Nicotine preloading for smoking cessation: the Preloading RCT by Aveyard, P, Lindson, N, Tearne, S, Adams, R, Ahmed, K, Alekna, R, Banting, M, Healy, M, Khan, S, Rai, G, Wood, C, Anderson, E, Ataya-Williams, A, Attwood, A, Easey, K, Fluharty, M, Freuler, T, Hurse, M, Khouja, J, Lacey, L, Munafò, M, Lycett, D, McEwen, A, Coleman, T, Dickinson, A, Lewis, S, Orton, S, Perdue, J, Randall, C, Anderson, R, Bisal, N, Hajek, P, Homsey, C, McRobbie, H, Myers-Smith, K, Phillips, A, Przulj, D, Li, J, Coyle, D, Coyle, K, Pokhrel, S

“…We modelled long-term health outcomes of smoking-related diseases using the European-study on Quantifying Utility of Investment in Protection from Tobacco (EQUIPT) model. Results In total, 1792 people were eligible and were enrolled in the study, with 893 randomised to the control group and 899 randomised to the intervention group. …”

Telephone counselling for smoking cessation by Matkin, W, Ordóñez-Mena, J, Hartmann-Boyce, J

“…</br> <br><strong>Search methods: </strong>We searched the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group Specialised Register, clinicaltrials.gov, and the ICTRP for studies of telephone counselling, using search terms including 'hotlines' or 'quitline' or 'helpline'. …”

Combined pharmacotherapy and behavioural interventions for smoking cessation. by Stead, L, Lancaster, T

“…SEARCH METHODS: We searched the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group Specialised Register in July 2012 for records with any mention of pharmacotherapy, including any type of NRT, bupropion, nortriptyline or varenicline. …”

Single and combined effects of Oil Palm’s empty fruit bunch compost and hexaconazole on the growth and yield of sandy soil grown sweet potato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] var. VitAt... by Abdul Haya @ Yahya, Borhan

“…This crop has been selected to replace tobacco which was widely grown under Beach Ridges Interspersed with Swales (BRIS) soil in Kelantan and Terengganu. …”
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Natural ventilation in reduction of indoor radon concentration in high background radiation area dwellings Ramsar, Iran by Nasab, Lotf Ali Mehdipour

“…Although naturally occurring isotopes of radon in indoor air are identified as the second leading cause of lung cancer after tobacco smoking, there is limited consequenceof data on the incidence of radon-related lung cancers in Iran.Ramsar, a northern coastal city of Iran, has some areas with the highest levels of natural radiation background to date. …”
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Characterization of Ralstonia solanacearum race 2 biovar 1 associated with moko disease of banana in Peninsular Malaysia by Mohamed Zulperi, Dzarifah

“…In biovar determination, only 30 isolates displayed characteristics of biovar 1 R. solanacearum, which was negative for utilization of disaccharides and hexose alcohols. Tobacco hypersensitivity assay revealed all isolates elicited hypersensitive response (HR) at 12 h after infiltration, suggesting that they were of race 2. …”
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Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013:... by Forouzanfar, M, Alexander, L, Anderson, H, Bachman, V, Biryukov, S, Brauer, M, Burnett, R, Casey, D, Coates, M, Cohen, A, Delwiche, K, Estep, K, Frostad, J, Astha, K, Kyu, H, Moradi-Lakeh, M, Ng, M, Slepak, E, Thomas, B, Wagner, J, Aasvang, G, Abbafati, C, Abbasoglu Ozgoren, A, Abd-Allah, F, Abera, S, Aboyans, V, Abraham, B, Abraham, J, Abubakar, I, Abu-Rmeileh, N, Aburto, T, Achoki, T, Adelekan, A, Adofo, K, Adou, A, Adsuar, J, Afshin, A, Agardh, E, Al Khabouri, M, Al Lami, F, Alam, S, Alasfoor, D, Albittar, M, Alegretti, M, Aleman, A, Alemu, Z, Alfonso-Cristancho, R, Alhabib, S, Ali, R, Ali, M, Alla, F, Allebeck, P, Allen, P, Alsharif, U, Alvarez, E, Alvis-Guzman, N, Amankwaa, A, Amare, A, Ameh, E, Ameli, O, Amini, H, Ammar, W, Anderson, B, Antonio, C, Anwari, P, Argeseanu Cunningham, S, Arnlöv, J, Arsenijevic, V, Artaman, A, Asghar, R, Assadi, R, Atkins, L, Atkinson, C, Avila, M, Awuah, B, Badawi, A, Bahit, M, Bakfalouni, T, Balakrishnan, K, Balalla, S, Balu, R, Banerjee, A, Barber, R, Barker-Collo, S, Barquera, S, Barregard, L, Barrero, L, Barrientos-Gutierrez, T, Basto-Abreu, A, Basu, A, Basu, S, Basulaiman, M, Batis Ruvalcaba, C, Beardsley, J, Bedi, N, Bekele, T, Bell, M, Benjet, C, Bennett, D, Benzian, H, Bernabé, E, Beyene, T, Bhala, N, Bhalla, A, Bhutta, Z, Bikbov, B, Bin Abdulhak, A, Blore, J, Blyth, F, Bohensky, M, Bora Başara, B, Borges, G, Bornstein, N, Bose, D, Boufous, S, Bourne, R, Brainin, M, Brazinova, A, Breitborde, N, Brenner, H, Briggs, A, Broday, D, Brooks, P, Bruce, N, Brugha, T, Brunekreef, B, Buchbinder, R, Bui, L, Bukhman, G, Bulloch, A, Burch, M, Burney, P, Campos-Nonato, I, Campuzano, J, Cantoral, A, Caravanos, J, Cárdenas, R, Cardis, E, Carpenter, D, Caso, V, Castañeda-Orjuela, C, Castro, R, Catalá-López, F, Cavalleri, F, Çavlin, A, Chadha, V, Chang, J, Charlson, F, Chen, H, Chen, W, Chen, Z, Chiang, P, Chimed-Ochir, O, Chowdhury, R, Christophi, C, Chuang, T, Chugh, S, Cirillo, M, Claßen, T, Colistro, V, Colomar, M, Colquhoun, S, Contreras, A, Cooper, C, Cooperrider, K, Cooper, L, Coresh, J, Courville, K, Criqui, M, Cuevas-Nasu, L, Damsere-Derry, J, Danawi, H, Dandona, L, Dandona, R, Dargan, P, Davis, A, Davitoiu, D, Dayama, A, de Castro, E, De la Cruz-Góngora, V, De Leo, D, de Lima, G, Degenhardt, L, del Pozo-Cruz, B, Dellavalle, R, Deribe, K, Derrett, S, Des Jarlais, D, Dessalegn, M, deVeber, G, Devries, K, Dharmaratne, S, Dherani, M, Dicker, D, Ding, E, Dokova, K, Dorsey, E, Driscoll, T, Duan, L, Durrani, A, Ebel, B, Ellenbogen, R, Elshrek, Y, Endres, M, Ermakov, S, Erskine, H, Eshrati, B, Esteghamati, A, Fahimi, S, Faraon, E, Farzadfar, F, Fay, D, Feigin, V, Feigl, A, Fereshtehnejad, S, Ferrari, A, Ferri, C, Flaxman, A, Fleming, T, Foigt, N, Foreman, K, Paleo, U, Franklin, R, Gabbe, B, Gaffikin, L, Gakidou, E, Gamkrelidze, A, Gankpé, F, Gansevoort, R, García-Guerra, F, Gasana, E, Geleijnse, J, Gessner, B, Gething, P, Gibney, K, Gillum, R, Ginawi, I, Giroud, M, Giussani, G, Goenka, S, Goginashvili, K, Gomez Dantes, H, Gona, P, Gonzalez de Cosio, T, González-Castell, D, Gotay, C, Goto, A, Gouda, H, Guerrant, R, Gugnani, H, Guillemin, F, Gunnell, D, Gupta, R, Gupta, R, Gutiérrez, R, Hafezi-Nejad, N, Hagan, H, Hagstromer, M, Halasa, Y, Hamadeh, R, Hammami, M, Hankey, G, Hao, Y, Harb, H, Haregu, T, Haro, J, Havmoeller, R, Hay, S, Hedayati, M, Heredia-Pi, I, Hernandez, L, Heuton, K, Heydarpour, P, Hijar, M, Hoek, H, Hoffman, H, Hornberger, J, Hosgood, H, Hoy, D, Hsairi, M, Hu, G, Hu, H, Huang, C, Huang, J, Hubbell, B, Huiart, L, Husseini, A, Iannarone, M, Iburg, K, Idrisov, B, Ikeda, N, Innos, K, Inoue, M, Islami, F, Ismayilova, S, Jacobsen, K, Jansen, H, Jarvis, D, Jassal, S, Jauregui, A, Jayaraman, S, Jeemon, P, Jensen, P, Jha, V, Jiang, F, Jiang, G, Jiang, Y, Jonas, J, Juel, K, Kan, H, Kany Roseline, S, Karam, N, Karch, A, Karema, C, Karthikeyan, G, Kaul, A, Kawakami, N, Kazi, D, Kemp, A, Kengne, A, Keren, A, Khader, Y, Khalifa, S, Khan, E, Khang, Y, Khatibzadeh, S, Khonelidze, I, Kieling, C, Kim, D, Kim, S, Kim, Y, Kimokoti, R, Kinfu, Y, Kinge, J, Kissela, B, Kivipelto, M, Knibbs, L, Knudsen, A, Kokubo, Y, Kose, M, Kosen, S, Kraemer, A, Kravchenko, M, Krishnaswami, S, Kromhout, H, Ku, T, Kuate Defo, B, Kucuk Bicer, B, Kuipers, E, Kulkarni, C, Kulkarni, V, Kumar, G, Kwan, G, Lai, T, Lakshmana Balaji, A, Lalloo, R, Lallukka, T, Lam, H, Lan, Q, Lansingh, V, Larson, H, Larsson, A, Laryea, D, Lavados, P, Lawrynowicz, A, Leasher, J, Lee, J, Leigh, J, Leung, R, Levi, M, Li, Y, Li, Y, Liang, J, Liang, X, Lim, S, Lindsay, M, Lipshultz, S, Liu, S, Liu, Y, Lloyd, B, Logroscino, G, London, S, Lopez, N, Lortet-Tieulent, J, Lotufo, P, Lozano, R, Lunevicius, R, Ma, J, Ma, S, Machado, V, MacIntyre, M, Magis-Rodriguez, C, Mahdi, A, Majdan, M, Malekzadeh, R, Mangalam, S, Mapoma, C, Marape, M, Marcenes, W, Margolis, D, Margono, C, Marks, G, Martin, R, Marzan, M, Mashal, M, Masiye, F, Mason-Jones, A, Matsushita, K, Matzopoulos, R, Mayosi, B, Mazorodze, T, McKay, A, McKee, M, McLain, A, Meaney, P, Medina, C, Mehndiratta, M, Mejia-Rodriguez, F, Mekonnen, W, Melaku, Y, Meltzer, M, Memish, Z, Mendoza, W, Mensah, G, Meretoja, A, Mhimbira, F, Micha, R, Miller, T, Mills, E, Misganaw, A, Mishra, S, Mohamed Ibrahim, N, Mohammad, K, Mokdad, A, Mola, G, Monasta, L, Montañez Hernandez, J, Montico, M, Moore, A, Morawska, L, Mori, R, Moschandreas, J, Moturi, W, Mozaffarian, D, Mueller, U, Mukaigawara, M, Mullany, E, Murthy, K, Naghavi, M, Nahas, Z, Naheed, A, Naidoo, K, Naldi, L, Nand, D, Nangia, V, Narayan, K, Nash, D, Neal, B, Nejjari, C, Neupane, S, Newton, C, Ngalesoni, F, Ngirabega, J, Nguyen, G, Nguyen, N, Nieuwenhuijsen, M, Nisar, M, Nogueira, J, Nolla, J, Nolte, S, Norheim, O, Norman, R, Norrving, B, Nyakarahuka, L, Oh, I, Ohkubo, T, Olusanya, B, Omer, S, Opio, J, Orozco, R, Pagcatipunan, R, Pain, A, Pandian, J, Panelo, C, Papachristou, C, Park, E, Parry, C, Paternina Caicedo, A, Patten, S, Paul, V, Pavlin, B, Pearce, N, Pedraza, L, Pedroza, A, Pejin Stokic, L, Pekericli, A, Pereira, D, Perez-Padilla, R, Perez-Ruiz, F, Perico, N, Perry, S, Pervaiz, A, Pesudovs, K, Peterson, C, Petzold, M, Phillips, M, Phua, H, Plass, D, Poenaru, D, Polanczyk, G, Polinder, S, Pond, C, Pope, C, Pope, D, Popova, S, Pourmalek, F, Powles, J, Prabhakaran, D, Prasad, N, Qato, D, Quezada, A, Quistberg, D, Racapé, L, Rafay, A, Rahimi, K, Rahimi-Movaghar, V, Rahman, S, Raju, M, Rakovac, I, Rana, S, Rao, M, Razavi, H, Reddy, K, Refaat, A, Rehm, J, Remuzzi, G, Ribeiro, A, Riccio, P, Richardson, L, Riederer, A, Robinson, M, Roca, A, Rodriguez, A, Rojas-Rueda, D, Romieu, I, Ronfani, L, Room, R, Roy, N, Ruhago, G, Rushton, L, Sabin, N, Sacco, R, Saha, S, Sahathevan, R, Sahraian, M, Salomon, J, Salvo, D, Sampson, U, Sanabria, J, Sanchez, L, Sánchez-Pimienta, T, Sanchez-Riera, L, Sandar, L, Santos, I, Sapkota, A, Satpathy, M, Saunders, J, Sawhney, M, Saylan, M, Scarborough, P, Schmidt, J, Schneider, I, Schöttker, B, Schwebel, D, Scott, J, Seedat, S, Sepanlou, S, Serdar, B, Servan-Mori, E, Shaddick, G, Shahraz, S, Levy, T, Shangguan, S, She, J, Sheikhbahaei, S, Shibuya, K, Shin, H, Shinohara, Y, Shiri, R, Shishani, K, Shiue, I, Sigfusdottir, I, Silberberg, D, Simard, E, Sindi, S, Singh, A, Singh, G, Singh, J, Skirbekk, V, Sliwa, K, Soljak, M, Soneji, S, Søreide, K, Soshnikov, S, Sposato, L, Sreeramareddy, C, Stapelberg, N, Stathopoulou, V, Steckling, N, Stein, D, Stein, M, Stephens, N, Stöckl, H, Straif, K, Stroumpoulis, K, Sturua, L, Sunguya, B, Swaminathan, S, Swaroop, M, Sykes, B, Tabb, K, Takahashi, K, Talongwa, R, Tandon, N, Tanne, D, Tanner, M, Tavakkoli, M, Te Ao, B, Teixeira, C, Téllez Rojo, M, Terkawi, A, Texcalac-Sangrador, J, Thackway, S, Thomson, B, Thorne-Lyman, A, Thrift, A, Thurston, G, Tillmann, T, Tobollik, M, Tonelli, M, Topouzis, F, Towbin, J, Toyoshima, H, Traebert, J, Tran, B, Trasande, L, Trillini, M, Trujillo, U, Dimbuene, Z, Tsilimbaris, M, Tuzcu, E, Uchendu, U, Ukwaja, K, Uzun, S, van de Vijver, S, Van Dingenen, R, van Gool, C, van Os, J, Varakin, Y, Vasankari, T, Vasconcelos, A, Vavilala, M, Veerman, L, Velasquez-Melendez, G, Venketasubramanian, N, Vijayakumar, L, Villalpando, S, Violante, F, Vlassov, V, Vollset, S, Wagner, G, Waller, S, Wallin, M, Wan, X, Wang, H, Wang, J, Wang, L, Wang, W, Wang, Y, Warouw, T, Watts, C, Weichenthal, S, Weiderpass, E, Weintraub, R, Werdecker, A, Wessells, K, Westerman, R, Whiteford, H, Wilkinson, J, Williams, H, Williams, T, Woldeyohannes, S, Wolfe, C, Wong, J, Woolf, A, Wright, J, Wurtz, B, Xu, G, Yan, L, Yang, G, Yano, Y, Ye, P, Yenesew, M, Yentür, G, Yip, P, Yonemoto, N, Yoon, S, Younis, M, Younoussi, Z, Yu, C, Zaki, M, Zhao, Y, Zheng, Y, Zhou, M, Zhu, J, Zhu, S, Zou, X, Zunt, J, Lopez, A, Vos, T, Murray, C

“…For men, high systolic blood pressure or tobacco use are the leading risks in nearly all high-income countries, in north Africa and the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. …”

Parkinson's Disease: Impulsivity Does Not Cause Impulse Control Disorders but Boosts Their Severity by Juan Marín-Lahoz, Juan Marín-Lahoz, Juan Marín-Lahoz, Juan Marín-Lahoz, Javier Pagonabarraga, Javier Pagonabarraga, Javier Pagonabarraga, Saul Martinez-Horta, Saul Martinez-Horta, Saul Martinez-Horta, Ramón Fernandez de Bobadilla, Ramón Fernandez de Bobadilla, Berta Pascual-Sedano, Berta Pascual-Sedano, Berta Pascual-Sedano, Berta Pascual-Sedano, Jesús Pérez-Pérez, Jesús Pérez-Pérez, Jesús Pérez-Pérez, Alexandre Gironell, Alexandre Gironell, Alexandre Gironell, Jaime Kulisevsky, Jaime Kulisevsky, Jaime Kulisevsky, Jaime Kulisevsky

“…Patients with ICDs were 5.3 years younger (p = 0.01), used more frequently dopamine agonist (p = 0.02), alcohol (p = 0.009) and tobacco (p = 0.02). They were not more impulsive on BIS-11 (56 vs. 58, p = 0.23, adjusted p = 0.46) and CE (p = 0.96). …”
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Support person interventions to increase use of quitline services among racially diverse low-income smokers: A pilot study by Christi A. Patten, Steven Fu, Katrina Vickerman, Martha J. Bock, David Nelson, Shu-Hong Zhu, Joyce E. Balls-Berry, Alula Jimenez Torres, Tabetha A. Brockman, Christine A. Hughes, Abigail E. Klein, Miguel Valdez-Soto, Paula A. Keller

“…Baseline measures assessed socio-demographics, dyad and tobacco use characteristics. Follow-up assessments were conducted among SPs at 1-month follow-up and among smokers at 3-months follow-up. …”
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Trends of Exposure to Acrylamide as Measured by Urinary Biomarkers Levels within the HBM4EU Biomonitoring Aligned Studies (2000–2021) by Michael Poteser, Federica Laguzzi, Thomas Schettgen, Nina Vogel, Till Weber, Aline Murawski, Phillipp Schmidt, Maria Rüther, Marike Kolossa-Gehring, Sónia Namorado, An Van Nieuwenhuyse, Brice Appenzeller, Edda Dufthaksdóttir, Kristín Olafsdóttir, Line Småstuen Haug, Cathrine Thomsen, Fabio Barbone, Valentina Rosolen, Loïc Rambaud, Margaux Riou, Thomas Göen, Stefanie Nübler, Moritz Schäfer, Karin H. A. Zarrabi, Liese Gilles, Laura Rodriguez Martin, Greet Schoeters, Ovnair Sepai, Eva Govarts, Hanns Moshammer

“…Acrylamide, a substance potentially carcinogenic in humans, represents a very prevalent contaminant in food and is also contained in tobacco smoke. Occupational exposure to higher concentrations of acrylamide was shown to induce neurotoxicity in humans. …”
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A novel, multidomain, primary care nurse-led and mHealth-assisted intervention for dementia risk reduction in middle-aged adults (HAPPI MIND): study protocol for a cluster randomis... by Amanda J Cross, Christine Walker, Kaarin J Anstey, Kevin Mc Namara, Vincent Versace, Parker Magin, Billie Bonevski, Amanda L Baker, Elizabeth Manias, J Simon Bell, Marlien Varnfield, Stephanie A Ward, Dennis Thomas, Johnson George, Rohan A Elliott, Rajiv Jayasena, Kali Godbee, Ajay Mahal, Sharleen L O'Reilly, Gopisankar Mohanannair Geethadevi, Cik Y Lee, Denise van den Bosch, Mary Tullipan, Catherine Ferreira

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Smoking influence in Takotsubo syndrome: insights from an international cohort by Iván J. Núñez-Gil, Iván J. Núñez-Gil, Francesco Santoro, Ravi Vazirani, Giuseppina Novo, Emilia Blanco-Ponce, Luca Arcari, Aitor Uribarri, Aitor Uribarri, Aitor Uribarri, Luca Cacciotti, Federico Guerra, Jorge Salamanca, Beatrice Musumeci, Oscar Vedia, Enrica Mariano, Clara Fernández-Cordón, Pasquale Caldarola, Roberta Montisci, Natale Daniele Brunetti, Ibrahim El-Battrawy, Ibrahim El-Battrawy, Mohammad Abumayyaleh, Ibrahim Akin, Ingo Eitel, Ingo Eitel, Thomas Stiermaier, Thomas Stiermaier

“…AimsTo assess the influence of tobacco on acute and long-term outcomes in Takotsubo syndrome (TTS).MethodsPatients with TTS from the international multicenter German Italian Spanish Takotsubo registry (GEIST) were analyzed. …”
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Perceived barriers and facilitators to health behaviors in European childhood cancer survivors: A qualitative PanCareFollowUp study by Eline Bouwman, Saskia M. F. Pluijm, Iridi Stollman, Vera Araujo‐Soares, Nicole M. A. Blijlevens, Cecilia Follin, Jeanette F. Winther, Lars Hjorth, Tomas Kepak, Katerina Kepakova, Leontien C. M. Kremer, Monica Muraca, Helena J. H. van derPal, Carina Schneider, Anne Uyttebroeck, Gertrui Vercruysse, Rod Skinner, Morven C. Brown, Rosella P. M. G. Hermens, Jacqueline J. Loonen, the PanCareFollowUp Consortium

“…Abstract Background Healthy behaviors, that is, engaging in regular physical activities, maintaining a healthy diet, limiting alcohol consumption, and avoiding tobacco and drug use, decrease the risk of developing late adverse health conditions in childhood cancer survivors. …”
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Biosynthetic pathway of prescription bergenin from Bergenia purpurascens and Ardisia japonica by Xiang-Yu Liu, Xiang-Yu Liu, Yi-Na Wang, Yi-Na Wang, Jiang-Shun Du, Jiang-Shun Du, Bi-Huan Chen, Bi-Huan Chen, Kun-Yi Liu, Lei Feng, Lei Feng, Gui-Sheng Xiang, Gui-Sheng Xiang, Shuang-Yan Zhang, Shuang-Yan Zhang, Ying-Chun Lu, Sheng-Chao Yang, Sheng-Chao Yang, Guang-Hui Zhang, Guang-Hui Zhang, Bing Hao, Bing Hao

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Prevalence of diagnosed and undiagnosed osteoarthrosis and associated factors in the adult general Spanish population by Helena De Sola, Alejandro Salazar, María Rebollo-Ramos, Jose A. Moral-Munoz, Inmaculada Failde

“…Main measurements: Sociodemographic information, lifestyle (tobacco, alcohol, physical activity, body mass index) and health factors (intensity of pain, pain drug consumption, mental health, self-perceived health status, pain involvement in daily living) were collected. …”
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PTPN12 down-regulated by miR-146b-3p gene affects the malignant progression of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma by Lan Lili, Cao Huan, Zhao Lei, Cui Weina, Wang Baoshan

“…LSCC is a complex polygenic carcinoma that is caused by many factors involving polygenic alteration, environmental pollution, tobacco, and human papillomavirus. Classical protein tyrosine phosphatase nonreceptor type 12 (PTPN12) has been extensively studied to decipher its mechanism as a tumor suppressor gene in various human carcinomas; however, there is no comprehensive elucidation of the PTPN12 expression and its regulatory mechanisms in LSCC. …”
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Associations between the practice of bullying and individual and contextual variables from the aggressors’ perspective by Wanderlei Abadio de Oliveira, Marta Angélica Iossi Silva, Jorge Luiz da Silva, Flávia Carvalho Malta de Mello, Rogério Ruscitto do Prado, Deborah Carvalho Malta

“…Aggressors missed classes more frequently (OR: 1.45; 95% CI: 1.40–1.51), and they regularly consumed more tobacco (OR: 1.21; 95% CI: 1.12–1.31), alcohol (OR: 1.85; 95% CI: 1.77–1.92), and illegal drugs (OR: 1.91; 95% CI: 1.79–2.04); they also demonstrated increased sexual intercourse (OR: 1.49 95% CI: 1.43–1.55) and regular exercise (OR: 1.20; 95% CI: 1.16–1.25). …”
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Impact of gender and mutational differences in hormone receptor expressing non-small cell lung cancer by Robert Hsu, Robert Hsu, Denaly Chen, Denaly Chen, Bing Xia, Bing Xia, Rebecca Feldman, Wendy Cozen, Luis E. Raez, Hossein Borghaei, Chul Kim, Misako Nagasaka, Hirva Mamdani, Ari M. Vanderwalde, Gilberto Lopes, Mark A. Socinski, Antoinette J. Wozniak, Alexander I. Spira, Stephen V. Liu, Jorge J. Nieva, Jorge J. Nieva

“…BackgroundThe incidence of lung cancer in the US has been decreasing but a bigger decline has been observed in men despite similar declines in tobacco use between men and women. Multiple theories have been proposed, including exposure to exogenous estrogens. …”
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Characterization and Antagonistic Effect of Culturable Apple-Phyllosphere Endophytic Bacteria from the Cold Plateau in Yunnan, China by Xinlong Pan, Pengbo He, Cong Zhou, Haichun Cun, Pengfei He, Shahzad Munir, Yixin Wu, Ayesha Ahmed, Suhail Asad, Jun Ma, Yongcui Ma, Yanming Zhang, Keqiang Cao, Baohua Kong, Yueqiu He

“…<i>cubense</i> that causes banana Fusarium wilt, and <i>Phytophthora nicotianae</i> that causes tobacco black shank. Among these isolated endophytic bacteria species, a total of 10 strains, including b3, b4, b16, b17, b20, and b23 of <i>B. subtilis</i>, b7, b24, and b28 of <i>B. licheniformis</i>, and b38 of <i>B. velezensis</i>, can fix nitrogen; 8 strains, including b7 and b28 of <i>B. licheniformis</i>, b5, b10, and b23 of <i>B. subtilis</i>, b8 of <i>B. safensis</i>, and b6 of <i>Priestia megaterium</i>, could dissolve inorganic phosphorus; 11 strains, including b9, b12, b14, b30, b34, and b43 of <i>B. velezensis</i>, b6 of <i>Priestia megaterium</i>, and b17, b18, b20, and b26 of <i>B. subtilis</i>, could degrade organic phosphorus; and 5 strains, including b4, b5, and b26 of <i>B. subtilis</i>, and b7 and b28 of <i>B. licheniformis</i> could dissolve potassium. …”
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Effects of Exposure to Environmental Factors on Exhaled Nitric Oxide Levels in Patients with Non-acute Exacerbation of Bronchial Asthma by HU Xiaofeng, CAI Guangyun, XIAO Kun, XU Pusheng, YU Chunhong, LIN Haihuan

“…Conclusion The determination of FeNO value level used in daily management of asthma is obviously affected by exposure factors of living environment, especially tobacco exposure, allergies, keeping pets and place of residence, and needs to be differentiated clinically for relevant patients.…”
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