Long-term health consequences and costs of changes in alcohol consumption in England during the COVID-19 pandemic. by Joshua Card-Gowers, Sadie Boniface, Jamie Brown, Loren Kock, Alexander Martin, Lise Retat, Laura Webber

“…Evidence suggests that one-fifth to one-third of adults increased their alcohol consumption, while a similar proportion reported consuming less. …”
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Immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory potential of botanicals bioactive product (PHYTO AX'CELL™) for an improvement of the well-being of laying hens at the peak of production by Alessandro Guerrini, Roberta Salaroli, Augusta Zannoni, Giancarlo Avallone, Francesca Leone, Valentina Serra, Giulia Quaglia, Francesca del Zozzo, Thibaut Chabrillat, Claire Carlu, Caterina Lupini, Doriana Eurosia Angela Tedesco

“…The egg quality was improved by the treatment, with positive effects in the Haugh unit, shell weight and thickness (P < 0.05). A T4, significant reduction in duodenal and rectal pH was observed in the treated group (P < 0.05), without intestinal inflammation score changes, body weight, serum biochemistry, interleukin levels, and infectious bronchitis virus titers (P > 0.05). …”
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Zoning atmospheric Hazards in North West of Iran by batool zeinali, sima khalili, saideh eiyni

“…The highest frequency of mentioned case was observed in Maragheh station with 410 hazards. The third case in Northwest relate to thunder storm phenomenon with 1773 hazards. …”
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Enkele opmerkinge oor die studiegebied van die Kommunikasiekunde by D.F.M. Strauss

“…These different modalities do indeed serve as special scientific approaches (points of entry) to reflect on concrete reality. In order to think scientifically, one has to focus one's attention on a specific modal perspective, disregarding other modal directions of approach. …”
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Associations of maternal PM2.5 exposure with preterm birth and miscarriage in women undergoing in vitro fertilization: a retrospective cohort study by Miaoxin Chen, Qiaoyu Chen, Gengze Liao, Chunyan Sun, Cong Liu, Xia Meng, Wentao Li, Andong Qiu, Orhan Bukulmez, Haidong Kan, Feng Wang, Lap Ah Tse, Xiaoming Teng

“…Our stratified analyses revealed that women with an endometrial thickness &lt;11 mm or who underwent frozen embryo transfer were more vulnerable to PM2.5 exposure, leading to higher rates of preterm birth.ConclusionExcessive PM2.5 exposure after biochemical pregnancy or clinical pregnancy was associated with increased risks of preterm birth and miscarriage among women who underwent ART.…”
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History and dynamics of Fennoscandian Ice Sheet retreat, contemporary ice-dammed lake evolution, and faulting in the Torneträsk area, northwestern Sweden by K. Ploeg, K. Ploeg, K. Ploeg, A. P. Stroeven, A. P. Stroeven

“…The three youngest stages released a total of 26 <span class="inline-formula">km³</span> of meltwater as glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) through Tornedalen, changing the valley morphology and depositing thick deltaic sequences in Ancylus Lake at its highest postglacial shoreline at around 10 ka cal BP. …”
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Potentially traumatic childbirth experience, childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, and the parent-infant relationship in non-birthing parents by Rebecca Hunter, Leonardo De Pascalis, Kieran Anders, Pauline Slade

“…Participants were recruited through social media platforms via third-sector organisations, namely Dad Matters; a Home-Start project and The Birth Trauma Association. …”
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Phenome-wide association studies between SERINC2 and neuropsychiatric disorders by Ping Liu, Xinqun Luo, Liping Cao, Yong Zhang, Jiawu Ji, Xiaoping Wang, Kesheng Wang, Xinghua Pan, Ruilan Yang, Zewen Tan, Yunlong Tan, Chiang-shan Li, Xiaoyun Guo, Zhiren Wang, Xingguang Luo, Xingguang Luo

“…Finally, functional studies on the differential SERINC2 mRNA expression in brains and the potential regulatory effects of disease-risk alleles on SERINC2 mRNA expression, gray matter volumes (GMVs) of subcortical structures, cortical surface area (SA) and average thickness (TH) were conducted.ResultsIn European descent, alcoholism was most significantly associated with SERINC2 variants (245 SNPs with 5.5×10-8≤p ≤ 0.049 and 4.9×10-5≤q ≤ 0.034) that were largely shared across cocaine dependence, marijuana dependence, nicotine dependence, polysubstance dependence, schizophrenia, OCD, and autism (8.2×10-8≤p ≤ 0.050 and 1.9×10-5≤q ≤ 0.049); in Chinese population, bipolar disorder was also significantly associated with SERINC2 variants (10 SNPs: 1.3×10-4≤p ≤ 4.7×10-4 and 0.025≤q ≤ 0.031). …”
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The effect of addition of organic and inorganic zinc on egg production, egg quality and some blood parameters in laying hens rations by Tuba Bülbül, Seher Küçükersan

“…The addition of 10 mg Zn-proteinate kg 1 to the ration was increased egg shell quality because of increasing egg breaking strength (p<0,01) and shell thickness by added 10 mg Zn-proteinate kg1, but added 50 mg ZnO kg-1 apperented had no smilar effect on. …”
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Association of pan-immune inflammation value and lung health in adults by Ya Lin, Xiao Lin, Chufan Ren, Lanlan Song, Chao Gu

“…Categorizing PIV into quartiles revealed an ascending trend: A significantly higher risk of cough/phlegm/wheeze was found in participants in the second/third/fourth PIV quartile compared to those in the first PIV quartile (all p for trend < 0.05). …”
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The role of gestures in predicting treatment outcomes in children with autism spectrum disorder by YE Qianying, LIU Linru, XU Yanting, ZHU Huilin, DENG Hongzhu

“…Methods Twenty-four ASD children who received early behavioral interventions for three months from March 2018 to March 2019 were recruited in this study in Child Development and Behavior Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University. …”
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Symptom-related experience and sexual health of female patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: protocol for a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis by Ye He, Zhu Yang, Lixiao Yang, Fangfang Ma

“…Discrepancies will be resolved through consensus or discussion with a third review author. The review will include English studies from database inception. …”
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Changes in the neurologists’ professional identity by M. Šeduikienė, V. Matonis

“…In the second paragraph Development of technologies and enlargement of neurologist’s possibilities, the impact of computation and robotics on NPI changes is considered and neurologists’ preparedness to meet new challenges is examined. The third paragraph The influence of medical innovations on NPI changes explains the necessity to obtain some new competences arising from epidemic growth of chronic diseases which, in turn, increase the number of subspecialties. …”
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MORPHOFUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF LEAVES AND FRUITS IN MALOIDEAE (ROSACEAE): b. THE ROLE OF SURFACE TISSUES IN THE FORMATION OF RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES by T. Kh. Kumachova, O. O. Beloshapkina, A. S. Voronkov, A. S. Ryabchenko

“…Anatomical and morphological characteristics of passive immunity, or horizontal resistance to fungal pathogens, include the specific nature of waxy and cuticular deposits, features of the formation of cuticular folds and peristomatic rings in the stomata area and microstrands at the base of trichomes, thickness of the cuticle and cork tissue, and the development of lenticels on fruits.Conclusion. …”
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Effect of ultrasonically-activated irrigation protocols used for regenerative endodontics on removal of dual species biofilm in a three-dimensionally printed tooth model: in vitro... by Saeed Mustafa, Marwa A. Meheissen, Sybel Moussa, Rania ElBackly

“…Methodology Seventy-two three-dimensionally printed teeth models were fabricated with a standardized slot in the apical third of the root to ensure a precise fit with a human root dentine specimen. …”
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Solid medical waste management practices and awareness in COVID-19 screening stations by S.E. Alzghoul, O.A. Smadi, T. Almomani, M.B. Alzghoul, O.M. Al-Bataineh

“…Furthermore, the results of the third module revealed that the private sector fails to successfully execute national and international procedures, with the most significant negative responses among other categories.CONCLUSION: It was concluded that Jordan's solid waste collection and disposal methods were effectively implemented, which might aid in the virus eradication. …”
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Green approach to synthesis polymer composites based on chitosan with desired linear and non-linear optical characteristics by Dyari M. Mamand, Sarkawt A. Hussen, Shujahadeen B. Aziz

“…The first-order nonlinear ( $$\:{\chi\:}^{\left(1\right)}$$ ), second-order non-linear ( $$\:{\chi\:}^{\left(2\right)}$$ ) and third-order nonlinear optical susceptibility ( $$\:{\chi\:}^{\left(3\right)}$$ ) were determined for all the films.…”
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Rehabilitation Impact of Vivifrail Exercise Program Type C on the Cognitive Function of Pre-Frail Elderly People in the Community by Sri Soenarti, Dwi Indriani Lestari, Muhammad Barlian Nugroho, Harien Lestari, Tita Hariyanti

“…It also increased the LOTCA scores in several domains, i.e., thinking operations and visual perception. The exercise group demonstrated more improvement than the control group (p=0.032). …”
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Gratitude experience of nursing students during final stage of clinical internship: A qualitative study from the perspective of positive psychology (积极心理学视角下护理实习生实习后期感恩体验的质性研究)... by NIAN Guihong (年桂红), LI Qiaomei (李巧梅), ZHANG Ting (张婷)

“…Results Four themes were indentified: Attitude towards the nursing profession; Inspiration of gratitude; Improvement of critical thinking and adaptability to changes; Improvement of professional self-identity and sense of fulfillment. …”
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Evaluation of undergraduate dental students’ awareness, knowledge, and attitudes towards teledentistry: does a course enhance this? by Gökçen Akçiçek, Ezgi Katı, Hatice Yağmur Zengin

“…In this study, 37.9% of the participants had heard of teledentistry, 30.7% knew what teledentistry is, approximately one-third of the students were aware that there is a course called teledentistry in our faculty, and only 11.6% took the course. …”
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