The Effects of Climate Change in the Insurance Sector: A Case of Turkey by Tuğçe Torusdağ, Mustafa Tepeci, İsmail Metin

“…It’s become a necessity today to carry out studies to minimize the effects of climate change and to raise awareness. …”
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Scaphoid and Lunate Dislocation as a Unit—A Rare Variant of Perilunate Injury: Case Report and Literature Review for Management Recommendations by Ajin Edwin, Vigneswaran Varadharajan, Praveen Bhardwaj, Shanmuganathan Raja Sabapathy

“…Clinical significance: This case underscores the importance of early identification and management of such rare injuries to maximize patient outcomes and minimize potential complications such as persistent carpal instability, reduced wrist movements, and early wrist arthritis.…”
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Memristor-based feature learning for pattern classification by Tuo Shi, Lili Gao, Yang Tian, Shuangzhu Tang, Jinchang Liu, Yiqi Li, Ruixi Zhou, Shiyu Cui, Hui Zhang, Yu Li, Zuheng Wu, Xumeng Zhang, Taihao Li, Xiaobing Yan, Qi Liu

“…We present an approach that directly implements feature learning using semiconductor physics to minimize disparity between model and hardware. Following this approach, a feature learning technique based on memristor drift-diffusion kinetics is proposed by leveraging the dynamic response of a single memristor to learn features. …”
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Structural Damage Identification through an Optimal Sensor Placement Approach and the Modal Strain Energy Based Index by Seyed Mohammad Seyedpoor, Reza Yahyapour, Ali Asghar Mofdi, Saeed Fallahian

“…In the first stage, a correlation function between the reconstructed mode shapes using the iterated improved reduced system (IRS) method and the complete mode shapes of a structure is defined and then the function is minimized via the binary differential evolution (BDE) algorithm to find the optimal sensor placement of the structure. …”
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Flypaper effect: Analysis of financial transfers from the central government to provincial regions in Indonesia by Retno Fitrianti, Mirzalina Zaenal, Sanusi Fattah, Nurul Hidayah

“…These findings highlight the need for policy reforms to strengthen local revenue generation, minimize reliance on central government transfers, and prioritize investments in infrastructure. …”
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Mixture Aerosols Filtration on Filters with Wide Fibre Diameter Distribution — Comparison with Theoretical and Empirical Models by Mateusz Kamiński, Jakub M. Gac, Piotr Sobiech, Paweł Kozikowski, Tomasz Jankowski

“…This effect was found to be significant, and replacing one diameter value representing all the fibres in the filter with twenty diameter ranges, each representing only a fraction of the total fibres, is sufficient to minimize the error due to the underrepresentation of the actual fibre distribution in the filter. …”
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New Insights into the Mechanisms of Chinese Herbal Products on Diabetes: A Focus on the “Bacteria-Mucosal Immunity-Inflammation-Diabetes” Axis by Zezheng Gao, Qingwei Li, Xuemin Wu, Xuemin Zhao, Linhua Zhao, Xiaolin Tong

“…Chinese herbs have been traditionally used to treat diabetes, with minimal side and toxic effects. Here, we reviewed monomers such as berberine, ginsenoside, M. charantia extract, and curcumin and herbal formulae such as Gegen Qinlian Decoction, Danggui Liuhuang Decoction, and Huanglian Wendan Decoction. …”
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EEG Channel Selection Using Particle Swarm Optimization for the Classification of Auditory Event-Related Potentials by Alejandro Gonzalez, Isao Nambu, Haruhide Hokari, Yasuhiro Wada

“…Specifically, the algorithm searches for the set of EEG channels and classifier parameters that simultaneously maximize the classification accuracy and minimize the number of used channels. The performance of the method is assessed through offline analyses on datasets of auditory ERPs from sound discrimination experiments. …”
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Understanding the Effect of Grown-in Defects in Silicon on Solar Cell Efficiency by Jinta Mathew, Bulent Arikan, Sercan Aslan, Ryan Bugeja, Davide La Fata, Jessica Magro, Vahdet Özyahni, Selin Seyrek, Nurhayat Yildirim, Daniele Zingariello, Marija Demicoli, Raşit Turan, Luciano Mule' Stagno

“…Moreover, this study will also shed light on the development of crystal recipes or after-crystal procedures to eliminate or minimize these effects on solar cell performance. …”
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A Homemade Snare: An Alternative Method for Mechanical Removal of Dirofilaria immitis in Dogs by Ana Margarida Alho, António Fiarresga, Miguel Landum, Clara Lima, Óscar Gamboa, José Meireles, José Sales Luís, Luís Madeira de Carvalho

“…Once diagnosed the main treatment goals are to improve the animal’s clinical condition and to eliminate all life stages of the parasite with minimal posttreatment side effects. This can be achieved through mechanical, surgical, or chemotherapeutical approaches. …”
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Detection of Total Phenol in Green and Black Teas by Flow Injection System and Unmodified Screen Printed Electrode by Ivanildo Luiz de Mattos, José Heraclito Zagal

“…The complex formed in the presence of EDTA minimizes or avoids polymerization of the oxidized phenols. …”
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Proteomic Profiling Towards a Better Understanding of Genetic Based Muscular Diseases: The Current Picture and a Look to the Future by Marc Pauper, Andreas Hentschel, Malte Tiburcy, Sergi Beltran, Tobias Ruck, Ulrike Schara-Schmidt, Andreas Roos

“…Future directions may include targeted proteomics in diagnostic settings using not only muscle biopsies but also liquid biopsies to address the need for minimally invasive procedures.…”
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Risk-Control Approach for a Bottleneck Spanning Tree Problem with the Total Network Reliability under Uncertainty by Takashi Hasuike, Hideki Katagiri, Hiroshi Tsuda

“…Using this interval, as well as minimizing the maximum value of worse edge costs, maximizing the minimum value of robust parameters to edge costs is introduced as objective functions in the risk-control. …”
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<span style="font-variant: small-caps">Ventinel</span>: Automated Detection of Android Vishing Apps Using Optical Character Recognition by Daegyeom Kim, Sehwan O, Younghoon Ban, Jungsoo Park, Kyungho Joo, Haehyun Cho

“…<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ventinel</span> achieves 100% detection accuracy, surpassing commercial applications, and operates with minimal data collection to ensure user privacy. We also describe malicious API behavior and demonstrate that the same behavior is possible for API levels 29 and higher. …”
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Hydrogel-based nanoparticles: revolutionizing brain tumor treatment and paving the way for future innovations by Alireza Shadab, Simin Farokhi, Arshia Fakouri, Neda Mohagheghzadeh, Ali Noroozi, Zahra Sadat Razavi, Arian Karimi Rouzbahani, Hamidreza Zalpoor, Mohamad Mahjoor

“…By delivering drugs directly to the tumor bed, these nanoparticles enhance therapeutic outcomes and minimize adverse effects. In addition, this review investigates the techniques for characterizing, visualizing, and modifying these nanoparticles, as well as the standing challenges and promising research avenues for their clinical application. …”
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Joint Optimization of Regular Charging Electric Bus Transit Network Schedule and Stationary Charger Deployment considering Partial Charging Policy and Time-of-Use Electricity Price... by Xinghua Li, Tianzuo Wang, Lingjie Li, Feiyu Feng, Wei Wang, Cheng Cheng

“…The objective of the model is to minimize the total investment cost of the transit system including the capital and maintenance cost of EBs and chargers, the power consumption cost, and time-related in-service cost. …”
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A Tuning Method for the Supplementary Voltage Controller of Dual-Side Grid Forming Converters in Distributed Storage Systems by Angel Perez-Basante, Asier Gildemuro, Ander Ordono, Salvador Ceballos, Eneko Unamuno, Jon Andoni Barrena

“…This article presents a novel tuning method, based on small signal analysis, for the configuration parameters of a dual-side GF controller. It aims to minimize the dynamic performance difference between the dual-side and ideal GF controllers, thus ensuring that the dual-side GF provides the expected support to the grid in terms of inertia, damping and primary response, while simultaneously controlling the dc voltage. …”
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Does administrative divisions adjustment affect polluting industries dependence? Evidence from township-town merge in China by Xiaodan Zheng, Shangpu Li, Junwen Li, Yihong Sun

“…Evidence also highlights a notable boundary effect of TTM, though its impact is minimal in districts/counties at provincial borders due to their potentially lower public investment inclination. …”
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Adaptive Radar Waveform Design Based on Weighted MI and the Difference of Two Mutual Information Metrics by Fengming Xin, Bin Wang, Shumin Li, Xin Song, Chi-Hsu Wang

“…Since the target and clutter information are included in the received signal at the beginning of the design, DMI-based waveform is designed according to the following criterion: maximizing the MI between the received signal and target impulse response while minimizing the MI between the received signal and the clutter impulse response. …”
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Gas-Water Flow Behavior in Water-Bearing Tight Gas Reservoirs by Renyi Cao, Liyou Ye, Qihong Lei, Xinhua Chen, Y. Zee Ma, Xiao Huang

“…Therefore, a reasonable drawdown pressure should be set to minimize the damage of nonlinear factors to gas recovery.…”
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