(1) Questionnaires were used and the respondent self-designation method measured leadership.
(2) The effects of sessions, individual characteristics, group behavior, sedative medications, and pharmacological anticipation, on simple visual and auditory reaction time were evaluated with a randomized block design.
(3) Until his return to Brazil in 1985, Niemeyer worked in Israel, France and north Africa, designing among other buildings the University of Haifa on Mount Carmel; the campus of Constantine University in Algeria (now known as Mentouri University); the offices of the French Communist party and their newspaper l'Humanité in Paris; and the ministry of external relations and the cathedral in Brasilia.
(4) Single-case experimental designs are presented and discussed from several points of view: Historical antecedents, assessment of the dependent variable, internal and external validity and pre-experimental vs experimental single-case designs.
(5) We report a series of experiments designed to determine if agents and conditions that have been reported to alter sodium reabsorption, Na-K-ATPase activity or cellular structure in the rat distal nephron might also regulate the density or affinity of binding of 3H-metolazone to the putative thiazide receptor in the distal nephron.
(6) This study was designed to investigate the localization and cyclic regulation of the mRNA for these two IGFBPs in the porcine ovary, RNA was extracted from whole ovaries morphologically classified as immature, preovulatory, and luteal.
(7) As important providers of health care education, nurses need to be fully informed of the research findings relevant to effective interventions designed to motivate health-related behavior change.
(8) The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that the decreased Epi response following ET was due to 1) depletion of adrenal Epi content such that adrenomedullary stimulation would not release Epi, 2) decreased Epi release with direct stimulation, i.e., desensitization of release, or 3) decreased afferent signals generated by ET itself.
(9) According to the finite element analysis, the design bases of fixed restorations applied in the teeth accompanied with the absorption of the alveolar bone were preferred.
(10) These clones, designated as TcHMC-2, showed strong cytotoxicity against both HMC-2 and K562 cells.
(11) By the 1860s, French designs were using larger front wheels and steel frames, which although lighter were more rigid, leading to its nickname of “boneshaker”.
(12) In a double-blind, crossover-designed study, 9 male subjects (age range: 18-25 years) received 25 mg orally, four times per day of either S or an identically-appearing placebo (P) 2 d prior to and during HA.
(13) "The proposed 'reform' is designed to legitimise this blatantly unfair, police state practice, while leaving the rest of the criminal procedure law as misleading decoration," said Professor Jerome Cohen, an expert on China at New York University's School of Law.
(14) Though the 54-year-old designer made brief returns to the limelight after his fall from grace, designing a one-off collection for Oscar de la Renta last year , his appointment at Margiela marks a more permanent comeback.
(15) What we’re doing is designed to improve people’s lives.” "I don't see race, colour or creed, and neither do my children," he added.
(16) This study was designed to examine the effect of the storage configuration of skin and the ratio of tissue-to-storage medium on the viability of skin stored under refrigeration.
(17) However, each of the studies had numerous methodological flaws which biased their results against finding a relationship: either their outcome measures had questionable validity, their research designs were inappropriate, or the statistical analyses were poorly conceived.
(18) Methods to minimize bias in the design and implementation of consultation-liaison research are suggested.
(19) To distinguish the various types, we designated the 90 kd types from CBA and AKR mice C6A1 and C6A2, respectively, and the corresponding 100 kd types C6B1 and C6B2, respectively.
(20) Knapman concluded that the 40-year-old designer, whose full name was Lee Alexander McQueen, "killed himself while the balance of his mind was disturbed".
Ward
Definition:
(a.) The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1.
(n.) One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.
(n.) The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.
(n.) A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard.
(n.) One who, or that which, is guarded.
(n.) A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery.
(n.) A division of a county.
(n.) A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.
(n.) A division of a forest.
(n.) A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.
(n.) A projecting ridge of metal in the interior of a lock, to prevent the use of any key which has not a corresponding notch for passing it.
(n.) A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.
(n.) To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time.
(n.) To defend; to protect.
(n.) To defend by walls, fortifications, etc.
(n.) To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.
(v. i.) To be vigilant; to keep guard.
(v. i.) To act on the defensive with a weapon.
Example Sentences:
(1) The program met with continued support and enthusiasm from nurse administrators, nursing unit managers, clinical educators, ward staff and course participants.
(2) A total of 1,268 patients admitted to hospital wards were kept under surveillance by one observer throughout their stay in hospital.
(3) We propose that the results mainly reflect a variable local impact of infection control and that a much more restrictive use of IUTCs is possible in many wards.
(4) Pharmaceutical services were provided from a large tent near the hospital, which consisted of an emergency treatment facility, two operating rooms, and a small medical-surgical ward.
(5) Paul Doyle Kick-off Sunday midday Venue St Mary’s Stadium Last season Southampton 2 Leicester City 2 Live Sky Sports 1 Referee Michael Oliver This season G 18, Y 60, R 1, 3.44 cards per game Odds H 5-6 A 4-1 D 5-2 Southampton Subs from Taylor, Martina, Stephens, Davis, Rodriguez, Sims, Ward-Prowse Doubtful Bertrand, Davis, Van Dijk (all match fitness) Injured Boufal (knee, Jan), Hesketh (ankle, Feb), Targett (hamstring, Feb), Austin (shoulder, Mar), Pied (knee, Jun), Gardos (knee, unknown) Suspended None Form DWLLLL Discipline Y37 R2 Leading scorer Austin 6 Leicester City Subs from Zieler, Hamer, Wasilewski, Gray, Fuchs, James, Okazaki, Hernández, Kapustka, King Doubtful None Injured None Suspended None Unavailable Amartey, Mahrez, Slimani (Africa Cup of Nations) Form LDLWDL Discipline Y44 R1 Leading scorers Slimani, Vardy 5
(6) Transfer between different hospital wards or death were variables found to increase the probability of error.
(7) This has shown that, in spite of higher dose rates in the corridor areas because of the use of an MDR system and the increase in interstitial techniques, the doses to ward nurses have been significantly reduced by encouraging staff to comply with the ALARA principle and the introduction of afterloading systems.
(8) Refractory ischemia developed in the remaining patients while on the ward or in the intensive care unit.
(9) Ethological methods were employed to gather normative data on social behavior in long stay male inpatients in the ward environment.
(10) They were subsequently admitted to a research ward, and 4 days later their BPs were measured at resting baseline and in response to a series of stressful tasks.
(11) The only thing Michael Fabricant could reasonably be vice-chairman of is the steering committee of Nurse Ratched 's ward fete.
(12) The winter vomiting bug norovirus, which also puts strain on the NHS every winter because it leads to wards having to close, has not yet become a major problem, the latest evidence indicates.
(13) The revelations did not alter the huge body of evidence from a variety of scientific fields that supports the conclusion that modern climate change is caused largely by human activity, Ward said.
(14) The kit was also used on the ward by junior medical staff, who showed that after minimal training reproducible serum C reactive protein results could be obtained.
(15) A Hospital Stress Rating Scale questionnaire of 40 items tested for reliability and validity was used to elicit responses from 100 patients from the medical and surgical wards of the selected health care institutions.
(16) In the present study, an attempt was made to isolate and identify pathogenic bacteria, fungi and parasites from the housefly Musca domestica collected in the surgical ward of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital and also in a remote residential area located 5 km from the hospital.
(17) Many child analytic patients use defenses to ward off feelings, many have not even reached the developmental level of experiencing feelings.
(18) (4) Symptoms are exacerbated by a research ward that is disruptive to the community.
(19) We reviewed the routines for providing information on drugs, and for training in the use of drugs and aids to medication in hospital and nursing homes by interviewing 11 ward supervisors.
(20) You couldn’t walk into the ward in your own clothes.