditional calculations of the established modes of electrical networks, shunt reactors, current-limiting reactors, capacitor banks, longitudinal compensation devices were accounted in the simulation as passive elements. In regard with the introduction of FACTS devices in power systems, there is an arising need to develop appropriate algorithms and implement them in the form of software for analyzing and controlling the established modes of power systems. …”
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Acute Effects of Dry Needling on Myofascial Trigger Points in the Triceps Surae of Ballet Dancers: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial by Jennifer A Janowski, Deanna M L Phelan-Smith, Maria N Kroat Brady, Kelsey L Michels, Alexandra H Timm, Nicole M Boucher, Kedron D Casteen, David Village, Mark D Sleeper

“… # Purpose The purpose of this pilot study was to assess the immediate effects of DN on myofascial trigger points in terms of skin surface temperature, pain, active and passive range of motion, and torque production in the triceps surae of ballet dancers…”
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Effectiveness of cupping therapy for musculoskeletal pain: an umbrella review by Mohamed Magdy ElMeligie, Amr M. Yehia, Mahmoud Hamada Mohamed, Manna Mahmoud, Mohamed N. AlKholui, Ghada I. Mohamed

“…The review confirmed that cupping therapy is more effective than passive interventions such as heat therapy, usual care, conventional medications, and no treatment. …”
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The Accuracy of Ankle Eccentric Torque Control Explains Dynamic Postural Control During the Y-Balance Test by Shojiro Nozu, Kristin A. Johnson, Tsukasa Tanaka, Mika Inoue, Hirofumi Nishio, Yuji Takazawa

“…The torque control testing provided a target torque level on a screen in front of the subject and passive rotations of the ankle joint in the sagittal plane at 10 deg/sec between plantarflexion to dorsiflexion. …”
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Psilocybin-assisted massed cognitive processing therapy for chronic posttraumatic stress disorder: Protocol for an open-label pilot feasibility trial. by Shakila Meshkat, Richard J Zeifman, Kathleen Stewart, Reinhard Janssen-Aguilar, Wendy Lou, Rakesh Jetly, Candice M Monson, Venkat Bhat

“…Participants will be monitored weekly for 12 weeks post-treatment and passive data relevant to mental health and well-being will be collected using a wearable device.…”
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Personal transformations of the elements of behavioral component of law enforcement officers’ professional activity by N. Ye. Tverdokhliebova

“…It has been determined that law enforcement officers at the stage of professional training are least of all inclined to use passive and asocial coping strategies. Thus, freshmen in difficult situations will not demonstrate caution and aggression, second-year students will not avoid difficulties and behave in asocial way, third-year students are also less likely to engage in antisocial and aggressive actions, and MA students are less likely to act aggressively and avoid solving problems.…”
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Socioeconomic position and breast cancer screening use in Chile: A population-based study by Camilo Guerrero-Nancuante, Pamela Eguiguren, Isabel Abarca-Baeza, Isabel Guzmán, María Luisa Garmendia

“…Although several studies have examined the relationship between socioeconomic factors and mammography use, the impact of socioeconomic position (SEP) in countries undergoing demographic and epidemiological transitions—marked by a rising cancer incidence—and passive breast cancer screening programs in the search of the target population remains understudied. …”
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A Neurophysiological Study of Musical Pitch Identification in Mandarin-Speaking Cochlear Implant Users by Jieqing Cai, Yimeng Liu, Minyun Yao, Muqing Xu, Hongzheng Zhang

“…The MMN experiment was conducted using a passive oddball paradigm, with musical tone C4 (262 Hz) presented as the standard and tones D4 (294 Hz), E4 (330 Hz), G#4 (415 Hz), and C5 (523 Hz) presented as deviants. …”
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Determinants of Tuberculosis Treatment Outcome among Patients Belonging to the Tea Tribe Community in Dibrugarh District of Assam by Bhupendra Narayan Mahanta, Tulika Goswami Mahanta, Nabanita Nirmolia, Swarnali Devi Baruah

“…Regarding environmental determinants, ventilation was very poor and 98.5% used firewood as fuel for cooking. The risk of passive smoking was present in 7.6% of households. …”
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Supercritical Coexistence Behavior of Coupled Oscillating Planar Eccentric Rotor/Autobalancer System by DaeYi Jung

“…The automatic balancing and undesirable nonsynchronous behavior of coupled oscillating configured flexible foundation and planar eccentric rotor equipped with a passive autobalancer (AB) system has been thoroughly investigated here. …”
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A gestão da mobilidade acadêmica internacional nas instituições de ensino superior católicas brasileiras by Charlene Bitencourt Soster Luz, Hildegard Susana Jung, José Alberto Antunes de Miranda

“…A partir da pesquisa podemos concluir que a projeção de futuro da IES passa pela importância atribuída para às experiências de mobilidade acadêmica que servem como subsídios para o planejamento estratégico da instituição e seu posicionamento perante o mundo.…”
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