Investigating the general effects of different types of toluene exposure on the health of workers: an integrative review of the literature by Ahmed Mohsen Abbas El-Hagrasy, Ramadan Hani Karrout, Alexa Lulu Mcguinness, Tarek Ziyad Assaf Mousa Albutain, Dana Khalifa, Fatema Mohamed Hasan Ali Khalil, Eman Tawash, Maryam Alaradi

“…Notable exclusion criteria were non-human studies, pregnant women, paediatric and geriatric populations, and studies addressing toluene abuse and not occupational exposure.Data extraction and synthesis 27 studies met the eligibility criteria and were appraised using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool. Data were systematically extracted, guiding the synthesis of various themes, namely acute exposure effects, chronic exposure effects, short-term effects, long-term effects, low-dose effects, high-dose effects and reversible versus irreversible effects.Results The review demonstrated that occupational toluene exposure impacts health differently depending on the nature and context of the exposure. …”
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Clinical-functional peculiarities of stable angina of different functional classes considering myocardial infarction in an anamnesis by V. K. Tashchuk, Al Salama Muhamed Vasek, T. М. Amelina, I. O. Makoviichuk, O. P. Dinova

“…Materials and methods. In total, 120 patients with SAP involved in the study, and a written informed consent was obtained from all of them. …”
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Changes in oxygen uptake kinetics after exercise caused by differences in loading pattern and exercise intensity by Yuri Ichikawa, Tomoko Maeda, Tetsuya Takahashi, Kohei Ashikaga, Shiori Tanaka, Yuki Sumi, Haruki Itoh

“…We used these two types of loading patterns to investigate the effects of low‐intensity, medium‐intensity, and high‐intensity exercises on the half time (T1/2) of recovery‐period VO2 and the mechanism. Methods and results Ten healthy men aged 21.2 ± 0.9 years underwent symptom‐limited cardiopulmonary exercise tests with the ramp protocol to determine their anaerobic threshold. …”
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The Role of Lung Ultrasound Scan in Different Heart Failure Scenarios: Current Applications and Lacks of Evidences by Alessandro Campora, Matteo Beltrami, Anita Di Renzo, Alessia Petrini, Alberto Palazzuoli

“…However, optimizing the utilization of LUS remains a challenge, as standardized imaging protocols and B-line thresholds may vary across different clinical scenarios and HF phenotypes. …”
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Reliability of hemodynamic parameters measured by bioimpedance cardiography at different intensities during incremental exercise testing by Raphael Schoch, Jonathan Wagner, Max Niemeyer, Fabienne Bruggisser, Denis Infanger, Justin Carrard, Benedikt Gasser, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss, Raphael Knaier

“…BackgroundBioimpedance cardiography offers a non-invasive and time-efficient method to measure hemodynamic parameters. Previous studies only investigated its reliability under steady-state conditions and at maximum load but not at ventilatory thresholds (VTs). …”
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Estimation of Genetic Parameters for Growth and Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Resistance in Different Strains of Penaeus vannamei by Guixian HUANG, Xupeng LI, Jiteng TIAN, Sheng LUAN, Jie KONG, Baoxiang CAO, Ning LIU, Kun LUO, Jian TAN, Jiawang CAO, Ping DAI, Baolong CHEN, Guangfeng QIANG, Mianyu LIU, Yang LIU, Hongjie WANG, Xuehui LIU, Juan SUI, Xianhong MENG

“…The heritability estimates of survival time and half-lethal survival rate were 0.374± 0.096 and 0.257±0.048, respectively, indicating a moderate level of genetic heritability, and all significantly different from 0 (P < 0.01). The genetic correlation between weight and AHPND resistance traits (survival time and half-lethal survival rate) in both strains showed a low positive correlation (0.061–0.235), and no significant difference was observed from 0 (P > 0.05). …”
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Division Method and Seepage Law of Seepage Channels in a Tight Reservoir by Zhenkai Wu, Feifei Fang, Xizhe Li, Hanmin Xiao, Xuewei Liu, Yuan Rao, Yang Li, Jie Wang, Yongcheng Luo, Zhi Li

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An evaluation of methods for detecting false data injection attacks in the smart grid by Sarita Paudel

“…We therefore propose to complement detection by additional methods. For this we analyze the detection performance of four very different detection methods: (a) the classical adaptive bad data detection approach based on the residuals of linear Kalman Filters, (b) a simple threshold based on the Median Average Deviation (MAD), (c) a distribution-based approach using the Kullback-Leibler Divergence (KLD), and (d) the cumulative sum (CUSUM) as a representative of a change point detection method. …”
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Effects of Artificial Cyanobacterial Crust on Soil Wind Erosion Control in Arid Regions by Huang Minghui, Zhao Yunge, Gao Liqian

“…[Results] Cyanobacterial crusts of different coverages could be formed under outdoor conditions by inoculating the soil with cyanobacteria liquid having different inoculum amounts. …”
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LiDAR-based edge extraction method for underground belt conveyors by HUANG Chenxuan, CHANG Jian, WANG Lei

“…Laboratory tests showed that, even when the surface of the belt conveyor had a 100% water distribution and saturated thickness, the edge extraction accuracy was no less than 88%. Overall, this method outperforms the latitude and longitude extremum search method, the curvature threshold method based on KDTree/OcTree, and the adjacent point angle threshold method based on KDTree/OcTree, with an average computation time of only 36 ms, meeting the real-time inspection needs of underground environments.…”
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Sex differences in the prediction of metabolic abnormalities via body mass index in an Eastern Chinese population by Yingjie Gao, Kaimeng Jin, Jin Chen, Ben Chen, Yan Guo, Jin Lu

“…ObjectiveBody mass index (BMI) is important for predicting the occurrence of metabolic abnormality, but sex differences exist. We aimed to investigate potential sex differences in the predictive value of BMI for metabolic abnormality and to calculate the optimal BMI cut-offs for predicting metabolic abnormality for each sex.MethodsParticipants (n = 4,623) who attended a health check-up centre continuously in Eastern China between January 2022 and December 2023 were evaluated for metabolic abnormalities. …”
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ROTOR FAULT FEATURE EXTRACTION METHOD USING MVMD AND IEDPE (MT) by WU YaoChun, GUO XiaoBo, DU ShaoHua, JU Hai, ZHAO Yan, WU Jie, JIA XiaoFeng

“…Compared with MVMD+PE, EMD+IEDPE, and EEMD+IEDPE, the results show that the fault features extracted by the proposed method are more effective in characterizing significant differences between rotor fault states, allowing more accurate recognition of fault categories.…”
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The short-term effects of different cold spell definitions on asthma outpatient visits in Lanzhou, China by Jianjun Wu, Xizhuoma Zha, Xuelin Ren, Boxi Feng, Ying Zhang, Linghong Wang, Xingmin Wei, Yahui Xie, Jia Zhang, Jie Lu

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An examination of the interrelationships among NASA-TLX dimensions utilizing the DEMATEL method. by Şeniz Harputlu Aksu, Aylin Adem, Erman Çakıt, Metin Dağdeviren, Waldemar Karwowski

“…This study distinguishes itself by employing the Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) technique to clarify these relationships and dependencies, and to examine how interactions between dimensions shift under different threshold conditions. The research includes three distinct impact diagrams tailored for individuals performing tasks with varying levels of cognitive workload. …”
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Performance Evaluation of Mutual Funds Using the Value-Based DEA Method by Khadijeh Ghaziyani, Seyede Fatemeh Bagheri, Babak Ejlali

“…Since the investment policies of the funds are different from each other, the tools obtained are also different from each other. …”
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Early Detection of Pine Wilt Disease by Combining Pigment and Moisture Content Indices Using UAV-Based Hyperspectral Imagery by Rui Hou, Biyao Zhang, Guofei Fang, Sihan Yang, Lei Guo, Wenjiang Huang, Jing Yao, Quanjun Jiao, Hong Sun, Jiayu Yan

“…Based on the asynchronous variations in canopy moisture and pigment content during the development of PWD, the CI, WASCOSBNDI, and CI-WASCOSBNDI models were developed using a multi-threshold segmentation method to identify trees at different stages of infection. …”
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Welding deviation measurement method based on molten pool image analysis by Zhongren WANG, Hai XIA, Xiaofeng MA, Wen ZHANG, Kepeng CHEN, Rongli ZHAO, Tielin SHI

“…During full-position gas arc welding at the consumable arc welding electrode of pipes, different azimuth angles of the pipe have different effects on the shape of the molten pool, and the trailing angle of the molten pool is closely related to the welding deviation. …”
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Detecting Current Transformer Measurement Errors Using Double Decomposition Method by Bolun Du, Yinglong Diao, Huan Wang, Xiujuan Zeng, Tong Liu, Yiyi Peng

“…In China Electric Power Research Institute, the proposed CT measurement error detection method can accurately locate the abnormal phase of CT and detect the 0.2% ratio difference threshold in the verification experiment. …”
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Fiscal Sustainability of Local Governments in the Visegrad Group Countries by Tomasz Uryszek

“…Objective: The main goal of the article is to assess the level of fiscal sustainability at the local government level in the Visegrad Group (V4) economies. Research Design & Methods: Two different methods of fiscal sustainability measures were used in the article to verify whether the local government deficit is sustainable: estimations of the no-Ponzi conditions, and calculations of the threshold primary balance. …”
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Evaluation of ‘Dunkelflaute’ event detection methods considering grid operators’ needs by Benjamin Biewald, Bastien Cozian, Laurent Dubus, William Zappa, Laurens P Stoop

“…In this paper, we perform a literature review of different methods to identify dunkelflaute events from hourly RES production and load data alone. …”
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