A study to correlate the association of Gender, Age, Physiology (GAP) index and radiological patterns in interstitial lung disease by Aditya Shashi Bhushan, B L Shashibhushan, K Ashwin

“…This approach is advantageous in both resource-limited settings, where HRCT availability is limited, and in advanced medical centers, as it can help minimize the need for frequent CT scans.…”
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Optimal outpatient training for resident physicians’ general medicine in-training examination score: a cross-sectional study by Taiju Miyagami, Yuji Nishizaki, Taro Shimizu, Yu Yamamoto, Kiyoshi Shikino, Koshi Kataoka, Masanori Nojima, Gautam Deshpande, Toshio Naito, Yasuharu Tokuda

“…Regarding the duration of outpatient training, residents trained for one month had the highest GM-ITE scores (one month: average score 46.9; two months: aEC -1.44, 95% CI -2.29 to -0.60, P < 0.001; three months: aEC -1.44, 95% CI -2.22 to -0.65, P < 0.001). Conclusion Minimal daily new outpatient visits and one month of outpatient training effectively correlated with residents’ basic clinical competence. …”
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The association between lipid-related obesity indicators and severe headache or migraine: a nationwide cross sectional study from NHANES 1999 to 2004 by Xu Sun, Jimei Song, Rixun Yan, Jianwei Diao, Yibo Liu, Zhangzhi Zhu, Weichi Lu

“…Methods After the values of waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), body-mass index (BMI), body roundness index (BRI), visceral adiposity index (VAI), lipid accumulation product (LAP), triglyceride glucose index (TyG), cardiac metabolism index (CMI), waist triglyceride Index (WTI), conicity index (CI) and weight-adjusted waist index (WWI) were estimated, with minimal sufficient adjustment for confounders determined by directed acyclic graph (DAG), weighted univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were carried out to ascertain the relationship between them and migraine. …”
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Characterization of food wastes from the hotel industry as a potential feedstock for energy production by Emily Machuma Muchele, Booker Osodo, Isaiah Omosa, Emmanuel Yeri Kombe

“…Developed countries have embraced Waste-to-Energy technologies, minimizing waste generation and converting generated waste into energy and other resources. …”
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Treatment of limb skin defect with self-made skin distractor by Gao Lei, Li Kai, Zhang Yanlong, Wang Hongrun, Liu Shibo, Wang Yong, Peng Aqin

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COMPLETE UNILATERAL CLEFT LIP SURGERY USING MODIFIED ROTATION-ADVANCEMENT FLAP TO ENHANCE AESTHETIC APPEARANCE IN RSPAL DR. RAMELAN HOSPITAL: A CASE SERIES by Jessica Novia Hadikhosuma, Bambang Wicaksono, Rionaldo Dhiparedja

“…Discussion: Surgical outcomes showed excellent symmetry, proper vermilion border alignment, and minimal scarring. Complications were rare, with no instances of wound dehiscence or infection. …”
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Histological Ex Vivo Evaluation of the Suitability of a 976 nm Diode Laser in Oral Soft Tissue Biopsies by Gaspare Palaia, Federico Renzi, Daniele Pergolini, Alessandro Del Vecchio, Paolo Visca, Gianluca Tenore, Umberto Romeo

“…This effect is always present in the use of the laser, but the intent is to minimize this effect to have as little alteration as possible on the surrounding tissues.…”
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Knowledge and Use of Caries Detection Methods among Dental Students and Dental Practitioners in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by Waseem Radwan, Abeer A. AlNasser, Hesah Aloqab, Khalid Al-Saggaf, Nora A. Almuhtab, Bothinah Alnasyan

“…Therefore, we advocate for more minimally invasive approaches and as such encourage the practice and availability of advanced diagnostic methods.…”
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Multiple underwater target positioning with optimally placed acoustic surface sensor networks by David Moreno-Salinas, Antonio Manuel Pascoal, Joaquín Aranda

“…For each target, the function to be minimized (by proper choice of the sensor configuration) is related to the determinant of the corresponding Fisher information matrix, which yields information on the minimum possible covariance of the error with which the position of the target can be estimated using any non-biased estimator. …”
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Development and in vitro evaluation of biomimetic injectable hydrogels from decellularized human nerves for central nervous system regeneration by Gopal Agarwal, Kennedy Moes, Christine E. Schmidt

“…Overall, iHPN is a novel injectable hydrogel that has potential for minimally invasive CNS applications, such as a carrier for cell or drug delivery and/or a biomaterial to support axonal growth.…”
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Automated Audit and Self-Correction Algorithm for Seg-Hallucination Using MeshCNN-Based On-Demand Generative AI by Sihwan Kim, Changmin Park, Gwanghyeon Jeon, Seohee Kim, Jong Hyo Kim

“…The SQ-level-based on-demand correction strategy adaptively minimizes uncertainties inherent in deep-learning-based organ masks and advances automated auditing and correction methodologies.…”
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Faz Değiştiren Malzeme Olarak Ötektik Su-Tuz Çözeltileri ile Soğutma Sistem Performansının Deneysel İncelenmesi by Elif Yıldız, Özgenur Yayla, Gökçe Güner Karaali, Sibel Sargut, Berçem Kıran Yıldırım, Ebru Mancuhan

“….) %2,0 K2HPO4 çözeltisi ile çalışma süresi (%) minimize edilmiştir. Çalışma süresi ağ. %2,0 K2HPO4 çözeltisi ile %11,1 olarak tespit edilmiştir. …”
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Nonrelativistic Approximation in the Theory of a Spin-2 Particle with Anomalous Magnetic Moment by Alina Ivashkevich, Viktor Red’kov, Artur Ishkhanyan

“…We apply the general method for performing the nonrelativistic approximation, which is based on the structure of the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>50</mn><mo>×</mo><mn>50</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> matrix <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mo>Γ</mo><mn>0</mn></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula> of the main equation. Using the 7th-order minimal equation for the matrix <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mo>Γ</mo><mn>0</mn></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>, we introduce three projective operators. …”
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Association between biomass cooking fuels and prevalence of tuberculosis among households: a cross-sectional study from 2019 - 2021 in India by Baikunth Kumar Yadav, Pranveer Singh, Prakasini Satapathy, Ponnusamy Thillai Arasu

“…The current study tries to bridge the gap and analyze the cause-effect relationship to come up with concrete remedies for its minimization and help secure the holy grail of TB-free India. …”
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Impact of Resuscitated Cardiac Arrest in the Brain-dead Donors on the Outcome of Liver Transplantation: A Retrospective and Propensity Score Matching Analysis by Shengmin Mei, MD, Jie Xiang, MD, Li Wang, MD, Yuan Xu, MD, Zhiwei Li, MD

“…Propensity score matching was performed to minimize confounding effects. Results:. A total of 115,202 recipients were included, 7364 (6.4%) and 107,838 (93.6%) of whom were of the CA and non-CA group, respectively. …”
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A novel stable biomimetic adhesive coating for functionalization of orthodontic brackets against bacterial colonization and white spot lesions by Lamia Singer, Sabina Karačić, Gabriele Bierbaum, Brianne Palmer, Christian Kirschneck, Christoph Bourauel

“…Stability assessments in artificial saliva and deionized water demonstrated the durability of the coating. pH measurements indicated minimal changes in SBF and water, with PDA-functionalized brackets showing slight alterations. …”
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Chlamydia trachomatis Growth and Cytokine mRNA Response in a Prostate Cancer Cell Line by Ivan M. Petyaev, Naylia A. Zigangirova, Elena Y. Morgunova, Nigel H. Kyle, Elena D. Fedina, Yuriy K. Bashmakov

“…These changes were more minimal and became statistically insignificant at a later time point in the infectious cycle (48 hpi). …”
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HIL Test Verification of PDPI Control of Induction Generator‐Based Multi‐Rotor Wind Turbine Systems by Habib Benbouhenni, Mourad Yessef, Nicu Bizon, Sara Kadi, Ayman Alhejji, Badre Bossoufi

“…The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the DPC‐PDPI‐PWM approach over DPC, as the harmonic distortion of the stream is minimized by 36.66%, 22.68%, and 33.33% in the three proposed tests. …”
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Validation of energy valley optimization for adaptive fuzzy logic controller of DFIG-based wind turbines by Basem E. Elnaghi, Ahmed M. Ismaiel, Fathy El Sayed Abdel-Kader, M. N. Abelwhab, Reham H. Mohammed

“…The primary objective of implementing EVOA-based AFLCs is to maximize power extraction from the DFIG in wind energy applications while simultaneously improving dynamic response and minimizing errors during operation. The performance of the EVOA-based AFLCs is thoroughly investigated and benchmarked against alternative optimization techniques, specifically chaotic billiards optimization (C-BO), genetic algorithms (GA), and marine predator algorithm (MPA)-based optimal proportional-integral (PI) controllers. …”
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Fast Rate Production of Biodiesel from Neem Seed Oil Using a Catalyst Made from Banana Peel Ash Loaded with Metal Oxide (Li-CaO/Fe2 (SO4)3) by Ismail J. Madai, Yusufu Abeid Chande Jande, Thomas Kivevele

“…Transesterification process was employed to minimize the free fatty acid (FFA) content of NSO to afford 99.8% yield under the condition of the reaction oil/methanol ratio 8 : 1, followed by addition of 1.7%wt calcined banana peels ash and 1.3%wt Li-CaO/Fe2(SO4)3 catalysts in 53 min, a notable time. …”
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