Stability of a Discrete-Time Pathogen Infection Model with Adaptive Immune Response by M. A. Alshaikh, A. M. Elaiw

“…We discretize the continuous-time model by using the nonstandard finite difference (NSFD) method. We establish that NSFD preserves the nonnegativity and boundedness of the solutions of the model. …”
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Population Size Estimation of Men Who Have Sex With Men in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Google Trends Analysis by Carly M Malburg, Steve Gutreuter, Horacio Ruiseñor-Escudero, Abu Abdul-Quader, Wolfgang Hladik

“…MethodsWe examined GT relative search volumes (representing the relative internet search frequency of specific search terms) for “porn” and, as a comparator term, “gay porn” for the year 2020. …”
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Long-term dramatic spatial and temporal changes in the watershed areas of multiple types of lakes and reservoirs in Xinjiang, China by Yingxiu Wu, Changjiang Liu, Fei Zhang, Mengfan Li, Ngai Weng Chan, Saheed Adeyinka Oke, Xu Ma, Lifei Wei

“…Based on Landsat series, Sentinel-2 and MODIS images, this paper studies 12 different types of lakes and reservoirs in Xinjiang, utilized the remote sensing big data platform GEE (Google Earth Engine), the water body index (NDWI, MNDWI, AWEI and MAWEI) is preferably combined with the Otsu threshold method (OSTU) to extract the water body area from 1993 to 2023. …”
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Investigating anisotropic effects and optimizing parameters in ultra-short pulsed (USP) laser machining of single crystalline diamond (SCD) by Kiran Michael, Lukas Greiner, Matthias Putzer, Jodok Weixler, Timo Schudeleit, Markus Bambach, Konrad Wegener

“…CVD diamonds exhibit higher ablation thresholds than HPHT diamonds, indicating synthesis methods influence USP laser machining. …”
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Nanomaterial isolated extracellular vesicles enable high precision identification of tumor biomarkers for pancreatic cancer liquid biopsy by Zachary F. Greenberg, Samantha Ali, Andrew Brock, Jinmai Jiang, Thomas D. Schmittgen, Song Han, Steven J. Hughes, Kiley S. Graim, Mei He

“…However, isolating EVs with well-defined homogeneous populations from complex biological samples is challenging. Different methods have been found to derive different EV populations carrying different biomolecules, which significantly confound biomarker discovery for developing clinical diagnostics. …”
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Progress and Challenges in Morphodynamics of Braided Rivers in Source Region of Yangtze River by LI Zhi-wei, OUYANG Wei-qi

“…There is currently no systematic method to predict the overall impacts of such bidirectional changes on braided river morphology, and research on threshold identification and irreversible responses remains lacking. …”
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How PTV Vissim Has Been Calibrated for the Simulation of Automated Vehicles in Literature? by Abebe Dress Beza, Mohammad Maghrour Zefreh, Adam Torok, Anteneh Afework Mekonnen

“…Recently, in the literature, microscopic simulation is one of the most attractive methods in impact assessment of automated vehicles (AVs) on traffic flow. …”
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Evidence from NHANES 2011–2014: a correlation between the weight-adjusted-waist index and cognitive abilities in the United States by Chan Zhao, Xintian Xu, Chunyan Hao

“…Furthermore, we performed a smoothenable curve fitting between WWI and cognitive function scores, resulting in a nonlinear connection and a threshold saturation effect. We also executed subgroup analyses and interaction tests based on gender, race, educational background, marital status, diabetes, body mass index, alcohol consumption, hypertension, smoking habits, stroke, depression, and sleep quality to assess whether the relationship between WWI and cognitive function was affected by heterogeneity across different population segments. …”
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Study on Treatment of Loess Landslide Based on Nanosilica and Fly Ash Composite Stabilizer Filling Fissures by Jiulong Gao, Jiading Wang, Yao Wei, Shaotong Jiao, Meng Jing, Jialing Gao, Cong Wang

“…A new type of grouting material was used to fill the fissures and reinforce the loess in the slip zone, so as to study the effect of material content on the slope stability. With current methods, loess specimens were taken from the slip zone inside the Lvliang Airport slope. …”
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Estimating the Economically Justifiable Price of Limited-Duration Treatment with Donanemab for Early Symptomatic Alzheimer’s Disease in the United States by Malaz Boustani, Erin G. Doty, Louis P. Garrison Jr, Lee J. Smolen, Timothy M. Klein, Daniel R. Murphy, Andrew W. Spargo, Mark Belger, Joseph A. Johnston

“…Abstract Introduction The goal of this economic model is to estimate an economically justifiable price (EJP) for using donanemab for the treatment of early symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in the United States based on clinical data from the phase 3 TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 2 trial (NCT04437511). Methods We adapted an AD Markov state-transition model developed by the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review to estimate the EJP for donanemab at different willingness-to-pay (WTP) thresholds from the health care system perspective and the societal perspective as co-base cases. …”
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Onset for Active Swimming of Microorganisms to Shape Their Transport in Turbulent Open Channel Flows by Zi Wu, Li Zeng, Guangmiao Li, Zheng Gong, Jie Zhan, Weiquan Jiang, Mengzhen Xu, Xudong Fu

“…The theoretical predictions are validated by numerical simulations employing Direct Numerical Simulation and particle tracking methods. Applying the theory to two types of microorganisms transported under different flow conditions suggests that there are typical scenarios where the active swimming is negligible, and the swimmers can be treated as passive particles.…”
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Does perioperative electroacupuncture reduce postoperative pain in dogs undergoing ovariohysterectomy? by Celine Iwe, Anika Schiele, Vanessa Passenegg, Daniele Corona, Regula Bettschart-Wolfensberger, Vanessa Heitzmann

“…IntroductionThis study aimed to investigate the analgesic efficacy of perioperative electroacupuncture in fifty-six healthy female dogs undergoing ovariohysterectomy as part of a catch-neuter-release project.Materials and methodsTen minutes after sedation with 20 μg/kg medetomidine combined with 0.3 mg/kg butorphanol intramuscularly, the dogs were randomly allocated into two groups and received either electroacupuncture (EA, n = 27) or sham acupuncture (C, n = 29) treatment for 10 min (after sedation until the end of the surgery) at 6 different acupuncture points LI-4 (Large intestine 4), LIV-3 (Liver 3), ST-36 (Stomach 36), SP-6 (Spleen 6) bilateral. …”
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Immediate effects of Aussie Current on chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial by Leticia Bobato, Gabriele Bressan, Lucas Vinicius Dias, Ramon Schmidt Sale, Audrin Said Vojciechowski, Luiza Helena Gonçalves, Ana Carolina Brandt de Macedo

“…ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the immediate analgesic effects of Aussie Current on chronic low back pain using different parameters. Methods: A total of 105 patients (aged 18-80 years, of both sexes, with chronic low back pain) were randomized into five groups: AG1kHz/100Hz, AG1kHz/2Hz, AG4kHz/100Hz, AG4kHz/2Hz, and placebo. …”
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Factors Influencing Resonance Frequency Analysis (RFA) Measurements and 5-Year Survival of Neoss Dental Implants by Peter Andersson, Luca Pagliani, Damiano Verrocchi, Stefano Volpe, Herman Sahlin, Lars Sennerby

“…In addition, the influence of stability (ISQ value) at placement and abutment connection on implant survival was evaluated. Materials and Methods. RFA measurements from a total of 334 consecutive patients with 745 dental implants (Neoss Ltd., Harrogate, UK) were retrospectively analysed after at least 5 years in function. …”
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Cost‐utility analysis of add‐on Qili Qiangxin capsules in chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in China by Lu Wang, Yinglin Wang, Quan Zhao

“…Abstract Aims The study aimed to analyse the cost‐utility of Chinese patent medicine Qili Qiangxin (QLQX) capsules in heart failure with a reduced ejection fraction from the healthcare payer's perspective. Methods and results From the perspective of the healthcare payer, a Markov model was established to estimate the cost‐utility of adding QLQX capsules to standard treatment versus standard treatment. …”
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Out-of-hospital multimodal seizure detection: a pilot study by Martin Ballegaard, Troels Wesenberg Kjær, Ivan Chrilles Zibrandtsen, Jonas Munch Nielsen, Ástrós Eir Kristinsdóttir, Paolo Masulli, Tobias Søren Andersen

“…Furthermore, we examined the signal quality of out-of-hospital EEG recordings.Methods Seventeen patients were monitored for up to 5 days. …”
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Benchmarking passive-microwave-satellite-derived freeze–thaw datasets by A. Bartsch, X. Muri, M. Hetzenecker, K. Rautiainen, H. Bergstedt, J. Wuite, T. Nagler, D. Nicolsky

“…The achieved performance (91.8 %) is similar to previous methods which apply an empirical local threshold to single-polarized VV backscatter data.…”
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Exploring the relationship between dietary index for gut microbiota and cognitive function by Changhu Sun, Tingting Tan, Zeping Chen, Zeping Chen

“…Restricted cubic spline and threshold analysis evaluated the existence of non-linear correlations among variables. …”
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USSD: Unsupervised Sleep Spindle Detector by Edgardo Ramirez, Pablo A. Estevez, Martin D. Adams, Claudio A. Perez, Marcelo Garrido Gonzalez, Patricio Peirano

“…The proposed detector learns prototype SSs of different lengths (called atoms). An unsupervised adaptive threshold method based on the distribution of the automatically detected SS lengths is developed, which allows the adaptation of the USSD algorithm to different datasets in an unsupervised way. …”
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The relationship between cardiometabolic Index and diabetic kidney disease in people with diabetes by Jianping Kong, Wenting Tao, Yuhong Sun, Yong Xu, Hailun Li, Jing Li

“…The study employed Generalized Additive Models (GAM) and smooth curve fitting methods for investigating the nonlinear relationship between CMI and DKD. …”
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