(n.) The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows.
(n.) Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart.
(n.) Pulsative sounds. See Beat, n.
(n.) The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is suitable either for brief sampling of AP durations when recording with microelectrodes, which may impale cells intermittently, or for continuous monitoring, as with suction electrodes on intact beating hearts in situ.
(2) Calcium added to the myocytes seen after beating ceased reversed the effect and the cells started to beat again.
(3) The behavior of the retrograde H deflection in respect to the first extra beat following the premature QRS complex helped in excluding bundle branch reentry.
(4) Amiodarone was able to suppress the premature ventricular beats, depress conduction and prolong refractoriness in both, the AV node and accessory pathway to prevent recurrences of atrioventricular reentry.
(5) This study compares the effects of 60 minutes of ischemic arrest with profound topical hypothermia (10 dogs) on myocardial (1) blood flow and distribution (microspheres), (2) metabolism (oxygen and lactate), (3) water content (wet to dry weights), (4) compliance (intraventricular balloon), and (5) performance (isovolumetric function curves) with 180 minutes of cardiopulmonary bypass with the heart in the beating empty state (seven dogs).
(6) Bamu also beat him, taking a pair of pliers and wrenching his ear.
(7) At lower frequencies of stimulation the heart beat is increased to rates dependent on interaction between the time course of the hyperpolarization and the refractory period of the heart.
(8) Tachycardia was sustained for a mean of 4.8 hours prior to medical evaluation, with a mean rate of 186 beats per minute and mean systolic blood pressure of 111 mm Hg.
(9) A linear increase in heart rate per 10-fold increase of either drug was observed, (-)-isoprenaline: 25 beats - min-1-; (plus or minus)-salbutamol: 14 beats - min-1-.
(10) In the 55th minute Ivanovic dispossessed Bale and beat Ricketts before sliding the ball across to give Tadic a simple finish.
(11) Gated blood pool images were stored in modified left anterior oblique views by the multiple gated method (28 frames per beat) after the in vivo labeling of erythrocytes using 25 mCi 99m-Tc.
(12) The BBA statistics director, David Dooks, said: "It was no surprise to see the January mortgage figures falling back from December, when transactions were being pushed through to beat the end of stamp duty relief.
(13) A patient with hypertensive heart disease, in whom atrial premature beats with a decrease in the amplitude and widening of his bundle potential, prolongation of the H-V interval, and right bundle branch block pattern suggested intrahisian longitudinal dissociation, is described.
(14) Women on the beat: how to get more female police officers around the world Read more Mortars were, for instance, used on 5 June when Afghan national army soldiers accidentally hit a wedding party on the outskirts of Ghazni, killing eight children.
(15) Complete atrio-ventricular block, and salves of ventricular premature beats were the most serious rhythm disturbances.
(16) Shell casings littered the main road, tear gas hung in the air and security forces beat local residents.
(17) When intracellular recordings were made from muscle cells of the sinus venosus, it was found that applied acetylcholine caused bradycardia and a cessation of the heart beat which was associated with membrane hyperpolarization and a reduction in the duration of the action potentials.
(18) His teams are always hard to beat, tactically disciplined and, most importantly, successful.
(19) With these stringent criteria the rejection rate was 71.0% for group A records, 58.5% for group B and 44.5% for group C. The proportions of records with peak quality (no missing leads or clipping, and grade 1 noise, lead drift or beat-to-beat drift) were 4.5% for group A, 5.5% for group B and 23.0% for group C. Suggested revisions in the grading of technical quality of ECGs are presented.
(20) Shaker Aamer , a Saudi who lived in London before travelling to Afghanistan, has given a statement to one of his lawyers in which he says British intelligence officers were present while Americans beat him and smashed his head against a wall.
Tattooing
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tattoo
Example Sentences:
(1) Nine years of clinical experience of the application of the Q-switched ruby laser to the removal of tattoos is presented.
(2) I think of tattoos as art, but also, every time I look at mine, I relive the emotions I felt when I had them.
(3) By using various colors, it is possible to tattoo a nipple-areola complex onto the breast that will have an illusion of projection.
(4) Hardy has a 10in tattoo of Lee along his left shin.
(5) In 2, 178 tattooed male conscripts in ages of 19-24 years, the most frequent tattoo was a heart mark or a mark of heart and arrow.
(6) Of the 781 tattooed men, 62% had tattoos on their forearms, 34.2% had self-injured scars on their bodies, and 18.6% had criminal convictions.
(7) Previously a cover-up and reworking of a tattoo beneath, when she was performing across the UK with Girls Aloud in February , you could see the bold work in progress poking above her backless stage costumes.
(8) Tattooing provides accurate localization for tumor surgery following radiation therapy.
(9) Lisbeth Salander is a violent and emotionally uncommunicative tattooed and much-pierced goth who grew up in care, and has had serious mental health issues.
(10) Sitting at the table today, Archie is doing his best to look the part – in time-honoured hip-hop style, there is an inspirational motto tattooed on his forearm in flowing script – and he and Foster have an impressive line in managerial hyperbole: "We believe that whatever record label we work for, we can change that label for the better because we understand what kids want to listen to."
(11) These findings suggest that the development of B-cell lymphoma in this patient was related to a persistent abnormal immune response to the chronic antigenic stimulus of the dye of the tattoo.
(12) Subsequent treatments are given using skin tattoos and laser alignment for target placement within the isocenter of the linear accelerator, and a modified portable halo-ring device is used for skull immobilization.
(13) In 2007, Eurostar ran adverts in Belgium for its trains to London depicting a tattooed skinhead urinating into a china teacup.
(14) I don't particularly like that area of my arm, and getting the tattoo meant I had to confront that.
(15) The fibromas were transmitted by intradermal and subcutaneous inoculation and by rubbing the virus preparation into tattoo sites.
(16) The idea of tattooing your flesh with the southern cross was, well, strange.
(17) "I have a fond memory of sitting in one of the dressing rooms, talking about Ireland in the 80s, and her showing me as many of her shamrock tattoos as possible.
(18) A patient who developed localized, granulomatous reactions in a tattoo is described.
(19) Incarcerating a pigment in the depth of the dermis has caused no problems for professionals and aestheticiens performing tattoos.
(20) The significance of tattoos has differed at times and in different civilisations (means of communication, social identification mark, religious origin).