Assessment of national tobacco control program (NTCP) initiative on tobacco cessation among transgenders in Puducherry – A quasi-experimental study by Logesh Sidhu, Suriya Kumar, Priyadharshini Ragavane, Priyanga Chandrasekaran, Senthil Murugappan

“…Aim: This study aims to evaluate the impact of the National Tobacco Control Program initiative on the attitudes toward tobacco use and tobacco dependency among transgender individuals in Puducherry. …”
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IS BUILD-OPERATE-TRANSFER (BOT) SYSTEM AN EFFECTIVE INITIATIVE COMPARED WITH TRADITIONAL PROCUREMENT METHOD IN STUDENT HOUSING PROVISION IN AN EMERGING ECONOMY? by Job Taiwo Gbadegesin, Matthew Oluwole Oyewole

“…This paper examines stakeholders’ perception in Nigeria on the effectiveness of BOT as a private finance initiative (PFI) for student housing provision and compares it with traditional procurement method (TPM). …”
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An “initial-engineering-end use” quasi-market pricing mechanism under cascading risk for cross-regional water rights trading by Xuxia Li, Huimin Wang, Gang Liu, Liu Yang, Zhou Fang, Yi Xiao, Xiaoying Lai, Li Gao, Ying Teng

“…This study proposes an “initial-engineering-end use” quasi-market pricing mechanism based on empirical research of cross-regional water rights trading in Pingxiang, Jiangxi, China. …”
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Low versus high initial oral glucocorticoid dose for lupus nephritis: a pooled analysis of randomised controlled clinical trials by Amit Saxena, Peter Izmirly, Jill P Buyon, Cristina Sorrento, Janine Sullivan, Monica Gamez-Perez, Jammie Law, Howard Michael Belmont

“…Objective Traditional initial treatment regimens for lupus nephritis (LN) used oral glucocorticoids (GC) in starting doses up to 1.0 mg/kg/day prednisone equivalent with or without a preceding intravenous methylprednisolone pulse. …”
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Impact of early initiation of renal replacement therapy in patients on venoarterial ECMO using target trial emulation with Japanese nationwide data by Toshihiro Kubo, Tomonori Takeuchi, Norihiko Inoue, Augusto Cama-Olivares, Deepak Chandramohan, Ashita J. Tolwani, Keith M. Wille, Kiyohide Fushimi, Javier A. Neyra, Kenji Wakabayashi

“…Moreover, the effects of early RRT initiation specifically in patients on venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) also remain unclear. …”
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Early mucosal sensing of SIV infection by paneth cells induces IL-1β production and initiates gut epithelial disruption. by Lauren A Hirao, Irina Grishina, Olivier Bourry, William K Hu, Monsicha Somrit, Sumathi Sankaran-Walters, Chris A Gaulke, Anne N Fenton, Jay A Li, Robert W Crawford, Frank Chuang, Ross Tarara, Maria L Marco, Andreas J Bäumler, Holland Cheng, Satya Dandekar

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Pauci-Immune Necrotizing and Crescentic Glomerulonephritis with Membranous Lupus Nephritis, Fifteen Years after Initial Diagnosis of Secondary Membranous Nephropathy by Ryan Burkhart, Nina Shah, Michael Abel, James D. Oliver, Matthew Lewin

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How to Recondition Ex Vivo Initially Rejected Donor Lungs for Clinical Transplantation: Clinical Experience from Lund University Hospital by Sandra Lindstedt, Atli Eyjolfsson, Bansi Koul, Per Wierup, Leif Pierre, Ronny Gustafsson, Richard Ingemansson

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Diversity of microbial communities in cigar filler leaves with different initial water contents analyzed based on high-throughput sequencing technology by Yumeng Gao, Yumeng Gao, Yihui Wang, Bingqing Hou, Guo Zhang, Chun Jiang, Song Fang, Qian Wang, Yang Ning

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Emergência e desenvolvimento inicial de plântulas de cupuaçu cultivadas sob diferentes substratos e condições de sombreamento by Elias Ariel de Moura, Pollyana Cardoso Chagas, Marcela Liege da Silva Moura, Olisson Mesquita Souza, Edvan Alves Chagas

“…Assim, fatores como luz e tipo de substrato são importantes para a germinação de sementes e emergência inicial de plantas. Nesse contexto, objetivou-se com o presente trabalho avaliar o efeito de diferentes substratos, bem como a influência do sombreamento na emergência e no crescimento inicial de plântulas de cupuaçu. …”
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Dialysate White Blood Cell Change after Initial Antibiotic Treatment Represented the Patterns of Response in Peritoneal Dialysis-Related Peritonitis by Pichaya Tantiyavarong, Opas Traitanon, Piyatida Chuengsaman, Jayanton Patumanond, Adis Tasanarong

“…Patients with peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis usually have different responses to initial antibiotic treatment. This study aimed to explore the patterns of response by using the changes of dialysate white blood cell count on the first five days of the initial antibiotic treatment. …”
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Evaluation of Treatment Patterns and Maintenance Dose Titration Among Patients With Crohn’s Disease Initiating Biologics With 3 Years of Follow-Up by Ruizhi Zhao, Zhijie Ding, Parul Gupta, Laurence Gozalo, Robert Bruette, Victor M. Johnson, Keshia Maughn, Yihang Liu, Sumesh Kachroo

“…**Background:** There is limited real-world evidence on treatment patterns of patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) initiating biologics with an extensive follow-up period. …”
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D’une initiative locale à un essaimage national, l'histoire du développement du maïs en France by AgroBio Périgord

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CSR INITIATIVES AND SUSTAINABILITY RESILIENCE IN NIGERIA'S OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY: A PLS-SEM APPROACH FROM LOCAL COMMUNITIES' PERSPECTIVE by Tajudeen Alaburo Abdulsalam, Rofiat Bolanle Tajudeen, Abdulrahman Abubakar, Akeem Olamilekan Babatunde

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Simulating Charm Quarks in IP-Glasma Initial Stage and Quark-Gluon Plasma: A Hybrid Approach for charm quark phenomenology by Gale Charles, Jeon Sangyong, Kurian Manu, Schenke Björn, Singh Mayank

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State and territory immunization program activities and their association with human papillomavirus vaccine initiation in the United States of America: A multilevel approach. by Vivian Colón-López, Francisco J Muñoz-Torres, Erika Escabí Wojna, Idamaris Vega Jimenez, Olga L Díaz Miranda, Diana T Medina-Laabes, Katelyn Wells, Ana P Ortiz, Pamela C Hull, Erick Suárez

“…This study evaluates the association between immunization program (IP) activities aimed at increasing HPV vaccination among adolescents and their impact on initiation rates. Our data sources are: (i) 2016 AIM Annual Survey and (ii) 2019 National Immunization Survey-Teen. …”
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An effective stress-based DSC model for predicting hydromechanical shear behavior of unsaturated collapsible soils subjected to initial shear stress by Saman Soleymani Borujerdi, S. Mohsen Haeri, Amir Akbari Garakani, Chandrakant S. Desai

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Estimated glomerular filtration rate dip at sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor initiation: Implications for practice in chronic kidney disease by Ying Fan, Niansong Wang, Sihan Zhou

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Análisis inicial de la enseñanza del idioma español por medio de actividades deportivas en Varsovia (Polonia) by Anna Maliszewska

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El modelo competencial del adulto en el siglo XXI y la formación inicial del Educador Social by Tamara de La Torre Cruz, María Isabel Luis Rico, Carmen Palmero Cámara, Alfredo Jiménez Eguizábal, Teresa Orosa Fraíz

“…Nuestro trabajo expone los resultados de la investigación llevada a cabo para identificar los principales rasgos que definen en la actualidad el modelo competencial de persona adulta y conocer las inferencias y repercusiones que comporta en la formación inicial del Educador Social. Mediante la triangulación del análisis de la política educativa nacional y supranacional con los datos empíricos de entrevistas a 50 personas mayores, con edades entre 45 y 80 años, identificamos las nuevas expectativas y necesidades que el aprendizaje a lo largo de la vida induce en la formación de estos profesionales y en qué aspectos se materializa la necesidad de modificar su perfil y competencias.…”
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