What's the difference between conduct and conduit?

Conduct


Definition:

  • (n.) The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.
  • (n.) Skillful guidance or management; generalship.
  • (n.) Convoy; escort; guard; guide.
  • (n.) That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.
  • (n.) The manner of guiding or carrying one's self; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.
  • (n.) Plot; action; construction; manner of development.
  • (n.) To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend.
  • (n.) To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom.
  • (n.) To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well.
  • (n.) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.
  • (n.) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
  • (v. i.) To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
  • (v. i.) To conduct one's self; to behave.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A study of factors influencing genetic counseling attendance rate has been conducted in the Bouches-du-Rhône area, in the south of France.
  • (2) Subsequently, the study of bundle branch block and A-V block cases revealed that no explicit correlation existed between histopathological changes and functional disturbances nor between disturbances in conduction (i.e.
  • (3) Based on several previous studies, which demonstrated that sorbitol accumulation in human red blood cells (RBCs) was a function of ambient glucose concentrations, either in vitro or in vivo, our investigations were conducted to determine if RBC sorbitol accumulation would correlate with sorbitol accumulation in lens and nerve tissue of diabetic rats; the effect of sorbinil in reducing sorbitol levels in lens and nerve tissue of diabetic rats would be reflected by changes in RBC sorbitol; and sorbinil would reduce RBC sorbitol in diabetic man.
  • (4) The experiment was conducted on 3 groups of calves.
  • (5) And this is the supply of 30% of the state’s fresh water.” To conduct the survey, the state’s water agency dispatches researchers to measure the level of snow manually at 250 separate sites in the Sierra Nevada, Rizzardo said.
  • (6) Modulation of the voltage-gated K+ conductance in T-lymphocytes by substance P was examined.
  • (7) Standard nerve conduction techniques using constant measured distances were applied to evaluate the median, ulnar and radial nerves.
  • (8) Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) was prepared, and platelet aggregation studies were conducted directly or conducted on washed platelets prepared from PRP collected with ACD.
  • (9) This exploratory survey of 100 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was conducted (1) to learn about the types and frequencies of disability law-related problems encountered as a result of having RA, and (2) to assess the respective relationships between the number of disability law-related problems reported and the patients' sociodemographic and RA disease characteristics.
  • (10) It is concluded the decrease in cellular volume associated with substitution of serosal gluconate for Cl results in a loss of highly specific Ba2+-sensitive K+ conductance channels from the basolateral plasma membrane.
  • (11) Stimulation of atrial H1-receptors is suggested to directly cause an increase in Ca-channel conductance independent of intracellular cAMP content.
  • (12) No report can be taken seriously if its authors weren’t even in Yemen to conduct investigations.” The UN team was not given permission to enter the country.
  • (13) Ofcom will conduct research, such as mystery shopping, to assess the transparency of contractual information given to customers by providers at the point of sale".
  • (14) Studies were conducted into the relationship between arthrosis and previous trauma.
  • (15) The present retrospective study reports the results of a survey conducted on 130 patients given elective abdominal and urinary surgery together with the cultivation of routine intraperitoneal drainage material.
  • (16) Perceived quality of life interviews with the clients were also conducted at both times.
  • (17) We conclude that the rat somatosympathetic reflex consists of an early excitatory component due to the early activation of RVL-spinal sympathoexcitatory neurons with rapidly conducting axons and a later peak that may arise from the late activation of these same neurons as well as the early activation of RVL vasomotor neurons with more slowly conducting spinal axons.
  • (18) Studies were conducted to evaluate the effects of acute (24 h) thermal stress on anterior pituitary function in hens.
  • (19) We are currently conducting a trial to compare the ability of DHPG administered plus an anti-CMV immune globulin preparation with acyclovir to prevent posttransplant TI-CMV disease.
  • (20) Recent research conducted by independent investigators concerning the relationship between crime and narcotic (primarily heroin) addiction has revealed a remarkable degree of consistency of findings across studies.

Conduit


Definition:

  • (n.) A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid.
  • (n.) A structure forming a reservoir for water.
  • (n.) A narrow passage for private communication.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A conduit of a diameter of 23 mm was made by hand with a glutaraldehyde preserved xenopericardial graft.
  • (2) A reduction of salmonellae during the passage of the pump and pressure conduit-pipe, combining east- and west-side of Kiel fjord, could be seen.
  • (3) In controls the conduit emptied mainly by means of low pressure, to-and-fro activity.
  • (4) All but 1 of 12 patients who underwent total cystectomy with ileal conduit diversion also underwent various transurethral procedures for treatment of the primary bladder lesions.
  • (5) LAD to LCCA collaterals serve as functionally significant bidirectional perfusion conduits, and monitoring of collateral perfusion development is practical by measuring the step reduction in LCCA flow upon abrupt release of an LAD occlusion.
  • (6) Their chief conduits in Damascus have been leading members of the Assad clan, but not necessarily Bashar al-Assad himself.
  • (7) "There is understandable scrutiny on how we are doing things and that should act as a conduit to look at labor issues across the region.
  • (8) New structures reported are mesoboscis retractor muscles, the formation of 3 ligament strands from the proboscis retractor muscles, a teloboscis inflator muscle, and conduit through the protrusor muscle sheath.
  • (9) Following reported successes with chemically fixed human umbilical veins (HUV), we have attempted to develop smaller diameter blood conduits and have improved the currently prevalent techniques of fixation, preparation and storage to generate more convenient surgical products.
  • (10) This patient underwent total cystectomy with ileal conduit and histopathological staging was pT3bNOMO.
  • (11) Heterograft conduits so far have been unsuccessful in the aortocoronary position in humans.
  • (12) No correlation between the conduit pressure and the occurrence of ureteral reflux was found.
  • (13) Fontan's operation in Doty's modification was performed which involves the establishment of a wide direct connection between the right atrium and the pulmonary artery without the use of valves or a conduit.
  • (14) The 66 patients were subdivided into four groups according to the type of conduit harvested (single left internal thoracic artery or saphenous vein) and the type of material used for the sternal closure (steel wires or nylon yarns).
  • (15) In patients with nearly total loss of ureters the pyelotransverse conduit is an effective surgical solution and may prove more comfortable to the patient than bilateral percutaneous nephrostomies.
  • (16) In imaging porcine whole blood under steady laminar flow, under certain conditions a hypoechoic region was observed to appear near the center of the flow conduit.
  • (17) BD technique was tested in vitro with the use of nonstenotic valves in fresh conduits.
  • (18) We report a case in which papillary lesions developed in an ileal conduit that had been constructed for management of nonmalignant disease.
  • (19) In the present study, the physiological characteristics of the ITA graft were demonstrated as a viable conduit with flow adaptability and growth potential.
  • (20) Right ventriculography showed no contraction of the right ventricular free wall at the anastomosis to the conduit and poor contraction around the anastomosis in G-1.