A new dynamic model of supply boundary at low pressure in tight gas reservoir by Jinbu Li, Lili Liu, Yuan Zhu, Lian Zhao, Xiaolong Chai, Leng Tian

“…The production of gas is significantly impacted by the threshold pressure gradient, stress sensitivity and production pressure difference. …”
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Research and Application of SURF and Gray Difference in Detection of Small Modulus Plastic Gear Defect by Yang Ya, Tao Hongyan, Yu Chengbo

“…The obtained key points are iteratively sorted,and the RANSAC（ Random sample consensus） algorithm is used to extract the matching points for two times. The gray difference algorithm is used to extract the defective region after the matrix transformation registration,using the Otsu threshold method to segment the image and the characteristics of defect area domain are analyzed,which uses the Otsu threshold method to segment the image. …”
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Assessment of the palatability of Atlantic salmon by NMR spectroscopy by L. S. Abramova, A. V. Kozin, E. S. Guseva, K. A. Lavrikova

“…The processing of the data array of the content of metabolites by the method of principal components was carried out and a clear separation of fish and broth samples was revealed, as well as the difference between fish stored for a long time and the original sample. …”
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Detection in Diverse Clinical Specimens by GeneXpert MTB/RIF: A Large-Scale Retrospective Study by Li H, Li Z, Cui X, Liu X, Zhao J, Zhang Y, Wang C, Li B, Fan Y, Han J, Xia Y, Xiong Z, Zou X, Zhu Y, Li M, Lu B, Cao B

“…This retrospective study examined 4098 clinical samples from China-Japan Friendship Hospital between March 2018 and March 2019, focusing on the diagnostic performance of GeneXpert MTB/RIF across different specimen types.Methods: The study encompassed various sample types, including bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), sputum, lung tissues, hydrothorax, and others. …”
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COMPARISON OF EFFICACY OF DIFFERENT LONG-ACTING NITRATES DRUG COMPOUNDS IN PATIENTS WITH STABLE ANGINA by N. G. Kucheryavaya, E. V. Bochkareva, G. P. Arutyunov, N. A. Koziolova, O. L. Barbarash, S. A. Boytsov

“…To compare antianginal and antiischemic efficacy and tolerability of buccal nitroglycerine – Trinotrolong (TNL) medication and most commonly used pills of isosorbide-5-mononitrate (I5M) and isosorbide dinitrate (ID) in patients with stable angina.Material and methods. The study is multicenter, randomized, openlabel. …”
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Minimal Clinically Important Difference on Parkinson’s Disease Sleep Scale 2nd Version by Krisztina Horváth, Zsuzsanna Aschermann, Péter Ács, Gabriella Deli, József Janszky, Sámuel Komoly, Kázmér Karádi, Márton Kovács, Attila Makkos, Béla Faludi, Norbert Kovács

“…Both anchor-based techniques (within patients’ score change method and sensitivity- and specificity-based method by receiver operating characteristic analysis) and distribution-based approaches (effect size calculations) were utilized to determine the magnitude of minimal clinically important difference. …”
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Personality traits, pain perception, and patient attitudes toward orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances by Monika Lorek, Anna Jarząbek, Magdalena Sycińska-Dziarnowska, Sylwia Gołąb, Ewa Cichocka, Gianrico Spagnuolo, Gianrico Spagnuolo, Krzysztof Woźniak, Liliana Szyszka-Sommerfeld, Liliana Szyszka-Sommerfeld

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between pain perception, pressure pain threshold (PPT), attitude toward orthodontic treatment, and personality traits in adolescents treated with fixed orthodontic appliances.MethodsThe study involved 60 subjects aged 16 to 18 year-olds divided into 2 groups: group 1 consisted of 30 patients undergoing orthodontic treatment with fixed orthodontic appliances, and group 2 consisted of 30 untreated subjects. …”
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Establishing the minimal important difference of the visual analog scale for assessing exercise-induced fatigue by Jianyu Gan, Gengxin Dong, Yilin Xu, Yan Chen, Yunqing Zhang, Qi Gao, Dapeng Bao

“…The Visual Analog Scale (VAS) is one of the most commonly used subjective methods for evaluating exercise-induced fatigue. However, there is a limited interpretation of how much a change in this method indicates a fatigue status that matters to the exercise performance due to the lack of a well-established minimal important difference (MID). …”
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Assessment of the Effectiveness of Different Variants of Frequency Doubling Technology Perimetry in Monitoring the Glaucoma Process by I. L. Simakova, A. N. Kulikov, I. A. Tikhonovskaya

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THE LEFT VENTRICLE DIASTOLIC FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION UNDER THE USE OF DIFFERENT DRUG GROUPS by A. V. Budnevskij, E. S. Ovsjannikov, L. E. Kulikova

“…The average values of the left atrial volume index before and after the treatment course did not show significant differences. In the majority of the examined patients, this parameter did not exceed the threshold value of 34 ml/m2 . …”
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Effects of different pulse widths on acute tibial nerve stimulation for overactive bladder in cats by Dongsheng Shang, Haoyu Sun, Han Deng, Gongyue Liu, Limin Liao, Xing Li

“…The threshold intensity (T) was higher at 60 µsec than at 624 µsec (P < 0.01), while T at 210 µsec, 420 µsec, and 624 µsec showed no significant differences (P > 0.05). …”
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Estimating Grapevine Transpirational Losses Using Models Under Different Conditions of Soil Moisture by Efthymios Kokkotos, Anastasios Zotos, Dimitrios E. Tsesmelis, Eleftherios A. Petrakis, Angelos Patakas

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Polishing Ceramic Samples with Fast Argon Atoms at Different Angles of Their Incidence on the Sample Surface by Sergey N. Grigoriev, Alexander S. Metel, Marina A. Volosova, Enver S. Mustafaev, Yury A. Melnik

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DIFFERENCES IN WORKERS' BLOOD PRESSURE DUE TO NOISE IN THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN EAST JAVA, INDONESIA by Virrarny Eka Novyra, Ratih Damayanti, Ratnaningtyas Wahyu Kusuma Wardani, Indah Lutfiya

“…Purpose: This research aims to analyze the effect of noise intensity on blood pressure before and after work among employees in the rotary production area of the manufacturing industry in East Java Province, Indonesia. Method: This research employed an analytic observational study with a cross-sectional design. …”
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Morpho‐Molecular Identification of Common Freshwater Loaches Collected From Different Ecosystems of Bangladesh by Md. Amdadul Haque, Saima Binte Hadi, Ayesha Akhter Sumona, Jonaira Rashid, Mohd Golam Quader Khan, Md. Samsul Alam

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Aeroelastic Oscillations of Cantilever Beams Reinforced by Carbon Nanotubes Based on a Modified Third-Order Piston Theory by Mehdi Alimoradzadeh, Francesco Tornabene, Rossana Dimitri

“…This is solved analytically according to a multiple time scale method. A comprehensive parametric analysis was conducted to assess the influence of CNT volume fraction, beam slenderness, Mach number, and thickness ratio on the fundamental frequency and lateral dynamic deflection. …”
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Parameter Adaptive LCD Screen Defect Detection Framework by LIU Wang, SHAO Huili, HE Yongjun, XIE Yining, CHEN Deyun

“…It is necessary to detect defects in the production process of LCD screens for quality improvements Manual detection brings a heavy workload and low accuracy Therefore, an efficient and accurate automatic detection method is urgently needed To this end, this paper proposes a new defect detection framework, which mainly includes screen area extraction, preprocessing, threshold segmentation and defect selection By adaptive adjustment of parameters, the detection method can adapt to various complex situations In order to eliminate the influence of illumination changes, the defect region is segmented by automatic parameter adjustment in the threshold segmentation First, the maximum grayscale value of the image is calculated, and then the fixed parameters and the coefficient of the defect image are determined according to the nodefect image, and finally the maximum value which was selected as the minimum threshold of the threshold segmentation from the fixed parameters and the product of the maximum grayscale value and the coefficient In addition, in order to solve the problem that the brightness difference of the images captured by lowresolution cameras is too small to detect defects in the saturation condition, selfadaptive adjustment of exposure parameters was used to collect images to process different parts of images with large difference in light and shade Experiments show that the method can achieve high performance and efficiency in detecting defects such as points, lines, Mura, saturation…”
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The Early Detection of Osteoporosis Through the Measurement of Hard Palate Thickness (HPT) Using Dental Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT): A New Indicator for Osteoporosis? by Margrit-Ann Geibel, Dritan Turhani, Tilmann Blasenbrey, Meinrad Beer, Daniela Kildal

“…Osteoporosis can be diagnosed by different radiological methods. Dental cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) plays an important role in dentistry imaging. …”
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Chronic kidney disease screening in Iran: a cost-effectiveness analysis of different strategies by Fatemeh Keshvari-Shad, Mahmood Yousefi, Sakineh Haj Ebrahimi, Alireza Mahboub-Ahari, Nastaran Nemati, Satar Rezaei

“…The objective of this study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of CKD screening programs in Iran. Methods A decision-analytic Markov model was used to compare five CKD screening strategies, including (1) estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR); (2) urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR); (3) urine albumin concentration (UAC); (4) urine dipstick proteinuria testing; and (5) no screening among the general population aged 40–80 years: The analysis was conducted from the Iranian healthcare system’s perspective over a lifetime horizon, with a 1-year Markov cycle length. …”
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Detecting Driver Drowsiness Using Hybrid Facial Features and Ensemble Learning by Changbiao Xu, Wenhao Huang, Jiao Liu, Lang Li

“…However, they bring challenges arising from inter-individual differences among drivers. Variations in facial structure necessitate personalized feature extraction thresholds, yet existing methods apply a uniform threshold, leading to inaccurate feature extraction. …”
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