RAPID Briefing Paper 1, London: ODI.
True stress true strain curves acquired from compressive tests at room temperature showed a rapid and brief hardening at the early stage of the deformation followed by a short stress plateau and linear work softening.
Flinches/shakes, characterized as a rapid and brief withdrawal or flexion of the injected paw, were readily identified.
In each case, a rapid and brief decline in paracetamol sales occurred, with the long term upward trend recovering within a year.
Interestingly, the activation of p38 MAPK by cytokines seems to occur in two phases that can be regulated by two different mechanisms: a rapid but brief GADD45β-independent activation followed by a delayed but sustained GADD45β-dependent activation [ 28, 29].
Broadcasting in vehicular networks is more prevalent than other transmission methods because of need to facilitate rapid, brief communications with nearby vehicles.
35 It has been suggested that rapid, brief activation of nNOS initiates the erectile process, whereas PI3-kinase/Akt-dependent phosphorylation and activation of eNOS by augmented blood flow and endothelial shear stress lead to sustained nitric oxide production and maximal erection.
Given this, all the phi phenomenon clearly and unambiguously demonstrates is that a rapid succession of brief perceptual stimuli (each deriving from a brief on-screen image) can be transformed by our visual systems – after a good deal of processing – into experiences which feature motion.
Steve Waugh was affected in 2001 but made a rapid recovery after a brief spell of anti-coagulant treatment.
High Velocity Low Amplitude technique, where a rapid therapeutic force (thrust) of brief duration over a short distance within a joint's anatomical range of motion is employed to engage the restrictive barrier with the aim to decrease restriction in the joint.
While the election afforded Greece a brief respite from a rapid downward spiral, it is not likely to prevent a showdown between the next government and the country's so-called troika of foreign creditors — the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund — over the terms of a bailout agreement.
