(1) In the 968 patients, the area under the fasting plasma glucose receiver operating characteristic curve was greater than that under the glucose screening test curve, indicating greater discriminatory value of the former test.
(2) Single neurons in the midbrain tegmentum of rats showed clear discriminatory responses to three tones announcing either food or water or no reinforcement.
(3) The presence of Hollenhorst plaques or retinal artery occlusion did not have any discriminatory diagnostic value since the incidence was similar in both patient groups.
(4) A statistical analysis of the combination assay using CA 125, CA 19-9, tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA), immunosuppressive acidic protein (IAP), ferritin and CEA was carried out by multivariate method (discriminatory analysis) in 45 patients with ovarian carcinoma and 50 healthy subjects.
(5) Examination and documentation of discriminatory practices based on sex points to the areas in which women must direct their demands for equality.
(6) The technique was highly reproducible and discriminatory.
(7) It is concluded that a computerized analysis of sperm swimming speed is a reliable and rapid mode for evaluating semen samples and offers more discriminatory sperm motion characteristics than the RSA.
(8) PyMS is a rapid and relatively inexpensive technique for the investigation of nosocomial S. aureus infection and was more discriminatory than phage typing in this instance.
(9) In this study other biochemical and physical tests were applied to a group of fetuses with deviating BPD growth in order to improve the discriminatory rate between infants subsequently born AGA or SGA.
(10) The fear, sinking to bottom, lack of schooling and non discriminatory pattern in treated fish were because of neurodepression.
(11) Depictions of them by the likes of the Daily Mail as destitute Roma, desperate to leave shacks in the shanty towns of Sofia, are denounced as discriminatory and ill-informed.
(12) While there were differences in the amide absorption band ratios, these were difficult to relate to the individualization of the hair samples and did not appear to have a sufficient discriminatory value for routine forensic use.
(13) The discriminatory efficacy of one single progesterone determination was independent of the actual HCG level and serial determinations of progesterone did not increase the discriminatory power.
(14) What is worrying is that they are giving me evidence that they are not being treated like normal EU members, that they have to sign specific contracts if they want to continue with new work.” She said this was discriminatory under EU law.
(15) It is impossible to see how a regulator operating under rules imposed by politicians, and enforced by draconian and discriminatory provisions for damages and costs in civil cases, could be said to be either voluntary or independent."
(16) There is no discriminatory role in the immunologic detection of HLA-DR for differential diagnosis of salivary gland tumors.
(17) Stepwise linear discriminant analysis of the data from the first 200 patients identified a significant (p less than 0.001) discriminatory combination.
(18) They must change any discriminatory laws and promote equality and non-violent behaviours.
(19) In this investigation no single factor was discriminatory and it was not possible to predict with any degree of certainty those kidneys liable to delayed function or to non-function.
(20) US supreme court justices strongly challenged a federal law banning recognition of same-sex marriages as discriminatory, motivated by prejudice and diminishing the power of individual states to regulate marriage.
Invidious
Definition:
(a.) Envious; malignant.
(a.) Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable.
(a.) Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy; hateful; as, invidious distinctions.
Example Sentences:
(1) Whether you view the self-employed as the silent victims of our invidious jobs market or emblems of a new spirit of entrepreneurialism spreading through society, what is beyond doubt is that the ranks of those working for themselves are swelling by the day.
(2) During the trial's closing arguments Donald's lawyer, Max Blecher, accused Shelly of an "unconscionable", "devious" and "invidious" scheme to strip him of the Clippers.
(3) Christine Blower of the National Union of Teachers said: "This is an invidious choice no head teacher or governor would want to make.
(4) The absence of a relationship between social class and political involvement for those individuals who confine their formal associational activity to age peers is explained by positing the existence of a generational community which insulates lower class older people from class related cross-pressures and invidious distinctions which depress political involvement in other contexts.
(5) People are placed in invidious situations, like Shtrum, cornered by Stalin.
(6) This puts schools in the invidious position of never being able to achieve what is demanded of them.
(7) If adopted, the bill will put British judges in the invidious position of adjudging certain civil claims under conditions in which one party will not be entitled to see the evidence on which the opposing party relies.
(8) This article examines the phenomenon of whistle-blowing and its antecedent dynamics, including invidious organizational tactics that are employed to silence patient advocates.
(9) "He knew that would be quite improper and invidious," said one source, but Brown made it clear he intended to become a transitional figure, and might be gone by the autumn.
(10) And that must mean leaving invidious comparisons like “Ulsterisation” to wither.
(11) So invidious are these IPPs, described as a "stain" on the criminal justice system by former justice secretary Ken Clarke, they were recently abolished.
(12) Eoin Mclennan-Murray, president of the PGA, described the sentences as a "blatant injustice", "as absolutely inhumane and unfair" and said: "Day in and day out, prison governors and their staff are placed in the invidious position of having to try and defend the indefensible."
(13) It would have been invidious to choose between them.
(14) Surely that puts the Booker judges in an invidious position.
(15) The debate can degenerate into an invidious competition over victimhood, over how many millions perished, over who suffered the most.
(16) The idea of [my ex-boyfriend] being the father of my child and having him in my life in the long term made me physically ill.” Lawyers for the mother and daughter will focus on the girl’s age and argue that “the blanket ban on abortion is particularly invidious when it comes to children who are unlikely to be able to access appropriate medical services without adult assistance.” The mother’s legal team is hoping to crowdfund the fees for the judicial review because she is not eligible for legal aid.
(17) "What an invidious situation to leave people in," he told Sky News.
(18) Andrew Jolley, a former school governor who has campaigned for greater transparency and funding for the free school meals policy, said: “Many schools now face an invidious choice: allow the education of their pupils to suffer, or comply with the new requirement to provide UIFSM.
(19) Shame is recognised by psychologists to be the most invidious social emotion.
(20) The job of delivering truthful opinions on somebody’s play, on this actor’s performance or that director’s production, is nearly always an invidious one.