Current strategies in the farm practices and post-harvest pesticidal defence by Luciano Suss, Fabio Molinari

“…However, substantial differences exist between agriculture and post-harvest, thus the integrated pest management in food production environment has to be designed in a different way. …”
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Positive mental wellbeing or symptoms of depression? Discriminant validity of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale by Leif Edvard Aarø, Marit Knapstad, Otto Robert Smith

“…PMHC offers low-threshold treatment for patients with mild to moderate depression or anxiety. …”
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Transcutaneous auricular VNS applied to experimental pain: A paired behavioral and EEG study using thermonociceptive CO2 laser. by Manon Dumoulin, Giulia Liberati, André Mouraux, Susana Ferrao Santos, Riëm El Tahry

“…<h4>Objective</h4>This study aimed to characterize how taVNS alters pain perception, by investigating its effects on event-related potentials (ERPs) elicited by different types of spinothalamic and lemniscal somatosensory stimuli, combined with quantitative sensory testing (detection threshold and intensity ratings).…”
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Preprocedural Mouthrinse During Dental Treatment in Covid -19 Patients: A Meta- analysis by Supinder Sudan, T.L Ravishankar, Puja C. Yavagal, M.D Nazamuddin Tafadar

“…The inclusion criteria for selecting studies were based on cyclic threshold values and log copies/mL of salivary viral load. …”
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A topology-guided high-quality solution learning framework for security-constraint unit commitment based on graph convolutional network by Liqian Gao, Lishen Wei, Shichang Cui, Jiakun Fang, Xiaomeng Ai, Wei Yao, Jinyu Wen

“…Secondly, an adaptive threshold-based method is designed to fix binary variables to achieve model reduction. …”
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vPro-MS enables identification of human-pathogenic viruses from patient samples by untargeted proteomics by Marica Grossegesse, Fabian Horn, Andreas Kurth, Peter Lasch, Andreas Nitsche, Joerg Doellinger

“…The specificity is determined to be >99,9% in an analysis of 221 plasma, swab and cell culture samples covering 17 different viruses. The sensitivity of this approach for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal swabs corresponds to a PCR cycle threshold of 27 with comparable quantitative accuracy to metagenomics. vPro-MS enables the integration of untargeted virus identification in large-scale proteomic studies of biofluids such as human plasma to detect previously undiscovered virus infections in patient specimens.…”
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A nomogram prediction of overall survival based on lymph node ratio, AJCC 8th staging system, and other factors for primary pancreatic cancer. by Rui Zhong, Xin Jiang, Yan Peng, Huan Xu, Yongfeng Yan, Li Liu, Xiaowei Tang

“…Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses were used to identify prognostic factors with a threshold of P<0.05, and a nomogram was constructed. …”
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Identification of candidates with hepatocellular carcinoma to receive TACE combined with MWA by assessing tumor burden and radiologic features by Chao An, Lujun Shen, Qifeng Chen, Yiquan Jiang, Chen Li, He Ren, Peihong Wu, Xi Liu

“…Moreover, the TBR score provided greater net benefit across the range of reasonable threshold probabilities than other models. Based on cutoff values of 32 and 74 centiles of the TBR score, the cohort was divided into low-, middle-, and high-risk strata, which provide consistent performance in survival discrimination across different patient subgroups. …”
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Analysis of the circadian rhythm of intraocular pressure in stable and progressive forms of primary open-angle glaucoma by T. N. Malishevskaya, D. G. Gubin, I. V. Nemcova, A. S. Vlasova, Ju. E. Filippova, E. E. Farikova, D. S. Bogdanova

“…IOP daily dynamics was distributed differently in the different groups. In S-POAG, the peak values were mainly reached in the morning hours, while the minimum values were observed at night. …”
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The nonlinear correlation of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio on 1-year mortality risk in patients with severe acute heart failure by Yunchao Deng, Jian Lin, Chuang Li, Rong Tian, Bo Liu

“…Kaplan-Meier survival analysis further confirmed the correctness of the threshold. The ROC was used to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the NLR for long-term outcomes. …”
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C1q Levels: A Reliable Biomarker for Differentiating Active and Latent Tuberculosis Infection by Sepideh Darougar, Afshin Moniri, Parvaneh Baghaei, Esmaeil Mortaz, Makan Sadr, Arad Moniri, Majid Marjani, Payam Tabarsi

“…The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve for C1q in distinguishing active from latent TB was 0.74 (95% confidence interval, 0.63–0.85), with sensitivity varying between 61% and 82% at different threshold values. Conclusions: C1q shows potential as a reliable and easily obtainable biomarker for differentiating active TB from latent infection, demonstrating high sensitivity. …”
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CN2VF-Net: A Hybrid Convolutional Neural Network and Vision Transformer Framework for Multi-Scale Fire Detection in Complex Environments by Naveed Ahmad, Mariam Akbar, Eman H. Alkhammash, Mona M. Jamjoom

“…These results outperform existing methods by 1.6% in precision, 0.3% in recall, and 3.4% in F1-score. …”
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Coproducing healthcare service improvement for people with common mental health disorders including psychotic experiences: a study protocol of a multiperspective qualitative study by Alexandros Georgiadis, Robbie Duschinsky, Jesus Perez, Peter B Jones, Debra Russo, Clare Knight, Emma Soneson, Mary Dixon-Woods

“…Informed by principles of coproduction, this study will seek the views of service users and staff to inform the design and development of such a therapy.Methods and analysis Semistructured interviews will be conducted with IAPT service users, therapists and managers based in three different geographical areas in England. …”
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High-Resolution Reflected Wave Extraction and Imaging Enhancement for Array Acoustic Logging by YUE Wenzheng, LIU Dongming, TIAN Bin, QIN Minjun

“…Therefore, by selecting a hard threshold to separate the mode wave and reflected wave signals, different components in the acoustic logging signal are identified. …”
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Association of neutrophil-percentage-to-albumin ratio with mortality in older stroke survivors by Jie Huang, Xiaowei Zhang, Luyao Ding, Jiaxiang Yu, Mingshen Lin

“…RCS analysis revealed a non-linear threshold effect at NPAR = 14.5, beyond which the risk of all-cause mortality increased sharply. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes for Neonates with Respiratory Failure Referred for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenator (ECMO) Support by Pooja Musuku, Keith Meyer, Felipe E. Pedroso, Fuad Alkhoury, Balagangadhar R. Totapally

“…Youden’s index was used for optimal threshold values. Chi-square, Mann–Whitney U, and binary logistic regression were used for comparative analyses. …”
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Jointly designed quasi-cyclic LDPC-coded cooperation with diversity combining at receiver by Muhammad Asif, Wuyang Zhou, Qingping Yu, Saifullah Adnan, Md Sadek Ali, Muhammad Shahid Iqbal

“…First, a deterministic approach is utilized to construct different classes of binary QC-LDPC codes with no length-4 cycles. …”
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Blood-Based Prognostic Prediction Model for Glioblastoma: Construction and Validation by Gao S, Liu Y, Kong J, Huangfu L, Yang Y, Cui H, Sun X, Shi S, Yang D

“…The clinical decision curve showed that when the threshold probability exceeded 20%, the model’s prediction provided the greatest net benefit for GBM patients receiving the Stupp regimen. …”
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Belowground Biomass Carbon Density in Xinjiang Grasslands: Spatiotemporal Variability and Dominant Drivers by Ping Dong, Changqing Jing, Gongxin Wang, Yuqing Shao

“…Using extensive field sampling, multi-source remote sensing data, and machine learning methods, the spatial distribution of BGB carbon density across Xinjiang grasslands was estimated, and its environmental drivers across different geomorphological regions were revealed. …”
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Motivation for physical activity among university students residing in areas of military conflict in Ukraine by Tetiana Yermakova, Vasyl Lutskyi, Daria Piatnytska

“…Conclusions. Students living in different regions of Ukraine have varying motivations for physical activity in the context of the military conflict. …”
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