Since the mu (8 13) rhythm overlapping with the posterior alpha band may be affected by states of expectancy and awareness [56], the first and last 10 s of each block of data were removed from all subjects to eliminate the possibility of attention transients due to initiation and termination of the stimulus.
For the purposes of this review we defined expectancy as "the act or state of expecting" and expectations as "cognitions regarding probable future events".
When preview audiences laughed at Olivia de Haviland's predicament, Copland added a sudden gust of whirling woodwind music, which perfectly captured her state of nervous expectancy.
Depending on the preference subsequently expressed, the time in full health was varied between half the life expectancy and 1/20 (if they preferred a short duration in full health) or 19/20 (if they preferred a longer duration in the offered health state) of the life expectancy.
Bloomfield stood at the crudo station, presiding over the hubbub in a state of pleasant, almost peaceful, expectancy.
From the definition above, the trustor's mental state of belief in his expectancy on the trustee is dependent on the evidence about the trustee's competency, integrity, and goodwill.
To support this claim it stated statistics such as a murder rate 15 times higher than that of the entire state of Queensland, a life expectancy of 40 years, the highest rate of youth suicide per capita in the world, and a total of 40 suicide fatalities over a period of only five years.
In order to use the MacNew questionnaire as a monitoring and/or prognostic tool it seems promising to refer to the state of equilibrium to define expectancy values for successful treatment.
Three types of data are used in the model: transition probabilities (the probabilities of moving from one branch of the decision tree to the next branch), utilities (values placed on being in a given state of health), and life expectancies (Additional file 1).
Expected findings were not stated to avoid the potential effect of expectancy bias on the test results [ 57].
