The Fate of Allogeneic Pancreatic Islets following Intraportal Transplantation: Challenges and Solutions by Xinyu Li, Qiang Meng, Lei Zhang

“…Pancreatic islet transplantation as a therapeutic option for type 1 diabetes mellitus is gaining widespread attention because this approach can restore physiological insulin secretion, minimize the risk of hypoglycemic unawareness, and reduce the risk of death due to severe hypoglycemia. …”
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Sparse Representation Based Range-Doppler Processing for Integrated OFDM Radar-Communication Networks by Bo Kong, Yuhao Wang, Henry Leung, Xiaohua Deng, Huilin Zhou, Fuhui Zhou

“…In an integrated radar-communication network, multiuser access techniques with minimal performance degradation and without range-Doppler ambiguities are required, especially in a dense user environment. …”
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Reversible Electrochemical Insertion of Lithium in Fine Grained Polycrystalline Powders of SnO2 by S. D. Han, S. Y. Huang, G. Campet, S. H. Pulcinnelli, C. V. Santilli

“…Consequently, these powders show good ability to insert reversibly lithium ions in the Li/Li+/LixSnO2 cell. Indeed, by minimizing the size of the crystallites, the formation of defect-bonds is favored, particularly at the crystallite surface, acting as reversible (de)grafting sites of Li+. …”
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Optimal static strain sensor placement for truss bridges by Feng Xiao, J Leroy Hulsey, Gang S Chen, Yujiang Xiang

“…For example, the cross-sectional area can be determined by minimizing the difference between the analytical and measured strains. …”
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Joint Pricing and Purchasing Decisions for the Dual-Channel Newsvendor Model with Partial Information by Jixiang Zhou, Yong Wang, Xiaoming Yan

“…Finally, we determine that the gap between newsvendor performance under demand certainty and uncertainty is minimal, which shows that the robust approach can significantly improve performance.…”
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Topological Indices of Derived Networks of Benzene Ring Embedded in P-Type Surface on 2 D by Feng Yin, Muhammad Numan, Saad Ihsan Butt, Adnan Aslam, Andleeb Kausar

“…This structure is the simplest possible tilling of the periodic minimal surface P which contains one type of carbon atom. …”
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The Mediterranean Lifestyle: The Power of Food by Charissa Lim, Alexa Hosey, Farah Tadros, Madison Woodard, Jeanette Andrade

“… The Mediterranean diet dates back to the early 1960s, in which the population living among the Mediterranean basin, much of Greece and Southern Italy consumed high amounts of fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes, and unprocessed cereals with minimal consumption of meat. This dietary pattern has been shown to improve heart health, maintain weight, and reduce the risk for chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. …”
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Thermal Conductivity of Thermally Insulated Concretes in a Nuclear Safety Vessel of Reactor Vault: Experimental Interpretation by M. Anish, T. Arunkumar, J. Jayaprabakar, Sami Al Obaid, Saleh Alfarraj, M. M. Raj, Assefa Belay

“…The experimental results of thermal conductivity values of lightweight concrete materials at various temperatures are presented in this paper. To minimize heat conduction in concrete, different lightweight aggregates and vermiculite are employed as coarse aggregate alternatives.Both linear and plane heat source approaches are used to calculate the thermal conductivity values of the specimens. …”
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Cellular and Molecular Characteristics of Scarless versus Fibrotic Wound Healing by Latha Satish, Sandeep Kathju

“…In contrast, fetal wound repair occurs with minimal inflammation, faster re-epithelialization, and without the accumulation of scar. …”
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Best Practices for Scalloping: From the Boat to Your Plate by Brittany Hall-Scharf, Sarah Ellis, Savanna C. Barry

“…Therefore, it is important to be aware of the legal requirements for boating and scalloping, have a safety plan to minimize and/or prevent accidents while out on the water, and practice proper shucking recommendations to ensure food safety. …”
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An Evolutionary Video Assignment Optimization Technique for VOD System in Heterogeneous Environment by King-Man Ho, Wing-Fai Poon, Kwok-Tung Lo

“…The objective of our work is to determine the appropriate coding strategy as well as the suitable delivery mechanism for a specific quality level of a video such that the overall system blocking probability is minimized. In order to find a near-optimal solution for such a complex video assignment problem, an evolutionary approach based on genetic algorithm (GA) is proposed. …”
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Optimal isolation strategies of emerging infectious diseases with limited resources by Yinggao Zhou, Jianhong Wu, Min Wu

“…We show that this modificationleads to four different scenarios (instead of three scenarios in comparison with the SIR model) for optimal isolation strategies, and obtainanalytic solutions for the optimal control problem that minimize the outbreak size under the assumptionof limited resources for isolation. …”
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Soybean Cyst Nematode Heterodera glycines (Ichinohe, 1952) (Nematoda: Rhabdita: Heteroderidae) by Holly Andres, Zane J. Grabau

“…They are extremely damaging to the agricultural economy and impossible to eradicate once established, but with proper management, it is possible to minimize H. glycines populations and maximize yield. …”
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Constellation Optimization for MIMO VLC System With Signal-Dependent Noise: Receiver-Side Design and Lookup Table Establishment by Jiaqi Wei, Yuan Wang, Nuo Huang, Yan-Yu Zhang, Yi-Jun Zhu, Wenliang Hao, Chen Gong

“…We propose a constellation optimization method aiming at minimizing the system pairwise error probability. In order to obtain the transmitter constellation, we design the demapping rules from the perspective of energy efficiency and illumination uniformity. …”
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Local electrical stimulation: introduction to the problem by Lev G. Agasarov, Maxim Yu. Yakovlev, Tatyana V. Konchugova, Larisa A. Marchenkova, Victor A. Drobyshev, Tatyana V. Apkhanova, Tatyana E. Belousova, Tatyana V. Marfina, Nadezhda V. Gushchina, Valeria A. Vasileva, Anastasia A. Mukhina, Irina A. Grishechkina, Tatyana K. Chernyavskaya, Elena P. Ivanova

“…In the case of electropuncture, minimal skin areas are irritated, outside of the damage, by placing the sensors according to the projections of the points. …”
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A Review of Collagen Cross-Linking in Cornea and Sclera by Xiao Zhang, Xiang-chen Tao, Jian Zhang, Zhi-wei Li, Yan-yun Xu, Yu-meng Wang, Chun-xiao Zhang, Guo-ying Mu

“…Although its complications are encountered during clinical practice, such as infection inducing risk, minimal invasion merits a further investigation on its future application in clinical practice. …”
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Current Perspectives in NSAID-Induced Gastropathy by Mau Sinha, Lovely Gautam, Prakash Kumar Shukla, Punit Kaur, Sujata Sharma, Tej P. Singh

“…This paper also provides the information on different preventive measures prescribed to minimize such adverse effects and analyses the new suggested strategies for development of novel drugs to maintain the anti-inflammatory functions of NSAIDs along with effective gastrointestinal protection.…”
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Superhydrophobic carbon papers for electrostatic water collection from fog by Xie Qiongdan, Yang BeiEr, Mu Jiangtao, Zhang Haoran, Yu Jiaxin, Liu Yunchen, Fang Deyu, Cong Longqi, Yang Qihang, Liu Ruoqi, Chen Qianqian

“…The wettability of the carbon paper has minimal impact on collection efficiency. Despite the superhydrophobic nature of the carbon papers causing condensed fog particles to aggregate into spherical droplets, this aggregation has little effect on collection performance. …”
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MALT Lymphoma of the Bladder: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Prashant Vempati, Miriam A. Knoll, Mahfood Alqatari, James Strauchen, Adriana K. Malone, Richard L. Bakst

“…For early stage disease, definitive radiation represents an excellent treatment modality with a minimal side-effect profile.…”
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Contrary trends of grout consumption and water absorption at Sardasht by Mohammad Hassan Nazari, Ali Aalianvari, Mohamed El Tani

“…The first step is to prove that the rock has been permeated and the second step is to differentiate the causes of consumption. The minimal flow criterion is integrated to the investigation and is necessary to define a frame for the comparison. …”
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