(n.) The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion.
(n.) The state of being worn.
(n.) Grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame. See Contrition.
Example Sentences:
(1) The results of this study indicate that, with all other factors held constant, a patient's attrition score tends to: increase with age, increase with bite depth, decrease initially with overjet until a critical value and then increase, and be unaffected by sex, interincisal angle, U1 to NA angle, Angle classification, posterior or anterior cross bites.
(2) The observed degree of efficacy of amoxicillin prophylaxis and of tympanostomy tube insertion must be viewed in light of the fact that study subjects proved not to have been at as high risk for acute otitis media as had been anticipated and in view of the differential attrition rates.
(3) The British financial services industry spent £92m last year lobbying politicians and regulators in an "economic war of attrition" that has secured a string of policy victories.
(4) This paper examines attrition among applicants to a methadone maintenance program before and after it began to require that applicants have a relative or close friend willing to act as a treatment sponsor.
(5) No statistically significant differences could be found between groups with respect to clinical signs, occlusal interferences, or dental attrition.
(6) Attrition of the filarial numbers occurred primarily within the midgut during the first 24 h following ingestion and was greater in Cx annulirostris than Ae.notoscriptus.
(7) By the attritional standards of the modern game, Djokovic took a relatively whizzbang three hours and 40 minutes to win 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-2 and complete a hat-trick of titles here (the first to do so since Roy Emerson), to go with his first Australian championship five years ago.
(8) Two factors measured at intake, motivation and social functioning, showed statistically significant interactions between race and attrition.
(9) Diagnosis of this complication in the setting of severe joint damage is difficult as AADA and sepsis share certain characteristics--an initial, rapidly progressive, severely painful course and radiographs which show rapidly destructive changes with marked cartilage loss, bone attrition, and virtual absence of osteophyte or cyst response.
(10) As well as the risk of attrition to the Tories, the Lib Dems will be mindful that traditional Labour voters will be wary of proposed Lib Dem cuts in public spending – an issue that promises to take centre stage at the next election.
(11) Compared with gradual methadone reduction, clonidine treatment resulted in higher levels of withdrawal symptoms and side effects, earlier onset of withdrawal discomfort, earlier attrition, earlier termination of withdrawal discomfort, and a posttreatment course of drug use that was more consistent with success status during the study treatment.
(12) Attrition threatens the external validity of prevention studies because, to the extent that study dropouts are different from remaining subjects, the results of the study may not be generalizable to study dropouts.
(13) These profiles are compared to a review of the literature in higher education on fellowships, faculty attrition, faculty activities, tenure, and promotion.
(14) Over the last 11 years, the Conservative government has waged a war of attrition against First Nations.
(15) With several African leaders nearing their term limits, notably Paul Kagame in neighbouring Rwanda, the war of attrition in this vast, mineral-rich nation is being closely watched across the continent.
(16) This study examined attrition and weight loss in 235 female obese binge eaters, episodic overeaters, and nonbingers treated by a 26-week program of behavior modification and very low calorie diet.
(17) Progressive ventricular dilation and associated attrition of brain tissue was observed in SHRs of both sexes after 4 weeks of age, and was present in animals obtained from two different suppliers.
(18) This study examined the relationships among demographics, personality variables, drug use, and early attrition from substance abuse treatment.
(19) It is suggested that the observed differences in malocclusion prevalence were related to exogenous factors, primarily the pronounced dental attrition.
(20) The authors review factors affecting student attrition and retention in academic settings.
Personnel
Definition:
(n.) The body of persons employed in some public service, as the army, navy, etc.; -- distinguished from materiel.
Example Sentences:
(1) A group of interested medical personnel has been identified which has begun to work together.
(2) The results of the evaluation confirm that most problems seen by first level medical personnel in developing countries are simple, repetitive, and treatable at home or by a paramedical worker with a few safe, essential drugs, thus avoiding unnecessary visits to a doctor.
(3) A programme is described in which indigenous personnel are trained to provide culturally appropriate rehabilitation services for islanders of the Pacific Basin.
(4) We reviewed the pre-Vietnam contents of the service medical and personnel records of 250 Vietnam combat veterans, in an attempt to identify factors predisposing to the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
(5) The incidence of antibody to exotoxin was highest in the age groups ranging from 26 to 32 years, where the positive rates were higher than 40% and 30% for military personnel serving in Sarawak and Sabah, respectively.
(6) The attitude towards drug trials was negative in 79% of the personnel, in contrast to 71% positive in three Swedish mental hospitals.
(7) A facility for keeping chickens free of Marek's disease (MD) was obtained by adopting a system of filtered air under positive pressure (FAPP) for ventilation, and by imposing restrictions on entrance of articles, materials and personnel.
(8) Furthermore, this system can be satisfactory handled by technical personnel after short periods of training.
(9) Concern about the safety of the patient and dental personnel does exist, however, due to the possibilities of mercury poisoning.
(10) Germany’s parliament has thrown its weight behind the European campaign against Islamic State , voting with a solid majority in favour of deploying military personnel to Syria in a non-combat role.
(11) Fifty-five myopic naval personnel with no previous contact lens experience were put through a three-week study using these contact lenses.
(12) Seventy-three percent of respondents believed that endoscopy places personnel at risk for contracting AIDS.
(13) For all personnel the geometric mean (GM) time-weighted average (TWA) exposures to halothane and nitrous oxide over the working period were 2.6 ppm (range: less than 0.5 119 ppm) and 100 ppm (range: 14-1700 ppm), respectively.
(14) Twenty-nine individuals including four inpatients and 25 hospital personnel were involved.
(15) Throughout the decade that it took GM to recall the Cobalt, there was a lack of accountability, a lack of urgency, and a failure of company personnel charged with ensuring the safety of the company's vehicles to understand how GM's own cars were designed.
(16) We are doing this to ensure our work can continue while taking care of the security and safety of our personnel."
(17) In a group of 828 women who accepted NORPLANT 285 insertions were performed by physicians and 543 by nonphysician health personnel.
(18) Also important are the patient's cooperation and the nursing personnel's experience.
(19) US military aircraft and personnel arrived in Nepal on Sunday and were due to begin helping ferry relief supplies to stricken areas outside the capital.
(20) I think there have been concerns expressed going back to our time in government about ensuring safety at sea in all of these operations, including the possibility of turnbacks, safety at sea not only for asylum seekers but also importantly for Australian personnel.