Latent profiles of learning engagement and anxiety in high school students: the mediating role of academic self-efficacy by Tian Zhou, Xuejun Zhou, Baozhu Wang

“…It fills the theoretical gap from the perspective of group heterogeneity and provides a basis and support for constructing a learning psychological theory model and precise stratified intervention in educational practice. Methods In this study, the method of cluster convenience sampling was adopted. …”
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A multi-criteria qualitative tool for the sustainability assessment of organic durum wheat-based farming systems designed through a participative process by Ileana Iocola, Luca Colombo, Giovanni Dara Guccione, Pasquale De Vita, Massimo Palumbo, Vincenzo Ritunnano, Fabiola Sciacca, Nino Virzì, Stefano Canali

“…Among several sustainability assessment methods, tools based on multi-criteria analysis (MCA) are increasingly adopted in evaluating sustainability in agriculture. …”
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Novel prehospital lactate cut-off estimation for mortality: a multicentre observational study by Ancor Sanz-García, Carlos del Pozo Vegas, Daniel Zalama-Sánchez, Raúl López-Izquierdo, Francisco Martín-Rodríguez, Pedro Ángel de Santos Castro, Eduardo Silva Alvarado, Santos Gracia Villar, Luis Alonso Dzul López, Silvia Aparicio Obregón, Rubén Calderon Iglesias

“…The cut-offs were obtained via three different methods: (i) indirect (which considers survivors and non-survivors), direct (which considers only survivors) assessment and lactate quartile. …”
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Nuclear Excitation of 181Ta Induced by High Power Femtosecond Laser Pulses by XU Yongsheng1, HE Chuangye1, LAN Xiaofei2, ZHAO Baozhen1

“…The findings contribute to a better understanding of the underlying physical mechanisms and highlight the potential for further optimization of experimental methods and theoretical models. Future studies are recommended to refine detection techniques and explore the influence of different plasma parameters on nuclear excitation yields. …”
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Non-linear association between weight-adjusted-waist index and obstructive sleep apnea: a cross-sectional study from the NHANES (2005–2008 to 2015–2020) by Shu Miao, Shu Miao, Qin Ben, Qin Ben, Cai Song, Cai Song, Yashi Zhou, Yashi Zhou, Bingjie Xie, Juxiang Peng, Juxiang Peng, Jukun Song

“…Also did subgroup, interaction tests and threshold effect analysis. Excluded those with incomplete WWI, OSA or hypertension data as they might have different health profiles. …”
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Gain Saturation of Encapsulated CdTe-Ag Quantum Dot Composite in SiO₂ by Minwoo Kim, Agna Antony, Inhong Kim, Minju Kim, Kwangseuk Kyhm

“…This analysis enabled us to find the limit of the commonly used fitting method in terms of a threshold length and a saturation length, where amplification begins and saturation ends, respectively.…”
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Electronic Information Signal Recognition Based on a Stochastic Neural Network Algorithm by Jiaye Wang

“…This paper uses the method of duty cycle, average amplitude difference function, and FFT to calculate the energy duty cycle for feature extraction and uses TSVD-SCN algorithm to classify and recognize different intrusion vibration feature vectors. …”
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Biological Variation of Corrected QT and QRS Electrocardiogram Intervals: Interpreting Results of Drug-induced Prolongation by Alan Wu, Kayla Kendric, Caitlin Roake, Emily Kelly

“…Introduction: Toxicologists use a universal threshold to determine QRS and QTc prolongation in poisoned patients. …”
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Spectrum decomposition in Gaussian scale space for uneven illumination image binarization. by JianWu Long, ZeRan Yan, HongFa Chen, XinLei Song

“…Finally, the image can be effortlessly binarized by an existing global thresholding algorithm such as the Otsu method. In order to qualitatively and quantitatively verify the segmentation performance of the presented scheme, experiments were performed on a dataset collected from a nonuniform illumination environment. …”
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TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE PROCESSES IN THE INDUSTRY OF THE AGRO-FOOD COMPLEX OF RUSSIA by Marianna VASILCHENKO, Elena DERUNOVA

“…The study applied the method of normalizing resource intensity indicators in relation to threshold values, which made it possible to determine the degree of innovativeness of the components of the resource potential. …”
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Prediction of Residual Life of Rolling Bearings Based on Multi-Scale Improved Temporal Convolutional Network (MITCN) Model by Keru Xia, Qi Li, Luyuan Han, Zhaohui Ren, Hengfa Luo

“…By introducing a multi-scale expanded causal convolution residual structure, improved temporal convolutional network (ITCN) modules with different expansion factors capture information on different time scales and combine soft threshold functions and channel attention mechanisms to adaptively generate thresholds and eliminate redundant information. …”
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Impact of Methotrexate and 7‐Hydroxymethotrexate Exposure on Renal Toxicity in Pediatric Non‐Hodgkin Lymphoma by Hao Bing, Yi Ma, Jiamin Xu, Qixian Ling, Yanlong Duan, Libo Zhao

“…By ROC analysis, the Cmax of MTX and 7‐OHMTX had the greatest area under the curve (AUC) values (0.769 and 0.771, respectively). A Cmax threshold of 9.26 μmol/L for MTX or a Cmax threshold of 0.66 μmol/L for 7‐OHMTX was associated with the best sensitivity/specificity for toxicity events (MTX: sensitivity = 0.886; specificity = 0.70; 7‐OHMTX: sensitivity = 0.886; specificity = 0.70). …”
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Spatial Differentiation and Influencing Factors of the Green Development of Cities along the Yellow River Basin by Yu Chen, Xuyang Su, Qian Zhou

“…The traditional development model of high consumption and low efficiency approaches the threshold of resource and environmental carrying capacity, bringing a series of severe social and ecological environmental problems, and it is urgent to realize green development transformation. …”
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Using Bayesian Population Viability Analysis to Define Relevant Conservation Objectives. by Adam W Green, Larissa L Bailey

“…A common objective is to have a sustainable population, or metapopulation, but it can be difficult to quantify a threshold above which such a population is likely to persist. …”
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Limitation of site-stratified cox regression analysis in survival data: a cautionary tale of the PANAMO phase III randomized, controlled study in critically ill COVID-19 patients by Christian E. Sandrock, Peter X. K. Song

“…Abstract Current guidelines tend to focus on a p-value threshold of a pre-specified primary endpoint tested in randomized controlled clinical trials to determine a treatment effect for a specific drug. …”
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A biometric‐based verification system for handwritten image‐based signatures using audio to image matching by Abdulaziz Almehmadi

“…Abstract Signing a document or a cheque by hand or using a stored image‐based signature is known to be a valid method for authentication and authorisation by the signer. …”
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Investigation of tomato ringspot virus (ToRSV) by Real-Time TaqMan RT-PCR in Hakkari province, Turkey by Nevin Akdura, Murat Şevik

“…ToRSV was detected in 13 of the 80 samples and threshold cycle (CT) values ranged from 23.9 to 37.4. …”
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Polarizabilities from kaon Compton scattering by Dominik Stamen, Jan Luca Dammann, Yannis Korte, Bastian Kubis

“…Abstract The polarizabilities of light pseudoscalar mesons can be extracted from differential cross sections for Compton scattering near threshold. While this has been accomplished for charged pions employing Primakoff reactions, a corresponding measurement for kaons will be affected by the presence of the $$K^*(892)$$ K ∗ ( 892 ) resonance not too far from threshold. …”
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Specific features of kinetics of thermal transformation of organic matter in Bazhenov and Domanik source rocks based on results of pyrolysis gas chromatography by Svetlana V. Mozhegova, Roman S. Gerasimov, Irina L. Paizanskaya, Anna A. Alferova, Elizaveta M. Kravchenko

“…The kinetic model of thermal decomposition of kerogen of the same type, for example, marine planktonic (type II), can differ significantly in different sedimentary basins due to the multivariate relationship of chemical bonds and their reaction energy threshold. …”
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Empirical Evaluation of the Relative Range for Detecting Outliers by Dania Dallah, Hana Sulieman, Ayman Al Zaatreh, Firuz Kamalov

“…Choosing the right detection method is essential, as some approaches may be too complex or ineffective depending on the data distribution. …”
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