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In a technique known as blue field entoptoscopy, the effect is used to estimate the blood flow in the retinal capillaries.The patient is alternatingly shown blue light and a computer generated picture of moving dots; by adjusting the speed and density of these dots, the patient tries to match the computer generated picture to the perceived entoptic dots.
Lean or purple drank (known by numerous local and street names) is a polysubstance drink used as a recreational drug.It is prepared by mixing prescription-grade cough or cold syrup containing an opioid drug and an anti-histamine drug with a soft drink and sometimes hard candy.
The prince thanking the Water sprite, from The Princess Nobody: A Tale of Fairyland (1884) by Andrew Lang (illustration by Richard Doyle). The belief in diminutive beings such as sprites, elves, fairies, etc. has been common in many parts of the world, and might to some extent still be found within neo-spiritual and religious movements such as "neo-druidism" and Ásatrú.
In humans, goose bumps occur everywhere on the body, including the legs, neck, and other areas of the skin that have hair. In some people, they even occur in the face or on the head. In humans, goose bumps tends to occur across the whole body, especially when elicited by thermal or emotional stimuli, and only locally when elicited via tactile ...
Kappa – River Imp or Sprite. Retrieved 23 March 2006. Garth Haslam (2000). Kappa Quest 2000. Retrieved 14 December 2006. Kirainet (2007). For a look at Kappa in popular culture Kirainet. Retrieved 6 May 2007. Hyakumonogatari.com Translated kappa stories from Hyakumonogatari.com; Kappa Unknown Explorers; Underwater Love (2011) The Great Yokai ...
The kappa effect (or perceptual time dilation [23]) is in essence the converse of the tau effect: the longer of two spatial intervals between stimuli is perceived to be longer in time. Goldreich (2007) [ 23 ] showed that, under conditions of temporal as well as spatial uncertainty, the Bayesian model produces the kappa effect.
Without the effects of insulin, glucose hangs out in your blood longer, leading to high blood sugar levels. This can increase your risk of type 2 diabetes and other metabolic disorders.
The Coca-Cola Company briefly marketed special vending machines containing Sprite in the UK, and Coke in Singapore, which stored the bottles in a supercooled state so that their content would turn to slush upon opening. [26] Supercooling was successfully applied to organ preservation at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School.