Deep-learning-based canopy height model generation from sub-meter resolution panchromatic satellite imagery by Charles J Abolt, Javier E Santos, Adam L Atchley, Lucas Wells, Daithi Martin, Russell A Parsons, Rodman R Linn

“…With modest additions to the training dataset, the same model generates minimally biased estimates of canopy height in both conifer and deciduous forests during multiple seasons. …”
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Network Meta-Analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials Comparing Robotic, Laparoscopic, and Open Pancreatoduodenectomy by Nejo Joseph, MBChB, Chris Varghese, MBChB, James Lucocq, MBChB, Matthew J. McGuinness, MBChB, Samuel Tingle, MBChB, Giovanni Marchegiani, PhD, Kjetil Soreide, PhD, Mohammed Abu-Hilal, Jas Samra, Marc Besselink, PhD, Steve White, Sanjay Pandanaboyana, FRCS

“…Background:. The use of minimally invasive (laparoscopic and robotic) pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) is being increasingly adopted despite the lack of hard evidence to support its utilisation. …”
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ISLAM AND RELIGIOUS MODERATION: THE ROLE OF SCHOOL LABORATORY IN NEGOTIATING RELIGIOUS MODERATION WITHIN THEOLOGICAL PLURALITY by Mohammad Rindu Fajar Islamy

“…But in fact, this school laboratory can minimize those potential tensions through various approaches. …”
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$$(g-2)_{e,\mu }$$ ( g - 2 ) e , μ and lepton flavor violating decays in a left-right model by L. T. Hue, Khiem Hong Phan, T. T. Hong, T. Phong Nguyen, N. H. T. Nha

“…The results are used to discuss these decays as new physics signals in a minimal left-right symmetric model containing only one bidoublet Higgs and a $$SU(2)_R$$ S U ( 2 ) R Higgs doublet accommodating data of neutrino oscillations and $$(g-2)_{\mu }$$ ( g - 2 ) μ . …”
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Survival of Expiratory Aerosols in a Room: Study Using a Bi-compartment and Bi-component Indoor Air Model by Sreekanth Bathula, Srinivasan Anand, Thaseem Thajudeen, Yelia Shankaranarayana Mayya, Probal Chaudhury, Chaturvedi Shashank

“…In many cases, patients are isolated in hospitals and quarantine centers to minimize the spread. However, the rooms allocated to these patients are accessed by health care and sanitization workers a couple of times in a day. …”
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Alternative Forms of the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test: A Review by Keith A. Hawkins, David Dean, Godfrey D. Pearlson

“…These limitations are exacerbated by the minimal overlapping across studies in variables reported, or in the analyses of equivalence undertaken. …”
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Stability Analysis and Optimal Control of a Vector-Borne Disease with Nonlinear Incidence by Muhammad Ozair, Abid Ali Lashari, Il Hyo Jung, Kazeem Oare Okosun

“…From the results of the sensitivity analysis, the model is modified to assess the impact of three control measures; the preventive control to minimize vector human contacts, the treatment control to the infected human, and the insecticide control to the vector. …”
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The Contract Education as a Goal-oriented System of Activity by Valery M. Anikin, Boris N. Poizner, Eduard A. Sosnin

“…An algorithmic chain of meaningful actions is con structed on the basis of the methodology of the Goal-oriented System of Activity, which takes into account the real state of human, intellectual, material and economic resources and enables to minimize existing contradictions and, accordingly, ensure the establishment of partnerships between all interested participants in the process of targeted training (government agencies, employers, higher education institutions and students). …”
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Optimizing maritime routes: A multi-method analysis from Shanghai to Vladivostok by Syed Wajahat Ali Bokhari, Nasir Ali, Abid Hussain

“…Dijkstra determines the route through Busan and Hungnam as the shortest, with a total distance of 2114 kilometers and minimal travel time. The Markov chain analysis supported the designated path by demonstrating greater transition probabilities compared to other routes, so establishing it as the most probable option. …”
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Essential Attributes of Clear Aligner Therapy in terms of Appliance Configuration, Hygiene, and Pain Levels during the Pandemic: A Brief Review by Anand Marya, Adith Venugopal, Nikhilesh Vaid, Mohammad Khursheed Alam, Mohmed Isaqali Karobari

“…The undesired tooth movements that may occur with arch wire-guided mechanics in addition to problems with cut wires or removed brackets may be minimized with the use of aligners. While the benefits of using aligners are for all to see, they do require extensive planning and careful evaluation of the progress. …”
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Safe Zones for Shock-Protection of Fragile Components during Impact-Induced Clatter by Suresh Goyal, James M. Papadopoulos

“…It is shown, through example, that a significant safe zone can be created in the center of the product by configuring it to have a low moment of inertia and by minimizing coefficient of restitution.…”
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A Heating and Cooling Stage With Fast Temporal Control for Biological Applications by Manon Valet, Juan M. Iglesias-Artola, Falk Elsner, Anatol W. Fritsch, Otger Campas

“…In addition, by cooling simultaneously the sample insert and the objective, we minimize the temperature gradients along the sample for large magnification objectives requiring immersion oil. …”
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Selection of geometrical features of nuclei оn fluorescent images of cancer cells by Ya. U. Lisitsa, M. M. Yatskou, V. V. Skakun, P. D. Pavel D. Kryvasheyeu, V. V. Apanasovich

“…For the selection of characteristics, the methods were used: median, correlation with calculation of the Pearson correlation coefficient, correlation with calculation of the Spearman correlation coefficient, logistic regression model, random forest with CART trees and Gini criterion, random forest with CART trees and error minimization criterion. As a result of the investigation 11 characteristics were selected from 59 features, the quality of classification and time costs were calculated depending on the number of features for describing the objects. …”
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Audit committee characteristics and audit report lag: evidence from the Iran by Mehdi Maranjory, Mohadeseh Kouchaki Tajani

“…This suggests that more experts and non-executive members on the audit committee minimize audit report lag and reduce the timeliness constraint that dominates the qualitative characteristics financial information. …”
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Capnography and the Bispectral Index—Their Role in Pediatric Sedation: A Brief Review by Maria Sammartino, Barbara Volpe, Fabio Sbaraglia, Rossella Garra, Alessandro D'Addessi

“…Sedation in children is increasingly emerging as a minimally invasive technique that may be associated with local anaesthesia or diagnostic and therapeutic procedures which do not necessarily require general anaesthesia. …”
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FLORISTIC CONDITIONS IN THE STEPPIC ZONE by Madami Djamila, Hiouani Fatima, Tarai Nacer, Abdou Yamina

“…The sampling was carried out using the minimal area method that requires collecting all the vegetal species in a limited surface. …”
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Transitional Grid Maps: Joint Modeling of Static and Dynamic Occupancy by Jose Manuel Gaspar Sanchez, Leonard Bruns, Jana Tumova, Patric Jensfelt, Martin Torngren

“…We formulate the problem as a Bayesian network and introduce minimal assumptions that significantly reduce the complexity of the problem. …”
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Concise Neural Nonaffine Control of Air-Breathing Hypersonic Vehicles Subject to Parametric Uncertainties by Xiangwei Bu, Qiong Wang, Yan Zhao, Guangjun He

“…For the velocity dynamics, an adaptive neural controller is devised based on a minimal-learning parameter (MLP) technique for the sake of decreasing computational loads. …”
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An Elite Decision Making Harmony Search Algorithm for Optimization Problem by Lipu Zhang, Yinghong Xu, Yousong Liu

“…Extensive computational comparisons are carried out by employing various standard benchmark optimization problems, including continuous design variables and integer variables minimization problems from the literature. The computational results show that the proposed new algorithm is competitive in finding solutions with the state-of-the-art harmony search variants.…”
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Crapemyrtle Bark Scale Acanthococcus (=Eriococcus) lagerstroemiae (Kuwana) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Eriococcidae) by Matthew Borden, Xavier Martini, Adam G. Dale

“…At that time, early detection and treatment will be critical to minimize further spread within the state. Includes: Introduction - Synonymy - Distribution - Description - Life Cycle and Biology - Hosts - Damage - Management - Selected References. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1218 Previously published at http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/ORN/SCALES/crapemyrtle_bark_scale.html …”
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