BackgroundWhile e-cigarettes usually contain nicotine, their addictive potential is not yet fully understood.We hypothesized that if e-cigarettes are hair cutting cape 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
Effective Response to Human Trafficking in South Africa: Law as a Toothless Bulldog
Humanitarian concerns owing to the dreadfulness and impact of human trafficking prompted several stakeholders under the umbrella of the United Nations (UN) to approve legal measures to criminalize this menace.Several states that are parties to the UN anti-trafficking protocols and conventions have domesticated some of the provisions of these regula
Using High-Spatiotemporal Thermal Satellite ET Retrievals for Operational Water Use and Stress Monitoring in a California Vineyard
In viticulture, deficit irrigation strategies are often implemented to control vine canopy growth and to impose stress at critical stages of vine growth to improve wine grape quality.To support deficit irrigation scheduling, remote sensing technologies can be employed in the mapping of evapotranspiration (ET) at the field to sub-field scales, quant
Encoding biological metaverse: Advancements and challenges in neural fields from macroscopic to microscopic
Neural fields can efficiently encode three-dimensional (3D) scenes, providing a bridge between two-dimensional (2D) images and virtual reality.This method becomes a trendsetter in bringing the metaverse into vivo life.It has initially captured the attention of macroscopic biology, as demonstrated by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imagin
Vertical stabilization of catamaran based on low-high gain feedback control and extended state observer
ObjectiveThe heave and pitch motions of a catamaran under severe sea states vary drastically, and the amplitudes of the motions are too large, which seriously affects seaworthiness.To address this problem, this paper proposes a form of vertical stabilization control that combines low-high gain feedback control with high order extended state observe