(n.) The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity.
Example Sentences:
(1) Poor lipophilicity and extremely low plasma concentrations impose severe constraints.
(2) Specifically, we apply techniques of data preprocessing, orthogonality constraints, and validation of solutions in a complete TC analysis, for the first time using actual MEP data.
(3) When this constraint was released by various treatments altering membrane structure UDP-glucose markedly inhibited bilirubin glucuronidation.
(4) For each theory, a constraint on preformance is proposed based on interference between the "analytic" and "synthetic" pitch perception modes.
(5) spectroscopy for the collection of conformational constraints, calculation of the protein structure from the n.m.r.
(6) Subjects initially chose to work for the higher rated food, but as the constraints for this food increased, subjects chose to work for the lower rated food.
(7) Dictated by underlying physicochemical constraints, deceived at times by the lulling tones of the siren entropy, and constantly vulnerable to the vagaries of other more pervasive forms of biological networking and information transfer encoded in the genes of virus and invading microorganisms, protein biorecognition in higher life forms, and particularly in mammals, represents the finely tuned molecular avenues for the genome to transfer its information to the next generation.
(8) Continuing pressure on household finances during the next 12 months will no doubt remain a constraint."
(9) Lateralization may be an expression of reflex constraints bound initially to the infant's tonic-neck posture, with later development less reflex-patterned during the acquisition of more sophisticated information-processing strategies.
(10) His anti-politics act may just be a shtick – pretending he's still on Have I Got News for You, satirising politics even though he's right at the centre of it – but it liberates him from the usual constraints.
(11) Given that lattice constraints strongly inhibit large-scale conformational changes these results allow us to identify the average solution structure with the 'open' conformer determined crystallographically.
(12) A dynamic optimization technique to minimize jerk cost under the constraint on jerk input was applied to interpret the results, assuming that a major goal of skilled movements was to produce optimally smooth movements.
(13) Its main advantages, when compared to previously available programs using the variable target function algorithm, are a significant reduction of the computation time, and a novel treatment of experimental distance constraints involving diastereotopic groups of hydrogen atoms that were not individually assigned.
(14) For one, the ability to raise a larger deposit is acting as a constraint.
(15) When the constraints are high, a Michaelis-Menten equation can be used to model the kinetics for interfacial concentrations lower than the concentration leading to the maximum reaction rate.
(16) Estimators of the model parameters are defined under general exact and stochastic linear constraints.
(17) A careful reorganization of priorities would thus be helpful in improving neonatal care in Jamaica, even in the presence of financial constraints.
(18) Emergence and spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is augmented in settings in which treatment may be inadequate because of socioeconomic constraints and where there is crowding and poor sanitation.
(19) The estrogen receptor seems to have a moderate tolerance for bulky substituents: All of the halogen and halomethyl substituents bind with an affinity at least 50% that of estradiol; in the three atom alkyl series, the affinity declined markedly from propargyl (44%) and allyl (38%) to propyl (5%), suggestive of detailed steric constraints or a preference for unsaturation.
(20) Bias is controlled by the use of least-squares curve fitting for all assays, and constraints on the elimination of outlier points.
Criteria
Definition:
(pl. ) of Criterion
Example Sentences:
(1) Clinical and roentgenographic criteria could not discriminate between patients with and without pneumonia, confirming the findings of previous investigations.
(2) Consensual but rationally weak criteria devised to extract inferences of causality from such results confirm the generic inadequacy of epidemiology in this area, and are unable to provide definitive scientific support to the perceived mandate for public health action.
(3) The number of neoplastic cells in each cell suspension was determined by cytologic criteria.
(4) Anatomic and roentgenographic criteria used for the assessment of reduction in ankle fractures are highlighted in this review of ankle trauma.
(5) Our results on humoral and cellular components of immunity in dependence of age, according to SENIEUR protocol admission criteria are presented.
(6) In a control scheme for enzootic-pneumonia-free herds, 43 herds developed enzootic pneumonia, as judged by non-specific clinical and pathological criteria over 10 years.
(7) Three criteria of fusion ventricular complexes were found to be undiagnostic for right and left ventricular complexes in SVE.
(8) The criteria for sero-positivity was determined from the median antibody concentration in a group of 368 non-endoscoped control patients.
(9) Analysis of risk factors and use of criteria for categorizing severity of disease can be helpful in designing new treatments, identifying potential recipients of such agents, and evaluating outcome of therapy.
(10) This case is unusual in that it demonstrated no malignant epithelium beyond that of a borderline tumor, but met the criteria of malignancy because of its invasiveness and metastasis.
(11) At this threshold there was no effect on reducing the rate of visual acuity overreferrals, but ten children with abnormal binocular vision were detected who were not referred by visual acuity criteria.
(12) Radiological findings on chest X-rays taken two weeks after BAI were evaluated according to Takeuchi's criteria.
(13) Criteria for DOP administration were systolic blood pressure less than 100 mmHg and central venous pressure greater than 15 cmH2O.
(14) Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis was diagnosed by strict histologic criteria in 103 patients.
(15) Variables from the medical history, physical examination, laboratory tests, and radiographs were used to develop different sets of criteria to serve different investigative purposes.
(16) Six cases of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia fulfilled the following criteria: 1) more than a two-month history of symptoms prior to diagnosis, 2) a prolonged clinical course and 3) recurrence.
(17) 3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl ethylene glycol (DOPEG), a metabolite of noradrenaline (NA), was estimated in CSF of 30 patients of depression diagnosed by the criteria of American Psychiatric Association in DSM-III; and compared with levels in 10 non-depressed individuals who served as controls.
(18) The efficacy of endolymphatic antibiotic therapy was evaluated by using clinical, laboratory, cytochemical, and immunological criteria.
(19) In the first of two phases of this study, we established criteria for a prospective screening study.
(20) In all, 23 patients were evaluable by WHO criteria.