The Impact of Antibiotics on the Development of Colorectal Cancer – A Review of Current Insights and Directions for Future Research by Karol Zagórski, Mateusz Kozik, Nina Skalska-Dziobek, Weronika Małagocka, Karolina Chybowska, Maria Naruszewicz, Przemysław Cetnarowski

“…There are numerous well-established risk factors for CRC, such as a western diet, low physical activity, alcohol consumption, and cigarettes smoking. …”
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A Deep Learning-Based Approach to Enable Action Recognition for Construction Equipment by Jinyue Zhang, Lijun Zi, Yuexian Hou, Mingen Wang, Wenting Jiang, Da Deng

“…In order to support smart construction, digital twin has been a well-recognized concept for virtually representing the physical facility. It is equally important to recognize human actions and the movement of construction equipment in virtual construction scenes. …”
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Formulation Study of a Poly(amino methacrylate) Film-Forming Solution for Transdermal Administration by Chiara G. M. Gennari, Antonella Casiraghi, Francesca Selmin, Francesco Cilurzo

“…Conclusions: Among the formulative variables, the nature and the amount of plasticizer represent the most critical variables to obtain an EuE-based film with satisfying physical and biopharmaceutical properties.…”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: Chronic Pain in the Locomotor System by Søren Ventegodt, Joav Merrick

“…Often it turns out that the blocked areas develop actual physical damage over time: a slipped disk in the back, articular degeneration, or osteoarthritis when the cartilage is affected, can often be explained in this way. …”
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Effect of Adjusting for Particle-Size Distribution of Cement on Strength Development of Concrete by Daegeon Kim

“…This paper shows the chemical properties and physical tests such as setting time and compression tests considering the effects of the distribution of cement particles. …”
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Aortic Dissection in a Healthy Male Athlete: A Unique Case with Comprehensive Literature Review by Balraj Singh, Jennifer M. Treece, Ghulam Murtaza, Samit Bhatheja, Steven J. Lavine, Timir K. Paul

“…Initial vitals were significant for blood pressure of 80/50 mmHg, pulse of 80 beats per minute, respirations of 24 per minute, and oxygen saturation of 92% on room air. Physical exam was significant for elevated jugular venous pressure, muffled heart sounds, and cold extremities with diminished pulses in upper and absent pulses in lower extremities. …”
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Huge splenomegaly, a rare presentation of multicentric Castleman’s disease in an HIV-infected patient: a case report and literature review by Malihe Hasannezad, Abdolkarim Haji Ghadery, Sara Ghaderkhani, Armin Vazirian, Fereshteh Ameli, Farid Azmoudeh-Ardalan, Mohammad Reza Rafiian Naini, Ladan Abbasian

“…Case description We present a case of 46-year-old HIV-infected woman with fever, weakness, weight loss, and splenomegaly in the past 18 months. On physical examination, pale conjunctiva, jaundice, multiple cervical, inguinal, and axillary lymphadenopathies as well as hepatosplenomegaly were detected. …”
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Micro-MRI at 11.7 T of a Murine Brain Tumor Model Using Delayed Contrast Enhancement by Rex A. Moats, Sendhil Velan-Mullan, Russell Jacobs, Ignacio Gonzalez-Gomez, David J. Dubowitz, Takashi Taga, Vazgen Khankaldyyan, Linda Schultz, Scott Fraser, Marvin D. Nelson, Walter E. Laug

“…In orthotopically transplanted murine models of brain tumors, cross-section micro-MRI allows for visualization and measurement of the physically inaccessible tumors. To allow for long resident times of a contrast agent in the tumor, intraperitoneal administration was used as a route of injection for contrast-enhanced micro-MRI, and a simple method for relative tumor volume measurements was examined. …”
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Predicting and Visualizing the Uncertainty Propagations in Traffic Assignments Model Using Monte Carlo Simulation Method by Mundher Seger, Lajos Kisgyörgy

“…The simulation results for the scenarios gave different bias for each link separately according to the physical feature of the transport network and original OD matrix, but in general, there is a direct relationship between the input parameter of standard deviation with the bias and variability of the predicted traffic flow for all scenarios.…”
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Experimental study on steady-state operation of organic Rankine cycle system under different operating conditions by Jian Sun, Bin Peng

“…The results of experiments show that, despite differences in the physical parameters of the three working fluids used, the performance of the ORC system was similar. …”
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Caffeine as an Active Molecule in Cosmetic Products for Hair Loss: Its Mechanisms of Action in the Context of Hair Physiology and Pathology by Ewelina Szendzielorz, Radoslaw Spiewak

“…While the intact stratum corneum seems virtually impenetrable to caffeine and a range of physical and chemical methods have been proposed to facilitate its penetration, hair follicles seem to be both a main entry route into the skin and target structures for caffeine at the same time. …”
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Bilateral Ovarian Serous Borderline Tumor with Non-Invasive Endometrial Implants by Melissa Bou Malham, Jordy Mehawej, Andreas Filippaios, Christina Kushnir, Paulette Mhawech-Fauceglia

“…Herein, we are presenting a case of a 33-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department complaining of persistent lower abdominal pain of one-day duration. Physical examination revealed abdominal tenderness with right lower quadrant rebound tenderness. …”
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Coordinating Manipulation in Real-time Interactive Mechanism of College Admission: Agent-Based Simulations by Lan Hou, Tao Jia, Xiangbing Wang, Tongkui Yu

“…The matching in college admission is a typical example of applying algorithms in cyberspace to improve the efficiency of the corresponding process in physical space. This paper studies the real-time interactive mechanism (RIM) recently adopted in Inner Mongolia of China, where students can immediately observe the provisional admission results for their applications and are allowed to modify the application before the deadline. …”
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Theoretical aspects of the intangible assets system in the process of enterprises strategic management: definition, characteristics, classifications by V. M. Sedelnikov

“…The author’s definition of intangible assets as a set of a company’s resources and assets, which do not have a physical form, are used in the process of creating goods (services) for a long period of time (more than a year), are involved in the creation of values that provide a company a competitive advantage in the market and meet the requirements of identifiability (an object separation from other resources), the presence of future profits from their use, and direct or indirect control by a company. …”
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Elimination of Large Bladder Stone-Obstructing Pelvic Canal in African Spurred Tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata) with Per-Cloacal Bladder Stone Removal Method without Utilizing an En... by Nofan Rickyawan, drh., M.Sc., Vivi Oktavia, Dodik Prasetyo

“…All of the tortoises have similar clinical signs, such as lethargy, anorexia, inability to defecate, and anuria. Physical examinations and radiography revealed the presence of bladder stones in the pelvic canal, exceeding the dimensions of the pelvic outlet and hindering passage through the cloaca. …”
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Low-grade mucinous neoplasm originating from intestinal duplication: a case report and review of the literature by Huihui Yin, Jie Yu, Yunzhao Chen

“…Case presentation We present a case involving a 33-year-old male who, upon physical examination, was found to have an abdominal mass. …”
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Finding a New Balance Point: Intelligent Optimization of Multi-Target Cognitive Electronic Reconnaissance Strategy for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles by Yun Zhang, Shixun You, Yunbin Yan, Qiaofeng Ou, Xiang Zhu

“…The experimental results show that the trained UAVs can successfully perform reconnaissance on up to six radar targets under physical constraints, and the completion rate for the MTR missions of six radars can reach 73 %.…”
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Experimental Research on Thermomechanical Properties of Thermal Energy Storage Cement Mortar Incorporated with Phase-Change Material by Kunyang Yu, Yong Huang, Bo Jin, Yushi Liu

“…In the current work, the thermal energy storage cement mortars were prepared by physical mixing between cement mortar and form-stable hydrated salt based on disodium hydrogen phosphate dodecahydrate/carbon nanofiber-expanded graphite (DSP/CNF-EG). …”
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α-Pinene, Limonene, and Cyclohexene Secondary Organic Aerosol Hygroscopicity and Oxidation Level as a Function of Volatility by Kerrigan P. Cain, Aikaterini Liangou, Michael L. Davidson, Spyros N. Pandis

“…The experimental setup combines thermodenuding, isothermal dilution, aerosol mass spectroscopy, and size-resolved cloud condensation nuclei measurements to separate the SOA by volatility and then measure its physical (hygroscopicity via the hygroscopicity parameter, κ) and chemical (oxidation level via the oxygen-to-carbon ratio, O:C) properties. …”
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Preparation and characterization of flax, hemp and sisal fiber-derived mesoporous activated carbon adsorbents by Melike Dizbay-Onat, Uday K Vaidya, Jo Anne G Balanay, Claudiu T Lungu

“…The second aim was to compare bast and leaf fibers-derived activated carbon adsorbents by determining physical adsorption properties, chemical compositions, scanning electron microscope, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. …”
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