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A pilot study on oral microbiome in electronic cigarettes consumers versus traditional cigarettes smokers
Oral microorganisms are closely related to oral health, the occurrence of some oral diseases is associated with changes in the oral microbiota, and many studies have demonstrated that traditional smoking can a...
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Value quantification of multiple energy storage to low-carbon combined heat and power system
As the proportion of renewable energy gradually increases, it brings challenges to the stable operation of the combined heat and power (CHP) system. As an important flexible resource, energy storage (ES) has a...
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Reliability of John Lossing Buck’s Land Utilization Survey Data: A Preliminary Test of Grain Yields
Some authors have criticized Buck’s data, suggesting that the method of collection biased the results. This chapter provides a comparison of his data with an alternative data set compiled around the same perio...
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Open AccessAn Ensemble Approach for Extended Belief Rule-Based Systems with Parameter Optimization
The reasoning ability of the belief rule-based system is easy to be weakened by the quality of training instances, the inconsistency of rules and the values of parameters. This paper proposes an ensemble appro...
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An Analysis on the Inverse Relationship between Yield and Farm Size in Rural China in the 1930s
In order to test the classical hypothesis whether an inverse relationship between land productivity and cultivated area is observed in develo** countries, we conducted the Box–Cox transformation test for fun...
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Open AccessMicroRNA-488 and -920 regulate the production of proinflammatory cytokines in acute gouty arthritis
Gout is considered one of the most painful acute conditions caused by deposition of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals within joints. Recent studies have shown that interleukin (IL)-1β is a key inflammatory media...
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Knowledge-Based Raster Map** Approach to Wetland Assessment: a Case Study in Suzhou, China
We present a knowledge-based raster map** (KBRM) approach to assessing wetlands based on the wetland-environment model, which is built by local experts using their knowledge and experience. The Delphi method...
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The Design and Implementation of Improved Intelligent Answering Model
Based on the analysis of the main technical problems in the designs of the Intelligent Answering System, the traditional Answering System Model and its working mechanism is provided. Based on the analysis of t...
