(n.) That branch of mechanics which treats of the motion of bodies (kinematics) and the action of forces in producing or changing their motion (kinetics). Dynamics is held by some recent writers to include statics and not kinematics.
(n.) The moving moral, as well as physical, forces of any kind, or the laws which relate to them.
(n.) That department of musical science which relates to, or treats of, the power of tones.
Example Sentences:
(1) Models able to describe the events of cellular growth and division and the dynamics of cell populations are useful for the understanding of functional control mechanisms and for the theoretical support for automated analysis of flow cytometric data and of cell volume distributions.
(2) Local embolism, vertebral distal-stump embolism, the dynamics of hemorrhagic infarction and embolus-in-transit are briefly described.
(3) Therefore, we have developed a powerful new microcomputer-based system which permits detailed investigations and evaluation of 3-D and 4-D (dynamic 3-D) biomedical images.
(4) Brain damage may be followed by a number of dynamic events including reactive synaptogenesis, rerouting of axons to unusual locations and altered axon retraction processes.
(5) Thus, mechanical restitution of the ventricle is a dynamic process that can be assessed using an elastance-based approach in the in situ heart.
(6) Time-series analysis and multiple-regression modeling procedures were used to characterize changes in the overall incidence rate over the study period and to describe the contribution of additional measures to the dynamics of the incidence rates.
(7) These results provide evidence that trait selection can change gonadotrophin receptor concentration and the dynamics of hormone secretion during the oestrous cycle of the mouse.
(8) Full consideration should be given to the dynamics of motion when assessing risk factors in working tasks.
(9) We describe both the three supportive psychotherapeutic steps, which may last months to years including subsequent dynamically psychotherapeutic strategies as well as the reactions of the auxiliary therapist function on the students.
(10) The dynamics has a hierarchical structure which has at least two levels.
(11) It may, however, be useful to compare local wall dynamics in the more isometrically-contracting basal segment with those in the middle portion which brings about most of the emptying of the ventricle.
(12) Echocardiography makes possible the analysis of cardiac structures and their dynamics.
(13) The design of a simple dynamic knee simulator is described.
(14) The most important causal factor, well illustrated by pressure studies, was the presence of a dynamic or static deformity leading to local areas of peak pressure on insensitive skin.
(15) The dynamic influence of continuously administered fentanyl (0.040 mg.kg-1.h-1 i.v.
(16) Dynamics in the changes was established among the workers from the production of "Synthetic rubber and latex", associated with the duration of occupational exposure to styrene and divinyl.
(17) Our dynamic study indicated that: 1) a bolus injection of contrast medium with our method of CTA (CTA-B) produced an attenuation difference between liver and tumor which was about double that obtained with standard methods for CTA, and 2) marked tumor-liver attenuation differences (above 20 HU) persisted for more than 60 s in CTA-B and for not more than 20 s with conventional methods for CTA.
(18) The paper develops a model as a framework for monitoring the course of the program through the policy cycle and recommends that the policy process be considered as dynamic, interactive, and evolutionary.
(19) These results suggest that the central shift in blood volume with WI reduces the sympathoadrenal response to high-intensity dynamic exercise.
(20) A variant of the FitzHugh-Nagumo model is proposed in order to fully make use of the computational properties of intraneuronal dynamics.
Hydrodynamics
Definition:
(n.) That branch of the science of mechanics which relates to fluids, or, as usually limited, which treats of the laws of motion and action of nonelastic fluids, whether as investigated mathematically, or by observation and experiment; the principles of dynamics, as applied to water and other fluids.
Example Sentences:
(1) In both instances the permeation rates of proteins can be better correlated to hydrodynamic radii than to molecular weights.
(2) Modifications in quaternary structure induced by variation of these physicochemical parameters were followed by means of X-ray and quasi-elastic light-scattering and quantified in terms of weight average molecular weight (M), radius of gyration (Rg) and hydrodynamic radius (Rh).
(3) Derivatization of two glucuronides with 2-ferrocenylethylamine, followed by chromatographic separation and measurement of hydrodynamic voltammograms with an electrochemical detector was carried out for unequivocal identification.
(4) Hypertension consequent upon increasing brain edema, and intercerebral pressure gradient which is the cause of transverse dislocation diminish with the use of a method which provides for hydrodynamic equilibrium.
(5) Hydrodynamic measurements show that the hydrodynamic volume of both conformations is almost constant over the range of temperature investigated.
(6) The adaptation of the Nielsen equation for multisized particle systems is suggested as being potentially useful for treating experimental data where hydrodynamic effects must be considered.
(7) Furthermore, the effects of detergents other than CHAPS on hydrodynamic parameters and on [3H]TCDD binding to the receptor were studied.
(8) By studying the kinetics of urease-catalyzed urea hydrolysis during application of hydrodynamic shear under varying chemical environments, we demonstrate that micromolar quantities of metal ions, in this case adventitious Fe, can accelerate the oxidation of thiol groups on urease and thus inactivate it when the protein is subjected to a shearing stress of order 1.0 Pa.
(9) The results provide further evidence that stimulus transmission across dentine in hypersensitive teeth is mediated by a hydrodynamic mechanism.
(10) A reasonable hydrodynamic description of the aggregates of molecular weight 28,600 is a rod with a length of 170 A and a diameter of 30 A; this description is consistent with the X-ray scattering data.
(11) However, previous hydrodynamic and gel-exclusion results clearly indicate that all three of these proteins are oligomeric under these conditions.
(12) The shape of protein S4 from Escherichia coli ribosomes in solution was determined by hydrodynamic methods and low-angle X-ray scattering.
(13) Collision is dependent on the hydrodynamic environment as well.
(14) The heparan sulfate proteoglycan in peak III was larger in hydrodynamic size than the proteoglycan in peak I.
(15) Outflow hydrodynamics and perforation mechanism as well as the required optical matching system are evaluated in detail.
(16) Fresh homograft aortic and pulmonary roots were tested in a pulsatile flow simulator to assess their hydrodynamic function and leaflet opening characteristics.
(17) The presence of a lipid-binding site in colicin A at neutral pH was demonstrated both by hydrodynamic studies with micelles of n-hexadecanoyl and n-octadecanoylphosphocholine and by differential sensitivity to a proteolytic enzyme in the presence or absence of detergent micelles.
(18) The hydrodynamic and DNA-binding properties of the 48-kDa fragment were compared with the parent molecule.
(19) It was also found that calf chondrocytes synthesize much greater proportion of the collagen whereas the cow cells synthesize PGs of smaller hydrodynamic sizes, bearing shorter GAG side chains that are enriched in KS (Keratan sulfate) and Ch-6S (Chondroitin-6 sulfate isomer).
(20) In this communication we report that the second transition was characterized by changes in the circular dichroism spectra in the 260--320 nm region as well as by changes in the hydrodynamic properties.