Factors Leading to a Lack of Leisure Time in High School Students in Croatia by Martina Lončar, Luka Pongračić, Aleksandra Tonković

“…The research has shown that parents-imposed duties are minimal and do not take away a lot of students’ leisure time. …”
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Therapeutic Potential of Retinoid X Receptor Modulators for the Treatment of the Metabolic Syndrome by Jane A. Pinaire, Anne Reifel-Miller

“…Similar to selective modulators of other nuclear receptors such as the estrogen receptor (SERMs), LG101506 binding to RXR selectively maintains the desirable characteristic effects of rexinoids while minimizing the undesirable effects. These recent findings suggest that, with continued research efforts, RXR-specific ligands with improved pharmacological profiles may eventually be available as additional treatment options for the current epidemic of obesity, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, and all of the associated metabolic sequelae.…”
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MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND MICROSTRUCTURES OF REGENERATED CEMENT FROM WASTE CONCRETE by YILENG DU, HONGJUAN ZUO

“…This approach not only reduces the yield of waste, while minimizing the costs of disposal but also limit the cost of new materials. …”
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Implementation of TQM and the Integration of BIM in the Construction Management Sector in Saudi Arabia by Mohammad Abazid, Hüseyin Gökçekuş, Tahir Çelik

“…When applied, TQM improves execution of time management of project, satisfies clients’ needs, minimizes the expenses and increases the profit of contractor, and fulfils safety regulations on the construction site. …”
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Web Services Integration Strategy with Minimum Hops Constraint in Wireless Sensor Networks by Wen Ouyang, Min-Lang Chen

“…This paper investigates a problem which minimizes the number of hops of web services while integrating these web services to finish a set of tasks. …”
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Berth Allocation and Quay Crane Assignment Considering the Uncertain Maintenance Requirements by Siwei Li, Liying Song

“…However, previous studies have often overlooked the uncertainty associated with quay crane maintenance when planning these operations. This paper aims to minimize vessel turnaround time by accounting for the uncertain in quay crane maintenance activities. …”
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Holographic drag force with translational symmetry breaking by Sara Tahery, Kazem Bitaghsir Fadafan, Sahar Mojarrad Lamanjouei

“…It will eventually be shown that at lower values of $$\alpha $$ α or $$\mu $$ μ (chemical potential), the transverse diffusion coefficient is larger than the longitudinal one, and the speed of the heavy quark has minimal impact on the ratio.…”
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A Study on the Effects of Plastic Waste Strips and Lime on Strength Characteristics of Expansive Soil by Shelema Amena, Dekebi Chakeri

“…This technique helps to reduce plastic pollution and minimize the cost of stabilizers used to stabilize the subgrade soil.…”
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Fluoroscopic-Guided Removal of Jejunal Sharp Foreign Body: An Alternative Approach to Surgery by Abdulrahman Qatomah, Simon McQueen, Wafa Qatomah, Aishah Qatomah, Ali Bessissow

“…Endoscopic removal stands out as the least invasive method, with only a minimal 1% needing surgical intervention. Case Presentation. …”
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Design of a Low Sidelobe Feed Network Based on the Louver-Shaped Defected Ground Structure by Yuan Zhang, Songtao Xi

“…By adjusting the louver-shaped DGS, the output amplitude and phase of the corresponding ports can be altered, minimizing deviations from theoretical values. This enables antenna arrays equipped with this feeding network to more easily achieve low sidelobe performance. …”
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Harmonization of the fastest and densest responses reflects humanlike reaction time in mice by Chan Hee Kim

“…The frequency and latency of responses, along with basic indices such as accuracy, were analyzed.ResultsIn delay conditioning experiments using sound cues of 10, 5, and 2 s, the 2 s group exhibited the strongest positive correlations between the two peaks, as well as between the number of responses and accuracy rate, suggesting a coupling of the fastest and densest responses and a one-to-one relationship between stimulus and response.DiscussionBased on these findings, I propose harmonizing the two peaks, elicited by stimuli that induce prompt and minimal responses, as a criterion for designing animal experiments to better mimic humanlike RT.…”
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Low-Rank Representation-Based Object Tracking Using Multitask Feature Learning with Joint Sparsity by Hyuncheol Kim, Joonki Paik

“…Both the features and sparse errors are then optimally updated using a novel incremental alternating direction method. The low-rank minimization problem for learning multitask features can be achieved by a few sequences of efficient closed form update process. …”
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Motion-Computerized Tomographic Colography is a Better Method for Screening for Polyps: Arguments for the Motion by Benoit C Pineau

“…Virtual colonoscopy, or computerized tomographic colography, is a minimally invasive technique that safely evaluates the entire colon and does not require sedation. …”
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Finite Element and Multibody Dynamics Analysis of a Ball Mill Glass Crusher by Jihad Rishmany, Rodrigue Imad

“…When glass waste is turned into powder, environmental impacts are minimized by reducing or eliminating the dependency on landfills. …”
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Assessment of a Planned Municipal Solid Waste Management System in Sri Lanka by Disna Eheliyagoda, Nimal Prematilake

“…The ongoing MSWM practices of Balangoda Urban Council encompass six categories as waste minimization and handling; waste collection; on-site separation; waste transportation; further management including grading, composting, recycling, producing sludge fertilizer; and final disposal to an open dump site. …”
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A Novel Approach for Sustainable Supply Chain Management with Analyzing the Effective Governance under Fuzzy Uncertainty by FengSheng Chien, Esra Sipahi Döngül, Serdar Vural Uygun, Ali Ahmadi

“…In this mathematical model, an attempt is made to minimize the costs of the product distribution system by considering the effects of production, maintenance, and distribution. …”
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Fabrication of Silver Interdigitated Electrode by a Stamp Method by Kan-Sen Chou, Chia-Hsuan Lee

“…There existed therefore an optimal force to fabricate IDEs with minimal changes from sample to sample. The average dimension of an IDE when the applied force was 102 gm was roughly 403 ± 20 µm in width and 1154 ± 153 nm in height, and the average final electrical resistivity was about 10×10-6 Ω-cm.…”
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A New Method for Determining Optimal Regularization Parameter in Near-Field Acoustic Holography by Yue Xiao

“…The transfer matrix relating the source strengths of the equivalent sources to the measured pressures on the hologram surface is augmented by adding a fictitious point source with zero strength. The minimization of the norm of this fictitious point source strength is as the criterion for choosing the optimal regularization parameter since the reconstructed value should tend to zero. …”
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Climate change and the resurgence of waterborne diseases: Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa by Sandy Moore, Rita Colwell

“…However, short- to medium-term prevention and preparedness can minimize the impacts of waterborne diseases. To prevent waterborne diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa, it is crucial to improve access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure.…”
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Pattern-Based Test Suite Reduction Method for Smart Contracts by Tomasz Górski

“…The objective is to minimize the costs of smart contract testing by reducing the number of test cases. …”
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