Exploring nonlinear and interaction effects of urban campus built environments on exercise walking using crowdsourced data by Bo Lu, Bo Lu, Qingyun Liu, Hao Liu, Tianxiang Long, Tianxiang Long

“…The analysis of nonlinear effects revealed distinct thresholds and patterns of influence that differ from other urban environments, with some variables exhibiting fluctuated or U-shaped effects. …”
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Physical activity in non-frail and frail older adults. by F Marijke Jansen, Rick G Prins, Astrid Etman, Hidde P van der Ploeg, Sanne I de Vries, Frank J van Lenthe, Frank H Pierik

“…Future studies should employ objective methods, and age specific thresholds for healthy PA levels in older adults are needed. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Spermatogenesis in Patients with Congenital Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism Caused by FGFR1 Mutations by Shuying Li, Yaling Zhao, Min Nie, Wanlu Ma, Xi Wang, Wen Ji, Yufan Yang, Ming Hao, Bingqing Yu, Yinjie Gao, Jiangfeng Mao, Xueyan Wu

“…The sperm concentration in the mutation-negative group was more easily achieved for different thresholds compared with that in the FGFR1 mutation group, but no significant difference was observed (p>0.05) between the two groups. …”
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Human immunodeficiency virus prevention and testing strategies among men who have sex with men in the UK: the PANTHEON research programme including the SELPHI RCT by Janey Sewell, T Charles Witzel, David Dunn, Fiona Lampe, Fiona Burns, Peter Weatherburn, Sheena McCormack, Leanne McCabe, Alec Miners, Valentina Cambiano, Roger Pebody, Roy Trevelion, Nadia Hanum, Andrew Phillips, Alison Rodger

“…There were also no statistical differences in STI testing, STI diagnoses, or reported CAI between the groups. …”
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The Effectiveness of Virtual Reality–Based Mindfulness Interventions for Managing Stress, Anxiety, and Depression: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized... by Ravi Shankar, Anjali Bundele, Amartya Mukhopadhyay

“…Meta-analysis will use random effects models with inverse variance weighting, calculating standardized mean differences with 95% CIs. Preplanned subgroup analyses will examine intervention duration (<2 wk, 2-8 wk, and >8 wk), VR technology type (head-mounted displays vs cave environments), population characteristics (clinical vs nonclinical samples), and mindfulness technique type, with heterogeneity quantification using prespecified I2 thresholds. …”
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Adaptive Curved Slicing for En Face Imaging in Optical Coherence Tomography by Mingxin Li, Phatham Loahavilai, Yueyang Liu, Xiaochen Li, Yang Li, Liqun Sun

“…We apply Otsu-based thresholding to extract the object’s foreground, then use least squares (with Tikhonov regularization) to fit a polynomial curve that describes the sample’s structural morphology. …”
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Monitoring contamination of hazardous drug compounding surfaces at hospital pharmacy departments. A consensus Statement. Practice guidelines of the Spanish Society of Hospital Phar... by Silvia Valero-García, Eva González-Haba, Maria Queralt Gorgas-Torner, José María Alonso-Herreros, Ana Cristina Cercós Lletí, José Luis Poveda-Andrés, Miguel Ángel Calleja-Hernandez, Olga Delgado-Sánchez

“…<p><strong>Objective:</strong> To establish a series of recommendations based on available evidence for monitoring surface contamination in the areas devoted to compounding hazardous drugs in pharmacy departments.</p><p><strong>Method:</strong> Based on a literature search in the Medline and Embase databases (search period: January 2009 to July 2019), as well as on a review of standards and recommendations issued by different healthcare organizations, a committee of experts from the Spanish Society of Hospital Pharmacists defined a series of safe practices for handling hazardous drugs and monitoring compounding work surfaces. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of direct oral anticoagulants in non-valvular atrial fibrillation by Inigo Gorostiza, Amaia Bilbao-Gonzalez, Javier Mar

“…The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of DOAC compared to acenocoumarol ranged from €1,732 to €2,556/QALY, while the incremental net benefit for different willingness-to-pay thresholds was only negative for values below €3,000/QALY. …”
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Impact of Language Barriers and Age on English Hearing Test App Accuracy for Polish Users by Małgorzata Pastucha, Elżbieta Gos, Henryk Skarżyński, W. Wiktor Jedrzejczak

“…They were divided into 3 groups based on their proficiency in English: no knowledge (Group 1), basic (Group 2), and advanced (Group 3). The mean differences between hearing thresholds determined using the app and the reference tests were measured for each group. …”
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Gene Expression Profiling in Organ Transplantation by Osama Ashry Ahmed Gheith

“…It is important to note that the reproducibility of differently expressed genes might be affected by many factors such as gene ranking and selection methods, inherent differences between types, and the choice of thresholds. …”
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HACCP and antibiotic resistance in dairy products: The Armenian experience by Lilit Malkhasyan, Susanna Mirzabekyan, Haykush Batikyan, Astghik Pepoyan

“…Antibiotic residues were measured using ELISA-based assays, while 254 bacterial isolates were subjected to antimicrobial susceptibility testing via the Kirby–Bauer disk diffusion method and the automated VITEK® 2 system. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS software (version 26.0, IBM Corp., USA), with t-tests and chi-square tests applied to assess differences in residue concentrations, bacterial loads, and resistance profiles. …”
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Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation for Near-Field MIMO Communication Networks by Tong Lin, Jianyue Zhu, Junfan Zhu, Yaqin Xie, Yao Xu, Xiao Chen

“…The simulation results show that the proposed method can significantly improve the system energy efficiency and reduce the antenna overhead under different resolution thresholds, user angles, and distance configurations, which provides a practical reference for the design of green and low-carbon near-field communication systems.…”
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Early Warning of Financial Risk Based on K-Means Clustering Algorithm by Zhangyao Zhu, Na Liu

“…The study results show that the K-means clustering method can effectively avoid the subjective negative impact caused by artificial division thresholds, continuously optimize the prediction process of financial risk and redistribute target dataset to each cluster center for obtaining optimized solution, so the algorithm can more accurately and objectively distinguish the state interval of different financial risks, determine risk occurrence possibility and its severity, and provide a scientific basis for risk prevention and management. …”
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Degradation of anti-wear additives and tribological properties of engine oils at extended oil change intervals in city buses by Wojciech Gołębiowski, Rafał Krakowski, Grzegorz Zając

“…Semi-synthetic oil of ACEA E4, E7, SAE 10W-40 class was analyzed, with samples taken from five buses with different degrees of interval exceedance (− 19% to + 35%). …”
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Coupling African elephant movement and habitat modeling for landscape availability-suitability-connectivity assessment in Kruger National Park by Wenjing Xu, Richard Fayrer-Hosken, Marguerite Madden, Chenay Simms, Lan Mu, Andrea Presotto

“…However, a key limitation of these methods is the use of thresholding to define either habitat patches or links between patches. …”
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Digital augmentation of aftercare for patients with anorexia nervosa: the TRIANGLE RCT and economic evaluation by Janet Treasure, Katie Rowlands, Valentina Cardi, Suman Ambwani, David McDaid, Jodie Lord, Danielle Clark Bryan, Pamela Macdonald, Eva Bonin, Ulrike Schmidt, Jon Arcelus, Amy Harrison, Sabine Landau

“…Results There were no differences between groups in the outcomes measured, which included patient distress, eating disorder symptoms, quality of life, social and work adjustment and carer distress and skills. …”
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Skeletal Muscle Deoxygenation in 11-13-year-old Children Swimmers During Arm and Leg Ergometry by Aura Mažuolytė–Binderienė, Loreta Stasiulė

“…Results: During maximal incremental legs and arms exercises on CE and ACE Δ[HHb] and [HHb] thresholds did not differ significantly between legs and arms exercises (p>0.05) and between separate muscles (p>0.05) as well. …”
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Prognostic value of the six-minute walk test in patients with cardiovascular disease by Sangho Sohn, Jinsung Jeon, Ji Eun Lee, Soo Hyung Park, Dong Oh Kang, Eun Jin Park, Dae-In Lee, Jah Yeon Choi, Seung Young Roh, Jin Oh Na, Cheol Ung Choi, Jin Won Kim, Seung Woon Rha, Chang Gyu Park, Sunki Lee, Eung Ju Kim

“…The 6MWT has a prognostic value for predicting MACE in patients with prevalent cardiovascular diseases. Different thresholds should be applied for specific diseases to enhance the predictive accuracy.…”
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Effects of Acitretin Treatment on Hearing in Patients with Psoriasis Vulgaris by Başak Mutlu, Merve Torun Topçu, Ayşe Serap Karadağ, Yasemin Gündüz, Mahmut Tayyar Kalcıoğlu

“…Results: During the acitretin treatment for the PV group, the hearing thresholds of 4,000 Hz (right ear, p=0.004) presented a significant difference that did not have a worsening effect. …”
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Transferring Face Recognition Techniques to Entomology: An ArcFace and ResNet Approach for Improving Dragonfly Classification by Zhong Li, Shaoyan Pu, Jingsheng Lu, Ruibin Song, Haomiao Zhang, Xuemei Lu, Yanan Wang

“…In this study, we adapt the face recognition algorithms for the classification of dragonfly species, achieving efficient recognition of categories with extremely small differences between classes. Meanwhile, this method can also reclassify data that were incorrectly labeled. …”
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