The ratio of number of residents in Henderson to the number of sex offenders is 1,342 to 1. The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this city is smaller than the state average. Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Las Vegas, NV (15.8 miles , pop. 478,434).
Stress-Strain Curves A tensile test involves mounting the specimenin a machine, such as those described in the pre-vious section, and subjecting it to tension. Thetensile force is recorded as a function of the in-crease in gage length. Figure 4(a) shows a typ-ical curve for a ductile material.
TENS is a method of electrical stimulation which primarily aims to provide a degree of symptomatic pain relief by exciting sensory nerves and thereby stimulating either the pain gate mechanism and/or the opioid system. The different methods of applying TENS relate to these different physiological mechanisms.