Age of tobacco, nicotine and cannabis use initiation in Switzerland: a sequence analysis among adolescents and young adults by Diana Fernandes, Lorraine Chok, Jérémy Cros, Luc Lebon, Karin Zurcher, Alexandre Dubuis, Cathy Berthouzoz, André Berchtold, Yara Barrense-Dias

“…Conclusions Cigarettes remain the first product to be used, but the younger the respondents, the earlier they start using e-cigarettes, and very close to cigarettes. Regarding current consumption patterns, e-cigarettes are becoming increasingly prominent.…”
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Generative AI may create a socioeconomic tipping point through labour displacement by Jo-An Occhipinti, William Hynes, Ante Prodan, Harris Eyre, Roy Green, Sharan Burrow, Marcel Tanner, John Buchanan, Goran Ujdur, Frederic Destrebecq, Christine Song, Steven Carnevale, Ian B. Hickie, Mark Heffernan

“…Results indicate that even a moderate increase in the AI-capital-to-labour ratio could increase labour underutilisation to double its current level, decrease per capita disposable income by 26% (95% interval, 20.6–31.8%), and decrease the consumption index by 21% (95% interval, 13.6–28.3%) by mid-2050. …”
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Optimization of Distillation Conditions for Improved Recovery of Phthalides from Celery (Apium graveolens L.) Seeds by Adam Kokotkiewicz, Anna Badura, Żaneta Tabaczyńska, Andżelika Lorenc, Adam Buciński, Maria Luczkiewicz

“…The change of distillation mode from HD to SDE significantly increased the oil yield of whole seeds (from 2.8 to 5.8% for 6 h processing) while maintaining its high phthalide content (62.5%), which translated to an increase in the total phthalide yield from 19.4 to 36.0 g/kg.…”
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Disease progression & treatment need in sub-genotype C4 hepatitis B infection: a retrospective cohort study in the Northern Territory, Australia by Genevieve E. Martin, Kelly Hosking, Kelly Banz, Catherine Gargan, Geoff Stewart, Belinda Greenwood-Smith, Penelope Ramsay, Jaclyn Tate-Baker, Christine Connors, Paula Binks, Melita McKinnon, Prashanti Manchikanti, George Garambaka Gurruwiwi, Nicole Allard, Ashleigh Qama, Jessica Michaels, Emily Vintour-Cesar, Robert Batey, Catherine Marshall, Peter Nihill, Tammy-Allyn Fernandes, Karen Fuller, Steven Y. C. Tong, David Boettiger, Benjamin Cowie, Joshua S. Davis, Sarah Mariyalawuy Bukulatjpi, Jane Davies, on behalf of the Hep B PAST Partnership

“…Only 6·7% of untreated individuals were treatment eligible under current guidelines. Using the 2024 World Health Organisation guidelines, this increased to 50% due mostly to fibrosis and population prevalence of diabetes. …”
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Molecular Layering Synthesis and Investigation of Nanostructured Oxide Layers in High Aspect Ratio Substrates by A. P. Baraban, V. A. Dmitriev, A. V. Drozd, V. A. Moshnikov

“…Comparative tests of MCP samples containing the synthesized films were carried out.Conclusion. …”
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Comparative Study between Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Women Regarding Variation of Liver Function Tests: Assessment of Health Literacy by Amina I. B. Othman, Dalia M. A. Elsherbini, Hayam F. A. Eittah, Manal S. Hakami, Badria M. A. Mohammed

“… Context: Pregnancy is associated with normal physiological adaptive changes. …”
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STUDY OF MECHANISMS OF LIGHT ABSORPTION IN TITANIUM DIOXIDE FILMS by V. V. Novopashin, L. A. Skvortsov, M. I. Skvortsova

“…As oxygen pressure and ionic current increase, the absorption of titanium dioxide films is reduced, and films with a composition closer to stoichiometric are obtained. …”
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A review on the microbiology of Ethiopian traditional fermented beverage products by Guesh Mulaw, Trhas Gebregziabher, Teklemichael Tesfay

“…Overall, the paper provides a comprehensive overview of the current knowledge and tradition on Ethiopian fermented beverages.…”
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High Dynamic Range Imaging Based on Bidirectional Structural Similarities and Weighted Low-Rank Matrix Completion by Mali Yu, Hai Zhang

“…High dynamic range (HDR) imaging, aiming to increase the dynamic range of an image by merging multiexposure images, has attracted much attention. …”
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STUDY OF THE LEVEL OF MOTIVATION OF THE POPULATION FOR DENTAL TREATMENT (BY THE RESULTS OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE) by Людмила Николаевна Тупикова, Олег Васильевич Орешака, Марина Васильевна Швец, Вадим Гельевич Мозес, Елена Владимировна Рудаева, Светлана Ивановна Елгина, Кира Борисовна Мозес, Яэль Центер

“…Compared with the results of the 2005 study, there is currently an increase in the attendance of patients with a preventive purpose and, accordingly, a decrease in acute need. …”
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Assessing the Efficacy of Seawater Batteries Using NASICON Solid Electrolyte by Mihaela Iordache, Anișoara Oubraham, Mihaela Bazga, Gheorghe Eugen Ungureanu, Simona Elena Borta, Adriana Marinoiu

“…The need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and guarantee a stable and reliable energy supply has resulted in an increase in the demand for sustainable energy storage solutions over the last decade. …”
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Effects of Allium hookeri on gut microbiome related to growth performance in young broiler chickens. by Sung-Hyen Lee, Sohyun Bang, Hwan-Hee Jang, Eun-Byeol Lee, Bong-Sang Kim, Seung-Hwan Kim, Sang-Hyun Kang, Kyung-Woo Lee, Dong-Wook Kim, Jung-Bong Kim, Jeong-Sook Choe, Shin-Young Park, Hyun S Lillehoj

“…Exposure to a diet containing 0.5% A. hookeri leaf decreased the abundance of the following bacteria: Eubacterium nodatum, Marvinbryantia, Oscillospira, and Gelria. …”
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A numerical investigation of heat and mass transfer in the bioconvective Oldroyd B nanofluid flow through the porous stretching Riga surface with gyrotactic microorganism by Muhammad Zulfiqar, Muhammad Bilal Arain, Muhammad Zubair, Usman, Hadil Alhazmi

“…A time-varying Lorentz force induces vertical current flow in the fluid, an effect modeled using a Riga plate under an applied electromagnetic field. …”
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Herbicides’ efficiency in a weed control on winter wheat sown in the steppe part of Kabardino-Balkaria by Kh. Sh. Tarchokov, A. I. Sarbasheva, O. Kh. Mataeva

“…On variants with the use of herbicides, weediness of crops decreased on 71.1–83.8 %, including the increase of perennials on 52.6–80.7 %. …”
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Hospital-based innovation labs to accelerate digital health transformation: lessons learned from twenty types of experts by Eric R. Edelman, Joost G. E. Verbeek, Perry Hunen, Martijn de Groot, Nicole van Eldik, Marieke D. Spreeuwenberg

“…Often, organizations already contain the expert knowledge needed to help innovators with these challenges, but highly fragmented. …”
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PRIVATIZED VIOLENCE: THE ESSENCE AND TYPES OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN MODERN WORLD by Микола Адамович Козловець, Вадим Миколайович Слюсар

“…The conclusion is made about the social conditionality of privatized violence and the feasibility of forming a culture of nonviolence, tolerance and consent in the current context.…”
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Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Simulation of the Tuberculosis Epidemic as a Function of Population Coverage with Screening by A. A. Starshinova, I. F. Dovgalyuk, N. N. Osipov, D. A. Kudlay

“…The adjusted coefficient of determination of the model (adjusted R-squared) was 0.9969, which meant that the model contained almost no random components. It showed that tuberculosis cases missed due to low population coverage with preventive screening lead to future spread of tuberculous infection and a significant increase in the number of new tuberculosis cases. …”
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Process design and techno-economic analysis of integrated coal gasification-flash ironmaking-methanol synthesis process by Hao Cheng, Guoqiang Cao, Zhongren Ba, Donghai Hu, Yongbin Wang, Jonas Baltrusaitis, Chunyu Li, Jiantao Zhao, Yitian Fang

“…The internal rate of return, payback period, net present value, and return on investment are estimated as 26%, 1018 million, 22.65%, and 3.20 years based on current prices, respectively. Meanwhile, the influences of coal and iron ore prices and iron and methanol prices on economic performance are explored.…”
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Contributory Risk Factors for Hypertension in Adolescent Offsprings of Hypertensive Fathers Attending a Tertiary Hospital in Lagos by Babatunde A. Akodu, Victor A. Inem, Stephen Yohanna, Jane N. Ajuluchukwu

“…RESULTS: Among the adolescents whose fathers were hypertensives, 45.3% were current drinkers of coffee, and 76.7% were users of caffeine containing drugs while among the controls, 35.1% were drinkers of coffee and 52.8% were current users of caffeine containing drugs (P. value < 0.05). …”
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Patterns of childhood trauma co-occurrence and its predictivity for suicidality: A machine learning approach by Wenbang Niu, Yi Feng, Shicun Xu, Xin Cui, Zhihao Ma, Yuanyuan Wang

“…The relationship between different CT patterns and suicidality remains largely undiscovered. The current study aims to identify distinct CT overlapping patterns and to explore their association with suicidality in a comprehensive multivariable context. …”
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