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Smoke and mirrors: Magnified beliefs that cigarette smoking suppresses weight [PDF]

Addictive Behaviors, 2007
Research suggests that for some smokers, weight concerns interfere with smoking cessation. Studies with individuals with eating disorders and weight concerns have indicated that weight-concerned individuals place undue faith in the effectiveness of certain weight control strategies; i.e., adopt a brand of magical thinking pertaining to food rules and ...
Marney A, White, Sherry A, McKee, Stephanie S, O'malley   +2 more
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Reduced Phagocytic Capacity of Blood Monocyte/Macrophages in Tuberculosis Patients Is Further Reduced by Smoking. [PDF]

, 2016
Tuberculosis (TB) and tobacco use are two major alarming global health issues posing immense threats to human populations. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) by activation of macrophages could induce the sequences of cells activation and releases of ...
Adcock, IM, Aryanpur, M, Garssen, J, Masjedi, MR, Mortaz, E, Mozafarian, A, Sharifi, H, Tabarsi, P   +7 more
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Flame Retardancy and Thermal Behavior of an Unsaturated Polyester Modified with Kaolinite–Urea Intercalation Complexes

Molecules, 2020
Organic modified kaolinite-urea intercalation complex (KUIC) was prepared using dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as the precursor of kaolinite intercalation.
Lina Yue, Junfei Li, Xuan Zhou, Yingjuan Sun, Ming Gao, Taohua Zhu, Xiaoqian Zhang, Teng Feng, Zhanhong Shi, Yongchun Liu   +9 more
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Italian hybrid fire prevention code [PDF]

, 2018
Fire safety of residential buildings and activities subjected to fire inspection is a difficult task, especially when the safety targets have to be adopted in built buildings or in activities that are going to be modified into more complex ones ...
Caciolai, Mauro, Cancelliere, Piergiacomo, Gai, Giordana, Gissi, Emanuele, Lombardi, Mara, Ponticelli, Luca   +5 more
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Visuospatial tasks suppress craving for cigarettes. [PDF]

, 2010
The Elaborated Intrusion (EI) theory of desire posits that visual imagery plays a key role in craving. We report a series of experiments testing this hypothesis in a drug addiction context.
Andrade, J, Kavanagh, D, May, J, Panabokke, N   +3 more
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Effect of Suppressing Thoughts of Desire to Smoke on Ratings of Desire to Smoke and Tobacco Withdrawal Symptoms

SAGE Open, 2015
Studies indicate that while suppressing smoking thoughts increases subsequent smoking, it may have no impact on desire to smoke. However, previous research has examined suppression of general smoking thoughts rather than thoughts specifically related to ...
James A. K. Erskine, David Rawaf, Sophie Grice, Michael Ussher   +3 more
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RepVGG-YOLOv7: A Modified YOLOv7 for Fire Smoke Detection

Fire, 2023
To further improve the detection of smoke and small target smoke in complex backgrounds, a novel smoke detection model called RepVGG-YOLOv7 is proposed in this paper.
Xin Chen, Yipeng Xue, Qingshan Hou, Yan Fu, Yaolin Zhu   +4 more
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MicroRNAs in lung cancer [PDF]

, 2017
Lung cancer (LC) is a serious public health problem responsible for the majority of cancer deaths and comorbidities in developed countries. Tobacco smoking is considered the main risk factor for LC; however, only a few smokers will be affected by this ...
An, Baltimore, Belinsky, Brennan, Chen, De Flora, De Flora, Dong, Duan, Gomez, Hao, Harris, Hasegawa, Haugen, Hu, Inoue, Jemal, Jia, Lam, Li, Liu, Nakanishi, Neilson, O'Driscoll, Pan, Peiper, Ren, Schmeck, Schrump, Sensinger, Shah, Slack, Speiser, Stampfli, Wang, Wang, Yoshida, You, Zhang, Zhang, Zienolddiny   +40 more
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Platelet-Activating Factor-Induced Reduction in Contact Hypersensitivity Responses Is Mediated by Mast Cells via Cyclooxygenase-2-Dependent Mechanisms [PDF]

, 2018
Platelet-activating factor (PAF) stimulates numerous cell types via activation of the G protein-coupled PAF receptor (PAFR). PAFR activation not only induces acute proinflammatory responses, but it also induces delayed systemic immunosuppressive effects ...
FitzGerald, Garret A., Kaplan, Mark H., Ocana, Jesus A., Pawelzik, Sven-Christian, Romer, Eric, Sahu, Ravi, Travers, Jeffrey B.   +6 more
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Sensory imagery in craving: From cognitive psychology to new treatments for addiction [PDF]

, 2012
Sensory imagery is a powerful tool for inducing craving because it is a key component of the cognitive system that underpins human motivation. The role of sensory imagery in motivation is explained by Elaborated Intrusion (EI) theory.
Andrade J., Andrade J., Baddeley A. D., Donovan D. M., Festinger L., Grant S., Knäuper B., Litt M. D., May J., Michener W., Miller W. R., Morwedge C.K., Murgraff V., Project MATCH Research Group, Rubak S., van Dillen L. F.   +15 more
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