HEARING STATUS OF CHILDREN WITH BEHÇET’S DISEASE: A PROSPECTIVE PRELIMINARY STUDY by Nuray Aktay Ayaz, Gonca Keskindemirci, Zehra Çınar, Özgür Yiğit, Çiğdem Kalaycık Ertuğay, Mustafa Çakan, Şerife Gül Karadağ, Esat Alkaya

“…Objective: We aimed to evaluate the hearing status of children with Behçet’s Disease (BD). Materials and Method: It is a prospective, cross-sectional, controlled study. …”
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Uncertainty Analysis of Rear-End Collision Risk Based on Car-Following Driving Simulation Experiments by Qingwan Xue, Xuedong Yan, Xiaomeng Li, Yun Wang

“…Parameters of variables in the model were calibrated by liner regression and Monte Carlo method was adopted in model simulation for uncertainty analysis. …”
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A framework for quantifying the resilience of urban agglomeration under multidimensional association rule by Xinran Wang, Shan Xu, Yichen Wang

“…The findings reveal several key insights: (1) The optimal distance thresholds differ across the various resilience dimensions. (2) There are negative spatial correlations between ecological resilience and the other dimensions. (3) Ecological resilience exhibits a positive spatial spillover effect. …”
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Evaluation of mathematical models and artificial neural networks for prediction of sorption isotherm in microwave pre-heated mung bean by Kulwinder Kaur, Satish Kumar, Preetinder Kaur, Rupinder Pal Singh, Inderjit Singh Grewal

“…This study examined the moisture sorption characteristics of microwave pre-treated mung beans at different temperatures (25, 35, and 45 °C) and relative humidity levels (11–85%) using gravimetric static methods. …”
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Exploring voluntary sector specialist services for victim-survivors of sexual violence in England: the PROSPER co-production study by Caroline Bradbury-Jones, Sarah Damery, Kirsten Fruin, Clare Gunby, Jenny Harlock, Lucy Hebberts, Louise Isham, Anne-Marie Jones, Fay Maxted, Amelia Mighty, Priti Parmar, Laura Patterson, Jason Schaub, Fee Scott, Harriet Smailes, Debs Smith, Julie Taylor

“…Explore the usefulness of different approaches to service delivery and different therapy models. …”
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MW-UNet: Multi-Scale Weighted Connection UNet for Identification and Classification of Non-Meteorological Clutter over Big Radar Data by Mengmeng Cui, Chen Zeng, Xiaolong Xu, Muhammad Bilal, Xiaoyu Xia

“…To improve the quality of radar data, machine learning and fuzzy logic algorithms are often used to identify and classify non-meteorological clutter in weather data. However, these methods often require dozens of texture features as inputs and need to manually adjust the thresholds to cope with different clutter types, which leads to significant time costs. …”
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Study on the Thermal Performance of Inner and Outer Wall Surfaces Based on FDM-ATSCM by Li Honglian, Cao Wenhui, Jiang Suwan, Sun Yinghao, Zhu Xinrong

“…Accordingly, this study proposes the FDM-ATSCM model to enhance the numerical accuracy of wall surface temperature analysis while improving computational efficiency.MethodsTraditional finite difference methods (FDM) can accurately capture heat transfer in walls by discretizing the partial differential equations of conduction. …”
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Association between intraoperative lactate levels and acute kidney injury after on-pump cardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort study across two centers by Dong Xu Chen, Yu Yang Zhang, Xing Long Xiong, Leng Zhou, Jing Shi

“…Risk stratification demonstrated that patients in higher lactate quintiles faced substantially increased AKI risk, with odds ratios ranging from 1.34 to 4.37 across different lactate parameters. Conclusion These findings established specific lactate thresholds as valuable predictive markers for AKI risk in cardiac surgery, offering clinically applicable parameters for perioperative risk assessment and management. …”
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Role of Spleen Stiffness Measurements with 2D Shear-Wave Elastography for Esophageal Varices in Patients with Compensated Advanced Chronic Liver Disease by Cristina Muzica, Sorina Diaconu, Sebastian Zenovia, Laura Huiban, Carol Stanciu, Horia Minea, Irina Girleanu, Mihaela Muset, Tudor Cuciureanu, Stefan Chiriac, Ana-Maria Singeap, Camelia Cojocariu, Anca Trifan

“…Further validation is required to refine diagnostic thresholds and expand applicability across different chronic liver disease etiologies.…”
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Predictive Framework Based on GBIF and WorldClim Data for Identifying Drought- and Cold-Tolerant <i>Magnolia</i> Species in China by Minxin Gou, Jie Xu, Haoxiang Zhu, Qianwen Liao, Haiyang Wang, Xinyao Zhou, Qiongshuang Guo

“…Using the updated climatic thresholds, nine candidate species each were identified as having drought resistance (PDQ < 60.5 mm) and cold tolerance (MTCM < 0.925 °C). …”
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Modeling the health and economic implications of adopting a 1-dose 9-valent human papillomavirus vaccination program in adolescents in low/middle-income countries: An analysis of I... by Vincent Daniels, Kunal Saxena, Oscar Patterson-Lomba, Andres Gomez-Lievano, Jarir At Thobari, Nancy Durand, Evan Myers

“…The 1-dose programs are unlikely to be cost-effective compared to 2-dose programs even at low willingness-to-pay (WTP) thresholds. The girls-only 2-dose program tends to be cost-effective at lower WTP thresholds, particularly in scenarios with high coverage, dose price and discount rate, while the girls and boys 2-dose program is cost-effective at higher WTP thresholds. …”
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Epicardial Adipose Tissue and Heterogeneity Parameters Combined with Inflammatory Cells to Predict the Value of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Patients Post Myocard... by Yu-jiao Song, Xiao-ying Zhao, Lu-jing Wang, Ting Ning, Ming-tian Chen, Pei Liu, Si-wen Chen, Xin-xiang Zhao

“…The optimal cut-off values were identified using time-dependent ROC curves in R software, and Kaplan–Meier event-survival curves were plotted to illustrate the event-free rates based on these optimal thresholds.The median follow-up time was calculated using the reverse Kaplan–Meier method. …”
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Biophysical Constraints to Robusta Coffee Productivity in Low, Moderate, and High Rainfall Areas by Winfred Nabiteeko Nakyagaba, Herbert Talwana, Samuel Kyamanywa, Godfrey H. Kagezi, Yazid Bamutaze, David Mfitumukiza, Revocatus Twinomuhangi, Hannington Bukomeko, David Mukasa, Bernard Fungo, van Asten Piet, Laurence Jassogne

“…Robusta yield, soil parameters, pest and disease proportions, and tree and banana intercrop densities were measured under the thresholds. Parametric methods and the boundary line approach were used to analyze limiting factors and yield gaps. …”
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Calculating preventable risk fractions for exposure-reducing interventions by Louis Anthony Cox, Jr.

“…These methods can provide evidence-based assessments of how specific exposure reductions affect risk. …”
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Systematic review and meta‑analysis of factors predicting postoperative lung function after lung cancer resection by Hongling Wang, Lihong He, Xiaoyun Hu, Gongxue Xian

“…Conclusions: The results indicate that using CT volume and density is the optimal method for predicting postoperative FEV1. Additional research is necessary to establish the connection between the type of surgical procedure, adopted thresholds, and outcomes reported by patients.…”
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Degree of skin denervation and its correlation to objective thermal sensory test in leprosy patients. by Ismael Alves Rodrigues Júnior, Isabel Cristina Costa Silva, Letícia Trivellato Gresta, Sandra Lyon, Manoel de Figueiredo Villarroel, Rosa Maria Esteves Arantes

“…There were significant differences in skin thermal thresholds among lesions and contralateral skin (cold, warm, cold induced pain and heat induced pain). …”
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People Detection Based on Spatial Mapping of Friendliness and Floor Boundary Points for a Mobile Navigation Robot by Tsuyoshi Tasaki, Fumio Ozaki, Nobuto Matsuhira, Tetsuya Ogata, Hiroshi G. Okuno

“…We classify obstacles as moving people by comparing movement of each point with robot movement using odometry data, dynamically changing thresholds to detect. Our robot detected 95.0% of partners while it stands by and interacts with people and detected 85.0% of moving people while robot moves, which was four times higher than previous methods did.…”
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Automated Quality Control of Cleaning Processes in Automotive Components Using Blob Analysis by Simone Mari, Giovanni Bucci, Fabrizio Ciancetta, Edoardo Fiorucci, Andrea Fioravanti

“…The system acquires high-resolution monochrome images under various lighting configurations, including natural light and infrared (IR) at 850 nm and 940 nm, with different angles of incidence. Four blob detection algorithms—adaptive thresholding, Laplacian of Gaussian (LoG), Difference of Gaussians (DoG), and Determinant of Hessian (DoH)—were implemented and evaluated based on their ability to detect surface impurities. …”
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Is the outcome of fitting hearing aids to adults affected by whether an audiogram-based prescription formula is individually applied? A systematic review protocol by Kevin J Munro, Ibrahim Almufarrij, Harvey Dillon

“…Introduction Hearing aids are typically programmed using the individual’s audiometric thresholds. Developments in technology have resulted in a new category of direct-to-consumer devices, which are not programmed using the individual’s audiometric thresholds. …”
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Do patient-reported outcome scores better identify outlier surgical practice compared with revision rates for total knee arthroplasty? by Morgan C H Lingard, Christopher M A Frampton, Gary J Hooper

“…Funnel plot control limits identified similar numbers of outliers for 6-month Oxford score and revision rate, however, there here was minimal overlap in outliers identified using the 2 methods. There was also minimal overlap in outliers using centile thresholds. …”
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