Optimizing UHPC Layers to Improve Punching Shear Performance in Concrete Slabs by Ahmed A. Hassoon, Rafea F. Hassan, Husam H. Hussein

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The Impact of Weighted Blanket Use on Adults with Sensory Sensitivity and Insomnia by Rhonda Davis-Cheshire, Savannah Bennington, Allison Hartsek, Teresa Kelly, Janeene Marinelli, Amanda Perez

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Genetic improvement of cooking time in common bean: the role of dominance by Rita Carolina de Melo, Jefferson Luís Meirelles Coimbra, Luan Tiago dos Santos Carbonari, Paulo Henrique Cerutti, Altamir Frederico Guidolin

“…Cooking time was determined using the Mattson cooker. Variance components were estimated based on the mixed model, and additive and non-additive fractions were calculated using the Cockerham method. …”
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Diagnosis of acquired immunodeficiency virus from a Cryptococcus meningoencephalitis. Case Presentation by María Odeymi Urdanivia Cruz, Idalmis D. Reyes Rod´ríguez, Jorge E. Barletta del Castillo

“…For such reasons a case of a 32 year old, black patient is presented, with antecedents of bronchial asthma, smoker from 21 years before, alcoholic from 17 years and hypertensive ( three years of evolution) without regular treatment. …”
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Identifying User Interaction Patterns in E-Textbooks by Santeri Saarinen, Tomi Heimonen, Markku Turunen, Mirjamaija Mikkilä-Erdmann, Roope Raisamo, Norbert Erdmann, Sari Yrjänäinen, Tuuli Keskinen

“…We also discovered that with the concept map interface users started to interact with the application significantly sooner than with the index interface. Overall, our findings suggest that analysis of interaction patterns allows deeper insights into the use of e-textbooks than is afforded by summative evaluation.…”
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‘Heavy Waters’ of Punjab: A Hydro-critical Analysis of Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy Man by Muhammad Ali

“…The latter’s idea of water carrying both physical and metaphysical waste seems to materialize in Sidhwa’s novel, who places her story in the context of the partitioned Punjab of 1947, when a desire for ‘territorialism’ over water resulted in countless human beings turning into ‘national refuse’, or people killed in the name of nationality, whose dead bodies floating in the rivers of the Punjab turned the rivers into both a haunting site and a site foreboding an environmental crisis sooner or later. Hydro-criticism emerges as an apt theory to carry out this research, considering the tools it provides to look at literary texts from a watery perspective, while the research methodology involves a close textual analysis, with specific focus on events pertaining to water in the novel. …”
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A Review of Modeling, Simulation, and Process Qualification of Additively Manufactured Metal Components via the Laser Powder Bed Fusion Method by Emmanuel De Leon, Alex Riensche, Benjamin D. Bevans, Christopher Billings, Zahed Siddique, Yingtao Liu

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Study of comorbidities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients at tertiary health care centre in south Gujarat just in the era of Covid-19 pandemic − a cross-sectional st... by Sreerag Varior, Parul Vadgama, Robinkumar Patel, Bhoomika Patel, Jignesh Gengadiya

“…A COPD patient was defined as a smoker or having exposure to noxious gases, with forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1)/forced vital capacity (FVC) <0.7 and comorbidities were defined based on objective laboratory findings and questionnaires. …”
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« There are kisses for all » : Le defilé des jeunes hommes by Luc Bouvard

“…The initial title of Coppola’s film version of Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula : the Untold Story, was probably closer to the finished product. …”
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Bioterrorism in Canada: An Economic Assessment of Prevention and Postattack Response by Ronald St John, Brian Finlay, Curtis Blair

“…The results show that an investment in planning and preparedness to manage the consequences of an attack can reduce morbidity, mortality and economic costs. The sooner that an intervention program is instituted, the more significant are the health and economic benefits. …”
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Principles of management of patient with asymptomatic elevation of serum aminotransferases by Ye. N. German, M. V. Mayevskaya, Ye. O. Lyusina, V. T. Ivashkin

“…According to past history it was known: the patient is non-smoker, absolutely denies use of pharmaceuticals and alcohol abuse. …”
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Multidisciplinary Approach in the Management of a Complex Case: Implant-Prosthetic Rehabilitation of a Periodontal Smoking Patient with Partial Edentulism, Malocclusion, and Aesthe... by Alessandro Lanza, Fabrizio Di Francesco, Gennaro De Marco, Fabio Scognamiglio, Valeria Aruta, Angelo Itro

“…How to rehabilitate with fixed prosthesis on natural teeth and dental implants a smoker patient who presents with active periodontitis, multiple edentulous areas, dental malocclusion, and severe aesthetic problems was also described.…”
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Spreading the load: mobile information and communications technologies and their effect on information overload by D.K. Allan, M. Shoard

“…Officers are more likely to deal with information received sooner, thereby resulting in less queuing of messages (although filtering strategies still prevail). …”
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Secondary amputation: a qualitative study of quality of life in patients after primary limb salvage surgery and after later ablative sarcoma treatment by Veronika Vetchy, Carmen Trost, Reinhard Windhager, Gerhard Hobusch

“…This raises the question of whether amputation is indicated sooner rather than later. Patients who have undergone secondary amputation might retrospectively prefer a different approach. …”
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Demographic Profile of Older Adults Using Wheeled Mobility Devices by Amol M. Karmarkar, Brad E. Dicianno, Rosemarie Cooper, Diane M. Collins, Judith T. Matthews, Alicia Koontz, Emily E. Teodorski, Rory A. Cooper

“…Differences in use were also noted for subtypes of manual (depot, standard, and customized) and powered (scooter, standard, and customized) mobility devices, on demographic, living arrangements, and health-related factors. …”
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Gambaran Faktor Risiko Timbulnya Tuberkulosis Paru pada Pasien yang Berkunjung ke Unit DOTS RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang Tahun 2015 by Nurul Husna Muchtar, Deddy Herman, Yulistini Yulistini

“…Didapatkan penderita TB paru dengan HIV negatif sebanyak 86,2%, tidak memiliki riwayat DM 87,7%, memiliki status gizi kurang sebanyak 66,2% dan berdasarkan riwayat konsumsi alkohol 98,5% bukan kelompok berisiko, serta 60% merupakan former smoker (mantan perokok). Sebagian besar penderita TB Paru tidak memiliki riwayat HIV, tidak memiliki faktor risiko DM dan berdasarkan riwayat konsumsi alkohol hampir semua pasien TB paru bukan kelompok risiko. …”
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Adaptive Immunity in Ankylosing Spondylitis: Phenotype and Functional Alterations of T-Cells before and during Infliximab Therapy by Balázs Szalay, Gergő Mészáros, Áron Cseh, Lilla Ács, Magdolna Deák, László Kovács, Barna Vásárhelyi, Attila Balog

“…NO generation normalized sooner upon IFX than calcium response. These results suggest an abnormal immune phenotype with functional disturbances of CD4+ and CD8+ cells in AS.…”
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Treatment of Snoring with a Nasopharyngeal Airway Tube by Macario Camacho, Edward T. Chang, Camilo Fernandez-Salvador, Robson Capasso

“…An obese 35-year-old man, who is a chronic, heroic snorer, used NPATs while (1) the patient’s bedpartner scored the snoring and (2) the patient recorded himself with the smartphone snoring app “Quit Snoring.” …”
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Hematological study of patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis - Case control study by Shaheen Ali Ahmed, Ali Fakhree Alzubaidee

“…Patients with low hemoglobin, vitamin B12 deficiency , positive family history, and non smoker have been found to have the highest risk for having recurrent aphthous stomatitis. …”
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Factors Affecting the Survival of Patients with Oligometastatic Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Meta-Analysis by Yu Shi, Jianxin Yang, Ninghua Yao, Minghai Shao, Wenxiu Ding, Wanrong Jiang, Xinchen Sun

“…No significant relationship was found between overall survival rate of NSCLC oligometastatic patients and the indicators including sex, stage, smoker, age, and histology. Notably, sensitivity analysis on data evaluating relationship between patients survival and the stage and histology showed that results were reversed after removing one of the studies. …”
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