Diet-related dental wear in archaeological human populations of Chalcolithic and Bronze Age from North-Eastern Romania by Ozana-Maria Petraru, Luminița Bejenaru, Mariana Popovici

“…In archaeological contexts, the loss of tooth tissues is often correlated with lifestyles, habits, and with the physical properties of the consumed food - including preparation techniques. …”
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Choriocarcinoma Syndrome as an Initial Presentation of Testicular Cancer by Carlos Eduardo Salazar-Mejía, María Elena García-Gutiérrez, María Inés Contreras-Salcido, Carlos Javier Rodríguez-Álvarez, Blanca Otilia Wimer-Castillo, Jackeline Grace Lara-Campos, Edio Llerena-Hernández, José Luis González-Vela, David Hernández-Barajas

“…We present the case of a 17-year-old man with a sudden onset nonmassive hemoptysis. Physical examination revealed a right testicular mass. …”
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Shadi Park Renovation with Social Development Emphasis: A Case Study Halabja City, Iraq by Mihraban Othman Mustafa, Masoumeh Faraji, Zaniar Jamal Salih, Muhammed Saeed Rasheed

“…Among urban green spaces, parks are important because they have leisure and recreational functions, and the favorable physical and mental effects on humans have been proven today. …”
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Effects of Polypropylene and Date Palm Fiber Reinforcements on High Performance Concrete at Elevated Temperatures and Their Impact on Spalling Phenomena by Malek Hamda, Cherif Guergah, Abdelaziz Benmarce, Abderrahmane Khechekhouche, Antonio Marcos de Oliveira Siqueira, Júlio Cesar Costa Campos

“…This study aimed to evaluate alterations in physical and mechanical properties of high-performance concrete incorporating various fibers, including polypropylene and palm tree waste as an eco-friendly alternative to conventional fibers. …”
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A Fatal Case of COVID-19 in an Infant with Severe Acute Malnutrition Admitted to a Paediatric Ward in Niger by Alido Soumana, Aboubacar Samaila, Lamine Mahaman Moustapha, Moumouni Kamaye, Balkissa Daouda, Ibrahim Alkassoum Salifou, Adamou Lagare, Eric Omar Adehossi, Maman Laminou Ibrahim

“…The mother of the child had fever and shortness of breath four weeks before she died. Physical examination revealed lethargy, dehydration, and severe weight loss with a weight of 5 kg at a height of 78 cm tall. …”
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Smad2/3 Upregulates the Expression of Vimentin and Affects Its Distribution in DBP-Exposed Sertoli Cells by Xi Zhang, Xiaogang Wang, Taixiu Liu, Min Mo, Lin Ao, Jinyi Liu, Jia Cao, Zhihong Cui

“…Sertoli cells (SCs) in the testes provide physical and nutritional support to germ cells. The vimentin cytoskeleton in SCs is disrupted by dibutyl phthalate (DBP), which leads to SCs dysfunction. …”
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A Comprehensive Characterization of Different Fractions of Corn Stover and Their Relationships to Multipollutant Sorption Characteristics by Dan Peng, Fan Ouyang, Min Deng, Lei Nie, Sifang Kong

“…In this study, SEM, BET, XRD, FTIR, XPS, fibre composition, and contact angle measurements were used to characterize and analyse the physical and chemical properties of the three components of CS and to study their adsorption effects, adsorption isotherms, and kinetics. …”
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Assessment of Hyposalivation and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients on Polypharmacy – A Cross-Sectional Study by J Juliet Philo D Almeida, Elangovan Somasundaram, Suman J. Lakshmi, Senthilkumar Balasubramaniam

“…There was a strong significance according to gender for the questions in the subdomain “physical disability.”…”
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A Diathesis-Stress Model of Chronic Pain and Disability following Traumatic Injury by Dennis C Turk

“…One of the perplexing features of pain is the wide variability in patients' responses to ostensibly the same extent of physical pathology. A range of cognitive, affective and behavioural factors are related to the perception of pain, maintenance of pain and disability, exacerbation of pain and response to treatment. …”
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Organ-Preserving Surgery for Penile Carcinoma by Francisco E. Martins, Raul N. Rodrigues, Tomé M. Lopes

“…Innovative surgical techniques have focused on penile preservation in well-selected patients to minimize physical disfigurement and consequently maximize quality of life. …”
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Manufacture and characterization of lightweight sand-plastic composites made of plastic waste and sand: Effect of sand types by Salih Mekideche, Mansour Rokbi, Zine El Abidine Rahmouni, Resego Phiri, Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa, Suchart Siengchin

“…On the other hand, mechanical, and physical tests such as three-point flexural strength, compressive strength, water absorption, and optical observation were applied on different produced composite samples, then the results were examined and analyzed. …”
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IS BUILD-OPERATE-TRANSFER (BOT) SYSTEM AN EFFECTIVE INITIATIVE COMPARED WITH TRADITIONAL PROCUREMENT METHOD IN STUDENT HOUSING PROVISION IN AN EMERGING ECONOMY? by Job Taiwo Gbadegesin, Matthew Oluwole Oyewole

“…To achieve these objectives, questionnaires were administered on a sample of the core professionals and experts who are staff in Physical Planning and Development Units (PPDU), Housing unit, Works and Maintenance sections of the selected tertiary institutions in Nigeria. …”
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Fooling the eye: trompe l’oeil porcelain in High Qing China by Chih-en Chen

“…Several studies have been conducted to understand the connection between porcelain and emperors’ connoisseurship; however, much of that research has focused on the physical characteristics of porcelain and corresponding imageries, namely the painted antiquity cataloging album. …”
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Nonlinear dynamic evolution of a novel normalized time-fractional Burgers equation by Junseok Kim

“…The classical Burgers equation is a basic partial differential equation (PDE) applied to model many physical phenomena such as traffic flow, gas dynamics and fluid dynamics, while the time-fractional Burgers equation is a modified form incorporating a fractional derivative in time to model diffusion and non-linear wave phenomena with memory effects. …”
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Dynamic regimes in planetary cores: $\tau $–$\ell $ diagrams by Nataf, Henri-Claude, Schaeffer, Nathanaël

“…This paper describes an approach based on the explicit consideration of the variation of time scales $\tau $ with spatial scales $\ell $ for the different physical phenomena involved. The $\tau $–$\ell $ diagrams thus constructed constitute a very complete graphic summary of the dynamics of the object under study. …”
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Diversified modification strategies for sodium alginate-based probiotic-embedded gels and their potential for food applications by Kaili Wang, Wenjia Zhou, Jianing Zhai, Peng Du, Libo Liu, Shuang Li, Aili Li

“…In order to overcome this bottleneck, in recent years, there have been literature reports on the modification of SA-based hydrogels based on physical, chemical, and synergistic modification of both. …”
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Environnement politique et réglementaire des pharmacultures au Canada : la contamination pharmaceutique à l’horizon ? by Marie-Hélène Bacon

“…We have learned from recent events related to GM crops that in the actual scientific and regulatory context, no biological, physical or political limits seems to be able to contain effectively transgenic contamination. …”
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NEGLECTED COXITIS TUBERCULOSA MANAGEMENT IN CHILDREN by Sulis Bayusentono, Erwin Ramawan, Henry Dominica

“…Data were taken from the retrospective medical record through the anamnesis, physical findings, radiological, and laboratory examinations. …”
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Virtual Node-Driven Cloud–Edge Collaborative Resource Scheduling for Surveillance with Visual Sensors by Xinyang Gu, Zhansheng Duan, Guangyuan Ye, Zhenjun Chang

“…However, the issue of task congestion due to insufficient physical resources has been rarely investigated. In this paper, we tackle the challenges posed by large workloads and limited resources in the context of surveillance with visual sensors. …”
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Sensorimotor adaptation reveals systematic biases in 3D perception by Chaeeun Lim, Dhanraj Vishwanath, Fulvio Domini

“…This overestimation intensified when multiple cues were present, despite no actual change in physical depth. These findings conclusively confirm the presence of inherent biases in visual estimates for both perception and action, and highlight the potential use of visuomotor adaptation as a novel tool for understanding perceptual biases.…”
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