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Teacher–Student Relationship Quality as a Mediator in the Association of Parent–Child Communication With Adolescent Bullying Perpetration and Substance Use: Evidence From the 2017/2018 HBSC Study

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bullying perpetration and substance use are two prevalent and concerning forms of delinquent behavior worldwide. Although parent–child communication has been theorized to reduce adolescents' involvement in these behaviors, empirical evidence remains mixed.
Hang Zhou, Ji‐Kang Chen
wiley   +1 more source

A dynamic multitask evolutionary algorithm for high-dimensional feature selection based on multi-indicator task construction and elite competition learning

Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence
High-dimensional data often contain noisy and redundant features, posing challenges for accurate and efficient feature selection. To address this, a dynamic multitask learning framework is proposed, which integrates competitive learning and knowledge ...
Jinxin Tie, Chunfang Yan, Maosong Li, Jianqiang Gong, Yujie Wu, Hailin Fang, Meng Li, Weiwei Zhang, Jie Li   +8 more
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Litigation and the Political Clout of the Tobacco Companies: Cigarette Taxes, Prices, and the Master Settlement Agreement [PDF]

The goal of our empirical analysis is to assess whether the changes in cigarette excise taxes and cigarette prices can be attributed to litigation brought by the states and the resulting settlements, holding other factors constant. Using pre-post as well
Frank A. Sloan, Justin G. Trogdon
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Material Deprivation, Psychological Distress, and Substance Use Among Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Adolescents: The Mediating Roles of Social Relationships

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Previous research on the mediating role of the quality of social relationships between material deprivation and adolescent health has predominantly utilized samples from mainstream populations to examine mental health outcomes, neglecting the critical need to explore behavioral health outcomes, such as substance use, particularly in ...
Zewei Liu, Ji‐Kang Chen
wiley   +1 more source

Cigarette filter material and polypropylene fibres in concrete to control drying shrinkage [PDF]

, 2012
Due to a reduction in demand for cigarette filter material (North East UK), significant quantities have arisen that have little commercial value. The filter manufacturers have been looking for another outlet for their product and polypropylene fibre ...
Richardson, Alan
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Impaired healing following implant placement surgery: A case report of a modern‐day manifestation of scurvy

Clinical Advances in Periodontics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Delayed wound healing following implant placement surgery is an uncommon complication, usually attributed to systemic (smoking and alcohol), local (severely inflamed tissues), or technical (poor suturing) factors. However, delayed wound healing after implant placement caused by severe hypovitaminosis C has not been previously ...
Gregor‐Georg Zafiropoulos, Gerald Kolb, Dimitris N. Tatakis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quality Improvement of Cigarette Manufacturing Process Driven by Deep Learning: Application of Wasserstein Distance Algorithm

IEEE Access
This paper aims to improve the quality monitoring level in the cigarette silk production, thereby proposing an innovative model based on a combination of Wasserstein distance and deep learning algorithms. This model combines Convolutional Neural Network (
Qi Ji, Mingxing Li, Gaoyan Xu, Weiwen Zhang   +3 more
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The Interaction between Alcohol and Cigarette Consumption [PDF]

It has long been recognized that cigarette and alcohol not only have adverse health effects, but also negative externalities imposed on third parties.
Koksal, Aycan, Wohlgenant, Michael K.
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Cardiovascular Risk Assessment and Its Determinants Among Older Adults in India: Evidence From a Nationally Representative Survey

Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality, posing a major challenge to its rapidly aging demographic. Early identification of individuals at high risk for future cardiovascular events is paramount for implementing timely preventative strategies.
Vansh Maheshwari, Shyamashree Das, Saurav Basu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

E-cigarettes [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2019
Mehdi, Aloosh, Janice, Johnston, Bart, Harvey   +2 more
openaire   +5 more sources