Assessing oral surgery residents’ competencies and training needs in tomography interfaces through a usability framework by Yaren Dogan, Yigit Sirin

“…Only ODM approached the industry-standard threshold for user satisfaction, while the remaining systems failed to meet this criterion. …”
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Comparison of SPEED and OSDI questionnaires for dry eye symptom in Chinese college students: a cross-sectional study by Xiaohong Meng, Ruojun Geng, Kaili Yang, Jingjing Wei, Zepeng Xu, Menghan Wang, Shengwei Ren

“…Based on the OSDI scores, a receiver operating characteristic curve was constructed to determine the area under the ROC curve and the cut-off point for evaluating the diagnostic threshold of the SPEED questionnaire. Results The Cronbach’s alpha values for the OSDI and SPEED questionnaires were 0.943 and 0.911, respectively. …”
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Doubling of triazole resistance rates in invasive aspergillosis over a 10-year period, Belgium, 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 by Katrien Lagrou

“…In Belgium, triazole resistance rates have doubled over 10 years, nearly attaining the 10% threshold, warranting re-evaluation of local empirical antifungal treatment regimen decisions.…”
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Temporal changes in cortical sensory processing during the transition from acute to chronic low back pain by Wei-Ju Chang, Luke C. Jenkins, Peter Humburg, Siobhan M. Schabrun

“…Sensory cortex activity differs between acute and chronic low back pain (LBP) with decreased activity in acute LBP but increased activity in chronic LBP. …”
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Modeling COVID-19 transmission: effects of age structure and vaccination by Sajjad Ali, Salah Boulaaras, Nigar Ali, Imtiaz Ahmad, Asaf Khan, Zahid Ullah

“…Numerical simulations using the finite differences method confirm analytical results. The study shows the crucial role of age structure and vaccination in controlling COVID-19. …”
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Multitemporal observation of Karla reservoir in Thessaly Greece utilizing SAR and optical remotely sensing imagery by Triantafyllos FALARAS, Maria KOILAKOU, Leonidas TSOUKALAS

“…For SAR imagery an image segmentation method with a dynamic threshold operator based on mean values is utilized, while for optical imagery the Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) is applied. …”
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Analysis of noise generated by wind turbines with reference to other low frequency noise sources and their possible impact on human health by Andrzej Staniek, Magdalena Miterska

“…Material and Methods There are different measurement approaches concerned with noise monitoring in outdoor environment. …”
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Effects on perceived pain and somatosensory function after transcutaneous neuromodulation in patients with chronic low back pain: a quasi-experimental study with a crossover interv... by Francisco Selva-Sarzo, Francisco Selva-Sarzo, Francisco Selva-Sarzo, Eleuterio A. Sánchez Romero, Eleuterio A. Sánchez Romero, Eleuterio A. Sánchez Romero, Eleuterio A. Sánchez Romero, Juan Nicolás Cuenca-Zaldívar, Juan Nicolás Cuenca-Zaldívar, Juan Nicolás Cuenca-Zaldívar, Juan Nicolás Cuenca-Zaldívar, Beatriz García-Haba, Claudio Akiyama, Claudio Akiyama, Claudio Akiyama, Rob Sillevis, Samuel Fernández-Carnero, Samuel Fernández-Carnero

“…For the pressure pain threshold, significant differences (p < 0.05) with moderate to large effect sizes were observed. …”
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Prediction of air quality perception in aircraft cabin based on psychophysical model and artificial neural network (ANN)-based model by Yihui Yin, Lei Zhao, Ruoyu You, Jingjing Pei, Hanyu Li, Junzhou He, Yuexia Sun, Xudong Yang, Qingyan Chen

“…The odor concentration (OC) and OI in the aircraft cabin were calculated based on the olfactory threshold and the Weber-Fechner psychophysical model, and the total OC distribution in different flight phases ranged from 28.4 to 66.1. …”
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Machine Learning for Predicting Zearalenone Contamination Levels in Pet Food by Zhenlong Wang, Wei An, Jiaxue Wang, Hui Tao, Xiumin Wang, Bing Han, Jinquan Wang

“…The MLP algorithm showed the highest discrimination accuracy at 86.6% in differentiating between pet food samples above and below the ZEN threshold. Other algorithms showed moderate accuracy, ranging from 77.1% to 84.8%. …”
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Providing a model of consumer behavior in creating brand attachment with an emphasis on the packaging component of food industry companies by maziar Ghasemzadeh Sangroudi, karim hamdi, SHADAN VAHABZADEH MUNSHI

“…As shown in Table 3, the coefficients obtained in both methods were higher than the threshold of 0.6; therefore, the reliability and validity of the interviews are confirmed. …”
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Association between atherogenic index of plasma and physical dysfunction: a cross-sectional study of middle-aged and older adults in China by Jianghui Zhou, Jianghui Zhou, Jianghui Zhou, Jianghui Zhou, Jianghui Zhou, Yun Chang, Yun Chang, Yun Chang, Yun Chang, Hechen Shen, Hechen Shen, Hechen Shen, Hechen Shen, Hechen Shen, Meng Zhang, Meng Zhang, Meng Zhang, Meng Zhang, Meng Zhang, Yuchao Wang, Yuchao Wang, Yuchao Wang, Yuchao Wang, Yuchao Wang, Xiaoyu Liang, Xiaoyu Liang, Xiaoyu Liang, Xiaoyu Liang, Wenqing Gao, Wenqing Gao, Wenqing Gao, Wenqing Gao, Wenqing Gao

“…Beyond this threshold, the odds of physical dysfunction increased steadily, confirming a non-linear relationship. …”
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Development of a clinical decision support tool for Primary care Management of lower Urinary tract Symptoms in men: the PriMUS study by Adrian Edwards, Ridhi Agarwal, Janine Bates, Alison Bray, Sarah Milosevic, Emma Thomas-Jones, Michael Drinnan, Marcus Drake, Peter Michell, Bethan Pell, Haroon Ahmed, Natalie Joseph-Williams, Kerenza Hood, Yemisi Takwoingi, Chris Harding

“…Interviews and questionnaires were used to establish how the urologists would manage a number of different commonly encountered clinical scenarios, focusing on the thresholds at which they would recommend treatment and the strategies they would use when multiple urodynamic abnormalities are diagnosed or suggested. …”
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Consequences, costs and cost-effectiveness of workforce configurations in English acute hospitals by Peter Griffiths, Christina Saville, Jane Ball, David Culliford, Jeremy Jones, Francesca Lambert, Paul Meredith, Bruna Rubbo, Lesley Turner, Chiara Dall’Ora

“…We compared these ‘cost-effectiveness’ estimates for different ways of avoiding low staffing and for different patient groups. …”
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Consensus between pipelines in structural brain networks. by Christopher S Parker, Fani Deligianni, M Jorge Cardoso, Pankaj Daga, Marc Modat, Michael Dayan, Chris A Clark, Sebastien Ourselin, Jonathan D Clayden

“…We found a high agreement between the networks across a range of fiber density thresholds. In addition, we identified a robust core of highly connected regions coinciding with a peak in similarity across network density thresholds, and replicated these results with atlases at different node scales. …”
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Plasma biomarkers for early detection of alzheimer’s disease: a cross-sectional study in a Japanese cohort by Masahito Kubota, Shogyoku Bun, Keisuke Takahata, Shin Kurose, Yuki Momota, Yu Iwabuchi, Toshiki Tezuka, Hajime Tabuchi, Morinobu Seki, Yasuharu Yamamoto, Ryo Shikimoto, Yu Mimura, Takayuki Hoshino, Sho Shimohama, Natsumi Suzuki, Ayaka Morimoto, Azusa Oosumi, Yuka Hoshino, Kenji Tai, Hirofumi Aoyagi, Yoshiaki Sato, Junro Kuromitsu, Jin Nakahara, Masaru Mimura, Daisuke Ito

“…HISCL-based plasma Aβ42/40 detects Aβ accumulation earlier than Aβ PET visual reading threshold, underscoring its utility as an early diagnostic marker.…”
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Development of a cancer-specific survival assessment for lymph node-positive colorectal cancer patients treated with adjuvant chemotherapy by Lei Zhang, Shuang Gao, Xiaoyuan Lin, Junjie Hu, Guolin Zhang, Wei Tang, Yubo Hu, Yuanpeng Wang, Liang Chu

“…(HR = 6.37, CI:6.05–6.71, P < 0.05; HR = 7.05, CI:6.52–7.64, P < 0.05; HR = 2.69, CI:1.66–4.37, P < 0.05)ConclusionsLNR represents a new independent prognostic factor for lymph node-positive CRC. The optimal threshold determined by the Nomogram method effectively categorizes subgroups of lymph node-positive CRC cases after surgical chemotherapy, crucial for guiding clinical treatment strategy selection.…”
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Can Peritumoral Radiomics Based on MRI Predict the Microvascular Invasion Status of Combined Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Cholangiocarcinoma Before Surgery? by Guo L, Huang C, Hao P, Jia N, Zhang L

“…Mutual information and recursive elimination methods were used to select the optimal features. …”
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Low-density pedicle screw in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 1,762 patients by Bin Zheng, Qiang Zhou, Xuanwen Liu, Ke Ma, Zhe Qiang

“…Low-density screws were superior in reducing blood loss [mean difference (MD) = −88.06, P = 0.01] and operative time (MD = −22.27, P = 0.02), with no significant difference in revision rates (P = 0.78) or complications (P = 0.64). …”
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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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