Passive smoking and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: cross-sectional analysis of data from the Health Survey for England by Peymane Adab, Rachel E Jordan, Kar Keung Cheng, Martin R Miller

“…Objectives There is increasing evidence that passive smoking is associated with chronic respiratory diseases, but its association with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) requires more study. In this cross-sectional analysis of data from 3 years of the Health Survey for England, the association between passive smoking exposure and risk of COPD is evaluated.Design Cross-sectional analysis of the 1995, 1996 and 2001 Health Surveys for England including participants of white ethnicity, aged 40+ years with valid lung function data. …”
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Diurnal variation in urodynamics of rat. by Gerald M Herrera, Andrea L Meredith

“…However, in animal models, the daily functional differences in urodynamics have not been well-studied. …”
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Pathway metabolite ratios reveal distinctive glutamine metabolism in a subset of proliferating cells by Nancy T Santiappillai, Yue Cao, Mariam F Hakeem-Sanni, Jean Yang, Lake-Ee Quek, Andrew J Hoy

“…In silico analyses of loss-of-function and drug sensitivity screens showed that Cluster 4 cells were more susceptible to gene deletion and drug targeting of glutamine metabolism and OXPHOS than cells in Cluster 3. …”
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A Brief Journey in Nanomaterials: Base and Recent Research Trends by Kafa Khalaf Hammud

“…With same context, nanomaterials in research and processing display a mimic philosophy with particular function(s) in human and other living creatures such as DNA, ribosome, antibody, enzyme, protein, glucose, haemoglobin, and bone (hydroxyapatite or collagen). …”
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Exosome, an important transmitter in the drug resistance of non-small cell lung cancer by Hongzhi Ji, Li Zhang, Lingyun Ye

“…The mechanisms of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) resistance are more complex. A variety of cells, cytokines and metabolites participate in it to form an immunosuppressive microenvironment, resulting in the impairment of effector T cell function. …”
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Animal Origin Compost Potential and Optimum Facility Locations in Samsun by Sinan Dündar, Hüdaverdi Bircan, Hasan Eleroğlu

“…Compared to industrial wastes, the recycling of agricultural wastes is more efficient because they are organic. The low organic matter content of Anatolian agricultural lands makes the recycling of agricultural wastes even more important. …”
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COMPARATIVE EFFICIENCY OF THE COMBINED THERAPY IN PATIENT’S WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION by V. V. Shchekotov, A. A. Antipova, E. V. Puntus, P. I. Urban

“…Objective — to assess influence of the combined therapy on a functional condition endothelium, the central haemodynamics and geometry of heart in patients with hypertensive disease.Subjects and methods. …”
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Assessing the risk spillover effects between the Chinese carbon market and the US-China energy market by Jiale Yan, Cem Işık

“…This paper uses the optimal ARMA-GARCH to fit the marginal distribution of each market and selects the optimal Copula function for the calculation of CoVaR to obtain more accurate risk measurement results. …”
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How Productivity, Capital Investment, Employment, Human Capital and Energy Are Affecting Economic Growth in Morocco? An ARDL, FMOLS, DOLS and CCR Approaches by El Asli Hamdi, Azeroual Mohamed, Mekkaoui Youssef, Jamil Youssef

“…This paper aims to scrutinize the effects of; productivity, capital investment, human capital, employment and energy intensity; on economic growth in Morocco under the Energy-augmented Cobb Douglas production function (CDPF) framework, using extended data from 1965 to 2022. …”
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Left Dislocation in Spoken Hebrew, it is neither topicalizing nor a construction by Ozerov Pavel

“…Topical interpretations and discourse functions associated with LD-type collocations are epiphenomenal of more basic factors of cognition and interaction, and irrelevant for the interpretation of the examined utterances in natural conversation. …”
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Opportunities for Public Participation Influence on the Russian Waste Management Reform: Statistical Analysis by D. K. Tinyakov

“…Thus, we can conclude that in hybrid regimes, civic participation can be a significant factor in the policy process if a) the elites are more susceptible to the risks of protest activity (in regions less dependent on the center, the support of the population is more important to the authorities), or b ) if there are informal channels of interaction between the state and society (regions with more closed administrations), which is consistent with the provisions of the concept of authoritarian responsiveness. …”
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Godard et Gorin, marxistes « tendance Groucho » by Raphaël Jaudon

“…Not only can humour be seen as a more natural language to be heard by people of the lower class, but it also represents a specific mode of discourse that requires a fairer relationship between the author and the spectator. …”
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Effects of intercropping potato with maize on soil and crop by WEI Changhui, LIU Yajun, YE Xiuxiang, LI Yue, MA Kun

“…The rotation of potato with other crops became more and more difficult. Intercropping can promote the agricultural resources utilization and increase crop yields, intercropping can fully use the interspecific difference to promote the nutrient uptake and utilization for crops. …”
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Profiling the impact of different tau species on glial cell biology by Ines Arribas Gomez, Yan Yan, Meredith T. Lilley, Yunfei Chen, Lillian M. Daughrity, Ana Moreno Arnas, Ji Shi, Jennifer M. Kachergus, E. Aubrey Thompson, Karen Jansen-West, Casey N. Cook, Casey N. Cook, Casey N. Cook

“…A152T-AAV mice demonstrated a more prominent astrocytic response with upregulation of astrocyte-specific genes (Gdpd2, Ggta1, Aqp4, Fbln5). …”
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Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of Porcine lncMGPF Regulate Meat Production Traits by Affecting RNA Stability by Wei Lv, Wei Lv, Shiyu Zhao, Shiyu Zhao, Yunqing Hou, Yunqing Hou, Qian Tong, Qian Tong, Yaxin Peng, Yaxin Peng, Jianan Li, Jianan Li, Zaiyan Xu, Zaiyan Xu, Bo Zuo, Bo Zuo, Bo Zuo, Bo Zuo, Bo Zuo, Bo Zuo

“…Bioinformatics and functional analysis showed that haplotype H1 has a longer half-life and more stable RNA secondary structure than haplotype H3. plncMGPF haplotype H1 has stronger effects on pig primary myogenic progenitor cells differentiation and muscle growth than haplotype H3. …”
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Prediction of Rut Depth in Soil Caused by Wheels Using Artificial Neural Networks by N. Farhadi, A. Mardani, A. Hosainpour, B. Golanbari

“…The findings of this study hold significant practical implications, facilitating the development for the creation of more efficient agricultural practices, while simultaneously minimizing environmental impact. …”
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Optimal surgery sequence in the treatment of degenerative hip-spine syndrome: a propensity score-based inverse probability of treatment weighting analysis by Yiming Fan, Yi Huang, Tianhao Wang, Qi Wang, Han yu, Chao Xue, Guoquan Zheng, Yan Wang

“…When comparing between the two groups, the surgical sequence exhibits equivalent effects on functional improvement and complication rates. The radiological outcomes indicate that the THA→LF group shows more pronounced effects on PT and SS, suggesting a more favorable impact on pelvic alignment in patients undergoing this sequence. …”
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Comparison of perioperative efficacy and indications between laparoscopic capsule-preserving resection and partial nephrectomy for renal angiomyolipoma: a decade-long retrospective... by Haipeng Zhang, Guangcan Yang, Changxiu Tian, Wei Song, Houliang Zhang, Jinliang Ni, Ziming Jiang, Keyi Wang, Bo Peng

“…Multivariate regression analysis identified that patients with low preoperative serum creatinine levels, mild clinical symptoms, tumors smaller than 6 cm, and tumors located near the middle of the kidney were more likely to undergo LCPR (P < 0.05). These patients also experienced less renal function deterioration post-surgery. …”
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Gut Microbiota Modulation in Osteoporosis: Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Natural Compounds by Xufeng Chu, Hailin Xing, Minghao Chao, Panpan Xie, Lili Jiang

“…We discuss how these interventions may restore microbial balance, enhance gut barrier function, and reduce systemic inflammation, thereby influencing bone metabolism. …”
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The Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioural ALS Screen in a Chinese Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Population. by Shan Ye, Ying Ji, Chengyu Li, Ji He, Xiaolu Liu, Dongsheng Fan

“…The ECAS total score had a medium correlation with education year. Memory was more easily impaired in the lower education group, whereas verbal fluency and language function tended to be preserved in the higher education group. …”
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