The influence of raw materials quality on consumer properties of beer by I. E. Boyko, O. V. Marinenko, T. E. Lyamov

“…Beer combines a large number of flavoring and aromatic components that are present in concentrations below or close to the taste threshold. When the concentrations exceed the threshold, the taste and color will differ from the standard; and the standard of beer is the balance between bitterness, acidity, sweetness, alcohol content, concentration of esters and pleasant hop aroma. …”
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Effects of glycyrrhizinic acid on neuromotor function in leptin-resistant mice by T. M. Matuzok, V. A. Prikhodko, S. M. Napalkova, O. V. Buyuklinskaya, S. V. Okovityi

“…To study the effects of course administration (1 month) of glycyrrhizinic acid (GA) (20 mg/kg/d) on neuromotor function in female leptin-resistant diabetic db/db mice of different ages using stimulation electroneuromyography (ENMG).Materials and methods. …”
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DNA methylation biomarker panels for differentiating various liver adenocarcinomas, including hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, colorectal liver metastases and pancreat... by Tina Draškovič, Branislava Ranković, Nina Zidar, Nina Hauptman

“…Reevaluation of the same bioinformatic data with new additional CRLM projects demonstrated that the lower dPCR methylation threshold still effectively differentiates between the included cancer types. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of universal genetic screening for familial hypercholesterolemia in young adults aged 18–40 years in China by Rui Meng, Fenghao Shi, Baoming Zhang, Chao Li, Jinyan Wang, Lingqin Song, Lei Zhang, Mingwang Shen

“…This study aims to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of universal genetic screening of young adults aged 18–40 years compared to universal cholesterol screening or current passive screening strategies (opportunistic cholesterol screening and genetic cascade testing) for FH in China. Methods A decision-analytic Markov model was constructed to simulate the lifetime (until 100 years old or 99% of patients died) coronary heart disease (CHD) events, discounted costs, gains in quality-adjusted life years (QALYs), and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) of different screening strategies. …”
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Predicting IDH and 1p/19q molecular status of gliomas with multi-b values DWI by Shanshan Zhao, Peipei Wang, Eryuan Gao, Mengzhu Wang, Guang Yang, Shouhui Niu, Mengjiao Pan, Kai Zhao, Jingliang Cheng, Xiaoyue Ma

“…For predicting IDH status, CTRW_α exhibited the largest effect size and best diagnostic performance with an AUC of 0.761. At a threshold of 0.855, the sensitivity was 0.651, the specificity was 0.846, and the accuracy was 0.758. …”
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Performance of OncoE6TM Cervical Test in detecting cervical precancer lesions in HIV-positive women attending an HIV clinic in Bujumbura, Burundi: a cross-sectional study by Zacharie Ndizeye, Sonia Menon, Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden, Catherine Sauvaget, Y Jacquemyn, John-Paul Bogers, Ina Benoy, Davy Vanden Broeck

“…OncoE6 sensitivity varied from poor to low with increasing disease severity (42.1%, 95% CI 19.9% to 64.3% at CIN2+ threshold; and 58.3%, 95% CI 30.4% to 86.2% at CIN3+ threshold). …”
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Association between lactate-to-albumin ratio and mortality in hepatic failure: a retrospective cohort study by Huan Wu, Long Wu, Li Luo, Hai-yang Li, Bao-fang Zhang

“…A smooth curve fitting approach and threshold effect analysis were employed to detect the potentially non-linear relationship between the LAR and the risk of all-cause mortality in patients with hepatic failure. …”
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Reallocating 24-hour movement behaviors and its impact on mental health in preschool children: a compositional data and dose-response analysis by Tian Wang, Junyu Wang, Xuelin Lu, Xuhui Chen, Lanzhi Chen, Yixin Liang, DongQing Yang, Yanmei Shi, Rui Li, Yong Yang, Beibei Luo, Jie Zhuang

“…Methods In this cross-sectional study, 828 Chinese preschool children aged 3 to 6 years were assessed. …”
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Scraping Therapy Improved Muscle Regeneration through Regulating GLUT4/Glycolytic and AMPK/mTOR/4EBP1 Pathways in Rats with Lumbar Multifidus Injury by Bin Zou, Juan Du, Qiwen Xuan, Yajing Wang, Zixiao Wang, Wen Zhang, Lianghua Wang, Wei Gu

“…We then performed scraping therapy on the rats that had been randomly chosen and compared treatment effects at different time points. In vitro data including skin temperature and tactile allodynia threshold were collected and histological sections were analyzed. mRNA sequencing was applied to distinguish the genes or signaling pathways that had been altered due to scraping therapy, and the results were further verified through reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and Western blot analysis. …”
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Comparison of Hearing Phenotypes Among Children With Congenital Cytomegalovirus and Other Non‐Cytomegalovirus Conditions by Shi Liang, Emily Huang, Jordan Stout, Candace Winterton, Chong Zhang, Bridget F. Dorsey, Angela Presson, Matthew Firpo, Albert Park

“…The ROC curve demonstrated high specificity (0.94) for cCMV infection if the threshold difference between the two ears was greater than 58.6 dB. …”
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Using “ways of thinking and practising” to analyse final year medical student reflections and underlying concepts in preparedness for practice by Rachel Leyland, Hilary Neve, Elizabeth Drake, Tracey Collett

“…Most studies of preparedness involve newly qualified doctors and use quantitative methods such as self-report surveys focused on defined competencies, and often find graduates are unprepared for the complex and challenging areas of real-world practice. …”
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Tracking laying hens with ArUco marker backpacks by Arjen van Putten, Mona F. Giersberg, T. Bas Rodenburg

“…For research and semi-commercial settings, ArUco markers could provide a powerful method to identify and track hens.…”
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Modeling of autowave processes in active media with inhomogeneous properties by A. V. Gulaj, V. A. Gulaj, A. V. Dubovik

“…With a significant difference in the values of the activator decay coefficient in near areas of the active environment and a sufficiently high excitation threshold, the wave front is curved due to its acceleration or deceleration. …”
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Dynamic monitoring of vegetation phenology on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau from 2001 to 2020 via the MSAVI and EVI by Zhijian Zhao, Chengfang Lu, Hideyuki Tonooka, Lei Wu, Hui Lin, Xunyan Jiang

“…The MSAVI and Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) were used to extract the vegetation phenology of the QTP from 2001 to 2020 via the dynamic threshold method. The results revealed that the slope of the start of the growing season (SOS) was − 0.11 days per year (d/a) (p > 0.05), with a mean value of 131.10 days; the slope of the end of the growing season (EOS) was 0.22 d/a (p < 0.05), with a mean value of 266.64 days; and the slope of the length of the growing season (LOS) was 0.33 d/a (p < 0.05), with a mean value of 135.54 days. …”
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Optical absorption by titanium dioxide nanocrystals by S. I. Pokytnii, A. D. Terets

“… Using a variational method within the framework of the effective mass approximation, using a triangular coordinate system of an electron, hole, and exciton moving in a titanium dioxide quantum dot, the exciton energy spectrum was obtained as a function of the radius a of the quantum dot. …”
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Quantification of Pretreatment Effects of Potassium Silicate on Germination and Growth Indices of Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.) under Salinity Stress Using Empirical Models by Qais Fahd Hussein, Ali Hatami, Alireza Taab, Nabil Rahim Lahmod, Somayeh Hajinia

“…Considering the increasing challenge of water and soil salinity and its limiting effects on the growth, development, and production of faba bean, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of potassium silicate on improving germination and growth indices, and to determine the tolerance threshold of faba bean seeds to salinity stress. Materials and MethodsA factorial experiment was conducted based on completely randomized design with four replications at the Laboratory of Ilam University, Iran, in 2024. …”
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Baby schema in human-robot physical interaction: Influence of baby likeness in a communication robot on caregiving behavior by Shi Feng, Nobuo Yamato, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Masahiro Shiomi, Hidenobu Sumioka

“…The use of such traditional management methods as physical or medical treatment must be intensified. …”
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The impact of digital industry development on regional economic resilience: Evidence from China. by Sui Tian, Yiran He

“…The spatial Durbin model is used to discover spatial spillover effects of digital industry development on regional economic resilience under different spatial location relationships. Finally, this paper considers environmental regulations as a threshold variable to study the impact of the digital industry on regional economic resilience under different levels of environmental regulation. …”
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Feasibility of Developing Reed Stems as a Checkerboard Barrier to Stabilize Shifting Sands by Maryam Bagherpour, Salman Zare, Mohammadreza Ekhtesasi, Aliakbar Nazari Samani, Masoumeh Salehi morkani, Ghasem Ghoohestani, Majid Akhshi

“…To control wind erosion and stabilize shifting sands in these areas, a barrier can be used to reduce wind speed to less than the threshold speed of wind erosion. Depending on the purpose, sand barriers can be used in different heights, dimensions, and arrangements. …”
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Comparison of Pain Scores between a Home-made Nylon/Polyester and Stainless-Steel Finger Traps by khristian camagay, Jerome David Sison

“…The overall mean VAS score was 4.38 for the nylon group and 4.73 for the stainless-steel group. This 0.35-point difference, although statistically significant, approached but did not exceed the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) threshold of 1.3. …”
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