For the first, we included 452 practices that were continuously active and up to standard for the whole of the study period; for the second, we selected a subsample of 50 practices that were most representative of UK practices in terms of list sizes of patients and area deprivation according to the Index of Multiple Deprivation, 13 14 two of the most important predictors of QOF performance.
Classically, under basal conditions OT magnocellular cells are continuously active, whereas the activity of VP magnocellular cells ranges from continuously active to robust phasic to relatively silent [36,204].
Enchant souls are continuously active so long as they are equipped, and provide increases in statistics or other innate abilities such as the ability to walk on water.
Warm receptors are continuously active at constant temperatures above neutral skin temperature and have response maxima around 41 46 °C (106 115 °F), although, in many cases, warm receptors are inactive at temperatures above 45 °C (113 °F).
For instance, both the interoceptive and the vestibular system are continuously active even at rest, but we are not continuously aware of the state of our viscera and of gravity.
Tracking studies have shown that some individuals are continuously active for months at a time, while others alternate activity with periods of stationary rest lasting up to five days.
Stetsenko (2008) adds that over time, it is our social practices that form us, form the world, and that humans do not adapt but are continuously active in creating culture through interaction with their world around them.
Formation, elimination and remodeling of excitatory synapses on dendritic spines are continuously active processes that shape the organization of synaptic networks during development.
For example, at constant temperatures thermoreceptors are continuously active, with the frequency of the steady discharge (static response) depending on the temperature.
During social interaction, both participants are continuously active, each modifying their own actions in response to the continuously changing actions of the partner.
