Targeting HIF-1α to Prevent Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury: Does It Work? by Kapil Sethi, Kenny Rao, Damien Bolton, Oneel Patel, Joseph Ischia

“…Partial nephrectomy (open or minimally invasive) usually requires temporary renal arterial occlusion to limit intraoperative bleeding and improve access to intrarenal structures. …”
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UAV Collision Avoidance in Unknown Scenarios with Causal Representation Disentanglement by Zhun Fan, Zihao Xia, Che Lin, Gaofei Han, Wenji Li, Dongliang Wang, Yindong Chen, Zhifeng Hao, Ruichu Cai, Jiafan Zhuang

“…By concentrating on causal aspects during the policy learning phase, the impact of non-causal factors is minimized, thereby improving the generalizability of DRL models. …”
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The Relationship between Metabolic Control and Growth in Children with Type I Diabetes Mellitus in Southwest of Iran by Shide Assar, Koroush Riahi, Shiva Bashirnezhad, Leila Yazdanpanah, Seyed Mahmoud Latifi

“…Poor metabolic control can decrease height growth but has minimal influence on weight. Metabolic control was not the only predictive factor of physical growth in children with diabetes.…”
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Modeling Forced Flow Chemical Vapor Infiltration Fabrication of SiC-SiC Composites for Advanced Nuclear Reactors by Christian P. Deck, H. E. Khalifa, B. Sammuli, C. A. Back

“…Critical process parameters, such as the temperature and reactant concentration, were simulated to identify infiltration conditions which maximize composite density while minimizing the fabrication time.…”
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Design and application of depth control methods for autonomous underwater profilers in challenging marine environments by Isabel P. Morales-Aragón, Jaime Giménez-Gallego, Javier Gilabert, Roque Torres-Sánchez, Fulgencio Soto-Valles

“…The first methodology uses a simple PID control algorithm to manage depth via thrusters, suitable for marine environments where fouling is minimal. This system resulted in a mean absolute depth error of 5.6 cm and an autonomy of 127 days. …”
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The importance of inflammatory biomarkers in detecting and managing latent tuberculosis infection by Harinisri Gunasekaran, Harinisri Gunasekaran, Uma Devi Ranganathan, Uma Devi Ranganathan, Uma Devi Ranganathan, Ramalingam Bethunaickan, Ramalingam Bethunaickan, Ramalingam Bethunaickan

“…Identifying LTBI-specific biomarkers helps to identify individuals who are at higher risk of developing TB and preparing them to adhere to preventive therapy thus minimizing the global burden of TB.…”
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Synergistic strategies for glioblastoma treatment: CRISPR-based multigene editing combined with immune checkpoint blockade by Xiaolin Liu, Xiao Liu, Xiaonan Luo, Maorong Zhu, Nannan Liu, Juan Li, Qi Zhang, Cheng Zou, Yuxin Wu, Zhengcong Cao, Shuangxin Ma, Weizhong Wang, Guangzhao Yang, Jintao Gu, Wei Liu, Meng Li, Anan Yin, Yalong He, Wei Lin

“…Furthermore, the EVs contained Cas9 protein and sgRNA for precise and minimally invasive gene therapy, which addressing the key barriers associated with in vivo CRISPR‒Cas9 gene editing treatment. …”
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Assessing the Structure of the Ways of Coping Questionnaire in Fibromyalgia Patients Using Common Factor Analytic Approaches by Charles Van Liew, Maya S. Santoro, Larissa Edwards, Jeremy Kang, Terry A. Cronan

“…It was concluded that the 4-factor PAF solution was the preferable solution, based on PA extraction and the fact that this solution minimizes nonvocality and multivocality. The present study highlights the need for more research focused on defining the limits of the WCQ and the degree to which population-specific and context-specific subscale adjustments are needed.…”
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Optimization of Fault Identification and Location Using Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System and Support Vector Machine for an AC Microgrid by A. Kurmaiah, C. Vaithilingam

“…At the same time, Support vector machine identifies fault location accurately, resulting in the shortest execution time and minimal error percentage. This approach is demonstrated by using the IEEE12BUS AC Microgrid system. …”
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Advances in Henry Gas Solubility Optimization: A Physics-Inspired Metaheuristic Algorithm With Its Variants and Applications by Mohammed A. El-Shorbagy, Anas Bouaouda, Hossam A. Nabwey, Laith Abualigah, Fatma A. Hashim

“…Since its introduction by Hashim et al. in 2019, HGSO has gained significant attention for its unique features, including minimal adaptive parameters and a balanced exploration-exploitation trade-off, leading to favorable convergence. …”
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Investigation of the Effect of Aerosolized TiO2 Nanoparticles on the NO2 Concentrations under UVA Exposure by Ali Mohamadi Nasrabadi, Ana Maria Todea, Carmen Wolf, Tolga Demirel, David Habryka, Christof Asbach

“…On the other hand, when the latter was high, the influence of the former was minimal. Furthermore, as the UVA exposure increased in duration, its effect became dominant over that of the TiO2 concentration. …”
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Identifying Critical Success Factors of Humanitarian Aid Logistics in Disaster Management by Makber Tekin, Fahriye Merdivenci

“…The study aims to determine the critical success factors that affect the performance of the humanitarian aid logistics, which represents a large part of the cost of aid operations in rescue interventions and distribution of aid materials to minimize losses in disasters in Türkiye. In the methodological part, fuzzy DEMATEL was used, which explains the cause-effect relationships by determining the factors that influence each other and the degree to which they are influenced by each other. …”
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Optimization of Energy Consumption in Voice Assistants Through AI-Enabled Cache Implementation: Development and Evaluation of a Metric by Alber Oswaldo Montoya Benitez, Álvaro Suárez Sarmiento, Elsa María Macías López, Jorge Herrera-Ramirez

“…This work proposes the implementation of a VA through Artificial Intelligence (AI) training and using cache memory to minimize response time and reduce energy consumption. …”
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A Modulation Strategy for Suppressing Current Ripple in H7 Current Source Inverters Through Coordinated Switching Operations by Weiqi Wang, Longfei Wei, Xupeng Fang, Xi Liang, Kun Li, Xiaoting Xia

“…In high-power applications, CSIs often operate at lower switching frequencies to minimize losses. However, maintaining low levels of DC bus current ripple necessitates the use of large inductors on the DC side, which increases the size, weight, and cost of the system. …”
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To pre-process or not to pre-process? On the role of EEG enhancement for cybersickness characterization and the importance of amplitude modulation features by Olivier Rosanne, Danielle Benesch, Gregory Kratzig, Simon Paré, Nicole Bolt, Tiago H. Falk

“…Experimental results show that minimal pre-processing retains artifacts that may be useful for cybersickness detection (e.g., head and eye movements), while more advanced methods enable the extraction of more interpretable neural patterns that may help the research community gain additional insights on the neural underpinnings of cybersickness. …”
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Anatomical characteristics of mitral isthmus and its spatial relationship with the esophagus in patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation using CT angiography by Yilin Pan, Yilin Pan, Hong Zeng, Xin Liu, Xiaohang Fu, Liyuan Pan, Yanjing Wang

“…Understanding this relationship is crucial to minimize the risk of esophageal injuries during ablation procedures.MethodsThe investigation included 300 participants, divided into 200 subjects in the experimental group undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation and 100 in the control group. …”
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Factor Graph-Based Planning as Inference for Autonomous Vehicle Racing by Salman Bari, Xiagong Wang, Ahmad Schoha Haidari, Dirk Wollherr

“…This diverges from the conventional separation of global and local planning modules, where curvature minimization occurs at the global level. The evaluation of the proposed framework demonstrated superior performance for cumulative curvature and average speed across the racetrack. …”
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Dyspepsia: When and How to Test for Helicobacter pylori Infection by Maria Pina Dore, Giovanni Mario Pes, Gabrio Bassotti, Paolo Usai-Satta

“…In order to avoid invasive procedures and adverse effects, to minimize costs, to speed up diagnosis, and to provide the most appropriate treatments, primary care physicians need to recognize functional dyspepsia. …”
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Development of a method to achieve antegrade in situ fenestration of endovascular stent grafts in abdominal aortic aneurysms by Cyrus J. Darvish, BS, Nicholas P. Lagerman, MS, Oldrich Virag, BS, Hannah Parks, BS, Yash K. Pandya, MD, Mohammad H. Eslami, MD, David A. Vorp, PhD, Timothy K. Chung, PhD

“…Traditional endovascular aneurysm repair techniques are minimally invasive and pose low mortality rates compared with open surgical repair; however, endovascular aneurysm repair procedures face challenges in accommodating variations in the patient's anatomy. …”
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Valorization of Biomass Through Anaerobic Digestion and Hydrothermal Carbonization: Integrated Process Flowsheet and Supply Chain Network Optimization by Sanja Potrč, Aleksandra Petrovič, Jafaru M. Egieya, Lidija Čuček

“…At the same time, supply chain integration ensures sustainable feedstock management and minimizes environmental and logistical impacts, enabling a holistic approach to a circular bioeconomy. …”
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