(v. i.) To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand.
(v. t.) To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to.
(n.) A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command.
Example Sentences:
(1) One of these models, the cognitivo-behavioural approach developed by Beck since 1963, seems to be gaining a renewed interest in psychiatric circles, especially in North America.
(2) Kramer has oversimplified and misconstrued statements by Rorschach, Beck, and Bohm; in reality, the criterion for the scoring of M responses in the Comprehensive System differs very little, if at all, from that suggested by Rorschach.
(3) The experiment was designed to enable a decision to be made between two possible explanations of the expected deficit: Davis's (1979) suggestion that it is due to disorganisation of the self-schema in depression, and the hypothesis of Beck et al (1979) that depression is characterised by the predominance of a negative self-schema.
(4) They completed two health status instruments--the Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales (AIMS) and the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP)--and the Beck Depression Inventory.
(5) Subjects completed a structured psychiatric interview (Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) and a Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), in addition to a test of self-schema, which involved rating and recall of a variety of "depressed" and "nondepressed" content adjectives.
(6) We tested Beck's (1983) hypothesis that depressive symptoms occur when an individual experiences a negative life event that specifically matches the individual's personal motivational vulnerability.
(7) Among currently used recovery media, Proskauer-Beck broth does not allow recovery of bovis BCG when 10 cfu or less are present and Middlebrook 7H9 broth provides the best recovery of cells.
(8) magazine-contracted, half-million pound wedding, Posh and Becks sat on a pair of golden thrones.
(9) The factor structure of the Beck Depression Inventory short form (BDI-SF) was investigated in two elderly samples, with the method of confirmatory factor analysis.
(10) This paper reports on verbal content analysis measures (Gottschalk-Gleser method) of anxiety and hostility in duodenal ulcer, irritable bowel and generalized anxiety disorder patients, who were also administered the Eysenk Personality Inventory (EPI), and Beck and Zung depressiveness scales.
(11) Comparing to Hamilton Depression Scale (HDS), the correlation efficient between Hamilton Depression Scale and DI, and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) is 0.608 and 0.536, respectively.
(12) New descriptions of three species and one subspecies of larvae of T. semenovi Ols., T. regularis Jaenn., T. laetetinctus laetetinctus Beck., and T. l. sordes Bog.
(13) Those with PTSD differed significantly from those without PTSD on the Global Adjustment Scale, the Social Adjustment Scale, the Beck Depression Inventory, and the Impact of Event Scale.
(14) Both spouses completed a symptoms checklist of 20 physical and 3 psychological symptoms and the Beck Depression Inventory.
(15) Ten games later he becomes Preston’s caretaker manager when Lee Chapman is sacked – but misses out on the full-time job to John Beck.
(16) "They are taking a mixed strategy, which I would call the sweet and sour approach," Peter Beck, research fellow at Stanford University and a specialist on Korean affairs, told Reuters.
(17) Literature published since 1949 on goiter, rickets, riboflavin deficiency, beri beri, vision impairment, favism, cancer, atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease, hypertension, dental and smoking related diseases, diabetes mellitus, pancreatitis, lactose intolerance, mineral deficiency, Kashin-Beck disease, parasitic diseases and genetic disorders are reviewed.
(18) Reductions were sustained at both follow-up assessments and were complemented by significant reductions on standardized self-reported measures of anxiety (Spielberger State Anxiety Inventory, SAI), depression (Beck Depression Inventory, BDI), and psychiatric symptoms (Brief Symptom Inventory, BSI) as well as by clinical ratings of depression (Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, HDRS).
(19) When mood state was examined, it was found that those who report a deterioration in a particular cognitive function, tended to have significantly higher levels of depression as assessed by the Beck Depression Inventory and, to a lesser extent, have higher levels of state anxiety.
(20) The instruments that were used to measure the study variables were the General Cognitive Error Questionnaire (Lefebvre, 1981) and the Beck Depression Inventory (Beck, Rush, Shaw, & Emery, 1979).
Heck
Definition:
(n.) The bolt or latch of a door.
(n.) A rack for cattle to feed at.
(n.) A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck door.
(n.) A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
(n.) An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine.
(n.) A bend or winding of a stream.
Example Sentences:
(1) It might not work, heck it probably won’t work, but something had to change in the Knicks organization.
(2) But it seems a heck of a lot of money for just 54 days in post and after getting things so badly wrong."
(3) This could prevent a person from taking over if a car loses control, making it “even more important that the details of any accidents be made public so people know what the heck’s going on”.
(4) "It's a heck of a lot of money," said the Vermont senator, Bernie Sanders, who is an independent.
(5) Guardian staff JamieJackson 22 April 2014 10:48am That's what we're told on a consistent basis: that there is a heck of amount of money available if needed.
(6) "Heck, you folks even get Fozzie's jokes, but it was the great impresario Lord Lew Grade who gave us our first big break ... and we're forever grateful to him and to everyone here in England."
(7) Zito is looking for that double play to get the heck out of the inning, but is gifted a pop to left that shortstop Brandon Crawford is out to collect.
(8) Heck, maybe these early season struggles were the result of the Curse of the Orange Uniforms .
(9) An epizootic of focal epithelial hyperplasia (FEH) or Morbus Heck in a pygmy chimpanzee (Pan paniscus) colony is described.
(10) Game five's mean a heck of a lot in North American series, and this one is no different.
(11) If a misfiring Manchester City can be a goal away from the final, why the heck not?
(12) Better coordination of all teacher training routes will have to come, with some sort of middle tier at a local level to ensure supply and quality.” Husbands agrees: “You could get a heck of a long way if you went down the route of school-university alliances.
(13) Updated at 1.24am GMT 1.16am GMT Predictions please That is one heck of an act to follow, let me tell ya.
(14) Its amino acid composition and N-terminal sequence agree well with results derived from the sequence of the VRS gene [Heck, J.D., & Hatfield, G.W.
(15) The disorders mentioned include: eczematous processes, rosacea-like dermatitis, steroid rosacea, acne, especially the diagnosis and therapy of cystic acne, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, viral infection (Heck's disease) and circumscribed scleroderma versus systemic sclerosis and hemiatrophy of the face.
(16) Heck, if the Giants could do it a year ago, why not these Dodgers, who have even better pitching than San Francisco did, not to mention lineup that could wipe the floor with Buster Posey and his buddies on the Bay.
(17) The occurrence of focal epithelial hyperplasia (Heck's Disease) in a 12-year-old Mexican-American female is presented.
(18) Heck, Davidson even won Edinburgh Central, a constituency where previously the Tory candidate had come fourth.
(19) Maybe she lingered over the first chart in the book: That's a heck of a chart.
(20) You don't have to approve the way he went about it, heck this writer doesn't approve of the way he went about it, but LeBron James has won his first ring, and there's a good chance it's not going to be his last.