(n.) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management.
(n.) The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.
(n.) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.
(n.) The management and disposal, under legal authority, of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no competent executor.
(n.) The management of an estate of a deceased person by an executor, the strictly corresponding term execution not being in use.
Example Sentences:
(1) We conclude that chronic emphysema produced in dogs by aerosol administration of papain results in elevated pulmonary artery pressure, which is characterized pathologically by medial hypertrophy of small pulmonary arteries.
(2) Intravesical BCG is clearly superior to oral BCG, and controlled studies have demonstrated that percutaneous administration is not necessary.
(3) Morphological alterations in the lungs of pheasants after prolonged high-dosage administration of bleomycin sulfate were studied by light and electron microscopy.
(4) The LD50 of the following metal-binding chelating drugs, EDTA, diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), hydroxyethylenediaminetriacetic acid (HEDTA), cyclohexanediaminotetraacetic acid (CDTA) and triethylenetetraminehexaacetic acid (TTHA) was evaluated in terms of mortality in rats after intraperitoneal administration and was found to be in the order: CDTA greater than EDTA greater than DTPA greater than TTHA greater than HEDTA.
(5) administration of the potent short-acting opioid, fentanyl, elicited inhibition of rhythmic spontaneous reflex increases in vesical pressure (VP) evoked by urinary bladder distension.
(6) Meanwhile the efficiency of muscarinic antagonists in inhibition of tremor reaction induced by arecoline administration is associated with interaction between the drugs and the M2-subtype.
(7) In a climate in which medical staffs are being sued as a result of their decisions in peer review activities, hospitals' administrative and medical staffs are becoming more cautious in their approach to medical staff privileging.
(8) Hepatic lymph flow increased only after ethacrynic acid and mannitol administration.
(9) Mannose receptor mediated uptake by the reticuloendothelial system has been suggested as an explanation for the rapid removal of ricin A chain antibody conjugates from the circulation after their administration.
(10) The statistical T value calculated for the LP-TAE group showed that the administration of LP, the tumor size, intrahepatic metastasis, portal vein infiltration, and serum total bilirubin and alpha-fetoprotein levels significantly (P < 0.01) affected the patients' survival.
(11) The program met with continued support and enthusiasm from nurse administrators, nursing unit managers, clinical educators, ward staff and course participants.
(12) We evaluated the circadian pattern of gastric acidity by prolonged intraluminal pHmetry in 15 "responder" and 10 "nonresponder" duodenal ulcer patients after nocturnal administration of placebo, ranitidine, and famotidine.
(13) Oral administration in domestic cats causes malignant hepatomas and tumors of the esophagus and kidney.
(14) Determination of plasma luteinizing hormone (LH) levels in the peripubertal female rats revealed that plasma LH was increased transiently immediately after NPY administration.
(15) The effects of in vivo administration of native prostaglandin E2 (PGE) on the cycling status of the granulocyte-monocyte progenitor cell (CFU-GM) were examined in a mouse model.
(16) However, there was no consistent protocol for the method or duration of drug administration.
(17) The secretion of GH as measured by increased plasma level, in response to oral administration of 500 mg L-dopa or 30 min-infusion of arginine, was not modified by prior intravenous administration of 200 micrograms GH-releasing hormone (GHRH).
(18) Exogenous administration of estrogen alone or combined with progesterone have been associated with increased plasma cortisol levels.
(19) The simultaneous administration of the yellow fever vaccine did not influence the titre of agglutinins induced by the classic cholera vaccine.
(20) "This was very strategic and it was in line of the ideology of the Bush administration which has been to put in place a free market and conservative agenda."
Maladministration
Definition:
(n.) Bad administration; bad management of any business, especially of public affairs.
Example Sentences:
(1) Claimants of the benefit that PIP replaced, the very people whom Mr Duncan Smith resigns to defend, were previously at the sharp end of his maladministration.
(2) The maladministration of tax credits is causing great misery and needs to be reformed."
(3) If a legal challenge is mounted due to maladministration of the election, and the courts will be reluctant to intervene, Corbyn will find the legitimacy of his mandate put under forensic scrutiny in a court room and that may not be a pretty sight.
(4) Eric Pickles , the communities and local government secretary, is set to go on the attack on Tuesday when he publishes a report by accountants into allegations of maladministration and possible fraud by Tower Hamlets council.
(5) "It is time for his department to admit that maladministration and injustice costs.
(6) Mellor said the trust had been guilty of maladministration in the way it investigated events surrounding Joshua's death and its failure to explain two inappropriate email exchanges between staff at the trust.
(7) Other patients were given different overdoses, and there was one case of "maladministration of potassium-containing solutions causing death or severe harm".
(8) Recognition and understanding of impeding factors in the delivery of medical care are urgently needed to ensure that wrong planning does not lead to maladministration, which in turn causes misunderstanding, failure of communication and possibly rejection of essential health services.
(9) "We have not been able to agree with the ombudsman's findings of maladministration in relation to one aspect of our inquiry.
(10) "Stories of supporters from other clubs and political groups infiltrating the group emerged, and these were followed by the maladministration of Uefa, the poor quality of the stadium and the cowardice of police.
(11) The Labour government later apologised for the "maladministration" that contributed to the insurer's problems, but rejected recommendations that it should compensate all Equitable policyholders.
(12) O’Reilly also found the bank’s refusal to release any “meaningful information” about the findings of the investigation “constituted an instance of maladministration”.
(13) Personally I believe that the "right to appeal" should only apply where there are grounds for an appeal, such as maladministration by the admissions authority or failure to follow procedures.
(14) Corruption and maladministration are notorious among the political class.
(15) Deterring future migrants sits oddly with chaotic maladministration that delivers arbitrary decisions on who can stay.
(16) Instead a retired judge, Sir John Chadwick, was appointed to work out which policyholders had been hardest hit and what proportion of their losses could be attributed to maladministration.
(17) Mellor said she could not go as far as to say the head of midwifery had shown racial or ethnic prejudice, but her email "fell so far below the standards of respect and courtesy to be expected in these circumstances that it amounted to maladministration".
(18) Mark Peach, communications director of Agang SA, a party led by struggle stalwart Mamphela Ramphele, said: "What is disturbing is the possibility that Zuma is using rape – a serious problem in this country – to try to generate some sympathy for what is clearly a massive case of maladministration and in some instances, corruption, in his government."
(19) The DWP paid out more than £10m in compensation to claimants over benefits maladministration between 2011 and 2015.
(20) People are using food banks because, for reasons of lateness or insufficiency or maladministration, their benefits aren't enough to cover food; but as soon as they're in a sub-benefit category, their referrals are no longer a DWP problem?