Sleep behaviour and cardiorespiratory fitness in patients after percutaneous coronary intervention during cardiac rehabilitation: protocol for a longitudinal study by Jie Zhou, Jing Wu, Lan Huang, Yiyan Wang, Husheng Li, Xubo Wu

“…Data collection will include demographic characteristics, medical history, physical examination, blood sampling, echocardiography and the results of cardiopulmonary exercise tests. …”
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Theoretical Sufism and Sharia regulations by Halilović Seid

“…Sharia means formal regulations on legal and ethical issues, that is, God's commandments and prohibitions that a Muslim should follow in the everyday contexts of his physical life. If someone does not thoroughly implement the Sharia regulations, such as the regulations on prayer or fasting, he will not be able to properly approach the sphere of spirituality and it will even be meaningless to talk about the results of his spiritual and mystical development. …”
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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. …”
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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. …”
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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. …”
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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.…”
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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. …”
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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. …”
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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.…”
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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. …”
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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. …”
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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. …”
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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. …”
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Anti-caries effect of a novel elastic silicone appliance material incorporating sodium fluoride by Shuxing Yu, Lingyu Zhang, Qizhao Ma, Jing Zhou, Yaqi Liu, Jing Zou, Qiong Zhang

“…Furthermore, all concentrations of the samples helped improve enamel hardness loss.DiscussionThe novel silicone appliance material incorporating NaF exhibited antibacterial, fluoride releasing, and enamel remineralization properties while maintaining its physical and chemical integrity without cytotoxic effects.…”
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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. …”
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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. …”
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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.…”
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Academic stress, perceived parental pressure, and anxiety related to competitive entrance examinations and the general well-being among adolescents – A cross-sectional survey from... by Khriebeizonuo Pienyu, Binu Margaret, Anjalin D’Souza

“…CONCLUSION: The study concluded that it is essential for the health care professionals to collaborate with parents and teachers to support adolescents and give them a congenial environment that will promote the healthy physical and psychological well-being of the adolescents.…”
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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. …”
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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. …”
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