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An intelligent prediction method for tobacco threshing and redrying process parameters based on XGBoost

Dianzi Jishu Yingyong
The key parameters of the tobacco redrying process are crucial to the final product quality. The traditional parameter control method, which relies on experience, suffers from poor stability and response hysteresis, making it difficult to meet the ...
He Yi, Liao Yuean, Liu Yiliang, Pu Yi
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Consumer Response to Standardized Tobacco Packaging in the United Kingdom: A Synthesis of Evidence from Two Systematic Reviews

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2021
Crawford Moodie,* Kathryn Angus,* Martine Stead* Institute for Social Marketing and Health, Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, Scotland*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Crawford ...
Moodie C, Angus K, Stead M
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Efficient expression of a novel α-amylase for reduction of tobacco starch and smoke hazard

Frontiers in Microbiology
The combustion of excessive starch in tobacco leaves leads to more harmful substances, adversely affecting the sensory properties of tobacco and posing significant risks to human health.
Zongchen Han, Jie Hao, Dian Zou, Zhikang Sun, Zekun Zhang, Chenqi Niu, Qi Lu, Kuo Huang, Changwen Ye, Xuetuan Wei   +9 more
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Why and how to tax cigarettes

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2011
Objective of the article is to identify the functions and requirements an excise tax on cigarettes should fulfil, next also to calculate a model for the taxation of cigarettes in the Czech Republic with practical relevance, and to formulate ...
Petr David
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Emotional symptoms and sensation seeking: Implications for tobacco interventions for youth and young adults

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2021
Introduction Although emotional symptoms and sensation seeking are recognized as important risk factors for tobacco use among youth and young adults, to date, their joint influence on tobacco use has not been examined.
Bara S. Bataineh, Anna V. Wilkinson, Kathleen R. Case, Stephanie L. Clendennen, Aslesha Sumbe, Baojiang Chen, Melissa B. Harrell   +6 more
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Patterns of electronic cigarette, conventional cigarette, and hookah use and related passive exposure among adolescents in Kuwait: A cross-sectional study

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2020
Introduction Use of tobacco products among adolescents is a major global public health concern. Given the changing landscape of tobacco product use and the lack of epidemiologic data to inform tobacco prevention and control strategies in Kuwait, this ...
Ali Esmaeil*, Ahmed Alshammasi*, Waad Almutairi, Abdullah Alnajem, Dalal Alroumi, Mohamad Ali, Abdullah Redha, Maram Alhussaini, Ali H. Ziyab   +8 more
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From energy provision to protein synthesis: Tunnelling nanotubes as mediators of intercellular metabolic cooperation in cancer

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The cytoskeleton‐mediated transport of mitochondria via tunnelling nanotubes restores respiration, increases ATP production, rescues cells from apoptosis, activates the AKT/mTOR signalling pathway, promotes cell migration and invasiveness, contributes to cancer progression and treatment resistance.
Stanislava Martínková, Jan Trnka
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Global Trends in Tobacco Cigarette Use among Adolescents: Prevalence of Use and Evidence Based Cessation Interventions

Journal of Global Awareness, 2020
Tobacco use remains a global problem, and as a demographic group, adolescents are at a high risk of its adverse effects. In addition, disparities exist in strategies to address tobacco control, particularly among youth from low-socioeconomic backgrounds.
Rejoice Addae, Cheryl Knight, Tamara Pace-Glover   +2 more
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Neurochemical Endpoints to Inform Early‐Stage Trials of Spinocerebellar Ataxia 2 and 3 in a Multisite Setting

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Neurochemical levels measured by brain MR spectroscopy (MRS) have been proposed as endpoints for clinical trials in early‐stage spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) trials. We tested their trial‐readiness by quantifying neurochemicals in three affected brain regions in early‐stage cohorts of SCA2 and SCA3, examining their reproducibility in ...
James M. Joers, Yaqiao Wei, Dinesh K. Deelchand, Adam Berrington, Young Woo Park, Guita Banan, Michal Povazan, Jens T. Rosenberg, André J. W. van der Kouwe, Tetsuo Ashizawa, Khalaf O. Bushara, Chiadi U. Onyike, Sub H. Subramony, Jeremy D. Schmahmann, Brian J. Soher, Peter B. Barker, Thomas H. Mareci, Eva‐Maria Ratai, Lynn E. Eberly, Gülin Öz   +19 more
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Respiratory chronic health conditions and racial disparities associated with e-cigarette use: a cross-sectional analysis using behavioral risk factor surveillance data

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), mainly caused by cigarette smoking, is one of the leading causes of death in the United States (US) and frequent asthma attacks are often exacerbated by cigarette use.
Ashley Comiford, Steven Pan, Sixia Chen
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