Mycobacterium tuberculosis Detection in Diverse Clinical Specimens by GeneXpert MTB/RIF: A Large-Scale Retrospective Study by Li H, Li Z, Cui X, Liu X, Zhao J, Zhang Y, Wang C, Li B, Fan Y, Han J, Xia Y, Xiong Z, Zou X, Zhu Y, Li M, Lu B, Cao B

“…This retrospective study examined 4098 clinical samples from China-Japan Friendship Hospital between March 2018 and March 2019, focusing on the diagnostic performance of GeneXpert MTB/RIF across different specimen types.Methods: The study encompassed various sample types, including bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), sputum, lung tissues, hydrothorax, and others. …”
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COMPARISON OF EFFICACY OF DIFFERENT LONG-ACTING NITRATES DRUG COMPOUNDS IN PATIENTS WITH STABLE ANGINA by N. G. Kucheryavaya, E. V. Bochkareva, G. P. Arutyunov, N. A. Koziolova, O. L. Barbarash, S. A. Boytsov

“…After randomization all patients were taking by the cross-method the TNL 4-8 mg/day “on demand” and I5M or ID 40 mg/day during next 6 weeks each. …”
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Minimal Clinically Important Difference on Parkinson’s Disease Sleep Scale 2nd Version by Krisztina Horváth, Zsuzsanna Aschermann, Péter Ács, Gabriella Deli, József Janszky, Sámuel Komoly, Kázmér Karádi, Márton Kovács, Attila Makkos, Béla Faludi, Norbert Kovács

“…Both anchor-based techniques (within patients’ score change method and sensitivity- and specificity-based method by receiver operating characteristic analysis) and distribution-based approaches (effect size calculations) were utilized to determine the magnitude of minimal clinically important difference. …”
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Personality traits, pain perception, and patient attitudes toward orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances by Monika Lorek, Anna Jarząbek, Magdalena Sycińska-Dziarnowska, Sylwia Gołąb, Ewa Cichocka, Gianrico Spagnuolo, Gianrico Spagnuolo, Krzysztof Woźniak, Liliana Szyszka-Sommerfeld, Liliana Szyszka-Sommerfeld

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between pain perception, pressure pain threshold (PPT), attitude toward orthodontic treatment, and personality traits in adolescents treated with fixed orthodontic appliances.MethodsThe study involved 60 subjects aged 16 to 18 year-olds divided into 2 groups: group 1 consisted of 30 patients undergoing orthodontic treatment with fixed orthodontic appliances, and group 2 consisted of 30 untreated subjects. …”
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Image segmentation method of plastic-film corn canopy by ZHANG Wanhong, LIU Wenzhao

“…And then, the images were respectively segmented using the methods of excess green (ExG), excess red (ExR), excess green minus excess red (ExG－ExR), and Otsu thresholding of excess green, excess red and excess green minus excess red. …”
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Estimating Grapevine Transpirational Losses Using Models Under Different Conditions of Soil Moisture by Efthymios Kokkotos, Anastasios Zotos, Dimitrios E. Tsesmelis, Eleftherios A. Petrakis, Angelos Patakas

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Assessment of the Effectiveness of Different Variants of Frequency Doubling Technology Perimetry in Monitoring the Glaucoma Process by I. L. Simakova, A. N. Kulikov, I. A. Tikhonovskaya

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Polishing Ceramic Samples with Fast Argon Atoms at Different Angles of Their Incidence on the Sample Surface by Sergey N. Grigoriev, Alexander S. Metel, Marina A. Volosova, Enver S. Mustafaev, Yury A. Melnik

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Establishing the minimal important difference of the visual analog scale for assessing exercise-induced fatigue by Jianyu Gan, Gengxin Dong, Yilin Xu, Yan Chen, Yunqing Zhang, Qi Gao, Dapeng Bao

“…The Visual Analog Scale (VAS) is one of the most commonly used subjective methods for evaluating exercise-induced fatigue. However, there is a limited interpretation of how much a change in this method indicates a fatigue status that matters to the exercise performance due to the lack of a well-established minimal important difference (MID). …”
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DIFFERENCES IN WORKERS' BLOOD PRESSURE DUE TO NOISE IN THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN EAST JAVA, INDONESIA by Virrarny Eka Novyra, Ratih Damayanti, Ratnaningtyas Wahyu Kusuma Wardani, Indah Lutfiya

“…A Paired Sample T-test was conducted to assess differences in workers' blood pressure before and after exposure to noise. …”
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Morpho‐Molecular Identification of Common Freshwater Loaches Collected From Different Ecosystems of Bangladesh by Md. Amdadul Haque, Saima Binte Hadi, Ayesha Akhter Sumona, Jonaira Rashid, Mohd Golam Quader Khan, Md. Samsul Alam

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THE LEFT VENTRICLE DIASTOLIC FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION UNDER THE USE OF DIFFERENT DRUG GROUPS by A. V. Budnevskij, E. S. Ovsjannikov, L. E. Kulikova

“…The average values of the left atrial volume index before and after the treatment course did not show significant differences. In the majority of the examined patients, this parameter did not exceed the threshold value of 34 ml/m2 . …”
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Parameter Adaptive LCD Screen Defect Detection Framework by LIU Wang, SHAO Huili, HE Yongjun, XIE Yining, CHEN Deyun

“…It is necessary to detect defects in the production process of LCD screens for quality improvements Manual detection brings a heavy workload and low accuracy Therefore, an efficient and accurate automatic detection method is urgently needed To this end, this paper proposes a new defect detection framework, which mainly includes screen area extraction, preprocessing, threshold segmentation and defect selection By adaptive adjustment of parameters, the detection method can adapt to various complex situations In order to eliminate the influence of illumination changes, the defect region is segmented by automatic parameter adjustment in the threshold segmentation First, the maximum grayscale value of the image is calculated, and then the fixed parameters and the coefficient of the defect image are determined according to the nodefect image, and finally the maximum value which was selected as the minimum threshold of the threshold segmentation from the fixed parameters and the product of the maximum grayscale value and the coefficient In addition, in order to solve the problem that the brightness difference of the images captured by lowresolution cameras is too small to detect defects in the saturation condition, selfadaptive adjustment of exposure parameters was used to collect images to process different parts of images with large difference in light and shade Experiments show that the method can achieve high performance and efficiency in detecting defects such as points, lines, Mura, saturation…”
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Effects of different pulse widths on acute tibial nerve stimulation for overactive bladder in cats by Dongsheng Shang, Haoyu Sun, Han Deng, Gongyue Liu, Limin Liao, Xing Li

“…The threshold intensity (T) was higher at 60 µsec than at 624 µsec (P < 0.01), while T at 210 µsec, 420 µsec, and 624 µsec showed no significant differences (P > 0.05). …”
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Chronic kidney disease screening in Iran: a cost-effectiveness analysis of different strategies by Fatemeh Keshvari-Shad, Mahmood Yousefi, Sakineh Haj Ebrahimi, Alireza Mahboub-Ahari, Nastaran Nemati, Satar Rezaei

“…Using a willingness-to-pay threshold of IRR 316,112,349 (US $3276.8) per QALY, the model suggests that the ACR, eGFR, and dipstick screening strategies were superior to no screening, offering lower costs and more QALYs over the 40-year period. …”
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Accuracy assessment of land surface temperature retrievals from remote sensing imagery: pixel-based, single and multi-channel methods by A Sediyo Adi Nugraha, Muhammad Kamal, Sigit Heru Murti, Wirastuti Widyatmanti

“…MCM with the NDVI threshold method (NDVITHM) showed excellent results in distinguishing between vegetation and non-vegetation objects. …”
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Pengolahan Citra Berbasis Video Proccesing dengan Metode Frame Difference untuk Deteksi Gerak by Yovi Apridiansyah, Ardi Wijaya, Pahrizal, Rozali Toyib, Arif Setiawan

“… This study discusses the detection of motion of objects in video by utilizing the Frame difference method which aims to process video so as to produce Frames on moving objects. …”
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Weighted Hypoxemia Index: An adaptable method for quantifying hypoxemia severity. by Diane C Lim, Cheng-Bang Chen, Ankita Paul, Yujie Wang, Jinyoung Kim, Soonhyun Yook, Emily Y Kim, Edison Q Kim, Anup Das, Medhi Wangpaichitr, Virend K Somers, Chi Hang Lee, Phyllis C Zee, Toshihiro Imamura, Hosung Kim

“…<h4>Objective</h4>To quantitate hypoxemia severity.<h4>Methods</h4>We developed the Weighted Hypoxemia Index to be adapted to different clinical settings by applying 5 steps to the oxygen saturation curve: (1) Identify desaturation/resaturation event [Formula: see text] by setting the upper threshold; (2) Exclude events as artifact by setting a lower threshold; (3) Calculate weighted area for each [Formula: see text] as [Formula: see text]; (4) Calculate a normalization factor [Formula: see text] for each subject; (5) Calculate the Weighted Hypoxemia Index as the summation of all weighted areas multiplied by [Formula: see text]. …”
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Synchrony Vision: Capturing Body Motion Synchrony Through Phase Difference Using the Kinect by Jinhwan Kwon

“…The system captures acceleration data from up to six individuals, calculates phase differences, and provides immediate feedback. The original algorithm was modified to address challenges such as gravitational acceleration, inverted axes, and peak detection thresholds, improving the accuracy of Kinect data analysis. …”
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Detecting Driver Drowsiness Using Hybrid Facial Features and Ensemble Learning by Changbiao Xu, Wenhao Huang, Jiao Liu, Lang Li

“…However, they bring challenges arising from inter-individual differences among drivers. Variations in facial structure necessitate personalized feature extraction thresholds, yet existing methods apply a uniform threshold, leading to inaccurate feature extraction. …”
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