The effect of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy on whole-body physical fitness and skeletal muscle mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in vivo in locally advanced rectal cancer pat... by Malcolm A West, Lisa Loughney, Daniel Lythgoe, Christopher P Barben, Valerie L Adams, William E Bimson, Michael P W Grocott, Sandy Jack, Graham J Kemp

“…<h4>Results</h4>Median age was 67 years (IQR 64-75). Differences (95%CI) in all three primary variables were significantly negative post-NACRT: Oxygen uptake at estimated anaerobic threshold -2.4 ml.kg-1.min-1 (-3.8, -0.9), p = 0.004; Oxygen uptake at Peak -4.0 ml.kg-1.min-1 (-6.8, -1.1), p = 0.011; and post-exercise phosphocreatine recovery rate constant -0.34 min-1 (-0.51, -0.17), p<0.001.…”
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Central Nervous System Involvement in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Jumana Kareem, Ali Al-Hashimi, Hashim Al-Kadhimi

“…There was statistically significant increase in the means of the motor threshold of both phrenic nerve in some patients with COPD in comparison with control group. …”
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The Main Patterns of Disorders of the Visual System in Patients with Retinal Detachment in Pediatric and Adult Practice in Terms of the Level of Antioxidant Protection by A. A. Sergienko, A. V. Malyshev, A. S. Apostolova

“…The data obtained indicate some differences in the studied parameters in patients with OS in pediatric and adult practice. …”
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Unraveling nonlinear effects of environment features on green view index using multiple data sources and explainable machine learning by Cai Chen, Jian Wang, Dong Li, Xiaohu Sun, Jiyong Zhang, Changjiang Yang, Bo Zhang

“…Our research results show that: (1) Within the Sixth Ring Road of Beijing, GVI shows significant spatial clustering phenomenon and positive correlation linkage, and at the same time exhibits significant spatial differences; (2) Among many environmental variables, the increase of green coverage rate has the most significant positive effect on GVI, while the increase of building density shows a strong negative correlation with GVI; (3) The performance of the GWRF model in predicting GVI is excellent and far exceeds that of comparison models.; (4) Whether it is the green coverage rate, urban built environment or socioeconomic factors, their influence on GVI shows non-linear characteristics and a certain threshold effect. …”
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Efficacy of vericiguat in patients with chronic heart failure and reduced ejection fraction: a prospective observational study by Yinge Zhan, Liu Li, Jie Zhou, Yishan Ma, Xuchong Guan, Suo Wang, Ya Chang

“…No significant baseline differences were observed in the Weber Functional Classification or CPET parameters. …”
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The Prognostic Value of the Results of ¹²³I-metaiodobenzylguanidine Myocardial Scintigraphy in the Examination of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Referred for Its Inte... by Yu. V. Varlamova, Yu. B. Lishmanov, I. V. Kisteneva

“…The preoperative indicators, in which the subgroups with and without recurrent AF showed significant differences, were studied. In the patients with PAF, the delayed Heart/ Mediastinum (H/M) ratio cutoff was ≥1.55 (the area under the ROC curve was 0.929; 100% sensitivity and 57% specificity), and the threshold value of 123I-MIBG washout rate was ≤22.3% (the area under ROC curve was 0.957; 100% sensitivity and 43% specificity) may suggest that RFA is effective. …”
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Optimal number of lymph nodes for long-term survival in lymph node-negative rectal cancer: a population-based study by Lei Liu, Chen Qin, Xiaomin Xia, Yihui Cheng, Longbo Zheng, Yiheng Ju, Jilin Hu, Xuewei Li

“…Additionally, no statistically significant prognostic differences were identified between the ypN0 and pN0 groups. …”
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Association of health literacy with illness perception of Chinese community patients with chronic disease by Chaowei Guo, Yibo Wu, Xinghua Bai, Qiao Qiao, Dianjun Qi, Shuang Zang

“…Conclusions This study determined a threshold of health literacy that was associated with the illness perception of Chinese chronic disease patients. …”
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Impact of market orientation on competitiveness: Analysis of internationalized medium-sized and large enterprises by Miklós Stocker, Lídia Várkonyi

“…Data was obtained by the survey method, MKTOR scale was implemented in the survey and financial data was also included. …”
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Plasma level and clinical significance of ADAMTS13 in patients with primary membrous nephropathy by Zhu Guo-qiang, Yang Shu-fen, Zhang Xue-qing, Lu Chen

“…And area of under ROC curve was 0.794 （<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001） for ADAMTS13 diagnosing PMN with concurrent VTE and the optimal threshold value was 65.95% with a sensitivity of 96.7% and a specificity of 53.3%. …”
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Breathing reserve as a predictor of postoperative pulmonary complications in patients with lung cancer by I. Sh. Kochoyan, E. K. Nikitina, A. A. Obukhova, Z. A. Zaripova

“…At the anaerobic threshold (AT), there were significant differences in BR (p = 0.003). …”
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Changes of intestinal microbiome and its relationship with painful diabetic neuropathy in rats by Shuaiying Jia, Haiqi Mi, Yao Su, Yuning Liu, Zhi Ming, Jingyan Lin

“…Result Behavioral tests revealed reduced mechanical withdrawal threshold and thermal withdrawal latency in PDN rats. …”
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Detecting and routing of dust event using remote sensing and numerical modeling in Isfahan Province by Mehdii Jafari, Gholamreza Zehtabian, Hasan Ahmadi, Tayebeh Mesbahzadeh, Ali Akbar Norouzi

“…Also, to prevent the detection of cloud areas, the threshold of 290 K was applied to the 12-micron range. …”
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Deteksi Persamaan Pola Gerakan pada Koreografi Tari Bali by Ni Made Rai Maryati, Made Windu Antara Kesiman, I Made Gede Sunarya

“…We use euclidean distance method to measure the level of image similarity, there are 5 threshold values that is 1.15, 1.18, 1.20, 1.22 and 1.25. …”
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THE USABILITY OF I-SUYYAH: A MOBILE TOURISM APPLICATION FOR ARAB TOURISTS IN MALAYSIA by Wan Ab Aziz Wan Daud, Mohammad Taufiq Abdul Ghani, Ahmad Zaki Amiruddin, Kamarulzaman Abdul Ghani, Ahmad Abdul Rahman

“… Globalisation and the rapid growth of technologies call for ease and automation in different aspects, including in tourism. Tourism is an important sector in Malaysia as it generates income for the country. …”
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Associative experiment as a means of tracking dynamics of secondary language personality development as exemplified by the stimulus word “nation” by Vera V. Koroleva, Ekaterina T. Polyanskaya

“…A chain associative experiment, conducted in three groups with different levels of English proficiency – including a group of native speakers – serves as the primary research method. …”
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Fine-Tuning Network Slicing in 5G: Unveiling Mathematical Equations for Precision Classification by Nikola Anđelić, Sandi Baressi Šegota, Vedran Mrzljak

“…The derived symbolic models, refined through threshold tuning based on prediction correctness, are subsequently evaluated on the original imbalanced dataset. …”
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Concrete Crack Skeleton Analysis: A Machine Vision Approach to Feature Extraction by Rui Wang, Xinxin Guo, Jiaxuan Liu, Yu Wan

“…Therefore, a feature extraction method based on inflection point recognition of concrete surface crack skeleton is proposed in this paper. …”
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Effects of Proprioception Exercises in the Rehabilitation Process of Football Players after Arthroscopic Surgery Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) by Manouchehr Haidary

“…Data were analyzed using Mann-Whitney and t-test with the significance threshold of (p<0.05). Results: through the proprioceptive exercise protocol, static and dynamic balance was significantly improved (p<0.001). …”
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Association between eGDR and MASLD and liver fibrosis: a cross-sectional study based on NHANES 2017–2023 by Wenjing Peng, Zeyu Li, Nian Fu

“…A non-linear relationship with threshold effects at an eGDR value of 3.25 was observed for MASLD. …”
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