(n.) The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light.
(n.) An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.
(n.) The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder; as, the difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other.
Example Sentences:
(1) 5-Azacytidine (I) stability was increased approximately 10-fold over its stability in water or lactated Ringer injection by the addition of excess sodium bisulfite and the maintenance of pH approximately 2.5.
(2) Since the advance and return of sperm inside the tubes could facilitate the interaction of sperm with secretions participating in its maturation, the persistent infertility after vasectomy could be related to the contractile alteration that follows the excessive tubal distention.
(3) The following conclusions emerge: (i) when the 3' or the 3' penultimate base of the oligonucleotide mismatched an allele, no amplification product could be detected; (ii) when the mismatches were 3 and 4 bases from the 3' end of the primer, differential amplification was still observed, but only at certain concentrations of magnesium chloride; (iii) the mismatched allele can be detected in the presence of a 40-fold excess of the matched allele; (iv) primers as short as 13 nucleotides were effective; and (v) the specificity of the amplification could be overwhelmed by greatly increasing the concentration of target DNA.
(4) Excessive lip protrusion was eliminated, and arch leveled.
(5) Ten milliliters of the solution inappropriately came into contact with nasal mucous membranes, causing excessive drug absorption.
(6) Dietary factors affect intestinal P450s markedly--iron restriction rapidly decreased intestinal P450 to beneath detectable values; selenium deficiency acted similarly but was less effective; Brussels sprouts increased intestinal AHH activity 9.8-fold, ECOD activity 3.2-fold, and P450 1.9-fold; fried meat and dietary fat significantly increased intestinal EROD activity; a vitamin A-deficient diet increased, and a vitamin A-rich diet decreased intestinal P450 activities; and excess cholesterol in the diet increased intestinal P450 activity.
(7) Cigarette consumption has also been greater in urban areas, but it is difficult to estimate how much of the excess it can account for.
(8) Preliminary studies of different systems suggest several of them may have sensitivity to detect intraepithelial abnormalities in excess of 95%.
(9) Excessive accumulation of hydrogen ions in the brain may play a pivotal role in initiating the necrosis seen in infarction and following hyperglycemic augmentation of ischemic brain damage.
(10) Fifty-four cases were analysed, and a two-fold excess of clustering within one year was observed, both within single districts and between adjacent districts.
(11) The first one is a region with iodine insufficiency; the second one is a region where the people use table salt in excess.
(12) Addition of methacholine to the substance-P-treated cells caused a rapid increase in [3H]IP3, whereas a second addition of a 10-fold excess of substance P had no effect.
(13) It is possible that the marked elevations in obsessive-compulsive symptomatology and in interpersonal sensitivity may reflect in part a sensitization to excessive performance demands.
(14) Using the intersection point of these pH-logPCO2 lines as a point of equal hemoglobin-independent "base excess" for each condition, values for true base excess were plotted.
(15) This excess in diagnosis comprises, in particular, the ductal type, primarily its most aggressive forms.
(16) Attention is drawn to the desirability of differentiating between supra- and sub-gingival calculus in the CPITN scoring system and to the excessive treatment requirements that arise from classifying everyone with calculus as requiring prophylaxis and scaling.
(17) IgG-gold also adhered to M cells and excess unlabeled IgG inhibited IgA-gold binding; thus binding was not isotype-specific.
(18) The technique did not compromise cancer resection, excessively prolong operating time, or alter postoperative management.
(19) The temperature-activated 4 to 5 S EBP transformation is found to be highly reproducible without loss of [3H]estradiol-binding activity in a buffer containing an excess of [3H]estradiol, 40 mM Tris, 1 mM dithiothreitol, and 1 M urea at pH 7.4.
(20) The amount of cleavage products depends on the excess of H2O2 used.
Overpressure
Definition:
(n.) Excessive pressure or urging.
Example Sentences:
(1) Good correlation with final deformity (Spearman rho = 0.78) was obtained when the hips were ranked in terms of a new cumulative overpressure index Pc, defined as a time-pressure product involving years of pressure exposure beyond a 2 MPa pressure damage level.
(2) Investigations of the course of flow curves during semiquantitative evaluation of hepatobiliary sequential scintigraphy supported the previous view that establishment of the anastomosis and elimination of portal overpressure improves hepatic perfusion.
(3) The model should prove useful in assessing the risk of blast injury in diverse overpressure environments and may give insight into pathophysiologic mechanisms and strategies for protection.
(4) On the basis of a series including 185 files on diving accidents gathered between 1981 and 1988, the authors carry out a radiological study of the thoracic signs observed after drowning and lung overpressure.
(5) Two overpressured layer chromatography (OPLC) methods have been developed for the separation of neutral and acidic cannabinoids.
(6) It was demonstrated in experiments on normal subjects that moderate ambient pressure changes, creating overpressure in the middle ear, may induce a vestibular reaction.
(7) (2) A study of the effect of simulating gun muzzle blast wave on sheep indicated that in the single explosion, the threshold overpressure values inflicting the injury of internal organs were: Lung-37.27 kPa, G-I tract-41.0 kPa; the upper respiratory tract-negative until 73 kPa, while in the multiple (20 times) explosions, they were 23.7, 23.7 and 41.4 kPa, respectively.
(8) In the authors' opinion the anastomosis is the operation of choice suited for patients lacking a tendency of normalization of the portal circulation and with dangerous manifestations of portal overpressure.
(9) Its maximal overpressure values are 215 kPa (in open condition) and 505 kPa (in closed condition).
(10) This rise is lesser with a high statistical significance than the overpressure produced in the Valsalva's manoeuvre.
(11) However, recent studies with animal models indicate irreversible damage to articular cartilage due to overpressures generated within the patellofemoral (P-F) joint without bone fracture, and suggest this injury may lead to a progressive, degenerative disease of the joint.
(12) During exposure to overpressure the divers exercised on a bicycle-ergometer.
(13) The ultimate purpose of the work is to develop effective personal protection from the primary effects of blast overpressure--efficient protection can only be achieved if the injury mechanism is identified and characterized.
(14) We performed 32 overpressure radionuclide cisternography (ORNC) studies to examine 26 patients who were clinically suspected of having cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fistula with rhinorrhea.
(15) During Valsalva's manoeuvre the patients achieved an overpressure 250--1 100 mm H2O = 18--81 mmHg for 20 s. After induction of general anaesthesia and intubation, the anaesthesiologist produced an overpressure of 50 cm H2O in the patient's respiratory circuit for 20 s, but the venous pressure rose only to 90--175 mm H2O = 7-- mmHg.
(16) On the other hand, the maximal strength of the inspiratory muscles is involved already during normal pressure and thus a significant increase cannot occur under conditions of overpressure.
(17) The author concentrated from contamined foodstuffs poliovirus type 1--vaccine strain--by means of negative pressure or overpressure filtration across membranes with a different porosity and by means of an ultracentrifuge.
(18) Basement overpressurization was successfully applied in five houses with airtight basements where practical-sized fans could develop an overpressure of 1 to 3 Pascals.
(19) A recent study suggests a threshold (P1) of about 20 kPa, and gives the overpressures required to produce minor, moderate, and major eardrum ruptures.
(20) The results support the hypothesis that the use of overpressure creates a change in the hydrodynamic properties of the cochlea, reflected in an improvement of the inner ear frequency analysis.