(n.) The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the distribution of an estate among heirs or children.
(n.) Separation into parts or classes; arrangement of anything into parts; disposition; classification.
(n.) That which is distributed.
(n.) A resolving a whole into its parts.
(n.) The sorting of types and placing them in their proper boxes in the cases.
(n.) The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston; viz., admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, as other patients who lived at the periphery of the Valserine valley do not appear to be related to any patients living in the valley, and because there has been considerable immigration into the valley, a number of hypotheses to explain the distribution of the disease in the region remain possible.
(2) The resulting dose distribution is displayed using traditional 2-dimensional displays or as an isodose surface composited with underlying anatomy and the target volume.
(3) The distribution and configuration of the experimental ruptures were similar to those usually noted as complications of human myocardial infarction.
(4) These studies led to the following conclusions: (a) all the prominent NHP which remain bound to DNA are also present in somewhat similar proportions in the saline-EDTA, Tris, and 0.35 M NaCl washes of nuclei; (b) a protein comigrating with actin is prominent in the first saline-EDTA wash of nuclei, but present as only a minor band in the subsequent washes and on washed chromatin; (c) the presence of nuclear matrix proteins in all the nuclear washes and cytosol indicates that these proteins are distributed throughout the cell; (d) a histone-binding protein (J2) analogous to the HMG1 protein of K. V. Shooter, G.H.
(5) Using monoclonal antibodies directed against the plasma membrane of Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells, we demonstrated previously that a glycoprotein with an Mr = 23,000 (gp23) had a non-polarized cell surface distribution and was observed on both the apical and basolateral membranes (Ojakian, G. K., Romain, R. E., and Herz, R. E. (1987) Am.
(6) Models able to describe the events of cellular growth and division and the dynamics of cell populations are useful for the understanding of functional control mechanisms and for the theoretical support for automated analysis of flow cytometric data and of cell volume distributions.
(7) The subcellular distribution of sialyltransferase and its product of action, sialic acid, was investigated in the undifferentiated cells of the rat intestinal crypts and compared with the pattern observed in the differentiated cells present in the surface epithelium.
(8) Sixteen patients were operated on for lumbar pain and pain radiating into the sciatic nerve distribution.
(9) Furthermore, their distribution in various ethnic groups residing in different districts of Rajasthan state (Western-India) is also reviewed.
(10) A quantitative comparison of tissue distribution and excretion of an orally administered sublethal dose of [3H]diacetoxyscirpenol (anguidine) was made in rats and mice 90 min, 24 hr, and 7 days after treatment.
(11) Their contour lengths varied from 0.28 to 51 micron, but unlike in the case of maize, a large difference was not observed in the distribution of molecular classes greater than 1.0 micron between N and S cytoplasms of sugar beet.
(12) The regional distribution of beta-adrenoceptor subtypes was found to be similar to that seen in the rat brain.
(13) The distribution of gelsolin, a calcium-dependent actin-severing and capping protein, in the retina of the developing and adult rabbit was studied.
(14) In the cannulated group, significant decreases (P less than 0.05) in the area under the elimination curve (AUC), the volume of distribution at steady-state (Vdss) and the mean residence time (MRT) were observed.
(15) Febrile reactions were not distributed randomly among the patients; those with respiratory tract infection experienced more febrile reactions during periods with infection than during periods without.
(16) Despite this alteration in subcellular distribution, the mutant polypeptide retained the ability to induce fibroblast transformation by several parameters, including the ability to display anchorage-independent growth.
(17) Probability distributions are fitted to these data and it is shown that the log-series distribution best fits the data for two subgroups.
(18) Employed method of observation gave quantitative information about the influence of odours on ratios of basic predeterminate activities, insect distribution pattern and their tendency to choose zones with an odour.
(19) Flow cytofluorometric analysis of the strain distribution of the molecules defined by the mAb revealed that two of the antibodies (I-22 and III-5) were directed against nonpolymorphic determinants of Thy-1, whereas V-8 mAb reacted only with Thy-1.2+ lymphocytes.
(20) In contrast with oligodendrocytes, [Cl-]i in astrocytes is significantly increased (from 20 to 40 mM) above the equilibrium distribution owing to the activity of an inward directed Cl- pump; this suggests a different mechanism of K+ uptake in these cells.
Layout
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) 31 junior high students and seven university undergraduates who graduated from the same junior high school seven years before were asked to draw a layout of the school campus.
(2) With no font preferences, every designer can do a picture-perfect layout on every screen, because they don't have to reflow the text accordingly, which is what websites should always do," he says.
(3) These charts facilitate the use of nonstandard testing distances which might be used when there is low visual acuity, when examination room layout prevents testing at the standard distance, or when it is necessary to validate visual acuity scores or detect malingering.
(4) The weekly titles will all be receiving new layout and design with a central section of common pages for the weeklies, drawn from the MEN's leisure and entertainment content.
(5) Work station design and layout play the most critical role in eliminating sources of postural problems.
(6) The strength of these associations was considered significant depending on the magnitude of the HOP ratio, the correlation coefficient, a two-way layout and relative risk (R.R.).
(7) Attention is focused on the problems arising from the community therapy context, the general layout of the setting, the definition of objectives and methods, and in particular the attitude of group leaders.
(8) Thus, both sacroiliac articulation and symphysis pubis show characteristic distribution of the subchondral bone density and layout of the tensile collagen fibrous material as expression of a strongly varying qualitative pattern of stress during walking.
(9) A spatial layout was used that minimized postperceptual errors in reporting location.
(10) After this a specific transducer layout is considered, which is suitable for in-plane measurements, and possible performances are evaluated by means of simulation.
(11) The program calculates most standard model fitting statistics for either overall or stratified analyses and uses data layout files compatible with those of other related epidemiologic analysis software.
(12) We report here on (1) a summary of the layout of cortical areas associated with vision and with other modalities, (2) a computerized database for storing and representing large amounts of information on connectivity patterns, and (3) the application of these data to the analysis of hierarchical organization of the cerebral cortex.
(13) In addition to repetitive motion, these factors included forceful manual exertions and awkward postures required by work station design and layout.
(14) All the problems which arose when the test sheet was filled out were recorded and subsumed into one of the following categories: comprehension problems, problems with the answer categories, answer tendency, problems with layout.
(15) These require careful layout to reduce electric and magnetic coupling, decoupling and filtering of power supplies and components, screening of RF circuits and particular attention to the reduction of power and computer signal currents flowing in RF signal earth paths.
(16) Problems are viewed as falling into several major categories: administration, personnel, location, space allocation, structural, layout, and undue reliance on generalized formulas.
(17) Dos Passos, like his innovative contemporary EE Cummings, played with typography and layout.
(18) Despite the problems with the structure, with its chaotic levels, leaking roofs, bewildering layout and dimly lit interiors, the building splendidly sited beside the handsome Victorian city hall and museum had passionate admirers.
(19) Actually, working with a game designer who knows their layout, colours and shape basics would be a treat beyond words, so you guys should totally take a look at that stuff too.
(20) It has been found out that the layout and arrangement of the wards are fully in keeping with the hygienic requirements on such specialized workplaces.