Self-Reported Childhood Maltreatment and Traumatic Events among Israeli Patients Suffering from Fibromyalgia and Rheumatoid Arthritis by Raneen Hellou, Winfried Häuser, Inbal Brenner, Dan Buskila, Giris Jacob, Ori Elkayam, Valerie Aloush, Jacob N. Ablin

“…PTSD was significantly more common among FMS patients compared with RA patients, as well as childhood emotional abuse and physical and emotional neglect. Levels of depression and anxiety were significantly higher among FMS patients. …”
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Modeling Urban Growth and Form with Spatial Entropy by Yanguang Chen

“…Entropy is one of the physical bases for the fractal dimension definition, and the generalized fractal dimension was defined by Renyi entropy. …”
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Application of treated eggplant peel as a low-cost adsorbent for water treatment toward elimination of Pb: Kinetic modeling and isotherm study by Mohammad Hossein Karimi Darvanjooghi, Seyyed Mohammadreza Davoodi, Arzu Y Dursun, Mohammad Reza Ehsani, Iman Karimpour, Elham Ameri

“…In order to assess adsorbent’s physical and chemical properties, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy were used. …”
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Peritoneal Tuberculosis in an Immunocompetent, Unknown Risk Patient by Yutaka Tomizawa, Emmanuelle B. Yecies, Fiona E. Craig, Adam Sohnen

“…PPD test was negative prior to the hospital admission. Physical examination was notable for new onset ascites, but no superficial lymphadenopathy or stigmata of chronic liver disease was found. …”
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Sistrunk Procedure on Malignant Thyroglossal Duct Cyst by Diani Kartini, Sonar S. Panigoro, Agnes S. Harahap

“…As a fine needle aspiration biopsy cannot ensure a precise result in all of cases, it is essential to perform a solid physical examination and thorough supporting examination in deciding the precise management for the patient.…”
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Caregivers’ experience of having a child with Down syndrome: a meta-synthesis by Xiao Nan Zhang, Shuo Zhang, Chun Yan Liu, Zhi Hong Ni, Hai Tao Lv

“…Our findings provide a scientific basis for further research focused on reducing physical and mental pressure on caregivers and improving the quality of family life.…”
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Elderly and Senile Chronic Constipation: an Expert Consensus by V. T. Ivashkin, M. G. Mnatsakanyan, V. S. Ostapenko, А. P. Pogromov, V. M. Nekoval, E. A. Poluectova, Yu. V. Kotovskaya, N. K. Runikhina, N. V. Sharashkina, P. V. Tsarkov, N. O. Tkacheva, Yu. N. Belenkov

“…Aside to age-related physiological bowel disfunction, a higher constipation incidence is conditioned by declined physical activity and frailty, polypharmacy and a series of secondary constipation-developing chronic states and diseases. …”
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A Discussion of Stability and Engineering Verification of Thin Immediate Roof under Uniform Load of the Rectangular Coal Roadway by Linsheng Gao, Yueping Wang, Er-hui Zhang, Liang Cheng, Rui Peng

“…The stress distribution and roof subsidence in the roof are calculated theoretically and verified by the numerical calculation, physical tests, and engineering applications. Based on the classical beam solution theory, the stress distribution and sinking of the thin immediate roof under uniform load are obtained and verified by numerical calculations. …”
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The representative scientific results of the China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite by Zhima Zeren, Yanyan Yang, Rui Yan, Zhenxia Zhang, Jie Wang, He Huang, Song Xu, Hengxin Lu, Na Zhou, Jianping Huang

“…The fifth result is the physical processing of the space weather events was clearly described, showing CSES-01's good capability of monitoring space weather conditions.…”
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Research on Forest Carbon Sequestration Based on FSC Model and DeepAR Algorithm by Yin-di Xu

“…This paper clarifies that forest carbon sequestration is mainly influenced by three aspects: human, climate, and nonclimatic physical factors, constructs a model for estimating the carbon sequestration rate of forest ecosystems based on forest age and the logistic growth equation, and combines human behaviour and climate influencing factors to make comprehensive corrections to the carbon sequestration rate of forest ecosystems per unit area. …”
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Aggregated/agglomerated and dispersed randomly oriented wavy CNTs in electrically conductive polymer nanocomposites: Impact of dispersion quality and polymer/particle interphase by Esmail Sharifzadeh, Neda Azimi, Amir Hossein Mohammadpour

“…Benchmarking the model against the derived data from the literature (error <0.24%) led to obtaining some valuable quantitative information regarding the electrical conductivity of CNT clusters, impact of the interphase on the related physical features of randomly oriented CNTs, content of aggregated/agglomerated and dispersed nanoparticles, particular impact of dispersion quality on the electrical conductivity of the nanocomposite system, etc.…”
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VARIATIONS OF NURSING DIAGNOSIS LANGUAGE IN STROKE PATIENTS BASED ON SDKI (STANDARD DIAGNOSIS NURSING INDONESIAN) by Ilkafah Ilkafah, Ouvin Qur'aini, Joko Susanto, Anestasia Pangestu Mei Tyas, Akbar Harisa

“…Soegiri Lamongan, which are mostly written by nurses are impaired physical mobility (63%), variations in writing nursing diagnoses according to the SDKI (66%) and not according to the SDKI (34%), signs and symptoms in patients with hemorrhagic stroke and non-hemorrhagic stroke are mostly experienced weakness in moving the right extremity (31%). …”
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The effect of containing Al2O3 microparticles in different matrix polymers on properties of pineapple fiber-reinforced composites by Indra Mawardi, Hanif Razak, Zaini Akadir, Ramadhansyah Putra Jaya

“…The effect of Al2O3 microparticles in the epoxy and unsaturated polyester matrix on the mechanical, physical, and thermal properties of pineapple fiber reinforced composites was investigated. …”
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Polymer Gels Based on PAMAM Dendrimers Functionalized with Caffeic Acid for Wound-Healing Applications by Ricardo I. Castro, Wendy Donoso, Franko Restovic, Oscar Forero-Doria, Luis Guzman

“…Nowadays, different approaches are being taken to improve the above-mentioned characteristics, as many active surface groups are present in polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers; without the need for extra cross-linking agents, physical gels are created by interactions such as hydrogen bonds, van der Waals forces, or π–π interactions based on the modification of the surface. …”
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Organes du corps et dispositifs de la forge chez les Moose du Burkina Faso by Lidia Calderoli

“…The bellows nozzle and its associated illness therefore become material devices that, through non-arbitrary signs and physical effects, recall the forgotten link between the powers connected with forging and men, and by the same token, the links between smiths and non-smiths. …”
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Irreversibility and Sensitivity analysis of MHD squeezing various shaped nanofluid flow between parallel permeable disks by Abdul Awal, Md. Sarwar Alam

“…Then these non-dimension equations are solved via power series and the solutions are analyzed using Hermite- Padé approximation scheme. The effects of the physical flow parameters on entropy generation rate and Bejan number are inspected graphically. …”
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Income level is associated with differences in primary and secondary stroke prevention in China by Huiming Ren, Junrong Ma, Xu Guo, Ruijie Zhang, Liyuan Pu, Tian Zhao, Fangfang Zeng, Chang Shu, Liyuan Han, Yunzhi Wang, Qiang Li, Xiaojie Wang

“…The participants’ income level was positively associated with high levels of physical activity and the consumption of a healthy diet, but negatively associated with the control of alcohol consumption (all p < 0.05). …”
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Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty as Treatment for Rotator Cuff-Tear Arthropathy and Shoulder Dislocations in an Elderly Male with Parkinson’s Disease by John G. Skedros, James S. Smith, Tanner D. Langston, Micheal G. Adondakis

“…Recurrent shoulder dislocations occurred despite successful closed reduction and physical therapy. Initial surgical treatment included an open capsular-labral reconstruction; RTSA was not an ideal option because of the presumed risk of failure from PD-related dyskinesias. …”
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Arnold Bennett’s Naturalistic and Democratic Interiors in The Old Wives’ Tale (1908) by Laurent Mellet

“…Interiors in this novel should be read in spatial, physical, and narrative terms, since Bennett invents new modes of dwelling in order to endow his characters with new ways of narrating themselves. …”
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Recurrent Massive Hydrothorax in a Patient with Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis by K. S. Zemlyanukhina, I. N. Tikhonov, M. S. Zharkova, O. Yu. Kiseleva, R. Т. Rzayev, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The patient came to the clinic with complaints of shortness of breath with minimal physical activity, abdominal enlargement, swelling of the legs, yellowness of the skin, and severe weakness. …”
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