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Pulsating Fontanelle
A pulse, in physiology, is the throbbing of arteries resulting from heartbeat. Pulse, The Pulse or Pulses may also refer to: Botany * Pulse (legume), any agriculturally significant annual leguminous food crop, such as peas, beans, lentils, and chickpeas Electronics and physics * Pulse (physics), a single disturbance through a transmission medium * Pulse (signal processing), a brief change from a baseline value ** Pulse dialing, of a telephone Books and publications * ''Pulse'' (magazine), a medical professional's magazine * ''Pulse!'' (magazine), a music magazine * Pulse (Augustus), a character in the Marvel Comics universe * ''Pulse'' (short story collection), a short story collection by Julian Barnes * ''Pulse'', a book by Robert Frenay * The Pulse, the signal transmitted from cell phones that made people go crazy in Stephen King's novel ''Cell'' * ''The Pulse'' (comics), a Marvel Comics series * ''Pulse'' (webtoon), a Lezhin Comics series Film, television and games F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulse
In medicine, the pulse refers to the rhythmic pulsations (expansion and contraction) of an artery in response to the cardiac cycle (heartbeat). The pulse may be felt ( palpated) in any place that allows an artery to be compressed near the surface of the body close to the skin, such as at the neck ( carotid artery), wrist (radial artery or ulnar artery), at the groin (femoral artery), behind the knee ( popliteal artery), near the ankle joint ( posterior tibial artery), and on foot (dorsalis pedis artery). The pulse is most commonly measured at the wrist or neck for adults and at the brachial artery (inner upper arm between the shoulder and elbow) for infants and very young children. A sphygmograph is an instrument for measuring the pulse. Physiology Claudius Galen was perhaps the first physiologist to describe the pulse. The pulse is an expedient tactile method of determination of systolic blood pressure to a trained observer. Diastolic blood pressure is non-palpable and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Stomp Odyssey
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, '' a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest known ancestor of A is ''aleph''—the first letter of the Phoenician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WPLW-FM
WPLW-FM (96.9 MHz, "Pulse FM") is a contemporary hit radio station licensed to Goldsboro, North Carolina, which is east of the Research Triangle. The station is owned by Curtis Media Group. Its studios are located in Raleigh, and its transmitter is near Princeton, North Carolina. Its programming is carried on four translators: 98.7 FM (W254AS) in Rolesville, North Carolina, 103.7 FM (W279EJ) in Hillsborough, North Carolina, 104.7 FM (W284CP) in Raleigh, North Carolina, and 104.7 FM (W284CD) in Youngsville, North Carolina, all relayed by WQDR-FM HD2. History Originally WGBR-FM at 99.7 FM and then 93.3 FM, this Goldsboro station for most of its early history originally simulcast its AM counterpart. It switched its call letters to WEQR in 1949. During much of the late 1970s and into the 1980s, the station, under the nickname "Q96", underwent several format changes over the years including soft rock (1978–1980), contemporary rock (1980–1984) and adult contemporary (to 1987) until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
