(1) Of great influence on the results of measurements are preparation and registration (warm-up-time, amplification, closeness of pressure-system, unhurt catheters), factors relating to equipment and methods (air-bubbles in pressure-system, damping by filters, continuous infusion of the micro-catheter, level of zero-pressure), factors which occur during intravital measurement (pressure-drop along the arteria pulmonalis, influence of normal breathing, great intrapleural pressure changes, pressure damping in the catheter by thrombosis and external disturbances) and last not least positive and negative acceleration forces, which influence the diastolic and systolic pulmonary artery pressure.
(2) These two quantities were used to calculate the damping factor.
(3) Children still received an education, it was just that increasing numbers did so in damp and dilapidated buildings.
(4) Bloody odd combination but those Orange Foam Headphones would blast those magnificent records into my developing brain over and over again" chernypyos – Björk's Human Behavior and Sinead O'Connor's Fire On Babylon: "bjork's 'human behavior' and sinead o'connor's "fire on babylon" oddly stick in my head from that one evening walking in the woods, breathing the damp air, and feeling pleasantly invisible" Pyromancer – REM – Automatic for the People Blood Sugar Sex Magic Pearl Jam - Vs RATM's first album Portishead Maxinquaye by Tricky Manic Street Preachers – Gold Against the Soul Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream "I used to go to the local library and take out a CD (50p for 3 weeks!
(5) The frequency distribution of the natural, damped and resonance frequencies of the second-order activities was found to show one, two or three modes in each frequency range of the delta, theta and beta rhythms in ninety normal adult EEGs.
(6) vittatus eggs laid on damp mud were placed in dry rockpools for 10 weeks and kept dry for a further 6 weeks in the laboratory.
(7) It’s a damp squib, a bit of a nothing result,” a leading energy analyst said of a report that is widely expected to endorse provisional findings released in March , and recommend price controls on prepayment meters and setting up a customer database to help rival suppliers target customers stuck on expensive default tariffs.
(8) Performing this reaction in H2 18O gave [18O]dps(ATCGTC) (a pentamer containing an 18O-labeled 5'-phosphorothioate) which was converted to [18O]dAMPS with nuclease P1.
(9) The damping time of the acceleration wave also had a negative correlation with age.
(10) The former time-pattern displays a fast rise and an exponential decay, while the latter exhibits a damped sine wave.
(11) Studies of activity levels indicate that tsetse flies should aggregate in damp situations where the activity levels is minimal, whereas in practice the flies are distributed throughout the whole of gradient.
(12) In response to dynamic forces the platform showed a resononance frequency of about 50 Hz, with a damping factor of 0.15.
(13) 4-DAMP (4-diphenylacetoxy N-methylpiperidine; a M3-receptor antagonist), strongly inhibited the ACh-induced constrictions.
(14) 4-Diphenylacetoxy-1:1-dimethyl cyclohexane (carbo-4-DAMP) is the carbon analogue of 4-diphenylacetoxy-N-methylpiperidine (4-DAMP) methiodide.
(15) Posture control performance was quantified in three variables (swiftness, stiffness, damping).
(16) The first 2 ms of these transients were described by a linear model in which the fibre is regarded as a rod composed of infinitesimally small, identical segments containing a mass, one undamped elastic element and in the case of relaxed fibres two damped elastic elements in series, or in the case of activated fibres three such elastic elements in series.
(17) This would implicate the existence of a dynamic control through which the sensory system may register and damp the pressure response.
(18) Trying to solve those problems by closing the borders is like trying to deal with rising damp by bolting your front door Trying to solve those problems by closing the borders is like trying to deal with rising damp by bolting your front door.
(19) Response is dependent upon the external impulse plus system inertia, damping and stiffness.
(20) In humans, ethanol produces a slow damped oscillation in the steady electrical potential of the eye, which is generated primarily by the RPE.
Dampened
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Dampen
Example Sentences:
(1) Toxic effects of glucocorticoids on bone contribute to the pathogenesis of osteonecrosis, increase the risk for fractures by decreasing cancellous bone mass and synthesis of bone matrix, and dampen the linear growth response in pediatric recipients.
(2) These findings indicate that sympathetic-adrenal medullary responses are dampened considerably in animals exposed to a highly predictable regimen of chronic intermittent stress.
(3) 11.12am BST Here's my colleague Angela Monaghan 's news story on the manufacturing data: Heavy rainfall failed to dampen Britain's manufacturing sector in February with output growing much more strongly than expected, boosting the outlook for the wider economy.
(4) Since prosthetic meniscal replacement may be performed in the setting of normal articular cartilage, a prosthesis will be required to match the exact joint configuration, induce the same lubricity, produce the same coefficient of friction, and absorb and dampen the same joint forces (without incurring significant creep or abrasion) as does the normal meniscus.
(5) The subcupular meshwork may play an important role in transmitting the shear strain of the otolithic membrane to all the ciliary bundles and may also exert an additional dampening effect to prevent unwanted vibration.
(6) MPC member Andrew Sentance has argued the bank risks stoking inflationary pressures if it adopts a looser monetary policy and should increase interest rates to dampen demand.
(7) In addition, there is evidence that both receptor-operated Ca2+ and potential-operated Ca2+ channels may be impaired because the responses to norepinephrine and KCl are both dampened in diabetic aortae.
(8) The reduced phacoemulsification incision size in combination with a scleral pocket closed with a continuous single knotted 10-0 monofilament nylon suture under tonometric and keratometric control significantly dampens the changes in corneal astigmatism during the early and late postoperative periods.
(9) This dampened response to ethanol for men at high future risk for alcoholism was not observed after challenges with two different doses of diazepam.
(10) In the Purkinje cell bodies, however, the metabolic stress was dampened; glucose concentrations decreased, but the levels of ATP were maintained and, to a lesser extent, those of P-creatine.
(11) In this series, the association MCA curve dampened and PTI lower than 0.90 is the evidence of a more than 90% stenosis, except in 2 atheromatous and symptomatic occlusions.
(12) Although growth-retarding cell to cell interactions are also clearly operative in growing FRTL-5 cells, they are less effective than those dampening the replication rate of the thyrocytes within the monolayer hull of normal follicles.
(13) It said that a widening of interest rate spreads could add to the cost of new borrowing, acting to dampen demand.
(14) Prior exposure to PGE1 minimally inhibited airway responses but when given simultaneously with antigen, it either selectively inhibited some or dampened all pulmonary function abnormalities.
(15) There appeared to be a concerted attempt by both countries on Sunday to dampen down any controversy and return to business as usual.
(16) But she is nervous and what she is doing is dampening speculation to make the task less stressful.
(17) Phenobarbital by inhibiting PIP-kinase may reduce the membrane concentration of PIP2 and thus dampen the stimulus-response which leads to the hydrolysis of PIP2 and the formation of the second messenger, inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3), involved in mobilization of intracellular Ca2+.
(18) Alcohol's Stress-Response-Dampening (SRD) effect has been the subject of much research, but little has been done to examine the effects of drinking alcohol after experiencing a stressor (Stress-Response-Recovery; SRR).
(19) Eosinophils have also been involved in the process of the replenishment of mediators by dampening the synthesis of mediators in mast cells.
(20) Failure to respond to influenza vaccination correlated with a decreased number and percentage of IgD-bearing PBL and a dampened lymphocyte response to PWM in a subset of healthy aged volunteers.