In Eq. 4 the parameter b corresponds to the maximum effect at the highest noise level 75 dB in the study area and k describes the concavity of the function.
A step size of 10 dB as applied in this study is the greatest (most conservative) value compared to other studies [ 2, 11, 34].
In this study, DB was isolated and used to evaluate the selective cytotoxicity with human oral cancer cell lines, GNM (Neck metastasis of gingival carcinoma) and TSCCa (Tongue squamous cell carcinoma) cells, and normal gingival fibroblasts (GF) were also included as controls.
In this study, Hyst=6 dB and the default value of MarginPBGT i,j) is 3 dB ∀ i,j.Changes by MTS can be restricted to a limited interval to avoid connection quality problems, as will be explained later.
The MHC class I molecules that had a downmodulating effect in this study were Db, Dd, and Ld for Ly49A, as well as Kb, Db, and Dd for Ly49C.
Whilst ABR thresholds were not measured in a previous study (21) of the TectaY1870C/+ ZP domain mutant mouse, the comparable neural (compound action potential) thresholds were elevated by an average of 55 dB across the 5 30 kHz range, a loss higher than the 30 35 dB elevation in ABR thresholds found in this study with the TectaL1820F,G1824D/+ and the TectaC1837G/+ mice.
The results for the maintenance workers disclosed a small hearing loss in the 3 to 6 kHz area in the order of 3 to 5 dB in another study not yet published.
Three stated choice experiment survey design techniques were tested in this study: Bayesian (Db) efficient, random level attribute generation, and an adaptive random approach.
A potential weakness is that the increased threshold of 40 dB HL for the experienced whisperers in this study may be due to the differences between our laboratory validation and clinical practice (eg, prerecorded stimuli delivered via headphones, and a closed set of responses).
