(1) I ask a friend to have a stab at, “down at cafe that does us butties”, and he said: “Something to do with his ass?” “Whose arse?” He looked panicked.
(2) Liver growth responded positively to the combined rGRF and ASS treatments whereas the pancreas exhibited loss of weight; on both of these organs, GH may act directly.
(3) "But I suspect that some of my fellow Americans are indeed wondering who Buridan is, and what's up with his or her ass?
(4) Another officer grabbing Mann by the collar and threatening his family – to arrest his wife’s “black ass” and ensure he would not see his young son grow up, Mann recalled in an interview – if he did not snitch on a heroin dealer.
(5) After application of 3 x 0.5 g of ASS frequency of DVT decreased only to 15.3% and shows poor prophylactic efficacy.
(6) As a result of this antithrombotic prophylaxis with ASS is not indicated in polycythemia even in predominance of vascular complications and absence of bleeding tendency.
(7) In order to asses accuracy and consistency of diagnostic opinion in suspected pancreatic disease, using available diagnostic procedures 74 patients, subjected to selective angiography, pancreatic function test (Lundh test), and scintigraphy, were studied retrospectively.
(8) Whittingdale said the use of social media such as Twitter to breach injunctions was in danger of making "the law look an ass".
(9) Cartoons that talk about fucking each other in the ass.
(10) When that phrase first flew across the Atlantic, we didn't know how to pronounce it: ha rassment or har ass ment?
(11) The experiences of 217 volunteers fitted with the cervical cap were analyzed to asses the cap's effectiveness.
(12) The trade-off begins to look like a real pain in the ass if one has been here for years and years and is barely eking out a living.
(13) Bateman insists that he “loved” working as a child actor and that it was the perfect path for someone who was “a disruptive smart ass” at school.
(14) This questionnaire was designed to asses an in-hospital teaching program for post-MI patients in these areas.
(15) The origin and course of the collateral sesamoidean (suspensory navicular) ligament of the horse and ass and its attachment to the distal sesamoid bone were studied by means of dissection.
(16) "And if you come back here by the telephones where the press can't see it, I will kick your ass right now."
(17) A prospective study has been made in order to asses the efficacy of subcutaneous salbutamol as acute treatment for asthmatic crisis, comparing the results with those of adrenaline.
(18) Rheoophthalmography permits to assess indirectly the degree of compensation of hemodynamic disturbances and can be used to asses clinical evolution of diabetic retinopathy.
(19) The effects of acute ethanol treatment and dietary folate deficiency on maternal-fetal folate transfer were studied to asses the hypothesis that the potentiation of ethanol's toxic effect on the fetus during ongoing folate deficiency was due to the impairment of folate transfer.
(20) After months of simpering, “some old-fashioned ass-kicking” may be back on the cards.
Assess
Definition:
(v.) To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.
(v.) To apportion a sum to be paid by (a person, a community, or an estate), in the nature of a tax, fine, etc.; to impose a tax upon (a person, an estate, or an income) according to a rate or apportionment.
(v.) To determine and impose a tax or fine upon (a person, community, estate, or income); to tax; as, the club assessed each member twenty-five cents.
(v.) To fix or determine the rate or amount of.
Example Sentences:
(1) Spectral analysis of spontaneous heart rate fluctuations, a powerful noninvasive tool for quantifying autonomic nervous system activity, was assessed in Xenopus Laevis, intact or spinalized, at different temperatures and by use of pharmacological tools.
(2) These included bringing in the A* grade, reducing the number of modules from six to four, and a greater attempt to assess the whole course at the end.
(3) Assessment of the likelihood of replication in humans has included in vitro exposure of human cells to the potential pesticidal agent.
(4) after operation for hip fracture, and merits assessment in other high-risk groups of patients.
(5) To quantify the size of the lesion in mice, the area of the infarct on the brain surface was assessed planimetrically 48 h after MCA occlusion by transcardial perfusion of carbon black.
(6) We have amended and added to Fabian's tables giving a functional assessment of individual masticatory muscles.
(7) An effective graft-surveillance protocol needs to be applicable to all patients; practical in terms of time, effort, and cost; reliable; and able to detect, grade, and assess progression of lesions.
(8) Single-case experimental designs are presented and discussed from several points of view: Historical antecedents, assessment of the dependent variable, internal and external validity and pre-experimental vs experimental single-case designs.
(9) In this study, the role of psychological make-up was assessed as a risk factor in the etiology of vasospasm in variant angina (VA) using the Cornell Medical Index (CMI).
(10) A subsample of patients scoring over the recommended threshold (five or above) on the general health questionnaire were interviewed by the psychiatrist to compare the case detection of the general practitioner, an independent psychiatric assessment and the 28-item general health questionnaire at two different cut-off scores.
(11) In this review, we demonstrate that serum creatinine does not provide an adequate estimate of glomerular filtration rate (GFR), and contrary to recent teachings, that the slope of the reciprocal of serum creatinine vs time does not permit an accurate assessment of the rate of progression of renal disease.
(12) For assessment of clinical status, investigators must rely on the use of standardized instruments for patient self-reporting of fatigue, mood disturbance, functional status, sleep disorder, global well-being, and pain.
(13) Thus, mechanical restitution of the ventricle is a dynamic process that can be assessed using an elastance-based approach in the in situ heart.
(14) During the chronic phase, pain was assessed using visual analogue scales at 8 AM and 4 PM daily.
(15) This exploratory survey of 100 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was conducted (1) to learn about the types and frequencies of disability law-related problems encountered as a result of having RA, and (2) to assess the respective relationships between the number of disability law-related problems reported and the patients' sociodemographic and RA disease characteristics.
(16) To estimate the age of onset of these differences, and to assess their relationship to abdominal and gluteal adipocyte size, we measured adiposity, adipocyte size, and glucose and insulin concentrations during a glucose tolerance test in lean (less than 20% body fat), prepubertal children from each race.
(17) We assessed changes in brain water content, as reflected by changes in tissue density, during the early recirculation period following severe forebrain ischemia.
(18) Anatomic and roentgenographic criteria used for the assessment of reduction in ankle fractures are highlighted in this review of ankle trauma.
(19) Ofcom will conduct research, such as mystery shopping, to assess the transparency of contractual information given to customers by providers at the point of sale".
(20) An experimental autoimmune model of nerve growth factor (NGF) deprivation has been used to assess the role of NGF in the development of various cell types in the nervous system.