The present experiment was designed to investigate some of the labile discharge characteristics of single units in the medial geniculate body (MGB) of the locally anesthetized, paralyzed cat. In particular, the following problems were addressed : To what extent do MGB cells exhibit stationary discharge rates; what are the effects of phasic arousal (produced by infrequent shock to the paw) upon ...

background monitoring the health status of patients discharged from intensive care units is a crucial method of service evaluation. objectives this study aimed to assess the physical and mental health status of patients immediately after discharge from the icu and 24 hours later. patients and methods this descriptive comparative study was conducted on 104 patients discharged from the icus of a ...

1 2 The capacity drop indicates that the queue discharge rate is lower than the free-flow 3 capacity. Studies show that queue discharge rates vary under different traffic conditions. 4 Empirical data show that the queue discharge rate increases as the speed in congestion 5 increases. Insights into the underlying behavioral mechanisms that result in such variable 6 queue discharge rates can help...

abstract bottom intake is one of the most appropriate systems for diverting discharge in steep rivers. bottom intake with porous media is a new system of diverting discharge which can be replaced by bottom rack intakes. to investigate the hydraulic flow characteristics on diverted discharge of this intake, an experimental model was designed in which the inflow, diverted discharge and remained f...

It is difficult to predict the heating time and power consumption associated with the self-heating process of lithium-ion batteries at low temperatures. A temperature-rise model considering the dynamic changes in battery temperature and state of charge is thus proposed. When this model is combined with the ampere-hour integral method, the quantitative relationship among the discharge rate, heat...

Multi-scale heterogeneity of geological formations is a rule, which consists of random (local-scale) and systematic (large-scale) variability of hydraulic conductivity. The random variability and depth–decaying trend, a systematic variability, have different effects on subsurface flow, thus on groundwater discharge into tunnels. Little research has examined this problem in the past. Using Monte...

A set of experimental set-up of coaxial cylinder-tube dielectric barrier discharge reactor is designed to investigate NO removal with non-thermal plasma produced by barrier discharges. Experimental results show that the method is effective. The influences of length of the discharge region, the discharge gap, the amplitude and frequency of applied voltage on the NO removal rate are also investig...