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    The Combined Effects of Immediate and Delayed Positive Reinforcement to Incre...

    Background: While positive reinforcement is perhaps the most common component in interventions for feeding problems, the literature suggests it is not sufficient to address more...
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    Radiographic assessment of periodontal ligament visibility in mandibular thir...

    Estimation of age in individuals, either living or dead, is a daunting task in forensic analyses. The relative visibility of the periodontal ligament of the mandibular third...
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    Objective: To examine the prevalence of self-reported problems with sexual activity among psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients, and to explore potential associations of such...
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    Association of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate exposure with chronic kidney dis...

    Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF)-based regimens have been associated with impaired kidney function and loss of bone mineral density among patients living with HIV (PLWH). We...
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    Multipollutant impacts to U.S. receptors of regional on-road freight in Ontar...

    On-road freight is a significant source of air pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions. The resulting economic damages can cross borders through processes of atmospheric fate and...
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    The two faces of conflict: how internal and external conflict affect interest...

    Conflict is one of the most fundamental concepts in the interest group literature. The more conflict there is, the less likely it is that interest groups can impact...
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    Vehicle safety characteristics in vulnerable driver populations

    National data suggest drivers who are younger, older, and have lower socioeconomic status (SES) have heightened crash-related injury rates. Ensuring vulnerable drivers are in...
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    Age at puberty and accelerometer-measured physical activity: Findings from tw...

    It is unclear if puberty timing influences future physical activity (PA). To investigate the association of puberty timing with PA across adolescence and adulthood. Data were...
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    Clinical features of elderly-onset Adult-onset Still’s disease

    To clarify the characteristics of patients with elderly-onset Adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD). Patients were classified into elderly-onset (>60 years: 47 patients) and...
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    Stroke risk in African Americans with subclinical auditory dysfuntion evidenc...

    Objective: Distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) are sensitive to early indices of cochlear pathology. Pathology to the cochlea is in part mediated by ischaemic...
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    CETP Gene may be Associated with Advanced Age-Related Macular Degeneration in...

    Objectives: This study aims to investigate whether variations in LIPC, CETP, ABCA1 and LPL, which are involved in high-density lipoprotein (HDL) metabolism, are associated with...
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    Understanding metropolitan growth in German polycentric urban regions

    The paper investigates the peculiarities of polycentric urban regions (PURs) in generating agglomeration economies, namely, the question of how urbanisation externalities –...
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    Economic burden of subsequent fracture in osteoporosis patients in South Korea

    This study aimed to assess the economic burden of subsequent fracture in osteoporosis patients with incident fracture. The authors conducted a retrospective cohort analysis of...
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    The effects of magnesium supplementation on obesity measures in adults: a sys...

    Previous studies reported inconsistent findings regarding the effects of magnesium supplementation on obesity measures. This study was done to quantify the effect of magnesium...
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    Potential Precursor of Angiotensin-I Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitory Activ...

    Peptic hydrolysates were prepared by digesting the cutlassfish muscle protein using pepsin for 1, 3, and 6 h, and their inhibitory activity against angiotensin-I converting...
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    Renal sympathetic denervation lowers systemic vascular resistance in true tre...

    Renal sympathetic denervation (RDN) is again gaining interest as recent well-designed trials have demonstrated reduced ambulatory blood pressure (BP) after RDN. However, the...
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    Textual analysis and corporate bankruptcy: A financial dictionary-based senti...

    Current works in textual analysis for the financial reports are trying to quantify textual data as meaningful predictors for the future financial performance or stock returns....
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    The benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are restricted by poor uptake and completion. Lay health workers (LHWs) have been...
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    Clofibric acid removal by ion exchange using a magnetic ion exchange resin: e...

    In this study, a commercial magnetic ion exchange (MIEX) resin was used for the removal of clofibric acid (CA), one of the most persistent pharmaceutical active compounds...
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    A physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model for di-isononyl phthalate (DiNP) was developed by adapting the existing models for di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and...