Acoustic, aerodynamic, and vibrational effects of ventricular folds adduction in an ex vivo experiment by Zhixue Xiao, Jing Kang, Jinglin Su, Pingjiang Ge, Siyi Zhang

“…Furthermore, we evaluated the aerodynamics index through phonation threshold pressure (PTP), phonation instability pressure (PIP), mean flow rate (MFR), phonation threshold flow (PTF), and phonation instability flow (PIF). …”
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Influences of pulsed electric field parameters on cell electroporation and electrofusion events: Comprehensive understanding by experiments and molecular dynamics simulations. by Sujun Qu, Qiang Ke, Xinhao Li, Lin Yu, Shuheng Huang

“…Electroporation and electrofusion are efficient methods, which have been widely used in different areas of biotechnology and medicine. …”
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Olfactory functioning in early multiple sclerosis: Sniffin’ Sticks Test study by Batur Caglayan H, Irkec C, Nazliel B, Akyol Gurses A, Capraz I

“…We collected demographic and clinical data from participants and administered the Sniffin’ Sticks Test.Results: We found no differences between the MS and control groups in odor discrimination, odor identification, and threshold discrimination identification scores, but odor threshold (OT) scores were higher in the control group than in the MS group (P=0.49). …”
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Electrowetting display of multiscale Gamma based on dynamic histogram equilibrium by Mingzhen Chen, Zhixian Lin, Shanling Lin, Jianpu Lin, Tailiang Guo

“…The existing optimization methods of active luminous display do not consider the properties of reflective passive display. …”
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Detection of Inception Cavitation in Centrifugal Pump by Fluid-Borne Noise Diagnostic by Liang Dong, Yuqi Zhao, Cui Dai

“…After comparing the sensitivity and reliability of different detection methods, the method based on overall sound pressure level of liquid-borne noise is found to present high sensitivity to cavitation. …”
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Entrepreneurship and Economic Freedom: Do Objective and Subjective Data Reflect the Same Tendencies? by Burak Erkut

“…Findings: To determine the degree of economic freedom in a country, the effective enforcement of intellectual property rights legislation and quick access to utilities are the two variables with the most informational content. 86,8% of the original grouped cases was classified correctly – this is above the widely accepted threshold of 75%. Implications & Recommendations: A new trend in entrepreneurial research is to build compound indices based on different data sources. …”
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Who’s afraid of Dura Mater? by Mario Emilio Zernotti, Javier Gavilán

“…Objectives: To overcome the fear associated with conventional nomenclature related to different anatomic positions for Bonebridge. Methods: Bonebridge is an active transcutaneous semi-implantable bone conduction device available for clinical use since 2012. …”
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Study on the Effect of High-Temperature Heat Treatment on the Microscopic Pore Structure and Mechanical Properties of Tight Sandstone by Liangbin Dou, Guanli Shu, Hui Gao, Jinqing Bao, Rui Wang

“…In this study, core samples, taken from tight sandstone reservoirs of the Yanchang Formation in the Ordos Basin, were first heated to different temperatures (25-800°C) and then cooled separately by two distinct cooling methods—synthetic formation water cooling and natural cooling. …”
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Influence of fiber dimensions on the mechanical properties of silica glass nanofibers by Raúl Barciela, Félix Quintero, Thiruvilla S. Mahadevan, Antonio Riveiro, Juan Pou, Jincheng Du

“…Our simulation methodology included fibers of varying diameters, generated using two different production methods (i.e. “cutting” and “casting” methods) that produce different degrees of surface atomic defects, and compared with bulk samples without surface atoms. …”
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Signs of Nervous System Sensitization in Female Runners with Chronic Patellofemoral Pain by Brian J. Eckenrode, David M. Kietrys, Allison Brown, J. Scott Parrott, Brian Noehren

“…Secondary hyperalgesia, a sign of central sensitization, was observed via differences in pressure pain threshold testing for the PFP group at the uninvolved knee (p=0.012 to p=0.042), involved extremity remote sites (p=0.001 to p=0.006), and uninvolved extremity remote sites (p=0.013 to p=0.021)…”
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Dynamics of a Delay-Varying Computer Virus Propagation Model by Jianguo Ren, Yonghong Xu, Yongchang Zhang, Yongquan Dong, Guosheng Hao

“…It is found that the model may undergo a Hopf bifurcation. Next, we use different methods to prove the global asymptotic stability of the equilibria: the virus-free equilibrium by using the direct Lyapunov method and virus equilibrium by using a geometric approach. …”
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Exact Solutions of Nonlinear Equation of Rod Deflections Involving the Lauricella Hypergeometric Functions by Giovanni Mingari Scarpello, Daniele Ritelli

“…The stress induced in a loaded beam will not exceed some threshold, but also its maximum deflection, as for all the elastic systems, will be controlled. …”
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Evaluating the impact of official development assistance on ecological environments in agricultural and renewable energy sectors by Rongrong Li, Jiaqi Guo, Qiang Wang

“…Abstract This study examines the complex interactions between official development assistance (ODA) and the ecological environment of recipient countries, mainly focusing on agricultural economic development and renewable energy. Using dynamic threshold models and robust statistical methods, the analysis uncovers the nuanced effects of ODA across various dimensions. …”
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Error Correction of Transversal cnot Gates for Scalable Surface-Code Computation by Kaavya Sahay, Yingjia Lin, Shilin Huang, Kenneth R. Brown, Shruti Puri

“…In this work, we examine and benchmark the performance of three different decoding strategies for the tcnot for scalable fault-tolerant quantum computation. …”
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PROBLEMS OF EVALUATING BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT IN MODERN CLINICAL TRIALS (THE CASE OF SPRINT STUDY RESULTS) by V. M. Gorbunov

“…The estimated SBP level in the intensive treatment group (132-136 mm Hg) is not very different from the standard threshold.Therefore, the SBP target in the treatment of hypertension remains unchanged at <140 mm Hg. …”
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Effect of diffusion temperatures on microstructure and properties of NiCoCrAlYHf bond coatings by ZHANG Bin, DING Ning, CAI Yan, ZHAO Wenjun, LIU Yuzhuo, MU Rende, ZHANG Xuejun

“…NiCoCrAlYHf coating （HY5 coating） was prepared on DD6 alloy by vacuum arc ion plating method. After different diffusion temperature treatments， the ceramic coating was deposited by electron beam-physical vapor deposition（EB-PVD） method. …”
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In Search of the Consequence Severity of Traffic Conflict by Ruoxi Jiang, Shunying Zhu, Pan Wang, QiuCheng Chen, He Zou, Shiping Kuang

“…The field data were brought into the conflict consequences severity model to calculate the conflict severity rate of each section under different TTC thresholds. For comparison, the traditional conflict rate of each section under different TTC thresholds that considered only the number of conflicts was also calculated. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Extraction Protocols for Point‐Of‐Need Molecular Diagnostics by Rea Maja Kobialka, Arianna Ceruti, Uwe Truyen, Ahmed Abd El Wahed

“…By considering criteria such as ease of use, turnaround time, and robustness in handling different sample matrices, we aimed to highlight the critical factors that influence the selection of an appropriate extraction method for immediate and reliable diagnostic outcomes in diverse settings. …”
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A path-planning algorithm for autonomous vehicles based on traffic stability criteria: the AS-IAPF algorithm by M. Zhao, M. Zhao, X. Li, Y. Lu, H. Wang, S. Ning

“…Secondly, based on the aforementioned threshold discriminant formula, a new AS-IAPF algorithm is proposed. …”
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Evaluation of capability of ultrasound with elastometry and elastography for diagnosis of subclinical regional metastases of cancer of the oral mucosa by Yu. V. Alymov

“…There is no consensus on the threshold values of S-wave velocity and elastographic parameters in diagnosis of occult metastases.Materials and methods. …”
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