The parameters evaluated during clinical observation included physiological data (respiratory rate, salivation, body weight, appetite, rectal temperature, etc)., response to palpation, posture, vocalization, mental status (submissive, etc).. Behaviors indicative of pain or discomfort, sexual behavior (mounting) and aggressive behavior (growling, snapping) were carefully evaluated [ 18].
The Behavioral Pain Scale measures observable behavior indicative of pain experienced by mechanically ventilated patients.
During 10 Hz stimulation, the majority of animals exhibited behavior indicative of an absence seizure, including freezing and behavioral arrest throughout stimulation followed by a return to sleep.
"Such a lack of judgment may be indicative of narcissistic behavior," Dr. Phillips said.
Bone tools were indicative of modern behavior, Dr. Brooks said, because their production required a "higher level of planning and conceptualization than just knocking off flakes of stone".
Such software could also be used at universities, perhaps installed on campus networks to notify counselors of students whose Internet usage patterns are indicative of depressive behavior.
The liberal use of narcotics, accompanied by other medications to treat side effects, is seen as appropriate, not indicative of untoward behavior by patients.
In a comprehensive study two years ago, Dr. McBrearty at UConn and Dr. Alison S. Brooks of George Washington University said the many artifacts indicative of modern behavior in Africa did "not occur suddenly together, as predicted by the 'human revolution' model, but at sites that are widely separated in space and time".
The resulting titration curves are symmetrical sharp and smooth, indicative of normal behavior of these electrodes.
