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Social Bots for Online Public Health Interventions [PDF]

2018 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM), Barcelona, Spain, 2018, pp. 186-189, 2018
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in the United States hundreds of thousands initiate smoking each year, and millions live with smoking-related dis- eases. Many tobacco users discuss their habits and preferences on social media.
arxiv   +1 more source

Epidemiology of menthol cigarette use in the United States

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2011
Background Approximately one-fourth of all cigarettes sold in the United States have the descriptor “menthol” on the cigarette pack. It is important to determine what socio-demographic factors are associated with smoking menthol cigarettes if indeed ...
Ralph S. Caraballo, Katherine Asman
doaj   +1 more source

Recognition of Smoking Gesture Using Smart Watch Technology [PDF]

arXiv, 2020
Diseases resulting from prolonged smoking are the most common preventable causes of death in the world today. In this report we investigate the success of utilizing accelerometer sensors in smart watches to identify smoking gestures. Early identification of smoking gestures can help to initiate the appropriate intervention method and prevent relapses ...
arxiv  

Analyzing whether workplace smoking bans can reduce the probability of smoking [PDF]

arXiv, 2022
The rapid increase of smoking-related diseases and deaths globally is driving us to find an effective approach to reduce the smoking rate. This study aims to determine whether indoor smoking bans at workplaces can effectively reduce the smoking rate.
arxiv  

On‐treatment dynamics of circulating extracellular vesicles in the first‐line setting of patients with advanced non‐small cell lung cancer: the LEXOVE prospective study

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
The LEXOVE prospective study evaluated plasma cell‐free extracellular vesicle (cfEV) dynamics using Bradford assay and dynamic light scattering in metastatic non‐small cell lung cancer patients undergoing first‐line treatments, correlating a ∆cfEV < 20% with improved median progression‐free survival in responders versus non‐responders.
Valerio Gristina, Viviana Bazan, Nadia Barraco, Simona Taverna, Mauro Manno, Samuele Raccosta, Anna Paola Carreca, Marco Bono, Tancredi Didier Bazan Russo, Francesco Pepe, Pasquale Pisapia, Lorena Incorvaia, Giuseppe Badalamenti, Giancarlo Troncone, Umberto Malapelle, Daniele Santini, Antonio Russo, Antonio Galvano   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

IQOS point-of-sale marketing strategies in Israel: a pilot study

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2019
Background Philip Morris International’s IQOS (“I Quit Ordinary Smoking”) device has increasingly penetrated the global tobacco market. In Israel, among the first countries with IQOS in its market, the IQOS device is sold in specialty stores and online ...
Yael Bar-Zeev, Hagai Levine, Gil Rubinstein, Ihab Khateb, Carla J. Berg   +4 more
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The Effect of Education on Smoking Decisions in the United States [PDF]

arXiv, 2020
This paper explores the link between education and the decision to start smoking as well as the decision to quit smoking. Data is gathered from IPUMS CPS and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Probit analysis (with the use of probability weight and robust standard error) indicates that every additional year of education will reduce the 2.3 ...
arxiv  

Intelligent Risk Alarm for Asthma Patients using Artificial Neural Networks [PDF]

, 2020
Asthma is a chronic disease of the airways of the lungs. It results in inflammation and narrowing of the respiratory passages, which prevents air flow into the airways and leads to frequent bouts of shortness of breath with wheezing accompanied by coughing and phlegm after exposure to inhalation of substances that provoke allergic reactions or ...
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Obesity alters the fitness of peritumoral adipose tissue, exacerbating tumor invasiveness in renal cancer through the induction of ADAM12 and CYP1B1

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Tumor microenvironment drives cancer formation and progression. We analyzed the role of human cancer‐associated adipocytes from patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) stratified as lean, overweight, or obese. RNA‐seq demonstrated that, among the most altered genes involved in the tumor–stroma crosstalk, are ADAM12 and CYP1B1, which were proven to be ...
Sepehr Torabinejad, Caterina Miro, Annarita Nappi, Francesco Del Giudice, Annunziata Gaetana Cicatiello, Serena Sagliocchi, Lucia Acampora, Federica Restolfer, Melania Murolo, Emery Di Cicco, Federico Capone, Ciro Imbimbo, Monica Dentice, Felice Crocetto   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The multifactorial aquaculture‐related COVID‐19 shock in Benin, West Africa: A socio‐economic perspective of mitigating the disruptive impacts on the small‐scale and subsistence producers

Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries, Volume 2, Issue 6, Page 507-521, December 2022., 2022
Graphical Abstract This study deals with a timely topic, COVID‐19, whose impacts on aquaculture have never been quantified in Benin. Direct discussions were held with aquaculture producers to understand how they are feeling the impact of the pandemic on their business.
Toundji Olivier Amoussou, Comlan Eugène Dessouassi, Dorothé Ngondjeb Yong, Siméon Mahougnon Fagnon, Luc Houngbe, Vinsoun Millogo, Ibrahim Imorou Toko, Emmanuel A. Frimpong   +7 more
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