Translation of "Impulsion d'essai " (French → English) :

Definition: The essential feature is recurrent obsessional thoughts or compulsive acts. Obsessional thoughts are ideas, images, or impulses that enter the patient's mind again and again in a stereotyped form. They are almost invariably distressing and the patient often tries, unsuccessfully, to resist them. They are, however, recognized as his or her own thoughts, even though they are involuntary and often repugnant. Compulsive acts or rituals are stereotyped behaviours that are repeated again and again. They are not inherently enjoyable, nor do they result in the completion of inherently useful tasks. Their function is to prevent some o ...[+++]bjectively unlikely event, often involving harm to or caused by the patient, which he or she fears might otherwise occur. Usually, this behaviour is recognized by the patient as pointless or ineffectual and repeated attempts are made to resist. Anxiety is almost invariably present. If compulsive acts are resisted the anxiety gets worse. | anankastic neurosis obsessive-compulsive neurosis

Definition: Personality disorder characterized by a definite tendency to act impulsively and without consideration of the consequences; the mood is unpredictable and capricious. There is a liability to outbursts of emotion and an incapacity to control the behavioural explosions. There is a tendency to quarrelsome behaviour and to conflicts with others, especially when impulsive acts are thwarted or censored. Two types may be distinguished: the impulsive type, characterized predominantly by emotional instability and lack of impulse control, and the borderline type, characterized in addition by disturbances in self-image, aims, and intern ...[+++]al preferences, by chronic feelings of emptiness, by intense and unstable interpersonal relationships, and by a tendency to self-destructive behaviour, including suicide gestures and attempts. | Personality (disorder):aggressive | borderline | explosive

pulse broadening | pulse spreading | pulse dispersion

pulse-duration modulation | PDM | pulse duration modulation | pulse width modulation | pulse-width modulation | PWM | pulse length modulation | pulse-length modulation | PLM

pulse corrector

Nuclear EMP testing of munitions containing electro-explosives devices

pulse frequency modulation | pulse repetition-rate modulation | PFM [Abbr.]

Definition: These may take the form of ideas, mental images, or impulses to act, which are nearly always distressing to the subject. Sometimes the ideas are an indecisive, endless consideration of alternatives, associated with an inability to make trivial but necessary decisions in day-to-day living. The relationship between obsessional ruminations and depression is particularly close and a diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder should be preferred only if ruminations arise or persist in the absence of a depressive episode.

At the end of the" test phase", i.e. before the end of 2011, the Commission will review and evaluate the effectiveness of the Partnership approach, and set out whether and how it intends to take it forward, in particular regarding support through the next Research Framework Programme.

(a) for the purpose of determining susceptibility to conducted interference, the register and ancillary equipment that operate from the main power supply are tested with test spikes superimposed on the supply, each having the wave-form shown in the schedule, with a pulse repetition rate of 10 spikes per second for a period of 10 minutes; and

5.3.1. The assembly mounted on the test bed is subjected to a dynamic test on an alternating stress tensile testing machine (e.g. a resonance pulser).

The attitude I think of the government is to try this, but whether it's a strong enough push is something I think civil society forces and Parliament should ensure.