ADDICTIVE POTENTIAL OF E-CIGARETTES AS REPORTED IN E-CIGARETTE ONLINE FORUMS: NETNOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCES

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 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 identified 3 large

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Reliability Qualification Test of Train Monitoring Devices

Currently rail transit has no reliability qualification test standards yet.To verify whether the MTBF of LKJ meet the requirements, with focusrite rednet r1 the main working environment analysis of LKJ, comprehensive environmental conditions of six kinds of stress which consisted of temperature, humidity, vibration, shock, changes in voltage, surge

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Faecal helminth egg and oocyst counts of a small population of African lions (Panthera leo) in the southwestern Kalahari, Namibia : research communication

An endoparasite survey of a small pride of African lions (Panthera leo) was conducted at Intu Afrika Kalahari Game Reserve, southwestern Namibia, during winter and summer of 2003 and 2004, simply delightful fat quarter bundle respectively.Overall, 23 fresh lion scats were collected opportunistically during fieldwork trials.A flotation technique was

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Effects of the addition of a high energy density fuel, adamantane to diesel on its cetane number, sooting propensity, and soot nanostructural properties

Soot particles, released during diesel combustion, adversely affect human health and the environment.Some studies suggest blending diesel with oxygenated fuels to reduce soot emissions, though it also reduces fuel economy and may produce new pollutants such as aldehydes.Another method to reduce soot could be to increase its reactivity by altering i

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