(n.) The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement.
(n.) The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement.
(n.) That which is substituted in the place of what is wrong; an emendation; as, the corrections on a proof sheet should be set in the margin.
(n.) Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach.
(n.) An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction.
Example Sentences:
(1) Standardization is possible after correction by the protein content of each individual section.
(2) Correction for within-person variation in urinary excretion increased this partial correlation coefficient between intake and excretion to 0.59 (95% CI = 0.03 to 0.87).
(3) The significance of minor increases in the serum creatinine level must be recognized, so that modifications of drug therapy can be made and correction of possibly life-threatening electrolyte imbalances can be undertaken.
(4) On the basis of 180 interventions, they describe in detail the use of fibrin glue in myringo- and tympanoplasty for correct fixing of grafts.
(5) However it is important to recognize these cysts so that correct surgical management is offered to the patient.
(6) In the group of high myopia (over 20 D), the mean correction was 13.4 D. In the group with refraction between 0 and 6 D, 88% of the eyes treated had attained a correction between -1 and +1 D 3 months postoperatively.
(7) Cor triatriatum (CT) is a rare congenital defect, surgically correctable, and sometimes difficult to diagnose by cardiac catheterization.
(8) Anytime they feel parts of the Basic Law are not up to their current standards of political correctness, they will change it and tell Hong Kong courts to obey.
(9) The goals of treatment are the restoration of normal gut peristalsis and the correction of nutritional deficiencies.
(10) Four delayed going to a medical facility and six did not have hypotension corrected.
(11) The evidence suggests that by the age of 15 years many adolescents show a reliable level of competence in metacognitive understanding of decision-making, creative problem-solving, correctness of choice, and commitment to a course of action.
(12) The time for 90% of this change in VelCO2 to occur (T90) was measured as an index of the rate of correction of body CO2 imbalance.
(13) If the latter is not readily correctable or if the patient is bleeding actively, anticoagulation with intermittent administration of heparin by the intravenous route is indicated.
(14) Of the 16 cases, 14 (88%) were diagnosed as TSS or probable TSS by the attending physician, although only nine (64%) of the 14 diagnosed cases were given the correct discharge code.
(15) The lower limit (LL) of CBF autoregulation was calculated by a computerized program and tested for different factors for correction of the PaCO2-induced changes in CBF.
(16) SD corrected high serum PTH and low serum testosterone (sT) levels, while pituitary hormones (LH, FSH, PRL) were elevated and did not change.
(17) 3) The first who presumed an independent state of these microorganisms, was Kohlert (1968), from the work of which the epithet for correct name, i.e.
(18) On the other hand, if we correct for the population of HMM with degraded light chain 2, the difference in the binding constants in the presence and absence of Ca2+ may be as great as 5-fold.
(19) Rachitic bone lesions were only partially corrected by the high-Ca diet.
(20) Cytosolic-to-mitochondrial ratios from maximal initial rates after correction for mitochondrial breakage were increased above controls in diabetic hearts for nucleoside diphosphokinase and aspartate aminotransferase.
Rectification
Definition:
(n.) The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits.
(n.) The determination of a straight line whose length is equal a portion of a curve.
Example Sentences:
(1) The kinetics of the membrane current during the anomalous or inward-going rectification of the K current in the egg cell membrane of the starfish Mediaster aequalis were analyzed by voltage clamp.
(2) These results might indicate that the symmetric phosphorylation of junctional proteins in the two hemichannels increases gj without rectification while asymmetric phosphorylation generates rectification of junctional membrane.
(3) 1) Most large aspiny neostriatal cells in the matrix, although they take heterogeneous shapes, belong to one physiological class with long-duration AHPs and a strong time-dependent component of anomalous rectification.
(4) The background potassium current showed typical inward rectification at potentials more negative than -80 mV.
(5) The rectification at 50 microseconds is attributed to voltage dependence of Na+ permeation.
(6) In contrast, addition of GDP (20 or 40 microM) produced a loss of rectification in a few minutes.
(7) Under these conditions, the instantaneous current observed as soon as the depolarizing pulse is applied displays outward rectification and reverses near ECl.
(8) In TTX solution, D600 and verapamil reversibly reduced the amplitude and the maximum rate of rise of the Ca-dependent action potential as well as delayed rectification.
(9) Current-voltage relationship exhibited anomalous rectification by depolarization of membrane in longitudinal muscle cells, and delayed rectification in most circular muscle.
(10) Delayed and anomalous rectification were seen in both cell types.
(11) This discontinuity occurs with stimulus conditions that also elicit proximal negative responses in the local electroretinogram and appears to be due to a centrally located process having some degree of rectification.
(12) The current-voltage relationship of the somatostatin-induced current exhibited a rectification in the inward direction and showed a reversal potential.
(13) In symmetrical salt solutions, the current-voltage properties of these membranes were linear; in asymmetrical NaCl solutions, the membranes exhibited electrical rectification consistent with constant-field theory.
(14) From the above the conclusion is reached that the gating of the K channel of the inward rectification depends on V and external but not internal K+ concentration.
(15) As with all other modalities used for treating painful conditions, proper evaluation of the etiology and the rectification of the cause is important.
(16) This decrease was usually more than could be accounted for by anomalous rectification of the membrane.
(17) The rectification has instantaneous and time-dependent components.
(18) The outward current showed a reversal potential near the K equilibrium potential, inward rectification, and no relaxation on voltage jumps.
(19) steady state inward rectification in depolarizing direction).
(20) Type-I neurons possessed (1) spontaneous repetitive firings, (2) short-duration action potentials, (3) less prominent spike accommodations, and (4) a strong delayed rectification during membrane depolarization.