(v. t.) To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons.
(v. t.) To carry out in practice; to perform.
(a.) Put in action; actuated.
Example Sentences:
(1) Active filling (-10 mmHg) inside inner blood sacs was produced by the suction effects of the outer sacs attached to a moving actuator.
(2) A model for each actuator was formulated to compute its isometric force-length relation.
(3) In the past Tularemia has largely affected animals, nowadays' in our country it could become actual one more because of wild animals repopulation actuated in many areas.
(4) The basic concept of this artificial heart is that the blood pumps are implanted in the thorax and an actuator is placed separately in the abdominal region.
(5) Many problems remain with actuation, energy conversion, percutaneous leads, compliance devices and biomaterials.
(6) Dynamic fractionation of the output from pressurized aerosols using a four-stage liquid impinger showed that the respirable fraction (as measured by the percentage of emitted droplets with aerodynamic diameters less than 5.5 microns) was highly dependent on SPC concentration and R. A significant correlation between RF and actuator score, based on orifice diameter and length, was also found and confirmed that the highest RF values were achieved with the systems of lowest SPC and water concentrations sprayed through an actuator with the smallest and shortest orifice dimensions.
(7) The system consists of a) single carcinogenic dose of diethylnitrosamine (DEN), b) short-term dietary exposure to 2-acetylaminofluorene (2-AAF) sufficient to suppress growth of virtually all normal hepatocytes, and c) partial hepatectomy (PH) to actuate rapid growth of DEN-altered hepatocytes not suppressed by 2-AAF.
(8) After a review of the properties of muscle and tendon, their integrated ability to generate force statically and dynamically is studied by formulating a generic model of the "musculotendon actuator", which has only one parameter, the ratio of tendon length at rest to muscle fiber length at rest.
(9) In the second series of experiments, the rats had access to the lever which actuated a fan that drew cool outside air into the chamber.
(10) One hundred and fifty one (97%) were able to actuate the inhaler on their first (146) or second (5) attempt.
(11) Oxyphenisatin was found to be a selective actuator of a form of progressive mass propulsion indistinguishable from spontaneous mass peristalsis.
(12) Equilibrium control of binding implies that critical site occupancy will be proportional to the relative concentrations of "D" and "G" actuating proteins in the nuclear fluid.
(13) Substance is given to the need for introduction into the system of the apparatus for assisted circulation of sand-by actuating mechanisms for secure a purposeful influence on the physiological parameters of the organism.
(14) We postulate that signal reception occurs as a result of competition between different actuating proteins for equilibrium-controlled binding to critical DNA sites.
(15) This system consists of a flexible rod, sheath, crank, and cam to transmit the muscle power to a pusher plate pump and actuate it.
(16) The particular application to prosthetic ventricle design should minimize the number of in vivo experiments required to develop a satisfactory blood pump and aid in tailoring pump actuation protocols for minimum thromboembolic complications.
(17) Increasing baffle size resulted in increased retention in the actuator.
(18) This controller design is based on the physical models of the actuator and blood pump system.
(19) The properties of the afferent fibres from the capsule of the hip joint have been studied in the cat in situ, in relations to joint rotation, and in an isolated capsule preparation which was opened and stretched directly with an actuator.
(20) The efficacy and safety of cromolyn sodium by metered-dose inhaler (MDI) (1 mg per actuation) was evaluated with a double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-study design.
Agitate
Definition:
(v. t.) To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
(v. t.) To move or actuate.
(v. t.) To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.
(v. t.) To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated.
(v. t.) To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.
Example Sentences:
(1) A sensitive, specific procedure was developed for detecting Escherichia coli O157:H7 in food in less than 20 h. The procedure involves enrichment of 25 g of food in 225 ml of a selective enrichment medium for 16 to 18 h at 37 degrees C with agitation (150 rpm).
(2) The authors report 6 cases of acute respiratory failure complicating chronic bronchial and lung disease admitted to hospital with the diagnosis of: heart disease, 3 cases, pulmonary oedema, pulmonary embolism, atrial flutter; status asthmaticus : one case; neuro-psychiatric disease : 2 cases (toxic coma and agitation).
(3) But what is happening in the UK now has not been seen for decades and has rarely been seen at all since the Chartist agitations of the 1840s.
(4) The effects of chronic use seem to be twofold: severe depression with suicidal thoughts and numerous violent, agitated behavioral patterns.
(5) From about 1891 to 1905 home rule seemed to go off the boil in Ireland; people agitated instead over land reform and Irish universities.
(6) The effect of tiapride on the various manifestations of agitation was also spectacular and rapid, and the authors confirm the excellent tolerance of the product.
(7) Therefore, the CDS controlling procollagen production and the CDS controlling the inhibition of growth seemed to be linked because the signaling mechanism is disrupted in a parallel manner by agitation.
(8) The echo intensity produced by this agent was compared with that of agitated saline solution, indocyanine green and SHU-454 (another experimental saccharide agent for right-sided contrast) during 136 injections in eight dogs.
(9) The two groups examined comprise 'hyperactive' mentally handicapped children and senile dementia patients, all of whom showed moderate to severe agitation.
(10) But the outspoken journalist and human rights activist has long been a thorn in Ali Abdullah Saleh's side, agitating for press freedoms and staging weekly sit-ins to demand the release of political prisoners from jail – a place she has been several times herself.
(11) I honestly think so many Americans are scrambling so fast just to keep up that: a) they're not aware of what they're missing; b) they don't have time to agitate."
(12) Ultrasonic preparation with 0.25% sodium hypochlorite solution and final agitation with 50% citric acid solution were found to produce a very clean canal wall, free of smear layer in coronal and middle parts.
(13) Photoreceptors were dissociated from retinas by mechanical agitation after mild protease treatment and characterized by light and electron microscopy.
(14) Two of the targets we tested (SV-COL and SV-COL-E8) both highly sensitive to lysis, stimulated macrophage movement, inducing an "agitated" response.
(15) The cells can be defimbriated by sonication, high-speed agitation, or centrifugation through a 40% sucrose solution.
(16) In its infancy, the movement against censorship agitated on behalf of artists, iconoclasts, talented blasphemers; against repressive forces whose unpleasantness only confirmed which side was in the right.
(17) Blot and give 2 fast changes in absolute ethanol with agitation before transferring to xylene.
(18) Distractibility, inappropriate sexual behavior, agitation or seizures were lacking.
(19) The successful use of midazolam to treat psychomotor agitation in this patient is also reported.
(20) The same brush was then agitated in a SBW vial, which was centrifuged, the cell pellet being smeared over a predetermined area of a slide.