Indonesian lexical bundles in research articles: Frequency, structure, and function by Adi Budiwiyanto, Totok Suhardijanto

“…In addition, the characteristics of lexical bundles found vary and differ across registers and genres. Nevertheless, it is still interesting to carry out in languages other than English. …”
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Mild hyperbaric hyperoxia improves aerobic capacity and suppresses cardiopulmonary stress during the maximal cycle-ergometer test. by Kazufumi Hisamoto, Naoki Okubo, Mako Fujita, Hideki Fukushima, Yoshinori Okizuka, Takashi Yamanaka, Tomoyuki Matsui, Toru Morihara, Tatsuya Hojo, Yoshiyuki Fukuoka, Kenji Takahashi

“…VT was assessed based on minute ventilation (VE) using the V-slope method and the work rate on VT (WVT) was determined. …”
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The effect of high-intensity circuit training on physical fitness in healthy young males by Mahmud Yunus, Slamet Raharjo, Witri Suwanto, Ramdan Pelana, Nguyen Tra Giang

“…An independent sample t-test with a significance threshold of 5% is used in the data analysis procedure. …”
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The Relationship Between the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Insomnia Severity and Sleep Duration in Academicians by Esra Çalık Var, Tuğba Bilgehan

“…Introduction: Academicians, who frequently spend long hours in front of computer screens, may have lifestyles and sleep habits that differ from those of other professional groups and could entail a higher risk of diabetes. …”
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Genetic variants associated with sepsis-associated acute kidney injury. by Nicholas J Douville, Lisa Bastarache, Emily Bertucci-Richter, Snehal Patil, Elizabeth S Jewell, Robert E Freundlich, Miklos D Kertai, Milo C Engoren

“…No variants exceeded our threshold for genome-wide significance (P<5x10-8), however, a total of 13 variants exceeded the suggestive (P<1x10-6) threshold. …”
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The impact of China’s low-carbon city pilot policy on public health expenditure by Yanyin Cui, Jie Ren, Xupeng Gao, Fang Xia

“…The time-varying difference-in-differences simulation method and hierarchical regression method were used to analyze the effect and mechanism of the LCCP policy on China’s public health expenditure.ResultsThe results demonstrate the inherently paradoxical nature of the effects of the LCCP policy on public health expenditure: although the LCCP policy produces a significant relative reduction in public health expenditure (β = −0.331, p &lt; 0.001), it simultaneously produces a pronounced expansion in terms of absolute expenditure (β = 0.409, p &lt; 0.001). …”
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Microplastic analysis in soils: A comparative assessment by Stoyana Peneva, Quynh Nhu Phan Le, Davi R. Munhoz, Olivia Wrigley, Flora Wille, Heidi Doose, Crispin Halsall, Paula Harkes, Michael Sander, Melanie Braun, Wulf Amelung

“…Pyrolysis-GC-MS showed intermediate results, displaying low sensitivity to plastic type and lower recoveries as soil clay content increased. We conclude that different methods have different sensitivities for different MiP materials in different soils, i.e. comparisons of MiP loads and threshold settings for MiP loads across methodologies require careful consideration. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of self-sampling and enhanced strategies for HPV prevention among men who have sex with men in China: a modeling study by Zhen-Hao Wu, Yu-Jing An, Zhen-Xing Chu, Xin-Ru Li, An-Yang Hou, Yong-Jun Jiang, Qing-Hai Hu

“…However, its cost-effectiveness and effective combination with vaccination must be evaluated, particularly in the absence of national HPV vaccination immunization programs among men. Methods We constructed a decision-analytic Markov model to assess the cost-effectiveness of the status quo, HPV self-sampling at different intervals, vaccination alone, and HPV self-sampling–vaccination combination based on the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER), from a healthcare system perspective. …”
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Recurrent Intradialytic Hypotension, Associated Risk Factors, and Outcomes in Northern Tanzania: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Fuad H. Said, Venance P. Maro, Abid M. Sadiq, Faryal M. Raza, Annette A. Marandu, Sarah K. Gharib, Sophia S. Muhali, Norman Jonas, Elichilia R. Shao, Elifuraha W. Mkwizu, Furaha S. Lyamuya, Huda F. Akrabi, Nyasatu G. Chamba, William P. Howlett, Kajiru G. Kilonzo

“…A χ2 test was used to identify associations, and the receiver operating characteristics curve was used to determine the cutoff threshold for different parameters in determining risk factors for recurrent IDH. …”
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Resin-based sealant effectiveness in high-caries risk children: a systematic review by Yodsapat Paemanukornruk, Nicha Luksamijarulkul, Piyada Gaewkhiew

“…However, generalizability and an appropriate threshold for risk assessment remain unclear owing to the limited number of studies from low- to middle-income countries and variability in risk assessment methods. …”
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Sensomics evaluation of sun drying for reducing the bitterness and astringency of crude Ancha tea by Zhibin Ye, Wenjing Huang, Zhenbin Chen, Jixin Zhang, Chenxin Hu, Huan Zhou, Qian Xu, Jingming Ning

“…Taste addition experiments confirmed that these six target compounds were the main contributors to the differences in bitterness and astringency between the CAT samples prepared using different drying methods. …”
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Methodological Innovation in Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of Simulation Training Combining Transfer Effectiveness and Change-Point Analysis by Zhehan Jiang, Hao Hang, Xinyu Wu, Shate Xiang, Shucheng Pan

“…This study introduces a novel approach to assess the cost-effectiveness of simulation training. Methods This study uses simulated data from 120 medical students, set in a teaching hospital scenario, and randomly assigns them to 6 groups with different training durations. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Audio Features for Unsupervised Speaker Change Detection by Alymzhan Toleu, Gulmira Tolegen, Rustam Mussabayev, Alexander Krassovitskiy, Bagashar Zhumazhanov

“…This study examines how ten different audio features, including MFCC, mel-spectrogram, chroma, and spectral contrast etc., influence speaker change detection (SCD) performance. …”
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MBFE-UNet: A Multi-Branch Feature Extraction UNet with Temporal Cross Attention for Radar Echo Extrapolation by Huantong Geng, Han Zhao, Zhanpeng Shi, Fangli Wu, Liangchao Geng, Kefei Ma

“…Existing deep learning echo extrapolation methods often face issues such as high-threshold echo attenuation and blurring distortion. …”
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Regional Spatial planning based on supply and demand of ecosystem services by Hassan Esmaeilzadeh, naghmeh mobarghaee, Mehrdad Kashef, Nematallah Akbari

“…Nowadays, the use of different approaches and methods of land evaluation, including the evaluation of ecosystem services, especially in terms of supply and demand, can be quite important in determining the balance of land use. …”
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Deep learning models for detection of explosive ordnance using autonomous robotic systems: trade-off between accuracy and real-time processing speed by Vadym Mishchuk, Herman Fesenko, Vyacheslav Kharchenko

“…The following results were obtained. 1) The results of a comparative analysis of YOLOv8 and RT-DETR models for EO detection in the context of speed-accuracy trade-offs. 2) Recommendations for EO detection model configurations aimed at improving the efficiency of autonomous demining robotic systems, including optimal camera parameter selection. 3) Methods for improving EO detection model performance to increase its accuracy in complex environments, including synthetic data generation and confidence threshold tuning. …”
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Modeling and Implementing Two-Stage AdaBoost for Real-Time Vehicle License Plate Detection by Moon Kyou Song, Md. Mostafa Kamal Sarker

“…License plate (LP) detection is the most imperative part of the automatic LP recognition system. In previous years, different methods, techniques, and algorithms have been developed for LP detection (LPD) systems. …”
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Associations between thyroid function, thyroid hormone sensitivity indices, and frailty: Insights from a large cross-sectional study by Yusheng Zhang, Daowen Zhang, Chenwen Yuan, Yiming Wang, Hao Zhu, Yu Duan

“…In the middle-aged group, significant nonlinear relationships were also found between frailty and FT4, FT3/FT4, and Thyroid Feedback Quantile-based Index (TFQI(FT4)) (P nonlinear <0.05). Threshold effect analysis revealed consistent inflection points for FT3 (K = 3.5) across age groups, while FT4 and TFQI(FT4) had different inflection points in middle-aged and older individuals. …”
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Evaluation of the performance of Abbott m2000 and Roche COBAS Ampliprep/COBAS Taqman assays for HIV-1 viral load determination using dried blood spots and dried plasma spots in Ken... by Clement Zeh, Kenneth Ndiege, Seth Inzaule, Rebecca Achieng, John Williamson, Joy Chih-Wei Chang, Dennis Ellenberger, John Nkengasong

“…When compared under different clinical relevant thresholds, the accuracy for the Abbott assay was 95% at the 1000cps/ml cut-off with a sensitivity and specificity of 96.6% [95% CI 91.8-98.7] and 90.4% [95% CI 78.2-96.4] respectively. …”
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Treatment Planning Strategies for Interstitial Ultrasound Ablation of Prostate Cancer by Pragya Gupta, Tamas Heffter, Muhammad Zubair, I-Chow Hsu, E. Clif Burdette, Chris J. Diederich

“…This involves the integration with a FDA 510(k) cleared catheter-based ultrasound interstitial applicators and delivery system. Methods: A 3D generalized &#x201C;prostate&#x201D; model was developed to generate temperature and thermal dose profiles for different applicator operating parameters and anticipated perfusion ranges. …”
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