Influence of ultrasonication during soaking on water absorption and Softness characteristics in the cooking process of cowpea by Sholeh Rostamirad, K.G. Duodu, J.P. Meyer, M. Sharifpur

“…The Ibartz-Augusto and first-order equations perfectively fit the sigmoidal and decaying exponential behavior of the absorbed water and hardness data with high prediction performance (R2 ≈ 1) marked by minimal error values. The deployment of ultrasonication and increased cooking temperature were observed to reduce the kinetic parameter (water absorption) and elevate the softening rates and activation energy (for hydration and softening). …”
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Effects of orally exposed SiO2 nanoparticles on lipid profiles in gut-liver axis of mice by Kuanhang Li, Zhengzheng Zhou, Yi Cao

“…After 5 days exposure (once a day), we observed that SiO2 NPs induced minimal pathological changes but increased most of the trace elements. …”
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Early results of laparoscopic single‑anastomosis duodeno‑ileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy: a case series from a single Polish bariatric center by Mateusz Wityk, Maciej Bobowicz, Mateusz Pryt, Natalia Dowgiałło-Gornowicz

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Cool Mix Asphalt—Redefining Warm Mix Asphalt with Implementations in Korea, Italy and Vietnam by Hosin (David) Lee, Lan Ngoc Nguyen, Elena Sturlini, Young-ik Kim

“…During the past decades, to minimize Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and asphalt fumes during the asphalt mix production and construction process, various warm mix asphalt (WMA) additives have been developed and successfully applied. …”
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Green synthesis and characterization of NiO/Hydroxyapatite nanocomposites in the presence of peppermint extract and investigation of their antibacterial activities against Pseudomo... by Ali Shakerimoghaddam, Hayder Jihad Majeed, Ali Jawad Hashim, May Jaleel Abed, Layth S. Jasim, Masoud Salavati-Niasari

“…For Staphylococcus aureus, the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) values for NiO, HAP, and NiO/HAP nanocomposites were determined to be of about 9.60, 13.03, and 3.41 mg/mL, respectively. …”
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Implemetasi Komputasi Akar Kuadrat Resolusi Tinggi pada Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) by Muhammad Irfan, Hendra Setiawan

“…The calculation process involves a Finite State machine (FSM) to minimize computation resources. The system verification process is carried out in two stages, i.e. functional verification using the ModelSim-Altera and hardware verification using the FPGA Cylcone IV EP4CE6E228N. …”
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Discovering the anti-parasitic activity of melatonin loaded lecithin/chitosan nanoparticles against giardiasis and cryptosporidiosis in Balb/c infected mice by Mohamed Nasser, Mona B. Abd El-atif, Habiba Alaa, Mariam Abdelaziz, Mariam Mustafa, Mustafa Masour, Salma Magdy, Salma Mohsen, Yomna El Karamany, Alyaa Farid

“…Furthermore, they have powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, while displaying minimal anticoagulant and cytotoxic effects during in vivo evaluation. …”
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Irrigation Management of HLB-Affected Trees by Davie Mayeso Kadyampakeni, Kelly T. Morgan, Mongi Zekri, Rhuanito Ferrarezi, Arnold W. Schumann

“…Recent studies have shown that for HLB-affected trees, irrigation frequency should increase and irrigation amounts should decrease to minimize water stress from drought stress or water excess, while ensuring optimal water availability in the rootzone at all times. …”
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Clinical Evaluation and Assessment of Laser Irradiation on the Stability of Orthodontic Implant: A Prospective Experimental Study by Namrata Shehare, Suchita Daokar, Dhananjay Ghunawat, Harsha Kaurani

“…When absolute anchoring is a necessity or in cases of minimally cooperative patients, these devices can help to manage skeletal anchorage. …”
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A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Dietary Intake and Nutritional Status of Patients on Haemodialysis Maintenance Therapy in a Country of Sub-Saharan Africa by Nyangi A. Gityamwi, Kathryn H. Hart, Barbara Engel

“…Fruits and animal protein were also minimally consumed (1 portion/day each). Fruit consumption was higher in females than males (median (25th, 75th) = 2 (1, 2.3) versus 0.5 (0, 1.7) portions, p = 0.008). …”
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Analyzing Radiation Protection Risks in Nuclear Medicine: Cause Investigation and WSR-Based Countermeasure Evaluation by Sun P, Li G, Zhu Y

“…The observation group’s scores in radiation protection theory, practical risk management skills, and radiation protection safety literacy, as well as the total score, were higher than those of the control group (P < 0.05).Conclusion: The WSR system management approach effectively reduces radiation protection safety risks, improves the diagnostic and therapeutic environment, minimizes radiation exposure to patients and staff, and enhances safety risk management levels in nuclear medicine departments.Keywords: nuclear medicine, radiation protection, radiation safety, risk management, safety management, association rule learning, Wuli-Shili-Renli framework…”
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Skin Closure Technique and Postprocedural Pain after Spinal Cord Stimulator Implantation: A Retrospective Review by Markus A. Bendel, Ryan S. D’Souza, Taylor J. North, Thomas P. Pittelkow, Jonathan M. Hagedorn

“…Spinal cord and dorsal root ganglion stimulation are minimally invasive surgical techniques used to treat an array of chronic pain disorders. …”
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The Impact of Electrophysiological Diversity on Pattern Completion in Lithium Nonresponsive Bipolar Disorder: A Computational Modeling Approach by Abraham Nunes, Selena Singh, Anouar Khayachi, Shani Stern, Thomas Trappenberg, Martin Alda

“…These cognitive deficits may not be fully corrected by medications that minimize excitability. Future studies should test our predictions by examining behavioral correlates of pattern completion in lithium‐responsive and ‐nonresponsive BD patients.…”
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Sistem Pengenalan Wajah 3D Menggunakan ICP dan SVM by Nadya Viana De Lima, Ledya Novamizanti, Eko Susatio

“…Iterative Closest Point (ICP) provides dimensional information by minimizing errors between points in one view and the closest point so that 3D face templates are made in accordance with the reference image. …”
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A deep learning approach for classifying and predicting children's nutritional status in Ethiopia using LSTM-FC neural networks by Getnet Bogale Begashaw, Temesgen Zewotir, Haile Mekonnen Fenta

“…The classification and prediction performance of the model showed high accuracy rates above 93%, with perfect predictions for Normal (N) and Stunted & Wasted (SW) categories, minimal errors in most other nutritional statuses, and slight over- or underestimations in a few instances. …”
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Heterogeneous foraging swarms can be better by Gal A. Kaminka, Yinon Douchan

“…While promising, the use of EI is brittle (as we show), since robots that selfishly seek to optimize their own EI (minimizing time spent on collisions) can actually cause swarm-wide performance to degrade.ResultsTo address this, we derive a reward function from a game-theoretic view of swarm foraging as a fully-cooperative, unknown horizon repeating game. …”
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Results of testing soybean accessions at the Far East Experiment Station of VIR in 1990-2017 by I. V. Seferova, P. P. Bulakh

“…The lower pod setting height ranged from a minimal level (&lt; 6.1 cm) to 18.1–20.0 cm. Among the 92 accessions with high seed productivity (&gt; 14.0 g) only 5 produced their lower pods at a height above 12 cm. …”
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Impact of Combined Acidic and Hyperosmotic Shock Conditions on the Proteome of Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 19115 in a Time-Course Study by Dong Lai Zhang, Ya Long Bai, John P. Bowman

“…Proteome profiling provided a better understanding of the physiological responses of this pathogen to adapt to lethal nonthermal environments and indicates the need to improve food processing and storage methods, especially for non- or minimally thermally processed foods.…”
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Soft intersection almost bi-quasi-interior ideals of semigroups by Aslıhan Sezgin, Zeynep BAŞ, Aleyna İlgin

“…With this vital theorem, several interesting relationships between certain types of almost BQI-ideals of semigroups, such as minimal, prime, semiprime, and strongly prime almost BQI-ideals and certain types of soft intersection almost BQI-ideals, are derived.  …”
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Optimized Dehydrogenation of Magnesium Hydride with Fe and Cu Additives by Oluwashina Gbenebor, Abimbola Patricia Popoola

“…Studies involving the use of each metal in its elemental form as an additive are minimal. This study investigated the catalytic effects of elemental Fe and Cu on the hydrogen release performance of MgH2 for potential applications in transportation and power generation. …”
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