Peel P50

The Peel P50 is a three-wheeled microcar originally manufactured from 1962 to 1965 by the Peel Engineering Company on the Isle of Man. It was listed in the 2010 Guinness Book of Records as the smallest production car ever made. It had no reverse gear but a handle at the rear allows the very lightweight car to be physically manoeuvred when required.

Designed as a city car, it was advertised in the 1960s as capable of seating "one adult and a shopping bag". The vehicle's only door was on its left side and equipment included a single windscreen wiper and one headlight. Standard colours were Daytona White, Dragon Red, and Dark Blue. The 1963 model retailed for £199 when new (about £1,400 in 2010, or $2,200 USD). 50 of them were produced, and only 27 of them are known to still exist.

In 2010, Peel Engineering Ltd in England started re-manufacturing the Peel Cars once again, both the P50 and Trident models. This company is the only Official Peel Manufacturer in the world. Externally this car is very similar to the original but with many some mechanical differences in the suspension, steering, and drive-train, as well as fully functioning reverse gear, ensuring they are road legal on today's roads. Petrol models with a 49cc, 4 stroke motor are being produced, as well as electric models with an electric moped motor and gel batteries. Both cars go up to around 28mph and can be ordered on www.peelengineering.co.uk, where they are available starting at £10,399 + VAT (EU only.)

P50

P50, P-50, or P.50 may refer to:

P50 (neuroscience)

In electroencephalography, the P50 is an event related potential occurring approximately 50 ms after the presentation of a stimulus, usually an auditory click. The P50 response is used to measure sensory gating, or the reduced neurophysiological response to redundant stimuli.

Research has found an abnormal P50 suppression in people with schizophrenia, making it an example of a biological marker for the disorder. Besides schizophrenia, abnormal P50 suppression has been found in patients with traumatic brain injury, recreational drug use, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Paired click test

In a paired click test, one auditory click sound will be presented, followed by a second click approximately 200 ms after the first one. The second sound is considered redundant, and so a typical control showing normal sensory gating will produce a reduced response (in wave amplitude) to the second click. The suppression is measured as the percentage of amplitude decrease in response to the second click compared to the first click, with typical controls showing an approximately 80% decrease to the second stimulus. This response is recorded at the scalp and represents a pre-attentive process of sensory gating.

P50 (pressure)

In biochemistry, P₅₀ indicates the partial pressure of a gas required to achieve 50% enzyme saturation. Values of P₅₀ are negatively correlated with substrate affinity, with lower values of P₅₀ corresponding to high affinity and vice versa. The term is analogous to the Michaelis-Menten constant (K_m), which identifies the concentration of substrate required for an enzyme to achieve 50% of its maximum reaction velocity.

For example, the P₅₀ of myoglobin for O₂ is 130 pascals while the P₅₀ for adult hemoglobin is 3.5 kPa. Thus, when O₂ partial pressure is low, hemoglobin-bound O₂ is more readily transferred to myoglobin. Myoglobin, found in high concentrations in muscle tissue, can then transfer the oxygen to muscle fibers, where it will be used in the generation of energy to fuel muscle contraction.

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Peel

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Peel (Western Australia)

Coordinates: 32°31′47″S 115°43′30″E / 32.52972°S 115.72500°E / -32.52972; 115.72500

The Peel region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia. It is located on the west coast of Western Australia, about 75 km south of the state capital, Perth. It consists of the City of Mandurah, and the Shires of Boddington, Murray, Serpentine-Jarrahdale and Waroona.

It has a total area of 6,648 km², and a population of about 88,000 people, of whom around two-thirds live in Mandurah

The economy of the Peel region is dominated by mining and mineral processing; the area has large reserves of bauxite, some gold and mineral sands, and an aluminium refinery. Other important economic sectors include agriculture and a substantial equine industry.

Before European settlement, the Peel region was inhabited by Indigenous Australians, specifically the Pindjarup dialect group of the Noongar people. Shortly after the establishment of the Swan River Colony in 1829, part of the northern coastal area of the Peel region was settled under a program known as the Peel Settlement Scheme, organised by Thomas Peel. However the scheme was poorly administered, and many settlers died of malnutrition in the first few months. The surviving settlers abandoned the area, with some moving inland where they found fertile soil.

Peel (provincial electoral district)

Peel was a provincial riding in Central Ontario, Canada. It elected one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It was created in 1867 for the area west of Toronto going north from Lake Ontario to Caledon.

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