Basic research on CVD single crystal diamond processing by UV nanosecond laser by Huabin ZHAN, Kaixuan FENG, Yupeng CHEN, Jing LI, Jiawei WEI, Jianhui CHEN, Qi HAO, Changwei WAN, Ni CHEN

“…Based on the advantages of high precision, high efficiency and easy automation of laser processing, this paper adopts the ultraviolet nanosecond laser for CVD single diamond etching, and combines the laser line etching energy model with the basic research on the law of laser processing and etching principle.MethodsA UV nanosecond laser is used to carry out basic research on the laws of laser processing and etching principle through the ablation threshold test, laser energy modeling and line etching test, scanning electron microscope observation and energy spectrum analysis test. …”
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Formulation, in vitro characterization and optimization of taste-masked orally disintegrating co-trimoxazole tablet by direct compression. by Chernet Tafere, Zewdu Yilma, Solomon Abrha, Adane Yehualaw

“…Two taste masking techniques were employed, addition of sweetening agent, and solid dispersion by using a pH sensitive polymer, Eudragit E-100 at different ratios (1:1, 1:2 and 1:3). Taste masking was determined by comparing taste threshold value and in vitro drug release. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of hematite nanomaterials imprinted with acetone, ethanol and methanol for AI-Based IoT gas sensor arrays by Rana M. Abdelghani, Abd El-Hady B. Kashyout, Iman Morsi, Taha Elsayed Taha, Naglaa F. Soliman, Walid El-Shafai

“…To enhance the accuracy and reliability of gas detection, artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms were employed to analyze sensor data, enabling precise gas concentration monitoring and issuing alerts when predefined threshold levels are exceeded. The dataset, obtained from sensor responses to different concentrations of acetone, ethanol, and methanol, was analyzed using multiple hybrid machine learning models, including CNN-LSTM, PCA-CNN-LSTM, PCA-XGBoost, Random Forest (RF), RF-GB, RF-GB-NN, and KNN. …”
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Research on spontaneous combustion law and precise prevention and control technology of extra thick residual coal in multi layered staggered mining by Yanhui XU, Xiaojiao CHENG, Hu WEN, Xiaowei ZHAI, Shixing FAN, Yongfei JIN, Yin LIU, Zhijin YU

“…Secondly, through the programmed temperature rise experiment of different water-bearing coal samples and Graham coefficient, the coal spontaneous combustion marker gas, characteristic temperature threshold, early warning index and threshold are obtained. …”
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ID121 Methodological Guidelines and Publications of Benefitrisk Assessment for Health Technology Assessment: A Scoping Review by Erica Aranha Suzumura, Bruna de Oliveira Ascef, Fernando Henrique de Albuquerque Maia, Aline Frossard Ribeiro Bortoluzzi, Sidney Marcel Domingues, Natalia Santos Farias, Franciele Cordeiro Gabriel, Beate Jahn, Uwe Siebert, Patrícia Coelho de Soárez

“…Therefore, we conducted a scoping review to: (1) map the available methodological guidelines and documents for conducting and reporting BRA in the different phases of the lifecycle of health technologies; and (2) identify methodological guidelines on methods for BRA, which could be used as the basis for the development of a BRA guideline for the Brazilian Health Technology Assessment (HTA) context. …”
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A cross-sectional study of evaluating cervical spondylotic myelopathy based on gait and plantar pressures by Xuhong Zhang, Zichuan Wu, Hanlin Song, Aochen Xu, Junbin Liu, Junzhe Sheng, Baifeng Sun, Min Qi, Chen Xu, Yang Liu

“…The stance phase demonstrated the highest diagnostic accuracy (AUC = 0.944, sensitivity = 88.9%, specificity = 89.2%), suggesting its potential as a principal screening variable. The optimal threshold for the stance phase was 64.75 (%). Conclusion CSM patients differed significantly from normal subjects in terms of gait speed, stride speed, step length, stride length, gait period, hip flexion angle, ankle dorsiflexion angle, and medial and lateral plantar pressure. …”
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Efficacy and safety of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors as first-line treatment for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Wei Ren, Hanyu Zhang, Yixin Li, Wu Sun, Hexiang Peng, Huangda Guo, Tianjiao Hou, Mengying Wang, Mengying Wang, Zhendong Hu, Tao Wu, Tao Wu, Baorui Liu

“…CPS =10 serves as a key threshold for predicting treatment response. There is a trend suggesting that male, Asian, smoking, and liver metastasis patients may experience better survival benefits, while no significant difference was observed between TP- and FP-based regimens.Systematic Review Registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero, identifier CRD42024536221…”
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Analysis of clinical audiological characteristics in children with Williams syndrome in China by Fangfang Li, Bin Xu, Jiyang Shen, Weijun Chen, Junxia Guo, Dan Yao, Jie Shao, Chai Ji

“…Both groups underwent a series of audiological examinations such as tympanogram, distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE), auditory brainstem response (ABR) and pure-tone audiometry (PTA), to analyze the audiological characteristics of WS at different ages, and their difference with control group. …”
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Target Recognition and Localization of Mobile Robot with Monocular PTZ Camera by Hongxing Wang, Ruifeng Li, Yunfeng Gao, Chuqing Cao, Lianzheng Ge, Xiong Xie

“…First, the objects with the same color are extracted by the color recognition method (by setting an appropriate threshold value for the HSV color space of the acquired image). …”
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Characterization of RAP Signal Patterns, Temporal Relationships, and Artifact Profiles Derived from Intracranial Pressure Sensors in Acute Traumatic Neural Injury by Abrar Islam, Amanjyot Singh Sainbhi, Kevin Y. Stein, Nuray Vakitbilir, Alwyn Gomez, Noah Silvaggio, Tobias Bergmann, Mansoor Hayat, Logan Froese, Frederick A. Zeiler

“…The goal of this work is to explore the general description of (a) RAP signal patterns and behaviors derived from ICP pressure transducers, (b) temporal statistical relationships, and (c) the characterization of the artifact profile. Methods: Different summary and statistical measurements were used to describe RAP’s pattern and behaviors, along with performing sub-group analyses. …”
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Safety evaluation of therapeutic plasma exchange in patients with lower hematocrit levels by LI Ying, YANG Yuanming, MENG Zifan, LIU Zheng, WANG Haiyan

“…[Objective] To retrospectively assess whether a lower hematocrit level (between 18% and 20%) had any impact on the safety of patients undergoing therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE), and to further determine the threshold for red blood cell supplementation prior to TPE. …”
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Optimizing Satellite Imagery Datasets for Enhanced Land/Water Segmentation by Marco Scarpetta, Luisa De Palma, Attilio Di Nisio, Maurizio Spadavecchia, Paolo Affuso, Nicola Giaquinto

“…This paper presents an automated procedure for optimizing datasets used in land/water segmentation tasks with deep learning models. The proposed method employs the Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) with a variable threshold to automatically assess the quality of annotations associated with multispectral satellite images. …”
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Seismic vulnerability analysis of reinforced concrete frame with infill wall considering in-plane and out-of-plane interactions by Dan Wang

“…Based on the test data on masonry infill walls, this paper designs a performance indicator for infill wall in the light of IP-OOP interactions, and determines the response threshold of each damage state. With the aid of OpenSees, the authors developed and verified a reasonable modeling method for RC frames with infill walls. …”
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Response of dissolved organic matter and bacterial community to anthropogenic disturbances in a plateau lake by Yue Meng, Yue Meng, Xin Jiang, Xin Jiang, Yue Li, Chun Qing, Chun Qing, Xingyu Long, Pinhua Xia, Pinhua Xia

“…However, the effects of anthropogenic disturbances on their interactions are not fully understood.MethodsThis study used UV-vis techniques, excitation-emission matrix parallel factor analysis, and 16S rRNA sequencing to reveal the differences in the structures of fluorescent DOM (FDOM) and bacterial communities in lake sediments and water under different levels of anthropogenic disturbances. …”
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Optimizing Screening Performance for the Risk of Hyperoxaluria and Urolithiasis Using the Urinary Oxalate/Creatinine Ratio: A Retrospective Analysis by Pierre Letourneau, Lara Cabezas, Aurélie De Mul, Nadia Abid, Christelle Machon, Cécile Poussineau, Cécile Acquaviva, Justine Bacchetta, Laurence Derain-Dubourg, Sandrine Lemoine

“…However, implementation of systematic 24-h urine collection is challenging, so there is a need for alternative screening methods. Methods: Using retrospective data from patients evaluated for the risk of urolithiasis, we assessed different thresholds for the urinary oxalate/creatinine (UOx/Creat) ratio to optimize the screening performance for hyperoxaluria diagnosis and urolithiasis risk using lithogenic risk surrogates. …”
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Contrasting spatial variations between above and below-ground net primary productivity in global grasslands by Ying Hu, Yue Yang, Yu Wei, Xiaozhen Li, Yue Jiao, Jiapei Liao, Ruiyu Fu, Lichong Dai, Zhongmin Hu

“…The relationship between NPP and temperature exhibited varying trends under different precipitation conditions. In drier regions (MAP < 500 mm), a threshold effect was observed, while in more humid regions (MAP > 500 mm), the positive effect was more pronounced. …”
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Relationship between depression and oral microbiome diversity: analysis of NHANES data (2009–2012) by Xichenhui Qiu, Ting Xu, Yiqing Huang, Changning Wei, Lina Wang, Bei Wu

“…Furthermore, beta diversity of the oral microbiome differed significantly between the normal and depression groups (p = 0.001). …”
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Copper-enriched hydroxyapatite coatings obtained by high-velocity suspension flame spraying. Effect of various gas parameters on biocompatibility by Long-Quan R. V. Le, M. Carolina Lanzino, Matthias Blum, Anika Höppel, Ali Al-Ahmad, Andreas Killinger, Rainer Gadow, Wolfgang Rheinheimer, Michael Seidenstuecker

“…The biocompatibility testing showed a cytotoxicity threshold at a Cu-release of 14.3 mg/L in 120 hours. …”
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Nonlinear association between blood urea nitrogen to creatinine ratio and obstructive sleep apnea: a cross-sectional study from NHANES by Lei Yang, Lanying Li, TingTing Zeng, Yang Li, Yating Li, DePeng Jiang, Hongmei Yue

“…The non-direct correspondence relationship were explored with a smooth curve and a two-part linear regression model, which revealed a threshold effect. Subgroup analyses were conducted to assess variations among different populations. …”
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Rare disease challenges and potential actions in the Middle East by Ahmad Nader Fasseeh, Nada Korra, Ahmed Aljedai, Ahmed Seyam, Hajer Almudaiheem, Hana A. Al-Abdulkarim, Marwan Janahi, Mary Gamal, Sahar Fahmy, Sara Aldallal, Sherif Abaza, Zoltán Kaló

“…A differential cost-effectiveness threshold for orphan drugs was recommended. It was also recommended to establish a definition for rare diseases and to increase the utilization of managed entry agreements for orphan drugs. …”
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