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Electrical stimulation as a therapeutic option to improve eyelid function in chronic facial nerve disorders. (1/564)
PURPOSE: To establish whether it is possible to improve orbicularis oculi muscle function in the eyelids of patients with a chronic seventh cranial nerve palsy by using transcutaneous electrical stimulation to the point at which electrical stimulation induces a functional blink. METHODS: Ten subjects (one woman, nine men) aged 36 to 76 with chronic, moderate to severe facial nerve palsy were recruited into the study. Voluntary and spontaneous eyelid movements were assessed, using an optical measuring system, before, during, and after a 3-month treatment period. Voluntary and spontaneous lid velocities were also measured and compared with eyelid kinematic data in normal subjects (12 women, 18 men; age range, 22-56 years). RESULTS: Therapeutic electrical stimulation applied over 3 months produced improvement in eyelid movement (>2 mm) in 8 of 10 patients during voluntary eyelid closure. However, there was no significant improvement recorded in spontaneous blink amplitudes or peak downward-phase velocity of the upper eyelid. This regimen of stimulation failed to recover function well enough that a functional blink could be induced in the paretic eyelid by electrical stimulation. CONCLUSIONS: Electrical stimulation using transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulators units can improve voluntary eye closure, apparently because of a reduction in stiffness of eyelid mechanics, rather than an improvement of muscle function. Investigation of alternative stimulation regimens is warranted. (+info)Discharge profiles of abducens, accessory abducens, and orbicularis oculi motoneurons during reflex and conditioned blinks in alert cats. (2/564)
The discharge profiles of identified abducens, accessory abducens, and orbicularis oculi motoneurons have been recorded extra- and intracellularly in alert behaving cats during spontaneous, reflexively evoked, and classically conditioned eyelid responses. The movement of the upper lid and the electromyographic activity of the orbicularis oculi muscle also were recorded. Animals were conditioned by short, weak air puffs or 350-ms tones as conditioned stimuli (CS) and long, strong air puffs as unconditioned stimulus (US) using both trace and delayed conditioning paradigms. Motoneurons were identified by antidromic activation from their respective cranial nerves. Orbicularis oculi and accessory abducens motoneurons fired an early, double burst of action potentials (at 4-6 and 10-16 ms) in response to air puffs or to the electrical stimulation of the supraorbital nerve. Orbicularis oculi, but not accessory abducens, motoneurons fired in response to flash and tone presentations. Only 10-15% of recorded abducens motoneurons fired a late, weak burst after air puff, supraorbital nerve, and flash stimulations. Spontaneous fasciculations of the orbicularis oculi muscle and the activity of single orbicularis oculi motoneurons that generated them also were recorded. The activation of orbicularis oculi motoneurons during the acquisition of classically conditioned eyelid responses happened in a gradual, sequential manner. Initially, some putative excitatory synaptic potentials were observed in the time window corresponding to the CS-US interval; by the second to the fourth conditioning session, some isolated action potentials appeared that increased in number until some small movements were noticed in eyelid position traces. No accessory abducens motoneuron fired and no abducens motoneuron modified their discharge rate for conditioned eyelid responses. The firing of orbicularis oculi motoneurons was related linearly to lid velocity during reflex blinks but to lid position during conditioned responses, a fact indicating the different neural origin and coding of both types of motor commands. The power spectra of both reflex and conditioned lid responses showed a dominant peak at approximately 20 Hz. The wavy appearance of both reflex and conditioned eyelid responses was clearly the result of the high phasic activity of orbicularis oculi motor units. Orbicularis oculi motoneuron membrane potentials oscillated at approximately 20 Hz after supraorbital nerve stimulation and during other reflex and conditioned eyelid movements. The oscillation seemed to be the result of both intrinsic (spike afterhyperpolarization lasting approximately 50 ms, and late depolarizations) and extrinsic properties of the motoneuronal pool and of the circuits involved in eye blinks. (+info)HPLC analysis of closed, open, and reflex eye tear proteins. (3/564)
Changes in the closed, open and reflex eye tear proteins of normal subjects were compared and analysed. Tear proteins were resolved by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) utilising both gel filtration (P-300 SW) and reverse-phase (C-18) columns and the HPLC fractions were further analysed by sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) under reducing and non-reducing conditions. The protein composition of the closed-eye tear was significantly different from that of the open and reflex-eye tear. Secretory IgA (sIgA) was the predominant protein in closed eye tears constituting 49% of the total protein compared to 11% in reflex tears, whereas lysozyme was the predominant protein (53%) in reflex tears. Levels of lactoferrin, lipocalin and lysozyme were relatively constant in both open and reflex tears. HPLC profiles of the closed-eye tears, upon continuous stimulation of lacrimal glands indicated that sIgA was significantly reduced whereas lactoferrin, lipocalin, and lysozyme were significantly increased. These results indicate that the tear composition upon waking attains that of the open eye within 4 to 5 minutes, and upon continuous stimulation this reflects the reflex-eye tear composition. It also indicates that mechanisms responsible for changes in concentration of constitutive and regulated tear protein with stimulus can be studied successfully using non-invasive methods to collect human tears. (+info)Midazolam effects on prepulse inhibition of the acoustic blink reflex. (4/564)
AIMS: The eye-blink response following sudden acoustic noise bursts is part of the startle reflex. The magnitude of the startle response can be attenuated by presentation of a weak stimulus before the 'startle-eliciting' stimulus (prepulse inhibition, PPI). PPI is a stable finding in awake humans but may be altered by anaesthetic drugs. We investigated whether the application of benzodiazepines altered the magnitude of PPI in healthy male volunteers. METHODS: In an open-label noncontrolled investigation, the effect of the benzodiazepine agonist midazolam on PPI was assessed in the absence and presence of the antagonist flumazenil. After an initial control period of 60 min three consecutive periods, each of 60 min, with progressively increasing concentrations of midazolam were studied (0. 02, 0.06, 0.14 mg kg-1 h-1 ). A final 60 min period during the administration of flumazenil (0.004 mg kg-1 h-1 ) and while the agonist was still present was also studied. Drug was administered intravenuously as a combination of bolus, 50% of total dose and continuous infusion over the 60 min period. Electromyographic (EMG) response of the right orbicularis oculi muscle was used to assess the startle response to noise bursts of 50 ms duration (95 dB(A)). Noise bursts were randomly preceded by nonstartling prepulses (800 Hz sinus, 50 ms duration, 65 dB(A), prepulse to noise interval 120 ms). The magnitude of PPI was calculated by dividing the EMG response to nonprepulsed stimuli by the response to prepulsed stimuli for each individual and period. Eleven subjects participated in the study, two of them were excluded from the statistical analysis because startle responses could not be reliably elicited (final sample size n=9). RESULTS: The magnitude of PPI was inversely related to the concentration of midazolam. This relationship was described by a sigmoidal Emax model, giving an Emax of 0.65+/-0.13, an ED50 of 33.9+/-10.9 ng ml-1 and gamma of 3.5+/-1.0. During infusion of flumazenil and in the presence of midazolam, the magnitude of PPI increased by 0.11 (95% CI, 0-0.22, P+info)Effects of paired and unpaired eye-blink conditioning on Purkinje cell morphology. (5/564)
This experiment addressed (1) the importance of conjunctive stimulus presentation for morphological plasticity of cerebellar Purkinje cells and inhibitory interneurons and (2) whether plasticity is restricted to the spiny branches of Purkinje cells, which receive parallel fiber input. These issues were investigated in naive rabbits and in rabbits that received paired or unpaired presentations of the conditioned stimulus (CS) and unconditioned stimulus (US). To direct CS input to the cerebellar cortex, pontine stimulation served as the CS. Air puffs to the cornea served as the US. Paired condition rabbits received pontine stimulation for 350 msec paired with a coterminating 100-msec air puff. Unpaired condition rabbits received the same stimuli in a pseudorandom order at 1- to 32-sec intervals. Rabbits were trained for a mean of 12 days. Naive rabbits received no treatment. In Golgi-stained Purkinje neurons in lobule HVI, total dendritic length, main branch length, total spiny branch length, and number of spiny branch arbors were all greater in the naive group than in the paired and unpaired groups, which did not differ. No differences were found between the hemispheres ipsilateral and contralateral to the trained eye. The dendritic length and number of branches for inhibitory interneurons did not differ across groups. The Purkinje cell morphological changes detected with these methods do not appear to be uniquely related to the conjunctive activation of the CS and US in the paired condition. (+info)Learning in Parkinson's disease: eyeblink conditioning, declarative learning, and procedural learning. (6/564)
OBJECTIVE: To assess the degree of learning ability in Parkinson's disease. METHODS: Three different learning tasks: eyeblink classical conditioning with delay and trace paradigms, the California verbal learning test (CVLT), and a serial reaction time task (SRTT) were studied in patients with Parkinson's disease and normal (control) subjects. RESULTS: In the eyeblink conditioning tasks, both patients and normal subjects showed significant learning effects without between group differences. In the CVLT, patients remembered significantly fewer words than normal subjects in both short term and long term cued recall tasks. In the SRTT, normal subjects had significantly reduced response time and error rates across blocks of repeated sequence trials, whereas patients had significantly reduced error, but not response time rates. CONCLUSION: Impairment of nigrostriatal pathways selectively affects performance in complex learning tasks that are competitive and require alertness such as the SRTT, but not in simple learning procedures such as eyeblink conditioning. (+info)New treatment of dry eye: the effect of calcium ointment through eyelid skin delivery. (7/564)
AIM: To demonstrate the efficacy of a petrolatum based calcium ointment applied to the lower lid skin in the management of dry eye. METHODS: In a controlled double masked study, the effects of water free petrolatum ointment containing calcium carbonate (10% w/w) on tear functional factors and ocular surface vital staining in dry eye patients were observed. Petrolatum without calcium carbonate served as control. Patients were instructed to place ointment to the lower lid skin twice a day. Evaluation of subjective complaints, fluorescein and rose bengal staining patterns, blink rate, tear evaporation and tear break up time (BUT) were performed before and 3 months after treatment. In order to demonstrate the movement of petrolatum from the skin to the tear film, petrolatum containing 1% sodium fluorescein was placed on the lower lid of four healthy volunteers, and the concentration of fluorescein in the tear film was followed up to 6 hours using an anterior fluorometer. RESULTS: Subjective symptoms significantly improved in both the calcium group (p=0.001) and control (p=0.012), while only the calcium group demonstrated a significant improvement in fluorescein (p=0.043), rose bengal (p=0.021) scores, and blink rate (p=0.004). Tear evaporation also significantly decreased in both the calcium group (p=0.0004) and control (0.043). BUT did not improve in either group. CONCLUSION: Petrolatum based calcium ointment significantly improved symptoms, tear dynamics, and ocular surface staining in dry eye patients. However, some of the therapeutic effects may be due to lipids in the petrolatum vehicle. Petrolatum applied to the lower lid skin is an effective drug delivery system for slowly releasing drugs to the ocular surface. (+info)Impaired eye-blink conditioning in waggler, a mutant mouse with cerebellar BDNF deficiency. (8/564)
In addition to their trophic functions, neurotrophins are also implicated in synaptic modulation and learning and memory. Although gene knockout techniques have been used widely in studying the roles of neurotrophins at molecular and cellular levels, behavioral studies using neurotrophin knockouts are limited by the early-onset lethality and various sensory deficits associated with the gene knockout mice. In the present study, we found that in a spontaneous mutant mouse, waggler, the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) was selectively absent in the cerebellar granule cells. The cytoarchitecture of the waggler cerebellum appeared to be normal at the light microscope level. The mutant mice exhibited no sensory deficits to auditory stimuli or heat-induced pain. However, they were massively impaired in classic eye-blink conditioning. These results suggest that BDNF may have a role in normal cerebellar neuronal function, which, in turn, is essential for classic eye-blink conditioning. (+info)An encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference work containing articles on various topics, usually arranged in alphabetical order. In the context of medicine, a medical encyclopedia is a collection of articles that provide information about a wide range of medical topics, including diseases and conditions, treatments, tests, procedures, and anatomy and physiology. Medical encyclopedias may be published in print or electronic formats and are often used as a starting point for researching medical topics. They can provide reliable and accurate information on medical subjects, making them useful resources for healthcare professionals, students, and patients alike. Some well-known examples of medical encyclopedias include the Merck Manual and the Stedman's Medical Dictionary.
Oral contraceptives, also known as "birth control pills," are medications taken by mouth to prevent pregnancy. They contain synthetic hormones that mimic the effects of natural hormones estrogen and progesterone in a woman's body, thereby preventing ovulation, fertilization, or implantation of a fertilized egg in the uterus.
There are two main types of oral contraceptives: combined pills, which contain both estrogen and progestin, and mini-pills, which contain only progestin. Combined pills work by preventing ovulation, thickening cervical mucus to make it harder for sperm to reach the egg, and thinning the lining of the uterus to make it less likely for a fertilized egg to implant. Mini-pills work mainly by thickening cervical mucus and changing the lining of the uterus.
Oral contraceptives are highly effective when used correctly, but they do not protect against sexually transmitted infections (STIs). It is important to use them consistently and as directed by a healthcare provider. Side effects may include nausea, breast tenderness, headaches, mood changes, and irregular menstrual bleeding. In rare cases, oral contraceptives may increase the risk of serious health problems such as blood clots, stroke, or liver tumors. However, for most women, the benefits of using oral contraceptives outweigh the risks.
A syndrome, in medical terms, is a set of symptoms that collectively indicate or characterize a disease, disorder, or underlying pathological process. It's essentially a collection of signs and/or symptoms that frequently occur together and can suggest a particular cause or condition, even though the exact physiological mechanisms might not be fully understood.
For example, Down syndrome is characterized by specific physical features, cognitive delays, and other developmental issues resulting from an extra copy of chromosome 21. Similarly, metabolic syndromes like diabetes mellitus type 2 involve a group of risk factors such as obesity, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and abnormal cholesterol or triglyceride levels that collectively increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.
It's important to note that a syndrome is not a specific diagnosis; rather, it's a pattern of symptoms that can help guide further diagnostic evaluation and management.
A computer is a programmable electronic device that can store, retrieve, and process data. It is composed of several components including:
1. Hardware: The physical components of a computer such as the central processing unit (CPU), memory (RAM), storage devices (hard drive or solid-state drive), and input/output devices (monitor, keyboard, and mouse).
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Computers come in various forms and sizes, including desktop computers, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. They are used in a wide range of applications, from personal use for communication, entertainment, and productivity, to professional use in fields such as medicine, engineering, finance, and education.
"Sex characteristics" refer to the anatomical, chromosomal, and genetic features that define males and females. These include both primary sex characteristics (such as reproductive organs like ovaries or testes) and secondary sex characteristics (such as breasts or facial hair) that typically develop during puberty. Sex characteristics are primarily determined by the presence of either X or Y chromosomes, with XX individuals usually developing as females and XY individuals usually developing as males, although variations and exceptions to this rule do occur.
Blinking is the rapid and repetitive closing and reopening of the eyelids. It is a normal physiological process that helps to keep the eyes moist, protected and comfortable by spreading tears over the surface of the eye and removing any foreign particles or irritants that may have accumulated on the eyelid or the conjunctiva (the mucous membrane that covers the front of the eye and lines the inside of the eyelids).
Blinking is controlled by the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII), which sends signals to the muscles that control the movement of the eyelids. On average, people blink about 15-20 times per minute, but this rate can vary depending on factors such as mood, level of attention, and visual tasks. For example, people tend to blink less frequently when they are concentrating on a visual task or looking at a screen, which can lead to dry eye symptoms.
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Amphibious fish2
- The soft tissues involved in blinking have not been preserved in the fossil record, but study of mudskippers (a group of amphibious fish species that evolved blinking independently from other tetrapod species, but for similar purposes), suggest that blinking (which involves the eye retracting in mudskippers) may have arose in response to selective pressures upon species shifting from aquatic to terrestrial habitats. (wikipedia.org)
- New research shows that these amphibious fish have evolved a blinking behavior that serves many of the same purposes of our blinking. (eurekalert.org)
20232
- Blink-182 is back together, having reunited with founding member Tom DeLonge and announcing a 2023 tour touted as their biggest international trek ever. (live365.com)
- Blink cameras are some of the best mid-range smart cameras available in 2023. (digitaltrends.com)
Soft tissues1
- Studying how this behavior first evolved has been challenging because the anatomical changes that allow blinking are mostly in soft tissues, which don't preserve well in the fossil record. (eurekalert.org)
Mudskippers7
- To understand how mudskippers evolved the ability to blink, the researchers analyzed the behavior with high-speed videos and compared the anatomy of mudskippers with that of a closely related water-bound fish that doesn't blink. (eurekalert.org)
- Blinking in mudskippers appears to have evolved through a rearrangement of existing muscles that changed their line of action and also by the evolution of a novel tissue, the dermal cup," said Aiello. (eurekalert.org)
- To uncover why mudskippers blink on land, the team considered the roles that blinking plays in humans and other tetrapods. (eurekalert.org)
- In humans, tears are critical to keep cells in the eye healthy and oxygenated, so the researchers analyzed whether mudskippers also blink to keep their eyes wet. (eurekalert.org)
- We found that, just like humans, mudskippers blink more frequently when confronted with dry eyes," said Aiello. (eurekalert.org)
- The research team also tested whether blinking in mudskippers could be triggered to protect the eye from possible injury and if blinking cleaned the fish's eyes of dust or debris. (eurekalert.org)
- Therefore, blinking in the mudskippers seems to fulfill three of the main functions of blinking - protecting, cleaning, and maintaining moisture - in humans and other tetrapods. (eurekalert.org)
Attentional blink3
- Still, it's interesting to see that the attentional blink affects people differently depending on their interests (or deviancies, as the case may be). (scienceblogs.com)
- Children induce an enhanced attentional blink in child molesters. (scienceblogs.com)
- This effect was called the attentional blink (AB). (bvsalud.org)
Humans4
- Humans use winking, the blinking of only one eye, as a form of body language. (wikipedia.org)
- Why are humans constantly blinking? (livescience.com)
- Why do humans blink so much? (livescience.com)
- Blinking is something that humans and other tetrapods are constantly doing throughout the day, often without even noticing it happens, Aiello explained. (eurekalert.org)
20213
- One 2021 study assessed the results of 41 participants who performed daytime blinking exercises for 10 seconds every 20 minutes over the course of 4 weeks. (healthline.com)
- A 2021 review suggests a correlation between increased screen time and dry eye, with the authors also finding that blinking exercises and resting your eyes can help. (healthline.com)
- Star Athlete With a Blinking Fixation Struggling in College - Medscape - Dec 29, 2021. (medscape.com)
Lights3
- a couple days ago, I noticed the lights in the bathroom were blinking. (doityourself.com)
- now I noticed ALL the lights in the place blink. (doityourself.com)
- Why do my 2003 ranger blinkers do not blink lights come on but do not blink? (answers.com)
Researchers1
- Due to the connections between blinking and tear production, researchers are investigating the possible benefits of intentional blinking exercises for dry eye relief . (healthline.com)
182's4
- DeLonge's return comes after Hoppus revealed he is writing a memoir that will cover his recent battle with cancer, as well as Blink 182's road to success. (live365.com)
- Watch Blink-182's tour promo video below. (live365.com)
- What is Blink-182's worst song? (answers.com)
- Blink 182's new single? (avforums.com)
Tear3
- Blinking releases a tear film - which mostly consists of water, oil and mucus - to keep the surface of the eyeball smooth. (livescience.com)
- Without natural tear production, you also don't blink as often as you normally would. (healthline.com)
- What's incredible is that they can use their blinks to wet the eyes, even though these fish haven't evolved any tear glands or ducts. (eurekalert.org)
Independently2
- Some animals, such as tortoises and hamsters, blink their eyes independently of each other. (wikipedia.org)
- The mudskipper, which evolved its blinking behavior independently, gives us the opportunity to test how and why blinking might have evolved in a living fish that regularly leaves the water to spend time on land. (eurekalert.org)
Content4
- Technologies that support blinking content. (w3.org)
- The objective of this technique is to minimize the distraction caused by blinking content and enable users to re-focus on the other content on the page. (w3.org)
- Blinking content can be created using a variety of technologies, many of which include options to loop blinking content continuously or to otherwise specify the amount of time the blinking content is displayed. (w3.org)
- Limiting the blinking of content to three seconds minimizes the distraction that blinking can cause. (w3.org)
Unusual1
- An unusual blinking fish, the mudskipper, spends much of the day out of the water and is providing clues as to how and why blinking might have evolved during the transition to life on land in our own ancestors. (eurekalert.org)
Eyes22
- Blinking provides moisture to the eye by irrigation using tears and a lubricant the eyes secrete. (wikipedia.org)
- Though one may think that the stimulus triggering blinking is dry or irritated eyes, it is most likely that it is controlled by a "blinking center" of the globus pallidus of the lenticular nucleus-a body of nerve cells between the base and outer surface of the brain. (wikipedia.org)
- Additionally, when at their fully aquatic juvenile stage of development, their eyes are not in the positioning with which they blink, but as adults, their eyes elevate to a position that can blink, which they do when they are not submerged or bump into a surface, suggesting blinking emerged as an adaptation to terrestrial life as opposed to aquatic life. (wikipedia.org)
- The nervous system enables a person to blink to prevent harmful substances, like smoke from getting in the eyes. (medlineplus.gov)
- During the normal course of a day, a person blinks an average of 15 times a minute to keep the eyes healthy. (medlineplus.gov)
- Blinking also provides the eyes with protection from foreign objects. (medlineplus.gov)
- It can be difficult to keep your eyes open for long periods of time because of the natural instinct to blink. (livescience.com)
- First, blinking clears away particles from the eyes. (livescience.com)
- If you have uncorrected vision problems, you may blink more often because your eyes are naturally trying to correct the blurry vision. (livescience.com)
- Blinking exercises are preplanned, where you make a conscious effort to blink your eyes. (healthline.com)
- Without enough tears, you don't blink your eyes as often as you naturally would. (healthline.com)
- On the flipside, if you don't blink enough, your eyes won't get the tears they need to stay healthy. (healthline.com)
- Each time you blink, your eyes get a much-needed film of tears. (healthline.com)
- To try blinking exercises, set a timer for 1 minute at a time and blink your eyes for up to 50 times in several directions (up and down). (healthline.com)
- Rather than shutting your eyes completely during blinking exercises, make sure your eyes rapidly flutter closed and open. (healthline.com)
- Unlike blinking exercises, blind working consists of resting your eyes. (healthline.com)
- It helps us keep our eyes wet and clean, it helps us protect our eyes from injury, and we even use blinking for communication. (eurekalert.org)
- To blink, the fish momentarily retract the eyes down into sockets, where they are covered by a stretchy membrane called a "dermal cup. (eurekalert.org)
- How do you animate a texture like blinking eyes on a model? (hiveworkshop.com)
- But how do I animate something consistently looping like flickering fire or blinking eyes. (hiveworkshop.com)
- At one point in the video, for example, Biden appeared to speak for at least 40 seconds without blinking his eyes. (freebeacon.com)
- The patient also feels the need to blink his eyes frequently. (medscape.com)
Sync module6
- The Blink camera system uses one sync module to keep all of your Blink cameras connected on one network. (qvc.com)
- Most Blink cameras (the Indoor, Outdoor, XT, and XT2) require a Blink Sync Module to work and connect to your phone or other devices. (digitaltrends.com)
- Press and hold the reset button on the side of the Sync Module until the LED blinks red. (digitaltrends.com)
- Delete the Sync Module from your Blink app. (digitaltrends.com)
- The Blink Mini is a little different from the other cameras in the company's lineup, as it doesn't need to connect to a Sync Module. (digitaltrends.com)
- Once you reset your system, you'll have to reinstall the Sync Module to the Blink app to get it connected to Wi-Fi again. (digitaltrends.com)
Behavior2
- The correlation between human eyelid blink behavior and psychological stress was also demonstrated by means of a laboratory study. (wikipedia.org)
- Our study, which considered the behavior and anatomy of a living fish that underwent a transition to life on land, similar to the earliest tetrapods, helps us to reimagine how and why these early tetrapods might have been blinking," said Aiello. (eurekalert.org)
Page4
- Knowing that I needed to go to this page http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software for the download helped get me going. (makezine.com)
- You can learn more about Blink on our project page . (google.com)
- The image of the red tag blinks on loading of the page and stops within three seconds. (w3.org)
- This page shows statistics about Blinks Labs GmbH. (appbrain.com)
Tears2
- When you cry, you blink more often to clear away the tears, Pagan-Duran said. (livescience.com)
- Blinking and natural tears go hand-in-hand. (healthline.com)
Milliseconds2
- The duration of a blink is on average 100-150 milliseconds according to UCL researcher and between 100 and 400 ms according to the Harvard Database of Useful Biological Numbers. (wikipedia.org)
- It takes the average person 400 milliseconds to blink, Pagan-Duran said. (livescience.com)
Protects1
- Blinking also protects the eye from irritants. (wikipedia.org)
Specifically2
- While more research is needed to assess the precise benefits blinking exercises may have for dry eye specifically, the takeaway is that they're indeed helpful for your overall eye health . (healthline.com)
- Blink Health says it has done what the law specifically forbids Medicare to do - use its vast purchasing power to negotiate the lowest drug prices possible. (consumeraffairs.com)
Hoppus1
- Although Blink-182 sounds reinvigorated and Hoppus and Barker’s relationship with Skiba does go back years, they are still finding a groove with each other. (punknews.org)
Duration1
- I tried changing the duration of the blink and pause, and then I made each of the four LEDs do thier blinky thing. (makezine.com)
Apps6
- We have gathered all apps together and in the information boxes to the right you can find the total number of apps, downloads, ratings of Blinks Labs GmbH. (appbrain.com)
- We've discovered 1 apps that Blinks Labs GmbH published. (appbrain.com)
- Using the table below, you can analyze Blinks Labs GmbH's Android apps and games. (appbrain.com)
- Because AppBrain tracks all apps on Google Play in regular intervals, we're able to provide you with a detailed timeline of what actions Blinks Labs GmbH took on Google Play. (appbrain.com)
- The timeline below shows when Blinks Labs GmbH developed and launched a new Android app or game, and every update to their apps. (appbrain.com)
- For this table, we look at all Blinks Labs GmbH's apps and where they're ranked. (appbrain.com)
Time4
- But increased screen time may lower the number of times you blink. (healthline.com)
- The mudskipper's blink lasts about the same length of time as a human blink. (eurekalert.org)
- This timeline shows the activity of Blinks Labs GmbH over time. (appbrain.com)
- At a time when skyrocketing drug costs have prompted widespread charges of price gouging by pharmaceutical companies, Blink Health claims to have the prescription to reverse that malady. (consumeraffairs.com)
Eyelid2
- A single blink is determined by the forceful closing of the eyelid or inactivation of the levator palpebrae superioris and the activation of the palpebral portion of the orbicularis oculi, not the full open and close. (wikipedia.org)
- If there is damage to the facial nerve, which is responsible for closing the eyelid, a person may blink more slowly or less often, Pagan-Duran said. (livescience.com)
Lineup1
- Everything in the Blink lineup is easy to install, easy to use, and offers everything you'd want in a security camera - such as motion alerts, night vision, and high-definition video capture. (digitaltrends.com)
California1
- California' is the 7th studio album by blink-182 , released on July 1, 2016 through BMG. (last.fm)
Start2
- For each item that blinks, determine if the interval between the start and end of the blinking is less than three seconds. (w3.org)
- Blink Health is a start-up, launching in 2014. (consumeraffairs.com)
Seconds2
- According to Smithsonian magazine, normal human beings blink once every three to four seconds on average. (freebeacon.com)
- Absence seizures , sometimes called petit mal seizures, can cause rapid blinking or a few seconds of staring into space. (cdc.gov)
News1
- In a report by NBC News, (below) the brothers who founded Blink Health said they did so to bypass insurance companies and make prescription drugs affordable for the people who need them. (consumeraffairs.com)
Average1
- On average, a person may blink 7-10 times per minute. (healthline.com)
Connect1
- You can connect the Blink Video Doorbell to your existing in-home chime or use it wirelessly. (yahoo.com)
Make8
- It happens involuntarily, but you can also make yourself blink. (livescience.com)
- However, there are some circumstances that make people blink more or less often. (livescience.com)
- Certain conditions, such as an ingrown eyelash, can make it feel like there's something in your eye, which makes you blink more. (livescience.com)
- Some people have tics, or habitual involuntary movements, that lead them to blink frequently, and stress and anxiety can make you blink more too, according to Pagan-Duran. (livescience.com)
- How to make blinking text using css? (hscripts.com)
- Css animation effect is used to make the text blink. (hscripts.com)
- The sample css code given below is an example to make your text blink. (hscripts.com)
- To use Blink Health, you first make a payment online. (consumeraffairs.com)
Image1
- Article Image: Photo of drummer Travis Barker from Blink-182 as the band plays a concert in 2014. (live365.com)
Fatigue1
- Blink speed can be affected by elements such as fatigue, eye injury, medication, and disease. (wikipedia.org)
People5
- Most people blink somewhere between 10 and 20 times per minute, usually around 15 or 16 times, she added. (livescience.com)
- For example, when reading, people tend to blink at the end of a sentence rather than in the middle, she said. (livescience.com)
- People blink more often than is needed to lubricate the eye, which may be to give the brain a short rest, according to a 2013 study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . (livescience.com)
- Meanwhile, wireless Blink Outdoor cameras can alert you to motion or people in your yard, allowing you to check in from your phone or Alexa devices. (yahoo.com)
- In a blink of an eye, around 100 people lost their lives, and many more suffered injuries, when explosives hidden in the vehicle were detonated. (who.int)
Action1
- In some individuals this leads to one or more eyelashes on the upper eyelids touching the eye, known as trachomatous trichiasis - a debilitating condition resulting in extreme pain with each blinking action of the eyelids. (who.int)
Single1
- As photoluminescence blinking severely limits the usefulness of nanocrystals in applications requiring a continuous output of single photons, these non-blinking nanocrystals may enable substantial advances in fields ranging from single-molecule biological labelling 7 to low-threshold lasers 8 . (nature.com)
Play1
- Blinks Labs GmbH is an Android developer that has been active since 2014 and has one app ( Blinkist: Big Ideas in 15 Min ) in Google Play. (appbrain.com)
Health4
- Enter Blink Health, a company that says it is the cure for high drug prices. (consumeraffairs.com)
- The generic Norvasc normally costs $43.70 for 30 5mg tablets, but Blink Health is advertising it for $4.96. (consumeraffairs.com)
- Until Blink Health, the Internet has made it cheaper for Americans to buy practically anything they need, except for prescription medication," Chaiken said in a release . (consumeraffairs.com)
- You won't find the latest cutting edge drugs on Blink Health, but you will find about 15,000 generic drugs that are widely prescribed - and in contrast to moves by Turing and Valeant pharmaceuticals, not immune to gigantic price hikes. (consumeraffairs.com)
Users1
- These statistics are very useful for you to answer questions about how many users Blinks Labs GmbH has, what their revenue and income might be, and in general, how successful an Android developer they are. (appbrain.com)
Shows1
- These are all the steps you'll need to reset your Blink system if it has issues, shows that it's offline, or if you're selling it to a new owner. (digitaltrends.com)
Video5
- In keeping with the barely-contained enthusiasm for the get-together, the band released a silly promotional video for the tour that includes a series of fans wishing for Blink to come to their hometowns. (live365.com)
- video: An Indian mudskipper (Periophthalmodon septemradiatus) blinking while on land. (eurekalert.org)
- For today only, get the Blink Video Doorbell and three Blink Outdoor cameras for $165. (yahoo.com)
- The retailer has a bundle including the Blink Video Doorbell and three Blink Outdoor 4 security cameras for 61 percent off. (yahoo.com)
- Blink is the one-of-a-kind, ultra-affordable, wireless and wire-free home security and full HD video monitoring system. (ifttt.com)
Free2
- Check out our selection of free stations streaming Blink-182 music at Live365.com . (live365.com)
- Simply download the free Blink companion app and follow the detailed instructions, which include pictures and videos. (qvc.com)
Smart1
- The magic that is all things smart home has struck again in the form of Blink home security cameras. (qvc.com)
Show1
- I don't even think if Blink-182 has any bad songs but my least favorite would be The Rock Show.Just my opinion. (answers.com)
Price1
- Co-founder Matthew Chaiken says whether you have good insurance or no insurance all all, you should check the Blink price before heading for the drug store. (consumeraffairs.com)
Normal1
- They are not perfect in a fraction of a second but they do far better than random guessing when classifying medical images as normal or abnormal even though, in that blink of an eye, they cannot tell you where the problem might be located. (sciencedaily.com)
Find1
- Find all items that blink. (w3.org)
Helps1
- Blinking helps during emotional times, too. (livescience.com)
Results2
- The results suggest that blinking may be among the suite of traits that evolved to allow the transition to life on land in tetrapods - the group of animals that includes mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians - some 375 million years ago. (eurekalert.org)
- Unfortunately, it takes a mere blink of the eye to turn an outdoor activity into a survival situation, oftentimes with tragic results. (cdc.gov)
Cursor4
- The fourth issue of Blinking Cursor Literary Magazine, including poetry and short stories from writers worldwide, advice on writing and a review of the new poetry "Bone Silence" by Peycho Kanev. (lulu.com)
- Debian fresh install blinking cursor meaning? (linuxquestions.org)
- Hello, I have install debian in computer 64bit amd the installing is from usb and completed the cursor is blinking what does this mean and how to move forwrd with it? (linuxquestions.org)
- Give a better step by step explanation than just ~ I installed Debian usb completed a cursor is blinking now what do I do? (linuxquestions.org)
Suggest1
- Early tetrapods in the transition to land, which would later yield all non-mudskipper blinking species, possessed similar characteristics regarding eye positioning that suggest blinking arose in response to aerial vision and terrestrial lifestyle. (wikipedia.org)