What's the difference between enumeration and pruning?

Enumeration


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.
  • (n.) A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed.
  • (n.) A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We therefore enumerated the percentage of Leu2a+ cells as well as the occurrence of HLA-DR activation markers within this population.
  • (2) It could be evaluated both by a plaquing technique and by cell enumeration with an electronic particle counter.
  • (3) were brought about with the aim of performing a "statistical" study of enumeration of the various possibilities, using three "standard" programmes.
  • (4) A novel staining procedure for enumerating osteoclasts on neonatal mouse calvaria with the vital fluorescent dye acridine orange is described.
  • (5) DNA-based detection strategies offer advantages of rapid analysis and enumeration of target cell frequencies with detection sensitivities approximating 10(-4).
  • (6) After reviewing the immunological anomalies provoked by the human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) as well as their implications in pulmonary pathology, the authors enumerate the diagnostic and therapeutic methods currently available in the treatment of patients suffering from AIDS and pulmonary diseases.
  • (7) Cord blood mononuclear cell subsets were enumerated in 31 neonates delivered after maternal labor, in 25 neonates delivered by cesarean section without preceding labor, and in 60 healthy adults.
  • (8) Stationary-phase cells of Escherichia coli were enumerated by the pour plate method on Trypticase soy agar containing 0.3% yeast extract (TSYA), violet red-bile agar, and desoxycholate-lactose agar, and by the most-probable-number method in Brilliant Green-bile broth and lauryl sulfate broth.
  • (9) We have investigated alternative ways of showing variations in child health by using different aggregations of Enumeration Districts (ED) in a small, sparsely populated rural area.
  • (10) We conclude that these monoclonal antibodies should be useful for the enumeration and analysis of TdT-positive cells in normal and neoplastic hematopoietic tissues from several mammalian sources, including man.
  • (11) Salivary S. mutans and lactobacilli were also enumerated.
  • (12) After the enumeration of every single problem encountered in the geriatric gynecology, it has been proved, that the malignant tumors of such cases are of a special significance.
  • (13) If the enumerated criteria for cyst selection are followed, the technique described safely permits aspiration and provides data for a therapeutic plan.
  • (14) Complementary diagnostical methods are also enumerated.
  • (15) An improved membrane filtration procedure for use on board ship to enumerate Escherichia coli and Group D faecal streptococci in marine sediments is described.
  • (16) Offending substances and clinical manifestations are enumerated.
  • (17) It is therefore concluded that functional cytotoxicity assay is more informative in evaluating the status of cell-mediated immunity against tumors than the enumeration of lymphocyte subsets.
  • (18) The advantages are enumerated and are related to allograft pliability.
  • (19) It has not yet been possible to enumerate these tapered rods by culture methods, but as judged by visual appearances in the histological sections, they seemed to outnumber all other bacteria in the cecum and the colon by a factor of as much as 1000.
  • (20) The goal is to use information from the lists to estimate the total number of affected persons in the population, but with some accounting for the different but unknown probabilities of enumeration on each list.

Pruning


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prune
  • (n.) The act of trimming, or removing what is superfluous.
  • (n.) That which is cast off by bird in pruning her feathers; leavings.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A case of "Prune Belly" syndrome, its sonographic diagnosis, from the 15th week and its monitoring by sonography and biochemical exams of fetal urine for study of renal function is described.
  • (2) With an incidence of between 1 in 30,000 and 1 in 50,000 births, prune-belly syndrome (PBS) is a rare malformation syndrome.
  • (3) We report the clinical findings, diagnostic problems and treatment of a 1-year-old Coloured child (with classic 'prune belly syndrome') in whom the spleen had undergone torsion, thus simulating an intra-abdominal abscess.
  • (4) Others have found more striking-power, or more simple poetry, but none an interpretation at once so full (in the sense of histrionic volume) and so consistently bringing all the aspects together, without any shirking or pruning away of what is inconvenient.
  • (5) That is, when distal branches are pruned off surgically, the axon compensates by producing extra proximal branches.
  • (6) The current controversies revolving around the fetal treatment of hydrocephalus and obstructive uropathies (posterior urethral valves, prune belly syndrome, hydronephrosis) are compared and contrasted with the remarkably similar controversies that raged when fetal transfusions were first introduced.
  • (7) This organization supports rapid pruning of the list of drugs.
  • (8) The X-linked prune (pn) eye-colour mutation of Drosophila melanogaster has a highly specific, complementary lethal interaction with the conditional dominant Killer of prune (awdK-pn) mutation.
  • (9) Aggressive surgical management of patients with the prune belly syndrome provides improved abdominal wall function and appearance, and offers excellent testicular salvage.
  • (10) The prune belly syndrome is a well-recognized entity consisting of deficient abdominal musculature, cryptorchid testes, and urinary tract abnormalities most consistent with an obstructive phenomenon.
  • (11) Reduction cystoplasty is a useful procedure to treat a large, poorly functioning bladder in boys with prune belly syndrome who are candidates for urinary tract reconstruction.
  • (12) Staff, which account for half of the NHS's costs, are being pruned, and services are now following.
  • (13) Their growth could be divided into three distinct phases: first, a period of initial outgrowth (55-70%) during which the basic skeleton of major neurites is formed; second, a shorter period of rapid growth (70-80%) during which the basic skeleton is elaborated by the addition of many side branches; and third, a period of maturation (80-95%) during which the branches formed during earlier growth appear to be pruned.
  • (14) As the protests were staged the centre-left cabinet in Portugal called an emergency session to try to prune more from public spending, as it grappled with a debt and deficit crisis that has thrown the spotlight back on to the country.
  • (15) The pathophysiology of hyperammonemic encephalopathy in association with the prune belly syndrome and a review of the literature are presented.
  • (16) Male infants predominate and have either isolated genital abnormalities, hydronephrotic conditions, or classic prune-belly syndrome.
  • (17) Under the conditions of chronic caloric restriction, the phenomenon of exuberance was retarded and pruning was not observed.
  • (18) Cholangiograms showed attenuation and pruning of the intrahepatic bile ducts, some with beading and dilatation of the common bile duct.
  • (19) The majority of the new class of mutations, designated pnts-e, do not interact with the mutation Killer of prune (Kpn) at all of the experimental temperatures, i.e., pnts-e, Kpn flies do not die.
  • (20) It will need lots of tweaking to avoid annoying people – it's already being prodded to see whether it takes more or fewer clicks to reach the phone-dialer (more), and whether you can still set wallpaper (no, but your friends do with their picture – you may need to prune your friends).