(1) In contradistinction, infusion of MMI did not affect the T4:T3 or T4:rT3 ratios in thyroid effluent.
(2) The results of Experiments 1 and 2 provide clear support for this prediction in contradistinction to predictions from probability matching, exemplar retrieval, or simple prototype learning models.
(3) In terms of resolution of the original defect, this amounted to a 53.57% reduction, but in contradistinction to the curettage sites, a mean increase in height of the highest alveolar crest of 0.61 mm gave a true percentage fill of the original defect of 66.89%.
(4) In contradistinction, the subsensitivity to phenylephrine after disulfoton pretreatment may result at least in part, from a qualitative change in the alpha adrenergic receptors in the stomach muscularis.
(5) The fitting of the experimental data to a system with second-order couplings carried out by Johnson belongs to a tetramer in which, in contradistinction to hemoglobin A, oxygen binding promotes subunit association.
(6) In contradistinction, TC I, II and III and UBBC levels were generally abnormally high in all these groups.
(7) In contradistinction, HHV-6 has no effect on IL-6 synthesis.
(8) Our data thus confirm the existence of both small and large fenestrae in the endothelial wall, in contradistinction to previous studies showing only regular, medium sized (100 nm) openings.
(9) In contradistinction three other powerful inhibitors of nonheme iron absorption, bran, tea, and desferrioxamine, had no appreciable effect on heme.
(10) In contradistinction to our recommended therapy in other forms of acute mesenteric infarction, immediate anticoagulation is indicated for mesenteric venous thrombosis.
(11) Patients achieving complete or partial remission on radiotherapy relapsed mainly with extrathoracic disease, in contradistinction to those treated with chemotherapy whose thoracic disease recurred.
(12) The interest for such a study lies in the fact that, in contradistinction to the distal, extrathecal root segment outlined by fat in the foramen, the proximal segment within the dural sac cannot be distinguished from the surrounding CSF by CT. CT features assessed consisted of deformation of the dural sac and displacement of the surrounding epidural fat.
(13) The flow-volume curve in cough, in contradistinction to sneeze, indicated a significantly reduced airflow of the end of expiration (at 85% of the expired volume), demonstrating a concomitant bronchoconstriction.
(14) In contradistinction, the primary defect in glucose transport at the blood-brain barrier in subjects with the recently described entity is associated with decreased density of GLUT-1 in erythrocyte membranes.
(15) We include a case of neurofibromatosis and diffuse lung disease that is somewhat unusual in the formation of bullae in the lower lobe, in contradistinction to its marked upper lobe predominance.
(16) Certain associations showed, in contradistinction to the separately applied components, surprisingly favourable activity.
(17) Such tumors are truly benign, in contradistinction to other tumors previously grouped under the term "bronchial adenoma."
(18) In contradistinction to the similar structural characteristics of DHPC and DPPC in the presence of cholesterol, the low-angle lamellar reflections of DHPC at 22 degrees C in the absence of cholesterol are indicative of an interdigitated phase, demonstrating that cholesterol facilitates the conversion from an interdigitated to a non-interdigitated phase.
(19) Subperiosteal bone formation, in contradistinction to resorption, is an unusual occurrence in renal osteodystrophy, and particularly rare in the long bones of the lower extremities according to the radiological literature.
(20) In contradistinction, all of the phalangeal grafts failed, probably because their flatt surface made it impossible to maintain adequate fixation to the host bed.
Versus
Definition:
(prep.) Against; as, John Doe versus Richard Roe; -- chiefly used in legal language, and abbreviated to v. or vs.
Example Sentences:
(1) It was found that linear extrapolations of log k' versus ET(30) plots to the polarity of unmodified aqueous mobile phase gave a more reliable value of log k'w than linear regressions of log k' versus volume percent.
(2) Only candidacidal activity was enhanced in FCA-elicited peritoneal macrophages (median C. albicans killed 28% versus 16% for resident peritoneal macrophages, p less than 0.01).
(3) It is concluded that fibroblast replication is an important mechanism leading to the pathologic fibrosis seen in graft versus host disease and, by analogy, probably other types of immunologically mediated fibrosis.
(4) At day 7 MD occupy about 14% area of posterior retina in transverse sections in Campbell rats versus 7% in normal animals.
(5) The nonresponsive patient was older than the patients showing a positive response (1 month versus 24 to 96 hours).
(6) I’ve never really had that work versus life thing; it’s all part of the same canvas.
(7) The effect of exclusion versus inclusion of the fiducial timing point optimizing routine in the signal averaging program was examined in 21 patients.
(8) Noise exposure and demographic data applicable to the United States, and procedures for predicting noise-induced permanent threshold shift (NIPTS) and nosocusis, were used to account for some 8.7 dB of the 13.4 dB average difference between the hearing levels at high frequencies for otologically and noise screened versus unscreened male ears; (this average difference is for the average of the hearing levels at 3000, 4000, and 6000 Hz, average for the 10th, 50th, and 90th percentiles, and ages 20-65 years).
(9) Extrapolation of gestational age from early crown-rump lengths (CRLs) has been difficult because previously established tables of CRL versus gestational age have contained few measurements at less than seven to eight weeks from the first day of the last menses.
(10) The reduction is believed due to the currently used pre-prepared disposable or reusable capsules containing the amalgam versus formerly mixing the ingredients manually.
(11) The heretofore "permanently and totally disabled versus able-bodied" principle in welfare reforms is being abbandoned.
(12) It seams rational to proceed to an earlier total correction in these cases when well defined criteria are fullfilled, as the mortality figures of the palliative and corrective procedures have a tendency to reach each other: (3,2 versus 5,7%).
(13) Frequently, errors are encountered in the comparison of surgical versus clinical staging.
(14) A significant increase in the number of C. albicans CFU in homogenized and plated segments of the GI tract was recognized in mice with murine AIDS versus the control animals.
(15) The effect of the combined therapy within 4 months was favourable in 75% of the cases versus 100% in the group treated with larger doses of 13-cis-retinoic acid.
(16) Multivariate analyses based on a general linear model approach for the dependent variable of survival were used to assess gains in predictive efficiency due to combinations of TURP versus control, time, and patient variables.
(17) Although operative mortality was significantly greater for women during most of this review period, mortality was similar during 1983 (2.6% for men versus 2.4% for women), in spite of a significantly higher incidence of unstable angina in the female group (54% for women versus 35% for men).
(18) There is a clear conflict between the economics, society and the politics, the immediate versus the long term.
(19) These findings suggest an increased central pool free cholesterol synthesis in individuals possessing the apo epsilon-4 versus epsilon-2 allele.
(20) For LO versus MAR and LO versus HI, differences in DR were positively related to differences in the plasma ROH pool size.