Evaluation of the use of additional capabilities of immunochemiluminescent analysis for determining the duration of infection with human immunodeficiency virus by A. I. Ermakov, N. N. Kotova, T. N. Vinogradova, D. E. Kireev

“…To assess the possibility of using the positivity rate (S/CO) in the HIV Ag/Ab immunoassay on the Alinity i analytical platform to determine the duration of infection during HIV screening.Materials and methods. The study included 316 HIV-infected patients with different infection durations. …”
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Correlation between proprioception, functionality, patient-reported knee condition and joint acoustic emissions. by Liudmila Khokhlova, Dimitrios Sokratis Komaris, Brendan O'Flynn, Salvatore Tedesco

“…Considering that this study included subjects from the general population and the number of participants with KOOS <70 was relatively small, higher correlations might be expected for clinically confirmed OA cases. Additionally, different ICCs might be expected for alternative signal parameters and proprioception assessment methods. …”
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Prevalence and concomitance of diabetic peripheral sensory neuropathy and lower limb peripheral arterial disease in type II diabetics and its correlation with obesity by Jayesh Dalpatbhai Solanki, Axat Pragnesh Shah, Nisha Lalwani, Bansi Janakbhai Trivedi, Avan Ashokbhai Savani, Krupali Parshottambhai Sojitra

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study was done on 152 under-treatment T2Ds. …”
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Characterization of Adsorbents for Cytokine Removal from Blood in an In Vitro Model by Stephan Harm, Franz Gabor, Jens Hartmann

“…Here, we tested different adsorbents for their effective removal of cytokines from plasma and the resulting effect on endothelial cell activation. …”
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Temporal Logical Attention Network for Log-Based Anomaly Detection in Distributed Systems by Yang Liu, Shaochen Ren, Xuran Wang, Mengjie Zhou

“…Our approach makes three key contributions: (1) a temporal logical attention mechanism that explicitly models both time-series patterns and logical dependencies between log events across distributed components, (2) a multi-scale feature extraction module that captures system behaviors at different temporal granularities while preserving causal relationships, and (3) an adaptive threshold strategy that dynamically adjusts detection sensitivity based on system load and component interactions. …”
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Edge computing-based ensemble learning model for health care decision systems by Asir Chandra Shinoo Robert Vincent, Sudhakar Sengan

“…The suggested CDSS uses many different data processing methods, including Adaptive Synthetic (ADASYN) and isolation Forest (iForest), which fix problems like outliers and class imbalance. …”
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Circulating Levels of Interleukin-1 Family Cytokines in Overweight Adolescents by Christian Jung, Norbert Gerdes, Michael Fritzenwanger, Hans Reiner Figulla

“…Methods. Seventy male, Caucasian adolescents (13–17 years) were recruited. …”
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Risk factors for recurrence of ovarian endometriomas after surgical treatment: retrospective cohort study by T. S. Kachalina, M. E. Bogatova, S. S. Kuznetsov, V. F. Lazukin

“…For IL-8 the threshold value was 128.78 pg/ml, sensitivity 93%, specificity 87.1%, accuracy 88.9%. …”
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The role of clinical and immunological parameters in predicting the effectiveness of additional immunotropic therapy in oxygen-dependent patients with COVID-19 coronavirus disease by O. V. Riabokon, V. V. Cherkaskyi, Yu. Yu. Riabokon, A. V. Vynokurova

“…JPZ804I382130ARCN10-J). Results. Threshold levels of immunological parameters at different stages of observation, which have prognostic value regarding the risk of a fatal outcome of COVID-19, have been established. …”
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Personalized Treatment Response in Progressive MS: Can the Patient's Profile Influence the Outcome? by Francesca Bovis, Ludwig Kappos, Sophie Arnould, Goeril Karlsson, Maria Pia Sormani

“…Methods We developed an individualized response score (RS) to predict treatment response in patients with active secondary progressive MS (SPMS). …”
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Influences of pulsed electric field parameters on cell electroporation and electrofusion events: Comprehensive understanding by experiments and molecular dynamics simulations. by Sujun Qu, Qiang Ke, Xinhao Li, Lin Yu, Shuheng Huang

“…Electroporation and electrofusion are efficient methods, which have been widely used in different areas of biotechnology and medicine. …”
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Assessment of resection margins during breast-conserving surgery using multimodal optical coherence tomography by D. A. Vorontsov, E. V. Gubarkova, M. A. Sirotkina, A. A. Sovetskiy, S. N. Aleksakhina, T. T. Tabagua, E. A. Busko, E. N. Imyanitov, S. S. Kuznetsov, A. Yu. Vorontsov, E. V. Zagaynova, S. V. Gamayunov, V. Yu. Zaytsev, P. V. Krivorotko, N. D. Gladkova

“…Among the 132 studied resection margins in 6 cases, the positive resection margin was determined by the OCE method, which was subsequently confirmed histologically. …”
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Hs-CRP/HDL-C ratio as a predictive inflammatory-lipid marker for sarcopenia: evidence from NHANES 2015–2018 by Xin-Yan Guo, Liang-Wen Li

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate the association between the high-sensitivity C-reactive protein/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (Hs-CRP/HDL-C) ratio and sarcopenia among U.S. population by using composite marker integrating systemic inflammation and lipid metabolism.MethodThis study included participants from the 2015–2018 of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). …”
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Vegetation Growth Changes and Their Constraining Effects on Ecosystem Services Under Ecological Restoration in the Shendong Mining Area by Xufei Zhang, Zhichao Chen, Yiheng Jiao, Yiqiang Cheng, Zhenyao Zhu, Shidong Wang, Hebing Zhang

“…After the ecological restoration project, kNDVI’s constraint on ecosystem services decreased. (4) After restoration, the threshold value of kNDVI for maximizing the benefits of the four ecosystem services ranges from 0.1 to 0.2, and the constraint on the total ecosystem services reaches the threshold value of 0.225. …”
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Sustainable Self-Training Pig Detection System with Augmented Single Labeled Target Data for Solving Domain Shift Problem by Junhee Lee, Heechan Chae, Seungwook Son, Jongwoong Seo, Yooil Suh, Jonguk Lee, Yongwha Chung, Daihee Park

“…To address the degradation issue, this study proposes a self-training-based domain adaptation method that utilizes a single label on target (SLOT) sample from the target domain, a genetic algorithm (GA)-based data augmentation search (DAS) designed explicitly for SLOT data to optimize the augmentation parameters, and a super-low-threshold strategy to include low-confidence-scored pseudo-labels during self-training. …”
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Robust hierarchical federated learning with dual-layer filtering mechanism by Chaoyi Yang, Wei Liang, Yuxiang Chen, Jiahong Xiao, Dacheng He, Tianxiong Liu, Jin Wang, Amr Tolba

“…This method first uses Kernel density estimation to infer the approximate data distribution of devices, ensuring minimal differences among devices within each cluster. …”
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The relationship between cardiometabolic Index and diabetic kidney disease in people with diabetes by Jianping Kong, Wenting Tao, Yuhong Sun, Yong Xu, Hailun Li, Jing Li

“…Two-stage regression analysis was applied for investigating threshold effects in the connection between CMI and DKD. …”
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Feasibility study of intravascular pulsed electric field ablation for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias by Zhen Wang, Zhen Wang, Yunhao Li, Ming Liang, Ming Liang, Jingyang Sun, Jie Zhang, Lisheng Xu, Yaling Han, Yaling Han

“…The extent of myocardial damage increases with higher pulse voltages; however, excessive voltage may also damage blood vessels (vascular damage threshold: 3500 V/cm). An appropriate electrode configuration can achieve a more uniform myocardial injury across different cross-sections. …”
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Analysis of genomic ancestry and characterization of a new variant in MPS type VII by Andreza Juliana Moreira da Costa, Isabel Cristina Neves de Souza, Raimunda Helena Feio, Laurent Ketlen Leão Viana, Mislene Cisz, Célio Luiz Rafaelli, Franciele Barbosa Trapp, Maira Graeff Burin, Kristiane Michelin-Tirelli, Ana Carolina Brusius-Facchin, Alice Brinckmann Oliveira Netto, André Salim Khayat, Ney Pereira Carneiro dos Santos, Roberto Giugliani, Luiz Carlos Santana-da-Silva

“…Relative to the comparison among threshold cycles, 2/20 samples presented significantly different CT values for the patient with MPS VII when the numbers of amplification cycles were compared. …”
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Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Receiving Physical Therapy for Low Back Pain with a Nociplastic Pain Presentation: A Secondary Analysis by Abigail T. Wilson, Joseph L. Riley, Mark D. Bishop, Jason M. Beneciuk, Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, Joel E. Bialosky

“…Participants were categorized as “LBP with NPP” or “LBP without NPP” based on the threshold established in this measure. A rank sum test examined for differences in pain-related psychological factors and pressure-pain threshold between groups. …”
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