Establishing translational performance standards for TB therapy using rifampicin-based regimens in a male and female high-burden murine model by Jason E. Cummings, Lisa Woolhiser, Barbara Graham, Gregory T. Robertson, M. Nurul Islam, Richard A. Slayden

“…However, standardized classification methods for comparing high-performing regimens are currently lacking. …”
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Epicardial Adipose Tissue and Heterogeneity Parameters Combined with Inflammatory Cells to Predict the Value of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Patients Post Myocard... by Yu-jiao Song, Xiao-ying Zhao, Lu-jing Wang, Ting Ning, Ming-tian Chen, Pei Liu, Si-wen Chen, Xin-xiang Zhao

“…The optimal cut-off values were identified using time-dependent ROC curves in R software, and Kaplan–Meier event-survival curves were plotted to illustrate the event-free rates based on these optimal thresholds.The median follow-up time was calculated using the reverse Kaplan–Meier method. …”
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Protocol for the economic evaluation alongside the PARTICIPATE (PArticipatory Research model for medicaTIon adherenCe In People with diAbetes and hyperTEnsion) multicenter cluster... by Vivek Verma, Denny John, Tanu Anand, Dinesh Kumar, K Sunitha, Tanveer Rehman, Pooja Reddy, Anuja Jha, Harshal Gupta, Avi Kumar Bansal, Smita Mahapatra, Sudhira Kumar Parida, Mamata Jena, A Charles Pon Ruban, Shantaraman Kalyanaraman, Jerin Jose Cherian

“…Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios will be computed by dividing the cost difference between the intervention and comparator by the difference in benefits. …”
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Relationships of Some Husbandry Practices with Calf Loss Rate in Dairy Farms: A Case Study of Alacam County of Samsun Province by Ahmet Serkan Kural, Savaş Atasever

“…While no significant difference was found among the all groups, dead calf per farm (0.64±0.25) and mean of calf loss rate (CLR) per farm (3.42±1.07%) were assumed within the acceptable thresholds. …”
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LAI-Derived Atmospheric Moisture Condensation Potential for Forest Health and Land Use Management by Jung-Jun Lin, Ali Nadir Arslan

“…The MSS values are classified into four MSP levels—High, Moderate–High, Moderate, and Low—using the Jenks natural breaks method, with thresholds of 0.15, 0.27, and 0.37. This classification reveals cases where favorable weather conditions coincide with low ecological potential (i.e., low MSS but high MSP), indicating areas that may require active management. …”
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Dual-Layer Energy Management Strategy for a Hybrid Energy Storage System to Enhance PHEV Performance by Haobin Jiang, Yang Zhao, Shidian Ma

“…By conducting simulation comparisons of the CLTC under three control rules with different thresholds, the strategy yielding the lowest fuel consumption is selected, and its battery discharge characteristics are analyzed. …”
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Decision-Making Model for Life Cycle Management of Aircraft Components by Igor Kabashkin, Vitaly Susanin

“…The model incorporates a comprehensive approach that combines reliability assessment, economic analysis, and continuous re-evaluation to optimize maintenance, replacement, and life extension decisions. The optimization method on the base of genetic algorithm (GA) is employed to minimize total life cycle costs while maintaining component reliability within acceptable thresholds. …”
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Formation of borrower’s bank credit scoring integrated model by O.V. Lysenok

“…Each group consists of four indicators; each indicator is assigned thresholds to determine the appropriate credit scoring level of the bank for one or another direction. …”
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Visualization of Critical Limits and Critical Values Facilitates Interpretation by Ania Shah, Jenna Dohner, Kaifeng Cheng, Maria Garcia, Gerald J. Kost

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> This study aimed to analyze critical limit and critical value test lists from major US medical centers, identify changes in quantitative critical limit thresholds since 1990, document notification priorities for qualitative and new listings, and visualize information alongside clinical thresholds and pathophysiological trends. …”
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Evaluating the Effect of High‐Translucent Zirconia Thickness and Substrate Shade on the Final Color of the Restoration by Mahnaz Hatami, Elham Jalali, Mohamad Hossein Lotfi Kamran, Alireza Danesh Kazemi, Amirhossein Fathi

“…They were placed on composite substrates with A2, A3.5, and C3 colors (n = 10). The color differences (ΔE) of the ceramic disks on the A3.5 and C3 substrate compared to the control group (A2) were calculated and compared with acceptable thresholds (ΔE = 5.5) and perceptible thresholds (ΔE = 2/6). …”
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Assessment of ambient air quality and health risks from vehicular emissions in urban Ghana: A case study of Winneba by Francis Kwaku Nkansah, Ebenezer Jeremiah Durosimi Belford, Jonathan Nartey Hogarh, Alfred Kwablah Anim

“…In all, levels of the measured pollutants did not differ significantly (p<0.05) between the sampling locations, but exceeded the pollution thresholds established by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). …”
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Is Gentamicin-Induced Ototoxicity Reversible with Delayed Administration of Nigella Sativa Oil? An Experimental Study by Bilge Tuna, Gökhan Tüzemen

“…However, a significant increase in ABR thresholds was observed only in Group 3. A significant difference was found in post-treatment hearing thresholds (p&lt;0.001) between Group 3 and the other two groups. …”
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Worldwide practices in pulmonary function test reporting after lung transplantation by Jens Gottlieb, MD, Erika Lease, MD, Merel Hellemons, MD, PhD, Kieran Halloran, MD, Tereza Martinu, MD, MHSc

“…Methods: In April 2025, a 10-question online survey was conducted among International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation-members to determine the reference values and normal thresholds used worldwide for post-transplant spirometry interpretation. …”
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Detection of clinically relevant variants in the TP53 gene below 10% allelic frequency: A multicenter study by ERIC, the European Research Initiative on CLL by Sarka Pavlova, Jitka Malcikova, Lenka Radova, Silvia Bonfiglio, Jack B. Cowland, Christian Brieghel, Mette K. Andersen, Maria Karypidou, Bella Biderman, Michael Doubek, Gregory Lazarian, Inmaculada Rapado, Matthijs Vynck, Naomi A. Porret, Martin Andres, Dina Rosenberg, Dvora Sahar, Carolina Martínez‐Laperche, Ismael Buño, Andrew Hindley, David Donaldson, Julio B. Sánchez, José A. García‐Marco, Alicia Serrano‐Alcalá, Blanca Ferrer‐Lores, Concepción Fernández‐Rodriguez, Beatriz Bellosillo, Stephan Stilgenbauer, Eugen Tausch, Hero Nikdin, Fiona Quinn, Emer Atkinson, Lisette van deCorput, Cafer Yildiz, Cristina Bilbao‐Sieyro, Yanira Florido, Christian Thiede, Caroline Schuster, Anastazja Stoj, Sylwia Czekalska, Anastasia Chatzidimitriou, Stamatia Laidou, Audrey Bidet, Charles Dussiau, Friedel Nollet, Giovanna Piras, Maria Monne, Svetlana Smirnova, Eugene Nikitin, Ivan Sloma, Alexis Claudel, Laetitia Largeaud, Loïc Ysebaert, Peter J. M. Valk, Amy Christian, Renata Walewska, David Oscier, Marta Sebastião, Maria Gomes daSilva, Piero Galieni, Mario Angelini, Davide Rossi, Valeria Spina, Sónia Matos, Vânia Martins, Tomasz Stokłosa, Monika Pepek, Panagiotis Baliakas, Rafa Andreu, Irene Luna, Tiina Kahre, Ülle Murumets, Tereza Pikousova, Terezia Kurucova, Sophie Laird, Daniel Ward, Miguel Alcoceba, Ana Balanzategui, Lydia Scarfo, Francesca Gandini, Ettore Zapparoli, Adoración Blanco, Pau Abrisqueta, Ana E. Rodríguez‐Vicente, Rocío Benito, Clotilde Bravetti, Frédéric Davi, Paula Gameiro, Joaquin Martinez‐Lopez, Bárbara Tazón‐Vega, Fanny Baran‐Marszak, Zadie Davis, Mark Catherwood, Andrey Sudarikov, Richard Rosenquist, Carsten U. Niemann, Kostas Stamatopoulos, Paolo Ghia, Sarka Pospisilova

“…We tested the ability to detect 23 such variants in 41 different laboratories using their NGS method of choice. …”
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Curvatura vertical de vertentes em microbacias pela análise de modelos digitais de elevação Curvature slope profile in watersheds through analysis of digital elevation models by Márcio de M. Valeriano

“…Contour-based kriged DEM of six watersheds from different terrain types and with varied data specifications were used for the tests. …”
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Performance validation and calibration conditions for novel dynamic baseline tracking air sensors in long-term field monitoring by H. Mei, P. Wei, M. A. Ghadikolaei, N. K. Gali, Y. Wang, Z. Ning

“…Each monitor employed a dynamic baseline tracking method for the gas sensors, which isolates the concentration signals from temperature and humidity effects, enhancing the sensors' accuracy and reliability. …”
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A workflow for extracting ungulate trails in wetlands using 3D point clouds obtained from airborne laser scanning by Jinhu Wang, Perry Cornelissen, W. Daniel Kissling

“…Finally, trail cells are extracted by thresholding the residuals from iterative Laplacian smoothing and then refined by sparse 3D structure tensor voting. …”
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Effect of freezing and storage on serum vitamin D levels measured by mass spectrometry and immunoassay in reproductive age women by Jennifer K. Y. Ko, Sammy P. L. Chen, Kevin K. W. Lam, T. O. Chan, Raymond H. W. Li, Ernest H. Y. Ng

“…In conclusion, the 25(OH)D levels of the serum samples stored at -20oC and − 80oC were lower at 7 months of storage when compared with baseline levels, but the difference was small. Nevertheless, vitamin D deficiency is usually assessed based on clinical thresholds. …”
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Suaeda Salsa Hyperspectral Index (SSHI) for mapping S. salsa in coastal wetlands using hyperspectral satellite imagery: case studies in northern coastal China by Mengyao Zhang, Yinghai Ke, Kun Shang, Zhaojun Zhuo, Han Liu, Peng Li, Nana Zhao, Jinghan Sha, Jinyuan Li

“…To evaluate the performance of SSHI, a simple thresholding method and a random forest (RF) model were used to map S. salsa, respectively. …”
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Efficacy of a Low-Cost Weight-Bearing Sensitivity Incentivator After Lower Limb Surgery: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial by Alessandro Manelli, Isella Carola, Fabrizio Mancini, Schiavone Nicola, Rathlef Daniel, Marina Protasoni, Andrea Brambilla, Piero Antonio Zecca

“…Background: Accurate partial weight-bearing (PWB) is essential for postoperative recovery after lower limb surgery, yet patients often fail to maintain load within clinically meaningful thresholds. Methods: In this pilot randomised controlled trial with 1:1 concealed allocation, 34 inpatients aged 18–85 who underwent femoral fracture fixation, hip arthroplasty, or knee arthroplasty were enrolled and followed for 14 days. …”
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