(1) Direct fetal digitalization led to a reduction in umbilical artery resistance, a decline in the abdominal circumference from 20.3 to 17.8 cm, and resolution of the ascites within 72 h. Despite this dramatic response to therapy, fetal death occurred on day 5 of treatment.
(2) Hepatic enzyme elevations were more dramatic after blunt trauma, reflecting greater hepatocellular disruption.
(3) Defibrotide prevents the dramatic fall of creatine phosphokinase activity in the ischemic ventricle: metabolic changes which reflect changes in the cells affected by prolonged ischemia.
(4) This transient paresis was accompanied by a dramatic fall in the MFCV concomitant with a shift of the power spectrum to the lower frequencies.
(5) The 21K peptide had little direct effect on the selection of promoters in vitro as measured by this technique, but it dramatically increased the translatability of the product.
(6) Electrical stimulation of afferent pathways at intensities just below threshold for eliciting action potentials resulted in a dramatic decrease in JSCP threshold.
(7) Guardian Australia reported last week that morale at the national laboratory had fallen dramatically, with one in three staff “seriously considering” leaving their jobs in the wake of the cuts.
(8) Although statistical analysis did not show dramatic changes in all these parameters, some individual extreme values were substantially altered.
(9) The most striking feature of some industrialized countries is a dramatic reduction of the prevalence of dental caries among school-aged children.
(10) Galactosylsphingosine had already accumulated at birth and dramatically increased with age.
(11) Jack Straw, foreign secretary at the time of the Iraq war, took a less dramatic view.
(12) The Vc was dramatically increased in the qk, slightly decreased in the shi, and close to control in the mld.
(13) Injection of carbachol into the AV3V produced the expected natriuresis, which was accompanied within 20 min by a dramatic rise in the plasma ANP concentration and a rise in ANP content in the medial basal hypothalamus, the neurohypophysis, and particularly the anterior hypophysis but without alterations in the content of ANP in the lungs or the right or left atrium.
(14) A course of corticosteroid therapy resulted in dramatic, sustained, clinical and electromyographic improvement, normalization of CSF IgG synthesis rate, and disappearance of the oligoclonal bands.
(15) The dramatic nationwide increase of primary and secondary syphilis in women has precipitated a dramatic rise in congenital syphilis.
(16) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats have suffered a dramatic slump in support as a result of their role in the coalition and are now barely ahead of the Greens with an average rating of about 8% in the polls.
(17) Radioimmunoassay measurements of prostaglandins (PGs) E2, F2 alpha, 6-keto-PGF1 alpha and thromboxane (Tx) B2 in 24 h urine specimens from a male and a female healthy volunteer on several consecutive days revealed a dramatic increase of PGE2, PGF2 alpha, 6-keto-PGF1 alpha on days, upon which they had sexual intercourse; only TxB2 remained stable.
(18) We show how this model would explain the perinatal or infantile onset of the disease, the variability of the rate of evolution between the different SMA forms, and the fact that motoneuron loss is much more dramatic in SMA than in even advanced cases of myopathy.
(19) The poll – which sets the stage for a tense and dramatic run to referendum day – suggests that, among the undecideds, more are inclined to vote Remain than Leave.
(20) Its complete removal results in dramatic relief of proptosis.
Flashforward
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Example Sentences:
(1) Channel Five's US drama FlashForward had 2.3 million viewers, 9% of the audience, between 9pm and 10pm.
(2) So, forget about taking a chance on convoluted "New Lost" fare such as last year's FlashForward; 2010's new dramas are all about playing it safe.
(3) Channel Five's US drama import FlashForward continued to perform strongly, attracting 2.7 million viewers and an 11% share in the hour from 9pm.
(4) Channel Five's US import FlashForward drew 1.409 million viewers (5.2%) between 9pm and 10pm.
(5) Under The Dome (Monday, 10pm, Channel 5) is an Event, a TV Happening in the same big-budget vein as Lost, Terra Nova and FlashForward, in which the inhabitants of Earth were haunted by visions of Joseph Fiennes's chinos.
(6) At the same time on Channel Five, its new US import FlashForward starring Joseph Fiennes had 3.3 million viewers, a 14% share, narrowly up on the 3.2 million who watched last week's season opener.
(7) Of its 20 most watched programmes to date, four are sport-related, 10 are films, and five US TV shows (in order of popularity: CSI, Joey, Flashforward, CSI: Miami and The Mentalist).
(8) Flashforward to 2014 and Carrie (now played by Andrea Estella) is a Lady Gaga-esque pop star who has been found dead in her bathtub.