Advanced methods for manufacturing high quality parts should be used to ensure the
production of competitive products for the world market. Investment casting (IC) is a process …

Increasing evidence suggests that migraine may be the result of an impaired brain glucose
metabolism. Several studies have reported brain mitochondrial dysfunction, impaired brain …

Most people infected with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV2)
are mildly symptomatic while few progress to critical illness and succumb to the infection …

Background: Back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide and is associated with
obesity and chronic low-grade inflammation. Alterations in intestinal microbiota may …

Purpose To identify the associations between waist circumference (WC), waist-hip ratio
(WHR), body fat rate (BFR), total body fat mass (BFM), and the risk of low back pain (LBP) …

Objective The contributions of intervertebral disc disease and subject-specific covariates to
systemic inflammation in low back pain are unknown. We examined the effects of …

Background Back and lower limb pain have a major impact on physical function and quality
of life. While obesity is a modifiable risk factor for musculoskeletal pain, the role of adiposity …

One of the major clinical manifestations of peripheral neuropathy, either resulting from
trauma or diseases, is chronic pain. While it significantly impacts patients' quality of life, the …

Objective The association between low-grade systemic inflammation and musculoskeletal
pain may be influenced by multiple factors. However, little is known about the relative …

Inflammation is linked with chronic pain but the extent to which this relationship is associated
with biopsychosocial factors is not known. We investigated relationships between blood C …