Size Increment During Surveillance in Papillary Thyroid Cancer: Evidence Synthesis and Dose–Response Meta‐Analysis by Mohamed Badie Ahmed, Emad Naem, Harman Saman, Abeer Alsherawi, Asma Syed, Noora Al‐Abdulla, Latifa Alkaabi, Mahmoud A. Zirie, Suhail A. Doi

“…Conclusion It was concluded that progression over the threshold increases linearly over time at approximately less than 1% per year. …”
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Exploring the relationship between dietary index for gut microbiota and cognitive function by Changhu Sun, Tingting Tan, Zeping Chen, Zeping Chen

“…Restricted cubic spline and threshold analysis evaluated the existence of non-linear correlations among variables. …”
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Modeling and Solution of Vehicle Routing Problem with Grey Time Windows and Multiobjective Constraints by Xiaojian Yuan, Qishan Zhang, Jiaoyan Zeng

“…Distribution cost fluctuations and customer satisfaction fluctuations with grey time windows are relatively small; under different satisfaction threshold conditions, the distribution cost is increased gently with the satisfaction threshold. …”
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How PTV Vissim Has Been Calibrated for the Simulation of Automated Vehicles in Literature? by Abebe Dress Beza, Mohammad Maghrour Zefreh, Adam Torok, Anteneh Afework Mekonnen

“…AVs can be divided into different categories, each having different driving characteristics. …”
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Multidimensional Fragility Analysis for a NEES Frame Structure by Integrating a New Energy Damage Index: Cumulative Plastic Strain by Qiang Wang, Ziyan Wu

“…The cumulative plastic strain can indicate the structural damage cumulative effect under earthquakes, which makes it especially suitable to be selected as the damage index for the structural component. Threshold values of cumulative plastic strain for different performance limit state (PLS) levels are obtained through the degree of consistency of interstory drift-based fragility curves and CPS-based fragility curves. …”
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Nanomaterial isolated extracellular vesicles enable high precision identification of tumor biomarkers for pancreatic cancer liquid biopsy by Zachary F. Greenberg, Samantha Ali, Andrew Brock, Jinmai Jiang, Thomas D. Schmittgen, Song Han, Steven J. Hughes, Kiley S. Graim, Mei He

“…However, isolating EVs with well-defined homogeneous populations from complex biological samples is challenging. Different methods have been found to derive different EV populations carrying different biomolecules, which significantly confound biomarker discovery for developing clinical diagnostics. …”
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Developing a dynamic combined power quality index for assessing the performance of a nuclear facility by Asmaa M. Elsotohy, Mohammed Hamouda Ali, Ahmed S. Adail, Ayman A. Eisa, El-said A Othman

“…The main contribution of this paper is that a single compound power quality index (CPQI) was developed based on both the dynamic weights obtained from AHP-CRITIC methods and the results of the five PQ phenomena obtained under different abnormal conditions, considering the threshold level for each of these PQ phenomena. …”
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Investigating anisotropic effects and optimizing parameters in ultra-short pulsed (USP) laser machining of single crystalline diamond (SCD) by Kiran Michael, Lukas Greiner, Matthias Putzer, Jodok Weixler, Timo Schudeleit, Markus Bambach, Konrad Wegener

“…The results show different ablation thresholds for each plane, with the {100} plane having the highest threshold for both SCD types. …”
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Using “ways of thinking and practising” to analyse final year medical student reflections and underlying concepts in preparedness for practice by Rachel Leyland, Hilary Neve, Elizabeth Drake, Tracey Collett

“…This study explored the written reflections of final year medical students on the threshold of practice, as they looked back at reflections from their previous years of study. …”
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The relationship between cardiometabolic Index and diabetic kidney disease in people with diabetes by Jianping Kong, Wenting Tao, Yuhong Sun, Yong Xu, Hailun Li, Jing Li

“…Two-stage regression analysis was applied for investigating threshold effects in the connection between CMI and DKD. …”
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Feasibility study of intravascular pulsed electric field ablation for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias by Zhen Wang, Zhen Wang, Yunhao Li, Ming Liang, Ming Liang, Jingyang Sun, Jie Zhang, Lisheng Xu, Yaling Han, Yaling Han

“…The extent of myocardial damage increases with higher pulse voltages; however, excessive voltage may also damage blood vessels (vascular damage threshold: 3500 V/cm). An appropriate electrode configuration can achieve a more uniform myocardial injury across different cross-sections. …”
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Research on Abnormal Ship Brightness Temperature Detection Based on Infrared Image Edge-Enhanced Segmentation Network by Xiaobin Hong, Guanqiao Chen, Yuanming Chen, Ruimou Cai

“…An eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) machine learning model is then established to predict the ship image brightness temperature threshold, using engine brightness threshold, water area brightness threshold, boundary brightness threshold, and temperature gradient as predictive elements. …”
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Associations of greenhouse gases, air pollutants and dynamics of scrub typhus incidence in China: a nationwide time-series study by Haoyue Cao, Jianqiang Han, Weiming Hou, Juxiang Yuan

“…First, an early warning method was applied to estimate the epidemic threshold and the grading intensity threshold. …”
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Prenatal ambient temperature exposure and cord blood and placental mitochondrial DNA content: Insights from the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort study by Eleni Renaers, Congrong Wang, Esmée M. Bijnens, Michelle Plusquin, Tim S. Nawrot, Dries S. Martens

“…Placental mtDNAc showed positive and negative associations for high temperature exposure depending on the applied high temperature threshold. Negative associations were observed during trimester 1 using the 90th and 95th percentile threshold (−26.1% and –33.2% lower mtDNAc respectively), and a positive association in trimester 3 when applying the most stringent 95th percentile threshold (127.0%). …”
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Effectiveness of auricular laser acupuncture on anxiety, stress, sleep quality, fatigue and muscle tension of Psychosocial Care Center professionals: a quasi-experimental pilot stu... by Lara Rocha Silva, Luana Vieira Toledo, Andreia Guerra Siman, Talita Prado Simão Miranda, Maria Clara Vidgal Santana, Yara Martins Rodrigues, Bruna de Oliveira Alves, Caroline de Castro Moura

“…There was no statistically significant difference in muscle tension threshold. Professionals were satisfied with treatment, and the occurrence of adverse reactions was not significant. …”
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Classification of intracranial tumors based on optical-spectral analysis by I. D. Romanishkin, T. A. Savelieva, A. Ospanov, K. G. Linkov, S. V. Shugai, S. A. Goryajnov, G. V. Pavlova, I. N. Pronin, V. B. Loschenov

“…Such a variety of optical and spectral characteristics makes it difficult for the surgeon to analyze them directly during surgery, as it is usually realized in the case of fluorescence methods – tumor tissue can be distinguished from normal with a certain degree of certainty by fluorescence intensity exceeding  a threshold value. …”
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Pediatric PCFD Exhibits Less Forefoot Abduction and Middle Facet Subluxation Than Non-Pediatric PCFD: A Weight-Bearing CT Analysis by Antoine Acker MD, Erik Jesus Huanuco Casas MD, Tommaso Forin Valvecchi MD, Emily Joan Luo BS, Sally Kuehn BS, Kepler A.M. Carvalho MD, Albert T. Anastasio MD, Mark E. Easley MD, Chien-Shun Wang MD, Cesar de Cesar Netto MD, PhD

“…These results suggest that a different threshold should be set to assess PCFD in patients with flat feet since childhood.…”
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Relative fat mass and risk of metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease and severe hepatic steatosis in U.S. adults: analysis of NHANES 2017–2020 data by Jianjun Wang, Wei He, Xianfu Cai, Zhaohui Hu, Yonghai Peng, Xi Chen, Pei Yang, Xintao Zeng, Sirui Chen, Decai Wang

“…Nonlinear associations between RFM levels and MASLD or SHS prevalence were assessed using smoothed curve fitting and threshold effect models. Subgroup analyses were conducted to evaluate the consistency of this association across different population groups. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of PD-1 inhibitors combined with chemotherapy for first-line treatment of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in China: a comprehensive analysis by Kai Xu, Man Yu, Qingli Sun, Lingli Zhang, Xiaodan Qian, Dan Su, Jinhong Gong, Jingjing Shang, Yingtao Lin, Xin Li

“…Given the high costs associated with immunotherapy, evaluating the cost-effectiveness of different PD-1 inhibitors in the Chinese healthcare setting is essential for guiding treatment decisions and policy development.Methods A cost-effectiveness analysis was conducted comparing six PD-1 inhibitors—sintilimab, toripalimab, tislelizumab, camrelizumab, serplulimab, and pembrolizumab—combined with chemotherapy for first-line treatment of advanced ESCC. …”
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Fitness & Sports Medicine by Seitz H, Preissler E, Catalá-Lehnen P, Weitl M

“…The remaining ventilatory, hematological and performance-related variables show only partially significant changes and cannot demonstrate differences between hypoxic and normoxic training.Discussion: The consideration of the variables revealed similarities in the oxygen uptake at the second ventilatory threshold, but a clear detection of differences between hypoxic continuous live low-train high and normoxic training was not possible. …”
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