• This pulsed inhibitory account of alpha has important implications for many common cognitive phenomena, such as the attentional blink, and seems to indicate that our visual experience may at least some times be coming through in waves. (nih.gov)
  • The attentional blink: A front-end mechanism for fleeting memories. (bvsalud.org)
  • While the demo is for Stuxnet, it brings home many of the techniques that have been perfected over the past two years to bypass firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and other classic defense mechanisms. (sans.edu)
  • I developed all types of defense mechanisms - the biggest was reading. (abc-usa.org)
  • In terms of chronic rapid eyelid-twitching / eye-blinking, it's actually called Blepharospasm which is a symptom of involuntary and uncontrollable movements in the muscles around a person's eyes which in turn make them appear like 'blinking non-stop' to other people. (curezone.org)
  • Next, in the case whereby no stress, any kinds of viral / parasital / bacteria infections, overstraining of the eyes etc are involved whilst the eyelids and the entire organs just look superficially normal and ok, and at the same time, the eyelid-twitching / eye-blinking just get 'unexplainedly' from bad to worse from time to time, such medical scenarios could actually be caused by other neuromuscular disorders which are much more complicated. (curezone.org)
  • Chronic Rapid Eyelid-twitching / Eye-blinking - Br. (curezone.org)
  • Eye blink patterns were divided into the following five phases: the eyelid closing phase (ECP), eyelid closed phase (CDP), early opening phase (EOP), late opening phase (LOP), and interblink intervals (IBI). (arvojournals.org)
  • Partial blinks, prolonged eyelid closed time and short blink intervals were the three main characteristics of DED patients' spontaneous blink patterns. (arvojournals.org)
  • Blepharospasm is a focal cranial dystonia characterized by increased blinking and involuntary eyelid closure. (medscape.com)
  • At one end of the clinical spectrum, essential blepharospasm is manifested by simple increased blink rate and intermittent eyelid spasms, while at the other end of the spectrum, blepharospasm is a disabling condition with ocular pain and functional blindness. (medscape.com)
  • [ 11 , 12 ] Fayers et al have found a decrease in corneal sensitivity in patients with blepharospasm, implying an impairment in cortical processing of sensory input, with a resultant loss of blink reflex inhibition. (medscape.com)
  • If the central control center fails to regulate blinking in blepharospasm, it is believed to be only one component of an overloaded, defective circuit. (medscape.com)
  • At the acrylate cornea, nociception might increase the blinking frequency. (cdc.gov)
  • Boston KPro Type I is used in eyes when blink mechanism, eyelids, and tear film are intact. (medgadget.com)
  • Clinical evaluations included the Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI), lipid layer thickness (LLT), spontaneous eye blink pattern analysis, fluorescein tear film break-up time (FBUT), and so on. (arvojournals.org)
  • First, since chained inhibitory neurons shape the output signals through the mechanism of disinhibition/inhibition, impairments of GABA release and LTD distort the conversion process from the "internal model" to the output signals. (springer.com)
  • fails the Success Criterion because blinking can continue for more than three seconds. (w3.org)
  • This fails the Success Criterion because users cannot control the blink. (w3.org)
  • Ask for a nail gun with a sequential trigger mechanism. (cdc.gov)
  • Away from the GI tract, one of the most compelling applications of muco-adhesion is in ocular drug delivery, which, like the GI tract, is particularly challenging because of the defence mechanisms of the eye, such as tear fluids, blinking and the extremely low permeability of ocular membranes to drugs. (pmlive.com)
  • The blink reflex and aversion responses are protective mechanisms against injury caused by devices with a radiation output of less than 1 mW ( 2 ). (aerzteblatt.de)
  • Jan. 22, 2019 Plants have control mechanisms that resemble those in human senses. (sciencedaily.com)
  • 0.001) and more partial blinks as compared with control subjects ( P = 0.001). (arvojournals.org)
  • Giant Photoluminescence Blinking of Perovskite Nanocrystals Reveals Single-Trap Control of Luminescence (Y. Tian et. (lu.se)
  • Although it is likely that a central control center for coordination and regulation of blink activity exists, somewhere in the basal ganglia, midbrain, and/or brain stem, it is unlikely that a single defect in this elusive control center is the primary cause of this disease. (medscape.com)
  • If lens deposits occur (in poorly blinking eyes), a hybrid contact lens (soft periphery, rigid center) can provide a clear visual axis. (masseyeandear.org)
  • It governs bodily functions that we rarely contemplate like blinking your eyes, breathing, and movement. (santecenter.com)
  • Every blink spreads fresh layers of tears across the surface of our eyes, keeping them from drying out and brushing away little irritants like dirt and dust particles that could interfere with our vision. (franklinfamilyeyecare.com)
  • That's much lower than the healthy rate of blinking our eyes rely on to do their job effectively. (franklinfamilyeyecare.com)
  • If you work on it enough, you can train your eyes to blink more frequently out of habit. (franklinfamilyeyecare.com)
  • As simple as it seems to blink, it requires a lot of different mechanisms working in harmony in our eyes and eyelids, including different types of tear production, tiny glands producing oil to replenish the film that stops our tears from drying out, and several different sets of muscles to do the physical movement of blinking. (franklinfamilyeyecare.com)
  • Blinking your eyes is a defense mechanism to protect your eyes also. (digital-2000.com)
  • This class of laser only causes damage if the exposure time exceeds 0.25 s, which approximately corresponds to the time lag of the natural blink reflex (according to DIN EN 60825 1). (aerzteblatt.de)
  • However, only part of the population can be expected to have this blink reflex, meaning that these natural protective mechanisms are inadequate ( 3 ). (aerzteblatt.de)
  • Light also functions as a battery capacity warning light and will blink as battery capacity becomes low. (tools.com)
  • Firewalls and other 'blinking light' mechanisms are not enough. (sans.edu)
  • Even if the check engine light doesn't directly communicate the problem, it has its own mechanism of communicating the gravity of the situation. (myzeo.com)
  • In most cars, a blinking light means that the issue needs to be looked at immediately. (myzeo.com)
  • Excitonic energy transfer (EnT) is the mechanism by which natural photosynthetic systems funnel energy from hundreds of antenna pigments to a single reaction center, which allows multielectron redox reactions to proceed with high efficiencies in low-flux natural light. (osti.gov)
  • however, the 'switching off' mechanism is significantly less efficient in these mutant plants than in wild-type plants. (sciencedaily.com)
  • When used, it causes any text in elements with this property to blink at a predetermined rate. (w3.org)
  • To evaluate spontaneous eye blink patterns and their correlations with clinical tests in dry eye disease (DED). (arvojournals.org)
  • The correlations between blink parameters and clinical tests were analyzed. (arvojournals.org)
  • A 10-gauge jumper wire across the tilt mechanism took care of this first problem, the blinking lighting issue. (ultimatebass.com)
  • But if I were the betting sort, I'd imagine the Chinese would not blink on this issue, and the Obama economics team would prove unwilling to jeopardize the WTO. (nakedcapitalism.com)
  • I am going to replace the harness and run a half-inch PVC pipe up through the tilt mechanism to the hitch. (ultimatebass.com)
  • Pipe lock - pipe is fixed by the locking mechanism preventing it from accidently falling off. (tools.com)
  • The blinking continues as long as the page is displayed. (w3.org)
  • however, after putting everything together on my latest adventure, it didn't take long for the trailer lights to start to blink and eventually randomly go out. (ultimatebass.com)
  • My latest problem on my reservoir rig trailer is all the lights started blinking at once. (ultimatebass.com)
  • Secondly, in the related failure of the lights simply going out, the wiring harness evidently got caught in the tilt mechanism as it was moving and pinched the harness. (ultimatebass.com)
  • One humid monsoon night this week, the blinking lights of hundreds of fireflies made the forest glow, while the lucky few who had heard of the place gasped with awe. (nepalitimes.com)
  • Some are easily made in the blink of an eye-if a rock comes whizzing at your face, you'll duck without much thought. (rockefeller.edu)
  • Eye blinks were recorded for 20 seconds with a high-speed camera. (arvojournals.org)
  • As is the case with dogs, the tail is often used as a signaling mechanism. (selfgrowth.com)
  • But any move away from open trade and participation in the enabling mechanisms will hurt exporters like China far more than debt ridden importers like the US. (nakedcapitalism.com)
  • These and more are the result of a complex set of mechanisms facilitated by brain chemicals known as neurotransmitters. (santecenter.com)
  • The entrainment of preferential phase may provide a mechanism for temporal attention in the brain. (nih.gov)
  • Blink and tear mechanisms should be reasonably intact. (wikipedia.org)
  • Advancing on past work here, the rising process could take a minute or more to reach threshold, providing a mechanism for decisions on this longer timescale. (rockefeller.edu)
  • We blink multiple times every minute, but do you know why it's so important? (franklinfamilyeyecare.com)
  • The average for adults is between ten and twenty times per minute, with each blink lasting a tenth of a second. (franklinfamilyeyecare.com)