Addictive Potential of e-Cigarettes as Reported in e-Cigarette Online Forums: Netnographic Analysis of Subjective Experiences

BackgroundWhile e-cigarettes usually contain nicotine, their addictive potential is not yet fully understood.We hypothesized that if e-cigarettes are addictive, users usadisk website will experience typical symptoms of addiction.ObjectiveThe aim of our study was to investigate whether and how e-cigarette users report signs of addiction.MethodsWe id

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Establishing Functional Model of Photometric Performance of Trichromatic Light Sources in Chromaticity Diagrams

In this study, we conducted a combined examination of the photometric and colorimetric performances of trichromatic light sources, which are synthesized by three kinds of light-source units, by transferring their photometric performance to chromaticity diagrams.Contour maps of three photometric performances, which are within a triangle gamut-area f

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Genotype-phenotype correlation in phenylketonuria

Introduction.Phenylketonuria is an inborn metabolism error with a high phenotypical variability, due in part to the large number of implicated genetical variants (over 1200 reported) but also due to other factors.Establishing a genotype=phenotype correlation, accessible today through molecular testing, is an important instrument for diagnostical ac

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