Different temporal sequences of the pupillary response were analyzed during several time windows of the initial pupillary constriction between 0 30 seconds after lights-on (phasic and tonic responses [15], [24]. The steady-state of pupil constriction was measured during the prolonged constant light exposure (3 5 minutes).
Now, thanks to diligent fund-raising and a parent who is an architect, it is a state-of-the-art outdoor classroom where pupils get lessons in subjects ranging from math to creative writing.
In this model, neurons of the space map, which do not habituate, were assumed to project topographically to a layer of habituating neurons, the summed activity of which was assumed to control the state of dilation of the pupil (Fig. 7; a c).
It is the disparity between the situations and experiences of state school pupils and those of their independent school counterparts that produces the situation in which the numbers studying at elite universities are so radically out of kilter with the numbers attending the respective types of school.
Back then, Gordon Brown's intervention in the case of a state school pupil with 5 As rejected by Oxford ushered in a golden era of government policy to widen participation in higher education.
The photic response of the system can be driven to a stable state (here measured as the photoequilibrium of pupil constriction) that is modulated by and can be predicted from the parameters of prior light exposure.
In a faint echo of the Laura Spence affair, John Prescott, the former deputy prime minister, is determinedly fighting the corner of a state school pupil with good grades who wasn't granted a place.
The spectral sensitivity of the steady state equilibrium pupil response (460 nm) is in agreement with studies that have used prolonged light exposures such as melatonin suppression assays [34], [35].
The new policy has led to a drop in the number of state school pupils taking authorised holidays in "exceptional circumstances", but the proportion of those taking unauthorised holidays has barely changed, according to official statistics published on Tuesday.
The government is facing calls for an urgent review of student financing after official figures showed that the number of state school pupils going on to higher education had dropped the year tuition fees soared to £9,000.
