Temperature influences mood: evidence from 11 years of Baidu index data in Chinese provincial capitals by Mengjiao Yin, Mengmeng Zhu

“…It introduces an innovative approach by integrating climate data with digital behavior metrics to provide objective insights into how environmental factors may influence mental health.MethodsA dataset combining daily meteorological records and Baidu search indices from 31 provincial capital cities in China (2013–2023) was used. …”
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Unique environmental effects on physical activity participation: a twin study. by Glen E Duncan, Jack Goldberg, Carolyn Noonan, Anne Vernez Moudon, Philip Hurvitz, Dedra Buchwald

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Data were obtained from 1,389 twin pairs from the community-based University of Washington Twin Registry. …”
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Identification of Mattic Epipedon Degradation on the Northeastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau Using Hyperspectral Data by Junjun Zhi, Hong Zhu, Jingwen Yang, Qiuchen Yan, Dandan Zhi, Zhongbao Sun, Liangwei Ge, Chengwen Lv

“…However, efficient and rapid methods for its detection remain limited. This study aimed to clarify the hyperspectral response mechanisms of mattic epipedon degradation and, based on hyperspectral technology, to construct models for identifying degraded mattic epipedon and screen preprocessing methods suitable for different moisture conditions. …”
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Client Selection in Federated Learning on Resource-Constrained Devices: A Game Theory Approach by Zohra Dakhia, Massimo Merenda

“…Under realistic simulations of client heterogeneity, RBPS yields more robust and efficient training compared to existing methods, confirming its suitability for deployment in resource-constrained FL settings. …”
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Reference Values for DXA-Derived Visceral Adipose Tissue in Adults 40 Years and Older from a European Population: The Tromsø Study 2015–2016 by Marie W. Lundblad, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Jonas Johansson, Emanuella De Lucia Rolfe, Sameline Grimsgaard, Laila A. Hopstock

“…Reference values for visceral adipose tissue (VAT) are needed and it has been advocated that body composition measures depend on both the technique and methods applied, as well as the population of interest. …”
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Subcortical and white matter alterations in canine ventriculomegaly: an observational volumetric and voxel-based-morphometry study by Tom Cornelius Cyriacks, Martin J. Schmidt, Eberhard Ludewig, Johannes Boltze, Robert Dahnke, Simone A. Fietz, Björn Nitzsche

“…In this observational study, we focused on ventriculomegaly and examined the cerebral anatomical adaptations that accommodate the increased ventricular volume. Methods 95 neuroradiological normal diagnosed dogs of different breeds were divided into the two groups, ventriculomegaly and control, according to morphological criteria and ventricle-brain-indices as determined by ratio of brain and lateral ventricle wide. …”
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PO04 | Classification criteria for antiphospholipid syndrome: ACR/EULAR 2023 versus Sydney 2006 – A monocentric and retrospective study

“…As regards laboratory domains of anticardiolipin and anti–β2-glycoprotein I antibodies, since these antibodies were evaluated in our population exclusively by CLIA methods, threshold values for diagnosing APS were deducted from a previous work investigating the harmonization in defining low, moderate, and high thresholds of positivity by different assays, including ELISA and CLIA [1]. …”
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Assessment of negative appendectomy in acute appendicitis diagnoses by Francisco Antonio Rodriguez-Garcia, Carlos Enrique Rodríguez-Sánchez, Julio Cesar Naranjo-Chávez, Christian Jorge Torres-Ortiz-Ocampo, Fabián Rojas-Larios, Karen Covarrubias-Ramírez, Eduardo Missael Evangelista-Ruiz, Quitzia Libertad Torres-Salazar

“…The main reason is the incorrect diagnosis of acute appendicitis, which remains a challenge, especially in developing countries, where the rates are different among populations. This study aims to explore the prevalence of negative appendectomies in a regional hospital and evaluate the diagnostic methods used in clinical practice. …”
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Investigating the Effects of Shockwave and Percussion Massage Gun on Subacute Myofascial Pain in Gasterocenemious Muscle by Seyedeh Zohreh Hosseini, Siamak Bashaardost Tajali, Khadijeh Otadi, Kazem Malmir, Alireza Hosseinzadeh Chaijan

“… Introduction: Myofascial pain syndrome is a common musculoskeletal injury, especially among athletes, typically treated with symptomatic invasive and non-invasive methods. This study compares the effects of massage guns and radial extracorporeal shock wave therapies on myofascial pain syndrome symptoms in amateur athletes. …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of influenza vaccination among the elderly in Qingdao city by Jinru LI, Jing JIA, Chunhui WANG, Zhaohai MENG, Xuezhao LU, Yu GAO, Kunzheng LYU

“…MethodsA Markov model was constructed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of different influenza vaccination rates for influenza prevention. …”
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Spatiotemporal evolution of interseismic coupling and stress accumulation near an asperity on a vertical strike-slip fault: Insights from three-dimensional viscoelastic numerical s... by LI Yebo, HUANG Luyuan, YAO Rui, TIAN Yiwei, YANG Shuxin

“…Irrespective of viscoelastic effects, a value of approximately 0.5 can be used as the threshold for moderate to strong locking, and shear stress accumulation is insignificant below this value. (4) Considering the spatially nonuniform fault coupling along the Luhuo-Kangding segment of the Xianshuihe fault, the simulated surface velocities closely matched the GPS observations, thus confirming the reliability of the method.   …”
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Noninvasive prediction of meningioma brain invasion via multiparametric MRI⁃based brain⁃tumor interface radiomics by CHENG Xing, WANG Zhi⁃chao, LI Hua⁃ning, WANG Xie⁃feng, YOU Yong⁃ping

“…Decision curve analysis (DCA) was performed to evaluate the clinical net benefit of the models across different threshold probabilities. Results Among the 656 meningioma patients, 152 cases (23.17%) exhibited brain invasion, with 123 cases (23.47%) in the training set and 29 cases (21.97%) in the testing set. …”
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Association of Postoperative Neutrophil Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) and Monocyte Lymphocyte Ratio (MLR) with the Presence of Osteoporosis in Japanese Patients after Hip Fracture Surgery... by Hirofumi Bekki, Takeshi Arizono, Daiki Hama, Akihiko Inokuchi, Takahiro Hamada, Ryuta Imamura

“…Because osteoporosis has a strong association with systemic metabolic disorders, we postulated that patients with YAM <70% had higher inflammatory biomarker concentrations owing to the higher systemic stress compared with YAM >70%. Method. We retrospectively reviewed 94 patients with low-trauma hip fractures. …”
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Comparing the effects of positional versus myofascial release of gluteus medius to manage patellofemoral pain syndrome: single blinded randomized clinical trial by Priyanka Ratan Kumar, Rabail Rani Soomro

“… Objective: To determine the effects of positional release technique in comparison to myofascial release technique on gluteus medius trigger point along with exercises to manage patellofemoral pain syndrome. Method: The single-blind, two-arm, randomised clinical trial was conducted at the Department of Physiotherapy, Sindh Institute of Physical Medicine, Karachi, from December 7, 2020, to March 24, 2021, and comprised patellofemoral pain syndrome of either gender with gluteus medius trigger point. …”
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Blood and urine early treatment response biomarkers in HIV-associated disseminated tuberculosis by Linda Boloko, Marcia Vermeulen, Bianca Sossen, Abulele Bekiswa, Phiona E. Namale, Chad Centner, Robert J. Wilkinson, Charlotte Schutz, Graeme Meintjes, David A. Barr

“…A mixed-effects model predicted a decline in ordinal values of urine Xpert Ultra (cycle threshold), blood Xpert Ultra (cycle threshold) and blood culture (time-to-positivity) in response to anti-TB treatment. …”
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The impact of China’s low-carbon city pilot policy on public health expenditure by Yanyin Cui, Jie Ren, Xupeng Gao, Fang Xia

“…The time-varying difference-in-differences simulation method and hierarchical regression method were used to analyze the effect and mechanism of the LCCP policy on China’s public health expenditure.ResultsThe results demonstrate the inherently paradoxical nature of the effects of the LCCP policy on public health expenditure: although the LCCP policy produces a significant relative reduction in public health expenditure (β = −0.331, p &lt; 0.001), it simultaneously produces a pronounced expansion in terms of absolute expenditure (β = 0.409, p &lt; 0.001). …”
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Investigations on all-optical 2 × 4 decoder using T-shaped nonlinear ring resonator and beam interference effect by Asghar Askarian, Fariborz Parandin, Mohammad Saeed Feali

“…Abstract This paper investigates a novel scheme to realize all-optical 2 × 4 decoders (AODEC) utilizing linear and nonlinear 1 × 2 decoders in a two-dimensional photonic crystal’s platform. The design method of the recommended structure is a combination of threshold switching and beam interference, leading to its efficient operation. …”
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Modeling COVID-19 transmission: effects of age structure and vaccination by Sajjad Ali, Salah Boulaaras, Nigar Ali, Imtiaz Ahmad, Asaf Khan, Zahid Ullah

“…Numerical simulations using the finite differences method confirm analytical results. The study shows the crucial role of age structure and vaccination in controlling COVID-19. …”
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Research on Optimized Algorithm for Deep Learning Based Recognition of Sediment Particles in Turbulent Flow by WANG Hao, YANG Feiqi, ZHANG Lei, WU Wei, XIE Haonan, ZHAO Lin

“…Although image processing methods provide efficient means for acquiring and analyzing data on sediment transport characteristics, their accuracy is often compromised by water waves, bubbles, and threshold errors. …”
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Multitemporal observation of Karla reservoir in Thessaly Greece utilizing SAR and optical remotely sensing imagery by Triantafyllos FALARAS, Maria KOILAKOU, Leonidas TSOUKALAS

“…For SAR imagery an image segmentation method with a dynamic threshold operator based on mean values is utilized, while for optical imagery the Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) is applied. …”
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