The 500-year Cultural & Economic Trajectory of Tobacco: A Circle Complete by Christopher A. Jones, Amanda Wassel, William Mierse, E. Scott Sills

“…Solid epidemiological work connecting tobacco use with “the shortening of life span” began to appear in the medical literature in the 1950s, linking smoking with lung cancer and related conditions. …”
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Real-Time Vehicle Detection and Air Pollution Estimation Using YOLOv9 by Hari Suparwito, Bernardus Galih Hersa Prakoso, Rosalia Arum Kumalasanti, Agnes Maria Polina

“…Camera angles and the small size of the objects often make small objects appear to blend in to the background. This research indicates that AI can be of help when dealing with the urban structure. …”
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Identification of quantitative trait loci for yield traits and fine-mapping of qGW4 using the chromosome segment substitution line-Z708 and dissected single-segment substitution li... by Kai Zhou, Jinjin Yu, Zhaopeng Yu, Chunyu Chi, Jialin Ren, Zhuowen Zhao, Han Zhang, Yinghua Ling, Changwei Zhang, Fangming Zhao

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Perceptual Analysis of Tone Mapping Operators by Raazia Sosan, M. Hamza Qureshi, M. Zukhruf Bashir, Ahmad Hussain, Naz Islam

“…By shedding light on the perceptual differences among the evaluated tone mapping operators, this article facilitates the effective utilization of tone mappers for achieving desired visual outcomes. Additionally, the proposed SSIM and CIEDE2000 metrics serve as valuable tools for future research and benchmarking in the field of image processing. …”
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Posttraumatic stress disorder and associated factors in the aftermath of the 2015 earthquake in Nepal: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Prayash Paudel, Asutosh Sah, Anil Khanal

“…We aimed to estimate the pooled incidence of posttraumatic stress disorder among survivors after the 2015 earthquake in Nepal based on available literature and highlight the psychological effects of natural disasters that can hamper the recovery process in the aftermath of disaster. …”
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O rap de intervenção social em Maputo, Moçambique by Luca Bussotti, Julio Chinguai

“…Mediante uma reconstrução histórica baseada, essencialmente, em fontes orais e, uma segunda parte, centrada em entrevistas e na análise do discurso de algumas canções de rappers moçambicanos engajados, o artigo aqui apresentado pretende analisar como é que este género musical se difundiu na cidade de Maputo e quais as suas tendências atuais. …”
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Interrogating the Contestations in Zimbabwe’s New Marriage Law and Arbitration in Family Disputes by Bernard Pindukai Humbe, Fortune Sibanda

“…This study focuses on the new Marriages Act and arbitration in family disputes among the Shona people of Zimbabwe, who happen to be the largest ethnic group constituting about 75% of the Zimbabwean population. …”
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Hormonal Contraceptive Use and Affective Disorders: An Updated Review by Mengelkoch S, Afshar K, Slavich GM

“…However, some contraceptives also appear to decrease depression risk in some instances. …”
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New linearization and reweighting for simulations of string sigma-model on the lattice by L. Bianchi, V. Forini, B. Leder, P. Töpfer, E. Vescovi

“…Monte Carlo simulations are performed in a large region of the parameter space, where the sign problem starts becoming severe and instabilities appear due to the zero eigenvalues of the fermionic operator. …”
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Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals tumor heterogeneity in small cell neuroendocrine cervical carcinoma by Xuesong Xiang, Xiang Tao, Keqin Hua, Hua Jiang, Jingxin Ding

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Ocular Surface Disease Severity in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: is This Really Significant in Daily Life? by Demet Yabanoglu, Funda Gode

“…CONCLUSIONS: Daily activities appear to be slightly impaired in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome due to ocular surface problems. …”
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Mongolian Education and Science Vocabulary by Anna V. Mazarchuk

“…Some of the analyzed words happen to have been borrowed into Mongolian from Uighur, but Uighur was not the ultimate source of the lexemes: Mong. шавь ‘disciple, pupil’ < Uig. šabï had come to Uighur from Sanskrit via Chinese; Mong. багш ‘teacher’ < Uig. baqšı and Mong. бичиг ‘writings’ < Uig. bitig are originally Chinese; Mong. ном ‘book’ < Uig. nom had come to Uighur from Greek via Sogdian. …”
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Uncovering Botrytis cinerea-induced physiological changes in melon plants using multi-sensor imaging approaches by Matilde Barón, María Trinidad Moreno-Martín, Mónica Pineda

“…By comparing infected areas with adjacent healthy tissues, key metabolic changes are identified, such as decreased photosynthetic activity and increased oxidative stress, which occur even before visible symptoms appear. The images provide a detailed spatio-temporal map of infection progression and host response, revealing critical aspects of this plant-pathogen interaction. …”
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An intriguing convergence between metaverse and sustainable human resource management by Aanyaa Chaudhary, Sonal Khandelwal, Pankaj Deshpande, Poonam Panjabi

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Effects of life history strategy on the diversity and composition of the coral holobiont communities of Sabah, Malaysia by Golam Rabbani, Lutfi Afiq-Rosli, Jen Nie Lee, Zarinah Waheed, Benjamin J. Wainwright

“…We show bacterial and Symbiodiniaceae communities are structured by host species and appear to be influenced by host life history characteristics. …”
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A study regarding student satisfaction on medical graduate license examinations and career guiding sessions around the globe including the NEXT (National Exit Test) exam of India... by Bhanupriya Shivshankar Pande, Amit Jagannath Patil, Aashutosh Ramakant Patel, Dnyaneshwari Pande, Vaishnavi Galande, Rohit Garde

“…Results:Lack of knowledge about the legalities, residency rotations, internship rotations for license exams poses a challenge to students. 44.6% participants think that a competency based medical education pattern will be enough to appear for the exam. A significant difference was obtained for NEXT exam difficulty level when compared with foreign medical license exams. …”
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Workplace violence against physicians in Turkey’s emergency departments: a cross-sectional survey by Başak Bayram, Murat Çetin, Neşe Çolak Oray, İsmail Özgür Can

“…The present safety precautions against violence do not appear to influence the prevalence of violence.Conclusions Our results indicated that ED physicians’ experience of violence is related to personal characteristics such as age and level of expertise, and hospital and ED characteristics such as high patient admission rates. …”
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Portland (Oregón, EE.UU.) (2016) by Jesús M. González Pérez, María José Piñeira Mantiñán

“…Portland (Oregon, USA) (2016) The current urbanization process brings forward the increase of inequalities within the city which is related, amongst other factors, with impoverishment processes and the increase of vulnerability, segregation and social polarization. These factors happen to be responsible for the production of a new spatial order. …”
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Development and performance evaluation of a modified Africa Bush Mango (<i>Irvingia gabomensis</i>) cracker by R.A. Busari, T.D. Akpenpuun, M.O. Iyanda

“…The cracker consists of a frame, cracking table, slider–crank mechanism, hopper, feed chute, slot, cracking unit electric motor and reduction gear. …”
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