Estimate the Concentrations of Some Heavy Metals in Industrial Wastewater in Al-Dora Oil Refinery by Hawraa G. Auied, Saadiyah A. Dhahir, Maitham A. Sultan

“…Results showed variations before and after treatment, with physical and chemical tests conducted in summer and winter. …”
Get full text

Effects of phonophoresis gel lipolytic assets in abdominal adiposity by Rodrigo Marcel Valentim da Silva, Patricia Froes Meyer, Jaiane Ferreira de Souza, Jamille Lira de Oliveira Félix, Edjane Barbosa Santana Delgado, Luana de Oliveira Queiroz, Melyssa Lima de Medeiros

“…The sample consisted of 30 female volunteers, suffering from abdominal fat, not making use of slimming drugs or some other therapy, not performing any type of physical activity, non pregnant, not bearers of neoplasia, not affected by acute infectious diseases. …”
Get full text

Restoration of Primary Anterior Teeth with Glass Fiber-Reinforced Post and Core: 3-Year Follow-Up Case Report by Salah Afraa, Hashim Raghad, Khalid Ayam, Hamid Aeshah

“…Restoration of primary decayed incisors is important for child medical, physical, and psychological conditions. A glass fiber-reinforced post and core is a strong retentive tool for composite crown retention for primary incisors. …”
Get full text

Experimental Characterization of C–C Composite Destruction Under Impact of High Thermal Flux in Atmosphere and Hypersonic Airflow by Ryan Bencivengo, Alin Ilie Stoica, Sergey B. Leonov, Richard Gulotty

“…In this study, a post-mortem microscopic analysis of the morphology of the C–C surface is used to explain the physical processes of the material destruction.…”
Get full text

Virtual Joint Field Campaign: a framework of synthetic landscapes to assess multiscale measurement methods of water storage by T. Francke, C. Brogi, A. Duarte Rocha, M. Förster, M. Heistermann, M. Köhli, D. Rasche, M. Reich, P. Schattan, P. Schattan, L. Scheiffele, M. Schrön

“…Such a landscape can be explored in various “virtual field campaigns” using “virtual sensors” that mimic the response and characteristics of actual devices. We use dedicated physically based models to simulate the signal a sensor would receive. …”
Get full text

Sex-specific differences in fit between two different types of body armour: A pilot study by Buttner Claire, Tiller Sharne-Louise, Vollenweider Nash, Canetti Elisa, Schram Ben, Dawes Jay, Lockie Robert, Orr Robin

“…Body armour, whilst improving wearer survivability, can negatively impact physical performance and increase injury risk. These impacts may differ between male and female personnel due to the generic design of armour systems. …”
Get full text

Prevalence and initial diagnostic evaluation of smoking in adolescents from Moa, Holguín by Alexander Torres Molina

“…The smoking burden received by 44.34% was 0.25-0.50. 57.08% declared low physical dependence, and 81.13% reported low motivation.…”
Get full text

Research Progress on Biomaterials for Spinal Cord Repair by Liao Z, Bao Q, Saijilahu, Chimedtseren C, Tumurbaatar K, Saijilafu

“…However, biomaterials are highly biocompatible, and they could provide physical guidance to allow regenerating axon growth over the lesion site and restore functional neural circuits. …”
Get full text

Influence of Roadway Cross-Section Shape on Gas Explosion Shock Wave Law in U-Type Ventilation Working Faces by Jiajia Liu, Mengqi Shen, Shouqi Chen, Ming Yang

“…By constructing a three-dimensional mathematical and physical model, a simulation study of the upper-corner gas explosion was carried out. …”
Get full text

Effectiveness of a pain science education programme in middle school students: a randomised controlled trial by Laura Menés Fernández, Isabel Salvat, Cristina Adillón

“…This condition negatively impacts their quality of life, as well as their physical, psychological, and social functioning. In recent years, Pain Science Education has emerged as a promising strategy to enhance the conceptualization of pain and mitigate maladaptive pain-related behaviours in children and teenagers. …”
Get full text

Metabolic control and its associated factors in type 1 diabetic people: longitudinal trajectory modeling by Zahra Khosravi, Ali Taghipour, Monavar Afzalaghaee, Habibollah Esmaily, Ahmad Khosravi

“…The results of multinomial logistic regression showed dyslipidemia could increase the odds of being in the three risk trajectories. Education, physical inactivity, and poor psychological status could also increase the odds of being in the moderate stable and high decreasing trajectories. …”
Get full text

Comparison of Preoperative Assessment of Patient’s Metabolic Equivalents (METs) Estimated from History versus Measured by Exercise Cardiac Stress Testing by Adam S. Weinstein, Martin I. Sigurdsson, Angela M. Bader

“…This is typically done by inquiring about the patient’s physical activity, with the goal of providing an estimate of the metabolic equivalents (METs) that the patient can perform without signs of myocardial ischemia or cardiac failure. …”
Get full text

Enhancing the sustainability of geotechnical engineering with utilization of fly Ash by Hasan Majed Alqawasmeh

“…This article reviews the current state of the art research on the physical properties of FA, chemical composition of different countries FA, Atterberg limit, compaction properties, California bearing ratio, unconfined compressive strength, shear strength compression, and swelling index. …”
Get full text

Application of Crisis Management Principles in Earthquake-Stricken Urban Areas by Hamedreza Sobhi, Mahmoud Rahimi, Mehdi Ravanshadnia

“…The results show a linear relationship between the mentioned variable and social, economic, and physical resilience; that is, the results show that compliance with resilience indicators in natural disasters (earthquakes) can be effective in urban crisis managers.…”
Get full text

Playing in Tongues: The Hammond Organ and Black Pentecostal Instrumentality by Braxton D. Shelley

“…Yet this gospel organ technique shows how each nine-drawbar set provides the coordinates for its own distinct timbral space, enabling musicians to map these spaces onto corresponding paths of musical, spiritual, and physical intensification. Each of the journeys stages a moment of startling conversion, where one element of the instrument’s voice is overcome by another. …”
Get full text

Can Soil Compaction Alter Morphophysiological Responses and Soybean Yield under Application of Selective Herbicides? by Bruno César Silva Pereira, Camila Jorge Bernabé Ferreira, Guilherme Braga Pereira Braz, Matheus de Freitas Souza, Rose Luiza Moraes Tavares, Márcio Rosa, Eduardo Lima do Carmo, Gabriel Henrique Vian, Ana Paula Sousa Silva, Fellipe Goulart Machado

“…The first factor/plot corresponded to the physical condition of the soil: compacted or not compacted, while the second factor/subplot was constituted by the application of preemergence herbicides: clomazone, diclosulam, flumioxazin, S-metolachlor, [imazethapyr + flumioxazin], [pyroxasulfone + flumioxazin], and [sulfentrazone + diuron], plus a control without herbicide. …”
Get full text

CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND-BASED CONFLICT: THE IMPACT ON FOOD SECURITY IN NIGERIA by OGUIKE MIRIAM ADAEZE UJU

“…The adverse effect of climate change through drought, deforestation, flood, extreme weather condition, decline in soil texture, herders/farmers conflict, diseases and health issues, displacement, low human and physical capital, decrease in income, inequitable land distribution, poor infrastructure, etc, have caused poverty and food insecurity, etc. …”
Get full text

The BES1/BZR1 transcriptional factor SlBES2 regulates photosynthetic apparatus in tomato fruit by Ming Huang, Wenjing Liu, Deding Su, Ghassen Abid, Baowen Huang, Zhengguo Li

“…Further verification revealed that SlBES2 can significantly repress the transcriptional activity of SlNYC1 and Green-Flesh, and physically interact with protein SlHY5. Conclusions Collectively, this study demonstrated that SlBES2 plays an important role in regulating fruit photosynthetic apparatus development through either transcriptional repression of genes involved in chlorophyll breakdown, or posttranscriptional regulation of proteins associated with plant photomorphogenesis and chloroplast development. …”
Get full text

Assessing Walkability in Sulaimani City Center by Roza Abdullatif Radha, Rozhen Kamal Mohammed-Amin, Alan Faraydoon Ali

“…This paper report results from assessing and comparing the physical characters of the six major interconnecting streets (Mawlawy, Kawa, Sabunkaran, Peramerd, Goran, and Bekas streets) in the center of Sulaimani city. …”
Get full text

The effect of blue-blocking intraocular lenses on circadian biological rhythm: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (CLOCK-IOL colour study) by Taiji Hasegawa, Kenji Obayashi, Kimie Miyata, Tetsuo Ueda, Norio Kurumatani, Keigo Saeki, Nahoko Ogata, Hiroki Tsujinaka, Mariko Yamashita, Tomo Nishi, Nobuhiro Tone, Naonori Masuda, Yutarou Mizusawa, Masahiro Okamoto, Shinji Maruoka, Masashi Kojima, Toyoaki Matsuura

“…Secondary outcomes are fasting plasma glucose, triglycerides, cholesterol, glycated haemoglobin, sleep quality, daytime sleepiness depressive symptoms, light sensitivity, the circadian rhythm of physical activity, wrist skin temperature and urinary melatonin metabolite. …”
Get full text