(a.) An aliquot part of a number or quantity is one which will divide it without a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquot part of 15. Opposed to aliquant.
Example Sentences:
(1) Group teaching compared to individualized teaching of the patients to collect their own aliquots did not appear to have a measurable effect upon the levels of bacteriuria.
(2) In order to maintain its activity, the enzyme was always stored in 1.0-ml aliquots at temperatures below -20 degrees C and each aliquot when thawed was used immediately; any left over enzyme was never reused.
(3) Five ml aliquots of ORS were collected at 6, 12 and 24 hours after reconstitution for bacteriologic study.
(4) The tissue and an aliquot of bathing medium were counted for 3H and 14C content and the values entered into the Wadell and Butler equation.
(5) In SYD fT is estimated from the rate at which radiolabelled testosterone redistributes between two identical (undiluted) plasma aliquots separated by a dialysis membrane.
(6) For direct measurement of the ESR signal of superoxide anion (O2-) produced in biological samples, O2- generated at a physiological pH was trapped in alkaline media instead of by a rapid freezing method, and then its signal was measured by ESR spectroscopy at 77 K. A reaction mixture for O2- generation, such as xanthine oxidase-xanthine and neutrophils, was incubated at a physiological pH (pH 7.0-7.5) for a suitable reaction period (30s), then an aliquot (300 microliters) was pipetted out and squirted into 600 microliters of 0.5 M NaOH to stabilize O2- (pH-jump).
(7) In order to determine piretanide in urine, bumetanide was added to a urine aliquot.
(8) This reaction is performed in solution and the evaluation is accomplished by dotting aliquots of the reaction mixture onto phosphocellulose paper, washing with water, and autoradiography.
(9) Aliquots of the fluids in the outer and inner condoms were grown in culture.
(10) Fluidification of sputum with reduction in certain measurements of the viscosity of morning sputum aliquots, associated with improvement in the ability to cough up bronchial secretions, significant increase in sputum volume output, and improvement in ventilation (as estimated by the forced expiratory volume in one second), were observed in both trials as dose-related responses, with an increase in the ease of expectoration and a reduction in cough frequency and dyspnea.
(11) Aliquots of saliva from 50 schoolchildren and 51 adults were tested by the dip-slide method and by conventional plating methods in MSB agar.
(12) Aliquots of sera from women with hypogonadism were subjected to gel filtration chromatography to be assayed for follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) by the use of radioimmunoassay.
(13) Heparinized blood from six healthy controls and nine patients on cardiopulmonary bypass was aliquoted and mixed with various concentrations of aprotinin.
(14) This method used semi-micro scale material and 200-microliters biological aliquots.
(15) A good correlation existed between histamine levels on an aliquot of lysed BAL cells and BAL histamine levels, R = 0.655 and p = 0.02, but not with either the total number or percent mast-basophiloid cells in BAL assessed on Wright's stained cytocentrifuge preparations.
(16) Aliquots of timed urine specimens of known volume should be stored frozen without preservative.
(17) Aliquots of 24-h urine collections are acidified and applied to columns of Dowex 50W cation-exchange resin.
(18) Frozen aliquots of each sample were dispatched to each of the laboratories, where the aliquots were assayed using the same one-stage, two-stage and chromogenic methods.
(19) Fractions from the boronate gel column or aliquots of NaIO4-treated cell extract are quantitated directly by the RIA.
(20) Aliquots from 13As containing human blood and seeded with eight mycobacterial species were also concentrated directly and using both reagents.
Allocate
Definition:
(v. t.) To distribute or assign; to allot.
(v. t.) To localize.
Example Sentences:
(1) But because current donor contributions are not sufficient to cover the thousands of schools in need of security, I will ask in the commons debate that the UK government allocates more.
(2) Three motives are found for evaluating the quality of human life: allocation of scarce medical resources, facilitating clinical decision making, and assisting patients towards autonomous decision making.
(3) A total of 143 men who had recently had a myocardial infarction were randomly allocated to either a group receiving intensive rehabilitation or a control group, their outcome being examined after six months.
(4) A national plan is proposed for the equitable allocation of extrarenal organs, with particular reference to the liver.
(5) Expect growing localised tensions around specific watersheds between one ethnic group and another, between farmers and cities, and so forth, he warns: “Rather than India versus Pakistan, it’s Karnataka versus Tamil Nadu over the allocation of a river that is shared between those two states.” The Water Stress Index , produced by UK risk analysis firm Maplecroft, provides an indication where water-related conflicts might be most likely to occur.
(6) Sixty-four subjects were pair-matched for sex, age, weight and sitting systolic blood pressure, and were randomly allocated to receive one of two types of protein supplement: one containing proteins from meat, the other proteins from non-meat sources.
(7) Two hundred and three patients with endoscopically proven duodenal ulcers were randomly allocated to treatment with either rioprostil 600 micrograms nocte or ranitidine 300 mg nocte for 4 weeks in a prospective double-blind study.
(8) Comparison of the dsRNA profiles enabled each isolate to be allocated to 1 of 7 distinct dsRNA profile types.
(9) Since the regime was introduced, we have been undertaking work to ensure that senior manager responsibilities are properly allocated and understood in firms.
(10) Forty-one rats were allocated to one of 3 groups: group I (n = 13) were normally nourished rats which underwent partial hepatectomy, group II (n = 16) were semistarved rats which underwent partial hepatectomy, and group III (n = 12) were normally nourished rats which underwent sham operations.
(11) Bed allocation across surgical services was influenced by factors other than medical suitability.
(12) A model of the reproductive ecology of female dusky salamanders was used to investigate the allocation scheme that a female might use to maximize her reproductive success.
(13) Personal attendants (welfare assistants) could be allocated to each of the more severely handicapped children.
(14) The patients were randomly allocated into four groups.
(15) The follow-up period lasted 3 years, the allocation to drug treatment was randomized and double blind.
(16) Aboriginal people who live in the north-west and other parts of the state are deserved of your allocation, your allocation of the financial assistance grants, because we give it to West Australia to do that,” Scullion said.
(17) This information will be used to target prevention campaigns to high-risk populations, and to determine future allocations of health funds.
(18) A sample of physician-referred chronic insomniacs was randomly allocated to either progressive relaxation, stimulus control, paradoxical intention, placebo or no treatment conditions.
(19) The Londoners had already used up their allocated four "association trained" players with Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole, Ross Turnull and Daniel Sturridge, leaving Bertrand ineligible.
(20) Twenty-two of the studies included random assignment of subjects to various groups, and the remaining 22 investigations used some nonrandom method to determine subject allocation.