What's the difference between adhering and promptness?

Adhering


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adhere

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, he has also insisted that North Korea live up to its own commitments, adhere to its international obligations and deal peacefully with its neighbours.
  • (2) Preincubation of the bacteria at 56 degrees C for 30 minutes and ultraviolet irradiation resulted in a noticeable decrease in adherence.
  • (3) The adherence of 51Cr-labeled platelets to rabbit aortae everted on probes rotated in platelet-red cell suspensions has been measured.
  • (4) In this study, tritiated leucine placed on the isolated maternal side of amniochorion with adherent decidua was incorporated into newly synthesized tritiated human decidual prolactin.
  • (5) In normal lymphoreticular tissue, IgGEA selectively bound to areas colonized by macrophages, IgMEAC to B-dependent areas, whereas E showed no adherence.
  • (6) Results of this study provide preliminary evidence that tracheal adherence and HA of B avium are closely related.
  • (7) Bacterial adherence to vascular sutures was evaluated in vitro using radioactively labeled Staphylococcus aureus.
  • (8) In contrast, newly formed secondary myotubes are short cells which insert solely into the primary myotubes by a series of complex interdigitating folds along which adhering junctions occur.
  • (9) Alveolar macrophages (greater than 97% esterase positive) were isolated form bronchoalveolar lavage fluids by adherence onto plastic.
  • (10) IgG-gold also adhered to M cells and excess unlabeled IgG inhibited IgA-gold binding; thus binding was not isotype-specific.
  • (11) Newborn suppressor T cells were characterized as being non-adherent to Ig-anti-Ig affinity columns, soybean agglutinin receptor negative (SBA-), and susceptible to lysis by anti-T-cell specific antiserum plus complement.
  • (12) Approximately 70% of DN thymocytes became bound to FN-precoated culture plates, whereas 30 to 40% of DP and only 10 to 20% of SP cells adhered to FN.
  • (13) Seventeen different bacteria were used in the adherence tests; ten strains of alpha-hemolytic streptococci, five from children with infective endocarditis (IE) and five from healthy carriers, two S. aureus, two N. meningitidis, two N. gonorrhoeae and one E. coli.
  • (14) E. coli strain S22-1, serotype O103:H2, isolated from a child with diarrhoea, contained two plasmids; one of these (pDEP12) hybridized with the CVD419 DNA probe derived from a plasmid found in E. coli O157:H7 and associated with expression of fimbriae and ability to adhere to Intestine 407 cells.
  • (15) The interaction between PE and E-IgG involved the extension of micropseudopods toward adherent E-IgG, the formation of a linear uniform cap of roughly 200 A between opposing cell membranes, the ingestion of E-IgG by PE into a membrane-lined compartment, and the disintegration of the ingested ligand into membranous debris.
  • (16) At present significant effects have been documented only for the stage of bacterial adherence to the damaged valve.
  • (17) Binding of fibronectin, an extracellular matrix (ECM) protein, to Candida albicans was measured, and adherence of the fungus to immobilized ECM proteins, fibronectin, laminin, types I and IV collagen, and subendothelial ECM was studied.
  • (18) Thrombospondin (TSP), a 450-kDa trimeric glycoprotein secreted by platelets and endothelial cells at sites of tissue injury or inflammation, may play an important role in polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) adherence to blood vessel walls before diapedesis.
  • (19) [3H]-leu leukocyte adherence inhibition assay ([3H]-leu-LAI) was modified to identify activity of Sp-TFM.
  • (20) is related to the presence of adherent clots along cerebral arteries and when severe may lead to cerebral infarction.

Promptness


Definition:

  • (n.) Promptitude; readiness; quickness of decision or action.
  • (n.) Cheerful willingness; alacrity.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Most thyroid hormone actions, however, appear in the perinatal period, and infants with thyroid agenesis appear normal at birth and develop normally with prompt neonatal diagnosis and treatment.
  • (2) There was prompt symptomatic relief and amelioration of signs of nephritis.
  • (3) Prompt diagnosis, in which timely diagnostic laparoscopy and ultrasound evaluation of the pelvis may be helpful, provides the opportunity for prompt laparotomy with untwisting of the torsion and stabilization of the adnexa by suture and cystectomy, if possible, extirpation if not.
  • (4) And perhaps it’s this longevity that accounts for her popularity: a single tweet from Williams (who has 750,000 followers) about the series will prompt a Game Of Thrones news story.
  • (5) Carotid artery injury seems to have a good prognosis if repaired promptly within 3 h.
  • (6) In a Caucasian woman with a history of ocular and pulmonary sarcoidosis, the occurrence of sclerosing peritonitis with exudative ascites but without any of the well-known causes of this syndrome prompts us to consider that sclerosing peritonitis is a manifestation of sarcoidosis.
  • (7) Water immersion (WI) to the neck induces prompt increases in central blood volume, central venous pressure, and atrial distension.
  • (8) Recognition and prompt treatment of this potentially fatal dermatological crisis is stressed.
  • (9) Exposure to whole cigarette smoke from reference cigarettes results in the prompt (peak activity is 6 hrs), but fairly weak (similar to 2 fold), induction of murine pulmonary microsomal monooxygenase activity.
  • (10) The importance of prompt diagnosis of torsion is emphasized.
  • (11) Russian anti-gay law prompts rise in homophobic violence Read more “The law against gay propaganda legitimised violence against LGBT people, and they now are banning street actions under it,” Klimova said.
  • (12) Extracellular Na+ depletion promptly decreased [Na+]i from 15.8 to 5.4 mM (P less than 0.01), which was closely related to the decrease in pHi (7.19 to 6.97; P less than 0.01).
  • (13) Analysis of official registers reveals the 38 companies in the first wave of the initiative – more than two-thirds of which are based overseas – have collectively had 698 face-to-face meetings with ministers under the current government, prompting accusations of an over-cosy relationship between corporations and ministers.
  • (14) A therapeutic approach is suggested which emphasizes specific antibiotic regimens appropriate to the primary site of infection and prompt neurosurgical intervention with evacuation of the subdural spaces bilaterally.
  • (15) A sequence of seven pairings of chili-flavored diet with prompt recovery from thiamine deficiency did significantly attenuate the innate aversion and may have induced a chili preference in at least one case.
  • (16) The authors have studied the different situations that prompt a request for genetic counseling if different members of the same family suffer from cancer.
  • (17) The left adrenalectomy revealed micronodular hyperplasia but resulted in a prompt and sustained reversal of hypertension and hyperaldosteronism.
  • (18) The notion of life-threatening dermatoses may seem to be a contradiction in terms, but in fact there are a number of serious dermatologic conditions that require prompt attention to prevent fatal consequences.
  • (19) injection of the tertiary amine cholinesterase inhibitor physostigmine (17-70 micrograms kg-1) induced a prompt, sustained and dose-dependent improvement of cardiovascular and respiratory function, with marked increase in the volume of circulating blood and survival of all treated animals, at least for the 2 h of observation.
  • (20) The government’s increase in the discount offered to tenants has prompted a massive increase in purchases of local authority accommodation.

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