What's the difference between anisotropy and isotropy?

Anisotropy


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Likewise, they had little or no effects on the fluorescence anisotropy of TMA-DPH, which is also thought to be located in the interfacial region of the lipid bilayer, either when the probe was located in the outer layer of the plasma membrane or when the probe was located in the inner membrane compartment.
  • (2) Time-resolved tyrosine fluorescence anisotropy shows global correlation times broadly in agreement with the NMR results, but with an additional faster correlation time [approximately 600 ps].
  • (3) This technique is sensitive to the optical anisotropy within the muscle, including that due to intrinsic properties of the protein molecules as well as that due to the regular arrangement of proteins in the surrounding medium.
  • (4) In terms of segmental motion and anisotropy of packing the lipoprotein-X bilayer closely resembles a model bilayer system consisting of phosphatidylcholine, lysophosphatidylcholine, sphingomyelin and cholesterol mixed in the same molar ratio as in lipoprotein-X.
  • (5) Diffusional anisotropy of water protons, induced by nonrandom, directional barriers which hinder or retard water motion, is measurable by MRI.
  • (6) The fluorescence anisotropy changes observed in A-1 (H1N1) influenza and Sendai parainfluenza viruses in aqueous suspensions when formaldehyde (0.1 to 1.0 p.c.)
  • (7) Linear regression analysis of creatine kinase activity in sera and DPH fluorescence anisotropy in lymphocytes from DMD patients showed a negative correlation (r = -0.93, p less than 0.001).
  • (8) The 31P nuclear magnetic resonance anisotropies of dispersions of diacylphosphatidic acid and diacylphosphatidylserine were slightly increased in the presence of cytochrome c: no increase was observed with cardiolipin.
  • (9) Acuity for the direction of drift for these stimuli is of the same order of precision as orientation acuity for static or drifting gratings, and exhibits a meridional anisotropy that favours the principal meridians.
  • (10) Based on the morphology and magnetic anisotropy of the rod outer segment, the major phospholipid peak is attributed to the flat part of the disk membranes while the phospholipids of the plasma membrane are thought to contribute only to the minor peak.
  • (11) Exposure of EC to AA increases membrane "fluidity" as measured by fluorescence anisotropy using 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5 hexatriene as a fluorescent probe.
  • (12) Concentration-dependent dissociation of dimers of goat brain tubulin S and tubulin was studied by fluorescence anisotropy.
  • (13) Changes in the mode of DNA packaging in nuclei during spermatogenesis were studied by measuring of the fluorescence anisotropy decay of an ethidium dye intercalated in the DNA in whole nuclei.
  • (14) We observed that bone anisotropy and interface discontinuity affected the results sensibly.
  • (15) The coenzyme-binding site in mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase from pig heart was studied using dynamic fluorescence anisotropy decay.
  • (16) Experiments were performed to study biaxial anisotropy in relaxed canine carotid arteries subjected to a wide range of longitudinal lengths and transmural pressures.
  • (17) This increase, as well as the increase in fluorescence anisotropy upon RecA binding, was very similar to that which resulted from sucrose addition to free poly(d epsilon A).
  • (18) Membrane microviscosity was evaluated by the fluorescence anisotropies of diphenylhexatriene (DPH) and its cationic derivative trimethylamino-diphenylhexatriene (TMA-DPH).
  • (19) Steady-state fluorescence anisotropy, fluorescence lifetime, and 13C NMR relaxation data are used in concert to provide quantitative information about the dynamics of a single 13C-labeled tryptophan side chain at position 19 in lipid-bound MLT, and at positions 17, 11, and 9, respectively, in lipid-bound MLT analogues.
  • (20) The data on DPH anisotropy, pyrene excimerization and induction resonance energy transfer (IRET) from PM proteins to pyrene provided the evidence for age-dependent decrease in PM lipid phase fluidity inclusive of that of annular lipid.

Isotropy


Definition:

  • (n.) Uniformity of physical properties in all directions in a body; absence of all kinds of polarity; specifically, equal elasticity in all directions.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It has been demonstrated the reorganization of structure of locus coeruleus in the animals treated intracisternally with 300 micrograms of 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) which selectively causes the lesion in catecholaminergic system using the method of quantitative estimation of the degree of uniformity and isotropy of structures.
  • (2) In our previous studies we assumed isotropy of the myocardium and linear ventricular gradient.
  • (3) Scaling (i) the three-blob alignment results with estimates of the cortical magnification factor and (ii) the two-blob separation discrimination results with their corresponding neural blur parameter shows an impressive isotropy and blur scale-invariance for the mechanisms mediating differential spatial displacement discrimination across the visual field.
  • (4) Measurements on the polished surface lead to numerical values of a number of parameters characteristic of the surface patterns, such as the relative surface occupied by bone, the mean widths of the trabecular sections, the mean path lengths through the bone or marrow, and a number representing the departure from isotropy of the pattern.
  • (5) These results support the validity of our previous cardiac model in which we assumed isotropy of the myocardium and the homogenous ventricular gradient.
  • (6) The calculated deformation field varies smoothly over space and time and is not constrained by assumptions of isotropy or piecewise homogeneity.
  • (7) For all seven specimens, the model of transverse isotropy provided a better fit of the data than that of isotropy.
  • (8) Quality is compared also in terms of isotropy of the texture and the appropriate blue-noise characteristics in areas of uniform gray tone.
  • (9) The thermodynamic restrictions on the elastic coefficients of linear orthotropic elasticity and linear transversely isotropy elasticity are recorded and it is shown that previously reported data for the elastic orthotropic constants of bone satisfy these thermodynamic restrictions.
  • (10) Results indicate that while the elastic behavior of the aortic wall is globally anisotropic, there exists a state of deformation at which the vessel displays incremental isotropy.
  • (11) It was also shown that this upper-lower temporal anisotropy (and left-right isotropy) is paralleled by a similar disparity-dependent upper-lower anistropy (and left-right isotropy) in spatial resolution.
  • (12) It is shown that it is necessary to give up the usual assumption of homogeneity and isotropy in the extracellular medium.
  • (13) The maximum value of the tangent of the phase angle (tan Delta(max)) is known to be a function of the isotropy of the depolarizing motions.
  • (14) The annulus fibrosus is modelled either as nonhomogeneous fibre reinforced composite or alternatively as homogeneous orthotropic with transverse isotropy.
  • (15) Furthermore, the visceral pleura studied appears to be inelastic and to exhibit in-plane isotropy.
  • (16) The improvements we make on Vito's model are: (i) Vito assumed that the elastic materials which constitute the model 'heart' and 'pericardium' are isotropic; we relax this assumption to that of transverse-isotropy.
  • (17) Considering cartilage to be an elastic material with homogeneity and isotropy, we calculated elastic moduli for femoral, tibial, and patellar cartilages using instant and 15-s deformations after load application.
  • (18) By modeling the substance as a series of lines oriented in particular directions, it is possible to arrive at either a "phase distribution" that expresses the degree of orientation distributed over a range of angles or a series of "primary orientations" that express the degree of orientation at a select number of angles, with an additional measure of the degree of isotropy.
  • (19) Esploratory studies suggested a similar up-down anisotropy and left-right isotropy in spatial resolution.
  • (20) For infinitesimal strains and material isotropy, the stress-strain relationship for the total mixture stress is sigma = - pI-TcI + lambda s(trE)I + 2 musE, where E is the strain tensor and (lambda s, mu s) are the Lamé constants of the elastic solid matrix.

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