What's the difference between effervescent and shimmering?

Effervescent


Definition:

  • (a.) Gently boiling or bubbling, by means of the disengagement of gas

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Bio-availability and therapeutic efficacy of two oral ferrous preparations in the form of effervescent tablets (A and A*) were compared.
  • (2) But 30 minutes before takeoff on our private jet – like a top-end Lexus limo with wings – actress Rosamund Pike has heroically stepped in for the year's hot meal ticket: an El Bulli supper, pitch perfect for a selection of rare champagne, devised by Adrià with Richard Geoffroy, Dom Pérignon's effervescent chef de cave.
  • (3) 3 When metoclopramide was given before effervescent aspirin the rate of aspirin absorption during migraine attacks was not significantly different from that obtained in normal volunteers given effervescent aspirin alone or from that obtained in the patients themselves when given both metoclopramide and effervescent aspirin when headache-free.
  • (4) The pharmacokinetic properties of two solid form, 400 mg ibuprofen (IP) preparations, a soft gelatin capsule and a film-coated tablet, were compared to those obtained after the administration of liquid prepared from effervescent IP tablets.
  • (5) During endoscopy, using recently sterilized endoscopes that were flushed with 3% hydrogen peroxide after the glutaraldehyde cycle, instantaneous blanching (the "snow white" sign) and effervescence were noted on the mucosal surfaces when the water button was depressed.
  • (6) We compared the effectiveness of 1 mM Geritol, 12% corn oil emulsion, Kaolin-pectin, single contrast oral barium sulfate, and effervescent granules as enteric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents.
  • (7) This technique gives good double contrast without those artifacts using effervescent powders and without modifying the normal radiological alimentary tract examination established way.
  • (8) In 65 patients examined by a formal double contrast technique using effervescent pills and a thick barium suspension, there were 4 radiological errors (6%).
  • (9) Statistics are presented for an effervescent cold product, and recovery data are presented for other commercially available products.
  • (10) Alternatively, a double-contrast examination can be performed using a high-density barium-suspension effervescent agent and glucagon.
  • (11) When I ask her to pick out any memorable moments, she tips back her head and lets out an effervescent laugh: "There were so many, where would I start?"
  • (12) The concentration of total salicylate proved to be dose dependent and was lower in tissues from rats receiving the buffered, effervescent product, especially at the higher doses.
  • (13) The pharmacokinetic profile of an innovative formulation of soluble aspirin (l-ornithine acetylsalicylate, ldB 1003) was compared with that of conventional tablets and two other soluble dosage forms (d, l-lysine acetylsalicylate and a buffered effervescent formulation of acetylsalicylic acid) after administration of single oral doses in six normal volunteers.
  • (14) If Brown's delight at the visit was sad in its way, the public's was effervescent.
  • (15) The metamorphosis from a club that was dead on its feet to a vibrant, effervescent, potentially well perceived football club is remarkable.
  • (16) In the book she talks about “an effervescent moment” – when popular protests converge to bring about real change – which comes after a section in the book titled “Magical Thinking”.
  • (17) Bioavailability of ibuprofen (CAS 15687-27-1) was investigated in 12 healthy volunteers who received 2 sachets of newly developed effervescent granules (Imbun), each containing 500 mg of ibuprofen lysine salt (corresponding to 292.6 mg of ibuprofen) as the test preparation and 1 sachet of commercially available granules containing 600 mg ibuprofen.
  • (18) An open two-way cross-over study in 12 healthy male volunteers was performed in order to determine the relative bioavailability of a 150 mg ranitidine (Zantic, CAS 66357-35-5) effervescent tablet sweetened with saccharine in comparison to the 150 mg standard ranitidine dispersible tablet (Trinkette).
  • (19) The results suggest that salicylate-induced renal toxicity should be less likely to occur after administration of the buffered, effervescent formulation.
  • (20) In a series of 300 upper gastrointestinal tract investigations, Andrew's Liver Salt has proven to be an effective effervescent, releasing adequate gas in more than 80% of the examinations.

Shimmering


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shimmer
  • (n.) A gleam or glimmering.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It was pored over by line producers, prop masters, location scouts, production designers, scenic designers, costume designers, directors, assistant directors, second assistant directors, and second second assistant directors – at each step becoming more real, as if emerging from the shimmer of some distant desert horizon.
  • (2) Objective measurements of vocal jitter, shimmer, and signal to noise ratio were done to assess changes in the vibratory patterns, and analysis of data from 12 patients revealed improved glottic function postoperatively.
  • (3) The most promising addition is the under-construction National Museum of African American History and Culture, designed by the British architect David Adjaye and scheduled to open in 2015, which cloaks a modernist structure with shimmering bronze-coated decorative panels.
  • (4) In his dreamlike view of the world, bits of buildings are liberated to take on their own lives and attempt unexpected feats: floors can shift and windows can hover – and now, it seems, planes can spurt out shimmering aluminium vapour trails.
  • (5) Cycle-to-cycle variations in voice fundamental frequency (jitter) and amplitude (shimmer) were derived by electroglottography for 10 children with velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI).
  • (6) The Raven features a singer, simply called Antony, with a wonderful, shimmering voice - almost castrato.
  • (7) From his brutal Pusher trilogy to the weird and wonderful anti-biopic Bronson , these films are more like art installations, shimmering with stylish violence and near-hallucinatory moments.
  • (8) I was tobogganing with friends in the village, and we saw something astonishing in the sky: great columns of white light shifting and shimmering, breaking and floating away, rising from behind the hills.
  • (9) The results are discussed in terms of how the phonovascular relationship may affect the reliability and interpretation of acoustic shimmer measures.
  • (10) The vistas that greet travellers are quite the opposite: Robinson Crusoe islands of swaying palms and snow-soft sand, shimmering azure waters and coral reefs teeming with tropical life.
  • (11) In his dust blue suit and shimmering yellow tie, he is rounder than he was in 2008 (eating too many of his children's leftovers).
  • (12) Electroglottographic records of voice onset were classified as either abrupt or gentle and with respect to the presence or absence of gross irregularities in amplitude (shimmer) and period duration (jitter).
  • (13) Relations of the jitter and shimmer indices (obtained from the filtered vowel waves) to acoustic spectral noise levels and to roughness ratings for the vowel phonations were studied.
  • (14) An attempt is made to unify a variety of existing jitter, shimmer, and noise measures on the basis of common underlying perturbation functions and their derivatives.
  • (15) The purpose of this study was to compare jitter and shimmer data measured with three different analysis systems, the Visi-Pitch PC system (Pine Brook) and two systems based on minicomputers (Chicago and Denver), as a preliminary step toward establishing recording and analysis standards.
  • (16) In the sun shimmer they look like Giacometti sculptures.
  • (17) One shimmering shoulder drop later the 19-year-old was in a yard of space and Myhill did well to repel the rocket that was propelled at his goal.
  • (18) For jitter and shimmer estimation, direct sampling or the use of a video cassette recorder with pulse code modulation are clearly superior.
  • (19) Listening to Temples' Prisms three and half decades on, to its shimmering Beach-Boys-in-66 sonics and baroque arrangement (warning: features prominent use of flutes), you might feel similarly baffled.
  • (20) Each of his lectures so far has shimmered with narrative delight.