(1) During the performance of propulsive waves of the oesophagus the implanted vagus nerve caused clonic to tetanic contractions of the sternohyoid muscle, thus proving the oesophagomotor genesis of the reinnervating nerve fibres.
(2) But RWE admitted it had often only been able to retain customers with expired contracts by offering them new deals with more favourable conditions.
(3) Thus adrenaline, via pre- and post-junctional adrenoceptors, may contribute to enhanced vascular smooth muscle contraction, which most likely is sensitized by the elevated intracellular calcium concentration.
(4) Further, the maximal increase in force of contraction was measured using papillary muscle strips from some of these patients.
(5) When subjects centered themselves actively, or additionally, contracted trunk flexor or extensor muscles to predetermined levels of activity, no increase in trunk positioning accuracy was found.
(6) Twitch-tetanus ratios were calculated and found not to be related to unit contraction time.6.
(7) Selective removal of endothelium had no effect on BK-induced contraction or the action of the antagonists.
(8) The increased muscular strength in due to a rise of calcaemia, improved muscle contraction and probably also due to the mentioned nutritional factors.
(9) However, there was not a relationship between the contraction curve of the gallbladder and the bile flow into the duodenum.
(10) In in vitro preparations GABA (10(-7) - 10(-3) M) elicited a dose-dependent relaxation; a decrease in the spontaneous contractions was sometimes observed.
(11) There was no correlation between disturbed gastric clearance, impaired gall bladder contraction, and prolonged colonic transit time in the patients with cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy nor was there a correlation between any disturbed motor function and age or duration of diabetes.
(12) Noradrenaline decreased the phasic contraction amplitude of the circular muscle and exerted a stimulant effect on the tone which suggested an existence of two alpha 1-adrenoceptor subtypes.
(13) It may, however, be useful to compare local wall dynamics in the more isometrically-contracting basal segment with those in the middle portion which brings about most of the emptying of the ventricle.
(14) Upon depletion of ATP in contraction, the P2 intensity reverted to the original rigor level, accompanied by development of rigor tension.
(15) L-NAME abolished B contractions in a dose-dependent fashion.
(16) The power spectrum of the EMG was analyzed during isometric contractions of the shoulder muscles.
(17) A23187 had only a transient effect on KCl-contracted coronary arteries.
(18) When caffeine evokes a contraction, and only then, crayfish muscle fibers become refractory to a second challenge with caffeine for up to 20 min in the standard saline (5 mM K(o)).
(19) Dopamine at concentrations over 10(-5)M induced contractions of tracheal muscle strips and repeated exposures resulted in desensitization (tachyphylaxis) of the muscle.
(20) In the present study we examined cholecystokinin release and gallbladder contraction after oral administration of a commercial fatty meal (Sorbitract; Dagra, Diemen, The Netherlands) using ultrasonography in eight normal subjects and eight gallstone patients before and after 1 and 4 weeks of treatment with ursodeoxycholic acid (10 mg kg-1.day-1).
Venture
Definition:
(n.) An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.
(n.) An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck.
(n.) The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
(v. i.) To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare.
(v. i.) To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances.
(v. t.) To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon.
(v. t.) To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies.
(v. t.) To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
Example Sentences:
(1) In London, diesel emissions are now so bad that on several days earlier this summer, children, older people and vulnerable adults were warned not to venture outside .
(2) In a new venture, BDJ Study Tours will offer a separate itinerary for partners on the Study Safari so whilst the business of dentistry gets under way they can explore additional sights in this fascinating country.
(3) Clearly, therefore, image is everything, especially in a world that can still be unkind to geeky people venturing out in public wearing their latest invention.
(4) The venture capitalist argued in his report, commissioned by the Downing Street policy guru Steve Hilton, in favour of "compensated no fault-dismissal" for small businesses.
(5) The affiliation set up a joint venture to operate two clinics, one on Scholl College's traditional campus and one at the teaching hospital.
(6) Casaleggio himself ventured that the M5S's programme could be like that of the Swedish Social Democrats.
(7) They also point to her involvement, between 1999 and 2005, with Computer Associates-Jinchen, a joint venture between an American tech company and a Chinese firm in which China’s ministry of public security reportedly held a 20% stake.
(8) "All the other titles are joint ventures or published under licence," he said.
(9) This finding accords with the results of similar studies of infection immunity to other intracellular parasites, and implies that the expression of cellular resistance to F. tularensis is a cooperative venture involving specifically sensitized lymphocytes and non-specific inflammatory cells, presumably macrophages.
(10) "[The partnership] would take account of things they are very good at and the things that we are good at and put them together in a new venture," Smith told peers.
(11) Other joint venture deals, designed to give the Pinewood name a global footprint, have also created Pinewood Toronto Studios and Pinewood Malaysia Iskandar Studios, with the latter due to open in 2013.
(12) Lewis Wind Power, the joint venture company set up by Amec and British Energy, said it was "bitterly disappointed" by the decision.
(13) Roy Keane tends to play conservatively these days but took the opportunity before the interval to venture forward more and it was from his cross that Robbie Keane scored No2, taken at the second attempt after his initial shot had hit a defender.
(14) Those seeking to stop the project contend that the $997m joint venture, signed in May 2010, did not undergo parliamentary scrutiny because it was concluded under the previous military regime.
(15) It’s the first time the digital monsters have made it on to smartphones – so what do you make of this new venture?
(16) Infusion or CRF into the LC (1-100 ng) significantly increased the time spent in the compartment and decreased the amount of time spent exploring the outside of the compartment or venturing into the inner squares of the open field, all indices of anxiogenic behavior.
(17) It seemed that a gust of wind had dislodged part of the screen’s moorings leaving the visiting Leicester party, who had to negotiate a new take-off slot for their post-match flight back to East Midlands, looking unimpressed when they ventured to the touchline.
(18) DMGT has also confirmed it is in talks to join the Local World joint venture.
(19) The charity has long been known for working in troublespots where few other humanitarians would venture, and for its “first in, last out” approach.
(20) The sale of Vodafone's 45% stake in its US joint venture to its partner Verizon Communications would end 13 years of an often fractious shared ownership.