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cybp

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    Comment #6949487

    For those who have not seen it, this is based on SCMUTILS -- an open source symbolic manipulation engine, much like Mathematica or Maple. It is extremely powerful, and the book is …

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    Comment #6792032

    AA batteries are a negligible risk when you touch metal with skin. That resistance is very high. Resistance inside your body is much lower -- 100 ohms is typical. If you were to ge…

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    Comment #6792009

    Skin resistance is quite low. You are thinking skin-electrode impedance. That is generally high enough to be safe, but with modern electrodes and luck, it can get somewhat low too.…

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    Comment #6792001

    Good at lying with statistics. The plots don't say what the text does. Non-zero y axis makes tiny effects look big. Worst culprit are the age plots, which show retirees watching mo…

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    Comment #6731835

    You are incorrect. This circuit can potentially apply unsafe currents across the patient. A standard medical biopotential measurement circuit will have single-point failure protect…