Evaluation of Nitrogen Fertilizer Supply and Soil Nitrate Thresholds for High Yields of Foxtail Millet by Yiwei Lu, Yu Zhao, Xueyan Xia, Meng Liu, Zhimin Wei, Jingxin Wang, Jianjun Liu, Jihan Cui, Shunguo Li

“…A relationship between soil nitrate and nitrogen application rate was established: y = 867.5 − 50z (where y represents the optimal nitrogen application rate for high yield (kg·ha⁻¹), and z represents soil NO₃⁻-N content in the 0–20 cm layer before sowing, ranging from 10.0 to 17.35 mg·kg⁻¹), which provided a practical method for nitrogen fertilization to achieve high yield of foxtail millet. …”
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Study on Time Domain Early Warning Method for Vibration Monitoring of Dynamic Imbalance of Train Cardan Shaft by Guoliang SONG, Guodong LI, Qingli HAN, Litong CUI, Yi LYU

“…This paper studied the time domain early warning method of dynamic unbalance of cardan shaft by monitoring the abnormal vibration of gearbox, explored the time domain early warning parameters according to the long-term track test, established the time domain early warning model of vibration of cardan shaft-gear box end;established the finite element model of transmission system by using finite element method, and studied the vibration response relationship of cardan shaft with different dynamic unbalance values at different rotational speeds at the gear box end. …”
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A Robust Multi‐Objective Pressure Sensor Placement Method for Burst Detection in Water Distribution Systems by Kun Du, Jinxin Yu, Feifei Zheng, Wei Xu, Dragan Savic, Zoran Kapelan

“…Within this method, a new threshold metric is introduced to quantify the minimum detectable burst outflow across all pipes. …”
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Study on On-line Detection Method of Heavy Duty Truck Gearbox Assembly Quality based on Wavelet Analysis by Zheng Zou, Rupeng Cao, Qing Qu, Zhezhan Tang, Kangqu Zhou, Wei Chen

“…In order to determine the assembly quality of a certain type of gearbox， the common assembly faults of gearbox are briefly introduced based on the internal structure of gearbox， the characteristics frequencies of common faults of each gear and bearing in each gear position of gearbox are theoretically analyzed， an acoustic signal acquisition experimental platform is built and used to collect the acoustic signals of targeted gearbox in different gears. The collected signals are further processed through using the wavelet threshold de-noising method and then decomposed by using the wavelet analysis. …”
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Fracture Threshold Analysis and Parameter Matching of Cut-Out Induced Bolts for Subway Couplers by Lei Yang, Shuguang Yao, Ping Xu, Fan Zou, Minhan Xie, Jie Xing

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Effects of Rh-Negative Blood Group on Pure Tone Thresholds and Immittance Test Results by Kamalakannan Karupaiah, Sundaresan Ramachandran, Delna Saji, Jerlin Xavier, Ann Rose Chiyezhan, Nilesh Jeevandas Washnik, Prashanth Prabhu

“…Also, there was no significant difference for pure tone thresholds for the frequencies 250 Hz to 16 kHz and tympanometry findings. …”
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Methods for Extracting Fractional Vegetation Cover from Differentiated Scenarios Based on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Imagery by Changning Sun, Yonggang Ma, Heng Pan, Qingxue Wang, Jiali Guo, Na Li, Hong Ran

“…In this paper, based on 12 UAV visible light images in differentiated scenarios in the Ebinur Lake basin, Xinjiang, China, various methods are used for high-precision FVC estimation: Otsu’s thresholding method combined with 12 Visible Vegetation Indices (abbreviated as Otsu-VVIs) (excess green index, excess red index, excess red minus green index, normalized green–red difference index, normalized green–blue difference index, red–green ratio index, color index of vegetation extraction, visible-band-modified soil-adjusted vegetation index, excess green minus red index, modified green–red vegetation index, red–green–blue vegetation index, visible-band difference vegetation index), color space method (red, green, blue, hue, saturation, value, lightness, ‘a’ (Green–Red component), and ‘b’ (Blue–Yellow component)), linear mixing model (LMM), and two machine learning algorithms (a support vector machine and a neural network). …”
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Sensitivity to Instruction Strategies in Motor Learning Is Predicted by Anterior–Posterior TMS Motor Thresholds by Michael L. Perrier, Kylee R. Graham, Jessica E. Vander Vaart, W. Richard Staines, Sean K. Meehan

“…<b>Objectives:</b> This study used controllable pulse parameter TMS (cTMS) to assess how AP-sensitive interneuron excitability interacts with explicit knowledge to influence motor learning. <b>Methods</b>: Seventy-two participants were grouped as AP-positive (n = 36) and AP-negative groups (n = 36) based on whether an AP threshold could be obtained before reaching maximal stimulator output. …”
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Optimal spirometry thresholds for the prediction of chronic airflow obstruction: a multinational longitudinal study by Abby H.S. Lam, Sheikhah A. Alhajri, James Potts, Imed Harrabi, Mahesh Padukudru Anand, Christer Janson, Rune Nielsen, Dhiraj Agarwal, Andrei Malinovschi, Sanjay Juvekar, Meriam Denguezli, Thorarinn Gislason, Rain Jõgi, Vanessa Garcia-Larsen, Rana Ahmed, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Parvaiz A. Koul, Althea Aquat-Stewart, Peter Burney, Ben Knox-Brown, Andre F.S. Amaral

“…Methods The Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease study is a multinational cohort study. …”
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Retinal thinning differentiates treatment effects in relapsing multiple sclerosis below the clinical threshold by Gabriel Bsteh, Harald Hegen, Nik Krajnc, Fabian Föttinger, Patrick Altmann, Michael Auer, Klaus Berek, Barbara Kornek, Fritz Leutmezer, Stefan Macher, Tobias Monschein, Markus Ponleitner, Paulus Rommer, Christiane Schmied, Karin Zebenholzer, Gudrun Zulehner, Tobias Zrzavy, Florian Deisenhammer, Franziska Di Pauli, Berthold Pemp, Thomas Berger

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Study on the Method of Real-Time Picking up the First Break of Seismic Phase in Museum Response Monitoring by ZHU Hongguang, LIANG Shibo, BAI Xiaobin, XU Chen

“…On the basis of characteristics of complex museum environment, low signal-to-noise ratio, non-stationary, and aperiodic signals, a real-time picking algorithm for automatic recognition of earthquake first break was proposed. [Methods] The vibration signals that may exist in the museum were compared with the seismic signals under different intensities, different sites, and other conditions, and the difference between them is used to pick up the first arrival of the earthquake in real time. …”
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Coordinated Headway-Based Control Method to Improve Public Transit Reliability considering Control Points Layout by Hu Zhang, Shidong Liang, Jing Zhao, Shengxue He, Tianyu Zhao

“…In the proposed control method, the threshold value for activating stop-skipping strategy is raised, avoiding provoking much additional waiting time because of boarding rejected. …”
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Intelligent Trust Evaluation Method for Underwater Sensor Networks Based on Fuzzy Clustering and Dynamic Weight Allocation by Zhaohui WANG, Guangjie HAN, Jiaxin DU, Chuan LIN, Lei WANG

“…However, most existing trust evaluation methods rely on the linear weighting of trust features and the decision-making method based on threshold comparison. …”
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Research on the Heavy Gas Setting Method of Oil-Immersed Transformer Based on Oil Flow Acceleration Characteristics by Yuangang Sun, Zhixiang Tong, Jian Mao, Junchao Wang, Shixian He, Tengbo Zhang, Shuting Wan

“…To further enhance the sensitivity of gas relays for the heavy gas alarm, this paper takes the BF type double float gas relay as the research object and proposes a new method for heavy gas setting, which is based on the internal oil flow acceleration characteristics of the gas relay. …”
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Dynamic Monitoring of a Bridge from GNSS-RTK Sensor Using an Improved Hybrid Denoising Method by Chunbao Xiong, Zhi Shang, Meng Wang, Sida Lian

“…The stability experiment demonstrated the superiority of the improved wavelet threshold denoising method in reducing the noise of the GNSS-RTK. …”
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An Improved Soil Moisture Downscaling Method Based on Soil Properties and Geographical Divisions over the Loess Plateau by Lei Han, Zheyuan Miao, Zhao Liu, Hongliang Kang, Han Zhang, Shaoan Gan, Yuxuan Ren, Guiming Hu

“…This study proposes an improved semi-physical SM downscaling method. The effects of environmental factors on SM in different geographical zones (Windy Sand Hills, Flood Plains, Loess Yuan, Hilly Loess, Earth-rock Hills and Rocky Mountain) were analyzed using Random Forests. …”
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Computational Analysis Method for Multi-subject Behavior in Public Spaces Based on Targeted Computer Vision Tracking by Chao YAN, Siyan LIU, Shanshu HE, Leiqing XU

“…Subsequently, computational analysis and visualization methods for revealing the interaction behaviors of different groups are explored, which involves a pedestrian identification threshold model based on human proportion characteristics that enables targeted identification and differentiation of children from adults, and a dedicated analysis module designed to visualize behavioral patterns of each identified crowd and thereby provide visual patterns for the spatial-temporal distributions of different crowds. …”
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Research on High-Speed Railway Subgrade Design Method Based on Energy Dissipation and Dynamic Stability Characteristics by Zongqi Bi, Yangsheng Ye, Degou Cai, Hongye Yan, Mingzhe Ouyang, Ke Su

“…A criterion for determining the critical shakedown state of high-speed railway subgrade structures based on equivalent unit volume dissipated energy is proposed, and a method for determining the design threshold of dynamic stress and dynamic strain is also proposed. …”
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A Novel, Open Access Method to Assess Sleep Duration Using a Wrist-Worn Accelerometer. by Vincent T van Hees, Séverine Sabia, Kirstie N Anderson, Sarah J Denton, James Oliver, Michael Catt, Jessica G Abell, Mika Kivimäki, Michael I Trenell, Archana Singh-Manoux

“…This estimate was lower for time in bed for women, depressed participants, those reporting more insomnia symptoms, and on weekend days. No such group differences were found for total sleep duration. Our algorithm was validated against data from a polysomnography study on 28 persons which found a longer time window and lower angle threshold to have better sensitivity to wakefulness, while the reverse was true for sensitivity to sleep. …”
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Double reputation and multi-angle weight-based cooperative spectrum sensing method against SSDF attacks by Zhiguo SUN, Zhao WANG, Zengmao CHEN, Rongchen SUN

“…In order to improve the ability of cooperative spectrum sensing to withstand spectrum sensing data falsification (SSDF) attacks, a double reputation and multi-angle weight-based cooperative spectrum sensing (DRMW-CSS) method was proposed.Firstly, a scoring reputation was obtained by multiple iterations of historical local decision results, and an accuracy reputation was calculated on this basis.Secondly, secondary users (SU) were screened by double reputation and multiple reputation thresholds.Then, the impact of SSDF attacks on the screening method was judged and divided into three situations.Finally, the final global decision was made using the corresponding multi-angle weight data fusion decision method according to different situations.Simulation results show that the proposed method has good sensing accuracy when facing SSDF attacks with different attack strategies and probabilities, and has better anti-attack capability compared to traditional methods.…”
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