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The use of e-cigarettes in adolescents: public health consequences

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2017
Introduction Public-health actors were alarmed by the progression of experimentation of e-cigarettes in different countries since 2012 because of fear that they would be a gateway to tobacco use.
Bertrand Dautzenberg
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Critical appraisal of the European Union Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) Preliminary Opinion on electronic cigarettes

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background In preparation for the 2021 revision of the European Union Tobacco Products Directive, the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) has posted its Preliminary Opinion on Electronic Cigarettes.
Renée O’Leary, Riccardo Polosa, Giovanni Li Volti, the Center of Excellence for the Acceleration of Harm Reduction (CoEHAR)   +3 more
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Brief communication: Enabling open cryosphere research with Ghub [PDF]

The Cryosphere
We report on the infrastructure and scientific progress of the Ghub project, a scientific gateway providing an open-access online platform for cryosphere researchers to publish and share tools and datasets.
J. P. Tulenko, J. P. Tulenko, S. A. Goliber, R. Jones-Ivey, J. Quinn, A. Patra, K. Poinar, K. Poinar, S. Nowicki, S. Nowicki, B. M. Csatho, J. P. Briner   +11 more
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Communicating the consensus on climate change to college biology majors: The importance of preaching to the choir

Ecology and Evolution, 2020
College and university biology majors who are not climate change deniers may yet be unaware of the degree of scientific consensus on climate change and unprepared to communicate about climate science to others.
Jeremy D. Sloane, Jason R. Wiles
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La construction territoriale de têtes de ponts antarctiques rivales : Ushuaia (Argentine) et Punta Arenas (Chili)

L'Espace Politique, 2012
Ushuaia and Punta Arenas are the southernmost cities in their belonging countries, Argentina and Chile. They have played the role of frontier towns in the process of consolidation and legitimation of these austral national territories located in the ...
Sylvain Guyot
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920 MHz-band Low Power Communication Test for IoT Utilization at Syowa Station, Antarctica

Antarctic Record, 2021
LoRa communication protocol using 920 MHz-band has been opened to the public for Internet of Things (IoT) application and a wide variety of telemeter usage since 2017 in Japan.
Masaki Okada, Takami Sasaki, Takuya Kato, Masakuni Tsunezawa, Hiroshi Furukawa, Tomohiro Otani, Yoshiaki Narusue   +6 more
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The Rhetoric of the iPhone: A Cultural Gateway Of Our Transforming Digital Paradigm

, 2017
The metaphors “tipping point” and “paradigm shift” are used to describe the moments surrounding social and scientific changes; however, I argue that in examining changes in culture and communication, the role of technology suggests the need for a new ...
Rose, Jessica
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CD-Based Microfluidics for Primary Care in Extreme Point-of-Care Settings

Micromachines, 2016
We review the utility of centrifugal microfluidic technologies applied to point-of-care diagnosis in extremely under-resourced environments. The various challenges faced in these settings are showcased, using areas in India and Africa as examples ...
Suzanne Smith, Dario Mager, Alexandra Perebikovsky, Ehsan Shamloo, David Kinahan, Rohit Mishra, Saraí M. Torres Delgado, Horacio Kido, Satadal Saha, Jens Ducrée, Marc Madou, Kevin Land, Jan G. Korvink   +12 more
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DeepForge: A Scientific Gateway for Deep Learning

, 2018
We introduce DeepForge, a gateway to deep learning for the scientific community. DeepForge is designed to lower the barrier to entry and facilitate the rapid development of deep learning models.
Akos Ledeczi (5128673), Brian Broll (5751101), Peter Volgyesi (5129834), Miklos Maroti (5751104)   +3 more
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Detection of Integrity Attacks on Permissions of Android-Based Mobile Apps: Security Evaluation on PayPal [PDF]

IJCI International Journal of Computers and Information
The objective of this paper is to detect unauthorized modifications to genuine permissions of legitimate Android-based mobile apps in real-time, with demonstration on PayPal payment gateway mobile app.
Omar Hussein
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