(1) The characteristic heart rate deceleration shown immediately prior to the aversive stimulus by control subjects was absent in the schizophrenic group.
(2) The Calspan 3-D Computer Simulator of a Motor Vehicle Crash Victim was used to provide estimates of the head and neck response to be expected for the very specific deceleration profiles simulated.
(3) There is a reasonably good correlation between FHR deceleration areas and UApH (Tab.
(4) Total compliance showed an increase with a decelerating flow compared to an accelerating flow in the anaesthetized group as well as in patients with low compliance and high resistance, and also in patients with chronic respiratory disease.
(5) A total of 1552 antepartum nonstress tests performed during the week before delivery are analyzed with respect to both reactivity and the presence of pathologic baseline patterns (tachycardia, bradycardia, diminished beat-to-beat variability) or decelerations.
(6) Children in whom movement is absent or confined to the muscles of facial expression experience heart rate deceleration.
(7) The study group was divided into two subgroups, according to the presence (n = 29) or absence (n = 8) of antepartum late heart rate decelerations.
(8) The results suggest the presence of an alpha-adrenergic pathway from this region of the hypothalamus which projects caudally to increase the gain of the cardio-decelerator baroreceptor reflex in the rabbit.
(9) The incidence of late decelerations during labor, low 5-minute Apgar scores, and small-for-date infants was significantly higher in patients with positive stress tests than in a control group of 257 patients with negative stress tests done over the same period of time.
(10) Late decelerations and contractions registered early in pregnancy were also correlated to a poor outcome.
(11) Significant reduction of arterial pressure and deceleration of pulse were already in evidence in 5 minutes after injection of the drug.
(12) Increase of the inward current amplitude and deceleration of current decay due to the action of low external concentrations of tetrodotoxin (10(-12)-10(-10) M) were observed in a number of the cells tested.
(13) Further reductions in psychotropic medications and the addition of the anticonvulsant medication resulted in continued rapid deceleration of rate of occurrence of maladaptive behaviours with a concomitant increase in lucid statements and independent functioning.
(14) While the term "isokinetics" generally denotes a type of muscular contraction which accompanies a constant rate of limb movement, periods of acceleration and deceleration exist in the context of isokinetic exercise.
(15) The results show that growth deceleration is due to a decrease of the cell production rate kappa p and a simultaneous increase of the cell loss rate kappa l. Both processes contribute to about the same extent to the growth deceleration of the tumor cell population.
(16) The remaining 19 patients with disability due to brain stroke demonstrated deceleration of the cerebral blood flow, most pronounced on the side of brain infarction.
(17) The mean fetal scalp blood pH values were significantly higher in fetuses that showed reactive responses with fetal heart rate acceleration compared with those who had no response or responded with a deceleration to the vibroacoustic stimulation (pH 7.30 and 7.22 respectively).
(18) Previous research with nonhuman subjects has demonstrated that (a) comparable amounts of food are consumed at the same unit price even though different response requirements and reinforcer magnitudes comprise that unit price and (b) increases in unit price decrease food consumption in a positively decelerating fashion.
(19) This paper emphasizes recommendations for deceleration of the normal aging process.
(20) An increase in the stimulation rate as well as an increase in extracellular concentration of Ca ions decelerated the relaxation in the rabbit myocardium, whereas in the rat myocardium a shortening of interimpulse interval accelerated isometric relaxation.
Rate
Definition:
(v. t. & i.) To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.
(n.) Established portion or measure; fixed allowance.
(n.) That which is established as a measure or criterion; degree; standard; rank; proportion; ratio; as, a slow rate of movement; rate of interest is the ratio of the interest to the principal, per annum.
(n.) Valuation; price fixed with relation to a standard; cost; charge; as, high or low rates of transportation.
(n.) A tax or sum assessed by authority on property for public use, according to its income or value; esp., in England, a local tax; as, parish rates; town rates.
(n.) Order; arrangement.
(n.) Ratification; approval.
(n.) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time; as, daily rate; hourly rate; etc.
(n.) The order or class to which a war vessel belongs, determined according to its size, armament, etc.; as, first rate, second rate, etc.
(n.) The class of a merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1, A2, etc.
(v. t.) To set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree.
(v. t.) To assess for the payment of a rate or tax.
(v. t.) To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount, value, or quality of; as, to rate a ship; to rate a seaman; to rate a pension.
(v. t.) To ratify.
(v. i.) To be set or considered in a class; to have rank; as, the ship rates as a ship of the line.
(v. i.) To make an estimate.
Example Sentences:
(1) Child benefit has already been withdrawn from higher rate taxpayers.
(2) There was appreciable variation in toothbrush wear among subjects, some reducing their brush to a poor state in 2 weeks whereas with others the brush was rated as "good" after 10 weeks.
(3) Spectral analysis of spontaneous heart rate fluctuations, a powerful noninvasive tool for quantifying autonomic nervous system activity, was assessed in Xenopus Laevis, intact or spinalized, at different temperatures and by use of pharmacological tools.
(4) Propranolol resulted in a significantly lower mean hourly, mean 24 h and minimum heart rate.
(5) The proportion of motile spermatozoa decreased with time at the same rate when samples were prepared in either HEPES or phosphate buffers.
(6) A study of factors influencing genetic counseling attendance rate has been conducted in the Bouches-du-Rhône area, in the south of France.
(7) In this article we report the survival and morbidity rates for all live-born infants weighing 501 to 1000 gram at birth and born to residents of a defined geographic region from 1977 to 1980 (n = 255) compared with 1981 to 1984 (n = 266).
(8) Life expectancy and the infant mortality rate are considered more useful from an operational perspective and for comparisons than is the crude death rate because they are not influenced by age structure.
(9) Heart rate (HR), pulmonary ventilation (V), oxygen consumption (VO2), carbon dioxide production (VCO2), and respiratory quotient (RQ) were measured.
(10) By combined histologic and cytologic examinations, the overall diagnostic rate was raised to 87.7%.
(11) In contrast to previous reports, these tumours were more malignant than osteosarcomas and showed a five-year survival rate of only 4-2 per cent.
(12) A progressively more precise approach to identifying affected individuals involves measuring body weight and height, then energy intake (or expenditure) and finally the basal metabolic rate (BMR).
(13) The second amino acid residue influences not only the rate of reaction but also the extent of formation of the product of the Amadori rearrangement, the ketoamine.
(14) Increased infusion flow rate did not increase the limiting frequency.
(15) The main finding of this study is that diabetic adolescents with a high erythrocyte Na,Li countertransport rate have an arterial pressure significantly higher than patients with normal Na,Li countertransport fluxes.
(16) This clinical improvement was also associated with a decrease of erythrocyte sedimentation rate (p less than 0.001), decrease of C-reactive protein (p less than 0.0001) and with improvement of anaemia (p less than 0.05).
(17) This difference is probably secondary to the different rates of delivery of furosemide into urine.
(18) Under blood preservation conditions the difference of the rates of ATP-production and -consumption is the most important factor for a high ATP-level over long periods.
(19) There is no evidence that health-maintenance organizations reduce admissions in discretionary or "unnecessary" categories; instead, the data suggest lower admission rates across the board.
(20) Male sex, age under 19 or over 45, few social supports, and a history of previous suicide attempts are all factors associated with increased suicide rates.