Differences in uni-dimensional breathlessness measures and thresholds for clinical response in a randomised controlled trial in people with chronic breathlessness: an exploratory s... by David Currow, Magnus Ekström, Miriam Johnson, Sandra Louw, Philip McCloud, Katherine Clark, Diana Ferreira

“…Best breathlessness added little value. The two clinical thresholds showed differing patterns of significance.Discussion Consistent with other recent work, worst breathlessness may be an important uni-dimensional outcome in evaluating chronic breathlessness clinically and in research. …”
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Extracorporeal Methods of Hemocorrection in Patients with Abdominal Sepsis by O. V. Nikitina, S. I. Rey, Y. V. Zabrodskaya, V. I. Avfukov, A. G. Lebedev, P. A. Yartsev, G. A. Berdnikov, A. M. Kaziyeva, E. A. Ostrogina

“…For the Kaplan–Meier method, differences were obtained for shock patients at a significance level of 0.083; the number of observations must be doubled to detect statistically significant differences. …”
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Basal metabolic rate correlates with excess postexercise oxygen consumption across different intensities by Shu-Chun Huang, Kuan-Hung Chen, Watson Hua-Sheng Tseng, Lan-Yan Yang, Ching-Chung Hsiao, Yi-Chung Fang, Chen-Hung Lee

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Responses of Sap Flow to Environmental Factors in Robinia pseudoacacia Plantations with Different Degrees of Degradation by MA Jun, HAN Lei, LIU Lili, WANG Nana, MA Yunlei, MA Shijie, WANG Yuan

“…［Methods］ Taking Robinia pseudoacacia plantations in the east area of Yellow River in Ningxia as the research objects, the stem sap flow velocities of R. pseudoacacia with different degrees of degradation were measured by TDP thermal diffusion sap flow meter from May to October, 2023, and the environmental variables were monitored at the same time. …”
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Method for Assessing Numbness and Discomfort in Cyclists’ Hands by Flavia Marrone, Nicole Sanna, Giacomo Zanoni, Neil J. Mansfield, Marco Tarabini

“…The vibrotactile perception threshold (VPT) is measured in the fingers, and a questionnaire was used to assess the discomfort in different parts of the hand using a unipolar scale. …”
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Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Response of Land Surface Temperature and Kernel Normalized Difference Vegetation Index in Yangtze River Economic Belt, China: Multi-Method Analysis by Hongjia Zhu, Ao Wang, Pengtao Wang, Chunguang Hu, Maomao Zhang

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Method of Diagnosing Sarcopenia in Morbidly Obese Patients by O. V. Galimov, V. O. Khanov, A. G. Safargalina, D. E. Baikov, M. M. Khafizov, F. R. Nagaev

“…Aim. To investigate different methods of diagnosing sarcopenia in morbidly obese patients. …”
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Edge–Region Collaborative Segmentation of Potato Leaf Disease Images Using Beluga Whale Optimization Algorithm with Danger Sensing Mechanism by Jin-Ling Bei, Ji-Quan Wang

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“Do Doctors and Patients Have Different Understandings of Pain?” – A Pilot Study of Different Perspectives and Understandings of Pain in Clinical Pain... by Gormsen LK

“…The aim of this qualitative pilot study was to explore different understandings of pain in a clinical pain research setting.Methods: We briefly interviewed 25 subjects, including Danish pain doctors and psychiatrists as well as pain patients, depressed patients, and healthy controls (five in each group) about their understanding of pain.Results: Laymen seem less inclined to verbalize pain than professionals. …”
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Impact of gender differences on optimal oxygen delivery thresholds to prevent acute kidney injury in cardiac surgeries with cardiopulmonary bypassCentral MessagePerspective by Tomoya Oshita, CE, Arudo Hiraoka, MD, PhD, Kosuke Nakajima, CE, Ryosuke Muraki, CE, Masahisa Arimichi, CE, Genta Chikazawa, MD, PhD, Hidenori Yoshitaka, MD, PhD

“…However, there are few reports on the relationship between patient sex and the nadir DO2i threshold to prevent AKI. The aim of this study was to seek and evaluate the optimal DO2i threshold differences between males and females to avoid AKI during on-pump cardiac surgery. …”
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Diagnostic properties of differing BP thresholds for adverse pregnancy outcomes in standard-risk nulliparous women: A secondary analysis of SCOPE cohort data. by Laura Slade, Maya Blackman, Hiten D Mistry, Jeffrey N Bone, Milly Wilson, Nuhaat Syeda, Lucilla Poston, Peter von Dadelszen, Laura A Magee, SCOPE Consortium

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Tracking shoreline change using minimum convolution of Gaussian weight and squared differences by Hojun Yoo, Hyoseob Kim, Tae Soon Kang, Jin Young Park, Jong Beom Kim

“…Existing shoreline-tracking methods include the threshold methods, colour intensity gradient methods, and neural networks, which involve ad-hoc assignment of the threshold values, drawing shore-normal transects, and heavy preliminary training for each coast with many data, respectively. …”
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Evaluation of Color Difference Models for Wide Color Gamut and High Dynamic Range by Olga Basova, Sergey Gladilin, Vladislav Kokhan, Mikhalina Kharkevich, Anastasia Sarycheva, Ivan Konovalenko, Mikhail Chobanu, Ilya Nikolaev

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Variable selection strategies for genomic prediction of growth and carcass related traits in experimental Nellore cattle herds under different selection criteria by Lucio F. M. Mota, Leonardo M. Arikawa, Júlia P. S. Valente, Larissa F. S. Fonseca, Maria E. Z. Mercadante, Joslaine N. S. G. Cyrillo, Henrique N. Oliveira, Lucia G. Albuquerque

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Randomization-Driven Hybrid Deep Learning for Diabetic Retinopathy Detection by A. M. Mutawa, G. R. Hemalakshmi, N. B. Prakash, M. Murugappan

“…Additionally, we use Otsu’s thresholding method to segment blood vessels accurately. …”
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Population control methods in stochastic extinction and outbreak scenarios. by Juan Segura, Frank M Hilker, Daniel Franco

“…Adaptive limiter control (ALC) and adaptive threshold harvesting (ATH) are two related control methods that have been shown to stabilize fluctuating populations. …”
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A Hybrid Method for SOC Estimation of Power Battery by Jiliang Yi, Xuechun Zhou, Jin Zhang, Zhongqi Li

“…In this study, an SOC estimation method using a hybrid method (HM) based on threshold switching is proposed, which combines the advantages of the extended Kalman filter (EKF) and the ampere hour integration (AHI) to improve the estimation accuracy and convergence speed. …”
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A Novel Nonlinear Method for Cardiovascular Data Synchronization by Daniele Padovano, Arturo Martinez-Rodrigo, Norbert Marwan, Santiago Mula Munoz, Jose J. Rieta, Raul Alcaraz

“…Results showed that the proposed method (NMI of CDM) outperformed all others, achieving synchronization rates near 50% within a 1.2-second lag threshold. …”
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Vibration Analysis and Vehicle Detection by MEMS Acceleration Sensors Embedded in PCC Pavement by Congyi Chang, Linghui Kong, Libin Han, Junmin Li, Shuo Pan, Ya Wei

“…The study also explored various sensor placement locations and different threshold values for acceleration time-domain signals. …”
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A novel, rapid, quantitative method for face discrimination. by Kerri Walter, Peter Bex

“…Face discrimination ability has been widely studied in psychology, however a self-administered, adaptive method has not yet been developed. In this series of studies, we utilize Foraging Interactive D-prime (FInD) in conjunction with the Basel Face Model to quantify thresholds of face discrimination ability both in-lab and remotely. …”
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