(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(4) At each cooking time, a sample was withdrawn and its hardness measured individually on 25 kernels, with the DUR-INCAP.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).
Nur
Definition:
(n.) A hard knot in wood; also, a hard knob of wood used by boys in playing hockey.
Example Sentences:
(1) Radial arm maze observations were made on offspring rats during a total of 30 trials, and we made the following findings: 1) The number of trials required for fulfilling learning criterion was significantly large in F-DEL and F-NURS male rats groups relative to the controls; that is, F-DEL and F-NURS were slow in learning.
(2) The number of rats which did not fulfill the learning criterion was significantly large in F-DEL and F-NURS male rats groups, relative to the controls.
(3) More cohesive than the miners, more determined than the NUR and more confident of public support even than the nurses, these are the people whose decisions shape the way money is spent in the NHS, and the way that most of us will experience it.
(4) Earlier on Sunday, the house where Nur Hassan, 30, and her daughter Rahaf lived in Gaza City was brought down as Israeli jets hit two alleged weapons sites belonging to Hamas in response to the launching of two rockets into Israel .
(5) They don’t want to release me.” Another young man who called himself Nur Ali Awale said he had been held for 15 months.
(6) Breakaway MNLF guerrillas led by its commander Nur Misuari have issued new secession threats from their remaining strongholds such as southern Jolo island, a few hours by boat from Zamboanga city.
(7) Mr Nur said he had phone contact with British Somali families who were stranded in Somalia and feared that their teenage sons might be accused of being jihadi fighters.
(8) Lt Fazel Rahman, police chief in the Guzirga i-Nur district of Baghlan province, said on Sunday that the death toll had climbed from 54 to 81 and that police and villagers were still searching for missing people after flooding hit several villages on Friday.
(9) Just hours before the announcement Atta Muhammad Nur, the Balkh provincial governor who is the most vocal and powerful of Abdullah's supporters, maintained that he considered Abdullah the rightful successor to Hamid Karzai.
(10) In beard and dark shirt, Mohamed Ahmed Nur – described more than once as mayor of the world's most dangerous city – sits at a desk full of flags, mementos and trophies.
(11) Nur wants to see more long-term foreign investment, not just aid, to deal with what he calls symptoms, like water-borne diseases.
(12) Some members of the group succeeded in reaching Syria, among them Abdi Nur, a man cited by Luger as the principal inspiration and recruiter for the Minnesota group since his arrival in the Middle East.
(13) But security remains volatile in the Somali capital and on Thursday night the deputy chief prosecutor, Ahmad Shaykh Nur Maalin, was shot dead by three masked men – the most senior official to be killed in the city since a new government took office last year.
(14) 349 women were given Depo-Provera and 304 were given Nur-Isterate immediately after delivery.
(15) Nur, a grandfather who has survived "many" assassination attempts, believes Mogadishu is ready to make that leap.
(16) The openly pro-Sisi Salafist Al-Nur party, which backed the ousting of Morsi , is the only Islamist party standing.
(17) It evoked a historical war against the Shia, he said: in the 12th century Nur al-Din set off from the mosque to defeat the Shia Fatamid caliphate in Cairo.
(18) "I have seen signs that militias want to carve the city into fiefdoms … these groups need an iron fist," Nur said.
(19) The city's mayor, Mohamed Ahmed Nur, is also concerned.
(20) Another mutation, nur, originally described as conferring sensitivity to inactivation by broad-spectrum and monochromatic NUV, also confers sensitivity to inactivation by H2O2.