Sex differences in the prediction of metabolic abnormalities via body mass index in an Eastern Chinese population by Yingjie Gao, Kaimeng Jin, Jin Chen, Ben Chen, Yan Guo, Jin Lu

“…ObjectiveBody mass index (BMI) is important for predicting the occurrence of metabolic abnormality, but sex differences exist. We aimed to investigate potential sex differences in the predictive value of BMI for metabolic abnormality and to calculate the optimal BMI cut-offs for predicting metabolic abnormality for each sex.MethodsParticipants (n = 4,623) who attended a health check-up centre continuously in Eastern China between January 2022 and December 2023 were evaluated for metabolic abnormalities. …”
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The short-term effects of different cold spell definitions on asthma outpatient visits in Lanzhou, China by Jianjun Wu, Xizhuoma Zha, Xuelin Ren, Boxi Feng, Ying Zhang, Linghong Wang, Xingmin Wei, Yahui Xie, Jia Zhang, Jie Lu

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Fiscal Sustainability of Local Governments in the Visegrad Group Countries by Tomasz Uryszek

“…Objective: The main goal of the article is to assess the level of fiscal sustainability at the local government level in the Visegrad Group (V4) economies. Research Design & Methods: Two different methods of fiscal sustainability measures were used in the article to verify whether the local government deficit is sustainable: estimations of the no-Ponzi conditions, and calculations of the threshold primary balance. …”
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Early Detection of Pine Wilt Disease by Combining Pigment and Moisture Content Indices Using UAV-Based Hyperspectral Imagery by Rui Hou, Biyao Zhang, Guofei Fang, Sihan Yang, Lei Guo, Wenjiang Huang, Jing Yao, Quanjun Jiao, Hong Sun, Jiayu Yan

“…Based on the asynchronous variations in canopy moisture and pigment content during the development of PWD, the CI, WASCOSBNDI, and CI-WASCOSBNDI models were developed using a multi-threshold segmentation method to identify trees at different stages of infection. …”
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Gender-specific inflammatory burden and headache risk in youth: a NHANES analysis by Binbin Zhu, Rui Zhao, Long Wang, Changshun Huang, Yiwei Zhang, Zhiyou Peng, Yijun Chen

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Caffeine’s influence on vertical jump height: a real-life collegiate student-athlete approach by Zacharias Papadakis, Vassilios Panoutsakopoulos, Antonella Schwarz, Jose Antonio

“…This study examined whether acute caffeine ingestion at this threshold improves squat jump (SJ) and countermovement jump (CMJ) performance in NCAA Division II student-athletes, while exploring sex-specific responses and trial-to-trial variability.Methods Forty NCAA Division II athletes (18 females, 22 males; 21.3 ± 2.4 years) participated in a single-blind, randomized, crossover trial. …”
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Sex differences between atherogenic index of plasma and α-klotho levels in middle-aged and older adults: NHANES 2007–2016 by Cheng Zuo, Zi-Duo Shen, Yaojun Lu

“…The trend analysis and smoothed curve fitting showed a nonlinear dose–response relationship. Threshold effect analysis showed a significant difference in the association between AIP and α-klotho before and after the AIP break point (0.434). …”
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Locating activation sites of TMS with opposite current directions using probabilistic modelling and biophysical axon models by Ilkka Laakso, Juhani Kataja, Noora Matilainen, Timo Roine, Thomas Tarnaud, Yoshikazu Ugawa

“…Background:: Motor responses evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) using posterior–anterior (PA) and anterior–posterior (AP) current directions have distinct latencies and thresholds. However, the underlying reasons for these differences remain unclear. …”
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Decomposing decision mechanisms in female substance use disorder: drift diffusion modeling of context-dependent biases in gain and loss processing by Hao Zhang, Gavin Kader, Huoyin Zhang, Haijian Zhao, Wanke Pan, Peng Lei

“…Participants made choices between smaller-immediate and larger-delayed monetary options across varying magnitudes, delay lengths, and reward differences. Behavioral preferences were analyzed using delay discounting models, while cognitive mechanisms were examined using hierarchical drift diffusion modeling to extract decision parameters (drift rates, thresholds, bias, non-decision time). …”
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Cost-effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening under different scenarios of colonoscopy adherence: a microsimulation study by Juan Yang, Chen Yang, Wanghong Xu, Yongbing Xiang, Min Hu, Yuting Tan, Weimiao Wu, Kai Gu, Qiuming Shen

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State-of-the-Art Document Image Binarization Using a Decision Tree Ensemble Trained on Classic Local Binarization Algorithms and Image Statistics by Nicolae Tarbă, Costin-Anton Boiangiu, Mihai-Lucian Voncilă

“…Global thresholding uses a single threshold value for the entire image, whereas local thresholding uses different values for the different pixels. …”
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Consistency of 3D reconstruction measurements of lower limb torsion at different segments with the CT gold standard by Shouliang Xiong, Yunpeng Luo, Shikuan Zhang, Zhongxuan Wu, Degang Huang, Hongzhou Sun

“…Paired t test was used to compare the difference between the results of 2D and 3D methods, and the significance level was set to P < 0.05. …”
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Comparing weight loss rates between males and females: a preliminary analysis by Valentina Rodriguez Da Silva, Ryan Singh, Valeria V. Silva Ramirez, Daniel Arevalo, Eric T. Trexler, Landon Shannahan, John Solis, Samuel Blanke, Samuel Evers, Talon Westervelt, John Holtje, Bill I. Campbell

“…Mean time to reach this threshold was 9.45 ± 3.38 weeks for females and 8.71 ± 2.80 weeks for males.Conclusion Although males and females present different biological profiles that result in differing body composition outcomes, under a controlled caloric deficit, males and females lose 5% of body weight at similar rates, with no significant difference between groups. …”
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Comparative efficacy of different lengths of anterior cruciate ligament stump during reconstruction with peroneus longus tendon by Chunrong Chen, Zhang Jing, Zhimin Li, Minghua Hu, Chaoyong Bei, Linwei Xin

“…The knee joint proprioceptive threshold of passive motor perception was used to evaluate recovery of proprioception. …”
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Comparison of Factors Affecting Quality of Life in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke Across Different Stroke Severities by Yuxuan Lu, Weiping Sun, Yining Huang, Zhaoxia Wang, Zhiyuan Shen, Wei Sun, Ran Liu, Fan Li, Junlong Shu, Qing Peng, Jingjing Jia, Peng Sun, Yijun Song, Haiqiang Jin, CASTOR Investigators

“…The aim of this study was to address this critical issue, refining treatments to enhance long-term QoL and optimize resource use. Methods In this multicenter prospective study conducted in China, patients with AIS were assessed using the EuroQol-5 Dimension (EQ-5D) questionnaire at admission and 1 year later. …”
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Quality evaluation and influencing factors analysis of 6-minute walking test in coronary heart disease patients (冠心病患者6分钟步行试验质量评价与原因分析) by WANG Shanshan (王珊珊)

“…Objective To investigate the influencing factors of accuracy of 6-minute walking test (6MWT) for patients with coronary heart disease, and to summarize strategies to improve the quality of 6MWT. Methods The oxygen uptake and heart rate at anaerobic threshold in the Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test (CPET) were set as the standards of testing, and the peak oxygen uptake and maximal heart rate of 6MWT among different groups were analyzed by chi-square test. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Fire Smoke Spread in a Super High-Rise Building for Different Fire Scenarios by Xin Yi, Changkui Lei, Jun Deng, Li Ma, Jing Fan, Yuanyuan Liu, Lei Bai, Chi-Min Shu

“…Research on fire spread in super high-rise buildings is crucial for identifying feasible methods of fire prevention and personnel evacuation. …”
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Progressive noise photons removal from ICESAT-2 data based on the characteristics of different types of noise by Zhenyang Hui, Li Zhang, Shuanggen Jin, Wenbo Chen, Penggen Cheng, Yao Yevenyo Ziggah

“…Removing noise photons from Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) data is crucial for various applications of the photon-counting LiDAR system. Existing methods for noise photon removal often struggle with parameter tuning, lack robustness, and may compromise accuracy across different datasets. …”
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Health inequalities for China’s low-income population: trends, subgroup differences, and influencing factors, 2010–2022 by Qiwei Feng, Ying Wang, Xinbin Xia

“…This study aims to systematically analyze the current status, trends, and influencing factors of health inequalities for China’s low-income population.MethodsUtilizing panel data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) from 2010 to 2022, the low-income population was identified using a threshold of 67% of median income. …”
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InterTransViewer: a comparative description of differential gene expression profiles from different experiments by А. V. Tyapkin, V. V. Lavrekha, E. V. Ubogoeva, D. Yu. Oshchepkov, N. A. Omelyanchuk, E. V. Zemlyanskaya

“…Overall, InterTransViewer makes it possible to efficiently select experiments for meta-analysis depending on its task and methods.…”
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