Exposure to tobacco advertisements or promotions and smoking susceptibility among adolescents in China from 2013–14 to 2021: findings from the China National Youth Tobacco Survey by Xinying Zeng, Lin Xiao, Shiwei Liu

“…Abstract Background Tobacco advertisements or promotions (TAPs) can increase smoking susceptibility, especially among adolescents.China has made great progress in reducing TAPs, but has not yet achieved a total ban.This study estimated exposure to TAPs and smoking susceptibility and their changes from 2013–14 to 2021 among Chinese adolescents and examined their association. …”
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Managing two cases of twin anemia–polycythemia sequence in monochorionic twin pregnancies by Yongke Zhang, Yiheng Liang, Ran Chen, Dirong Zhang, Jing Wu

“…BackgroundTwin anemia–polycythemia sequence (TAPS) is a rare monochorionic complication. In this study, we discuss the management of two cases of TAPS with different conditions.Case presentationPatient 1 was a 34-year-old multigravida in whom the fetal middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocities (MCA-PSVs) were 0.86 multiples of the median (MoM) and 2.0 MoM at 33 weeks of gestation. …”
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生育酚结合蛋白通过磷酸肌醇3激酶途径抑制前列腺癌的生长 by 温星桥, 李小娟, 罗云, 王林, 周祥福, 蔡育彬, 温机灵, 高新

“…【目的】探讨生育酚结合蛋白（TAP）对前列腺癌细胞的生长调节及其分子机制。【方法】四甲基偶氮唑盐生长试验（MTY）测定细胞增殖情况，体外集落形成试验测定各细胞的致癌能力，高效液相层析法检测细胞内维生素E的浓度，利用基因转染、基因沉默、免疫印迹、Northem blot，RT-PCR、荧光定量PCR、免疫沉淀等方法研究TAP对前列腺细胞生长的作用及机制。…”
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Adaptive Prediction of Channels with Sparse Features in OFDM Systems by Changwei Lv, Shujuan Hou, Wenbo Mei

“…The proposed predictor operates in the time domain on each channel tap and separates the negligible taps from significant channel taps before performing prediction. …”
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Analgesic Efficacy of Transversus Abdominis Plane block vs Local Infiltration of Lignocaine and Bupivacaine in Post-operative Patients by Shabbir Ahmad, Muhammad Kareemullah, Saeed Mahmood, Muhammad Azhar Alam, Qasim Farooq, Muhammad Rashid

“…Objective: To compare the effectiveness of Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) block vs Local Infiltration for pain management techniques in patients undergoing laparoscopic lower abdominal surgeries. …”
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Antimicrobial Efficacy of Intracanal Medicaments against E. Faecalis Bacteria in Infected Primary Molars by Using Real-Time PCR: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Yasamin Ghahramani, Najmeh Mohammadi, Ahmad Gholami, Dordaneh Ghaffaripour

“…This study aimed to compare the antimicrobial efficacy of calcium hydroxide (CH) and triple antibiotic paste (TAP) against E. faecalis bacteria in infected primary molars. …”
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Sparse adaptive constant blind equalization algorithm for sparse multipath channel by Si-yang MA, Hua PENG, Bin WANG

“…In order to improve the convergence rate of the blind equalizer for sparse multipath channel,a novel blind equalization approach called l₀-norm constraint proportionate normalized least mean square constant algorithm was proposed for M-order phase-shift keying (MPSK) signal.Based on the constant modulus characteristics of MPSK signal and the sparse property of equalizer,a new blind equalization cost function with the l₀-norm penalty on the equalizer tap coefficients was firstly constructed.Then the update formula of the tap coefficients was derived according to the gradient descent algorithm.Moreover,the iteration step was updated by drawing upon the normalized proportionate factor.The algorithm not only assigned step sizes proportionate to the magnitude of the current individual tap weights,but also attracted the inactive taps to zero adaptively.Theoretical analysis and simulation results show that the proposed algorithm outperforms the existing blind equalization algorithms for sparse channel in reducing ISI and improving convergence rate.…”
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The Effect of Water Magnetization of Different Locations in Basrah Province on the Productive and Physiological Performance of Local Ducks by Sabah K. M. Al-hummod, Khalid C. K. Al-Salhie, Salah M. Alsudany

“…The treatments were: T1: tap water from Zubair city; T2: magnetized tap water from Zubair city; T3: tap water from Ashar City; T4: magnetized tap water from Ashar City; T5: tap water from Qurna city; T6: magnetized tap water from Qurna city. …”
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Transversus Abdominis Plane Catheter Bolus Analgesia after Major Abdominal Surgery by Nils Bjerregaard, Lone Nikolajsen, Thomas Fichtner Bendtsen, Bodil Steen Rasmussen

“…Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blocks have been shown to reduce pain and opioid requirements after abdominal surgery. …”
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Neuropharmacological profile of new thiazepinone and thiazolidinone compounds designed by virtual screening by Juan Sebastian Carrero-Sandoval, Paola Andrea Cuervo-Prado, Fabian Orozco-Lopez, Christian Alonso Becerra-Rivas, Estefany Arias-Quiroz, Mario Francisco Guerrero-Pabón

“…These compounds, coded as cpTP-0, cpTP-1, TAP-2 and cpTAP-2, were synthesised by multicomponent reactions and evaluated by neuropharmacological screening in CD1 mice (100 mg/kg, p.o.). …”
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Effect of In Situ Thermal Annealing on Structural, Optical, and Electrical Properties of CdS/CdTe Thin Film Solar Cells Fabricated by Pulsed Laser Deposition by Alaa Ayad Al-mebir, Paul Harrison, Ali Kadhim, Guanggen Zeng, Judy Wu

“…An in situ thermal annealing process (iTAP) has been introduced before the common ex situ cadmium chloride (CdCl2) annealing to improve crystal quality and morphology of the CdTe thin films after pulsed laser deposition of CdS/CdTe heterostructures. …”
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The Counteracting Effect of Chrysin on Dietary Fructose-Induced Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease (MAFLD) in Rats with a Focus on Glucose and Lipid Metabolism by Gabriela Campanher, Nelson Andrade, Joanne Lopes, Cláudia Silva, Maria João Pena, Ilda Rodrigues, Fátima Martel

“…Rats fed a chow diet were separated into four groups: Control (tap water), Fructose (tap water with 10% fructose), Chrysin (tap water+ chrysin (100 mg/kg body weight/d)), and Fructose + Chrysin (tap water with 10% fructose + chrysin (100 mg/kg body weight/d, daily)) (for 18 weeks). …”
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New Mechanism on Synergistic Effect of Nitrite and Triethanolamine Addition on the Corrosion of Ductile Cast Iron by K. T. Kim, H. Y. Chang, B. T. Lim, H. B. Park, Y. S. Kim

“…When triethanolamine or nitrite was added separately to tap water for inhibiting the corrosion of ductile cast iron, large amounts of inhibitor were needed. …”
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Clinical Implications of the Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in Adults by Mark J. Young, Andrew W. Gorlin, Vicki E. Modest, Sadeq A. Quraishi

“…The transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block is a relatively new regional anesthesia technique that provides analgesia to the parietal peritoneum as well as the skin and muscles of the anterior abdominal wall. …”
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Determining the Water Quality from Selected Underground Water Springs and Other Selected Sources of Water Around Kabale Municipality. by Kemigisha, Angella

“…The study principally determined the quality of water from underground water springs, wells, tap water from Kirigime, Nyakiharo, Nyakambu, and Rwamukundi, and River Rwabakazi. …”
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Low-complexity sparse channel estimation for massive MIMO systems by Xin FANG, Yunju LIU, Haiyan CAO, Peng PAN

“…Due to the high computational complexity of massive MIMO system,a low-complexity sparse channel estimation algorithm was proposed utilizing the inherent sparsity of the wireless communication channel to improve the estimation performance.The proposed algorithm separated channel tap from noise space based on the traditional discrete Fourier transform by adopting integral separation algorithm.This channel estimation algorithm need only calculate the channel tap,thus markedly reducing complexity of the algorithm.Numerical simulations show that proposed algorithm can approach to the performance of the minimum mean-square error estimator while maintaining lower complexity.…”
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Usefulness of Automatic Speech Recognition Assessment of Children With Speech Sound Disorders: Validation Study by Do Hyung Kim, Joo Won Jeong, Dayoung Kang, Taekyung Ahn, Yeonjung Hong, Younggon Im, Jaewon Kim, Min Jung Kim, Dae-Hyun Jang

“…The z scores between SLPs and ASR showed more pronounced differences with the APAC than the U-TAP, with 8 individuals showing discrepancies in the APAC compared to 2 in the U-TAP. …”
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Detection of Helicobacter pylori in City Water, Dental Units' Water, and Bottled Mineral Water in Isfahan, Iran by Ahmad Reza Bahrami, Ebrahim Rahimi, Hajieh Ghasemian Safaei

“…This study was conducted to determine the prevalence rate of H. pylori in tap water, dental units' water, and bottled mineral water in Iran. …”
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Mining Potential Drug Targets and Constructing Diagnostic Models for Heart Failure Based on miRNA-mRNA Networks by Xiangming Fang, Rensheng Song, Jiaxing Wei, Qin Liao, Zhenhong Zeng

“…In conclusion, we identified TAP1, a key candidate gene in the diagnosis and treatment of HF, and determined that compound DB04847 is highly likely to be a potential inhibitor of TAP1. …”
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N-Butyl-2-Cyanoacrylate Adhesive Versus Absorbable Tacks in Laparoscopic Groin Hernia Repair: A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial by Clayton C. Petro, MD, Benjamin K. Poulose, MD, Michael J. Rosen, MD, Alfredo M. Carbonell, II, DO, Adel G. El-Ghazzawy, MD, Jeremy A. Warren, MD, Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD, Ajita S. Prabhu, MD, David M. Krpata, MD, Samuel Szomstein, MD, Vimal Narula, MD, Crystal F. Totten, MD, Kelly R. Haisley, MD, Andrew C. Bernard, MD, Henrik O. Berdel, MD, Jessica K. Reynolds, MD, Zachary D. Warriner, MD, John S. Roth, MD

“…Patients undergoing laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAP) or totally extraperitoneal (TEP) groin hernia repair with mesh at 1 of 5 academic medical centers were randomized to mesh (TAP/TEP) and peritoneal (TAP) fixation with NB2C adhesive or absorbable tacks. …”
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