Educators' perceptions on the benefits and barriers of oral PrEP uptake among adolescent girls and young women in Vulindlela, KwaZulu-Natal by Simamkele Bokolo, Eliza Govender

“…However, these benefits were clouded by barriers and concerns around minimal, or poor condom use as a result of oral PrEP use which could promote promiscuity and minimalise efficacy. …”
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Analysis of landslide risk in south OKU Regency, Indonesia by Hafiza Ellin, Utomo Budi, Seftinar Helfa

“…Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen community capacity and increase preparedness in facing landslide disasters to minimize the risks posed.…”
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Specific Features of Counteracting VAT Evasion: Experience of Ukraine and Foreign Countries by N. S. Horobets

“…It has been noted that the joint search by the states for the ways to combat VAT evasion is due to the need to minimize the damage caused to the financial and economic interests of the state by such actions, to increase the efficiency of value added tax, to increase the competitiveness level of domestic producers, to stimulate priority economic activities in the state. …”
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Low-carbon cementitious composite incorporated with biochar and recycled fines suitable for 3D printing applications: hydration, shrinkage and early-age performance by Karol Federowicz, Krzysztof Cendrowski, Paweł Sikora

“…Conversely, biochar, due to its water absorption capacity, reduces fluidity, enhancing buildability by enabling faster printing with minimal initial deformation. Additionally, replacing up to 2.5 vol.% of cement with either material accelerates the normalized heat flow, contributing to a quicker gain in mechanical properties. …”
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Energy Efficiency of Kernel and User Space Level VPN Solutions in AIoT Networks by ALEKSANDAR JEVREMOVIC, Zona Kostic, Ivan Chorbev, Dragan Perakovic, Andrii Shalaginov, Ivan Cvitic

“…Local data processing usually minimizes, but not entirely eliminates, data exchange with the environment. …”
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Analysis of Salivary Cytokines in Retinopathy of Prematurity by Hwa-Shiu Wu, Hsin-Chun Huang, I-Lun Chen

“…Additionally, we sought to identify a minimally invasive method for cytokine detection in this population. …”
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The Impact of a Pure Protein Load on the Glucose Levels in Type 1 Diabetes Patients Treated with Insulin Pumps by Tomasz Klupa, Teresa Benbenek-Klupa, Bartlomiej Matejko, Sandra Mrozinska, Maciej T. Malecki

“…In Phase I, baseline insulin infusion was optimized to minimize the differences in fasting glucose levels to less than 30 mg/dL between any two time points between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. …”
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Evaluation of spatio-temporal water quality status of Jeera river, Odisha, India by Aiswarya Pati, Showkat Ahmad Mir, Archana Padhiary, Iswar Baitharu, Binata Nayak

“…The current condition of the Jeera River is deplorable, leaving behind only minimal economic and ecological values. The study emphasizes analyzing the seasonal variation of the water quality rating of Jeera River in terms of the Water Quality Index (WQI). …”
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Refactoring Android Source Code Smells From Android Applications by Muhammad Fawad, Ghulam Rasool, Muhammad Bilal Riaz

“…This study enhances the Android application development lifecycle by offering developers a feasible solution for optimizing CPU efficiency, reducing memory use, and minimizing battery consumption.…”
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SGD-TripleQNet: An Integrated Deep Reinforcement Learning Model for Vehicle Lane-Change Decision by Yang Liu, Tianxing Yang, Liwei Tian, Jianbiao Pei

“…This dynamic weight adjustment process fine-tunes the weights based on gradient information to minimize the target loss function. The approach effectively addresses key challenges in autonomous driving lane-change decisions, including slow convergence, low accuracy, and unstable decision-making. …”
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Postoperative Hemoglobin Drop and the Associated Factors among Elective Orthopedic Surgeries in Northern Tanzania by Abdel Ashir, Elifuraha G. Maya, Shahnoor Ruhulamin Saiyed, Taher Muslim Alimohamed, Mubashir Alavi Jusabani, Kulthum A. Abdel, Abid M. Sadiq, Ali Mohamed Ali, Faiton Ndesanjo Mandari

“…These factors should be incorporated to minimize the drop in Hb in orthopedic surgeries. Accounting for differences in surgeries, there should not be delays in patients who have a preoperative Hb level that can sustain the mean Hb drop recorded in the study.…”
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PYROSEQUENCING: ITS POTENTIAL AND LIMITATIONS IN DIAGNOSIS OF INHERITED DISEASES IN CATTLE by Н. A. Kirsanova, A. V. Sukhoedova, M. A. Pleskacheva, I. V. Soltynskaya, I. A. Timofeeva, О. V. Prasolova, E. V. Krylova

“…The use of the proposed genetic tests to detect mutant alleles, as well as reduced use of mutation-bearing animals in stock breeding will allow minimizing the occurrence of inherited diseases and thus improving the gene pool of cattle in the country.…”
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Narrative Literature Review of Potential Atrial Fibrillation Mechanism of Action Induced by Discontinuation of Benzodiazepines by Agnė Okulevičiūtė, Gabija Laubner Sakalauskienė

“…Caution is needed in prescribing and considering alternative treatments to minimize risks. Aim: Narrative literature review of potential atrial fibrillation mechanism of action induced by discontinuation of benzodiazepines. …”
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Behavior modeling for a new flexure-based mechanism by Hunger Game Search and physics-guided artificial neural network by Hieu Giang Le, Thanh-Phong Dao, Minh Phung Dang, Thao Nguyen-Trang

“…The Hunger Game Search can directly search the model’s weights and biases so that the target function that takes advantages of both physical and data information can be minimized. The investigations on diverse training set ratios and the ANOVA tests at the $$10\%$$ significance level reveal that using the Hunger Game Search can result in smaller errors than using the backpropagation method. …”
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Clinical benefits of the 5th intercostal incision in uniportal VATS for female patients by Dalin Wang, Zhilin Luo, Jia Ming

“…The 5th intercostal incision provides substantial clinical advantages in uniportal VATS for female patients, including reduced breast tissue involvement, minimized pain, enhanced cosmetic outcomes, and faster recovery. …”
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Sirtuin-2 Protects Neural Cells from Oxidative Stress and Is Elevated in Neurodegeneration by Preeti Singh, Peter S. Hanson, Christopher M. Morris

“…SIRT2 reduced the formation of α-synuclein aggregates but showed minimal colocalisation with α-synuclein. In postmortem PD brain tissue, SIRT2 activity was elevated compared to controls but also elevated in other neurodegenerative disorders. …”
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Variable Load Demand Scheme for Hybrid AC/DC Nanogrid by Shoaib Rauf, Ali Raza Kalair, Nasrullah Khan

“…PV plants produce DC power; when used directly, the loss will automatically be minimized to 16%. The AC/DC hybrid nanogrid exhibits 63% more efficiency as compared to AC-only nanogrid and nearly 18% more efficiency as compared to DC-only nanogrid. …”
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Relevance of histamine and tryptase concentrations in nasal secretions after nasal challenges with phosphate buffered saline and allergen by D. Wang, P. Clement, J. Smitz, M.-P. Derde

“…Results showed that the concentrations of tryptase in almost all samples were under the minimal detection limit (< 0.5 μU/g) and only a sigrtificant increase of tryptase (median, 28 μU/g) occurred immediately after nasal allergen challenge in the patient group. …”
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Regimes of dispositivity in the legal regulation of contractual relations by Yu. I. Chalyі

“…In the legal regulation of contractual relations between entrepreneurs and consumers, discretion should be applied to a relatively minimal extent. In this regard, the legislator imperatively determines the terms of contracts on which the parties must reach an agreement; regulates sample (exemplary, typical) contracts; imposes pre-contractual obligations on entrepreneurs to fully inform consumers about the properties of products offered for sale; establishes general prohibitions on unfair contractual terms; provides consumers with certain guarantees regarding the conclusion, amendment and termination of contracts, etc. …”
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Modelling infiltration processes in rain gardens: Influence of design parameters on hydrological efficiency by M. Kravchenko, T. Tkachenko, V. Mileikovskyi

“…The WRC of soil materials and the depth of the system layers significantly impact the time required for full saturation and water filling but have minimal effect on the surface HWC. It was demonstrated that a rain garden with a depth of 1.2 m, a catchment-to-garden area ratio of 15, and a filtration coefficient of 100-200 cm/h functions effectively under critical rainfall intensities. …”
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