For these experiments we omitted measurements of core body temperature, since the effects of poly I C were somewhat modest and variable with rectal probe measurements, and replaced this with burrowing which is an extremely sensitive measure of suppression of species typical behaviours (Deacon, 2006).
The difference in log p24 values was used as the measure of suppression.
The methods proposed allowed an independent measure of suppression effectiveness.
Preservation of proliferative potential is a sensitive and quantitative measure of suppression of mTOR-driven senescence.
Two measures of viral suppression were constructed: (1) any suppression (having ≥1 suppressed VL in the 12-month period, among those with at least 1 VL); and (2) durable suppression (having ≥2 consecutive suppressed VLs at least 2 weeks apart in the 12-month period, among those with at least 2 VLs) [ 25, 26].
Part B requires subject to complete 10 sentences with a nonsense ending word (and suppress a sensible one), giving measures of response suppression ability and thinking time.
Those who scored highest on measures of emotion suppression had the hardest time making friends.
Functional measures of immune suppression suggest that the pig is relatively resistant to DEX.
It remains to be seen whether the psychophysical and electrophysiological changes found in our paradigm would be consistent with individual measures of P50 suppression and P3a obtained in standard paradigms.
Studies have reported adequate internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = .70), good divergent and convergent validity with measures of thought suppression and avoidant coping (Feldner, Zvolensky, Eifert, & Spira, 2003; Gratz, Rosenthal, Tull, Lejuez, & Gunderson, 2006; Hayes et al., 2004).
