Characteristics and Clinical Course of Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction and ST-segment Elevation with and without Interatrial Block by Francisco de Jesús Valladares Carvajal, Verónica Mercedes Carretero Acosta, Raimundo Carmona Puerta, Aymara Marcia Hernández Cardoso, Ernesto Julio Bernal Valladares

“…Demographic variables were analyzed: age, sex, skin color and between clinics: toxic habits; (smoker, ex-smoker); medical history (myocardial infarction, angina, peripheral arterial disease, arterial hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease; infarct location (anterior, inferior, left bundle branch block); complications: heart failure, atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation, atrioventricular conduction disorders, mechanical complication, post infarction angina, arterial embolism) and discharge status (alive or deceased). …”
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Sex-related association between smoke exposure and gallstones in a US population: a cross-sectional study by Xingyong Huang, Xuanyu Hao, Tingting Wang, Xiaoyue Zhang, Peng Wu, Lufan Shen, Yuanyuan Yang, Wanchuan Zhang, Kai Zhang

“…Logistic regression analysis showed smoking and high serum cotinine level were risk factors associated with gallstones among women, both in the model 1 (current smoker: odds ratio [OR] = 1.563, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.044–2.339, p = 0.032; former smoker: OR = 1.434, 95% CI = 1.116–1.842, p = 0.007; cotinine ≥ 3 ng/mL: OR = 1.800, 95% CI = 1.247–2.596, p = 0.005; and cotinine 0.05–2.99 ng/mL: OR = 1.640, 95% CI = 1.188–2.263, p = 0.005) and model 2 (current smoker: OR = 1.588, 95% CI = 1.015–2.483, p = 0.044; cotinine ≥ 3 ng/mL: OR = 1.825; 95% CI = 1.181–2.821, p = 0.011; and cotinine 0.05–2.99 ng/mL: OR = 1.509, 95% CI = 1.075–2.126, p = 0.022). …”
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Acute Myocardial Infarction in Puerperium Stage. A Case Presentation by Teresa Oliva Rivero, Israel Sotolongo Castro, Maria Victoria Jó Díaz

“…<p>A 38 year-old hypertensive, smoker female patient was presented. She suferred from an acute myocardial infarction in the mediate puerperium stage of an normal deliver. …”
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Ischaemia-reperfusion time differences in ST-elevation myocardial infarction in very young patients: a cohort study by Pablo Juan-Salvadores, Luis Mariano De La Torre Fonseca, Beatriz Calderon-Cruz, Cesar Veiga, Samuel Pintos-Rodríguez, Saleta Fernandez Barbeira, Victor Alfonso Jimenez Diaz, Andres Iñiguez Romo

“…Two groups were established: patients diagnosed with STEMI and aged &gt;40 years, and patients diagnosed with STEMI and aged ≤40 years.Results The patients in the young group had a significantly sooner electrocardiographic diagnosis than the patients &gt;40 years of age. …”
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Smoking Exposure and Survival of Patients with Esophagus Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Jun-jie Kuang, Zhi-min Jiang, Yan-xian Chen, Wei-peng Ye, Qiong Yang, Hui-zhong Wang, De-rong Xie

“…In the subgroup analysis, adverse effects on current smoker compared with never smoker were also observed in China and the other countries (HR = 1.5, 95% CI 1.18–1.92, and HR = 1.36, 95% CI 1.12–1.65, resp.). …”
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Public knowledge, attitudes, practices, and barriers to skin cancer screening in the United Arab Emirates. by Anan S Jarab, Walid Al-Qerem, Karem H Alzoubi, Mariam Al Mohammad, Shrouq R Abu Heshmeh, Yazid N Al Hamarneh, Tareq Mukattash, Maher Khdour

“…Female gender (OR = 1.833, 95%CI: 1.361-2.469), being married (OR = 1.415, 95%CI: 1.006-1.992), being a non-smoker (OR = 1.568, 95%CI: 1.045-2.352) or a former smoker (OR = 2.555, 95% CI: 1.082-6.034), and more favourable attitudes (OR = 1.071, 95%CI: 1.044-1.096) were associated with higher screening practices.…”
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Establishing Normal Variances and Expectations for Quadriceps Limb Symmetry Index Benchmarks Based on Time from Surgery After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. by Sean Hazzard, Saoirse Connolly, Ashley Wiater, Isabella Sprague, Emily Doolan-Roy, Rachel Lampros, Peter D Asnis

“…Males undergoing ACLR using BTB autograft (n=53) were able to achieve 80% quadriceps symmetry earlier than females (n=65) (5.7 months vs 7.1 months), were cleared to return to run sooner (5.6 months vs 6.8 months) and passed an FMA exam earlier (8.5 months vs 10 months). …”
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Towards an Information Model of Consistency Maintenance in Distributed Interactive Applications by Xin Zhang, Tomás E. Ward, Séamus McLoone

“…Results from an experimental study on a first-person shooter game are used to illustrate the utility of this measurement process. …”
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Identifikasi Nyamuk Anopheles Sebagai Vektor Malaria dari Survei Larva di Kenagarian Sungai Pinang Kecamatan Koto XI Tarusan Kabupaten Pesisir Selatan by Suci Lestari, Adrial Adrial, Rosfita Rasyid

“…Identification of the Anopheles mosquito using  Stroker and Koesoemawinangoen (1950) reference books. …”
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Brief Report: Precision Language and Deletion of the “S” Word by Ciara Lockstadt, MD, Mary M. Pasquinelli, DNP, Jill Feldman, MD, Jamie L. Studts, PhD, Jamie S. Ostroff, PhD, Li Liu, PhD, Ella A. Kazerooni, MD, Robert A. Smith, PhD, Lisa Carter-Bawa, PhD, Lawrence E. Feldman, MD

“…We searched each presentation, including images, for discussion of tobacco use and the use of the term “smoker,” which is an indicator of stigmatizing language. …”
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Hubungan Perilaku Merokok dengan Ketahanan Kardiorespirasi (Ketahanan Jantung-Paru) Siswa SMKN I Padang by Amanda Besta Rizaldy, Afriwardi ., Yessy Susanty Sabri

“…The result of this research found that most of the smoker students of SMK N 1 Padang have a low cardiorespiratory endurance, the percentage was 55,1% and 40,5% of the non-smoker students had a good enough cardiorespiratory endurance. …”
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A Faster Convergence Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm in Sensor Deployment for Wireless Sensor Networks by Xiangyu Yu, Jiaxin Zhang, Jiaru Fan, Tao Zhang

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Smoking and Health: A Physician Responsibility—A Statement of the Joint Committee on Smoking and Health by Joint Committee on Smoking and Health

“…Tobacco use, particularly cigarette smoking, is a major cause of preventable disease and premature death worldwide. Both smokers and nonsmokers exposed to environmental tobacco smoke are at risk. …”
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THE RELEVANCE OF CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION FOR THEOLOGY IN CONTEMPORARY SOUTH AFRICA by Anne Verhoef

“…Attempts to respond to these challenges by modern philosophers of religion and theology, such as Caputo, Nancy, Stoker, Kearney, and Schrijvers, are explored to identify possible approaches to theology in a post-metaphysical age. …”
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English animal zero plurals. A new explanation by Leszek Berezowski

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Triskelion—In Pursuit of Proficiency Through Immersive Gameplay by Victor Winter

“…Gameplay includes non-violent shooter elements, parkour, searching, and exploring. …”
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Automated Detection of Short Optical Transients of Astrophysical Origin in Real Time by Marcin Sokołowski, Katarzyna Małek, Lech W. Piotrowski, Grzegorz Wrochna

“…The faster a new optical transient is detected, the earlier follow-up observations can be started. The sooner the object is identified, the more data can be collected before the source fades away, particularly in the most interesting early period of the transient. …”
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From Text, to Myth, to Meme: Penny Dreadful and Adaptation by Alison Lee, Frederick D. King

“…Challenging linear and genetic models of adaptation, Penny Dreadful transforms Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818, 1831), Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890, 1891), and Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897) into vehicles of cultural transmission: memes that have come to redefine the viewer’s relationship to Victorian literature and culture as a myth of modernity.…”
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Maximizing Lifetime of Three-Dimensional Corona-Based Wireless Sensor Networks by Changqing Xia, Nan Guan, Qingxu Deng, Wang Yi

“…In a wireless sensor network (WSN), the energy of nodes closer to the sink node is usually exhausted sooner than others. This is known as the energy hole problem, which heavily affects the lifetime of the network. …”
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Analytical and Experimental Analysis of a Free Link in Contact with a Granular Medium by Dan B. Marghitu, Seung Lee

“…The faster the end of the link impacts the surface of the granular medium, the sooner it will come to a stop. This phenomenon involves how rapidly a free link strikes the granular medium and how it slows down upon contact.…”
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