Application of Food Mechanics and Oral Processing in Modelling First Bite of Grilled Meat by Ilija V. Djekic, Jovan G. Ilic, Bartosz G. Sołowiej, Rastko I. Djekić, Igor B. Tomasevic

“…This study analyzed the potential of modelling meat mastication by using pork and poultry meat as food with different physical properties under different grilling temperatures. …”
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Scurvy as a Cause of Leg Pain and Limp in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients by Christopher J. DeFrancesco, MD, David Kell, BA, Sean Owens, BS, Matt Grady, MD, Naomi Brown, MD

“…Astute history taking, critical review of imaging, thorough physical examination, and a high index of suspicion are essential to efficiently diagnose scurvy in the child presenting with nonspecific lower extremity pain or limping. …”
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Longitudinal Assessment of Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Increases in Pain and Their Relationship to Functional Declines and Medication Changes by Hallie M. Altwies, Leah M. Santacroce, Javier Marrugo, Jacklyn Stratton, Jack Ellrodt, Robert S. Rudin, Daniel H. Solomon

“…Patients answered PRO short forms using the app, including the Patient‐Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System pain interference and physical function questionnaires. Each PRO was answered every eight days. …”
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Toward Semi-Autonomous Robotic Arm Manipulation Operator Intention Detection From Force Data by Abdullah S. Alharthi, Ozan Tokatli, Erwin Lopez, Guido Herrmann

“…However, many operations in the nuclear environment require teleoperating robots, resulting in a significant cognitive load on operators as well as physical strain over extended periods of time. To address this challenge, we propose enhancing the teleoperation system with an assistive model capable of predicting operator intentions and dynamically adapting to their needs. …”
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Oxygenase Enzyme Activity and Compound Profile in Hydrocarbon Bioremediation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Rhodococcus erythropolis Consortium by Adi Tiya Yanuar, Abd. Aziz Amin, Lutfi Ni'matus Salamah, Frentina Murty Sujadi, Ekwan Nofa Wiratno, Citra Satrya Utama Dewi, Andi Kurniawan

“…Several methods, such as chemical and physical remediation, have been constructed to remediate pollutants but remain side effects and have a relatively high cost. …”
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The prevalence of chronic kidney disease in people with severe mental illness: A systematic review protocol. by Claire Carswell, Kate Bramham, Joseph Chilcot, Rowena Jacobs, David Osborn, Najma Siddiqi

“…<h4>Background</h4>People with severe mental illness (SMI) are more likely to develop long-term physical health conditions, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, compared to people without SMI. …”
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Effect of swimming training on stress-related metabolic parameters of diabetic and non-diabetic rats by Eduardo Campos, Aline Jarrete, Hygor Araujo, Suziane Cayres, José Campanholi Neto, Eliete Luciano

“…Physical training can be an useful strategy to attenuate the stress markers concentrations and hyperglycemia on type 1 diabetic rats. …”
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Improving Identification by Removing Obstructive Minutiae From Latent Fingerprints by Marcos Daniel Calderon-Calderon, Miguel Angel Medina-Perez, Raul Monroy

“…Due to these characteristics, identifying the physical details of a latent fingerprint, known as minutiae, is a complex task. …”
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An Investigation into Major Sheep Diseases and Management Practices in North Shewa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia by Tadesse Birhanu, Tesfaye Debelu, Said Muhammed, Fikiru Getachew

“…Questionnaire survey, in-depth interview, and physical clinical examination were conducted. A total of 400 households were involved in this study, a majority (32.8%) of whom were illiterates. …”
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Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma and Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in the Same Patient as a Collision Tumour by Oguz Dikbas, Aslihan Alpaslan Duman, Gulname Findik Guvendi

“…A 35-year-old patient has admitted to endocrinology outpatient department with complaint of pain in the neck. Physical examination revealed 2 cm nodule on the thyroid right lobe. …”
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Psychological Status in Medical Isolation Persons during Outbreak of COVID-19 by Renqi DONG, Xia ZHOU, Xiaonan JIAO, Bingshan GUO, Liping SUN, Qin WANG

“…There were no significant differences in the scores of the two groups on interest, sleep, fatigue, appetite, concentration, and mobility (<italic>P</italic>&gt;0.05); but the overall scores of mood, frustration, and self-injury in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group, there were statistically significant differences between the two groups (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).Conclusion:Compared with un-isolated individuals, the isolated individuals have more negative emotions, which are mainly manifested as anxiety and nervousness about the physical condition of themselves and their families.…”
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Comparison of age-related decline in C57BL/6J and CB6F1J male mice. by Gerald Yu Liao, Christina Pettan-Brewer, Warren Ladiges

“…Variability in physical resilience to aging prompts a comprehensive examination of underlying mechanisms across organs and individuals. …”
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Pore Space Reconstruction of Shale Using Improved Variational Autoencoders by Yi Du, Hongyan Tu, Ting Zhang

“…Numerical reconstruction technology can achieve the purpose of studying the engineering problems and physical problems through numerical calculation and image display methods, which also can be used to reconstruct a pore structure similar to the real pore spaces through numerical simulation and have the advantages of low cost and good reusability, casting light on the characterization of the internal structure of shale. …”
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Formation Mechanism of “Large-Area Sweating” Water Seepage from Deep Mine Sandstone Pores by Yanzhi Li, Weiguo Qiao, Yue Wu, Xungang Li, Shuai Zhang, Xiaoli Zhang

“…Taking the deep mine sandstone in the southwest Shandong coal field, where “large-area sweating” seepage occurs, as the study object, this study examined the pore structure, petrological characteristics, physical properties, and grain sizes of the sandstone by analyzing experimental data from thin sections and scanning electron microscopy samples. …”
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Smart phone-based transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation as adjunctive therapy for hypertension (STAT-H trial): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial by Yu Wang, Xiao Wang, Ying Lin, Chao-Qun Yan, Guang-Xia Shi, Cun-Zhi Liu, Jing-Wen Yang, Jian-Feng Tu, Shi-Yan Yan, Xin-Tong Su, Li-Qiong Wang, Si-Bo Kang, Bao-Hong Mi, He-Wen Li, Xue-Zhou Wang

“…Tertiary outcomes will include change in body mass index, change in waist circumference, physical activity and medication adherence. Safety outcomes will be any serious adverse events and clinical events.Ethics and dissemination This study has been approved by ethics committee of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (No. 2020BZHYLL0104). …”
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Mathematical Analysis of the Transmission Dynamics of Skin Cancer Caused by UV Radiation by Tahera Parvin, Md. Haider Ali Biswas, Bimal Kumar Datta

“…This stability test expressed some physical situation of our model. The disease-free equilibrium point is locally asymptotically stable if R0<1 and if R0>1, then it is unstable. …”
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Chronic abdominal pain and persistent disorder of nutritional status by V. T. Ivashkin, Ye. A. Poluyektova

“…Symptoms included epigastric pain, sometimes belt-like, not related to food intake, posture or defecation, sensation of bitter taste, fever up to 37,2–37,4 °С without relation to time of day, physical activity or pain intensity. Symptoms started in childhood, onset of disease patient associated to irregular and improper nutrition. …”
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A modified Delphi study towards developing a guideline to inform policy on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in South Africa: a study protocol by Ferdinand C Mukumbang, Babatope O Adebiyi, Kufre J Okop, Anna-Marie Beytell

“…Introduction Maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy can result in mental and physical birth defects in individuals. These birth defects are usually described as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). …”
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Virtual Cities: From Digital Twins to Autonomous AI Societies by Andrey Nechesov, Ivan Dorokhov, Janne Ruponen

“…This paper proposes an integrated simulation framework that combines physical, structural, behavioral, cognitive, and data fidelity layers, allowing multi-scale simulation from microscopic interactions to macro-urban dynamics. …”
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Exploring the associations between the biomechanical and psychological mechanistic pathways of lower back pain development amongst persons with lower-limb amputation: A study proto... by Alexandra Withey, Dario Cazzola, Abby Tabor, Elena Seminati

“…Amputations cause serious physical and psycho-social disabilities which impair locomotion and compromise patients quality of life. …”
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