Adapting a Mobile Health App for Smoking Cessation in Black Adults With Anxiety Through an Analysis of the Mobile Anxiety Sensitivity Program Proof-of-Concept Trial: Qualitative St... by Marshall K Cheney, Adam C Alexander, Lorra Garey, Matthew W Gallagher, Emily T Hébert, Anka A Vujanovic, Krista M Kezbers, Cameron T Matoska, Michael J Zvolensky, Michael S Businelle

“…Participants felt the MASP app was helpful in quitting smoking (20/21, 95%) and made them more aware of smoking thoughts, feelings, and behaviors (16/19, 84%). Half of the participants (11/21, 52%) thought the combination of medication and smartphone app gave them the best chance of quitting smoking. …”
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Performance Analysis of Buffer-Aided FSO Relaying with an Energy Harvesting Relay by Chadi Abou-Rjeily

“…We derive the transition probabilities between the states of the Markov chain after discretizing the continuous-value energy buffer allowing for the evaluation of the analytical performance of the considered system. …”
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FUZZY GROUPOIDS VERSUS LEFT INVARIANT FUZZY EQUIVALENCE RELATIONS by Mădălina Roxana BUNECI

“…We will also show that there is a 1 - 1 correspondence between the T-fuzzy reductions of a T-fuzzy groupoid and the T-fuzzy reductions of the associated T-fuzzy equivalence relation, as well as a similar correspondence between disjoint unions. …”
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A Repeatable Optimization for Kinematic Energy System with Its Mobile Manipulator Application by Ying Kong, Ruiyang Zhang, Yunliang Jiang, Xiaoyun Xia

“…To remedy deviations between initial position and desired position of each kinematic joint angle, a special kind of repeatable optimization for kinematic energy minimization based on terminal-time Zhang neural network (TTZNN) with finite-time convergence is proposed for inverse kinematics of mobile manipulators. …”
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Earth Pressure of Three-Dimensional Stress States under Different Strength Criteria and Its Application by Yu Zhang, Jin Liu, Te-Jia Fan, Chen-Yang Xu, Tian-Yi Meng, Yang Zhao, An Su

“…The calculated active Earth pressure in the Mohr–Coulomb strength criterion is larger, and the passive Earth pressure is smaller than the practical one because the intermediate principal stress effect is not considered. …”
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Contribution of Microglia-Mediated Neuroinflammation to Retinal Degenerative Diseases by Maria H. Madeira, Raquel Boia, Paulo F. Santos, António F. Ambrósio, Ana R. Santiago

“…A better understanding of the events elicited and mediated by retinal microglia will contribute to the clarification of disease etiology and might open new avenues for potential therapeutic interventions. …”
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Analysis of badminton competitions in 2012 London Olympics by Erkal Arslanoglu, Mert Aydogmus, Omer Senel

“…The study was carried out by using the data which belong to a total of 170 players (90 women and 80 men) who participated from 52 countries. …”
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Preparation and Characterization of Calcium Silicate for CO Sorption by Kishor B. Kale, Reshma Y. Raskar, Vilash H. Rane, Abaji G. Gaikwad

“…An attempt has been made to develop different samples of calcium silicate and to screen these samples for CO 2 sorption and alkalinity in order to achieve maximum CO 2 sorption. …”
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Biotic interactions, energy pathways and trigger factors of ecosystem dynamics in shallow saline lakes by Sergei M. Golubkov, Mikhail S. Golubkov, Evgenia V. Balushkina, Larisa F. Litvinchuk

“…The lowest primary production was found in the most saline lake with a dense population of the filtrator, Artemia urmiana. Grazing benthic energy pathways were dominant at salinities between 24 and 58‰. …”
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Gut colonization of Bacteroides plebeius suppresses colitis-associated colon cancer development by Hung-Lin Chen, Po-Yuan Hu, Chang-Shan Chen, Wei-Han Lin, Daniel K. Hsu, Fu-Tong Liu, Tzu-Ching Meng

“…Moreover, B. plebeius colonization in gnotobiotic mice resulted in enhanced production of selected metabolites, including propionic, taurocholic, cholic, alpha-, and beta-muricholic, as well as ursodeoxycholic acids. …”
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Short Term Outcome of High Dose Dexamethasone Versus Prednisone In Children With Acute Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Single Center Trial by Ahmed Osama Kaddah, Niveen Salama, Doaa Maged Ahmed, Mariam Saad Nassim

“…There was no significant difference between the 2 groups in platelet counts at day 14 , 30, 60 (p=0.271), (p=0.982) and (p=0.706) respectively. …”
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Key Stakeholders in Addressing Gaps in Occupational Health in India: Areas Where IAPSM Can Play a Crucial Role by Purushottam Giri, Pooja Goyal

“…Industrialization has been a driving force behind India’s economic growth, transforming the nation into one of the world’s largest industrial economies. …”
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The Ladder of More-than-Human Participation: A Framework for Inclusive Design by Roudavski Stanislav

“…Through this approach, design becomes a more-than-human endeavour with a better chance of responding to the needs of all stakeholders within a living Gaian system.…”
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AI based scheme on voice service quality evaluation and assurance by Guangyu LI, Yanping LIANG, Li YU, Kun WANG, Yangming CHEN, Sijia LIU

“…The voice service is one of the mainstream services under the telecommunications network.The mainstream voice service quality evaluation method in the industry is to compare the voice and audio of the transceiver and calculate the POLQA MOS, which is the standard benchmark for voice quality analysis.For telecom operators, perceive voice service quality efficiently without any infringement of user privacy, and carry out precise service quality assurance, is one of the key tasks.A system using mathematical statistics and neural network to learn the mapping between voice service feature data from network side and voice quality from user side to generate evaluation model with high accuracy and precision was proposed.On this basis, the system made use of data information from multiple fields including wireless network user level and cell level, to analyze reasons and work out solutions for poor service quality, so as to assure service quality efficiently and accurately.The result shows that the scheme has achieved good practical application results.…”
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Perspective on the 65-Year Anniversary of the Discovery of Cytomegalovirus by Edward S. Mocarski

“…This volume presents research and reviews bringing forward new insights into cytomegalovirus (CMV) pathogenesis and biology; CMV is a herpesvirus that has long been recognized as being medically significant [...]…”
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Evaluation of umami taste components of mushroom (Suillus granulatus) of different grades prepared by different drying methods by Xiuhong Zhao, Yunyun Wei, Xue Gong, Heran Xu, Guang Xin

“…Electronic tongue results indicated no significant differences between samples of all grades dried by all methods. …”
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The semantics of the word “dispute” based on the seven types of Izutsu's simultaneous semantic theory by Sakineh Mosavi Asl, Shaker Ameri, Ali akbar Noresideh

“…Argumentative person refuses to accept the divine revelations despite the truth being presented, and with the aim of destroying the truth, starts fighting against it. …”
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PECULIARITIES OF HARDENING OF INGOTS WITH GRIT by L. A. Sokolovskaja, V. P. Osipov, V. A. Mamishev

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Primary Small Cell Carcinoma of the Hypopharynx: A Report of Two Cases and Review of Nine Additional Cases by Mitsuhiko Nakahira, Kiyomi Kuba, Satoko Matsumura, Masashi Sugasawa

“…In more than half of the cases, combined carcinomas with SCC are seen. Because this tumor has a strong propensity for distant metastasis even in patients with clinically localized tumor, new powerful systemic agents should be explored.…”
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Studying dynamic changes in body mass and mass of internal organs in laboratory rats experimentally infected with bovine leukosis virus by E. S. Krasnikova, R. V. Radionov, A. V. Krasnikov, A. Yu. Svetozarova

“…A number of aspects have been studied quite deeply; however, there are still areas that require additional research. …”
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