Urban landscape patterns and residents’ perceptions of safety under extreme city flood disasters by Wei Ma, Yingjie Du, Yuxiao Wang, Quanxiu Chen, Huaxiong Jiang, Runting Cai, Tianshun Gu, Wenxin Zhang

“…The goal is to offer strategic insights for managing extreme flood disasters. Methods: Surveying 1329 residents impacted by urban flooding in Zhengzhou, this study employed the Gradient Boosting Decision Tree (GBDT) model to examine the nonlinear relationship between ULP and RPS amidst extreme flood disasters. …”
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Neck Exercises Versus Myofascial Release for Chronic Tension-Type Headache and Posture: A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol by Mobina Ahmadi, Mohammadreza Pourahmadi, Mansoureh Togha, Reza Salehi

“…DNF exercises) and bottom-up (e.g. suboccipital myofascial release [MFR]), but their relative effectiveness in reducing headache-related parameters remains unclear. Materials and Methods: This randomized, parallel-group, assessor-blind, double-dummy clinical trial included 44 participants divided into two groups: One receiving MFR with sham exercise and the other receiving DNF exercises with sham MFR. …”
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Assessing oral surgery residents’ competencies and training needs in tomography interfaces through a usability framework by Yaren Dogan, Yigit Sirin

“…Only ODM approached the industry-standard threshold for user satisfaction, while the remaining systems failed to meet this criterion. …”
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Comparison of SPEED and OSDI questionnaires for dry eye symptom in Chinese college students: a cross-sectional study by Xiaohong Meng, Ruojun Geng, Kaili Yang, Jingjing Wei, Zepeng Xu, Menghan Wang, Shengwei Ren

“…Abstract Objectives To compare the suitability of the Standard Patient Evaluation of Eye Dryness (SPEED) and the Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) among Chinese college students, and to further validate the SPEED questionnaire by using the OSDI in a non-clinical sample. Methods This cross-sectional study involved 1,084 students from Nanyang Medical College, aged 18 to 21 years. …”
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Doubling of triazole resistance rates in invasive aspergillosis over a 10-year period, Belgium, 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 by Katrien Lagrou

“…In Belgium, triazole resistance rates have doubled over 10 years, nearly attaining the 10% threshold, warranting re-evaluation of local empirical antifungal treatment regimen decisions.…”
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Temporal changes in cortical sensory processing during the transition from acute to chronic low back pain by Wei-Ju Chang, Luke C. Jenkins, Peter Humburg, Siobhan M. Schabrun

“…Sensory cortex activity differs between acute and chronic low back pain (LBP) with decreased activity in acute LBP but increased activity in chronic LBP. …”
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Investigating the Self‐Thinning Rule in Plantation Forests: Analyzing the Relationship Between the Basal Area and Height Growth in Southern China by Shisheng Long, Xuefeng He, Siqi Zeng, Huashun Xiao

“…These findings enabled the development of a novel sample selection method for constructing more accurate maximum density line models, outperforming traditional methods that rely on arbitrary thresholds. …”
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Mendelian randomization analysis of plasma levels of CD209 and MICB proteins and the risk of varicose veins of lower extremities. by Alexandra S Shadrina, Elizaveta E Elgaeva, Ian B Stanaway, Gail P Jarvik, Bahram Namjou, Wei-Qi Wei, Joe Glessner, Hakon Hakonarson, Pradeep Suri, Yakov A Tsepilov

“…In future studies, independent validation of our results using data from more powerful GWASs for CD209 measured by different methods would be beneficial.…”
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Evaluation of Strength Model Under Deep Formations with High Temperature and High Pressure by Fei Gao, Yan Zhang, Yuelong Liu, Hui Zhang

“…Based on the least absolute deviation method, this paper studies the response characteristics of rock strength at different temperatures and evaluates the prediction performance of six commonly used strength criteria under various temperature and stress environments. …”
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XYZ Ruby Code: Making a Case for a Three-Colored Graphical Calculus for Quantum Error Correction in Spacetime by Julio C. Magdalena de la Fuente, Josias Old, Alex Townsend-Teague, Manuel Rispler, Jens Eisert, Markus Müller

“…Pauli flows allow for a graphical understanding of all quantities entering an error-correction analysis of a circuit, including different types of QEC experiments, such as memory and stability experiments. …”
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Cost Effective Surface Disruption Detection System for Paved and Unpaved Roads by Mumbere Muyisa Forrest, Zhigang Chen, Shahzad Hassan, Ian Osolo Raymond, Karim Alinani

“…Therefore, this paper proposes a novel and low-cost method of detecting RSD based on ultrasonic sensors. …”
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Machine Learning Detection of Melting Layers From Radar Observations by Yan Xie, Fraser King, Claire Pettersen, Mark Flanner

“…Traditional detection algorithms based on fixed thresholds or a priori assumptions lack general robustness across diverse weather conditions, which can be addressed by leveraging machine learning techniques. …”
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Presaccadic attentional shifts are not modulated by saccade amplitude by Luan Zimmermann Bortoluzzi, Estêvão Carlos-Lima, Gabriela Mueller de Melo, Melissa Hongjin Song Zhu, Gustavo Rohenkohl

“…Here, we measured contrast sensitivity thresholds during saccade planning in a two-alternative forced-choice (2AFC) discrimination task in human observers. …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of parenting intervention for mothers experiencing psychosocial stress: insights from the early closure of the Mellow Babies RCT by Lucy Thompson, Jessica Tanner, Matthew Breckons, Naomi Young, Laura Ternent, Thenmalar Vadiveloo, Philip Wilson, Danny Wight, Louise Marryat, Iain McGowan, Graeme MacLennan, Angus MacBeth, James McTaggart, Tim Allison, John Norrie

“…Participants recruited before the pandemic were no different from those recruited afterwards. What did this mean? …”
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Assessing long-term effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of statin therapy in the UK: a modelling study using individual participant data sets by Borislava Mihaylova, Runguo Wu, Junwen Zhou, Claire Williams, Iryna Schlackow, Jonathan Emberson, Christina Reith, Anthony Keech, John Robson, Richard Parnell, Jane Armitage, Alastair Gray, John Simes, Colin Baigent

“…Standard or higher-intensity statin therapy was certain to be cost effective in the base-case analysis at a threshold of £20,000 per quality-adjusted life-year. …”
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Feasibility of an Inductive Pedicle Screw Loosening Detection Concept Using a Pulse Induction Metal Detector by Ramon Rohner, David E. Bauer, Martin Hartmann, Tobias Gotschi, Mazda Farshad, Jonas Widmer

“…All these differences were smaller than the predefined signal voltage threshold of (60 mV/mm). …”
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Robust EEG Characteristics for Predicting Neurological Recovery from Coma After Cardiac Arrest by Meitong Zhu, Meng Xu, Meng Gao, Rui Yu, Guangyu Bin

“…CatBoost demonstrated superior performance as a classification method compared to other approaches. In addition, Shapley additive explanation (SHAP) values were utilized to rank and analyze the importance of the features. …”
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The Impact of Radiation Dose on CT‐Based Body Composition Analysis: A Large‐Animal Study by Luca Salhöfer, Gregor Jost, Mathias Meetschen, Daniel vanLandeghem, Michael Forsting, Denise Bos, Christian Bojahr, Rene Hosch, Felix Nensa, Hubertus Pietsch, Johannes Haubold

“…The correlation between feature volumes in the dose gradations and the control group was analysed using the Spearman or Pearson method. Results All BCA features remained consistent up to the 10% group and showed no significant differences compared with the control. …”
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Associations between metabolic syndrome and erectile dysfunction: evidence from the NHANES 2001–2004 by Wei Wang, Wei Wang, Shuai Zhao, Ran Zhou, Ran Zhou, Pei-Ze Yu, Pei-Ze Yu, Si-Yuan Pan, Si-Yuan Pan, Peng-Fei Huan, Zhen-Duo Shi, Ying Liu, Xiao Hu, Jing-Ru Lu, Conghui Han

“…And decision curve analysis (DCA) was used to assess the net benefit of its nomogram model at different high-risk thresholds. The high clinical utility of the model under different thresholds was illustrated.ConclusionThe risk of ED in people with metabolic syndrome was 2.32 times higher than that in people without metabolic syndrome. …”
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Low-density pedicle screw in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 1,762 patients by Bin Zheng, Qiang Zhou, Xuanwen Liu, Ke Ma, Zhe Qiang

“…Low-density screws were superior in reducing blood loss [mean difference (MD) = −88.06, P = 0.01] and operative time (MD = −22.27, P = 0.02), with no significant difference in revision rates (P = 0.78) or complications (P = 0.64). …”
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