What's the difference between adduce and assign?

Adduce


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Phylogenetic and ontogenetic justifications for this organization are adduced.
  • (2) Tables of credible occurrence intervals for "nearly perpendicular" (the angle is tipped to the substrate plane by over 74 degrees) and for "nearly parallel" (the angle is tipped to the substrate plane by less than 12 degrees) centrioles in different samplings are adduced.
  • (3) But after almost three years of rigorous and sometimes brutal interrogation, no evidence has been adduced that he was guilty of any involvement in terrorism.
  • (4) Such data for main hindlimb nerves of the cat are adduced.
  • (5) In the present Note it is argued that much of the data which Pizzuto & Caselli adduce is irrelevant to the specific hypotheses they are evaluating and that those data which are relevant fully support parameter-setting and linguistic-theoretic models, contrary to their claims.
  • (6) The central importance of the subthalamic nucleus in all three conditions is proposed, and supportive evidence for the excitatory nature of subthalamic efferent fibres is adduced.
  • (7) The block diagram of algorithm of the automated system operation is adduced, search algorithm of characteristic points is described in detail, the fundamental correlations are presented.
  • (8) Evidence for the existence of such Ca-cages is adduced from the properties of the [Ca(phosphatidate)2] complex.
  • (9) Estimation of the risk of cancer following exposure to ionizing radiation remains largely empirical, and the models used to adduce risk incorporate few, if any, of the advances in molecular biology of the past decade or so.
  • (10) Evidence is adduced to suggest that the inhibitory effects on Renshaw cells following stimulation of semicircular canal afferents were mediated directly, i.e.
  • (11) This stimulation can be adduced with a high degree of probability to the inhibition of organisms which have an antagonistic effect on N-binding bacteria.
  • (12) The authors adduce motives for the need of periodic fiber gastroscopic control of operated patients, aimed at early prophylaxis of primary cancer of the gastric residue.
  • (13) Evidence has been adduced to indicate the presence of a single high affinity binding site with a dissociation constant of 1.4 x 10(-9) M. A single subunit has been identified by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in sodium dodecyl sulfate with an estimated molecular weight of 26,000.
  • (14) More importantly, several examples of oncogene cooperation in vivo are adduced by these experiments.
  • (15) Subsequently, some examples are adduced to show during which centuries of the Middle Ages a fear of future diseases of the children was wide-spread and during which centuries contacts among men and children in the course of their early years were especially close.
  • (16) A hypothesis is presented and evidence is adduced to show that high-risk areas of multiple sclerosis are related to the ability of the soils of the locality to obtain and fix molybdenum perferentially to copper.
  • (17) Partly in response to the Bowraville case, and following changes to the law in England, the NSW parliament in 2006 passed amendments to the Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act allowing for the retrial of an acquitted person where, in serious cases, there is “fresh and compelling” evidence that had not been “adduced” in the proceedings which saw the accused acquitted.
  • (18) Functional overlapping between non-cholinergic and cholinergic nuclei in the peribrachial region are noted and some correlations adduced.
  • (19) Reasons are adduced to explain why patients who were deemed suitable for transfer to other care had not been discharged from hospital.
  • (20) Studying the 16-ene-synthetase reaction in human testicular homogenates, we adduced evidence for the hypothesis that ADL is synthesized from P5 in a single step, not requiring separate intermediates.

Assign


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.
  • (v. t.) To fix, specify, select, or designate; to point out authoritatively or exactly; as, to assign a limit; to assign counsel for a prisoner; to assign a day for trial.
  • (v. t.) To transfer, or make over to another, esp. to transfer to, and vest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit of creditors.
  • (v.) A thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.
  • (n.) A person to whom property or an interest is transferred; as, a deed to a man and his heirs and assigns.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Structure assignment of the isomeric immonium ions 5 and 6, generated via FAB from N-isobutyl glycine and N-methyl valine, can be achieved by their collision induced dissociation characteristics.
  • (2) A statement from the company said it had assigned all its assets for the benefit of creditors, in accordance with Massachusetts' law.
  • (3) Five days later, the animals were randomly assigned to one of four treatment groups: Group 1 received intracranial implantation of controlled-release polymers containing dexamethasone; Group 2 received intraperitoneal implantation of controlled-release polymers containing dexamethasone; Group 3 received serial intraperitoneal injections of dexamethasone; and Group 4 received sham treatment.
  • (4) Students are assigned to tutorial groups, and much of the educational thrust of the program is built upon interactions within these groups.
  • (5) The second triplet, which was stable in the dark at 4.2 K following illumination, was assigned to the radical pair Donor+I-.
  • (6) After the first stage of analysis the spin systems of 60 of the 77 residues were assigned to the appropriate residue type, providing an ample basis for subsequent sequence-specific assignments.
  • (7) In an effort to identify the optimal dose and strain of measles vaccination for early immunization, Peruvian infants were randomly assigned to receive one of three measles vaccines in varying doses at 5 to 6 or 8 to 9 months of age.
  • (8) Independent t test results indicated nurses assigned more importance to psychosocial support and skills training than did patients; patients assigned more importance to sensation--discomfort than did nurses.
  • (9) Families were randomly assigned to one of two forms of conjoint therapy: an Insight-oriented treatment (N = 10) or a Problem-Solving intervention (N = 10).
  • (10) Patients were randomly assigned to receive 10 minutes before surgery either I.V.
  • (11) Some additional amino proton resonances have also been assigned.
  • (12) These chemical shift assignments have been achieved using 1H-detected two-dimensional heteronuclear 1H-13C correlation techniques.
  • (13) 7 male and 39 female undergraduates were alternately assigned to rooms painted red or Baker-Miller Pink.
  • (14) These data agree with the recent assignment of DIA1 to chromosome G22 by Fisher et al.
  • (15) The sequential resonance assignment of the 1H NMR spectrum of the antihypertensive and antiviral protein BDS-I from the sea anemone Anemonia sulcata is presented.
  • (16) Following a baseline examination, the furcation-involved molars were randomly assigned in each patient to either a test or a control treatment procedure.
  • (17) The letter to Florence Nightingale was written by Bernita Decker as part of a nursing course assignment for our Nurse Educator advisor, Betty Pugh.
  • (18) This initial observation of release of eosinophil chemotactic factor of anaphylaxis in vivo along with histamine assigns the mast cell a central role in cold urticaria.
  • (19) This assignment was supported by peptide mapping with a tryptophan-specific reagent.
  • (20) Both amino acids were found to have the L-configuration by GC analysis on a chiral column and alanine was assigned to be the N-terminal amino acid by Edman degradation.