(n.) The unit of force, in the C. G. S. (Centimeter Gram Second) system of physical units; that is, the force which, acting on a gram for a second, generates a velocity of a centimeter per second.
Example Sentences:
(1) Labetalol was more effective than placebo in significantly lowering systolic blood pressure (-11 versus + 5 mm Hg, -23 versus + 4 mm Hg), diastolic blood pressure (-9 versus + 2 mm Hg, -12 versus + 5 mm Hg), and total systemic resistance (-259 versus + 42 dynes-sec cm-5, -390 versus + 74 dynes-sec cm-5) in young and older hypertensive subjects, respectively.
(2) Pulmonary vascular resistance decreased from 2095 to 1333 dynes sec cm-5 with an initial dose of the drug.
(3) The pulmonary hemodynamic response to an acute normobaric inspiratory hypoxia, a fraction of inspired O2 of 0.125 and the balance nitrogen for 10 min, was investigated in a 51-year-old man 11 months before and again 3 wk after he experienced an episode of pulmonary edema while mountaineering near the summit of the Chimborazo (Ecuador) at an altitude of about 5,700 m. Pulmonary vascular resistance increased by 72 and 70 dyne .
(4) Whereas reversibility was demonstrated when the shearing stresses exceeded the elastic resistance [0.17 dyne cm-2 (1.7 muN CM-2)], thorough mixing usually resulted in a normal behavior of the solutions thereafter.
(5) Pulmonary vascular resistance was lower in the group with acute insufficiency (mean 139 dynes sec cm-5) than in the group with chronic severe insufficiency (mean 631 dynes cm-5) (P less than 0.005).
(6) The pre- and postoperative systemic vascular resistance was 1707 and 1941 dynes sec X cm-5, respectively (P greater than 0.2).
(7) It was found that in the venules of the rabbit omentum a white blood cell sticking to the endothelial wall was subjected to a shear force in the range of 4 times 10--5 dynes to 234 times 10--5 dynes; the exact value depended on the size and motion of the white blood cell, the size of the blood vessel, the velocity of the blood flow, and the local hematocrit, which varied between 20% and 40% in venules of about 40 mum in diameter.
(8) Notable exceptions to the third observation were patients with valvular heart disease or a resting pulmonary vascular resistance greater than 800 dyne-sec-cm-5.
(9) Coronary revascularization with high baseline pulmonary vascular resistance (greater than 200 dyne s cm-5).
(10) These changes usually coincided with an increase in osmiophilic inclusion bodies in the large alveolar cell.A concentration of disaturated phosphatidyl choline per milligram DNA in excess of 0.170 mg per mg was associated with a minimal surface tension below 13 dynes per cm (p < 0.001).
(11) Mean arterial pressure ranged from 40 to 65 mm Hg while systemic vascular resistance varied widely, averaging 1575 dyne-sec-cm(-5).
(12) None of the patients with poor ventricular performance had a peak isovolumic rate of change of power that exceeded 25,000 dynes cm sec-2.
(13) The adiabatic compressibility of oxidized thioredoxin was also much larger (9.8-18 x 10(-12) cm2 dyne-1) than that of the reduced protein (3.8-7.3 x 10(-12)).
(14) At 14 to 28 weeks, the surface-active fraction from lung gave a minimum surface tension of 18.1 dynes per centimeter and 7.0 dynes per centimeter by 4 days after birth.
(15) Statistical analysis of the hemodynamic variables revealed that the responders (group 1) had a significant decrease in the pulmonary vascular resistance from 250 dynes second cm-5 at baseline to 155 dynes second cm-5 at 15 minutes after sublingual nifedipine (p less than .05 and 135 dynes second cm-5 at 24 hours while on oral nifedipine.
(16) There were significant changes in mean pO2 (51.8 to 61.9 mmHg; P less than 0.01), pCO2 (55.3 to 47.6 mmHg; P less than 0.001), mean pulmonary artery pressure (41.8 to 34.5 mmHg; P less than 0.01) and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) (346.4 to 163.3 dynes; P less than 0.05).
(17) The approach used in this study involved the application of Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy (FTIR) to the analysis of samples taken from the Chem-Dyne remedial action hazardous waste site.
(18) The force required to separate the F1-JY pair is 1.5 X 10(4) dynes per square centimeter.
(19) Linear regression analysis revealed a close relationship between changes in distal coronary pressure (delta DCP) and those in resistance of the stenotic coronary segment (delta RL) represented by the following equation; delta RL (dyne X cm-5 X sec X 10(-3)) = 0.50 X [delta DCP (mmHg)]-6.0 X 10(-2), r = 0.86, p less than 0.01.
(20) A surface tension of less than 56 dynes per centimeter at 120 microliter of extract and less than 46 dynes per centimeter at 220 microliter of extract denoted pulmonary maturity.
Pyne
Definition:
(n. & v.) See Pine.
Example Sentences:
(1) The NSW education minister, Adrian Piccoli, said Pyne must be "the only person in Australia" who believed in the model created by the Howard government, which seems likely to form the template for Pyne's new model, to be implemented in 2015.
(2) Pyne said his office had calculated that if students left university with a debt of $30,000- $40,000, they would have to pay back between $3 to $5 extra each week.
(3) I’m standing strongly behind Bronwyn Bishop as the Speaker and I would call on all my colleagues whether they’re in the cabinet or on the backbench to stand firm against the demands by the Labor party to remove the Speaker,” Pyne said.
(4) Pyne is also introducing a practice of “interventions”, where MPs will be given opportunities to interrupt and participate in parliamentary debates.
(5) Coalition reverses planned $500m cut to automotive industry assistance Read more But some attendees were surprised when Pyne told the senators that unless Labor and the crossbench passed the family tax benefit cuts, there would be no expanded ATS.
(6) I’ve found the savings to do so through the reform of the higher education sector and I’m very passionately committed to continuing [NCRIS], but the savings to fund it are in the reform bill and if the crossbenchers and the Labor party vote against the reform bill they will effectively be voting against the [NCRIS] continuing.” Asked whether the linkage was a mistake in light of concerns from research leaders, Pyne said ministers were required to find savings if they had spending proposals.
(7) The Pynes now live in Wakefield, in a cottage packed with photos of Morrissey and a dedicated music room stuffed with CDs and vinyl.
(8) Pyne’s announcement also met with a strong response from Tom Alegounarias, president of the Board of Studies New South Wales.
(9) In question time on Tuesday, Pyne said officials were still finalising the details of the in-principle agreements with the three jurisdictions to benefit from the restoration of the $1.2bn, but the government was treating the states as “adult” administrators.
(10) "Well I think Christopher [Pyne] said schools would get the same amount of money, and schools – plural – will get the same amount of money.
(11) Macintyre has previously been the target of criticism by Pyne, who told the ABC’s Q&A program in June 2012 that the first offering of the national history curriculum was “very leftwing” and was “certainly written by an ex-communist”.
(12) Pyne, who is the minister for industry, innovation and science, and Roy, the assistant minister for innovation, have not commented on the developments.
(13) The then education minister, Christopher Pyne, dismissed the call, saying the government didn’t as a rule trash funding agreements already in place.
(14) Some of those people that they are looking for evidence of is communication with Christopher Pyne, Mal Brough, Wyatt Roy, along with Channel Nine and News Corp reporters.
(15) A spokesman for Pyne then began hosing down the idea by saying it was “not on the current agenda”.
(16) He told Guardian Australia: “You’ve only got limited funds you can spend on higher education and is this really a sensible use of $1bn?” Before Abbott’s definitive statement, Pyne told the Financial Review a policy change would need “proper safeguards”, such as a minimum age to ensure that the families of young people who died owing a Hecs debt “would not be penalised”.
(17) Pyne was describing the implementation of the deregulation of fees in response to questions about the indexation of student loans.
(18) Clearly Christopher Pyne has given up on texting and moved on to advertising, websites and social media,” Lazarus said on Monday.
(19) About $1.2bn earmarked for those jurisdictions was removed from the federal budget in the pre-election economic and fiscal outlook as a result of stalled negotiations – a figure Pyne and Abbott sought to make a virtue of restoring this week .
(20) Replacing the indexation rate with the rate at which the government has to borrow the money that it lends to students is perfectly fair,” Pyne said.