What's the difference between consequence and pursuance?

Consequence


Definition:

  • (n.) That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result.
  • (n.) A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference.
  • (n.) Chain of causes and effects; consecution.
  • (n.) Importance with respect to what comes after; power to influence or produce an effect; value; moment; rank; distinction.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It was found that the skeletal muscle enzyme of the chick embryo is independent of the presence of creatine and consequently is another constitutive enzyme like the creatine kinase of the early embryonic chick heart.
  • (2) This may have significant consequences for people’s health.” However, Prof Peter Weissberg, medical director of the British Heart Foundation, which funded the work, said medical journals could no longer be relied on to be unbiased.
  • (3) As a consequence, similar response curves were obtained for urine specimens containing morphine or barbiturates.
  • (4) The observed relationship between prorenin and renin substrate concentrations might be a consequence of their regulation by common factors.
  • (5) Also we found that the lipid deposition in the glomeruli of patients with Alagille syndrome is related to an abnormal lipid metabolism, which is the consequence of severe cholestasis.
  • (6) The origins of aging of higher forms of life, particularly humans, is presented as the consequence of an evolved balance between 4 specific kinds of dysfunction-producing events and 4 kinds of evolved counteracting effects in long-lived forms.
  • (7) To clarify the functional roles of His40, Glu58, and His92, we analyzed the consequences of several amino acid substitutions (His40Ala, His40Lys, His40Asp, Glu58Ala, Glu58Gln, and His92Gln) on the kinetics of GpC transesterification.
  • (8) Consequently, the present data indicate that training-induced changes in the CS-evoked activity of PFCm cells are significantly related to aversively conditioned bradycardia in rabbits.
  • (9) It is concluded that TRH is a specific activator of enteric excitatory pathways and that duodenal inhibition seen in control animals is a consequence of gastro-duodenal inhibitory reflexes.
  • (10) These findings may not indicate a redistribution of renal blood flow through resistance changes in specific parts of the renal vasculature but may represent the consequences of focal cortical ischaemia, most prominent in the outer cortex.
  • (11) The patoc antigens types reacted with the control group in 7.24, 86.95 and 84.05% of the samples, and consequently were eliminated from the present study.
  • (12) This study describes the consequences of acute prostaglandin synthesis inhibition on the hemodynamic effects of nitroglycerin in patients with stable angina pectoris.
  • (13) Consequently, it is important to predict accurately dose for such fields to ensure adequate coverage of the target region and sparing of healthy tissues.
  • (14) In electrophysiological studies with neurons of Lymnaea stagnalis, THA inhibited the slow outward K+ current and consequently increased the duration of the action potentials.
  • (15) The following model is suggested: exogenous ATP interacts with a membrane receptor in the presence of Ca2+, a cascade of events occurs which mobilizes intracellular calcium, thereby increasing the cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration which consequently opens the calcium-activated K+ channels, which then leads to a change in membrane potential.
  • (16) Interphase death thus involves a discrete, abrupt transition from the normal state and is not merely the consequence of progressive and degenerative changes.
  • (17) In one case an infection of the axillary region developed, which disappeared after removal of the catheter without any consequences.
  • (18) This is interpreted to be a consequence of the adsorption of Ca2+ on the vesicle bilayers.
  • (19) Conservatively treated compressed fractures of the distal radius dorsal metaphysis healed despite primarily good reduction and consequent treatment with a decrease in dorsal length.
  • (20) The authors discuss the results of the diagnosis and treatment of abscesses of the right hepatic lobe which were consequent upon ischemic necrosis; they were encountered after cholecystectomy in 0.15% of cases.

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.