(1) There's even a little used term for it – rasputitsa – a biannual phenomenon that appears in spring because of melting snow and in the autumn because of rain.
(2) Weight, length, and head circumference were measured biannually for the first 3 years of life and thereafter annually.
(3) Anthropometry, blood pressure, and maturation staging are measured annually, and blood lipids biannually.
(4) The Commons foreign affairs committee says the government should have made Sri Lanka's bid to host the biannual summit of the Commonwealth – to be held in Colombo next month – conditional on improvements in human rights.
(5) Annual or biannual examinations should commence at age 40.
(6) In its biannual assessment of financial risks, the Bank said it was “focused on the potential for adjustments in the commercial real estate market to be amplified and affect economic activity by reducing the ability of companies that use commercial real estate as collateral to access finance.
(7) Collectively, the data support the hypothesis that photoinduced LH release and the biannual transitions between photosensitivity and photorefractoriness are controlled by an extraocular mechanism(s).
(8) Fifty-six patients with mania and psychotic features and 14 with schizoaffective disorder, manic type, were followed up with biannual assessments during a 5-year period.
(9) It was observed an epidemic bout pattern of biannual frequency, occurring in autumn and winter months, highest incidence observed in October.
(10) The relative risks of HMO patients receiving preventive care within established guidelines were 1.19 (CI, 0.93 to 1.51) for colon cancer screening, 1.78 (CI, 1.11 to 2.84) for annual breast examinations, 1.75 (CI, 1.08 to 2.84) for biannual mammography, and 1.35 (CI, 1.13 to 1.60) for Papanicolaou smears every 3 years.
(11) Biannual cross sectional surveys with mailed questionnaires from 1981 onwards and analysis of national statistics.
(12) Her concerns are supported by the royal college's new medical workforce census, a major biannual study among the UK's 11,000 paediatricians to investigate the pressures on them.
(13) Speaking at the biannual Global Alliance Conference Against Child Sexual Abuse Online in Washington, Holder warned that encryption and other privacy technologies are being used by sexual predators to create “more opportunities to entice trusting minors to share explicit images of themselves.” “Recent technological advances have the potential to greatly embolden online criminals, providing new methods for abusers to avoid detection,” he said.
(14) A retrospective review of 3,490 adminissions to the major pediatric facility in El Salvador was undertaken to determine whether biannual administration of massive doses of vitamin A (200,000 international units) to all availabel 1- to 4-year-old children was effective in preventing keratomalacia.
(15) According to his evaluation of the MOU , we do not know: • what the final version of this MOU says; • whether it changed after minimization rules strengthened later in 2009; • what those "additional procedures" to minimize American citizen information are; • how much, if any, American information actually gets passed along; • what the periodic, annual reviews have said; • what the two biannual program reviews have said; • if the program is even ongoing; or • what the actual implementation of this program looks like.
(16) WR cells maintained without biannual exposure to chlorambucil (WRr) reverted to the sensitive phenotype and possessed GST levels equivalent to WS.
(17) She had been routinely checked on her kidney function biannually and everything had been normal till then.
(18) Copies of the evaluations are given to each resident, and a copy is used at the resident's biannual evaluation meeting with the program director.
(19) The expected reduction in positive node cases from a similar annual program is about 30%, and from a biannual program, even without mammography, about 20%.
(20) Specifically recommended is routine chlamydial screening in the population of reproductive age at the time of the annual or biannual gynecologic examination.
Year
Definition:
(n.) The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on account of the excess above 365 days (see Bissextile).
(n.) The time in which any planet completes a revolution about the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.
(n.) Age, or old age; as, a man in years.
Example Sentences:
(1) Forty-nine patients (with 83 eyes showing signs of the disease) were followed up for between six months and 12 years.
(2) The percentage of people with less than 10 TU titers is under 5% after the age of 5 years up to 15 years; from 15 to 60 years there are no subjects with undetectable ASO titer and after this age the percentage is still under 5%.
(3) Thirty-two patients (10 male, 22 female; age 37-82 years) undergoing maintenance haemodialysis or haemofiltration were studied by means of Holter device capable of simultaneously analysing rhythm and ST-changes in three leads.
(4) These data indicate a steady improvement in laboratory performance over the last 10 years.
(5) Yet the Tory promise of fiscal rectitude prevailed in England Alexander had been in charge of Labour’s election strategy, but he could not strategise a victory over a 20-year-old Scottish nationalist who has not yet taken her finals.
(6) Sierra Leone is one of the three West Africa nations hit hard by an Ebola epidemic this year.
(7) Thirteen patients with bipolar affective illness who had received lithium therapy for 1-5 years were tested retrospectively for evidence of cortical dysfunction.
(8) Future Brown have connections in the fashion industry, last year soundtracking a surreal film for the brand Telfar.
(9) Chapter one Announcement of the Islamic Caliphate The announcement of the renewal of the caliphate in Iraq in the year 1427AH [2006] was the arbiter between division and separation as well as the glory of the Muslims.
(10) Oculomotor paresis with cyclic spasms is a rare syndrome, usually noticeable at birth or developing during the first year of life.
(11) In contrast to previous reports, these tumours were more malignant than osteosarcomas and showed a five-year survival rate of only 4-2 per cent.
(12) The time of observation varied between 2 and 17 years.
(13) The previous year, he claimed £1,415 for two new sofas, made two separate claims of £230 and £108 for new bed linen, charged £86 for a new kettle and kitchen utensils and made two separate claims, of £65 and £186, for replacement glasses and crockery.
(14) The role of whole Mycobacteria, mycobacterial cell walls and waxes D as immunostimulants was well established many years ago.
(15) A 61-year-old man experienced four bouts of pancreatitis in 1 year.
(16) It involves creativity, understanding of art form and the ability to improvise in the highly complex environment of a care setting.” David Cameron has boosted dementia awareness but more needs to be done Read more She warns: “To effect a cultural change in dementia care requires a change of thinking … this approach is complex and intricate, and can change cultural attitudes by regarding the arts as central to everyday life of the care home.” Another participant, Mary*, a former teacher who had been bedridden for a year, read plays with the reminiscence arts practitioner.
(17) Children of smoking mothers had an 18.0 per cent cumulative incidence of post-infancy wheezing through 10 years of age, compared with 16.2 per cent among children of nonsmoking mothers (risk ratio 1.11, 95% CI: 1.02, 1.21).
(18) Michael Schumacher’s manager hopes F1 champion ‘will be here again one day’ Read more Last year, Red Bull were frustrated by Mercedes, Ferrari and Honda as they desperately looked for a new engine supplier.
(19) A diplomatic source said the killing appeared particularly unusual because of Farooq lack of recent political activity: "He was lying low in the past two years.
(20) Extensive studies during recent years have shown that the interaction between hormone and membrane-bound receptor can affect the receptor characteristics in at least two ways.