An erosion threshold occurs when stress overwhelms strength, a critical point commonly used to characterize the erodibility of sedimentary beds [24], [25].
In addition to the universal World Health Organization (WHO) Directly Observed Treatment Short-course (DOTS) strategy [6], several measures have been proposed by WHO and the Red Cross to control TB in the prisons [7] including mass screening of prisoners based on symptoms [8] and the systematic detection of TB at entry point, commonly used in high income countries [9], [10].
12 Furthermore, this lower threshold for MVPA is very similar to age-specific cut-points commonly used in research in young people.
In this study, we show that acupuncture at a point commonly used to treat xerostomia is associated with activation of the insula and adjacent operculi.
Unilateral manual acupuncture stimulation at LI-2, a point commonly used in clinical practice to treat xerostomia, was associated with bilateral activation of the insula and adjacent operculum.
12 The second method employs a cut point commonly used by TICS studies 20 to define possible clinically significant impairment (TICS 0 30).
To evaluate the clinical relevance of exposure effects, we dichotomized hs-CRP as ≤ 0.3 or > 0.3 mg/dL, a cut point commonly used to denote an increased cardiovascular risk, and performed multivariable logistic regressions.
These thresholds potentially capture activities (such as gardening and vacuuming) that fall below the 2,020 counts/minute cutoff point commonly used (35– 38) to estimate duration of time spent in moderate physical activity (2,020 5,998 counts/minute) and MVPA (≥2,020 counts/minute).
In Ethiopia, where there are increasing incidences of new infectious TB cases [ 8], quantitative studies from urban and rural areas found that the mean delay between the onset of TB symptoms and initiation of treatment ranges from 13 to 20 weeks [ 9, 10] which is higher than the 4 week cut-off point commonly used to define long delays [ 11].
