Collecting Real-World Data via an In-Home Smart Medication Dispenser: Longitudinal Observational Study of Survey Panel Persistency, Response Rates, and Psychometric Properties by Benjamin Ogorek, Thomas Rhoads, Erica Smith

“…For mean score intervals [0, 0.5), [−0.5, 0.5), and [0.5, 1], self-transitions were the most common, with 59.8% (140/234) of patients starting and staying in [0.5, 1]. …”
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It tastes sweeter when melted: Exploring the impact of food temperature on tongue temperature and perceived sweetness/vanilla by Hannah McNeill, Rebecca Ford, Ian Fisk, Margaret Thibodeau, Gloria Liu, Marion Doyennette, Qian Yang

“…Perceived sweetness intensity was significantly higher for warm custard (tongue = 37.3 °C, sweetness = 20.5) than frozen custard (tongue = 27.1 °C, sweetness = 13.3). …”
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Childhood occasional hypertension and its association with size at birth and early growth: a population-based retrospective cohort study from China by Shuang Zhang, Leishen Wang, Tao Zhang, Yijuan Qiao, Wei Li, Weiqin Li

“…Methods This study assesses the prevalence of occasional hypertension (OHTN) at 5 ~ 6 years old and evaluates its association with size at birth and BMI at 2 and 5 ~ 6 years old in full-term children. …”
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Effects of biologic therapy on novel indices of lung inhomogeneity in patients with severe type-2 high asthma by Nayia Petousi, Nick P Talbot, Ian Pavord, Peter A Robbins, Nicholas M J Smith, Graham Richmond, Asma Alamoudi, Lorenzo Petralia, Haopeng Xu, Dominic Sandhu, Grant AD Ritchie

“…Following biologics, improvements in σlnCl were significantly dependent on BEC (LME regression coefficient +0.19, 95% CI (0.11, 0.27), p<0.001) whereas improvements in FEV1 % predicted related to both BEC and ACQ-5 responses (LME coefficients: BEC −10.8 % pred, 95% CI (−16.1,–5.5); ACQ-5 –3.5 % pred, 95% CI (−5.1 to –1.9), p<0.001). …”
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Hippocrates: facts and fiction by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…The textual tradition and the composition of the socalled Corpus Hippocraticum, the collection of medical works written mainly in the 5th and 4th centuries BC (of which possibly only about five can be ascribed to Hippocrates himself) are discussed. …”
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Correction: Genomic analysis and replication kinetics of the closely related EHV-1 neuropathogenic 21P40 and abortigenic 97P70 strains by Eslam Mohamed, Ines Zarak, Nick Vereecke, Sebastiaan Theuns, Kathlyn Laval, Hans Nauwynck

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Male Infertility: Causes and Current Developments in Diagnostic Work-Up by İnci Kahyaoğlu, Nafiye Yılmaz

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Gereformeerde teologie in die spervuur tussen fundamentalisme en anti-fundamentalisme by G. J. C. Jordaan

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Determination of the MEC90 of Oxycodone for Preventing Perioperative Shivering in Pregnant Patients Undergoing Caesarean Delivery with Neuraxial Anaesthesia: A Biased-Coin up-and-D... by Lu X, Chen K, Xuan Y, Shen M, Lei W, Huang Y, Sun J

“…The 2-h and 6-h postoperative VAS scores were 3 (2– 3) and 4 (3– 5), respectively. The patient’s anaesthesia satisfaction score was 5 (4– 5). …”
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Comparison of effectiveness in smoking cessation using nicotine replacement therapy and electronic cigarettes by Adrianna Kopaczyńska, Katarzyna Szafrańska, Szymon Niemirka, Aleksandra Janiak, Kinga Dominiczak, Łukasz Grądalski, Filip Dębicki

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Performance of Banana Peelings Extract as A Natural Coagulant in the Treatment of Surface Water Case Study: River Rwizi, Mbarara. by Asingya, Derrick

“…According to the water quality tests carried out, the water quality of River Rwizi in Mbarara which was polluted with a recorded color of 41.5 PtCo and the recorded turbidity above maximum permissible limit of 5 NTU. …”
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Beyond life extension– is it time for ‘Emergency Last Aid’ training? by Matthew Hooper, Marius Rehn

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Healthy Eating: FOLATE by Linda B. Bobroff

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Investigation into the sero-molecular prevalence of Brucella melitensis in small ruminants in districts Mohmand and Charsadda Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. by Sohaib Ul Hassan, Farhan Anwar Khan, Muhammad Shuaib, Muhammad Shahid, Said Sajjad Ali Shah, Shahrood Ahmed Siddiqui, Anthony Pokoo-Aikins, Ayman A Swelum

“…The findings of the study indicated 13.5% and 7% of sheep while 12.5% and 12.5% of goat's samples by RBPT and (i-ELISA) respectively. …”
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Correction: Effect of Tronclass combined with team-based learning on nursing students’ self-directed learning and academic performance: a pretest-posttest study by Longyi Hu, Siqi Li, Leshan Zhou

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Author Correction: Antimicrobial and antioxidant study of combined essential oils of Anethum Sowa Kurz. and Trachyspermum ammi (L.) along with quality determination, comparative hi... by S.A. Wasim Akram, Mary Shamya Arokiarajan, J. John Christopher, Mohammad Jameel, Mohd Saquib, Tirumala Santosh Kumar Saripally, Noman Anwar, Mohd Asif, Kabiruddin Ahmed K

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Giant Honey Bee (suggested common name) Apis dorsata Fabricius (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae) by Cameron J. Jack, Andrea Lucky, James D. Ellis

“…These profiles are intended for the use of interested laypersons with some knowledge of biology as well as academic audiences. This 5-page fact sheet that discusses the giant honey bee was written by Cameron J. …”
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Assessment of Seine Net Selectivity in Lake Maninjau, Agam Regency, West Sumatra - Indonesia by Dea Amelia, Farhan Ramdhani, Lisna Lisna, Fauzan Ramadan, Nurhayati Nurhayati, Septy Heltria

“…There were seven units of seine net with 5 mesh sizes connected mesh sizes measuring 1.5 inches, 2 inches, 2.5 inches, 3 inches, to 3.5 inches that were assessed in this study. …”
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Effect of climate change on potential distribution of Dactylorhiza hatagirea (D. Don) Soó in the twenty-first century across the north-western Himalayas by Dad Javaid M., Rashid Irfan

“…The predicted distribution showed that for RCP 4.5 the HPH areas would decrease by 4.2 and 5.4%, by 2050 and 2070, while for RC P8.5 the decrease would be 18.1 and 8.7%, respectively. …”
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