Extended high-frequency audiometry in healthy adults with different age groups by Mingming Wang, Yu Ai, Yuechen Han, Zhaomin Fan, Peng Shi, Haibo Wang

“…Meanwhile, no responsiveness was recorded to 20 kHz in the 51 ~ 60 group and even to 18 kHz in the 61 ~ 70 group. No gender differences in hearing threshold was observed within each age group, except an obvious decline at frequencies of 4, 6, 8, and 9 kHz in male participants of the 41 ~ 50 group. …”
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Exploration of different quantitative polymerase chain reaction-based genotyping methods to distinguish Apcmin/+ mice from wildtype mice. by Yuting Sun, Tingyu Zhou, Silin Ye, Effie Yin Tung Lau, Yao Zeng, Jessie Qiaoyi Liang

“…Dual-probe qPCR assays were developed to simultaneously detect mutant and wildtype alleles using differently labelled probes. The genotyping module and delta cycle threshold method were used to facilitate the analysis of results. …”
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Prediction of blast-induced ground vibration in dolomitic marble quarry using Z-number information and fuzzy cognitive map based neural network models by Shahab Hosseini, Abiodun Ismail Lawal, Francois Mulenga

“…Hence, accurate prediction of BIGV is highly imperative. Therefore, different novel artificial intelligence (AI) methods such as Bayesian regularized neural network (BRNN), Bayesian regularized causality-weighted neural network (BRCWNN) and Z-number-based Bayesian regularized causality-weighted neural network (Z-BRCWNN) are proposed in this study for the reliable prediction of BIGV in a dolomitic marble quarry using the obtained field data. …”
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Core body temperature correlates of transition from aerobic to anaerobic metabolism in running by Marija Rakovac, Davor Šentija, Tošo Maršić, Vesna Babić

“…The first and second gas exchange thresholds (VT1 and VT2) were determined by the simplified V-slope method, while CBT dynamics and eventual temperature thresholds (TT1 and TT2) were assessed according to the criteria defined in this study. …”
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Angle Estimation Based on Wave Path Difference Rate of Change Ambiguity Function by Jianye Xu, Maozhong Fu, Zhenmiao Deng

“…While the phase comparison method achieves high estimation precision, it is highly susceptible to noise and exhibits a suboptimal performance under low Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) conditions, leading to a high SNR threshold. …”
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Normalized square difference based multilevel thresholding technique for multispectral images using leader slime mould algorithm by Manoj Kumar Naik, Rutuparna Panda, Ajith Abraham

“…The contributions are many fold – i) a NSD based multilevel thresholding method is proposed using the gray level and normalized square difference (GLNSD) 2-D histogram with reduced computation; ii) LSMA is suggested; iii) 23 classical and 6 modern composition test functions from the IEEE CEC 2014 test suite are considered for evaluation of LSMA; iv) experiments on multispectral images are presented. …”
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Differences of Various Region-of-Interest Methods for Measuring Dopamine Transporter Availability Using Tc99m-TRODAT-1 SPECT by Tang-Kai Yin, Bi-Fang Lee, Yen Kuang Yang, Nan-Tsing Chiu

“…This study was to investigate whether various region-of-interest (ROI) methods for measuring dopamine transporter (DAT) availabilities by single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) are statistically different, whether results of medical research are thereby influenced, and causes of these differences. …”
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A New Method for Early Diagnostics of Pathological States under the Action of Physiologically Active Substances with Genotoxic Properties upon Organism by O. M. Antonova

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A novel method for distinguishing different algal blooms in the East China Sea via geostationary ocean color satellite observations by Min Zhao, Min Zhao, Hao Li, Xuan Zhang, Xiaosong Ding, Xiaosong Ding, Fang Gong

“…The method incorporates the difference in remote sensing reflectance (Rrs) between the fluorescence peak and baseline bands and establishes a φ-based classification threshold.ResultsValidation of GOCI-II Level-2 products showed that fluorescence-band Rrs products have high accuracy and strong correlation with in situ measurements. …”
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Critical Exponents in Percolation Model of Track Region Critical Exponents in Percolation Model of Track Region Critical Exponents in Percolation Model of Track Region by A.B. Demchyshyn, P.O. Selyshchev

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Nonparametric estimation of the number of classes with different average brightness in thermal images by A.N. Galyntich, M.A. Raifeld

“…In the general case, when the distributions of brightness classes are unknown, there are difficulties in applying these methods. The article proposes a non-parametric approach to determining the number of classes that differ in average brightness, based on rank histograms and using the property of local spatial grouping of elements of each brightness class in the image.…”
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Does Agricultural Science and Technological Innovation Always Boost Farmers’ Income? Evidence from China by Yi Xiang, Yuke Ding, Shaohua Yin

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Corrosion behavior and mechanism of Cr10Mo1 steel subjected to different corrosive ions in simulated concrete pore solution by Junxiang Yuan, Guojian Liu, Lin Yang, Yunsheng Zhang

“…Electrochemical methods, Pourbaix analysis of Fe–Cr–H2O system and DFT calculation were adopted to characterize corrosion behavior and reveal underlying mechanism. …”
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Spatiotemporal Evolution and Driving Mechanisms of kNDVI in Different Sections of the Yangtze River Basin Using Multiple Statistical Methods and the PLSPM Model by Zhenjiang Wu, Fengmei Yao, Adeel Ahmad, Fan Deng, Jun Fang

“…Compared to traditional correlation analysis and the geographical detector method, PLSPM, as a theoretically driven statistical method, can simultaneously process path relationships among multiple latent variables, effectively revealing the intensity and pathways of driving factors’ influences, while providing more credible and interpretable explanations for kNDVI variation mechanisms. …”
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Economic Security of Households in the Region (Illustrated by the Ivanovo, Vladimir, Kostroma and Yaroslavl’ Regions) by I. I. Ledyaykina

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Finite Element Analysis of the Effects of Different Shapes of Adult Cranial Sutures on Their Mechanical Behavior by Han Yang, Shiguo Yuan, Yuan Yan, Li Zhou, Chao Zheng, Yikai Li, Junhua Li

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Avaliação de métodos automáticos de limiarização para imagens de plantas de milho atacadas por Spodoptera frugiperda Evaluation of automatic thresholding methods for images of Spod... by Darly G. de Sena Júnior, Francisco de A. de C. Pinto, Reinaldo L. Gomide, Mauri M. Teixeira

“…Three groups of 10 plants were collected to take the images of each group under different light intensities. The images processed with the excess green index were thresholded with the automatic methods and compared with the manual thresholding methods. …”
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Prioritizing Protection and Restoration Areas Based on Ecological Security Pattern with Different Resistance Assignments by Dingyi Jia, Weiguo Qiu, Rongpeng Guo, Min Wu, Zhanyong Wang, Xisheng Hu

“…The findings show that (1) as the cumulative resistance threshold increases, the area of ecological corridors expands from 171.36 km² to 1439.24 km², with the moderate method identified as the optimal resistance assignment approach; (2) significant differences exist in the identification of key corridors under different resistance assignment methods. …”
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Hormonal influences on thermotactile threshold, pain perception threshold and tolerance: A digital thermoaesthesiometer study by Punam Verma, Priti Bhanderi, Hitesh A. Jani, Bhoopendra Patel, Rupali Parlewar

“…Using the method of limits, hot thresholds and cold thresholds with pain perception and pain tolerance were measured on the index and little fingers of the right and left hand using a digital thermoaesthesiometer. …”
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Analysis of Key Factors Affecting Water Disaster in Deep Mining and Establishment of a Water Disaster Evaluation Method Suitable for Different Mining Depths by Jianghui He, Wenping Li, Wei Qiao, Zhi Yang, Qiqing Wang

“…The results of the statistical analysis show that the accuracy of the new method at different mining depths is higher than that of the T method.…”
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