The Urban–Rural Education Divide: A GIS-Based Assessment of the Spatial Accessibility of High Schools in Romania by Angelo Andi Petre, Liliana Dumitrache, Alina Mareci, Alexandra Cioclu

“…Hence, travel distance may represent a potential barrier to completing the educational process or may determine inequalities in educational opportunities and outcomes. …”
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Modulation of the human fecal metabolome – Effect of polyphenols depends on the BMI by Julia Jensen-Kroll, Tobias Demetrowitsch, Sabrina Sprotte, Fynn Brix, Alexia Beckmann, Kristina Schlicht, Matthias Laudes, Mario Hasler, Charles M.A.P. Franz, Karin Schwarz

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Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies Identifies Novel Functional CpG-SNPs Associated with Bone Mineral Density at Lumbar Spine by Chuan Qiu, Hui Shen, Xiaoying Fu, Chao Xu, Hongwen Deng

“…Osteoporosis is a serious public health issue, which is mostly characterized by low bone mineral density (BMD). …”
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Delineating the technosphere: definition, categorization, and characteristics by E. D. Galbraith, E. D. Galbraith, E. D. Galbraith, A. A. Faisal, T. Matitia, W. Fajzel, I. Hatton, H. Haberl, F. Krausmann, D. Wiedenhofer

“…In particular, of the 1-trillion-tonne technosphere mass, we estimate that roughly one-half is buildings and one-third transportation infrastructure, both of which we map globally at 1° resolution. Movable entities, mostly composed of vehicles, vessels, and machinery, account for less than 2 % of the total technosphere mass yet are comparable to the biomass of all animals on Earth. …”
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EGFR pathway subgroups in Chilean colorectal cancer patients, detected by mutational and expression profiles, associated to different clinicopathological features by Karin Alvarez, Paulina Orellana, Cynthia Villarroel, Luis Contreras, Hiroshi Kawachi, Maki Kobayashi, Ana Maria Wielandt, Marjorie De la Fuente, Juan Carlos Triviño, Udo Kronberg, Pilar Carvallo, Francisco López-Köstner

“…Colorectal cancer is a multistep process affecting several signaling pathways including EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor), a therapeutic target for metastatic disease. …”
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Alteration, mineralization, geochemistry and fluid inclusion investigations in Joftrud prospect area, southwest of Birjand by Omid Shareipour, Azadeh Malekzadeh Shafaroudi, Maryam Javidi Moghaddam

“…Mineralization as vein-type with mostly northeast-southwest trend has formed in andesitic units. …”
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