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Dissimilate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To render dissimilar.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The results suggest that the assimilation of amino acids by growing fungal cells was quantitatively comparable with their dissimilation to metabolites.
  • (2) The major products of pyruvate dissimilation by washed intact cells of Achromobacter N4-B under nitrogen-fixing conditions are acetate and formate.
  • (3) In faecal slurries, however, denitrification was a relatively minor route of NO3- dissimilation, since only about 3% of the NO3- was converted to gaseous products, with NO3- being mainly reduced to NO2- and NH4+.
  • (4) Whereas most xylose was dissimilated rather than assimilated by S. cerevisiae, the organism apparently possesses a pathway which completely oxidizes xylose in the presence of another substrate.
  • (5) Complete dissimilation within 24 h by isolate "Y" cultures supplemented with 0.5% yeast extract is presumed since no TNT was detectable.
  • (6) This leads to an ergotropic dissimilation of the required value and works to prevent parkinsonism; autism is among the main symptoms.
  • (7) The distinctive metabolism produced by dissimilation of different carbon sources also profound effects upon glyphosate sensitivity.
  • (8) The different strategies of microorganisms to protect their nitrogenases for oxygen inactivation and the regulation of dissimilative nitrate reduction by oxygen are demonstrated in detail.
  • (9) Formaldehyde is oxidized to CO2 in the dissimilation branch of the cycle providing energy for biosynthesis; this confirmed by higher levels of dehydrogenases of glucose-6-phosphate and 6-phosphogluconate during the methylotrophous growth of the cells.
  • (10) A mutant of Escherichia coli that employs a glycerol:nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide 2-oxidoreductase (EC 1.1.1.6), instead of adenosine 5'-triphosphate:glycerol 3-phosphotransferase (EC 2.7.1.30), as the first enzyme for the dissimilation of glycerol was constructed.
  • (11) Instead, a non-cyclic pentose phosphate pathway along with the Krebs cycle is apparently the major route of glucose dissimilation in this organism.
  • (12) The data indicate that T. denticola derives energy by dissimilating L-argine via the arginine iminohydrolase pathway.
  • (13) These studies employed the glucose-repressible, beta-galactosidase system of Escherichia coli and involved an investigation of glucose dissimilation under cultural conditions capable of permitting or preventing expression of catabolite repression.
  • (14) No mutant defective in the degradation of both phenols was found, indicating separate pathways for the dissimilation of the compounds.
  • (15) Ability to initiate growth at 45 C, production of ammonia from arginine, dissimilation of malate, and fermentation of arabinose are confirmatory characteristics.
  • (16) The conversion of mannose to fructose is the first step in the principal pathway of mannose dissimilation by Pseudomonas cepacia.
  • (17) An elevated content of protein in the rations of young animals, as distinct from the old ones, promotes activation of the assimilation and dissimilation phases of the proteinic metabolism.
  • (18) The changes in the heat stable fraction was inconstant and may be attributed to extrahepatic bilharzial dissimilation.
  • (19) The products of the anaerobic dissimilation of glucose were determined.
  • (20) The first two enzymes employed by a Bacillus species for the dissimilation of nicotinic acid are coordinately induced.

Dissimulate


Definition:

  • (a.) Feigning; simulating; pretending.
  • (v. i.) To dissemble; to feign; to pretend.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Psychogenic pain patients were significantly more neurotic and suspicious and less physically aggressive than healthy subjects and also scored significantly higher in dissimulation, which suggests a tendency to use defense mechanisms of denial.
  • (2) Three questionnaire studies are reported in which sets of items traditionally used to measure impulsiveness were intercorrelated were correlated with measures of the major personality dimensions E (extraversion), N (neuroticism) and P (psychoticism), and also with the L (lie; dissimulation) scale.
  • (3) Sixty non-psychiatric normal persons and 133 psychiatric cases, representing two major psychotic groups, were investigated for the dissimulation function.
  • (4) The dissimulating attitude of factitious patients creates the need for objective clinical features which cannot be faked and which have a genuine value for the psychiatric diagnosis and prognosis.
  • (5) Correlations with the physiologic responses supported the validity of psychometric scales specifically designed to measure PTSD but cast doubt on the interpretation of traditional measures of overreporting or dissimulation in this disorder.
  • (6) The results show a significant difference between the two groups of normal and abnormal individuals, the abnormal group dissimulating distinctively more than the other.
  • (7) This kind of dissimulation has been going on forever.
  • (8) Only the sex difference in Blood-injury fears was meaningfully affected by dissimulation: the usual finding of higher mean scores for females was obtained only after controlling for the influence of Lie scores.
  • (9) Results of surveys of recourse to care are influenced by differences between potential accessibility and true access, discrepancies between stated preferences and actual use, and dissimulation about use of therapies considered less legitimate.
  • (10) Finally, the results highlight the need for research on dissimulation in social interaction to consider the effects of acting upon the actor, as well as its effects upon the inferences of observers.
  • (11) Subjects exposed to social models dissimulating tolerance or intolerance generally exhibit matching behavior in their verbal ratings of painful stimulation.
  • (12) Untrained judges estimated the severity of pain being experienced when viewing videotaped facial expressions of chronic pain patients undergoing a painful diagnostic test or dissimulating reactions.
  • (13) Dissimulation function as estimated by means of Lie-Scale scores can be used as a pointer towards the impaired self-appraising ability of the individuals in relation to others.
  • (14) Since the publication of the first findings with a Fear Survey Schedule over five decades ago, there have been no published studies examining the extent of overlap of factorially-derived robust dimensions of irrational fears with social desirability or dissimulation.
  • (15) Ashton said van Beurden’s speech “was a classic of obfuscation and dissimulation.” Stop pretending gas is part of the answer, rather than a necessary stage in a transition to be kept as short as possible John Ashton Ashton said: “It is their right to say whatever they want, but it is essential that this prospectus be challenged.
  • (16) Speech samples taken from an earlier experiment were used in which 15 female students of nursing dissimulated negative affect produced by an unpleasant movie or told the truth about positive affect following a pleasant movie.
  • (17) The management of diverse types of self-mutilation is discussed with a particular emphasis on the selective use of open confrontation of the dissimulating patient with the self-inflicted nature of the lesions.
  • (18) Neither in males nor in females were Agoraphobic and Social fears significantly correlated with dissimulation.
  • (19) Differences between the parole and group therapy conditions were relatively small, with only D-O, Hy-O, and the Dissimulation Scale producing statistically significant results.
  • (20) Two hundred and twenty-eight veterans who requested either inpatient or outpatient treatment at a VA Hospital were administered an MMPI and a structured mental status examination (the CAPPS) to determine whether MMPI validity indicators would be useful in the prediction of dissimulation during a structured interview.

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