Differences in bout length subsided between epochs, but differences in bout-initiation rate were exacerbated.
E.g., a bout of length 1 means that 2 responses comprised the bout, whereas a bout length 0.5 means that on average, one within-bout response occurs for every two bout-initiation responses.
For each of these bouts the frame number at the beginning of a bout was subtracted from the frame number at the end of the bout and this number divided into 300 to calculate the bout length in seconds.
The number of strokes taken during the bout was multiplied by 60 and divided by the bout length (s) to calculate the power stroking rate (SPM) for that bout.
Finally, events lasting more than 1 s were considered as awake bouts.
Sleep related parameters including amount of sleep, latency to sleep, number of sleeping bouts, length of each bout and waking activity etc. were measured (Pfeiffenberger et al., 2010).
We found that sleep time, sleep\wake transitions, and sleep-bout length are decreased in kcnh4a -/-larvae durinighte night.
A recently developed model posits that a bout of operant responding comprises three different components: bout initiation rate, within-bout response rate and bout length.
Increasing saturated FS did not affect frequency of rumination bouts or interval between bouts, but increased rumination bout length by 5.6 min.
Three measures of dustbathing were evaluated: bout number per day, bout length, and total time spent dustbathing per day.
Mean rumen pH as well as bouts, total h, mean bout length, total area, and mean bout area under pH 5.6 did not differ among treatments.
