Managing Clopidogrel Resistance in Neurointervention: Surveying Current Approaches by Hyun Woo Kim, Ivo Bach, Juan Carlos Martinez Gutierrez, Adam A. Dmytriw, Salvatore D'Amato, Hussein A. Zeineddine, Albert J. Yoo, Sunil A. Sheth

“…Respondents reported 25 different therapeutic thresholds, with the P2Y12 reaction unit range between 60 and 180 most commonly used (16.4%). …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of anaesthesia regimens for paediatric strabismus surgery based on multicentre retrospective cohort data from Japan by Soichiro Obara, Taiki Kojima, Yusuke Yamauchi, Takashi Fujiwara, Aya Sueda, Riku Takahashi

“…This study evaluates the cost-effectiveness of different anaesthesia regimens, focusing on the addition of ondansetron (OND), in preventing POV. …”
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Normal Glypican-3 Serum Levels Do Not Eliminate the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Agnieszka Lembas, Tomasz Mikuła, Magdalena Suchacz, Joanna Kozłowska, Szymon Barczak, Barbara Badura, Alicja Wiercińska-Drapało

“…The utility of GPC3, when combined with AFP and GGT, was inconsistent across different thresholds in detecting HCC. Conclusions. …”
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Improving wheat yield and water use efficiency through soil water-guided furrow irrigation and hydraulic simulation by Dong-Hyeon Kim, Younggu Her, Liguang Cheng, Taeil Jang

“…Despite the increasing adoption of precision irrigation technologies including drip and sprinkler systems, traditional methods such as furrow irrigation remain widely used among small-scale farmers due to their lower costs and simpler management requirements. …”
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Repeated Pressure and Shear Stress at the Posterior Heel Following Localized Skin Cooling: Protocol for a Repeated Measures Cohort Study by Ralph Gordon, Charlotte Stevens, Peter Worsley, Davide Filingeri

“…ObjectiveThis study protocol aims to investigate how localized cooling influences the skin’s microvascular, inflammatory, structural, and perceptual tolerance to repeated shear loading at the heel. MethodsThe protocol will be tested on individuals of different age, sex, skin tone, and comorbidities, using a repeated measures design. …”
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Non-HDL-C and age-stratified mortality risk in the US general population: a population-based cohort study by Zhiqing Fu, Wei Zhang, Shan Li

“…However, studies of large, broadly generalizable populations are lacking, and the effect of non-HDL-C on all-cause and cause-specific mortality, particularly in different age groups, remains uncertain.MethodsWe conducted a population-based cohort study using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 1999 to 2018. …”
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Age-stratified anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) nomogram: a comprehensive cohort study including 22.920 women by Kiper Aslan, Isil Kasapoglu, Bahadir Kosan, Aylin Tunali, Ilayda Tellioglu, Gurkan Uncu

“…Establishing an AMH nomogram could enhance fertility counseling and treatment planning.ObjectiveTo develop an age-stratified AMH nomogram to improve the understanding of ovarian reserve across reproductive ages and assist in comparing individual AMH values with age-specific thresholds, aiding in the baseline infertility work-upMethodsThis retrospective cohort study analyzed AMH test results from a tertiary university hospital’s electronic database between April 2015 and June 2024. …”
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The impact of multipollutant exposure on hepatic steatosis: a machine learning-based investigation into multipollutant synergistic effects by Chunying Yan, Zhanfang Zhu, Xueyan Guo, Wei Zong, Guisheng Liu, Yan Jin, Shiyuan Cui, Fuqiang Liu, Shujuan Gao

“…The Environmental Pollution Exposure Index (EPEI) was constructed to quantify cumulative effects, with SHAP values employed to identify critical pollutants and thresholds. Subgroup analyses were conducted to assess heterogeneity across different Body Mass Index (BMI), diabetes, and hyperlipidemia statuses.Results2-Hydroxynaphthalene was identified as the predominant pollutant (SHAP = 0.89), with cobalt and VOC metabolites (e.g., N-Acetyl-S-(2-carbamoylethyl)-L-cysteine) also contributing significantly. …”
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Seepage Safety of a Rockfill-based Earth Dam Heightening Project by CEN Wei-jun, ZHENG Xiao-yu, DENG Cheng-fa, CAO Yi-fan

“…The hydraulic gradients of the face slab, cutoff wall, and curtain grouting were all below allowable thresholds, indicating that the anti-seepage system is reliable. …”
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Establishment of age-stratified serum vitamin B6 pyridoxal and pyridoxic acid reference intervals among children aged 1–16 years in Henan, china by Yusheng Luan, Nan Chen, Xucheng Wang, Xiaojuan Li, Junmei Yang, Tiewei Li

“…Current clinical practice relies on international thresholds, but diagnostic sensitivity with domestic biochemical profiles remains suboptimal. …”
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Early Identification of Poorly Performing Implants in Michigan With the Example of the Vanguard XP by Nicholas B. Frisch, MD, MBA, Michael A. Masini, MD, Huiyong Zheng, PhD, Richard E. Hughes, PhD, Brian R. Hallstrom, MD, David C. Markel, MD

“…Demographic data were analyzed to determine differences between Vanguard XP and all other implants. …”
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Comparative efficacy of virtual reality headset and auditory distraction for reducing anxiety and pain during inferior alveolar nerve block in 7–10-year-old children: a clinical tr... by Zahra Bahrololoomi, Kazem Vaez, Amene Hosseini Yekani, Maryam Irannezhad, Zahra Parvizi

“…Abstract Objectives Pain and anxiety are not limited to a certain age group; however, their thresholds are closely correlated with age, and they can cause irreversible mental disorders in children. …”
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The relationship between cognitive function and muscle mass in older adults: a longitudinal study based on CLHLS by Yin Shi, Yin Shi, Yu Zhang, Xinyu Yang, Jiali Yang, Shilang Wang, YanFang Hong

“…Longitudinal studies should verify the validity of these thresholds in different populations.…”
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Outcomes of Total Ankle Replacement are Worse in Patients with Ipsilateral Hindfoot Fusion by Emily Teehan MS, Allison L. Boden MD, Jensen Henry MD, Constantine Demetracopoulos MD

“…Additionally, the incidence of radiographic complications was not significantly different between groups (P=0.075). Hindfoot fusion patients were equally as likely to meet PASS thresholds at 2-years postoperatively in all domains except global mental health (P=0.015) and depression (P=0.024). …”
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Universal third-trimester ultrasonic screening using fetal macrosomia in the prediction of adverse perinatal outcome: A systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accur... by Alexandros A Moraitis, Norman Shreeve, Ulla Sovio, Peter Brocklehurst, Alexander E P Heazell, Jim G Thornton, Stephen C Robson, Aris Papageorghiou, Gordon C Smith

“…Adverse perinatal outcomes included macrosomia (multiple thresholds), shoulder dystocia, and other markers of neonatal morbidity. …”
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Distilling knowledge from graph neural networks trained on cell graphs to non-neural student models by Vasundhara Acharya, Bülent Yener, Gillian Beamer

“…However, such methods may fail to capture biologically meaningful interactions. …”
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Clustering‐based risk stratification of prediabetes populations: Insights from the Taiwan and UK Biobanks by Djeane Debora Onthoni, Ying‐Erh Chen, Yi‐Hsuan Lai, Guo‐Hung Li, Yong‐Sheng Zhuang, Hong‐Ming Lin, Yu‐Ping Hsiao, Ade Indra Onthoni, Hung‐Yi Chiou, Ren‐Hua Chung

“…Prediabetes was defined by glucose thresholds, and incident T2D was identified through follow‐up data. …”
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MC-ASFF-ShipYOLO: Improved Algorithm for Small-Target and Multi-Scale Ship Detection for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Images by Yubin Xu, Haiyan Pan, Lingqun Wang, Ran Zou

“…Despite remarkable advances in deep-learning-based detection methods, performance remains constrained by the vast size differences between ships, limited feature information of small targets, and complex environmental interference in SAR imagery. …”
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Internet of things-based smart system for apple orchards monitoring and management by Bahareh Jamshidi, Hossein Khabbaz Jolfaee, Kazem Mohammadpour, Mohsen Seilsepour, Hossein Dehghanisanij, Hassan Hajnajari, Hossein Farazmand, Alireza Atri

“…Environmental data in apple orchard was collected on-line with wireless weather and soil sensors (perception layer) and sent to gateway through LoRa radio protocol and then from the gateway to the network server (transport layer) and provided to the software for users. Methods for forecasting apple powdery mildew disease and apple codling moth, as well as thresholds for starting and stopping irrigation were determined and used as bases for decision-making in the system software. …”
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Towards global elimination of Trachoma: An evaluation of Trachoma surveillance system, Wa East District, Ghana by Ernest Akyereko, Donne Kofi Ameme, Edwin Andrew Afari, Kofi Mensah Nyarko, Samuel Sackey, Delia Akosua Benewah Bandoh, Ernest Kenu

“…Some discrepancies in data between the different datasets (OPD, IDSR and community screening) were identified. …”
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