Optimising neonatal services for very preterm births between 27+0 and 31+6 weeks gestation in England: the OPTI-PREM mixed-methods study by Thillagavathie Pillay, Oliver Rivero-Arias, Natalie Armstrong, Sarah E Seaton, Miaoqing Yang, Victor L Banda, Kelvin Dawson, Abdul QT Ismail, Vasiliki Bountziouka, Caroline Cupit, Alexis Paton, Bradley N Manktelow, Elizabeth S Draper, Neena Modi, Helen E Campbell, Elaine M Boyle

“…Aim To investigate, for preterm babies born between 27+0 and 31+6 weeks gestation in England, optimal place of birth and early care. Design Mixed methods. Setting National Health Service neonatal care, England. …”
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Studying Spatiotemporal Changeability of Oak Forests in Zagros in Response to Rainfall Variation by Zahra Alirezai, Amir Gandomkar, Morteza khodagholi, Alireza Abbasi

“…On the other hand, they create a vegetative cover of a balanced microclimate in the heart of the region general climate, which sometimes differs significantly from the original climate. Borhan et al., 2015). 2-Materials and Methods In this study, two categories of data were used. …”
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Noise Levels Due to Commercial and Leisure Activities in Urban Areas: Experimental Validation of a Numerical Model Fed with Crowd Density Estimation Using Computer Vision by Óscar Ramón-Turner, Jacob D. R. Bordón, Asunción González-Rodríguez, Javier Lorenzo-Navarro, Modesto Castrillón-Santana, Guillermo M. Álamo, Román Quevedo-Reina, Carlos Romero-Sánchez, Antonio T. Ester-Sánchez, Cristina Medina, Fidel García, Orlando Maeso, Juan J. Aznárez

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Measurement of Neutron Radiation Capture Reaction Cross Section for Rhenium by WANG Xiaoyu1, HE Guozhu1, , ZHANG Qiwei1, LUO Haotian1, XU Kuozhi1, LI Qian1, XIE Likun2, LUAN Guangyuan1, RUAN Xichao1, ZOU Chong1, 3, CHEN Xuanbo1, WU Hongyi1, FAN Ruirui4, 5, JIANG Wei4, 5, CAO Ping6, YU Tao2

“…However, in the space reactor simulation by Monte Carlo method, it was found that the keff values of the space reactor will have a great difference when different database was referenced. …”

Evaluating the accessibility and equity of key amenities in the X-minute and Y-monetary-cost city: A double-threshold cumulative opportunity measure by Yue Chen, Shunping Jia, Qi Xu

“…Compared with existing methods, the double-threshold cumulative opportunity measure has better simplicity and interpretability. …”
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TOPOLOGICAL IMAGE PROCESSING FOR COMPREHENSIVE DEFECT AND DEVIATION ANALYSIS USING ADAPTIVE BINARISATION by Igor Badanyuk, Igor Nevliudov, Dmytro Nikitin

“…Objectives: to analyse the subject area for the analysis of technical images of the topology of the SOE; to describe the finding of the global binarisation threshold  using the "Otsu" method; to perform global image binarisation; to calculate the standard deviation of binarisation; to process the results obtained to find the required value of the Block size; to test the developed algorithm in software. …”
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Assessment of Clavicular Shortening in Displaced Midshaft Clavicular Fractures Treated by Nonoperative Method, Plating, and Elastic Nailing: Comparative Functional Analysis—A Case... by Makesh Ram Sriraghavan, Poornima Kumararaja, Balakannan Jeyabalan

“…There can be variations in the threshold for surgery among different surgeons and institutions. …”
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IDENTIFIKASI MODEL SELF-EXCITING THRESHOLD AUTOREGRESSIVE DENGAN SWITCHING TWO REGIME (KASUS PADA DATA EKSPOR AGRIKULTUR DI INDONESIA) by Husnun Nur Ghiffari Putri Riyansyah, Dewi Retno Sari Saputro, Bowo Winarno

“…A time series model that explain the structural changes associated with data in a certain time period is the Threshold Autoregressive (TAR) model. The basic of the TAR model there are some different usage regimes in autoregressive analysis. …”
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Dentate gyrus granule cell activation following extracellular electrical stimulation: a multi-scale computational model to guide hippocampal neurostimulation strategies by Shayan Farzad, Shayan Farzad, Tianyuan Wei, Tianyuan Wei, Jean-Marie C. Bouteiller, Jean-Marie C. Bouteiller, Gianluca Lazzi, Gianluca Lazzi, Gianluca Lazzi, Gianluca Lazzi

“…The resulting model simulates electric fields generated by virtual electrodes in the perforant path of entorhinal cortical (EC) axons projecting to the dentate gyrus (DG) and predicts DG granule cell activation via synaptic inputs.ResultsWe determined stimulation amplitude thresholds required for granule cell activation at different electrode placements along the perforant path. …”
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Correlation of the cycle threshold value of SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR with biomarker levels in the prognosis of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 by Shweta Singhal, Geetika Rana, Atul K. Singh, Shekhar Pal, Shweta Thaledi

“…Method: Patients with the cycle threshold (Ct) value <35 were included in the study and their initial Ct values were noted. …”
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Bayesian FDOA Positioning with Correlated Measurement Noise by Wenjun Zhang, Xi Li, Yi Liu, Le Yang, Fucheng Guo

“…Conventional localization algorithms such as the two-stage weighted least squares (TSWLS) method, which jointly exploits TDOA and FDOA measurements for positioning, are thus no longer applicable since they will suffer from the thresholding effect and yield meaningless localization results. …”
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Numerical Simulation-Based Study on the Arching Effect in Subsequent Backfill by Xuebin Xie, Wei Wang

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Physiological effects of spirulina supplementation during lactate threshold exercise at simulated altitude (2,500 m): a randomized controlled trial by Tom Gurney, James Brouner, Owen Spendiff

“…No other physiological variables (Watts, RER, RPE, VO2) were significantly different (p > 0.05) at the calculated threshold, or during the first four lower stages. …”
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Comparisons of Fatty Acid Taste Detection Thresholds in People Who Are Lean vs. Overweight or Obese: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. by Robin M Tucker, Kathryn A Kaiser, Mariel A Parman, Brandon J George, David B Allison, Richard D Mattes

“…A total of 7 studies that reported measurement of taste sensations to non-esterified fatty acids by psychophysical methods (e.g.,studies using model systems rather than foods, detection thresholds as measured by a 3-alternative forced choice ascending methodology were included in the meta-analysis. …”
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International comparisons of fetal and neonatal mortality rates in high-income countries: should exclusion thresholds be based on birth weight or gestational age? by Ashna D Mohangoo, Béatrice Blondel, Mika Gissler, Petr Velebil, Alison Macfarlane, Jennifer Zeitlin, Euro-Peristat Scientific Committee

“…<h4>Principal findings</h4>For fetal mortality, rates based on gestational age were significantly higher than those based on birth weight (p<0.001), although these differences varied between countries. The use of a 1000-gram threshold included 8823 fetal deaths compared with 9535 using a 28-week threshold (difference of 712). …”
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Developing physical Activity and Sedentary behaviour thresholds for the Secondary prevention of Heart disease (DASSH): a cohort mortality survival tree analysis by Nicole Freene, Amanda Lönn, Theo Niyonsenga, Suzanne Carroll, Adrian Bauman, Robyn Gallagher, Rachel Davey

“…For SB, the threshold for mortality was < 5–6 h/day. Sex-specific differences in thresholds for MVPA and SB were found. …”
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Differentiation of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia from colonization: a clinical decision framework incorporating risk stratification and next-generation sequencing thresholds by Xiaoyan Sun, Peng Zhang, Kaiyu Zhang

“…Materials and methods This retrospective study analyzed the clinical characteristics, imaging findings, and laboratory parameters of patients who tested positive for P. jirovecii by next-generation sequencing (NGS) at the First Hospital of Jilin University between January 2014 and October 2024. …”
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Unraveling relevant cross-waves pattern drifts in patient-hospital risk factors among hospitalized COVID-19 patients using explainable machine learning methods by Fernanda Cristina Barbosa Lana, Carolina Coimbra Marinho, Bruno Barbosa Miranda de Paiva, Lucas Rocha Valle, Guilherme Fonseca do Nascimento, Leonardo Chaves Dutra da Rocha, Marcelo Carneiro, Joanna d‘Arc Lyra Batista, Fernando Anschau, Pedro Gibson Paraiso, Frederico Bartolazzi, Christiane Corrêa Rodrigues Cimini, Alexandre Vargas Schwarzbold, Danyelle Romana Alves Rios, Marcos André Gonçalves, Milena Soriano Marcolino

“…Methods This multicenter retrospective cohort included COVID-19 patients from 39 hospitals, from March/2020 to August/2022. …”
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Mechanically deboned poultry meat and its role in rational and efficient use of raw materials by V. V. Gushchin

“…Nevertheless, the performed studies create conditions for improvement of the approach to classification of different MDPM types by the production method and maximum allowable threshold values of the main standardized parameters, assessment methods, detection of their characteristics and substantiation of terminology.…”
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Heart Rate Variability Analysis in Congestive Heart Failure: The Need for Standardized Assessment Protocols by Monika Míková, David Pospíšil, Jan Řehoř, Marek Malik

“…Reduced HRV has consistently been found to be associated with all-cause mortality in CHF patients. However, different thresholds of long-term HRV indices have been proposed as mortality predictors; meanwhile, findings related to the prediction of other cardiac events, including sudden cardiac death, remain inconsistent. …”
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