readiness potential

  • 1readiness potential — a negative potential on the electroencephalogram, which slowly increases and reaches a maximum just before a voluntary movement in a limb; called also Bereitschaftspotential …

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  • 2readiness planning — Operation planning required for peacetime operations. Its objective is the maintenance of high states of readiness and the deterrence of potential enemies. It includes planning activities that influence day to day operations and the peacetime… …

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  • 3Evoked potential — Intervention MeSH D005071 An evoked potential (or evoked response ) is an electrical potential recorded from the nervous system of a human or other animal following presentation of a …

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  • 4Manufacturing Readiness Level — ( MRL ) is a measure used by some United States government agencies and many of the world s major companies (and agencies) to assess the maturity of manufacturing readiness serving the same purpose as Technology Readiness Levels serve for… …

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  • 5Technology readiness level — (TRL) is a measure used by some United States government agencies and many of the world s major companies (and agencies) to assess the maturity of evolving technologies (materials, components, devices, etc.) prior to incorporating that technology …

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  • 6Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act — The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREPA), passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by President of the United States George W. Bush in December, 2005, is a controversial tort liability shield intended to protect …

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  • 7Test Readiness Program — The Test Readiness Program was a United States Government program established in 1963 to maintain the necessary technologies and infrastructure for the atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons, should the treaty which prohibited such testing be… …

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  • 8United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team — The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US CERT) is part of the National Cyber Security Division of the United States Department of Homeland Security.[1] Formed in September 2003, US CERT is a partnership between the Department of… …

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  • 9Resource holding potential — In biology, resource holding potential (RHP) is the ability of an animal to win an all out fight if one were to take place.The term was coined by Geoff Parker to disambiguate physical fighting ability from the motivation to persevere in a fight… …

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  • 10event-related potential — a change in waveforms on the electroencephalogram just after a sensory, motor, or cognitive stimulus; cf. evoked p., readiness p., and contingent negative variation …

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