Influence of Environmental Factors and Aggregates on Concrete Elasticity: Ultrasonic and Strength Testing by Mohammad Reza Hadidi, Yaghoub Mohammadi

“…Notably, samples with 25% recycled content maintained higher elasticity, suggesting an optimal threshold for incorporating recycled materials. The study also validates using UPV as a nondestructive method to efficiently evaluate concrete’s structural integrity. …”
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Managerial focus of a regional vocational education and training system on the needs of socio-economic development by S. Yu. Alasheev, T. G. Kuteinitsyna, N. Yu. Postalyuk, V. A. Prudnikova

“…The authors applied the metrological principle to compare the obtained values of indicators/indicators of the activity of VET systems with the “standard”, which is used as threshold values set by the method of expert assessments or by average values of indicators in current Russian monitoring studies. …”
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Precise LULC classification of rural area combining elevational and reflectance characteristics using UAV by Ke Zhang, Lameck Fiwa, Madoka Kurata, Hiromu Okazawa, Kenford A.B. Luweya, Mohammad Shamim Hasan Mandal, Toru Sakai

“…RCI was calculated as the product of the above ground height and the square of the difference between the NDVI value and one. Then, a comprehensive classification method was established by combining the RCI, the traditional threshold method and a machine learning method. …”
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EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PLANT STRESS TOLERANCE by Abdulmalik G. Yusufov

“…The aim is to study the threshold sensitivity to salinization of the environment of individual isolated structures for evaluating the salt tolerance of plants. …”
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Detectability of Iodine in Mediastinal Lesions on Photon Counting CT: A Phantom Study by Joric R. Centen, Marcel J. W. Greuter, Mathias Prokop

“…Consensus was reached when detectability thresholds differed between observers. <b>Results:</b> CTDIvol on PCCT and CCT was 3.80 ± 0.12 and 3.60 ± 0.01 mGy, respectively. …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of two interventions to promote physical activity in a multiethnic population at high risk of diabetes: an economic evaluation of the 48-month PROPELS r... by Melanie J Davies, Kamlesh Khunti, Laura J Gray, Thomas Yates, Stephen Sutton, Stephen Sharp, Joseph Henson, Simon J Griffin, Alan Brennan, Charlotte L Edwardson, Wendy Hardeman, Helen Eborall, Michael Gillett, Laura Ellen Heathcote, Daniel J Pollard

“…Our threshold analysis showed that interventions to increase step count can be cost-effective at this limit if they achieve greater long-term maintenance of effect.Trial Registration number ISRCTN registration: ISRCTN83465245: The PRomotion Of Physical activity through structuredEducation with differing Levels of ongoing Support for those with pre-diabetes (PROPELS)https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN83465245.…”
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DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREA BY NGOs PARTICIPATION. CASE STUDY CĂLĂRAȘI COUNTY, ROMANIA by Radu Andrei IOVA, Daniela CREȚU, Oana Roberta CREȚU

“…The research was based on the method of questionnaire survey and χ2 test. Analyzing the answers, it is found that the opinions are very different between the communes (significance threshold very significant), in the sense that those from Modelu and Grădiștea communes know about the existence of NGOs in the community, those from Dragalina commune know about this aspect in a percentage of approx. 50%, while those from Borcea commune do not know or do not know about the existence of these organizations. …”
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Study of otoacoustic emissions in workers of various professional groups of the coal industry by Shydlovska T.A., Basanets A.V., Gvozdetskiy V.A., Shevtsova T.V.

“…Objective: to study informativity indicators of otoacoustic emission for the diagnosis of sensorineural hearing loss in various occupational groups of coal workers in Ukrainian mines. Materials and Methods: Auditory function of 87 workers of the coal industry (drifters, miners and longwall miners) with different levels of industrial noise and hygienic conditions in their workplaces was: 28 studied drifters (group 1), 25 miners (group 2) and 34 longwall miners (group 3). …”
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MambaPose: A Human Pose Estimation Based on Gated Feedforward Network and Mamba by Jianqiang Zhang, Jing Hou, Qiusheng He, Zhengwei Yuan, Hao Xue

“…Finally, we introduced an adaptive threshold focus loss (ATFL) to dynamically adjust the weights of different keypoints. …”
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The Use of Infrared Thermography in Determining Timing for Early Pedicle Division of the Preexpanded Bipedicled Visor Flap after Ischemic Preconditioning by Wentian Xiao, Shunuo Zhang, Hua Li, Shaoqing Feng, Fabio Nicoli, Richard Huynh, Jiajing Lu, Yixin Zhang, Peiru Min

“…This comprised of subjective examination and indocyanine green angiography. The threshold of temperature difference to determine the pedicle division was analyzed based on the temperature changes between the clamps. …”
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POSSIBILITIES FOR ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC DETERMINATION OF PULMONARY ARTERY PRESSURE IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES: DATA OF A RHEUMATOLOGY EXPERT CENTER by E. V. Nikolaeva, Yu. O. Korsakova, I. A. Kurmukov, S. I. Glukhova, N. N. Yudkina, A. V. Volkov

“…The echoCG determination of RAP by the existing methods showed good sensitivity (79%) and specificity (69%) for its threshold of 5 mm Hg (the area under the curve was 0.79 (p &lt; 0.0001) with 95% CI 0.70–0.95. …”
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Applying improved particle swarm optimization for dynamic service composition focusing on quality of service evaluations under hybrid networks by Honghao Gao, Kang Zhang, Jianhua Yang, Fangguo Wu, Hongsheng Liu

“…Third, considering a change of service repository, when the quality of a composite service is lower than a predefined threshold, the local greedy algorithm and global reconfiguration method are adopted to dynamically restructure composite services. …”
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Alcohol consumption, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, and estimated glomerular filtration rate: tripartite predictors of 10-year cardiovascular risk progression in patients wit... by Yizhe Wang, Yizhe Wang, Yu Duan, Yongcheng Zhang, Yongcheng Zhang, Na Li, Ying Hu, Liping Gu, Yanfang Hou, Yuhang Ma

“…Restricted cubic spline analysis (RCS) demonstrated a nonlinear correlation between hs-CRP and 10-year CVD risk progression with a threshold of 3.0 mg/L. 10-year CVD risk was significantly higher with increasing hs-CRP levels at hs-CRP &lt; 3.0 mg/L (OR 2.28, 95% CI 1.48-3.55), and the two-stage model significantly superior to a single linear model (P = 0.028 for log-likelihood ratio). …”
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The intestinal microbiota modulates the visceral sensitivity involved in IBS induced by restraint combined with tail clustering by Na Deng, Na Deng, Siqin Xie, Qin Liu, Huiyi Peng, Leyao Fang, Junxi Shen, Xiaoyuan Lin

“…ObjectiveTo compare three common stimuli that induce emotional stress to identify the optimal method for establishing an animal model that aligns with the clinical pathogenesis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and to explore the gut microbiota mechanisms underlying IBS development.MethodsThirty-six SPF-grade female Kunming mice were randomly divided into four groups: the normal control (NC) group, the restraint stress (BM) group, the tail clamp stress (CTM) group, and the restraint combined with tail clamp stress (BCTM) group, with 9 mice in each group. …”
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Hybrid algorithm for fault detection in three-phase motors using Principal Component Analysis by Cesar Orellana, Leony Ortiz, Alexander Aguila, Marcelo Garcia, Milton Ruiz

“…This provides an ellipsoid threshold that separates different classes, such as regular operation or fault conditions. …”
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Association between lower extremity movement patterns and ACL loading in CAI patients across varied ankle sprain frequencies within a year by Zeyi Zhang, Shengmeng Wei, Hanlin Shi, Youping Sun

“…Methods The incidence of ankle sprains among 74 male participants was meticulously documented over a one-year period. …”
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An incremental learning framework for pipeline weld crack damage identification and leakage rate prediction by Jing Huang, Zhifen Zhang, Yanlong Yu, Yongjie Li, Shuai Zhang, Rui Qin, Ji Xing, Wei Cheng, Guangrui Wen, Xuefeng Chen

“…Compared with other advanced methods, the proposed method has obvious advantages in the adaptability and accuracy of pipeline weld crack leakage rate prediction. …”
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HIV treatment as prevention: systematic comparison of mathematical models of the potential impact of antiretroviral therapy on HIV incidence in South Africa. by Jeffrey W Eaton, Leigh F Johnson, Joshua A Salomon, Till Bärnighausen, Eran Bendavid, Anna Bershteyn, David E Bloom, Valentina Cambiano, Christophe Fraser, Jan A C Hontelez, Salal Humair, Daniel J Klein, Elisa F Long, Andrew N Phillips, Carel Pretorius, John Stover, Edward A Wenger, Brian G Williams, Timothy B Hallett

“…Comparing results and conclusions across models is challenging because models have addressed slightly different questions and have reported different outcome metrics. …”
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Large Language Models in Dental Licensing Examinations: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Mingxin Liu, Tsuyoshi Okuhara, Wenbo Huang, Atsushi Ogihara, Hikari Sophia Nagao, Hiroko Okada, Takahiro Kiuchi

“…GPT-4’s performance, however, remained consistent across different regions. Conclusion: LLMs, particularly GPT-4, show potential in dental education and diagnostics, yet their accuracy remains below the threshold required for clinical application. …”
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Strong Reservoir Wettability Heterogeneities of an Eocene Tight Oil Play from the Bonan Sag, Bohai Bay Basin as Revealed by an Integrated Multiscale Wettability Evaluation by Jie Chen, Huimin Liu, Xuqing Fang, Xingzhong Hu, Tao Meng, Lingjie Yu, Zongguang Guo, Guoheng Liu, Keyu Liu

“…In contrast, the other samples, C3 and C4, display strong water-wet characteristics across different scales. The pore size threshold between water-wet and oil-wet conditions for samples C1 and C2 is 0.1 μm, while that for samples C3 and C4 is 1 μm. …”
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