OK, quick paradigm shift from neo Haldanian; if you don't exceed critical supper saturation , you don't get bubbles, if you don't get bubbles you don't get bent..... to..... dual phase; if you don't exceed critical gas volume in the free phase, you don't get bent because the bubbles you do get are sub clinical. Yes I know, very simplistic, but I want to keep it short.
I have no problem with the fact that very slow ascent rates will show less sub clinical bubbles than one done at the algorithms standard ascent rate. I'd say it's not only intuitive, but there have already been studies that show this to be the case. Non the less, the off gassing at these slow rates is not as effective & the extra time spent at depth means that some tissues aren't off gassing at all, but rather on gassing during the ascent.
So you come out of the water with less bubbles. But do you come out of the water with lower or higher tissue saturation?
The bubbles most of us exit the water with using a 10mt/min ascent rate & for many in the past even double that, are sub clinical (not even fatigue). I don't quite see the point of supper slow ascents that may lead to leaving the water with a higher level of tissue saturation.
Possibly when your research is published I'll have some more to think about. Until then & just for interest....
is there a working title for your paper?
Not at this time
is the number of bubbles/ascent rate you've mentioned a sub set of a more holistic study?
Yes, it also includes diver core temperature
could you give a concise Ho for the test you mentioned.
what was your sample size
curently 14 test divers, each with between 20 and 41 tested dives[/I]
your p value was less than 5%, what was the exact p value?
As I said, our p is greater thn 5%, because we have not collected enough dives yet
how many categories were you using, (what was the df)?
5 ascent rate classes, 14 test divers,depth, Standardized bottom time for each depth core temp analysis will be retrospective
how did you arrive at the expected bubble count v's the observed result?
Base line measurement for each depth, for each diver @ accepted max. ascent rates
how were you counting the bubbles?