Pathogenesis of Hepatic Encephalopathy by Irena Ciećko-Michalska, Małgorzata Szczepanek, Agnieszka Słowik, Tomasz Mach

“…The influence of small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) on the induction of minimal hepatic encephalopathy is recently emphasized. …”
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Smoking Behavioral Intentions of Nursing Students in Kendari by Deni

“…The need for an interpersonal communication approach is supported by policies to implement strict and sanctioned no-smoking areas, both on campus and in nursing students' workplaces, to minimize their chances of having the intention to smoke.…”
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Reconfigurable Antenna Arrays with Multiple Requirements: A Versatile 3D Approach by Massimiliano Comisso, Giulia Buttazzoni, Roberto Vescovo

“…The conceived algorithm, which generalizes some existing solutions, relies on a weighted cost function, whose iterative minimization is accomplished by properly derived closed-form expressions. …”
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Redundancy Optimization of an Uncertain Parallel-Series System with Warm Standby Elements by Linmin Hu, Wei Huang, Guofang Wang, Ruiling Tian

“…The uncertain measure optimization model (UMOM), the uncertain optimistic value optimization model (UOVOM), and the uncertain cost optimization model (UCOM) are developed through reliability maximization, lifetime maximization, and cost minimization, respectively. An efficient simulation optimization algorithm is provided to calculate the objective values and optimal solutions of the UMOM, UOVOM, and UCOM. …”
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An Iterative Method for Solving Split Monotone Variational Inclusion Problems and Finite Family of Variational Inequality Problems in Hilbert Spaces by Wanna Sriprad, Somnuk Srisawat

“…In addition, by using our result, we obtain some additional results involving split convex minimization problems (SCMPs) and split feasibility problems (SFPs). …”
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Necrotizing Craniocervical Soft Tissue Infections: Clinical Experience and Personal Considerations by Stefania Gallo, Apostolos Karligkiotis, Riccardo Lenzi, Paolo Castelnuovo, Iacopo Dallan

“…Both patients were managed with very aggressive treatment (medical and surgical) and survived with minimal morbidity. Early diagnosis and aggressive, multimodality treatment can reduce mortality and morbidity rates. …”
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Susac Syndrome and Pregnancy by Yazan Al-Hasan, Justin L. Hoskin, John C. Wolf, Kamala Saha

“…Here, we present a case of a 31-year-old pregnant female with a new diagnosis of SuS that was successfully managed to 36 weeks of gestation with minimal disease burden to both the mother and newborn. …”
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A Novel End Effector for Telemanipulated Suturing in Robot-Assisted Laparoscopy by Kirst Alexander, Hellings-Kuß Anja, Hagmann Katharina, Dyck Michael, Schlenk Christopher, Klodmann Julian

“…Specialized instrumentation facilitates manual needle handling to support laparoscopic suturing tasks, e.g. uterine closure, in minimally invasive surgery. Current solutions for robotassisted laparoscopy lack the possibility to integrate these instruments, making them suitable only for conventional laparoscopic surgery. …”
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Attractors for the nonclassical diffusion equations with the driving delay term in time-dependent spaces by Yadan Shi, Yongqin Xie, Ke Li, Zhipiao Tang

“…A significant innovation is the consideration of a delay term governed by a function with minimal assumptions: merely measurability and a phase-space that is a time-dependent space of continuously-time-varying functions. …”
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Due-Window Assignment Scheduling with Variable Job Processing Times by Yu-Bin Wu, Ping Ji

“…The problem is to determine the optimal due-windows, and the processing sequence simultaneously to minimize a cost function includes earliness, tardiness, the window location, window size, and weighted number of tardy jobs. …”
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Río Bec. Des grandes maisons et des récoltes by Marie-Charlotte Arnauld, Dominique Michelet, Chloé Andrieu, Alfonso Lacadena, Éva Lemonnier, Boris Vannière, Philippe Nondédéo, Julie Patrois

“…The picture is one of a highly fragmented society consisting of many economically autonomous agents, each pursuing corporate interests that combined intensive staple production and auto-construction of stable residences on their land, with minimal insertion in craft production and regional exchanges.…”
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GENOTYPIC AND MODIFICATIONAL VARIABILITY OF THE PASSIVE DEFENSE RESPONSE TO HUMANS IN DOMESTIC PIGS by V. S. Lankin

“…An integrated approach is proposed to minimize modification variability in such adaptive behavior. …”
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Guidelines for Pomegranate Nutrient Management in Florida by Shinsuke Agehara, Weining Wang, Ali Sarkhosh

“…Proper fertilization is critical to promote healthy canopy development, minimize nutrient disorders, and maximize fruit yield and quality. …”
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Factors influencing hardenability of steels on the example of grade 42Cr MoS4. Convergence of the results of calculation and experimental methods by S. V. Zakharevich, N. A. Hlazunova

“…The article contains results of a study on dependence of hardenability of steel grade 42CrMoS4 on design features of the equipment and the process aimed to ensure correspondence of the fi al product to the requirements. Measures that minimize spread of values due to preparation of samples for hardenability test in industrial conditions are presented. …”
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Recent Advances in Bidirectional Modeling and Structural Control by Satyam Paul, Wen Yu, Xiaoou Li

“…The importance of control devices and its applications to minimize bidirectional vibrations has been illustrated. …”
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Frost Damage of Carinata Grown in the Southeastern US by Michael J. Mulvaney, Ramdeo (Andy) Seepaul, Ian M. Small, David L. Wright, Silvana V. Paula-Moraes, Carl Crozier, Paul Cockson, Brian Whipker, Ramon Leon

“…This 4-page fact sheet discusses symptomology and ways to minimize risk of frost damage to carinata. Written by Michael J. …”
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Best Proximity Point Theorem in Quasi-Pseudometric Spaces by Robert Plebaniak

“…A best proximity point theorem furnishes sufficient conditions that ascertain the existence of an optimal solution to the problem of globally minimizing the error inf⁡{d(x,y):y∈T(x)}, and hence the existence of a consummate approximate solution to the equation T(X)=x.…”
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First Report of a Case of Pneumococcal Meningitis Which Did Not Respond to the Ceftriaxone Therapy despite the Isolated Organism Being Sensitive to This Antibiotic In Vitro by Maryam Mojtabavi, Hamid Reza Naderi, Ashraf Tavanaee Sani, Mahmood Bagheri, Kiarash Ghazvini

“…A 60-year-old man presented with pneumococcal meningitis which did not respond to the ceftriaxone therapy, in spite of in-vitro susceptibility (minimal inhibitory concentration of 0.016 μg/dLit) of the isolated organism to this antibacterial agent, although ceftriaxone is still the drug of choice for such pneumococcal meningitis. …”
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Wykorzystanie odpadów biodegradowalnych do produkcji biogazu jako alternatywnego źródła energii odnawialnej by Marlena Owczuk, Dorota Wardzińska, Anna Zamojska-Jaroszewicz, Anna Matuszewska

“…Such effects can be minimized by further processing methods. One method, which is gaining increased importance around the world, is anaerobic digestion, for which biodegradable waste is a valuable source of raw material (Ryckebosch et al. 2011; Deublein, Steinhauser 2008). …”
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Frost Damage of Carinata Grown in the Southeastern US by Michael J. Mulvaney, Ramdeo (Andy) Seepaul, Ian M. Small, David L. Wright, Silvana V. Paula-Moraes, Carl Crozier, Paul Cockson, Brian Whipker, Ramon Leon

“…This 4-page fact sheet discusses symptomology and ways to minimize risk of frost damage to carinata. Written by Michael J. …”
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