Sentence examples for thresholds for action from inspiring English sources

But this would be to miss the point that citizen science often plays by different rules – different motivations, different standards of evidence and different thresholds for action.

This shift in focus takes into account social factors shaping local populations' interpretation of risks and their thresholds for action (Eiser et al. 2012).

Thresholds for action are an important part of clinical prediction rules.

Signal detection analysis explored the performance of judgement polices for identifying high and low risks cases, and compared the thresholds for action between professionals.

For example, in vitro, exogenous chemokine application can physiologically alter sensory neurons by changing membrane potentials [ 82], decreasing thresholds for action potential generation [ 82], increasing excitability, and evoking discharges [ 82, 83].

Rule XXII means that the real threshold for action in the Senate is not the simple majority, but an irreducible supermajority of 60.

But with interest rates near zero, the Fed's choices are limited to unconventional policy options, where the threshold for action seems to be higher.

But while local authorities struggle to cope with the number of noise-related disputes they're requested to attend with decibel meters, there is little acknowledgement of the disruptive effects of noises that may not reach the required threshold for action to be taken – in other words, it's not all about volume.

According to Esfandiari [7], there is no contradiction in both approaches as both treat trust as a variable with a threshold for action with similar characteristics (see Table 1).

"Even if it is lawful to pursue a specific member of al Qaeda, we ask ourselves whether that individual's activities rise to a certain threshold for action, and whether taking action will, in fact, enhance our security," Brennan added, referring to criteria that the person should be involved in "an actual ongoing threat" and an operational leader whose killing would disrupt a future attack.

Neuronal voltage-gated (Kv) potassium channels that open at membrane potentials close to the threshold for action potential generation have a profound effect on neuronal excitability because of their ability to stabilize membrane potentials below the threshold for action potential initiation.