(v. i.) The act of coming together; the state of being together; union; coalition.
(v. i.) General agreement or concurrence; arbitrary custom; usage; conventionality.
(v. i.) A meeting or an assembly of persons, esp. of delegates or representatives, to accomplish some specific object, -- civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical.
(v. i.) An extraordinary assembly of the parkiament or estates of the realm, held without the king's writ, -- as the assembly which restored Charles II. to the throne, and that which declared the throne to be abdicated by James II.
(v. i.) An agreement or contract less formal than, or preliminary to, a treaty; an informal compact, as between commanders of armies in respect to suspension of hostilities, or between states; also, a formal agreement between governments or sovereign powers; as, a postal convention between two governments.
Example Sentences:
(1) In this study of ten consecutive patients sustaining molten metal injuries to the lower extremity who were treated with excision and grafting, treatment with compression Unna paste boot was compared with that with conventional dressing.
(2) Clinical surveillance, repeated laboratory tests, conventional radiology, and especially ultrasonography and CT scan all contributed to the preoperative diagnosis.
(3) Cantact placing reaction times were measured in cats which were either restrained in a hammock or supported in a conventional way.
(4) In the clinical trials in which there was complete substitution of fat-modified ruminant foods for conventional ruminant products the fall in serum cholesterol was approximately 10%.
(5) Past imaging techniques shown in the courtroom have made the conventional rules of evidence more difficult because of the different informational content and format required for presentation of these data.
(6) A conventional liquid chromatograph with a low capacity column and a conductimetric detector is used to analyze aerosols of Cl-, Br-, NO-3 and SO=4 with good results.
(7) Gamma-irradiated splenic homogenates of armadillos infected with M. leprae proved sterile by conventional tests and media.
(8) Conventionally taken radiographs are captured by a video camera and processed by the IPS system (KONTRON).
(9) In one series of experiments, the animals were not treated before the tissues were conventionally fixed; in another, anesthetized animals were administered horseradish peroxidase 20 min before the tissues were fixed.
(10) Mithramycin should be considered in the early treatment not only of hypercalcaemia but also of severe hypercalciuria, if these complications do not rapidly remit during the first course of conventional myeloma therapy, with or without steroids.
(11) Major limitations of the conventional sperm penetration assay are the inability to assess several aspects of sperm function (zona binding and penetration) and the absence of human ovulatory products known to influence fertilization.
(12) The radiologic findings on conventional examinations (plain films and cholangiograms) in a large group of patients with proven hepatobiliary tuberculosis are reviewed.
(13) At present, ACE inhibitors are preferred because they are usually better tolerated than conventional vasodilators and are clinically more effective.
(14) All conventional injection and insulin pump regimens are supported.
(15) Lisinopril increases cardiac output, and decreases pulmonary capillary wedge pressure and mean arterial pressure in patients with congestive heart failure refractory to conventional treatment with digitalis and diuretics.
(16) Conventional control experiments for method and antiserum specificity were performed.
(17) However, valid electroacoustic evaluation of the DMHAs cannot be accomplished using the conventional hearing aid test box.
(18) Further, the use of food as a reinforcer has been considered taboo by those who use more conventional and restrictive management approaches with Prader-Willi syndrome individuals.
(19) "Monasteries and convents face greater risks than other buildings in terms of fire safety," the article said, adding that many are built with flammable materials and located far away from professional fire brigades.
(20) Our dynamic study indicated that: 1) a bolus injection of contrast medium with our method of CTA (CTA-B) produced an attenuation difference between liver and tumor which was about double that obtained with standard methods for CTA, and 2) marked tumor-liver attenuation differences (above 20 HU) persisted for more than 60 s in CTA-B and for not more than 20 s with conventional methods for CTA.
Protocol
Definition:
(n.) The original copy of any writing, as of a deed, treaty, dispatch, or other instrument.
(n.) The minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or transaction.
(n.) A preliminary document upon the basis of which negotiations are carried on.
(n.) A convention not formally ratified.
(n.) An agreement of diplomatists indicating the results reached by them at a particular stage of a negotiation.
(v. t.) To make a protocol of.
(v. i.) To make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue protocols.
Example Sentences:
(1) In addition, this pretreatment protocol did not modify the recipient immune response against B-lymphocyte alloantigens which developed in unsuccessful transplants.
(2) An effective graft-surveillance protocol needs to be applicable to all patients; practical in terms of time, effort, and cost; reliable; and able to detect, grade, and assess progression of lesions.
(3) Participants (n=165) entering a week-long outpatient education program completed a protocol measuring self-care patterns, glycosylated hemoglobin levels, and emotional well-being.
(4) Two cases with primary Carcinoma in situ (Cis) were treated with the same protocol.
(5) However, there was no consistent protocol for the method or duration of drug administration.
(6) Survival was independent of the type of clinical presentation and protocol employed but was correlated with the stage (P less than 0.0005), symptoms (P less than 0.025), bulky disease (P less than 0.025) and bone marrow involvement (P less than 0.025).
(7) This new protocol has increased the effectiveness of the toxicology laboratory and enhanced the efficiency of the house staff.
(8) Our results on humoral and cellular components of immunity in dependence of age, according to SENIEUR protocol admission criteria are presented.
(9) Based upon our clinical experience and this review of the literature, a suggested management protocol is presented.
(10) A standard protocol is reported for the highly efficient demonstration of replication patterns corresponding to R-type and G-type banding.
(11) Three-year and short-term instillation protocols were compared with each other and with the combination of the two.
(12) The use of a major pancreatic resection for the surgical management of necrotizing pancreatitis should be excluded from treatment protocols.
(13) We conclude that, whereas an identical protocol of acute ND had no significant effects on diaphragm muscle structure and function in adult rats, adolescent animals exhibit significantly less nutritional reserve.
(14) We outline a protocol for presenting the diagnosis of pseudoseizure with the goal of conveying to the patient the importance of knowing the nonepileptic nature of the spells and the need for psychiatric follow-up.
(15) The protocols which were developed in these studies also provide an effective maneuver for tumor-specific immunotherapy.
(16) In a previous report dealing with the guanidine hydrochloride protocol for the extraction of RNA from mouse peritoneal macrophages, we identified a major source of RNA-degrading activity and showed that its removal early in the extraction procedure resulted in a more dependable method for the recovery of high-quality RNA.
(17) Various protocols were employed to induce LTP and were deemed successful as evaluated by recording sustained enhancement of the mean peak amplitude of conventionally elicited large compound EPSPs and extracellular field potentials.
(18) This is the final report of the Phase I Protocol for the initial clinical study of Multiple Dose WR-2721 with radiotherapy (RTOG 80-02).
(19) This paper evaluates 94 patients with AAF and 462 patients with GBM treated with radiation therapy with or without BCNU on 3 consecutive randomized protocols of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) between 1974 and 1983.
(20) The patients were included in a protocol including orthopedic and US controls.