Gender differences in use of cigarette and non-cigarette tobacco products among adolescents aged 13–15 years in 20 African countries by Israel T. Agaku, Rose Sulentic, Adriana Dragicevic, Gibril Njie, Candace K. Jones, Satomi Odani, Tina Tsafa, Joy Gwar, Constantine I. Vardavas, Olalekan Ayo-Yusuf

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Pouvoir politique et pouvoir religieux. L’exploitation de la Sanusiyya au sein de la Libye indépendante (1951-1958) by Carlotta Marchi

“…Based on the examination of European archival sources, this paper aims to reconstruct the process of metamorphosis and exploitation of the Sanusiyya within the United Kingdom of Libya from 1951 to 1958, as well as to study its causes and consequences and its role as instrument of political legitimisation within the reign. …”
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InfectA-Chat, an Arabic Large Language Model for Infectious Diseases: Comparative Analysis by Yesim Selcuk, Eunhui Kim, Insung Ahn

“…To monitor disease trends, various organizations, such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), collect diverse surveillance data and make them publicly accessible. …”
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Novel combination therapy for platinum-eligible patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Takafumi Yanagisawa, Keiichiro Mori, Akihiro Matsukawa, Tatsushi Kawada, Satoshi Katayama, Ekaterina Laukhtina, Pawel Rajwa, Fahad Quhal, Benjamin Pradere, Wataru Fukuokaya, Kosuke Iwatani, Renate Pichler, Jeremy Yuen-Chun Teoh, Marco Moschini, Wojciech Krajewski, Jun Miki, Shahrokh F. Shariat, Takahiro Kimura, European Association of Urology–Young Academic Urologists Urothelial Carcinoma Working Group (EAU-YAU)

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Rozwój usług bibliotecznych w czasach kryzysu. (przeł. Tomasz Olszewski) by Paul Ayris

“…W artykule podano dwa konkretne przykłady takiego rozwiązania: pierwszy, który jest już znany i zyskał dobrą opinię – portal DART-Europe udostępniający prace doktorskie i dyplomowe w formie elektronicznej na zasadach open access; drugi, który znajduje się dopiero w fazie wstępnych dyskusji i planowania – rozwiązanie oparte na chmurze obliczeniowej dla prawdziwie zespołowego katalogowania z udziałem brytyjskich bibliotek naukowych i narodowych. The European Research Area (ERA) oraz wkład, jaki biblioteki mogą wnieść do tej infrastruktury przez finansowanie innowacyjnych projektów unijnych, przeanalizowano bardziej szczegółowo, koncentrując się na pakiecie unijnych projektów zainicjowanych przez LI BER. …”
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Smoking and secondhand smoke exposure and carotid intima-media thickness: Baseline data from the Aidai Cohort Study in Japan by Makoto Saito, Yoshihiro Miyake, Keiko Tanaka, Chisato Nagata, Hidenori Senba, Yasuko Hasebe, Toyohisa Miyata, Takashi Higaki, Eizen Kimura, Bunzo Matsuura, Osamu Yamaguchi, Ryuichi Kawamoto

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Stochastic Modeling of Adaptive Trait Evolution in Phylogenetics: A Polynomial Regression and Approximate Bayesian Computation Approach by Dwueng-Chwuan Jhwueng, Chia-Hua Chang

“…We also plan to apply models to the empirical study using the two datasets: the longevity vs. fecundity in the Mediterranean nekton group, and the trophic niche breadth vs. body mass in carnivores in a European forest region.…”
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Smoking relapse reasons among current smokers with previous cessation experience in Shanghai: A cross-sectional study by Ruiping Wang*, Lingzi Shenfan*, Yu Song*, Qingliang Wang*, Rui Zhang, Le Kuai, Bin Li

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Heavy metal and metalloid pollution: A systematic review of health implications for pregnant women, children, and geriatrics in the East African region by Godswill J. Udom, Brian Turyahabwe, Ayodeji Aturamu, Omoirri M. Aziakpono, Richard D. Agbana, Omole G. Joseph, Nita-wills G. Udom, Nuru Mugide, Omali P. Odey, Haron Olot, Orish E. Orisakwe

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Anatomy, histology, and morphology of fish gills in relation to feeding habits: a comparative review of marine and freshwater species by Mohamed A. M. Alsafy, Hanan H. Abd-Elhafeez, Ahmed M. Rashwan, Atef Erasha, Safwat Ali, Samir A. A. El-Gendy

“…Each gill arch carried mainly two rows of gill rakers, lateral and medial, present in most teleost fishes (Mugil cephalus, Boops boops, Pagrus pagrus, Sparus aurata, European hake, Puffer fish, grey gurnard, sea bass, and sea bream). …”
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The Interpretation is the Message. Komposition als angewandte Interpretation bei György Kurtág by Tom Rojo Poller

“…. // At first sight, it seems fairly appropriate to apply standard music-analytical tools to the music of György Kurtág, since this music is deeply rooted in the tradition of European art music. Indeed, there are various dimensions of Kurtág’s music which can be plausibly explained with the help of established analytical categories: the omnipresent references and allusions by the concept of intertextuality, the foundations of compositional craftsmanship by historically informed analyses of musical structures, semantic contents by hermeneutical approaches. …”
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The correlation between cumulative cigarette consumption and infarction-related coronary spasm in patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction across different ag... by Zhihui Kuang, Lin Lin, Ranran Kong, Zhonghua Wang, Xianjun Mao, Dingcheng Xiang

“…STEMI was diagnosed based on the 2017 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines. Patients were divided into CAS and non-CAS groups according to CAG results, and further categorized by age into three groups: young (≤ 45 years), middle-aged (46–59 years), and elderly (≥ 60 years). …”
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THE ROLE OF N. I. VAVILOV AND VIR’S SCIENTISTS IN DESERT RECLAMATION by N. I. Dzyubenko, A. A. Kochegina

“…Development and implementation of the technology for consolidation and afforestation of sands in the southeast and east of the European part of the country and development of the first cultivar of saxaul Priaralskiy 1 also won the State Prize. …”
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COMPETENZE CHIAVE PER IL CURRICOLO VERTICALE: L’OPINIONE DEGLI INSEGNANTI E I MATERIALI DIDATTICI by Matteo La Grassa, Monica Barni

“…Key competences for the vertical curriculum: teachers’ opinions and teaching materials In this contribution we present the first results of a qualitative survey, carried out in schools in Tuscany, which aimed to verify what knowledge and importance is given in the educational sphere to the Key Competences for Lifelong Learningdescribed by the 2006 European Recommendation and updated by the 2018 Recommendation, and whether there is systematic planning on these competences within schools and whether the conditions are in place for their effective development from a vertical and transversal perspective across the various disciplines. …”
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Synergetic effects of network interconnections in the conditions of virtual reality by Kraus Kateryna, Kraus Nataliia, Shtepa Olena

“…In addition, in our case, this effect lies in the plane of restructuring the “old” development institutions in the “new”, under the influence of the relevant institutional and legal basis, systemic and comprehensive modernization and diversification of all sectors of production, improvement of the innovation and investment situation, construction of effective innovation and digital virtual-real infrastructure of the European standard, implementation of clustering of the economy using the opportunities of network cooperation.. …”
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PU.1 alleviates the inhibitory effects of cigarette smoke on endothelial progenitor cell function and lung-homing through Wnt/β-catenin and CXCL12/CXCR4 pathways by Xue He⁺, Yanan Cui⁺, Tiao Li, Lijuan Luo, Zihang Zeng, Yiming Ma, Yan Chen

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Workplace Health Promotion as a good solution to the negative impact of the financial crisis on healthcare systems by Francesco Chirico

“…The national healthcare systems of European countries were not immune to the impact of the recent global financial crisis. …”
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The effect of active and passive smoking during pregnancy on birth outcomes: A cohort study in Shanghai by Xiaokai Wang, Xia Gao, De Chen, Xuelian Chen, Qingwei Li, Jiani Ding, Fangyuan Yu, Xiaoyun Zhu, Nannan Zhang, Yifang Chen

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The effect of single and dual task training on the intracortical inhibition in young and old adults by Michael Wälchli, Craig Tokuno, Benedikt Lauber, Wolfgang Taube

“…Training‐, muscle‐ and task‐specific up‐ and downregulation of cortical inhibitory processes. European Journal of Neuroscience, 51(6), 1428–1440. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.14538 …”
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Vascular involvement in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by Michele Mondoni, Rocco Rinaldo, Christopher J. Ryerson, Cristina Albrici, Andrea Baccelli, Claudio Tirelli, Francesca Marchetti, Jacopo Cefalo, Giulia Nalesso, Giulia Ferranti, Fausta Alfano, Giovanni Sotgiu, Marco Guazzi, Stefano Centanni

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