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Prevalence, Management, and Associated Factors of Obesity, Hypertension, and Diabetes in Tibetan Population Compared with China Overall
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MDPI
, 2022 , Article Review)
Tibetans’ life expectancy lags behind China’s average. Obesity and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) contribute to health disparity, but NCD patterns among Tibetans are unknown. To examine the prevalence, management, and ...
Intravenous ascorbic acid and lung function in severely ill COVID-19 patients
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MDPI
, 2022 , Article Review)
Current evidence suggests that ascorbic acid improves the host’s immune system and, therefore, may play a role in reducing the severity of infectious diseases. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is a potentially ...
Orthodontic camouflage versus orthodontic-orthognathic surgical treatment in borderline class III malocclusion: a systematic review.
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Springer
, 2022 , Article Review)
This systematic review evaluated the available evidence regarding the skeletal, dentoalveolar, and soft tissue effects of orthodontic camouflage (OC) versus orthodontic-orthognathic surgical (OOS) treatment in borderline ...
Adsorption of organic water pollutants by clays and clay minerals composites: A comprehensive review
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2022 , Article Review)
Clays and clay minerals are inexpensive, non-toxic, and naturally occurring minerals that have been utilized in water remediation as adsorbents. However, clays and clay minerals and those modified with heat, surfactants, ...
How do periodontal indices compare among non-smokers, tobacco and e-cigarette smokers?
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Springer Nature
, 2022 , Article Review)
Design Systematic review and network meta-analysis.Data sources Medline (PubMed), ISI Web of Science and Scopus. Additionally, the following journals were hand-searched between 2000 and December 2021: Journal of Periodontology, ...
Degradation-fragmentation of marine plastic waste and their environmental implications: A critical review
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article Review)
This review critically evaluates the plastic accumulation challenges and their environmental (primarily) and human (secondarily) impacts. It also emphasizes on their degradation and fragmentation phenomena under marine ...
Recent Progress in WS2 -Based Nanomaterials Employed for Photocatalytic Water Treatment
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MDPI
, 2022 , Article Review)
Water pollution is one of the most serious environmental issues globally due to its harmful consequences on the ecosystem and public health. Various technologies have been developed for water treatment such as photocatalysis, ...
Functions and strategies for enhancing zinc availability in plants for sustainable agriculture
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Frontiers Media
, 2022 , Article Review)
Zinc (Zn), which is regarded as a crucial micronutrient for plants, and is considered to be a vital micronutrient for plants. Zn has a significant role in the biochemistry and metabolism of plants owing to its significance ...
Recent developments in textile based polymeric smart sensor for human health monitoring: A review
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article Review)
In the modern age, the most important and prevailing issue is the monitoring of human health. To address this, several devices have been developed and a need new materials investigated. The idea of textile-based smart ...
Chemically modified mRNA beyond COVID-19: Potential preventive and therapeutic applications for targeting chronic diseases
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article Review)
Chemically modified mRNA represents a unique, efficient, and straightforward approach to produce a class of biopharmaceutical agents. It has been already approved as a vaccination-based method for targeting SARS-CoV-2 ...