The phrase "established a threshold of" is a perfectly valid and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used anytime someone wants to indicate the point at which something become prohibited, allowed, accepted, or applicable. For example, "The new law has established a threshold of 21 years for the legal drinking age."
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) [43] established a threshold of concern of 0.54 mg/day for the intake of furan derivatives used as flavoring agents in Europe.
Hence, we examined the quality score at each of the SNP bases in the two reads and established a threshold of 20 to discover reliable SNPs in those cases where the minor allele was seen only twice.
To obtain the Ct (cycle) values, we established a threshold of 0.1.
Using the RIN algorithm (RNA Integrity Number) as a quality standard, we established a threshold of 5.6 for the selection/inclusion of samples in the study [ 21, 22].
In 1995, the USFDA established a "threshold of regulation" of 0.5 ppb (equivalent to 1.5 μg/person/day) for indirect food additives that are not known to be carcinogens and do not contain structural alerts indicative of carcinogenicity (FDA 1995).
Assessing the genetic identity and purity of a diverse panel of tropical inbred lines, Semagn et al. (2012) [ 22] established a threshold of >5% allelic difference to determine if two lines were different from each other.
There are persistent rumours that Wada will establish a threshold of a minimum for clenbuterol, which would make Contador's case irrelevant.
Establishing a threshold of bowel cleanliness below which colonoscopies should be repeated at accelerated intervals is important, yet there are no standardized definitions for an adequate preparation.
Syrian convulsions will end only with partition and population exchanges that would establish a threshold of religious, ethnic, national, or other homogeneity within the new boundaries necessary for citizens safely to rely more on law than on guns.
Dellacà et al. established a threshold value of 2.8 cmH2O/L/s for the detection of EFL, which was proven by esophageal manometry with high sensitivity and specificity [ 1]; however, our results were obtained with a broadband FOT device, MostGraph, whereas Dellacà et al. used their in-house monofrequency FOT.
