An L-shaped association between lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio and erectile dysfunction in NHANES 2001–2004 by Donggang Shan, Chenze Yan, Zhong Jia

“…The odds of ED decreased as LMR levels increased, but beyond a value of 3.50, the protective effect plateaued. Specifically, the odds of ED significantly decreased for LMR values ≤ 3.50 (OR = 0.67, 95% CI: 0.49–0.90, p = 0.009). …”
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Comparison of Lipid Content in Nine Dinoflagellate Species Using Flow Cytometry by Jaeyeon Park, Eun Young Yoon, Seung Joo Moon, Jun-Ho Hyung, Hangy Lee

“…As the carbon content increased, the lipid content initially increased rapidly but plateaued at higher carbon levels, indicating saturation. …”
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Transcriptional engineering for value enhancement of oilseed crops: a forward perspective by Charli Kaushal, Mahak Sachdev, Mansi Parekh, Harini Gowrishankar, Mukesh Jain, Subramanian Sankaranarayanan, Bhuvan Pathak

“…While traditional breeding has significantly increased yields in key oilseed crops like soybean, sunflower, canola, peanut, and cottonseed, overall gains have plateaued over the past few decades. Oilseed crops also experience substantial yield losses in both prime and marginal agricultural areas due to biotic and abiotic stresses and shifting agro-climates. …”
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Changes in Body Compositions and Basal Metabolic Rates during Treatment of Graves’ Disease by Min Joo Kim, Sun Wook Cho, Sumin Choi, Dal Lae Ju, Do Joon Park, Young Joo Park

“…After methimazole treatment, body weight was initially increased (0–8 weeks), subsequently plateaued (8–24 weeks), and gradually decreased in the later period (24–52 weeks) despite the decreased food intake. …”
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Associations of daily step count with all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality in hypertensive US adults: a cohort study from NHANES 2005–2006 by Tuo Guo, Yang Zhou, Guifang Yang, Aifang Zhong, Xiaogao Pan, Yuting Pu, Michael Simons, Lijuan Sheng, Xiangping Chai

“…Beyond these thresholds, the benefits plateaued. Conclusion Increasing daily step count is associated with reduced all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in hypertensive individuals, with optimal benefits observed below 8,250 and 9,700 daily steps, respectively. …”
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Piezoelectric characteristics of coal rock leakage under uniaxial compression by Zeyi Liu, Ke Gao, Yujiao Liu, Chengyao Zhu, Yao Zhang

“…Prior to peak stress, wavelet packet energy and damage index plateaued, signaling a precursor to a sudden increase in permeability. …”
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A Study to Assess the Carrying Angle in Children Aged between 8 to 16 Years of Age by Pradip Patil, Umesh D. Jain, Amol Gowaikar, Salim A. Lad, Shivaji Kolli

“…The Carrying angle showed peak around the age of 14 years and plateaued and further there was decrease in the angle as age advances. …”
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A Longitudinal Comparison of the Recovery Patterns of Optic Neuritis with MOG Antibody-Seropositive and AQP4 Antibody-Seropositive or -Seronegative for Both Antibodies by Lin Zhou, Xiao Tan, Ling Wang, Xiujuan Zhao, Wei Qiu, Hui Yang

“…MOG-Ab + ON and AQP4-Ab + ON groups showed rapid recovery in the first month and then plateaued. The annual relapse rate was significantly higher in MOG-Ab + ON and AQP4-Ab + ON groups than seronegative ON. …”
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Pregnancy and Postpartum Trends in Self‐Measured Blood Pressure and Derived Indices: The BOSHI Study by Seiya Izumi, Misato Nishimura, Noriyuki Iwama, Hasumi Tomita, Hirotaka Hamada, Taku Obara, Mami Ishikuro, Takahisa Murakami, Michihiro Satoh, Takuo Hirose, Masatoshi Saito, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Shinichi Kuriyama, Nobuo Yaegashi, Kazuhiko Hoshi, Yutaka Imai, Hirohito Metoki, the BOSHI Study Group

“…The Shock Index showed a similar trend to that of the PR, decreased from labor until postpartum Day 8, and plateaued thereafter. The double product peaked during labor, remained higher than the prelabor levels for approximately 10 days, and then decreased in the postpartum period.…”
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Examination of the relationship between serum zinc levels and peripheral neuropathy induced by paclitaxel/carboplatin combination therapy in gynecological cancer patients by Yutaka Torii, Kana Naito, Junichi Takagi, Akira Yasue, Kazuhiko Tsukada, Takuma Fujii, Haruki Nishizawa

“…The clinical factors influencing CIPN remained unclear, and the decrease in serum zinc levels and the aggravation of CIPN plateaued after the third cycle. Conclusions: If a decrease in serum zinc levels during TC therapy is smaller than before therapy, it may imply the existence of a causal relationship that suppresses the aggravation of CIPN.…”
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Innovative bio-inspired solar cells using fly ash-based dye-sensitized cells with fruit extract enhancements and Averrhoa bilimbi electrolyte by Retyo Wizi Nafa Utami, Tresna Dewi, Indrayani Indrayani

“…Traditional silicon-based photovoltaic cells, which have plateaued at 27% efficiency, are costly and environmentally unfriendly, leading to the demand for alternatives like DSSCs, which offer lower production costs, flexibility, and effective performance in diffuse light. …”
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Dietary Pyridoxine Requirements of Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Post-Smolts by Hairui Yu, Xinyue Zhang, Ziyi Yuan, Leyong Yu, Youzhi Zhao, Lingyao Li

“…The hepatic pyridoxine concentration, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) activities increased significantly with dietary pyridoxine levels increasing from 0.32 to 4.08 mg/kg (P<0.05) and plateaued after that (P>0.05). The coho salmon fed the diet with 8.24 mg/kg pyridoxine achieved the maximum superoxide dismutase and catalase, as well as the minimum total cholesterol, triglyceride, and malondialdehyde. …”
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Corneal densitometry changes post-CXL for keratoconus: Comparative evaluation of epithelium-off, contact lens-assisted, and transepithelial techniques by Barkha Gupta, Chintan Malhotra, Supriya Dhar, Khushdeep Abhyapal, Arun K. Jain, Amit Gupta

“…After TECXL, it increased slightly at 1 month (18.47, P 0.17), decreased at 3 months (14.88, P 0.7), and plateaued over 1 year. No correlation with visual acuity was seen. …”
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Reducing lead requirements for wearable ECG: Chest lead reconstruction with 1D-CNN and Bi-LSTM by Kazuki Hebiguchi, Hiroyoshi Togo, Akimasa Hirata

“…While increasing the number of input leads enhanced reconstruction accuracy and reduced variability, the improvements plateaued beyond the use of double input leads. Among configurations, double input leads, particularly those with two intervening leads between input pairs, offered an optimal balance between reconstruction accuracy and model complexity. …”
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Snake Venom Pharmacokinetics and Acute Toxic Outcomes Following <i>Daboia siamensis</i> Envenoming: Experimental and Clinical Correlations by Sethapong Lertsakulbunlue, Wipapan Khimmaktong, Orawan Khow, Wittawat Chantkran, Jureeporn Noiphrom, Kanyanat Promruangreang, Lawan Chanhome, Janeyuth Chaisakul

“…Intramuscular (i.m.) administration of <i>D. siamensis</i> venom to anesthetized rats (200 µg/kg) resulted in a rapid absorption of venom which reached a peak concentration at 60 min before declining and then plateauing. Urine samples detected 209.3 ± 21.6 ng/mL of <i>D. siamensis</i> venom following i.m. administration at 6 h. …”
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The association between dietary sodium density and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis in US adults by Peilin An, Silin Wang, Lingyun Liu, Xuelin Li, Xin Lv, Xin Lv

“…Below this threshold, HT risk increased with rising sodium density, while above it, the risk plateaued. Higher sodium density was also associated with increased TPOAb positivity (OR 1.28, 95% CI 1.05–1.56), but not TgAb positivity.ConclusionElevated dietary sodium density is associated with an increased risk of HT and TPOAb positivity, suggesting that sodium intake may play a role in the pathogenesis of HT.…”
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Effects of Dietary Protein Levels on Digestion, Metabolism, Serum Biochemical Indexes, and Rumen Microflora of Lanzhou Fat-Tailed Sheep by Na Jiao, Wangmei Feng, Chi Ma, Honghe Li, Junsong Zhang, Juanshan Zheng, Penghui Guo

“…In contrast, the digestibility of neutral detergent fiber (NDF) first increased and then plateaued with the increase in protein levels, and the digestibility of NDF in the HP group was the highest (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Characterizing Antimicrobial Effects of Radiation and Antibiotic Interactions on <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> and <i>Escherichia coli</i> Using MALDI-TOF MS by Ali Haider, Renáta Homlok, Csilla Mohácsiné Farkas, Tamás Kocsis

“…However, at 0.6 kGy, protein profiles plateaued, suggesting a potential threshold effect in radiation response. …”
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Persistence of the Immune Response to an Intramuscular Bivalent (GI.1/GII.4) Norovirus Vaccine in Adults by Geert Leroux-Roels, Robert L. Atmar, Jakob P. Cramer, Ian Escudero, Astrid Borkowski

“…Results: For single-dose 15/50 recipients (N = 105), GI.1-specific and GII.4c-specific histoblood-group antigen-blocking (HBGA) antibodies appeared to have persisted to 5 years, waning from a peak at 4 to 8 weeks, and plateauing above baseline after 3 years. From 3 to 5 years, GI.1-specific GMTs ranged between 53 (95%CI, 40–71) and 60 (95%CI, 46–77; N = 69–97) and were approximately 2-fold above the baseline GMT (24 (95%CI, 20–28); N = 105). …”
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Progress on HIV and other sexually transmitted infections elimination among youth and adults across BRICS-plus countries: Results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Rizhen Wang, Yinuo Sun, Huan Wang, Xiaoran Yu, JiYan Ma, Zuokun Liu, Jing Li, Zhiyong Zou, Yangmu Huang

“…Individuals aged 15–24 years (-32·9 %) had a decline for HIV new cases, while individuals aged ≥ 25 years plateaued. There were evident period risks of morbidity for HIV in Russia and Iran since 2012 and for syphilis and gonorrhea in Brazil since 2012. …”
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