Sentence examples for standardised stimulus from inspiring English sources

For example, computerisation in the form of an individual web-delivered survey may apparently provide a standardised stimulus (i.e. overall package of features) to the respondent, but different hardware and software configurations for each user may violate this assumption [ 12].

The immune cells of each blood donor were challenged with a standardised stimulus (zymosan + SEB + anti-CD28) in whole-blood cultures, which had been developed for the peculiar situation of clinical trials (TruCulture®).

Although researchers in previous studies have investigated plasma levels of incretin hormones, fasting and nonfasting, in critically ill patients [ 27– 30], this study is, to our knowledge, the first investigation of the secretion of incretin hormones in response to a standardised stimulus.

Laboratory mental stress testing has several methodological strengths, including the precise delineation of the profile of responses to standardised stimuli under controlled conditions in which the confounding effects of concurrent activities and exposures are eliminated (Steptoe, 2007).

Suppression of endoneurial blood flow and impaired relaxation of epineurial resistance vessels in response to standardised vasodilatory stimuli, so-called endothelial dysfunction, is observed in STZ-induced diabetes in rats prior to any reductions in motor nerve conduction velocity (MNCV) and Na+/K+ ATPase [ 17].

The criterion for anaesthesia was lack of body or limb movement in response to a standardised tail clamp stimulus.

The use of natural grasping and food stimuli instead of standardised videos and odorants was decided to render the experimental setting as much as possible realistic and evocative.

Our research questions asked what variances might occur in visual field area, in a standardised photopic setting, when using different stimulus test speeds on Octopus perimetry, and what is the diagnostic accuracy of Octopus perimetry when used in a semiautomated mode in comparison to the "gold standard" Goldmann kinetic perimetry which is a purely manual mode of operation.

The interviews followed a semi-standardised script using narrative stimuli to encourage open and honest answers.

Importantly, these devices support software that can facilitate the choice of age appropriate standardised charts, randomise letters or optotypes to prevent chart learning, adjust stimulus size to accommodate the available viewing distance, vary the screen illumination depending on the lighting conditions and store or transmit the data collected.

There is no standardised list of items for mental size comparisons, but suitable stimuli are described in Paivio (1975), as well as Policardi et al. (1996).