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Who calls the shots in tobacco control policy? Policy monopolies of pro and anti-tobacco interest groups across six European countries

Abstract Background One of the factors influencing variation in tobacco control policies across European countries is the relative policy dominance of pro and anti-tobacco control interest groups.Scholars investigating this power balance have predominantly conducted single country case studies.This study aims to explore and describe the relative do

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Impact of nonrandom selection mechanisms on the causal effect estimation for two-sample Mendelian randomization methods.

Nonrandom selection in one-sample Mendelian Randomization (MR) results in biased estimates and inflated type I error rates only when the selection effects are sufficiently large.In two-sample MR, the different selection mechanisms in two samples may more seriously affect the causal effect estimation.Firstly, we propose sufficient conditions for cau

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Comprehensive Study of IoT Vulnerabilities and Countermeasures

This comprehensive study provides an in-depth examination of the Internet of Things (IoT), which refers to the interconnection of multiple devices through various wireless protocols that facilitate data transfer and improve operational intelligence.IoT is widely used in numerous fields, including urban infrastructure, domestic settings, transportat

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