Transferring Face Recognition Techniques to Entomology: An ArcFace and ResNet Approach for Improving Dragonfly Classification by Zhong Li, Shaoyan Pu, Jingsheng Lu, Ruibin Song, Haomiao Zhang, Xuemei Lu, Yanan Wang

“…In this study, we adapt the face recognition algorithms for the classification of dragonfly species, achieving efficient recognition of categories with extremely small differences between classes. Meanwhile, this method can also reclassify data that were incorrectly labeled. …”
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A Comparison of Approaches for Segmenting the Reaching and Targeting Motion Primitives in Functional Upper Extremity Reaching Tasks by Kyle L. Jackson, Zoran Duric, Susannah M. Engdahl, Anthony C. Santago, Siddhartha Sikdar, Lynn H. Gerber

“…Domain experts use a variety of methods for segmenting the reaching and targeting motion primitives, such as kinematic thresholds, with no consensus on what methods are best to use. …”
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Effect of High Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Depression after Cerebral Infarction by JIANG Linlin, NIU Lingchuan, WANG Yule, YANG Baotong, LI Hao, LI Jiani

“…ObjectiveTo explore the effect of high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on depression, cognitive function and activities of daily living in patients with depression after cerebral infarction.MethodsA total of 50 patients with depression after cerebral infarction from the departments of neurology and rehabilitation of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University from July 2018 to February 2020, which were randomly divided into the control group and the observation group, with 25 cases in each group. …”
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Study on reference value of waist circumference percentile curve and abdominal obesity cutoff points of children and adolescents aged 6–20 in Macao by Lupei Jiang, Aoyu Zhang, Chunjing Tu, Yibo Gao, Jin He, Xiang Pan, Xuehui Zhang, Yanfeng Zhang

“…Then, the percentile curve-joining adult method was applied to establish the critical value of high waist circumference. …”
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CGD-CD: A Contrastive Learning-Guided Graph Diffusion Model for Change Detection in Remote Sensing Images by Yang Shang, Zicheng Lei, Keming Chen, Qianqian Li, Xinyu Zhao

“…The effectiveness and feasibility of the suggested method are confirmed by experimental results on three different datasets, which show that it performs better than several of the top SSL-CD methods.…”
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LAI-Derived Atmospheric Moisture Condensation Potential for Forest Health and Land Use Management by Jung-Jun Lin, Ali Nadir Arslan

“…The MSS values are classified into four MSP levels—High, Moderate–High, Moderate, and Low—using the Jenks natural breaks method, with thresholds of 0.15, 0.27, and 0.37. This classification reveals cases where favorable weather conditions coincide with low ecological potential (i.e., low MSS but high MSP), indicating areas that may require active management. …”
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SCM-DL: Split-Combine-Merge Deep Learning Model Integrated With Feature Selection in Sports for Talent Identification by Didem Abidin, Muhammed G. Erdem

“…In this stage, a remarkable performance was obtained with 98.85%. In TID2, nine different feature selection methods (four RFE-related methods, three SelectKBest-related methods, and Lasso and Boruta) are applied to reduce the number of features. …”
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Dual-Layer Energy Management Strategy for a Hybrid Energy Storage System to Enhance PHEV Performance by Haobin Jiang, Yang Zhao, Shidian Ma

“…By conducting simulation comparisons of the CLTC under three control rules with different thresholds, the strategy yielding the lowest fuel consumption is selected, and its battery discharge characteristics are analyzed. …”
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Decision-Making Model for Life Cycle Management of Aircraft Components by Igor Kabashkin, Vitaly Susanin

“…The model incorporates a comprehensive approach that combines reliability assessment, economic analysis, and continuous re-evaluation to optimize maintenance, replacement, and life extension decisions. The optimization method on the base of genetic algorithm (GA) is employed to minimize total life cycle costs while maintaining component reliability within acceptable thresholds. …”
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Estimated cost-effectiveness of early screening strategies for newborn hearing impairment using a Markov model by Cheng Wen, Cheng Wen, Cheng Wen, Cheng Wen, Cheng Wen, Xiaomo Wang, Xiaomo Wang, Xiaomo Wang, JunTao Shu, Yu Ruan, Yu Ruan, Yu Ruan, Jinge Xie, Jinge Xie, Jinge Xie, Xiaohua Cheng, Xiaohua Cheng, Xiaohua Cheng, Beier Qi, Beier Qi, Beier Qi, Hui En, Hui En, Hui En, Gang Qin, Lihui Huang, Lihui Huang, Lihui Huang, Demin Han, Demin Han, Demin Han

“…To estimate the cost-effectiveness of different newborn hearing screening strategy is necessary.MethodsA decision tree for a simulated cohort population of 9.56 million newborns was developed: (1) Only universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS); (2) Targeted deafness genetic screening; (3) Concurrent hearing and genetic screening. …”
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Lactato y fuerza muscular como indicadores de eficacia del entrenamiento en población con riesgo cardíaco(Lactate and muscle strength as indicators of training effectiveness in pop... by Mauro Tauda, Eduardo Cruzat Bravo, Felipe Suárez Rojas

“…Results: The results of the ANOVA analysis showed no significant differences between the different groups in lactate F (4, 17.1) = 0.524, p = 0.720. …”
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Surgery versus surveillance for ascending aortic aneurysms in elderly patientsCentral MessagePerspective by Veronica F. Chan, BSc, Ming Hao Guo, MD, MSc, Thais Coutinho, MD, Aryan Ahmadvand, BSc, Mahdi Zeghal, BSc, Adam Mussani, BSc, Talal Al-Atassi, MD, MPH, Roy Masters, MD, David Glineur, MD, PhD, Munir Boodhwani, MD, MSc

“…Methods: Patients age ≥75 years with an ATAA ≥40 mm were categorized into 2 groups: initial surgery and initial surveillance. …”
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Persistence of Anti-HB Antibodies in Healthcare Trainees: The Impact of Childhood Versus Adolescent Vaccination by Luca Di Giampaolo, Luca Coppeta, Paola Borrelli, Piergiorgio Astolfi, Andrea Resta, Lucia Loffredo, Flavia Di Menno Di Bucchianico, Rocco Mangifesta, Lorenzo Ippoliti, Cristiana Ferrari

“…Serological tests were performed to measure anti-HB titers, with a protective threshold set at ≥10 IU/L. Statistical analyses were conducted to evaluate differences in immunity persistence between the two groups. …”
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A predictive model for WHO/ISUP pathologic grading of renal clear cell carcinoma based on CT radiomics: a multicenter study by Chunying Wu, Yuzhen Xi, Juanjuan Hu, Guodong Li, Xu Wang, Xiaofei Jiao, Zhongxiang Ding, Weiying Sun

“…However, no significant difference in AUC was found between the combined model and the radiomics model (Z = 1.627, P = 0.103). …”
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Cardiopulmonary functional capacity in Taiwanese children with ventricular septal defects by Yen-Sen Lu, Chia-Chun Chou, Yu-Hsuan Tseng, Ko-Long Lin, Chia-Hsin Chen, Yi-Jen Chen

“…Pulmonary function test showed significant among-group differences in maximal voluntary ventilation (MVV) (p = 0.015). …”
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Coach-Assisted eHealth With Group or Individual Support for Employees With Obesity: Randomized Controlled Trial on Weight, Body Composition, and Health Metrics by Siniriikka A Männistö, Kirsi H Pietiläinen, Joona Muotka, Laura-Unnukka Suojanen, Raimo Lappalainen, Riitta Korpela

“…ResultsThere were no between-group differences in primary measurements of weight change or categorical weight change. …”
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Mechanical Property Comparison of 23-, 25-, and 27-Gauge Trocars across Multiple Pressures and Vitrectomy Systems by James M. Lai, BS, Justin Chen, BS, Aaron J. Fils, BS, Landon J. Rohowetz, MD, William Herskowitz, BA, Heather Durkee, PhD, Cornelis Jan Rowaan, MS, Araliya N. Gunawardene, MS, Nimesh Patel, MD, Jean-Marie Parel, PhD, Nicolas A. Yannuzzi, MD

“…Conclusions: Based on the findings of this study, 23-gauge valved trocars from B/L and DORC exhibited a significantly lower threshold for compromise compared to that of Alcon valved trocars, likely attributable to differences in valve placement design. …”
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Allele and genotype frequencies of variants in P450 cytochromes, transports, and DNA repair enzymes in the Dominican Republic population by Elizabeth Pérez-Duval, Berniza Calderón, Berniza Calderón, Berniza Calderón, Marlen Izquierdo, José A. Herrera-Isidrón, Elizabeth Reyes-Reyes, Alejandro Herrera, Manuel Soto, Alba Beltré, Alba Beltré, Idania Rodeiro-Guerra

“…Pairwise FST analysis revealed that Dominicans displayed genetic similarity to Latin American populations, especially those with Afro-Caribbean ancestry, given the selected variants. Higher differences were identified from East and South Asians, Europeans, and Africans, in which several values above the FST threshold for moderate differentiation were identified within variants in CYP2C, CYP3A, CYP1A1, ABCB1, SLC45A2, XRCC1, and XRCC3 genes.ConclusionsThese results should allow establishing the clinical relevance of pharmacogenetic testing in variant alleles related to drug transport and metabolism genes in this population.…”
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Trabecular Attenuation of L1 in Adult Patients with Multiple Myeloma: An Observational Study on Low-Dose CT Images by Carlo Augusto Mallio, Valeria Tomarchio, Francesco Pulcini, Edoardo Verducci, Caterina Bernetti, Maria Antonietta Tafuri, Federico Greco, Luigi Rigacci, Bruno Beomonte Zobel, Ombretta Annibali

“…Trabecular bone density values were obtained by defining regions of interest on non-contrast images at the level of L1 vertebra. A threshold of <i>p</i> = 0.05 was applied to determine statistical significance. …”
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The Stricter the Better? The Relationship between Targeted HbA1c Values and Metabolic Control of Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Marcin Braun, Bartlomiej Tomasik, Ewa Wrona, Wojciech Fendler, Przemyslawa Jarosz-Chobot, Agnieszka Szadkowska, Agnieszka Zmysłowska, Jayne Wilson, Wojciech Mlynarski

“…To evaluate this we compared reported HbA1c with guideline thresholds. Materials and Methods. We searched systematically MEDLINE and EMBASE for studies reporting on HbA1c in children with T1DM and grouped them according to targeted HbA1c obtained from regional guidelines. …”
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