(a.) Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force, remedy, speech; the effective men in a regiment.
(n.) That which produces a given effect; a cause.
(n.) One who is capable of active service.
(n.) Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper currency; -- a term used in many parts of Europe.
Example Sentences:
(1) Indicators for evaluation and monitoring and outcome measures are described within the context of health service management to describe control measure output in terms of community effectiveness.
(2) Previous use of the drug is found in more than 50 per cent of the patients, and it was often followed by a neglected side-effect.
(3) Circuit weight training does not exacerbate resting or exercise blood pressure and may have beneficial effects.
(4) Combinations of maximum amounts of glucagon and the cyclic nucleotide did not produce a greater effect than either agent alone.
(5) AEDs may also have differential effects on nighttime sleep.
(6) The effect of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) on growth of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) cell lines was studied.
(7) This suggested that the chemical effects produced by shock waves were either absent or attenuated in the cells, or were inherently less toxic than those of ionizing irradiation.
(8) Combination therapy was most effective in patients receiving HCTZ prior to enalapril.
(9) Age difference did not affect the mean dose-effect response.
(10) The Na+ ionophore, gramicidin, had a small but significant inhibitory effect on Na(+)-dependent KG uptake, demonstrating that KG uptake was not the result of an intravesicular positive Na+ diffusion potential.
(11) The process of sequence rearrangement appears to be a significant part of the evolution of the genome and may have a much greater effect on the evolution of the phenotype than sequence alteration by base substitution.
(12) Increased plasmin activity was associated with advancing stage of lactation and older cows after appropriate adjustments were made for the effects of milk yield and SCC.
(13) We have investigated the effect of methimazole (MMI) on cell-mediated immunity and ascertained the mechanisms of immunosuppression produced by the drug.
(14) Omission of K(+), Ca(++) or Mg(++) had no effect on uptake.
(15) Biochemical, immunocytochemical and histochemical methods were used to study the effect of chronic acetazolamide treatment on carbonic anhydrase (CA) isoenzymes in the rat kidney.
(16) Arachidic acid was without effect, while linoleic acid and linolenic acid were (on a concentration basis) at least 5-times less active than arachidonic acid.
(17) Simplicity, high capacity, low cost and label stability, combined with relatively high clinical sensitivity make the method suitable for cost effective screening of large numbers of samples.
(18) In dogs, cibenzoline given i.v., had no effects on the slow response systems, probably because of sympathetic nervous system intervention since the class 4 effects of cibenzoline appeared after beta-adrenoceptor blockade.
(19) The effects of sessions, individual characteristics, group behavior, sedative medications, and pharmacological anticipation, on simple visual and auditory reaction time were evaluated with a randomized block design.
(20) Urinary ANF immunoreactivity was significantly enhanced by candoxatril in both groups (P less than 0.05 and P less than 0.01 in groups 1 and 2, respectively), with a more pronounced effect evident at the higher dose (P less than 0.01).
Neer
Definition:
(adv. & a.) Nearer.
Example Sentences:
(1) Satisfactory results (according to Neer) were found in 94.3%.
(2) Although almost 100 cases of osteolysis of the distal clavicle have been reported in the literature, none have occurred in females (Neer and Rockwood, 1984).
(3) The best results regarding function and pain reduction have been obtained by the Neer prosthesis, but the lack of cranial support ("fornix humeri") and the ovalization of the head seem to be responsible for some cases of upward migration of the head of the prosthesis.
(4) Ten Designed After Natural Anatomy (DANA) and five Neer prostheses were implanted.
(5) In 51 patients (27-67 years) with subacromial impingement syndrome, an acromioplasty according to Neer was performed.
(6) As a therapeutic procedure, it constitutes a more sensitive test than Neer's test.
(7) There were a few complications, but on the whole we feel that the Neer total shoulder arthroplasty is a valuable procedure for a patient with polyarthritis.
(8) The cross-linked G protein is functional, and its alpha subunit can change conformation upon binding GTP gamma S. GTP gamma S stabilizes alpha o to digestion by trypsin (Winslow, J.W., Van Amsterdam, J.R., and Neer, E.J.
(9) Neer's classification of humeral fractures was proved on 657 patients.
(10) Twenty-nine Neer-type total shoulder arthroplasties were performed in 26 patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
(11) Surgical treatment consisting of implantation of two Neer total replacements was successful: the functional result was good, and within 12 weeks the patient was free of pain and able to resume work.
(12) A carbon fiber tow application combined with Neer's anterior acromioplasty seems useful in the reconstruction of large tears of the rotator cuff.
(13) A Neer prosthesis and allogeneic bone grafts were used to reconstruct the shoulder joint.
(14) Fixation objectives are evaluated in light of Neer's four segment classification.
(15) Analysis of twelve studies performed by Neer et al.
(16) Since 1981 the simpler approach of Neer without resection of acromion has been used (for synovectomy as well as for prosthetic replacement) with an easier postoperative management and equally good results.
(17) Four patients required replacement of five humeral heads with Neer's prostheses.
(18) The Neer anterior acromioplasty served as comparison in the evaluation to arthroscopic technique.
(19) The two methods commonly applied are the resection of the coracoacromial ligament and Neer's anterior acromioplasty.
(20) The results were assessed using the point system of Neer.