Australian children’s foot, ankle and leg problems in primary care: a secondary analysis of the Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) data by Hylton B Menz, Christopher Harrison, Peter A Lazzarini, Cylie M Williams, Julie Gordon

“…This data highlights the importance of initiatives supporting contemporary primary care knowledge of diagnoses and management of paediatric lower limb problems to minimise childhood burden of disease.…”
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Diabetic retinopathy further increases risk of cardiovascular disease mortality in a high-risk cohort by Richard Kha, Yasemin Kapucu, Mayuri Indrakumar, George Burlutsky, Aravinda Thiagalingam, Pramesh Kovoor, Paul Mitchell, Gerald Liew

“…Individuals with DR may benefit from a comprehensive cardiovascular risk assessment, lifestyle changes, more intensive cardiovascular management and follow-up to minimise risk of death from CVD events.…”
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Use of virtual reality in port implantation to reduce perioperative anxiety and pain: protocol for a randomised controlled pilot trial at a single German university hospital (VIP-t... by Christoph W Michalski, Felix J Hüttner, Colette Dörr-Harim, Sandra Graf, Hannah Feldmann, Lisa S Hunold, Kira C Steinkraus, Nadir Nasir

“…If the intervention demonstrates that VR can effectively reduce perioperative anxiety and pain, it may become a novel standard of care to minimise the need for analgosedation or general anaesthesia in port implantation procedures and improve patient outcomes. …”
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Feasibility and therapeutic efficacy of a two-week low-level laser acupuncture therapy for shoulder and neck pain in office workers: Protocol for a pilot, single-blind, double-arme... by Carol Chunfeng Wang, Lisa Whitehead, Travis Cruickshank, Johnny Lo, Jianhong Cecilia Xia, Jun Wen

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Safe, sustainable, cost-effective, evidence-based interventions are needed to minimise the negative implications of SNP in office workers. …”
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Adherence and efficacy outcomes in young Australians with suicidal ideation using a self-management app and digital engagement strategy compared with a sham app: a three-arm random... by Michelle Torok, Lauren McGillivray, Daniel Z.Q. Gan, Jin Han, Sarah Hetrick, Quincy J.J. Wong

“…They were randomly assigned 1:1:1 to receive (i) LifeBuoy-an app which delivered third wave cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) skills, (ii) the LifeBuoy app plus a digital engagement strategy, or (iii) a sham app to minimise expectancy bias. The primary efficacy outcome was change in suicidal ideation scores, measured by the Suicidal Ideation Attributes Scale (SIDAS), at 30–, 60– and 120– days post-baseline. …”
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One-pot green synthesis of BSA-capped O-CQDs as an effective fluorescent sensing platform for sensitive and selective detection of promethazine drug by S. Viji, A. Dinesh, K. Radhakrishnan, L. Srimathi Priya, C. Sivasankari, Madhappan Santhamoorthy, Manikandan Ayyar, V. Mohanavel, Mohamed Hashem, Hassan Fouad, G. Ramachandran, S. Santhoshkumar

“…Reliability in biosensing technologies is crucial for the accurate detection and measurement of target molecules, prompting strategies to minimise non-specific binding events that may result in inaccurate findings. …”
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Effect of Processed Coffee Husk on Feed Intake, Nutrient Digestibility, Body Weight Changes and Economic Feasibility of Bonga Sheep Fed on Natural Pasture Hay as a Basal Diet by Lidya Marew, Fentahun Meheret, Bimrew Asmare

“…However, coffee husk has toxic compounds, which can be minimised through different processing methods. Though the above techniques can minimise the toxicity level of coffee husk and increase the bioavailability of nutrients, there is scanty information on the comparative efficacy of these techniques, especially in ruminant nutrition. …”
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A Small-Area 2nd-Order Adder-Less Continuous-Time &#x0394;&#x03A3; Modulator With Pulse Shaping FIR DAC for Magnetic Sensing by Manish Srivastava, Alessandro Ferro, Aleksandr Sidun, Jose M. De La Rosa, Kilian O'Donoghue, Padraig Cantillon-Murphy, Daniel O'Hare

“…A cascade of integrators in a feed-forward architecture implemented with an adder-less architecture has been proposed to minimise the silicon area. In addition, a novel continuous-time pulse-shaped digital-to-analog converter (CT-PS DAC) is proposed for excess loop delay (ELD) compensation to simplify the current drive requirements of the reference voltage buffer. …”
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Socio-economic assessment of drought impacts in Lesotho: implications for early action by Relebohile Agnes Mojaki, Makoala Vitalis Marake, Evan Easton-Calabria, Joalane Rethabile Marunye, Erin Coughlan de Perez

“…Originality/value – The study presents an understanding of people’s opinions of the nature and state of drought impacts, which are key to any effort towards developing and implementing relevant anticipatory action interventions to minimise the impacts of drought.…”
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Mycobiota composition through the ripening of artisanal soft cheeses ‘Torta del Casar’ and ‘Queso de la Serena’ monitored by high-throughput sequencing by Almudena V. Merchán, Ángel Carlos Román, Santiago Ruiz-Moyano, María Vázquez-Hernández, Catalina M. Cabañas, María José Benito

“…Altogether, this study provides evidence of the diversity of fungi associated with traditional cheeses, highlighting the need to improve manufacturing practices to minimise variability between dairies, ensuring final quality and preserving the unique sensory characteristics that distinguish these types of Spanish artisanal cheeses.…”
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An outbreak within an outbreak: The impact of Infection Prevention and Control strategies on hospital-acquired infections and the occurrence of multi-drug resistant organisms durin... by B Mashigo, A Parker, U Lalla, B W Allwood, M S Moolla, T Lovelock, C F N Koegelenberg

“…Infection prevention and control (IPC) strategies were highlighted to minimise the risk to healthcare workers and for the protection of patients from contracting hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). …”
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The steps that young people and suicide prevention professionals think the social media industry and policymakers should take to improve online safety. A nested cross-sectional stu... by Jo Robinson, Jo Robinson, Pinar Thorn, Pinar Thorn, Samuel McKay, Samuel McKay, Hannah Richards, Hannah Richards, Rikki Battersby-Coulter, Rikki Battersby-Coulter, Michelle Lamblin, Michelle Lamblin, Laura Hemming, Laura Hemming, Laura Hemming, Louise La Sala, Louise La Sala

“…There was also strong support for international collaboration to better coordinate efforts.DiscussionStudy findings reflect the complexity associated with trying to minimise the risks of communicating online about self-harm or suicide whilst capitalising on the benefits. …”
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Longitudinal associations of flare and damage accrual in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus by Rangi Kandane-Rathnayake, Sang-Cheol Bae, Zhanguo Li, Shereen Oon, Vera Golder, Mandana Nikpour, Masayoshi Harigai, Zhuoli Zhang, Eric Morand, Chak Sing Lau, Worawit Louthrenoo, Alberta Hoi, Sandra Navarra, Sean O’Neill, Shue-Fen Luo, Yanjie Hao, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Dominique Milea, Aisha Lateef, Laniyati Hamijoyo, Sargunan Sockalingam, Madelynn Chan, Jiacai Cho, Leonid Zamora, Fiona Goldblatt, Yeong-Jian Jan Wu, Xiaomeng Xu, Aldo A Navarro Rojas

“…Prevention of flares should be considered a necessary goal of SLE disease management to minimise permanent damage.…”
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Tadalafil treatment for fetuses with early-onset growth restriction: a protocol for a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind phase II trial (TADAFER IIb) by Hiroaki Tanaka, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Yoichi Aoki, Masayuki Endo, Tomoaki Ikeda, Shintaro Maki, Masafumi Nii, Kayo Tanaka, Satoshi Tamaru, Toru Ogura, Yuki Nishimura, Tomomi Kotani, Akihiko Sekizawa, Masahiko Nakata, Koji Nakamura, Kenji Nagao, Ichiro Yasuhi, Hiroshi Kawamura, Sho Takakura, Mayumi Kotera, Takafumi Ushida, Norihiko Kikuchi, Tadatsugu Kinjo, Mayumi Takano, Sachie Suga, Michi Kasai, Osamu Yasui, Yuka Maegawa, Shigeru Aoki, Yoshio Yoshida

“…The primary endpoint is the prolongation of gestational age at birth, defined as days from the first day of the protocol-defined treatment to birth. To minimise bias in terms of fetal baseline conditions and timing of delivery, a fetal indication for delivery as in TADAFER II will be established in this trial. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche

“…The fifth and final paper, written by Jörg Tremmel (FRFG and University Tübingen), is centered around the question whether human infection studies could have been implemented during the early stages of the pandemic to minimise deaths and severe infections. The issue concludes with two reviews on recent books by Alberto Giubilini and Katie Wright. …”
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Malícia honey (Mimosa quadrivalvis L.) produced by the jandaíra bee (Melipona subnitida D.) shows antioxidant activity via phenolic compound action in obese rats by Maria Luiza Rolim Bezerra, Maria Luiza Rolim Bezerra, Mirela Gouveia-Nhanca, Mirela Gouveia-Nhanca, Maria Letícia da Veiga Dutra, Maria Letícia da Veiga Dutra, Kamila Sabino Batista, Alana Natalícia Vasconcelos de Araújo, Alana Natalícia Vasconcelos de Araújo, Marcos dos Santos Lima, Marcos dos Santos Lima, Mateus Duarte Ribeiro, Mateus Duarte Ribeiro, Alexandre Sergio Silva, Alexandre Sergio Silva, Alexandre Sergio Silva, Adriano Francisco Alves, Tatiana Colombo Pimentel, Marciane Magnani, Marciane Magnani, Jailane de Souza Aquino, Jailane de Souza Aquino, Jailane de Souza Aquino

“…Background and aimsObesity is a disease associated with increased oxidative stress in humans and animals, and consumption of antioxidant compounds such as polyphenols can minimise it. These compounds are abundant in malícia (Mimosa quadrivalvis L.) honey produced by stingless bees. …”
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Design of Fixed Beamformers Based on Vector-Sensor Arrays by Matthew Hawes, Wei Liu

“…We propose solving this problem by converting the traditional l1 norm minimisation associated with compressive sensing into a modified l1 norm minimisation which simultaneously minimises all four parts of the quaternionic weight coefficients. …”
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A PROJECT MANAGEMENT GEOINFORMATICS UTILITY FOR HEALTH PROTECTION AND SANITARY DRAWINGS IN GREEN CONSTRUCTIONS - INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS by TILEMACHOS KOLIOPOULOS, SOKRATIS THEOCHARATOS, PANAGIOTIS KOULOUMPIS, CRINA RADU, ION CRISTEA

“…The environmental impact assessment is examined of associative pollution spaces of Community Health Centres minimising the relative public health's risks. Moreover, it examines the significance of phytobioremediation techniques for landfills' heavy metal concentrations and associated risks minimisation. …”
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Paratubal Cystectomy in a Pregnant Woman Using the Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS) Technique by Luke William Nelson, Elliot MacKenzie

“…Laparoscopy is a safe approach to surgical management in the pregnant patient, and SILS may contribute to minimising perioperative complications. Case Presentation. …”
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