(a.) Major; in the major mode; as, C dur, that is, C major.
Example Sentences:
(1) Retrospective DUR attempts to detect and address patterns of prescribing that might be indicative of inappropriate therapy.
(2) In order to understand the process of executing a voluntary standing movement, the parameters latency (AEA-LT), duration (AEA-DUR) and amplitude (AEA-AMP) of the anticipatory electromyographic (EMG) activity (AEA) in the tibialis anterior muscle, Hoffmann (H) reflex amplitude in the soleus muscle (Sol) prior to the onset of EMG activity in that muscle, and EMG reaction time (EMG-RT) were measured during heel raising from the standing position.
(3) After repeated 12-hourly dosing to steady-state, and adjustment of dose to achieve trough concentrations of between 5 and 10 mg l-1 (28-55 mumol l-1), theophylline concentration fluctuated to a significantly greater extent within a dose interval when the subjects were taking Phyllocontin than when they were taking Theo-Dur.
(4) At each cooking time, a sample was withdrawn and its hardness measured individually on 25 kernels, with the DUR-INCAP.
(5) Taking into account the bending strength and modulus of elasticity, only Kol-Dur and Diemet can be recommended.
(6) Twenty-one patients, 12 to 18 years of age, with nocturnal asthma controlled with sustained-release theophylline administered twice daily, were enrolled in a 10-week, double-blind, two-way crossover study that compared Theo-Dur tablets administered twice daily with an equivalent daily dose of Uniphyl tablets administered once daily at bedtime.
(7) The mean daily dose of theophylline prior to the study was 828 mg, while the mean dose after three weeks of Uni-Dur therapy was 783 mg.
(8) The mutagenic activity of vastak and durs ban pesticides was studied by the micronucleus test in mouse bone marrow.
(9) The absorption kinetics of theophylline after single oral administration of a sustained-release theophylline tablet formulation, Theo-Dur, were studied in healthy volunteers.
(10) Uniphyl produced greater "peak" and lower "trough" theophylline concentrations than did Theo-Dur, although both lower "trough" theophylline concentrations than did Theo-Dur, although both drugs maintained concentrations within the accepted therapeutic range.
(11) Taken with a balanced meal, the mean parameters were similar; for Theo-Dur and Dilatrane A.P.
(12) 88% absorption was achieved in 6 hr with Choledyl SA versus 10 hr with Theo-Dur.
(13) Theotrim, and Theo-Dur was carried out in five dogs and six healthy human volunteers under fasting conditions, using immediate-release aminophylline tablets as controls.
(14) The bioavailability and absorption pattern of theophylline from Theo-Dur Sprinkle were investigated in adults both in fasting conditions and after two different meals.
(15) In tests with plaster models we inspected the antibacterial effect of the dental plasters Dento-rock and Dento-dur.
(16) A double-blind crossover comparison of a 12-hour theophylline preparation (Theo-Dur) and a 24-hour theophylline preparation (Theo-24) was conducted with 20 young adult chronic asthmatic patients requiring daily bronchodilator therapy.
(17) E-0686 exhibited almost the same rate constant in dissolution in vitro and in absorption in vivo, while Theo-Dur did not.
(18) West of Durness, round Cape Wrath, Sandwood Bay has a spectacular mile-long beach.
(19) The bioavailability and pharmacological effects of slow-release preparations oxtriphylline (Choledyl SA) and anhydrous theophylline (Theo-Dur) were compared in a single-blind, randomized, crossover study in 10 normal men.
(20) Three parameters of this ECG were analysed: total QRS duration (Dur QRS), amplitude of the signal 40 ms before its termination (V 40), and the duration of the terminal activity less than 40 microV (Dur LP).
Dux
Definition:
(n.) The scholastic name for the theme or subject of a fugue, the answer being called the comes, or companion.
Example Sentences:
(1) Dux said it could also reach the government: "The government is not immune in civil litigation.
(2) I hope those people who are still alive, who did know what was happened, feel thoroughly ashamed of themselves Solicitor Liz Dux The investigation into the scale and details of the sexual assaults on patients at the Buckinghamshire hospital was delayed after new information came to light.
(3) Liz Dux, of Slater and Gordon, said last year that victims who claimed to have been abused on NHS premises would initially bring claims against the NHS, while those who alleged they had been assaulted in BBC buildings would first lodge claims against the corporation.
(4) "To win the case against the BBC you do not have to show they knew about it, provided you can prove Savile was acting as an agent of the BBC," said Dux.
(5) Ca2+ has been proposed to regulate expression of the gene for the Ca2+ pump of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in developing chicken myoblasts (A. N. Martonosi, L. Dux, R. L. Terjung, and D. Roufa.
(6) Vanadate concentrations high enough to saturate the low-affinity binding caused two-dimensional arrays as reported by Dux and Martonosi (Dux, L. and Martonosi, A.
(7) I can’t be a judge or jury on anything else, none of the sadness that seems to have been going on there was I aware of.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Jeremy Hunt apologises to the victims of Savile in June 2014 Dux told the BBC that many of her clients had given evidence of how they reported abuse at the time, but they were told to keep quiet.
(8) When a publication date is known, a further update will be provided.” Liz Dux, an abuse lawyer at Slater and Gordon, which is representing 174 of Savile’s victims, said: “You can’t underestimate the amount of distress Savile’s victims will have suffered if they have seen this.
(9) Liz Dux, a partner at Russell Jones & Walker in London and an expert in personal injury and child abuse cases, revealed on Friday that she was acting for a number of women who want to sue the BBC and Stoke Mandeville hospital on the grounds of vicarious liability.
(10) Conditions which were optimal for the stabilization of Ca2(+)-transporting ATPase in solubilized sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes (Pikułla, S., Mullner, N., Dux, L. and Martonosi, A.
(11) The Roman past appealed to Mussolini too, who assumed the title of Duce: the Latin word DUX, which translates as "leader", is tattooed on Di Canio's bicep.
(12) Purified SR preparations from rabbit gastrocnemius muscle atrophied by disuse showed similar protein composition (gel electrophoresis; Laemmli 1970) and similar vanadate induced crystallization (Dux and Martonosi 1983) properties of Ca2+-ATPase as those of control preparations.
(13) Solicitor Liz Dux said: “The victims are hopeful the review will establish a much greater level of accountability than the previous one did.
(14) Dux said the duty of care towards patients or guests of Top of the Pops, Jim'll Fix It and other programmes would be "heightened" if any managers had suspicions at the time about Savile.
(15) Dux, head of abuse at law firm Slater & Gordon, added: "His victims will be distressed to read that those that protected him put monetary gain and his celebrity above looking after their welfare.
(16) Liz Dux, a lawyer at Slater & Gordon who represents 168 survivors of Jimmy Savile’s abuse, immediately accused the £6.5m report of being an “expensive whitewash”.
(17) Liz Dux, abuse lawyer at Slater and Gordon, who represents six of Janner’s alleged victims, says: This is devastating news for my clients.
(18) The observations support the suggestion [Dux, Taylor, Ting-Beall & Martonosi (1985) J. Biol.
(19) Based on our results and those of Dux et al., we emphasize the possibility that delayed neuronal death is, at least in part, caused by increased calcium cycling of plasma membranes and gradual calcium overload of mitochondria.
(20) The Ca2+- or lanthanide-induced crystals are presumed to represent the E1 conformation of the Ca2+-ATPase, and their crystal form is clearly different from the earlier described E2 crystals induced by Na3VO4 in the presence of ethylene glycol bis(beta aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (Taylor, K. A., Dux, L., and Martonosi, A.