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A 3-Year Study of Predictive Factors for Positive and Negative Appendicectomies
Journal of Investigative Surgery, 2019 Background: Early and accurate identification or exclusion of acute appendicitis is the key to avoid the morbidity of delayed treatment for true appendicitis or unnecessary appendicectomy, respectively. We aim (i) to identify potential predictive factors
Dwayne T. S. Chang +4 more
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Assessing contraband tobacco in two jurisdictions: a direct collection of cigarette butts
BMC Public Health, 2016 Background The sale of contraband tobacco allows for tobacco tax evasion, which can undermine the effectiveness of tobacco tax policies in reducing the number of smokers.
Julie Stratton +5 more
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Viscoelastic and Adhesion Properties of New Poly(Ether-Urethane) Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives
Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, 2020 New thermoplastic poly(ether-urethane) (TPUs) pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) have been synthesized with the prepolymer method by reacting methylene diisocyanate, different blends of polyether diols—poly(propyleneglycol) (PPG) and poly(tetramethylene
Mónica Fuensanta +1 more
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Chemical Characterization of Different Products from the Tunisian Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.
Foods, 2022 Various dried (by-)products from the Tunisian O. ficus-indica were elucidated for their proximate composition, fatty acid (FA) composition, inorganic elements, sugars, and polyphenols.
Ambrogina Albergamo +8 more
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Postharvest Fungicide for Avocado Fruits: Antifungal Efficacy and Peel to Pulp Distribution Kinetics
Foods, 2020 Postharvest application of fungicides is commonly applied in order to reduce food loss. Prochloraz is currently the only postharvest fungicide registered in Israel and Europe in avocado fruits.
Jakob A. Shimshoni +7 more
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Re-conceptualizing Access: The New Role of Information Literacy in Post-Secondary Education
Communications in Information Literacy, 2012 In this paper, we propose a new conceptual model of access in which information literacy plays a vital role in understanding and utilizing information to its fullest potential. The traditional approach, where access is equated to a static item (such as a
Jennifer Andreae, Erin Anderson
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Animals, 2022 Myostatin (MSTN), also known as growth differentiation factor 8 (GDF-8), is a negative regulator of lean muscle tissue growth. Variation in the gene has been studied in many domesticated species, because of its potential to dramatically increase muscle ...
Lily Cunningham +4 more
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Horticulturae, 2022 In this study, avocados of the Hass variety cultivated in Almuñécar (Granada, Spain) are analyzed after soil mulching with pruning debris. The mulch treatment assay was composed of pruning wastes from subtropical crops (avocado, cherimoya, and mango) and
Antonio Aguirre-Arcos +5 more
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Molecules, 2022 In recent years there has been an extensive search for nature-based products with functional potential. All structural parts of Physalis alkekengi (bladder cherry), including fruits, pulp, and less-explored parts, such as seeds and peel, can be ...
Venelina Popova +10 more
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Medium/Long wavelength sensitive opsin diversity in Pitheciidae
Scientific Reports, 2017 New World primates feature a complex colour vision system. Most species have polymorphic colour vision where males have a dichromatic colour perception and females can be either dichromatic or trichromatic. The adaptive value of high allelic diversity of
Vinicius D. L. R. Goulart +2 more
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