(n.) An element, atom, or radical having a valence or combining power of two.
(a.) Having a valence or combining power of two; capable of being substituted for, combined with, or replaced by, two atoms of hydrogen; as, oxygen and calcium are dyad elements. See Valence.
Example Sentences:
(1) The 3' end of the cell cycle regulated mRNA terminates immediately following the region of hyphenated dyad symmetry typical of most histone mRNAs, whereas the constitutively expressed mRNA has a 1798 nt non-translated trailer that contains the same region of hyphenated dyad symmetry but is polyadenylated.
(2) Termination of sar RNA synthesis occurs after transcription of the first and second Ts of a TTTA sequence following a region of hyphenated dyad symmetry.
(3) Sixty mother-toddler dyads (30 boys and 30 girls) participated as subjects.
(4) The reciprocal (equivalent) and nonreciprocal (excessive giving or receiving) exchange of services was measured by the frequency of exchange and perception of potential support between the dyad.
(5) Because current family systems theory indicates that positive individual relationships within a dyad (e.g., child-mother) should be related to an overall favorable impression of the family system, we hypothesized that these two instruments should demonstrate convergence on selected dimensions.
(6) The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of two interventions, Calorie Management and Socioemotional Growth Fostering, on (a) the weight of children aged 1 to 3 years with nonorganic failure to thrive and (b) the interaction behaviors of 10 mother-child dyads.
(7) Most of the literature on this subject has indicated, contrary to the findings reported here, that full and intense erotic transference manifestations are rarely if ever seen in this therapeutic dyad.
(8) (2) The peak-to-peak spacing in this distribution is significantly different from 10.3 bases in the region covering three helix turns immediately 5' of the dyad axis.
(9) Assertive needs produced the largest number od dyads which discriminated (p less than .05) clinical and control groups.
(10) However, two mutations which increased the dyad symmetry of part of the binding site yielded ligands with a higher affinity for MDBP.
(11) This mutation is partly located within a region of dyad symmetry.
(12) The purpose of this study was to compare dyadic interaction behavior of traumatically disabled and nondisabled men paired in homogeneous or mixed dyads.
(13) MCM1 binds to the dyad symmetry element 5'-CCTAATTAGG and related sequences, which we refer to as MCM1 control elements (MCEs).
(14) Data also suggest that black dyads are represented more frequently in the positive categories, and white dyads are more likely to be categorized as "apathetic" or "hostile."
(15) (2) Coincident disomy increased as a function of the mean number of disomic chromosomes per spore in each dyad, but this increase differed functionally from that expected if coincident disomy in the two ascospores were a simple, meiotically independent, concomitant of multiple disomy.
(16) Binding sites for the GAL4-positive regulatory protein have been identified upstream of six galactose-inducible genes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae on the basis of (i) protection in DNAse I footprints, (ii) loss of protection when excess GAL4-binding oligonucleotide is added and (iii) homology with a 23-bp dyad-symmetric consensus sequence.
(17) The distance from spouse (or partner) repeats within the marital dyad the lack of closeness to parents experienced in adolescence.
(18) Mothers in B2 and B3 dyads were rated more sensitive and responsive than all others at all 4 observations.
(19) Maternal stimulation and co-ordinated infant signalling in AGA dyads, and infant quietness and maternal activity encouraging quietness in SGA dyads, were patterns in high-scoring subjects.
(20) Encouragement of open, direct communication between members of a dyad may produce favorable or unfavorable results, depending upon the situation.
Dyadic
Definition:
(a.) Pertaining to the number two; of two parts or elements.
Example Sentences:
(1) Elaborated within a systems approach, this guide considers both the dyadic unit and the individual contributions of the partners; likewise it includes subjective as well as objective data.
(2) In the mid-elementary school-aged child the decentering process emphasized by Piaget, together with the emerging capacity for making allowance for the context within which events occur, leads to the dyadic relationship being seen by the child as being mediated through the transactions of two autonomous mental apparatuses.
(3) The purpose of this study was to compare dyadic interaction behavior of traumatically disabled and nondisabled men paired in homogeneous or mixed dyads.
(4) Organized into same sex dyadic pairs, 64 students (32 male, 32 female) were divided into two groups (high- and low-eye contact) and assigned to either a positive or negative condition defined in terms of the verbal content of the confederate.
(5) Those who insist on working only within dyadic, triadic, or family contexts may fail to achieve desirable goals.
(6) In addition, dyadic measurement of the caregiver, the elder, and the family are suggested.
(7) A coding system, developed to assess pre- versus postintervention performance in four domains, was applied to videotapes of each subject in dyadic interaction.
(8) The inappropriateness of dyadic ideas of relationships can also be seen in neonatological research results.
(9) The nine inventories selected are: the Bem Sex Role Inventory, the Derogatis Sexual Functioning Inventory, the Dyadic Adjustment Scale, the Relationship Belief Inventory, the Sexual Arousability Inventory, the Sexual Behavior Inventories (female, male, and couple versions), and the Sexual Interaction Inventory.
(10) With the work of Mahler, Bowlby and others it has been increasingly recognized in recent years that there is a sequential progression in the nature of the first dyadic relationship which forms the basis for the type and quality of subsequent interpersonal transactions.
(11) They could also tell how their competence was differentially perceived by different partners (dyadic accuracy).
(12) Psychotherapy is moving out of the dyadic relationship into groups using increasing degrees of confrontation.
(13) In recent years dyadic combinations of endodontic medicaments have been used increasingly in clinical pediatric dentistry with little regard to the possibility of pharmacological antagonism of the components.
(14) Participants were administered the Dyadic Adjustment Scale and additional items to assess quantitatively their marital relationships.
(15) While the pathways for investigating divergent views of the family are clearer for those who chose more quantitative methods (as current literature reflects this tradition), qualitative methods may serve to clarify the process through which divergent views occur and are maintained within the family, both on an individual and on a dyadic or triadic level.
(16) By not explicitly including other family members, the traditional dyadic model of the doctor-patient relationship predisposes towards the formation of a compensatory alliance.
(17) Efficacy of the device and psychological evaluation (Dyadic Adjustment Scale for marital satisfaction and Hamilton Rating Scale for depression) were performed before and 3 months after treatment.
(18) Removal of only the mother-infant (less than 1 year) dyadic interactions removed all significant kin effects.
(19) For each subject, data were collected in a dyadic conversation with an investigator.
(20) In the attempt to interpret the extensive body of data and to give it a coherent shape, one general hypothesis which has been formed is that women tend to be characterized by a greater 'mobility' between the more mature, adult level and an earlier one, reaching back all the way to the oral aspects of the dyadic relationship.