Electronic cigarette use and chest pain in US adults: Evidence from the PATH study by Leili Behrooz, Wubin Xie, Aboli Goghari, Rosemarie Robertson, Aruni Bhatnagar, Andrew Stokes, Naomi M. Hamburg

“…Although e-cigarettes contain fewer toxins than combustible cigarettes, their long-term cardiovascular and pulmonary effects remain unknown. …”
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Comportamiento del fuego en un pastizal del sitio ecológico 'media loma', región chaqueña occidental (Argentina) by C. KUNST, R. LEDESMA, S. BRAVO, G. DEFOSSÉ, J. GODOY, V. NAVARRETE

“…El fuego se aplicó en seis parcelas de dos sitios de estudio, estimándose la composición botánica, la carga de combustible fino y la densidad aparente del combustible en función de la altura en cada una de ellas. …”
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Assessing the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Cigarette Smokers and Use of Alternative Nicotine Delivery Systems in Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Study by Abdul Hameed, Daud Malik

“…This research has been conducted to assess smokers’ knowledge and behavior vis-à-vis combustible smoking cessation, prevalence, and risk, and the use of alternative nicotine delivery systems to quit smoking. …”
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Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production: Combine Effluent Treatment with Energy Generation in UASB Reactor as Biorefinery Annex by Mauro Berni, Ivo Dorileo, Grazielle Nathia, Tânia Forster-Carneiro, Daniel Lachos, Breno G. M. Santos

“…The biogas generation was 234.000 kg/year/mill, equivalent in combustible oil. The results of methane gas generated by the anaerobic system UASB (8846.00 kcal/m3) dislocate the equivalent of 650.0 kg of combustible oil (10000.00 kcal/kg) per day (or 234.000 kg/year). …”
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Landscaping in Florida with Fire in Mind by Martha monroe, Raelene Crandall, Jennifer Fill, Alan Long

“…This publication presents information on how to landscape the vegetation, selecting plants with low flammability, pruning ladder fuels, and removing highly combustible materials to create a low-risk area of defensible space around their houses. …”
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Segmentation of tobacco shred point cloud and 3-D measurement based on improved PointNet++ network with DTC algorithm by Yihang Wang, Haiwei Zheng, Jie Yang, Yan Wang, Li Wang, Qunfeng Niu, Qunfeng Niu

“…IntroductionThe three dimensions of the tobacco silk components (cut stem, tobacco silk, reconstituted tobacco shred, and expanded tobacco silk) of cigarettes directly affect cigarette combustibility; by accurately measuring the dimensions of different tobacco silks in cigarettes, it is possible to optimize combustibility and reduce the production of harmful substances. …”
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Assessment of Space Weather Impacts on New Zealand Power Transformers Using Dissolved Gas Analysis by S. P. Subritzky, A. C. Lapthorn, S. Hardie, D. H. Mac Manus, C. J. Rodger, M. Dalzell

“…Analysis of the results of this study concluded that no link had been found between the production of combustible gasses in a transformer and geomagnetic activity during the observation period. …”
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Adsorption of Ammonium Ions onto a Natural Zeolite: Transcarpathian Clinoptilolite by Mariya Lebedynets, Myroslav Sprynskyy, Iryna Sakhnyuk, Radoslaw Zbytniewski, Roman Golembiewski, Boguslaw Buszewski

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Biofuel: Concepts and Considerations by Tanumoy Bera, Kanika S. Inglett, Ann C. Wilkie

“… Biofuels are combustible fuels derived from recently produced biomass, as opposed to ancient biomass, which is the source of petroleum products. …”
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Biofuel: Concepts and Considerations by Tanumoy Bera, Kanika S. Inglett, Ann C. Wilkie

“… Biofuels are combustible fuels derived from recently produced biomass, as opposed to ancient biomass, which is the source of petroleum products. …”
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Advanced Preparative Strategies for Activated Carbons Designed for the Adsorptive Storage of Hydrogen by A. Celzard, V. Fierro, J.F. Marêché, G. Furdin

“…However, the storage of such a very light and highly combustible gas has yet to be solved. Only adsorption storage is discussed in the present paper. …”
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Mejora de la eficiencia energética de la producción de ladrillos de cerámica roja a partir del empleo como biocombustible de material lignocelulósico densificado lmproving energy e... by Iván Machado L, José F Martirena H, Idalberto Herrera M, Sergio Quiroz, Maria Jesus Lamela R, Raúl Gonzalez L

“…Se expone la relación entre algunas propiedades del biocombustible que permiten aumentar la relación ladrillos / kilogramo de combustible desde 1.1 a 1.4 lo que mejora la eficiencia del proceso de fabricación de ladrillos disminuyendo el consumo especifico con respecto al uso del combustible tradicional con la consiguiente mejora ambiental del proceso.…”
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Computational Modelling of Thermal Stability in a Reactive Slab with Reactant Consumption by O. D. Makinde

“…This paper investigates both the transient and the steady state of a one-step nth-order oxidation exothermic reaction in a slab of combustible material with an insulated lower surface and an isothermal upper surface, taking into consideration reactant consumption. …”
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Sustentabilidad y transporte desde un enfoque de jerarquización para la ciudad de Mexicali, Baja California by Francisco Javier Peralta Castillo

“…El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo general examinar los principios de sustentabilidad en el sistema de transporte de la ciudad de Mexicali, Baja California, desde un enfoque de jerarquización.El transporte como actividad debería conllevar el desarrollo de sistemas sostenibles, incluidos energía eficiente, sistemas multimodales de transportación, sistemas de comunicación en especial del transporte público-, así como combustibles y vehículos limpios (Zhang y Ferrari, 2013, p. 1).Los resultados muestran que en el sistema de transporte de la ciudad no están integrados los principios de sustentabilidad: accesibilidad, movilidad, planeación urbana, redes, entre otros.…”
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Comparación de los sistemas de transporte rápido de autobús articulado de México by Alejandro José Leo Vargas, Salvador Adame Martínez, José de Jesús Jiménez Jiménez

“…Se abordan cuatro sistemas brt (por sus siglas en inglés de Bus Rapid Transit) de México: Metrobús de la Ciudad de México, Macrobús de la Ciudad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Optibús de la Ciudad de León Guanajuato y Mexibús del Estado de México; con el fin de identificar sus características en cuanto a la tecnología, combustibles e infraestructura, para compararlos y determinar sus ventajas y desventajas tanto ambientales como operacionales. …”
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Investigating the association of traditional and non-traditional tobacco product use with subclinical and clinical cardiovascular disease: The Cross-Cohort Collaboration- Tobacco w... by Erfan Tasdighi, Kunal K. Jha, Zeina A. Dardari, Ngozi Osuji, Tanuja Rajan, Ellen Boakye, Michael E. Hall, Carlos J. Rodriguez, Andrew C. Stokes, Omar El Shahawy, Emelia J. Benjamin, Aruni Bhatnagar, Andrew P. DeFilippis, Michael J. Blaha

“…The prevalence of participants who never smoked, formerly smoked, and currently smoke combustible cigarettes is 50%, 36%, and 14%, respectively. …”
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Estrategias de formación de carteras rentables en empresas de energía renovables by José Luis Miralles-Quirós, María del Mar Miralles-Quirós

“… Las energías renovables han aumentado su importancia en los últimos años debido al daño que causan los combustibles fósiles al medio ambiente. Por ello, las empresas de energías renovables parecen ser oportunidades de inversión rentables, dado que es probable que obtengan importantes beneficios en el futuro. …”
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Cambio global: el Antropoceno by Miguel Equihua Zamora, Arturo Hernández Huerta, Octavio Pérez Maqueo, Griselda Benítez Badillo, Sergio Ibañez Bernal

“…Se identifica el uso de los combustibles fósiles comola causa del incremento considerable de óxido nitroso, dióxido de carbono, metano y denuevos gases como los cloro-fluoro-carbonos en la atmósfera. …”
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Optimization of Low-Calorific Coal Application at Different Loads in 600 MW Supercritical Thermal Power Plant with the PROMETHEE-GAIA Method by Ali Riza Motorcu, Hülya Demirören, Aykut Emir

“…Coal blends consisting of low-calorific domestic coal (4087 kcal/kg) and high-calorific imported coal (5954 kcal/kg) were combusted at the single mill and burner level to analyze unit parameters at different loads. …”
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The US perspective on e-cigarettes and harm reduction by Mitch Zeller

“…And that’s significant because while there are misperceptions about the safety of nicotine, the reality is that nicotine does not directly cause the cancer, the lung disease and the heart disease associated with the use of cigarettes and other combustible products. Now nicotine doesn’t get off the hook entirely, because of course there’s the potential for addiction. …”
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