(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).
Pursuance
Definition:
(n.) The act of pursuing or prosecuting; a following out or after.
(n.) The state of being pursuant; consequence.
Example Sentences:
(1) A hymn to the depravity of Edinburgh that balances the noble pursuance of art.
(2) The last few decades have witnessed the arrival of so many diverse groups from nearly all parts of the world that an intimate and in-depth knowledge of these disease patterns is now essential to the pursuance of competent medical practice in the UK.
(3) In pursuance of an investigation of oesophageal physiopathology, a study has been made of the problem of the functional regulation of the inferior oesophageal sphincter in the light of new findings.
(4) But in outlining Australia’s opening arguments, Gleeson said legal professional privilege did not apply where the communications were produced in the pursuance of a criminal offence, fraud or other improper purpose.
(5) He added: "A man of Warren's criminal standing and connections has access to a wide variety of resources, methods, and personnel in pursuance of the concealment of assets around the world."
(6) Preventive measures are always recommended, including minimal effective dose corticosteroid therapy, sodium-free diet, calcium and vitamin D supplement, sex hormone replacement and pursuance of physical activities.
(7) In pursuance of genetic studies, after exposure to ethylmethanesulfonate, 11 auxotrophic mutants of Crithidia fasciculata were cloned.
(8) He cites the principles of professional conduct enunciated by Britain's General Medical Council, which hold that, "in pursuance of its primary duty to protect the public the Council may institute disciplinary proceedings when a doctor appears seriously to have disregarded or neglected his professional duties, for example by failing to visit or to provide or arrange treatment for a patient when necessary."
(9) In pursuance of the investigations of grain samples since 1971 DDT-, DDE-, alpha-, beta- and gamma-HCH as well as HCB-residues have been determined.
(10) For the facial muscles a confusion results from the use of the term platysma both in comparative anatomy and in embryology, in pursuance of transposition, exact on that particular point, of the philogenic development of these muscles in ontogenesis.
(11) Outside his New York home, Grossman was questioned on whether he thought his pursuance of $100m from the war-ravaged country was fair.
(12) (3) The use of regular and also strict parental controls of the child's attitude towards cleanliness, as well as the continuity and systematic pursuance of this hygiene-orientated education is far more spread in France and in Spain than in the Federal Republic of Germany.
(13) The expulsion of such a refugee shall be only in pursuance of a decision reached in accordance with due process of law.
(14) These cuts represent everything that is wrong and unjust about the Conservative government’s pursuance of an austerity agenda: it is the poorest, the most-disadvantaged and those who most need support who suffer the greatest.
(15) In its usual form, school sports is neither calculated to motivate a lifelong pursuance of sports, nor is it particularly suitable for primary prevention of coronary heart disease.