(n.) The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists.
Example Sentences:
(1) Large gender differences were found in the correlations between the RAS, CR, run frequency, and run duration with the personality, mood, and locus of control scores.
(2) The difference in HDL and HDL2 cholesterol concentrations between the MI+ and MI- groups or between the MI+ and CHD- groups persisted after adjustment by analysis of covariance for the effect of physical activity, alcohol intake, obesity, duration of diabetes, and glycemic control.
(3) The active agents modestly improved treadmill exercise duration time until 1 mm ST segment depression (3%), and only propranolol and diltiazem had significant effects.
(4) However, there was no consistent protocol for the method or duration of drug administration.
(5) For each temporal position of the independent noise, discriminability was a function of the ratio of the duration of the independent noise (tau) to the total burst duration.
(6) Careful attention must be given to antibiotic choice as well as the dose and duration of therapy.
(7) We conclude that increased duration of exercise can lead to reduced PDH complex activity in rat muscles.
(8) These episodes continued for the duration of the suckling test and were enhanced when a second pup was placed on an adjacent nipple.
(9) Results demonstrate that the development of biliary strictures is strongly associated with the duration of cold ischemic storage of allografts in both Euro-Collins solution and University of Wisconsin solution.
(10) There is a relationship between the duration of stimulation (t) and the total heat production (H) of the type H = A plus bt, where A and b are constants.
(11) It is suitable either for brief sampling of AP durations when recording with microelectrodes, which may impale cells intermittently, or for continuous monitoring, as with suction electrodes on intact beating hearts in situ.
(12) There was no correlation between disturbed gastric clearance, impaired gall bladder contraction, and prolonged colonic transit time in the patients with cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy nor was there a correlation between any disturbed motor function and age or duration of diabetes.
(13) In electrophysiological studies with neurons of Lymnaea stagnalis, THA inhibited the slow outward K+ current and consequently increased the duration of the action potentials.
(14) A study of the time-course of the response during aortic stenosis of 30 min duration showed early release of renin from the innervated kidney at a time (5 min) when little release occurred from the denervated one.
(15) The elimination half-life of most beta-agonists is relatively short, and pharmacokinetics are independent of dose and duration of treatment.
(16) IgG antibody titres to Coxsackie B1-B6 were measured in 113 insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) patients whose mean age was 12.2 years and mean duration of IDDM was 4.6 years, and in 87 normal sibling controls whose mean age was 13.8 years.
(17) The maximum duration of the drainage was 24 days and complete recovery was obtained in all patients without further surgical treatments.
(18) This study provides strong and unexpected evidence that one admission to hospital of more than a week's duration or repeated admissions before the age of five years (in particular between six months and four years) are associated with an increased risk of behaviour disturbance and poor reading in adolescence.
(19) The results suggest that the response continued unabated throughout the duration of exposure to hypoxia.
(20) The duration of action correlated with the elimination half-life of the drug (r = 0.87; P less than 0.003) and area under the plasma concentration curve (r = 0.72; P less than 0.03).
Seismograph
Definition:
(n.) An apparatus for registering the shocks and undulatory motions of earthquakes.
Example Sentences:
(1) In spite of this, the scope of its uses continues to increase and it remains an indispensable instrument of neurophysiological diagnosis, especially in its capacity as a 'seismograph' of the brain.
(2) Looking at the bizarre, sinister world of North Korea’s leadership, it is almost anyone’s guess why the world’s most reclusive regime decided to mark the new year by exploding a device it claimed was a hydrogen bomb , sending seismographs quivering and unleashing new tensions in international relations.
(3) These quakes were substantial – measuring magnitude five – but had been invisible because they did not show up on seismographs.
(4) That morning the USGS servers received data from various seismographs, translated them into figures and sent them over the net to the journalist’s personal computer.
(5) The first explosion was registered on the seismograph at the University of Mexico at 05 h 44 min 52 s and was followed by a dozen explosions within the next hour, some of them of BLEVE type (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion) due to rupture of one or more storage tanks.
(6) Political volcanologists watching for eruptions should be turning their seismographs on the NHS.