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International Journal of Population Data Science, 2018 Introduction The impact of the built environment on health and chronic disease outcomes is increasingly being recognized. As Public Health develops interventions to transform the health-promoting potential of built environments, effective monitoring and ...
Maria Mukhtar, David Guillette
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Carotenoid Content and Profiles of Pumpkin Products and By-Products
Molecules, 2023 The goal of this review is to provide an overview of the current findings on the major carotenoids and their content in pumpkin products and by-products. The content of total carotenoids and the composition of carotenoids in pumpkins depend mainly on the
Antonela Ninčević Grassino +5 more
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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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Soluble and insoluble-bound phenolics and antioxidant activity of various industrial plant wastes [PDF]
, 2019 The potential of selected industrial food wastes from juice and nut production including apple peel, apple pomace, pomegranate peel, pomegranate seed, chestnut shell, and black carrot pomace as resources for natural antioxidants was investigated. Soluble
Gulsunoglu, Zehra +3 more
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A Superwind from Early Post-Red Giant Stars? [PDF]
, 2001 We suggest that the gap observed at 20,000 K in the horizontal branches of several Galactic globular clusters is caused by a small amount of extra mass loss which occurs when stars start to "peel off" the red giant branch (RGB), i.e., when their ...
Amos Harpaz +5 more
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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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