(n.) A marine European fish (Crenilabrus melops); also, the related American cunner. See Cunner.
Example Sentences:
(1) There was a highly significant correlation between behavioural problems (assessed by Conners Teacher Rating Scale) and diminution of IQ.
(2) All used the Conners Short Parent-Teacher Questionnaire.
(3) Hot topic: collaboration We asked two speakers about the challenges of collaboration: Rick Conner, author of this year’s World Water and Development Report on water and energy: The water and energy sectors speak different languages.
(4) Our results confirm the findings of O'Conner et al, whose study is the only previous one to demonstrate hypophosphatemia-induced myocardial depression in humans.
(5) Conner, who plays Arbor, has a pinched look and the short hair shaved into a "v" at the back that's popular on the estates.
(7) A comparison of mother ratings of behaviour during challenge and placebo double-blind trial and in the 24 hours preceding tests, in a subgroup of the children who, while on the diet, showed a 25% reduction of symptoms on the Conner's rating scale, indicated a significant challenge effect (P less than 0.025), with mothers reporting more symptoms during the challenge period.
(8) On Friday, Joleen Conner, 36, queuing with dozens of others to donate blood at a mobile blood bank, said she had graduated from UCC three years ago and knew people caught up in the rampage.
(9) Analysis showed that 33% of the mentally handicapped students were rated above 1.5 on the Conners Scale, which is the cut-off for hyperactivity.
(10) To accomplish this, two measurement techniques for assessing Type A behavior in children (MYTH and Hunter-Wolf) were compared to a third (a teacher-rated measure of hyperactivity: the Conners), since this latter measure, although often used to diagnose hyperactive children, seemed also to measure some Type A-like behaviors.
(11) Improvement in attention and behavior, which was ascertained by the use of Conners' Abbreviated Teacher Rating Scale, did not always correspond with improvement in handwriting.
(12) Both were shown to have similar time courses on the Abbreviated Conners Rating Scale and other measures, but SR-20 had a slower onset than did the standard drug form on a continuous performance task.
(13) The children with left hemispheric lesions had also significantly more behavioural problems (Conners Scale).
(14) Multiple regression analyses indicated that the IBC was a better predictor of injury than parent-reported levels of child problem behavior using the Conners Parent Rating Scale.
(15) In the melee that followed, with looting and violence spreading across the city, Conners and her boyfriend De’Angelas Lee were caught up in a volatile situation at a gas station in Halls Ferry.
(16) Within the hyperactive group a statistically significant association was found between the number of allergies and teachers' (Conners) scores of hyperactivity.
(17) Normative data are presented for 570 children on newly revised versions of the Conners Parent and Teacher Rating Scales.
(18) The high correlation with ratings on the Conners Scale suggests that AD-HD is a unitary syndrome with attention being most problematic for children labeled hyperactive.
(19) MRS scores were significantly higher in manic versus ADHD children (p less than 0.0001), while scores on hyperactivity rating scales (Conners-Parent and Teacher Forms) did not differ between groups.
(20) Improvement with medication on the Conners Hyperactivity Index was observed in 75% of subjects.
Cunner
Definition:
(n.) A small edible fish of the Atlantic coast (Ctenolabrus adspersus); -- called also chogset, burgall, blue perch, and bait stealer.
(n.) A small shellfish; the limpet or patella.
Example Sentences:
(1) There was significant seasonal variation in metHb levels for three of the five species, the highest values occurring during the winter months; cunners (Tautogolabrus adspersus) 15.6% in winter and 10.1% in the summer, shorthorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius) 20.0% in the winter and 8.19% in the summer, longhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus) 17.3-21.6% in the winter and 8.12% in the summer.
(2) Since the latter finding was questionable because of short immunization times, and data from more than a single fish species were desirable, both the cunner and an anadromous fish, the striped bass (Morone saxatilis), were examined for antibody responses against the bacterium Bacillus cereus in Freund's complete adjuvant during a 6- to 8-wk time period.