AGREEMENT BETWEEN NICOTINE METABOLITES IN BLOOD AND SELF-REPORTED SMOKING STATUS: THE NETHERLANDS EPIDEMIOLOGY OF OBESITY STUDY

Agreement between nicotine metabolites in blood and self-reported smoking status: The Netherlands Epidemiology of Obesity study

Introduction: Self-report and nicotine detection are methods to measure smoking exposure and can both lead to misclassification.It is important to highlight discrepancies between these two methods in the context of epidemiological research.Objective: The aim of this cross-sectional study is to assess the agreements between self-reported smoking sta

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Multi-Scale Earthquake Damaged Building Feature Set

Earthquake disasters are marked by their unpredictability and potential for extreme destructiveness.Accurate information on building damage, captured in post-earthquake remote sensing images, is critical for an effective post-disaster emergency response.The foundational features within these images are essential for the accurate extraction of build

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Immunohistochemical localization of glucagon and pancreatic polypeptide on rat endocrine pancreas: coexistence in rat islet cells

We used immunofluorescence double staining method to investigate the cellular localization of glucagon and pancreatic Lip Balms polypeptide (PP) in rat pancreatic islets.The results showed that both A-cells (glucagon-secreting cells) and PP-cells (PPsecreting cells) were located in the periphery of the islets.However, A-cells and PP-cells had a dif

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