ReceptionDry2755
ReceptionDry2755 t1_jbfhwnp wrote
water doesn't have to conduct heat. It is very fluid so it will convect, and it has a great specific heat so it can get rid of a lot of energy without a huge temperature rise. Also it is liquid at all room temperatures. If necessary it can evaporate and take advantage of the kind of specific enthalpy that made steam engines possible. Water is a great cooler
ReceptionDry2755 t1_javg9dr wrote
Reply to Pilot Study: The Differential Response to Classical and Heavy Metal Music in Intensive Care Unit Patients under Sedo-Analgesia by clib
Was there any attempt to learn the musical preferences of the subjects prior to the study? Metal is an exceedingly broad genre and many of its musicians were at some point classical. They made the switch because metal is far more interesting and diverse, and gives them opportunities to demonstrate virtuosic playing in ways that classical can no longer.
The study is basically interesting but appears not to have really understood the nature of musical stimulus.
ReceptionDry2755 t1_je9jpg3 wrote
Reply to When is a hand a foot? by atomicpete
A hand is four inches. It's the measure used for horses. Apparently they didn't have a tape measure that day.