Red filter meibography by smartphones in patients with meibomian gland dysfunction: a validity and reliability study by Rina La Distia Nora, Ratna Sitompul, Aria Kekalih, Gisela Haza Anissa, Syska Widyawati, Prasandhya Astagiri Yusuf

“…Images were assessed subjectively using meiboscore by the two raters and drop-out percentages were assessed by ImageJ.Results There was no agreement in meiboscore and a minimal level of agreement in drop-out percentages between red filter meibography and infrared. …”
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Hybridization in Metal Wire Additive Manufacturing: A Case Study of an Impeller by Shahu R. Karade, Siddhartha Siddhartha, Neel Kamal Gupta, Ganesan G, K. P. Karunakaran, Henning Zeidler

“…The hybrid approach significantly reduced the manufacturing time for the selected impeller geometry from 3536 min to 792 min (saving 77.6% manufacturing time) and minimized material waste to 9.3%, compared with 74.07% in traditional machining. …”
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The Effects of Some External Management Factors on the Nitrogen Composition of Cattle Manure on Smallholder Farms by H. A. Markewich, A. N. Pell, D. M. Mbugua, D. J. R. Cherney, H. M. van Es, J. Lehmann

“…Manure should not be stored more than 30 days to minimize N loss to leaching. Farmers may take steps to reduce N loss by controlling leaching and protecting manure from rainfall.…”
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Towards Kyrgyz stop words by Ruslan Isaev, Gulzada Esenalieva, Ermek Doszhanov

“…Stop words are used to reduce noisy text data, remove uninformative words, speed up text processing, and minimize the amount of memory required to store data.The Kyrgyz language is an agglutinative Turkic language for which no scientific study of stop words has been previously published in English. …”
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Bilateral Vascular Variations at the Renal Hilum: A Case Report by Naveen Kumar, Ashwini P. Aithal, Anitha Guru, Satheesha B. Nayak

“…Imaging technology with its advancement in the field of urology is the boon for the patients who require minimally invasive approaches for various kidney disorders. …”
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Sparse Representation Based SAR Vehicle Recognition along with Aspect Angle by Xiangwei Xing, Kefeng Ji, Huanxin Zou, Jixiang Sun

“…Finally, the vehicle is classified into a certain category that minimizes the reconstruction error with the novel sparse representation vector. …”
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Unraveling the pathogenesis of bone marrow hematopoietic injury and the therapeutic potential of natural products by Jing Long, Hengzhou Lai, Yuqing Huang, Fengming You, Yifang Jiang, Qixuan Kuang

“…Natural products, particularly those derived from Chinese herbal medicines and other natural sources, have emerged as promising therapeutic options due to their distinctive mechanisms and minimal side effects. A deeper understanding of the underlying mechanisms of bone marrow hematopoietic injury could illuminate how natural products exert their effects, thereby optimizing treatment strategies and offering safer, more effective options for patients. …”
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Adaptive Conflict-Free Optimization of Rule Sets for Network Security Packet Filtering Devices by Andrea Baiocchi, Gianluca Maiolini, Annachiara Mingo, Daniele Goretti

“…The proposed approach suits current technology architectures and exploits available features, like traffic log databases, to minimize the impact of ACO development on the packet filtering devices. …”
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Evaluation of the Hydrodynamic Impacts of Tidal Turbine Arrays in Jiaozhou Bay by Chao Zhang, Xiuyan Yang, Yuan Jiang, Wei Zhao, Junyu Yu

“…These findings may provide a scientific foundation for balancing clean energy extraction with minimal environmental impact, thus contributing to global efforts to develop more resilient and sustainable coastal energy systems.…”
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Is Valproate Depressogenic in Patients Remitting from Acute Mania? Case Series by Kamini Vasudev, Priya Sharma

“…Current evidence based guidelines recommend that valproate should be given as a loading dose as it produces a rapid antimanic and antipsychotic response with minimal side-effects. However, no clear guidelines are available on the appropriate dosing or serum levels of valproate in the continuation or maintenance phase of bipolar disorder. …”
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Short-Term Power Load Prediction Method Based on VMD and EDE-BiLSTM by Yibo Lai, Qifeng Wang, Gang Chen, Yu Bai, Peiyu Zhao, Xiaojing Liao, Shuang Wu, Changyou Men, Quan Sun

“…Subsequently, the modal components undergo training and learning through the EDE-BiLSTM model, aiming to minimize the test set’s root mean square error (RMSE). …”
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Transvaginal Hybrid NOTES Procedure for Treatment of Gallstone Ileus by Takuya Shiraishi, Naoki Tomizawa, Tatsumasa Andoh, Kazuhisa Arakawa, Yasuaki Enokida, Naoya Ozawa

“…In conclusion, using transvaginal hybrid NOTES may become a future option to minimize the invasiveness of other laparoscopic procedures.…”
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Optimal PV‐storage capacity planning for rail transit self‐consistent energy systems considering extreme weather conditions by Siyu Guo, Liuyang Cai, Haiyi Wu, Guanghui Song, Li Lin, Yanbo Chen

“…Subsequently, an optimal planning model for a hybrid energy storage system (HESS) is proposed to minimize the total HESS investment and rail transit system operation costs. …”
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Graphene nanoplatelets in titanium coatings deposited by cold spray: Mechanical properties by Edwin Torres Díaz, Alessio Silvello, Edwin Rúa Ramirez, Rodolpho Fernando Vaz, Irene García Cano

“…Microstructural analysis confirmed the successful integration of GNPs with minimal degradation, though Raman spectroscopy indicated minor structural defects at higher temperatures. …”
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UAV Data Collection Co-Registration: LiDAR and Photogrammetric Surveys for Coastal Monitoring by Carmen Maria Giordano, Valentina Alena Girelli, Alessandro Lambertini, Maria Alessandra Tini, Antonio Zanutta

“…While the dissimilarities between the two clouds can be minimized, reducing their impact, the lack of object distinctiveness, typical of environmental objects, remains a problem that cannot be overcome. …”
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Post-Traumatic Left Subclavian Artery Pseudoaneurysm Secondary to Clavicular Fracture: A Case Report and Literature Review by Małgorzata Edyta Wojtyś, Patryk Skórka, Dawid Kordykiewicz, Aleksander Falkowski, Joanna Jakubowska-Grzeszyk, Janusz Wójcik, Edward Michael Wojtys

“…Variables such as time to diagnosis, clinical presentation, features of pseudoaneurysms, and complications were analyzed to highlight the role of endovascular techniques as a minimally invasive and effective treatment option. …”
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Experimental Study on the Seismic Behavior of CFST Self-Centering Rocking Bridge Piers by Wei Lu, Yu Zou, Xingyu Luo, Jun Song, Haiqing Li

“…Most of the horizontal displacement was contributed through a rocking gap opening, resulting in minimal damage to the pier itself. The damage was concentrated primarily in the energy-dissipating rebars, while the prestress strands remained elastic, though prestress loss was observed.…”
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Effective Variational Data Assimilation in Air-Pollution Prediction by Rossella Arcucci, Christopher Pain, Yi-Ke Guo

“…VarDA is based on the minimization of a function which estimates the discrepancy between numerical results and observations assuming that the two sources of information, forecast and observations, have errors that are adequately described by error covariance matrices. …”
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Multidisciplinary Management of a Giant Plexiform Neurofibroma by Double Sequential Preoperative Embolization and Surgical Resection by Roberto Vélez, Sergi Barrera-Ochoa, David Barastegui, Mercedes Pérez-Lafuente, Cleofe Romagosa, Manuel Pérez

“…This case report describes a 22-year-old female with a giant plexiform neurofibroma of the lower back and buttock who underwent pre-operative embolization and intraoperative use of a linear cutting stapler system to assist with haemostasis during the surgical resection. Minimal blood transfusion was required and the patient made a good recovery. …”
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Multiple DGs for Reducing Total Power Losses in Radial Distribution Systems Using Hybrid WOA-SSA Algorithm by Khalid Mohammed Saffer Alzaidi, Oguz Bayat, Osman N. Uçan

“…This study presents a novel hybridization of new metaheuristic optimizations in the last two years, namely, salp swarm algorithm (SSA) and whale optimization algorithm (WOA), for optimal placement and size of multi-DG units in radial distribution systems to minimize total real power losses (kW) and solve voltage deviation. …”
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