(a.) Able to endure or continue in a particular condition; lasting; not perishable or changeable; not wearing out or decaying soon; enduring; as, durable cloth; durable happiness.
Example Sentences:
(1) The durable power of attorney concept, though not free of problems, appears more likely to be of practical utility.
(2) By sharing insights and best practice expertise through [the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Sustainability Action Plan] esap and other platforms, Wrap believes business models such as trade-in services will be a reality in the next three to five years.” The actions of the 51 signatories to esap include: implementing new business models such as take-back and resale; extending product durability; and gaining greater value from reuse and recycling.
(3) The system is characterized by high durability, simplicity, and economy and offers an attractive alternative to prevalent columns used for flow analysis.
(4) Follow-up data showing near zero rates of self-injury for 22 months following the conclusion of active treatment with naltrexone indicated that the intervention produced a durable result.
(5) Durability of surgical reconstruction was improved if autogenous saphenous vein was used and if the reconstruction was performed before development of complications.
(6) We have reviewed results of secondary therapy in 427 patients with acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) who did not have a durable satisfactory response after primary treatment.
(7) In short, a durable, successful currency union requires some ceding of national sovereignty."
(8) A three-dimensional network is thus formed, held in place through durable adhesions to stainless steel pins.
(9) Development of a durable color overnight allows application of the DHA preparation in the evening, thus eliminating possible interference with sunscreen use during the day.
(10) In selected cases, prolonged chemotherapy administration can result in durable complete remissions.
(11) Four patients received IFN for approximately 6 months and have manifested extraordinarily durable regressions of greater than 4+ years.
(12) It is the objective of the investigations to improve the adherance of the bone cement at the interface to achieve a more durable anchorage of bone cement in the tissue.
(13) Furthermore, changes in diet composition did not lead to any durable, significant change in plasma peptide levels.
(14) Three of the seven surviving patients have durable engraftment (greater than 230 to greater than 550 days) while four patients have autologous hematopoietic recovery.
(15) We review parent training research along three general dimensions: (1) overall effectiveness, (2) differences in effectiveness attributable to certain features of the program, and (3) durability and generalization.
(16) We conclude that the Hancock porcine bioprosthesis has an acceptable long-term durability and satisfactory performance after tricuspid valve replacement, and we continue to favor its use in the tricuspid position even in association with mechanical prostheses in the left side of the heart.
(17) Current equipment is compact, durable, and not difficult to use or extremely expensive.
(18) The results of an extended follow-up of patients with combined mitral-aortic valve replacement indicate that mechanical prostheses perform better in the long-term owing to their superior durability when compared with biological valves.
(19) Cognitive therapy is often used in treating attention-deficit-disordered (ADD) children because of its purported ability to address this population's attentional deficits and behavioral difficulties and to create durable therapeutic effects.
(20) Finding the funds to invest in durable and improved sanitation remains a major hurdle.
Transitory
Definition:
(a.) Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent.
Example Sentences:
(1) The results indicate that, regardless of the photoperiod, no clear functional relationship can be found between the avian pineal gland and thyroid function, although a transitory increase in T4 levels was seen in both pinealectomized and sham-operated birds shortly after the operations.
(2) In confirmation and extension of observations by Carp and his associates, brain tissue and sera from patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) were found to harbor an agent which induces a transitory depression in polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) in mice as well as in rats, hamsters, and guinea pigs.
(3) The data indicate that a transitory decrease in protein degradation accompanies the increase in protein synthesis on hormonal stimulation of the tissue.
(4) Most of these patients presented a definite stroke within less than one month's time following the last transitory ischemic accident.
(5) It has been established that the structure of depressive phases in sluggish simple schizophrenia includes specific psychopathological signs heralding defect formation and united by the notion "transitory syndrome".
(6) The time-related incidence of these cells entities--the appearance of "dusk" and "bright" cells at 5 min, transitory domination of "bright" cells and the nadir of "dusk" cells at 20 min, sporadic recognition of "bright" cells, lack of "dusk" cells at 45 min and the absence of both cell forms at 180 min--displayed that LP-reactive response promptly appeared and rapidly ceased.
(7) The results obtained showed that there was a significant inhibition of ACTH secretion during long-term treatment with antiovulatory compounds or estrogens, and in half of the cases, there was a delay in normalization of the pituitary-adrenal axis following interruption of the drug, supporting a state of transitory hypoadrenalism.
(8) The mean firing rates were significantly altered by either electrical or flash stimuli repeated 500 times at 0.97 Hz in those units which showed no transitory response.
(9) Delimitation of the pathological process in the lung is characterized by an increase in the number of T- and B-lymphocytes and considerable predominance of polygonally shaped cells with cytoplasmic outgrowths of different lengths and their subsequent replacement by a cell form transitory between T- and B-lymphocytes.
(10) However, it must be stated that no malignant lymphomas were demonstrated in our patients, although the disease can give rise to very pronounced, possibly transitory, lesions in the lymphatic tissue, easily misinterpreted as malignant.
(11) Usually, it is transitory and resolves spontaneously, but a long period with very fast heart rate and without atrio-ventricular synchrony contraction may cause low cardiac output.
(12) The present results demonstrate a histamine, H1-receptor-mediated arousal in the nucleus accumbens which follows transitory hypoactivity, possibly due to activation of presynaptic H3-receptors.
(13) The transitory suppression of L-dopa in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease improves motor response upon reintroduction of the drug although this improvement is not constant.
(14) No accurate information can be obtained from the sum of live and dead cells distinguished by means of double fluorescence staining, since a part of the sperm cell population is in a transitory state i.e.
(15) The tumoricidal activity obtained was transitory, and the level of activity was dependent upon the monokine concentration and the length of induction period.
(16) Since there exist transitory forms between diametrically opposite manifestations of such behavior, possibly the process of individual acquirement of capabilities necessary for fulfilling foraging function occurs.
(17) The asymmetry of the R - R intervals distribution is an index that helps to reveal the dynamics of the transitory processes, being in this respect superior to the intervalgramme.
(18) Horizontal treadmill exercise induced a marked (P less than 0.001) but transitory increase in the level of circulating corticosterone in the plasma of adult male ducks.
(19) In groups of patients with AH, appreciable differences were discovered in the main parameters of the transitory process.
(20) However, paraesthesia of the hands was observed in one case, transitory thrombocytopenia in one other patient, and increased alkaline phosphatases.