Threshold of kurtosis on occupational hearing loss associated with non-steady noise by Yang LI, Haiying LIU, Linjie WU, Jinzhe LI, Jiarui XIN, Hua ZOU, Xin SUN, Wei QIU, Changyan YU, Meibian ZHANG

“…BackgroundKurtosis reflecting noise's temporal structure is an effective metric for evaluating noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), and its threshold is still unclear. ObjectiveTo explore the energy range of kurtosis and the threshold of NIHL induced by kurtosis in this energy rangeMethodsUsing cross-sectional design, 4631 noise-exposed workers in manufacturing industry were selected. …”
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Trait and state anxiety as factors of threshold and tolerance to experimentally induced pain by B. Petrova, K. Mineva, M. Petkova, V. Nikolov, M. Minev, R. Strebkova

“…(Spearman rho=0.49, P=0.008). Significant differences were not found in threshold, tolerance and intensity of pain depending on the levels of trait anxiety in the examined people. …”
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XSQ-Learning: Adaptive Similarity Thresholds for Accelerated and Stable Q-Learning by Ansel Y. Rodríguez González, Roberto E. López Díaz, Shender M. Ávila Sansores, María G. Sánchez Cervantes

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Evaluation of measurement uncertainty results calculated by two different methods and total analytical error for ethanol testing by Bozdayi Mehmet Akif, Bozdayı İsmet Gamze, Çakırca Gökhan

“…This study aimed to calculate MU and TAE values, which assess the reliability of ethanol test results from different perspectives, and to evaluate the impact of MU values, calculated using two different methods, on the legal threshold. …”
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Impact‐Based Thresholds for Investigation of High‐Tide Flooding in the United States by Christopher G. Piecuch, Sarah B. Das, Levi Gorrell, Sönke Dangendorf, Benjamin D. Hamlington, Philip R. Thompson, Thomas Wahl

“…Here we present a novel method for quantifying, with uncertainty, high‐tide flooding thresholds along the United States coast based on sparsely available impact‐based flood thresholds. …”
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Explainable Machine Learning for Mapping Rainfall-Induced Landslide Thresholds in Italy by Xiangyu Shao, Wenjun Yan, Chaoying Yan, Wen Zhao, Yixuan Wang, Xia Shi, Hongchang Dong, Tianjiang Li, Junpo Yu, Peng Zuo, Zeyu Zhou, Jiming Jin

“…Explainable machine learning methods can address these challenges, but they are rarely applied to rainfall threshold modeling. …”
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Threshold analysis of mortality outcomes in the collaborative ocular melanoma study (COMS) by Viktor T. Gill, Shiva Sabazade, Gustav Stålhammar

“…We aimed to quantify the mortality differences required to achieve statistical significance and assess the robustness of these thresholds.Methods We reanalyzed 12-year mortality data from COMS using threshold analysis to determine how many additional or fewer deaths in either treatment arm would shift the lower bound of the 95% confidence interval (CI) for the risk ratio above 1.Results At 12 years, there were 105 melanoma-related deaths in the brachytherapy arm and 98 in the enucleation arm (risk ratio 1.08, 95% CI 0.82–1.42). …”
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Evaluating the Mechanism by Which the TNO Stereo Test Overestimates Stereo Thresholds by Yu Zhang, Bingbing Meng, Huang Wu

“…Anaglyph glasses played an important role in determining the stereoacuity values with the TNO stereo test, and the results were overestimated when compared with that of the other testing methods. The imbalance of chroma and luminance between the two eyes caused by the anaglyph glasses was indicated as one of the reasons for the overestimation of stereo thresholds.…”
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Dynamics of the anaerobic threshold of ski racers throughout the annual training cycle by N. Varlamova, T. Loginova, I. Garnov, N. Timofeev, E. Boyko

“…Heart rate (HR), oxygen consumption (VO2), oxygen pulse and maximal load were registered in the anaerobic threshold zone. Difference between the actual and theoretically calculated HR, VO2 percentage (relate to maximal oxygen consumption) was calculated. …”
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Evaluation of Sensibility Threshold for Interocclusal Thickness of Patients Wearing Complete Dentures by Kujtim Sh. Shala, Linda J. Dula, Teuta Pustina-Krasniqi, Teuta Bicaj, Enis F. Ahmedi, Zana Lila-Krasniqi, Arlinda Tmava-Dragusha

“…Gender appeared to be a significant factor when it interacted with time measurement resulting in differences in sensibility threshold for interocclusal thickness (gender: F = 9.84, p = 0.018; F = 4.83, p = 0.0003). …”
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Gustatory thresholds and obesity: a comparative study of five main tastes by Hamidreza Khalighi, Hamed Mortazavi, Fahimeh Anbari, Masoumeh Sadat Eftekhari, Nahid Mohammadnia, Homa Mirzaei, Sara Nashibi

“…Results No statistically significant differences were observed between the gustatory thresholds of the five main tastes among participants with normal BMI and with overweight/obesity. …”
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The variability of minimum clinically important difference, substantial clinical benefit, and patient acceptable symptom state thresholds for Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in t... by Auston R. Locke, MPH, Avanish Yendluri, BS, Graham Sabo, BA, Niklas H. Koehne, BA, Alexander C. Lee, MD, Ibikari Legg-Jack, BS, Michael N. Megafu, DO, MPH, Xinning Li, MD, John D. Kelly, IV, MD, Robert L. Parisien, MD

“…Patient demographics, study characteristics, MCID/SCB/PASS thresholds, and threshold calculation methods utilized were extracted. …”
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Economic Security of Households in the Region (Illustrated by the Ivanovo, Vladimir, Kostroma and Yaroslavl’ Regions) by I. I. Ledyaykina

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Macro-microscopic study on the damage threshold strain of particle-filled polymer composites by Wang Jiaxiang, Qiang Hongfu, Wang Xueren, Wang Zhejun, Li Shiqi

“…The results indicate that the established model can predict the damage threshold of HTPB propellants with different loading rates and specimen sizes at the specimen level, demonstrating the potential of macro-microscopic methods in analyzing damage in viscoelastic particle reinforced composite materials.…”
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Questions of Application of the Methodology of Threshold Values for Determining the State of Socio-Economic Systems by S. A. Pobyvaev, A. I. Selivanov, D. V. Troshin

“…Also, we select seven methodological bases of determination of threshold values, on each of which the group of methods can be used. …”
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Gustometry in various variants of bronchial asthma: Sensitivity thresholds for bitter and sweet tast by V. N. Mineev, M. A. Nyoma, L. N. Sorokina, P. V. Bryukhanova, D. E. Koksharova

“…The aim of the present work is to simultaneously assess the sensitivity of canonical lingual receptors to bitter and sweet taste in the same patients with different clinical variants of bronchial asthma by methods applicable in wide clinical practice. 16 healthy persons and 35 patients with bronchial asthma were examined at the M.V. …”
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Exploration of the bio-availability and the risk thresholds of cadmium and arsenic in contaminated paddy soils by Di Guan, Xionghui Ji, Saihua Liu, Shan Chen, Yunhe Xie, Jiamei Wu

“…In order to scientifically and objectively evaluate the bioavailability of soil Cd, As and the risk of Cd or As threshold in contaminated farmland, this study was conducted to investigate different types of extractants for their potential extraction efficiency of Cd and As. …”
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Erosive Rainfall Thresholds for Five Typical Soils in Water Erosion Region of China by Wang Ying, Yang Yang, Liu Baoyuan, Liu Yingna

“…[Conclusion] Erosive rainfall thresholds differed among soils in different regions due to differences in soil properties such as particle size distribution and organic matter content, as well as in local climate factors such as rainfall pattern.…”
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Determination of a willingness-to-pay threshold and decision-making in financing the healthcare technologies by T. S. Teptsova, T. P. Bezdenezhnyh, V. K. Fedyaeva, N. Z Musina, G. R. Hachatryan, V. V. Tarasov

“…The aim was to develop a methodology for determining the willingness to pay threshold (WTPT) and its upper limit value within the Russian health care system.Materials and methods. …”
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Research on the Generation Technology of Declared Airport Capacity Thresholds Based on Profit Maximization by Ying Liu, Zheng Zhao, Ying Peng

“…This approach identifies the simulated acceptable delay level that corresponds to maximum flight profit, serving as the threshold for assessing declared airport capacity. …”
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