A parsimonious model for classifying the traffic state of urban road networks: A two-stage regression approach by Wei Huang, Dalin Tang, Xin Qiao, Guojun Chen

“…Existing methods usually assume a given number of state categories, which is not flexible if real applications are required to define different state levels. …”
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MRI Detection of Unknown Primary Tumours in the Head and Neck: What Is the Expected Normal Asymmetry in the Size of the Palatine Tonsils? by Kaijing Mao, Qi Yong H. Ai, Kuo Feng Hung, Irene O. L. Tse, Ho Sang Leung, Yannis Yan Liang, Yu Chen, Lun M. Wong, W. K. Jacky Lam, Ann D. King

“…An additional analysis involving patients with PTC confirmed a threshold of ΔV% of 40% for PTs, which may be clinically valuable to help detect pathology using MRI.…”
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Color Stability, Surface Gloss, Surface Roughness, and Wettability of Material Jetting 3D-Printed Denture Material Under Various Surface Treatments by Toshiki Nagai, Amal Alfaraj, Wei-Shao Lin

“…Comparisons of ΔE₀₀ were made against the 50%:50% acceptability threshold (AT) of 1.8 and the 50%:50% perceptibility threshold (PT) of 0.8 for tooth shade, as well as the 50%:50% PT of 1.72 and the 50%:50% AT of 4.08 for gingival (pink) shade. …”
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Combined bailing capsule and conventional therapies in the treatment of chronic renal failure: a meta-analysis and economic evaluation by Yumei He, Yumei He, Wei Li, Wei Li, He Zhu, He Zhu, Sheng Han, Sheng Han

“…This ICER was below China’s willingness-to-pay threshold of CNY 85,698 (2022 gross domestic product per capita). …”
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Therapy adjustments in people with type 1 diabetes with impaired hypoglycemia awareness on multiple daily injections using real-time continuous glucose monitoring: a mechanistic an... by Norbert Hermanns, Stefan Pleus, Cornelia Haug, Guido Freckmann, Lutz Heinemann, Delia Waldenmaier, Dominic Ehrmann

“…However, they reported an increased intake of rescue carbohydrates (0.8±0.6 (mean±SD) vs 1.0±0.8 intake/day; baseline-adjusted between-group difference 0.3 intake (0.1–0.5), p=0.031). The glucose threshold at which rescue carbohydrate intake was initiated was elevated from 71±13 mg/dL (3.9±0.7 mmol/L) to 79±14 mg/dL (4.4±0.8 mmol/L) (adjusted between-group difference +7.6 mg/dL (2.4–12.8) (+0.4 mmol/L (0.1–0.7)); p=0.005) in the rtCGM group. …”
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Effects of Self-Assisted Manual Therapy Combined with a High-Intensity Walking Program on Musculoskeletal Pain, Functionality, and Posture in Older Adults: A Multicentre Randomized... by Gemma Victoria Espí-López, Laura Fuentes-Aparicio, Rocío Cogollos-de-la-Peña, Lucas Monzani, Elena Marques-Sule, Dagmar Pavlu, Anna Arnal-Gómez

“…After isolating the effect of correlations among our primary outcomes, our analysis revealed statistically significant between-subject (<i>p</i> < 0.01), within-subject (<i>p</i> < 0.001) and between-within subject differences (<i>p</i> < 0.05) in Pressure Pain Threshold scores in favour of the MTWG. …”
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%diag_test: a generic SAS macro for evaluating diagnostic accuracy measures for multiple diagnostic tests by Jacques K. Muthusi, Peter W. Young, Frankline O. Mboya, Samuel M. Mwalili

“…It is simple to use as the user only needs to specify the input dataset, “standard” and “test” variables and threshold values. It creates a publication-quality output in Microsoft Word and Excel showing more than 15 different accuracy measures together with overlaid AUROC and AUPRC graphics to help the researcher in making decisions to adopt or reject diagnostic tests. …”
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Grade Indicators and Distribution Characteristics of Heat Damage to Summer Maize in the Huang–Huai–Hai Plain by Qing Li, Peijuan Wang, Xin Li, Junxian Tang, Yang Li, Yuanda Zhang, Yuping Ma

“…The results identified that the duration thresholds of mild, moderate, and severe heat damage at different growth stages of summer maize are 3–5 days, 6–8 days, and more than 8 days, respectively. …”
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Analysis of kinetic parameters of sexed Holstein-Friesian bull spermatozoa using Percoll density gradient centrifugation with computer-assisted sperm analysis by Putri Utami, Aulia Puspita Anugra Yekti, Chairun Nisa Aperi Simbolon, Habib Asshidiq Syah, Anny Amaliya, Tri Agus Siswoyo, Nurul Isnaini, Trinil Susilawati

“…Materials and Methods: The study was conducted on two Holstein-Friesian bulls at the Singosari Artificial Insemination Center and Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia. …”
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Identification of the optimal points for the acupuncture treatment of neck pain in China: protocol for a multicenter, matched, case-control study by Ling Zhao, Hui Zheng, Mingsheng Sun, Guoyan Geng, Jiao Chen, Xingsha Ma, Mingxi Yan, Dingjun Cai, Fan-rong Liang, Chunxia Yang, Siyuan Tao, Jieru Peng

“…Body surface temperature, mechanical pain threshold, pressure pain threshold and skin resistance will be assessed at the 15 acupoints most frequently used to treat NP, and at the five body regions in which pain occurs most frequently. …”
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Infrared and Visible Image Fusion via L0 Decomposition and Intensity Mask by Lei Yan, Jie Cao, Yang Cheng, Saad Rizvi, Qun Hao

“…Next, an intensity mask is obtained using the basic global thresholding method on base layers of infrared image. …”
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Use Efficiency, Reduction Potential, and Effects of Fertilizers on Carbon Emissions in China’s Major Citrus Regions by Yueyuan Yang, Chunjie Qi, Yumeng Gu, Guozhu Fang

“…The average carbon reduction potential for mandarins and tangerines reach levels of 55.9673% and 61.1299%, respectively, both surpassing the threshold of 55%. Significant differences exist in the technical efficiency of fertilizer input, reduction potential, and carbon emission mitigation potential among major citrus-producing regions. …”
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Cloud Parameter Characteristics of Three Strengthening Convective Systems During Downhill Processes in Beijing by Yang Yiya, Lei Lei, Zhong Jiqin, Zhai Liang, Jing Hao, Guo Rui

“…Based on FY-4A geostationary satellite multi-channel data, mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) during three downhill processes of convection strengthening (1 July 2021, 12 June 2022 and 4 August 2022) in Beijing are identified by temperature threshold method. Precipitation data from Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei automatic weather stations, along with data from CMA-BJ mesoscale numerical model, are also utilized to analyze cloud characteristics of MCSs in formation and mature stages. …”
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Impact of early versus conventional kidney replacement therapy initiation in tumor lysis syndrome: a target trial emulation by Justine Serre, Guillaume Mulier, Charlotte Boud’hors, Marie Lemerle, Moustafa Abdel-Nabey, Corentin Orvain, Anis Chaba, Lucie Biard, Julien Demiselle, Lara Zafrani

“…Methods and results We retrospectively emulated a pragmatic clinical trial comparing the effect of KRT initiation at various phosphatemia thresholds versus a conventional approach during TLS on MAKE30. …”
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Effects of combining sensory-motor exercises with transcranial direct current stimulation on cortical processing and clinical symptoms in patients with lumbosacral radiculopathy: A... by Soheila Qanbari, Roya Khanmohammadi, Gholamreza Olyaei, Zohreh Hosseini, Hanie Sadat Hejazi

“…This study aimed to assess whether enhancing M1 and S1 excitability via tDCS, alongside sensory-motor exercises, offers additional benefits for CLBP patients.<h4>Method</h4>Participants were randomly assigned to receive either real or sham tDCS alongside sensory-motor exercises. …”
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A five-gene qPCR signature can classify type 2 asthma comparably to microscopy of induced sputum from severe asthma patients by B. Toennesen, J. M. Schmid, B. S. Sørensen, M. Fricker, H. J. H. Hoffmann

“…Replacing eosinophil and neutrophil cell counting with qPCR for transcripts of selected mast cell, and basophil genes may provide more reproducible results.Aims The objective of this study was to compare qPCR with microscopy in asthma endotyping.Methods A qPCR method measuring five mast cell/basophil genes was applied on induced sputum samples from 30 severe asthma patients and compared with microscopy. …”
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Identification of marijuana using silver-phosphine ion complexation and a semi-quantitative 1 % decision-point assay by Alleigh N. Couch, Jayleigh M. Lanza, Christopher M. Zall, J. Tyler Davidson

“…This study provides the first application of Ag-ligand ion complexation for the identification of marijuana based on a semi-quantitative 1 % decision-point assay, which shows great promise as an alternative method for the rapid identification of marijuana.…”
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Neck dose-limiting rings reduce head and neck lymphedema in early nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients undergoing IMRT: a dosimetric-clinical validation by Kai Liao, Yunhong Tian, Huijun Li, Ronghui Zheng

“…Ultimately, 16 Gy was determined as the optimal limiting dose threshold for achieving the balance of target coverage and protection of organs at risk. …”
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Preoperative prediction of recurrence risk factors in operable cervical cancer based on clinical-radiomics features by Xue Du, Xue Du, Chunbao Chen, Lu Yang, Yu Cui, Min Li

“…The DeLong test showed a statistically significant difference between the AUC values of the fusion model and the clinical model (p &lt; 0.05). …”
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Quantitative evaluation of metal artifact reduction in CBCT under varying exposure modes and rod orientations by Gyu-Dong Jo, Chul-Wan Park, Kug Jin Jeon, Sang-Sun Han

“…Artifact areas were quantified from binarized images based on a thresholding method that distinguished artifact-affected regions from the background. …”
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