Test–retest reliability and validity in lower limb proprioception tests using image capture technique in healthy adults by Aisuke Takahashi, Hikaru Kawana, Katsuhiro Furukawa

“…Quantitative proprioception assessments such as threshold to detect passive motion (TDPM) and joint position sense (JPS) help determine the severity of functional impairments and evaluate treatment efficacy. …”
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Optimizing Voice Sample Quantity and Recording Settings for the Prediction of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Retrospective Study by Atousa Assadi, Jessica Oreskovic, Jaycee Kaufman, Yan Fossat

“…A significance threshold of P ResultsOur results showed that including up to 6 voice recordings notably improved the model accuracy for T2DM compared to using only one recording, with accuracy increasing from 59.61 to 65.02 for men and from 65.55 to 69.43 for women. …”
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Examining attentional avoidance in post-traumatic stress disorder: an exploratory ‘Face in the Crowd’ paradigm using eye-tracking by Wivine Blekic, Mandy Rossignol, Fabien D’Hondt

“…We discuss the generalization of fear processes across different emotional stimuli and underscore the need for incorporating a variety of emotional stimuli in PTSD research.…”
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Concerns arising from the calculation of the apnea-hypopnea index during CPAP-telemonitoring of patients with obstructive sleep apnea by Celia Vidal, Jean-Pierre Mallet, Sarah Skinner, Raphael Gilson, Olivier Gaubert, Arnaud Prigent, Frédéric Gagnadoux, Arnaud Bourdin, Nicolas Molinari, Dany Jaffuel

“…When possible, we assessed the impact of excluding central hypopneas, events during major leaks, and/or ramp periods on the percentage of patients crossing the consensual AHIflow alert threshold of ≥ 10 events/h. Results We identified significant disparities in AHIflow calculations between manufacturers, which lead to significant differences in the number of patients flagged as being in an alert state. …”
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Evaluating Efficiency of Propofol and Dexmedetomidine for Hypotensive Anesthesia in ENT Operations by P. Kamesh Chandra, Dinesh Kumar Patel, Ranjeet Kumar Mohanty, Mohit Kulmi, Ramanpal Singh Makkad

“…Materials and Methods: Sixty individuals between the ages of 18 and 60 who were having elective ENT operations participated in a prospective randomized clinical study. …”
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Adaptive Sampled Value Differential Protection With High Penetration of Inverter-Based Resource Based on Error Function Fitting by Wenyue Zhou, Zhaowei Zhou, Xiaopeng Li, Wei Chen, Hao Wang, Bing Luo

“…Compared to conventional differential protection methods, the ASVD scheme demonstrates adaptability, sensitivity and reliability to different operating conditions of high penetration inverter-based resource (HPIB). …”
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Serum 25(OH)D levels and mortality risk among middle-aged and elderly populations in the U.S.: A prospective cohort study. by Yaowen Hu, Faliang Gao, Yuan Yang, Wei Yang, Huibo He, Jie Zhou, Yujie Zhao, Xi Chen, Wenyan Zhao, Xiaopeng He

“…The relationship is nonlinear: increases in concentration reduce death risk below a certain threshold, but above it, the association weakens. Further research is needed to understand causal mechanisms.…”
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The Effects of Combined Cervical and Scapular Stabilization Exercises on Muscle Tone, Pain, and Cervical Range of Motion in Cervical Extension Type: A Controlled Experimental Study by Qiu-Shuo Tian, Xing-Han Zhou, Tae-Ho Kim

“…Results: Both groups showed significant differences in muscle tone, stiffness, elasticity, PPT, and cervical ROM (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Magnitude of the benefit of progression-free survival as a potential surrogate marker in phase 3 trials assessing targeted agents in molecularly selected patients with advanced non... by Katsuyuki Hotta, Yuka Kato, Natasha Leighl, Nagio Takigawa, Rabab Mohamed Gaafar, Hiroe Kayatani, Taizo Hirata, Kadoaki Ohashi, Toshio Kubo, Masahiro Tabata, Mitsune Tanimoto, Katsuyuki Kiura

“…A PFS-HR cutoff of ∼0.6 may help detect clinical benefit of molecular targeted agents in which OS is of limited use, although desired threshold might differ in an individual trial.…”
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Oil rent, entrepreneurial start-ups, and institutional quality: Insights from African oil-rich countries by Folorunsho M. Ajide, Kenny A. Soyemi

“…It is the first study conducted on oil-rich countries in Africa. Moreover, the work differs from the literature by examining the threshold level at which African institutional quality would meaningfully enhance positive relationship between oil rents and entrepreneurial start-ups. …”
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The effectiveness of home-based transcranial direct current stimulation on chronic pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Annibale Antonioni, Andrea Baroni, Giulia Fregna, Ishtiaq Ahmed, Sofia Straudi

“…Moreover, home-based tDCS seems to modulate pressure pain threshold, heat pain threshold, and heat and cold tolerance at the end of the intervention. …”
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Androgen receptor positive triple negative breast cancer: Clinicopathologic, prognostic, and predictive features. by Kristine Astvatsaturyan, Yong Yue, Ann E Walts, Shikha Bose

“…<h4>Results</h4>A 1% cutpoint was confirmed as the appropriate threshold for AR positivity. Using this cutpoint 41% of 135 TNBC were AR+. …”
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Deep Inspiratory Breath-Hold Technique for Patients with Left-Sided Breast Cancer: Dosimetric Analysis, Clinical Evaluation, and Prediction by Jing Shen MD, Kun Zhang MD, Xiangyin Meng PhD, Bo Yang PhD, Jiabin Ma MD, Ke Hu MD, Fuquan Zhang MD, Xiaorong Hou MD

“…The ROC curve analysis revealed an area under the curve of 0.6. With an MHD threshold of 2 Gy, both sensitivity and specificity exceeded 0.7. …”
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Effect of Nasal Obstruction on Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment: Computational Fluid Dynamics Analyses. by Tadashi Wakayama, Masaaki Suzuki, Tadashi Tanuma

“…The nasal obstruction and control groups were clearly separated by a velocity threshold of 13.5 m/s, and pressure loss coefficient threshold of approximately 10.0. …”
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Preservative Effect of Novel Combined Treatment with Electrolyzed Active Water and Lysozyme Enzyme to Increase the Storage Life of Vacuum-Packaged Carp by Péter Palotás, Péter Palotás, Gábor Jónás, József Lehel, László Friedrich

“…The measured residual chlorate content exceeded the legal threshold, but washing the samples resulted in values below the theoretical threshold limit. …”
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Obesity mediates the association between psoriasis and diabetes incidence: a population-based study by Zuojiao Xu, Kaihua Ma, Yinuo Zhai, Jing Wang, Yan Li

“…For psoriasis, an inflection point was noted in men where its prevalence began to decline as BMI exceeded a certain threshold. Similarly, in younger adults, psoriasis prevalence decreased above a specific BMI threshold. …”
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Efficacy of Dry Needling Combined with Eccentric Exercise Versus Oral and Topical NSAID Treatment in Patients with Tennis Elbow: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Zacarías Sánchez-Milá PhD, Vanesa Abuín-Porras PhD, Helena Fidalgo-Gómez PhD, Isabel Mínguez-Esteban MSc, Jaime Almazán-Polo PT, MSc, PhD, Jorge Velázquez-Saornil PhD

“…Pain intensity was assessed using the Visual Analog Scale and pressure pain threshold at the lateral epicondyle, medial epicondyle, radial styloid, and ulnar styloid. …”
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Does social health insurance prevent financial hardship in Mongolia? Inpatient care: A case in point. by Javkhlanbayar Dorjdagva, Enkhjargal Batbaatar, Mikael Svensson, Bayarsaikhan Dorjsuren, Munkhsaikhan Togtmol, Jussi Kauhanen

“…"Catastrophic health expenditure" is defined as out-of-pocket payments for inpatient care that exceed a threshold of 40% of households' non-discretionary expenditure. …”
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Real-Time Recognition of Loading Cycles’ Process Based on Electric Mining Shovel Monitoring by Bonan Wang, Yun Duan, Wei Xu

“…Results showed that the proposed recognition method of the shovel loading cycle process exhibited real-time performance and high accuracy in understanding the different work tasks, providing effective data support for mining and the analysis of shovel working parameters, helping to improve the energy efficiency of electric mining shovel.…”
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Socratic wisdom in the age of AI: a comparative study of ChatGPT and human tutors in enhancing critical thinking skills by Hoda Fakour, Moslem Imani

“…Through threshold analysis conducted via a Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) model, the study identified key features affecting student preferences, emphasizing the need for a balanced integration of AI and human tutoring methods. …”
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