Data-driven thermal safety threshold analysis of friction component based on macro-micro interaction model by Jianpeng Wu, Ao Ding, Chengbing Yang, Hanshu Zhang, Liyong Wang, Heyan Li

“…Aiming at the temperature failure for wet friction pair within mechanical transmissions, this paper constructs a thermal-mechanical coupled simulation model to analyse the surface temperature field and proposes two types of characterization parameters for temperature field failure: the critical radial temperature difference (Tr) and the adjacent circumferential temperature difference (Tθ). …”
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Characterization of medical device constituents and development of duration-based non-cancer threshold of toxicological concern values by Taylor Builee, Todd A. Kennedy, Valériane Levelut, Megan A. Hahn, Stephen Bond, Michael K. Peterson, Frances K. Hsia, Alessia Stornetta, Kristin J. Erickson, Kimberly D. Ehman, Bindu Prabhakar, Bradford D. Bagley, Sherry P. Parker

“…IntroductionIn the absence of sufficient constituent-specific dose-response toxicity data, threshold of toxicological concern (TTC) values are commonly used in toxicological risk assessment of medical device (MD) constituents. …”
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A preliminary study on developing statistical distribution table of hearing threshold deviation for otologically normal Chinese adults by Linjie WU, Yang LI, Haiying LIU, Anke ZENG, Jinzhe LI, Wei QIU, Hua ZOU, Meng YE, Meibian ZHANG

“…backgroundCurrent assessment of noise-induced hearing loss relies on the hearing threshold statistical distribution table of ISO 7029-2017 standard (ISO 7029), which is based on foreign population data and lacks a hearing threshold distribution table derived from pure-tone audiometry data of the Chinese population, hindering accurate evaluation of hearing loss in this group.ObjectiveTo establish a statistical distribution table of hearing threshold level (HTL) for otologically normal Chinese adults and to provide a scientific basis for revising the diagnostic criteria of occupational noise-induced deafness in China.MethodsA total of 1271 otologically normal Chinese adults aged 18-60 years were divided into four groups with 10-year age intervals. …”
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Effect of Ripening and Extraction Method on the Physicochemical Properties of Pectin Extracted from Peels of Apem and Apantu Plantain Cultivars in Ghana by Desmond Asamoah Bruce Otu, Frederick William Akuffo Owusu, Prince George Jnr Acquah, Mariam El Boakye-Gyasi, Yayra Edzor-Agbo, Raphael Johnson, Marcel Tunkumgnen Bayor, Mary-Ann Archer

“…Pectin samples were extracted from different stages of ripening (matured-green (G), half-ripe (H), and full-ripe (R)) by the utilization of acidic (D) and alkaline (L) extraction methods. …”
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MHOE-DETR: A Ship Detection Method for Small and Fuzzy Targets Based on Satellite Remote Sensing Image Data by Zhuhua Hu, Xiyu Fan, Yaochi Zhao, Wei Wu, Jie Liu

“…The majority of existing methods are based on the YOLO architecture, which relies on manually designed anchor points and nonmaximum suppression (NMS) postprocessing. …”
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Effect of elastic modulus of tumour and non-tumour cells on vibration-induced behaviours by BonHeon Ku, Jing Liu, Sungsoo Na, Hiroki Yokota, Chinsuk Hong, HeeChang Lim

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An Infrared and Visible Image Alignment Method Based on Gradient Distribution Properties and Scale-Invariant Features in Electric Power Scenes by Lin Zhu, Yuxing Mao, Chunxu Chen, Lanjia Ning

“…Finally, initial matching and accurate matching are achieved by the improved fast approximate nearest-neighbour matching method and adaptive thresholding, respectively. Experiments show that this method can robustly match the feature points of image pairs under rotation, scale, and viewpoint differences, and achieves excellent matching results.…”
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Improving Pairs Trading Strategies Using Two-Stage Deep Learning Methods and Analyses of Time (In)variant Inputs for Trading Performance by Wei-Lun Kuo, Wei-Che Chang, Tian-Shyr Dai, Ying-Ping Chen, Hao-Han Chang

“…To resolve this dilemma, we propose in the first stage of our method a representative label mechanism by which to construct a set of candidate trigger thresholds based on all possible thresholds and then train a deep learning (DL) model to select the best from the set. …”
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A model of occupational stress to assess impact of COVID-19 on critical care and redeployed nurses: a mixed-methods study by Janice Rattray, Jordan Miller, Beth Pollard, Louise McCallum, Alastair Hull, Pam Ramsay, Lisa Salisbury, Teresa Scott, Stephen Cole, Diane Dixon

“…Design Two-phase mixed methods: a cross-sectional survey (January 2021–March 2022), with comparator baseline data from April to October 2018 (critical care nurses only), and semistructured interviews. …”
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CSDK: A Chi-square distribution-Kernel method for image de-noising under the Internet of things big data environment by Lin Teng, Hang Li

“…Second, a freedom degree is considered, which is related to the customized wavelet coefficient of the Chi-square distribution-Kernel to be thresholded for image de-noising. Here, noisy image is first decomposed into many levels to obtain different frequency bands and the soft thresholding method based on Chi-square distribution-Kernel method is used to remove the noisy coefficients, by fixing the optimum threshold value using the proposed method. …”
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Rapid Probabilistic Inundation Mapping Using Local Thresholds and Sentinel-1 SAR Data on Google Earth Engine by Jiayong Liang, Desheng Liu, Lihan Feng, Kangning Huang

“…Moreover, it enables users to refine local thresholds or integrate on-the-ground knowledge, providing enhanced adaptability over traditional methods.…”
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Which performance indicators are used globally for evaluating healthcare in patients with a hip fracture?: a mixed methods systematic review by Veena Mazarello Paes, Andrew Ting, James Masters, Mahalia V. I. Paes, Elizabeth Tutton, Simon M. Graham, Matthew L. Costa, on behalf of the HIPCARE investigators*

“…The aim of this review was to map the variety of performance indicators used around the world and how they are defined. Methods: We present a mixed methods systematic review of literature on the use of performance indicators in hip fracture care. …”
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The effect of four weeks of polarized training on aerobic fitness and performance of professional rowers by Tahereh Hozouri, Mohammad Fashi, Hamidollah Hassanlouie

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Monte Carlo Simulation of Photoresponse in Silicon Photodiodes with <i>p-n</i>-Junction and <i>p-i-n</i>-Structure by A. V. Borzdov, V. M. Borzdov, D. N. Buinouski, A. N. Petlitsky

“…Photoresponse in silicon submicron photodiodes with a p-n-junction and photodiodes with a p-i-n-structure was calculated for different thicknesses of the undoped i-region. It was shown that use of simple models similar to the Keldysh model with constant values of the threshold energy and other parameters for calculating the rate of the impact ionization process did not allow obtaining values of the ionization coefficient matched with experimental data in a wide range of electric field strengths. …”
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An Efficient Technique for Compressing ECG Signals Using QRS Detection, Estimation, and 2D DWT Coefficients Thresholding by Mohammed Abo-Zahhad, Sabah M. Ahmed, Ahmed Zakaria

“…This paper presents an efficient electrocardiogram (ECG) signals compression technique based on QRS detection, estimation, and 2D DWT coefficients thresholding. Firstly, the original ECG signal is preprocessed by detecting QRS complex, then the difference between the preprocessed ECG signal and the estimated QRS-complex waveform is estimated. 2D approaches utilize the fact that ECG signals generally show redundancy between adjacent beats and between adjacent samples. …”
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Interpreting the nature and non‐classical characteristics of information: a labyrinth of research approaches on the threshold of the 21st century by A.A. Kornienko, S.B. Kukhalsky

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An Improved Multi-Threshold Clutter Filtering Algorithm for W-Band Cloud Radar Based on K-Means Clustering by Zhao Shi, Lingjiang Huang, Fengyuan Wu, Yong Lei, Huiying Wang, Zhiya Tang

“…This study investigates the application of an improved multi-threshold method based on the K-means algorithm for clutter filtering in W-band cloud and fog radar observations. …”
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Capacity allocation method for a hybrid energy storage system participating in secondary frequency regulation based on variational mode decomposition by Taiying Zheng, Minghao Ye, Qinghua Wu

“…To verify the proposed method, various factors, such as different power allocation methods, modal decomposition methods, and allocation coefficients, are considered. …”
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Optimum Multilevel Thresholding for Medical Brain Images Based on Tsallis Entropy, Incorporating Bayesian Estimation and the Cauchy Distribution by Xianwen Wang, Yingyuan Yang, Minhang Nan, Guanjun Bao, Guoyuan Liang

“…In this paper, we introduce a novel thresholding method that incorporates the Cauchy distribution into the Tsallis entropy framework based on Bayesian estimation. …”
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SSMM: Semi-supervised manifold method with spatial-spectral self-training and regularized metric constraints for hyperspectral image dimensionality reduction by Bei Zhu, Yao Jin, Xuehua Guan, Yanni Dong

“…This module first locates the spatial neighbors of the labeledit can adapt to different data distributions and feature samples and then sets an adaptive threshold based on the spectral features of labeled samples to filter spatial neighbors, so as to obtain the spatial-spectral neighbors as pseudo-labeled samples. …”
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