(n.) Suitableness of one thing to another; agreement; consistency.
Example Sentences:
(1) The statistical evaluation of the results showed a congruence between the theoretical approach and the experimental data.
(2) When the knee was in extension compared to 30 degrees flexion, the sulcus angle was greater, the lateral patellofemoral angle was smaller, there was more lateral patellar displacement, the patella tilted more laterally, and the congruence angle was directed more laterally.
(3) Merieux tests were false-negative in 15.3% of the cases, whereas congruence of the positive Mendel Mantoux and Tubergen reactions was 100%.
(4) The difficulties and opportunities offered by the long term follow-up studies as well as the congruency of the findings with current etiological hypotheses are discussed.
(5) Good congruency of the diagnosis from these two different aspects, could be established.
(6) Congruence of client and nurse perceptions is vital to mutual goal-setting as a means of achieving self-care in the elderly.
(7) These states are not always going parallel with the macroscopic pictures revealed by gastroscopy, but there are some obvious congruences.
(8) Previous university-based research has suggested that physician adaptation to patients' locus of control interferes with patient-physician congruence on expected compliance, but not with congruence on satisfaction with their relationship.
(9) The S-enantiomer was also more strongly protein bound in plasma (73.5% vs 63.4% for the R-enantiomer), which is consistent with its structural congruence to S-warfarin, S-phenprocoumon and S-glifumide.
(10) The implications of the congruence and the discrepancies in outcomes for the two approaches are discussed.
(11) The present study investigated the congruence between the factor structures of the learning environment and cognitive variables for mathematics and English courses in Grade 10.
(12) Comparison of perfused and existing capillary counts revealed high congruence when fluorescent results were compared.
(13) These results suggest that researchers who wish to observe and study the Stroop congruency and interference effects should place special emphasis on speed.
(14) Congruence between the object display and the sentence produced significantly higher recall and clustering than the incongruence or control conditions.
(15) Similarities between Kohut's empathic relatedness and Buber's I-Thou are demonstrated as well as some congruence in their clinical views.
(16) This paper reviews the development of stress, adaptation, and coping theory, and identifies congruencies and inconsistencies with the mission of nursing.
(17) Mothers' postcounseling beliefs about the causes of their children's genetic disorders were investigated by means of a Q-sort consisting of 54 statements of possible beliefs that were sorted into nine groups of six items each on the basis of congruence with the subject's beliefs.
(18) Tenured and tenure-track faculty in 21 schools of allied health in the Midwest were surveyed by a questionnaire to identify (1) the relative importance of the variety of documents allied health faculty may submit for promotion and tenure reviews and (2) the congruence between the real and ideal value of the major areas of faculty responsibility.
(19) Such congruence suggests a stable inheritance of the somatic mutation(s) that is involved in carcinogenesis and that affects ploidy.
(20) The differing measures are located in a two-dimensional space whose axes represent first, practical application and second, relevance to actual central nervous system activity as viewed from spatial and systemic congruence.
Modulus
Definition:
(n.) A quantity or coefficient, or constant, which expresses the measure of some specified force, property, or quality, as of elasticity, strength, efficiency, etc.; a parameter.
Example Sentences:
(1) Since the three drugs had comparable mechanical and geometrical effects, the study provided evidence that, in men with essential hypertension, the smooth muscle tone of the brachial artery was significantly more sensitive to calcium inhibition than to autonomic blockade, causing a more important decrease in elastic modulus.
(2) The modulus and Poisson's ratios for each material were selected from accepted values.
(3) A series of "phase-sensitive" and "modulus" reconstructed brain images, obtained with conventional and optimized new IR pulse sequences, are shown to demonstrate these effects.
(4) The mechanical properties of compressed beam specimens of microcrystalline cellulose (Avicel pH 101) have been assessed in terms of the tensile strength (sigma t), Young's modulus (E) and the following fracture mechanics parameters: the critical stress intensity factor (KIC), the critical strain energy release rate (GIC) and the fracture toughness (R).
(5) Shear stress and first normal stress difference are measured as a function of shear gradient to calculate the apparent shear viscosity eta 1 and the apparent normal viscosity psi 7 as well as an apparent shear modulus G'.
(6) As in our previous studies, the modulus of elasticity in bending was significantly less than the value obtained in tension for only the smaller cross-sectional wires.
(7) The modulus of elasticity was derived by combining the velocity of ultrasound measurements and photon absorption (Norland-Cameron method) in human cortical bone (proximal radius) in vivo.
(8) At concentrations less than this value, the mucus had little or no elasticity and low rates of transport; at concentrations greater than the optimum, however, further increases in elastic modulus also resulted in decreasing transport.
(9) The tetrapeptide Gly-His-Arg-Pro at comparable concentrations decreased the modulus and increased the creep to a lesser degree; when combined with Gly-Pro-Arg-Pro it enhanced the effectiveness of the latter.
(10) The value of the torsional modulus obtained from this analysis, C = 3.4 X 10(-19) erg cm, is from 10 to 40% larger than that estimated by others and more than twice as large as the values obtained from fluorescence depolarization or other time-resolved spectroscopic measurements.
(11) The dynamic shear moduli of human dentin and enamel were measured using a torsion pendulum over a temperature range from 23 to 150 degrees C. For dentin, the shear modulus slightly increased for temperatures near 50 to 100 degrees C, which was caused by a loss of free water.
(12) Results establish a revised expression for Young's modulus and show that either the stiffness tester or the torque meter will yield essentially the same measured values of bending properties.
(13) From the injection level to the other levels, the proximity effect rapidly vanishes while the modulus effect does not disappear until grounded level is reached.
(14) The elastic modulus is determined as a function of water content for untreated stratum corneum, and stratum corneum treated with urea and LiBr.
(15) The volume elasticity of the chamber is dependent not only upon the myocardium elastic modulus and the wall thickness ratio, but also on the shape of the chamber.
(16) The dynamic Young's modulus in the direction of major trabecular alignment, E1, increases linearly from 4.9 to 10.4 GPa as bone volume fraction increases from 0 to 0.4; dynamic E2 and E3 values increase from 4.9 to 7 GPa as bone volume fractions increase from 0 to 0.4, with E2 being slightly higher than E3.
(17) Insulin interaction with BLM with incorporated fragments of rat liver plasma membranes, containing hormone receptors, was studied by determining Young modulus of elasticity of bilayer lipid membranes in direction perpendicular to the surface, E. The presence of membrane proteins in a concentration of 60 micrograms.ml-1 induced a significant decrease in parameter E (to approx.
(18) While the modulus values for relatively large specimens (h greater than 500 microns) remained fairly constant (approximately 15 GPa), the values decreased as the specimens became smaller.
(19) Ultimate tensile strength, yield strength, modulus of elasticity, and Brinell hardness values for the alloys were comparable.
(20) The elastic modulus of the vesicle membrane was obtained by an osmotic swelling method.