Two methods of vibration perception assessing in workers exposed to hand-arm vibration by E. Zamysłowska-Szmytke, W. Szymczak, M. Śliwińska-Kowalska

“…The methods differed not only in technical parameters of stimuli but also in the way of normative values evaluation. …”
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Iridium oxide-based biosensors: A novel method for ESBL detection and quantification by Miss Jennifer Lawrence, Professor Mark Sutton, Professor Danny O'Hare, Professor Alison Holmes, Dr Timothy Miles Rawson

“…Current antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods have limitations in detecting and characterising ESBL pathogens. …”
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Impact of Different CKD Definitions on Long-Term Renal Function and Mortality in a Population-Based Cohort Study by Delal Dalga, Aurélie Huber, Anne Dufey, Peter Vollenweider, Pedro Marques-Vidal, Sophie de Seigneux, Belen Ponte, Lena Berchtold

“…For each, we assessed the prevalence of CKD and the combined impact on rapid renal function decline (RRFD) and mortality. Methods: Patients were classified as CKD according to the presence of significant albuminuria and/or different eGFR thresholds as follows: (i) < 60ml/min per 1.73 m2; (ii) < 60ml/min corrected to i-BSA; (iii) stratified by age, that is, < 75, < 60 and < 45 ml/min per 1.73 m2 if aged < 40 years, 40 to 65 years, and > 65 years, respectively. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Four Different Anti-CCP Assays for the Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Diagnostic Performance Analysis by Lydia Lamara Mahammed, Tamazouzt Hadjout, Asma Bensaci, Ryma Hamma, Ghalya Bousbia, Nawel Dahmani, Halima Ismail, Nadia Tamechmacht, Reda Djidjik

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Characteristics and Quality of Life of Patients with COPD with Different Degrees of Exercise-Induced Desaturation on Six-minute Walk Test by Gao B, Wang S, Zhao L, Liao H, Qumu S, Wang P, Yang T, Jiang S

“…Beiyao Gao,1,&amp;ast; Siyuan Wang,1,&amp;ast; Li Zhao,2– 5,&amp;ast; Hongbin Liao,6 Shiwei Qumu,4,5,7 Peijian Wang,1 Ting Yang,4,5,7 Shan Jiang1 1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Lung Transplantation, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 3National Center for Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 4National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 5Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China; 6Department of Clinical Medicine, Peking University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 7Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China&amp;ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Shan Jiang, Email landjiang@126.com Ting Yang, Email zryyyangting@163.comObjective: To identify predictive factors for different exercise-induced desaturation (EID) severities and evaluate health-related quality of life six months later in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients.Methods: This retrospective study consecutively analyzed 116 COPD outpatients (male: 82.8% [96/116]; age: 63.48 ± 7.48 years; disease severity distribution: GOLD 1/2/3/4 = 55.8%/34.6%/7.7%/1.9%). …”
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Sex differences in myocardial flow reserve among individuals with type 2 diabetes: insights from the DiaHeart study by Anne-Cathrine Skriver-Møller, Philip Hasbak, Ida K. B. Rasmussen, Martin B. Blond, Victor S. Wasehuus, Mats C. H. Lassen, Morten Lindhardt, Allan Kofoed-Enevoldsen, Urd L. Kielgast, Emilie H. Zobel, Jens P. Goetze, Lene Holmvang, Tor Biering-Sørensen, Peter Rossing, Andreas Kjaer, Rasmus S. Ripa, Tine W. Hansen

“…These findings underscore the need for further research into sex-specific thresholds for MFR in cardiovascular risk stratification. …”
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Color Doppler ultrasound imaging in varicoceles: Is the difference in venous diameter encountered during Valsalva predictive of palpable varicocele grade? by Kelly Lehner, Catherine Ingram, Utsav Bansal, Colleen Baca, Adithya Balasubramanian, Nannan Thirumavalavan, Jason M. Scovell, Saneal Rajanahally, Matthew Pollard, Larry I. Lipshultz

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Underwater acoustic signal denoising method based on DBO–VMD and singular value decomposition by A. Weiyi Chen, B. Shizhe Wang, C. Zongji Li, D. Li Dong

“…In an effort to verify the performance of the DBO–VMD–SVD method, it was used to denoise Lorenz signals at different signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) and compared with methods such as VMD and VMD–SVD. …”
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Research on error control method for polynomial approximation based on equal amplitude oscillation theorem by Letong Zhou, Liguo Zhao

“…Experiments cover both noiseless and noisy data scenarios. Compared with methods such as the Least Squares Method (LSM), the results show that the maximum absolute error of the proposed method is effectively reduced, and it performs excellently under different data densities and distributions. …”
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Revisiting the extension of the Brussels urban agglomeration : new methods, new data … new results ? by Isabelle Thomas, Camille Cotteels, Jonathan Jones, Dominique Peeters

“…Results are further compared to more traditional delineations. Observed differences are mainly observed at the outskirts of the agglomeration but are very important in terms of policy : the urban-rural limit depends upon the criterion (definition, threshold) and method used. …”
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Mechanical equipment fault diagnosis method based on improved deep residual shrinkage network. by Shaoming Qiu, Liangyu Liu, Yan Wang, Xinchen Huang, Bicong E, Jingfeng Ye

“…This method enhances the soft threshold function in the traditional deep residual shrinkage network, allowing it to extract useful information from the fault signal to the maximum extent, thus significantly improving diagnostic accuracy. …”
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Evolution characteristics of extreme maximum temperature events in Central China and adaptation strategies under different future warming scenarios by Duan Yiping, You Xia, Wang Rongrong, Ouyang Ping, Wang Guanhua, Chen Muyan, Gong Min

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Limits of Flow-Cytometry Histogram Analysis Methods to Assess Bladder Tumour Antigen Expression by Agnès Chabanas, Jean‐Jacques Rambeaud, Hong-Hsu Huo, Daniel Seigneurin, Jean-Jacques Lawrence

“…The HSD method appeared to be a more reliable method for background estimation; however, in the case of very low antigen expression, where specific fluorescence histograms could hardly be distinguished from that of the background, fluorescence microscopy remained the only valid method, since it allowed the distinction between specific and non‐specific fluorescence on the basis of structural differences between the two.…”
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Transformer Failure Rate Model Based on DDgPCE Method and Oil Chromatography Datadd by CHEN Li juan, WU Jian jun, WANG Gang, DAI Zi kuo, LIU Zhen dong, TAN Yu hua, ZHOU Yul ong

“…Secondly, considering the difference of gas types generated during the decomposition of insulating materials under different conditions, the correlation between gas production rates is analyzed , and the weight of each gas state quantity is allocated by the improved entropy weight method. …”
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Heat transfer test method development: Consideration for design and safety of household oven mitts by Adriana Petrova, Semra Peksoz, Aditya Jayadas

“… The purpose of this study was to develop a test method – an apparatus and a protocol for evaluating the rate of heat transfer across a sample of layered materials commonly used in oven mitts. …”
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Analysis method and experimental conditions affect computed circadian phase from melatonin data. by Hadassa Klerman, Melissa A St Hilaire, Richard E Kronauer, Joshua J Gooley, Claude Gronfier, Joseph T Hull, Steven W Lockley, Nayantara Santhi, Wei Wang, Elizabeth B Klerman

“…Melatonin profiles from older subjects and subjects with lower melatonin amplitude were less likely to be fit by all analysis methods. When circadian drift over multiple study days was algebraically removed, there were no significant differences between analysis methods of melatonin onsets (P = 0.57), but there were significant differences between those of melatonin offsets (P<0.0001). …”
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German DVO risk score identified more patients requiring treatment compared to FRAX by Anna Frank, Judith Charlotte Witzel, Christina Heppner, Annette Lamersdorf, Andreas Leha, Heide Siggelkow

“…As suggested by DVO guidelines before 2023, we set the therapy threshold of >30% for vertebral and hip fractures. …”
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Multifocal Electroretinography as a Method of Functional Assessment of Retinal Laser Injury in Experimental Studies by A. A. Suetov, S. I. Alekperov, M. A. Odinokaya, A. A. Kostina, E. A. Petrova

“…In each eye were applied 6 applications of different laser pulse power (15, 30, 50, 100, 150 and 200 mW). …”
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Real-Time Estimation Method of P-Wave Slowness Based on Kalman Filtering and STC by SUN Hao, CHEN Wenhui, SUN Xuekai, YU Weidong, LI Siyi, ZHAO Peng

“…The currently common real-time acoustic interval time extraction method is the first arrival threshold method. This method is prone to extracting incorrect modal waves in heterogeneous formations and complex borehole conditions, suffering from weak anti-interference capability, insufficient stability, and other issues. …”
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Corn Seed Freezing Damage Identification of Different Sides Based on Hyperspectral Imaging and SPA-2DCOS Fusion Algorithm by Jun Zhang, Limin Dai, Ruiyuan Zhuang

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