(n.) The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
(n.) A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.
(n.) A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
Example Sentences:
(1) The rhodamine 123-induced growth inhibition was partially reversed by treating the dye-pre-exposed infected erythrocytes with the proton ionophore carbonyl-cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone, which dissipates transmembrane proton gradients.
(2) These effects of t-butyl hydroperoxide on [9,10-3H]oleic acid incorporation are not affected by dissipating transmembrane gradients for calcium and potassium.
(3) It has been possible to separate this dissipation from that associated with elongation factor Tu function.
(4) A mutation from one state into another in such system ('bioids') involves an amplification of different 'kinds of information', as 'stochastic' (noise into dissipative structures), 'molecular' (autocatalysts), and 'stoichimetric' information.
(5) A comparison with the same transient input terminal input, the fraction of input charge dissipated by various branches in the neuron model is illustrated.
(6) Therefore, at least 75% of maximal import inhibition observed in the presence of F1 beta 1-32 + 2 and F1 beta 21-51 + 3 does not result from dissipation of delta psi.
(7) The surreal air of calm surrounding Spain's bond market shows no signs of dissipating.
(8) In the present studies, Cl replaced the much less permeant anion methanesulfonate (Mes) either (a) at constant [K], in which increased [K][Cl] permits net KCl and water flux across internal membranes, or (b) at constant [K][Cl] (choline substitution), in which the imposed gradients and diffusion potentials should dissipate slowly.
(9) Similarly, the formation of spatial dissipative structures by coupling of a transport process with an interfacial reaction was investigated as a simple experimental example of symmetry breaking.
(10) In contrast, prior depolarization of the cells using varying concentrations of KCl in the external medium, which dissipated the electrochemical gradient for chloride efflux, resulted in a corresponding prolongation of the transient calcium response to vasopressin and angiotensin.
(11) The ATPase activity and H+ translocation are critically dependent upon the presence of chloride, which suggests that chloride influences H+ translocation by dissipating the H+ gradient and acting at the catalytic site of the ATPase.
(12) Her support dissipated in a fruitless search for a site.
(13) This excess risk was dissipated when selected covariates were added to the model.
(14) The patient is allowed to do functional exercises 24 hours after reduction with the aid of the spring stepping roller, which not only helps dissipate swelling in the early stage but also remold the articular facet.
(15) The results show that there is considerable variation in the rate and pattern of dissipation of the various components of the experimentally produced haematoma.
(16) This was probably caused by either dissipation of membrane potential or damage to the vesicle membranes.
(17) The theoretical function described coherences between recording sites of small separation for linear, non-dispersive, dissipative waves moving on an infinite homogeneous plane medium, and driven by spatio-temporally noisy inputs.
(18) In the same study, it was shown, using a 9-amino acridine fluorescent pH probe, that completion of the first stage was characterized by increase in H+ permeability such that the H+ gradient between sperm head and medium was dissipated.
(19) However, when vesicles were loaded with both KCl and NaCl the height of the overshoot was considerably decreased indicating a Na+-K+-dependent dissipation of the intravesicular to extravesicular chloride gradient.
(20) With less space to dissipate water within the network, it is forced into the main channel.
Thermolysis
Definition:
(n.) The resolution of a compound into parts by heat; dissociation by heat.
Example Sentences:
(1) The inactivation of lysozyme caused by the radicals produced by thermolysis of 2,2'-azo-bis-2-amidinopropane can be prevented by the addition of different compounds that can react with the damaging free radicals.
(2) Vaporization of a ornithine-containing polar lipid from Thiobacillus thiooxidans has been accomplished by thermolysis in a chemical ionization source.
(3) Complications of electrolysis and thermolysis and the pathophysiology of hair regrowth are presented.
(4) The assay involves extraction with diethyl ether, thermolysis of the sulphonylureas at 100 degrees C and trapping of the resulting amines with 2,4-dinitrofluorobenzene.
(5) The present work constitutes an entirely novel contribution in the scope of microbiology and especially in taxonomy, introducing thermolysis curves as a rapid method of characterization of fungal polysaccharides and bacterial lipopolysaccharides.
(6) These findings were not surprising in light of our previous studies on the formation of PCDFs and PCDDs from the thermolysis (500-750 degrees C in presence of air) of PCBs or PCBZs.
(7) The historical, legal, and theoretical aspects and clinical technics of both electrolysis and thermolysis are critically reviewed.
(8) Both methylthiosulphoxide epimers (V) have been shown to be susceptible to thermolysis yielding the monoethylthio- derivative (VI) via elimination of methylsulphenic acid.
(9) The results are interpreted in terms of an efficient inactivation of the enzyme by the alkylperoxyl radicals generated by thermolysis of the azocompound.
(10) Cadaverine at final concentration 1.0 and 0.1 mM protected lysosomes from thermolysis.
(11) Meningitis due to Gemella haemolysans developed in a 73 year old woman after thermolysis of the Gasserian ganglion for trigeminal neuralgia.
(12) The results demonstrate the utility of chemical ionization for developing an understanding of a thermolysis process.
(13) Neither Tty, Tva, nor Ts, alone constitutes the specific stimulus leading to thermolysis by sweating.
(14) The molecular ion is the base peak in the majority of cases, provided that thermolysis is minimized when using the direct probe or gas chromatography inlets.
(15) When given to the rats at the nadir of ethanol hypothermia, diazepam did not potentiate ethanol's thermolysis but retarded the recovery from hypothermia; it caused also a dose-dependent delay in the recovery of motor coordination and other responses.
(16) Thermolyzed casein promotes early colonic precursor lesions in a dose-dependent and thermolysis time-dependent manner; thermolyzed casein also promotes colon cancer.
(17) To determine how thermolysis affects this promotion, we examined thermolysis conditions, quantity of thermolyzed protein in the diet, and duration of thermolysis.
(18) We propose that the elevated basal temperature observed in SHR is not due to an impaired thermolysis but the result of a noradrenaline-mediated hyperreactivity to environmental stress, e.g.
(19) Some historical parallels exist between this disturbing period and present day electrolysis and thermolysis practice: only twenty-seven states currently require licensing for permanent hair removal, which is a procedure with rare but potentially serious complications.
(20) Sixteen plant-derived or synthetic coumarins with various hydroxyl and other substitutions were tested for their ability to scavenge alkylperoxyl radicals generated in the aqueous phase by the controlled thermolysis of 2,2'-azo-bis-(2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride (ABAP).