What's the difference between completion and noncompletion?
Completion
Definition:
(n.) The act or process of making complete; the getting through to the end; as, the completion of an undertaking, an education, a service.
(n.) State of being complete; fulfillment; accomplishment; realization.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tryptic digestion of the membranes caused complete disappearance of the binding activity, but heat-treatment for 5 min at 70 degrees C caused only 40% loss of activity.
(2) The nucleotide sequence of a 2.2-kb DNA fragment which contains the complete RAD7 gene was determined.
(3) Participants (n=165) entering a week-long outpatient education program completed a protocol measuring self-care patterns, glycosylated hemoglobin levels, and emotional well-being.
(4) All subjects completed the Coping Strategies Questionnaire, which measures the use and perceived effectiveness of a variety of cognitive and behavioral coping strategies in controlling and decreasing pain.
(5) At pH 7.0, reduction is complete after 6 to 10 h. These results together with an earlier study concerning the positions of the two most readily reduced bonds (Cornell J.S., and Pierce, J.G.
(6) The peak molecular weight never reached that of a complete 2:1 complex.
(7) Complete heart block was produced in 20 of 20 dogs.
(8) The complete nucleotide sequence of the gene for a cell surface protein antigen (SpaA) of Streptococcus sobrinus MT3791 (serotype g) was determined.
(9) In the clinical trials in which there was complete substitution of fat-modified ruminant foods for conventional ruminant products the fall in serum cholesterol was approximately 10%.
(10) Completeness of isolation of the coronary and systemic circulations was shown by the marked difference in appearance times between the reflex hypotensive responses from catecholamine injections into the isolated coronary circulation and the direct hypertensive response from a similar injection when the circulations were connected as well as by the marked difference between the pressure pulses recorded simultaneously on both sides of the aortic balloon separating the two circulations.4.
(11) Treatment of the bound F1-ATPase with 4-chloro-7-nitrobenzofurazan prevented complete release of the enzyme by ATP.
(12) To determine the accuracy of double-contrast arthrography in complete rotator cuff tears, we studied 805 patients thought to have a complete rotator cuff tear who had undergone double-contrast shoulder arthrography (DCSA) between 1978 and 1983.
(13) Veterans admitted to a 90-day alcoholism treatment program were administered the MMPI, and those who completed the program were retested before discharge.
(14) Cop rats, however, possess a single 'suppressor' gene which confers complete resistance to mammary cancer.
(15) Of the five committees asked to develop bills, four have completed their work, and the Senate Finance Committee announced today that it will move forward next week.
(16) The patient recovered completely following discontinuation of antibiotics, transfusion of red blood cells, and treatment with glucocorticoids.
(17) Attempts to eliminate congenital dislocation of the hip by detecting it early have not been completely successful.
(18) Subthreshold concentrations of the drug to induce complete blockade (5 x 10(-8)M) allowed to observe a greater depression of bioelectric cell characteristics in primary than in transitional fibres.
(19) The first group was reared in complete darkness while the second one was subjected to permanent noise.
(20) Several dimensions of the outcome of 86 schizophrenic patients were recorded 1 year after discharge from inpatient index-treatment to complete a prospective study concerning the course of illness (rehospitalization, symptoms, employment and social contacts).
Noncompletion
Definition:
(n.) Lack of completion; failure to complete.
Example Sentences:
(1) Comparisons were made between patients who completed treatment and noncompleters.
(2) In the initial cycles needed to achieve a maximal response, a significantly greater proportion of complete responders received average RDI, RDI of CTX and RDI of adriamycin greater than 0.8, as compared with noncomplete responders: 52 vs. 23%, 62 vs. 34% and 61 vs. 29%, respectively (P less than 0.05).
(3) Three noncompleting patients discontinued treatment because of side effects, and 1 insisted on early use of behavior therapy.
(4) One of the causes of the appearance of ventral hernias, postoperative and recurrent ones included, is noncomplete fixation of internal organs to the posterior abdominal wall in the prenatal period.
(5) The psychiatric and demographic characteristics that may distinguish treatment completers from noncompleters among hospitalized adolescents with substance abuse and comorbid psychiatric disorders were examined.
(6) The short-term outcome and safety of treatment noncompleters was reviewed.
(7) For 2,734 first and repeat offenders participating in this program between 1979 and 1982, the program was effective in reducing DUI recidivism for program completers (66% while licensed and 51% while suspended) compared with noncompleters, but it was less effective in reducing subsequent moving violations while licensed (20% compared with noncompleters) and accidents while licensed (18% compared with noncompleters).
(8) Four hundred thirty-eight patients with metastatic breast cancer treated with nine prospective randomized trials were reviewed to analyze, characterize, and compare those with complete regression (CR) (N=49 [11%]) with those with noncomplete regression (non-CR) (N=389 [89%]).
(9) plus cisplatin) was given to 23 complete response patients and 7 noncomplete response patients who were unsuited for surgery.
(10) Discriminant analysis demonstrated differences between completers and noncompleters on several health belief items, in particular those regarding health motivation, the perceived severity of the disease, costs and benefits of the treatment regimen and self-efficacy.
(11) Treatment noncompleters also attended their scheduled appointments regularly prior to discontinuation and, except for several patients who were transferred to inpatient treatment because of continued drinking, drinking during detoxication was relatively infrequent.
(12) Noncompletion was associated with lower socioeconomic status, the female partner having a history of psychiatric treatment, pretreatment poorer motivation of the male partner, poor communication in the general relationship, and less sexual pleasure experienced by the female.
(13) Biliary excretion may be the explanation for the noncomplete urinary recovery of ramipril and its metabolites.
(14) The relationship between lack of knowledge and noncompletion of immunization was not significant, however (p=.07).
(15) Completers differed significantly from noncompleters on the Pd scale.
(16) We thus assessed the extent to which procedure nonacceptance or noncompletion limited accomplishment of detection procedures offered as components of routine health care.
(17) An unexpected finding was that among the noncompleters, those on d-fenfluramine had experienced relief of their bulimic symptoms.
(18) Neither the MacAndrew nor the Unitary Alcoholism Factor differentiated between completers and noncompleters.
(19) The Profile of Mood States was administered weekly to 122 completers and 91 noncompleters of a hospital alcohol rehabilitation program.
(20) The persistence of depressive symptoms and features of the eating disorder probably contributed to the noncompleters leaving the trial.