(n.) The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laborious or perceptible effort; as, an exertion of strength or power; an exertion of the limbs or of the mind; it is an exertion for him to move, to-day.
Example Sentences:
(1) In some experiments heart rate and minute ventilation (central vactors) appear to be the dominant cues for rated perceived exertion, while in others, local factors such as blood lactate concentration and muscular discomfort seem to be the prominent cues.
(2) Noradrenaline decreased the phasic contraction amplitude of the circular muscle and exerted a stimulant effect on the tone which suggested an existence of two alpha 1-adrenoceptor subtypes.
(3) A complex of vitamins exerting a protective action on the system of coenzymic acetylation in the body have been tried.
(4) The photoinactivating effect of DMCT was also exerted upon other animal viruses tested, i.e.
(5) Both Diltiazem and Trifluoroperazin exerted a protective effect on the preservation of enzymatic activities and of ultrastructure in conditions of impaired calcium homeostasis.
(6) We have investigated the bacterial antagonism exerted in oral secretion by alpha-hemolytic streptococci against S. aureus and S. epidermidis.
(7) The hypothesis that monohydroxy bile acids exert their cholestatic and hepatotoxic effects via a sustained elevation of cytosolic [Ca2+] was tested in the isolated perfused rat liver.
(8) It is well established that the renal medulla exerts a potent endocrine-like antihypertensive action.
(9) (1) EXCP appears to be a more serious finding only in those higher risk individuals with either a positive EXECG or lower MAXRPP; (2) EXCP and its interactions may help discriminate between anginal and nonanginal, exertional chest pain, and (3) the contradictory results found when EXCP was allowed to interact may explain conflicting results in previous multivariate models regarding the predictive significance of EXCP.
(10) Pitch forward head movements exerted the strongest effect.
(11) Adenine sulfate, at the 0.01 mM level, was found to exert a significant protective effect.
(12) The effects exerted on the cervical spine by a traction of 150 N was studied by means of an improved radiographic technique.
(13) Furthermore, effector TH cells within the two compartments exert differential effector activities: splenic effector TH cells induce B cells to both proliferation and maturation, while thymic effector TH cells are defective in activating B-cell maturation.
(14) None of the treatments exerted any effect on fasting or one-hour insulin levels.
(15) These data support the conclusion that there are mechanisms intrinsic to each tissue which exert a degree of control during growth over its chemical composition; therefore, growth itself can be considered an intrinsic regulatory mechanism.
(16) It is concluded that ACh exerts a direct, excitatory action on geniculate neurons.
(17) Oxygen administered after arthritis is advanced still exerted a significant curative effect.
(18) This residue is thus non-essential for cardiotoxin to exert its biological action.
(19) 4-S-Cysteinylphenol (4-CP) has been shown to exert selective toxicity to melanocytes, causing growth inhibition of experimental malignant melanoma.
(20) A clear structure-mutagenicity relationship was observed in a series of aporphine alkaloids (aporphine, dehydroaporphine, 7-oxoaporphine and 4,5-dioxoaporphine), and 10,11-non-substituted aporphines were suggested to exert their mutagenicity through metabolic activation of the 10,11 positions, possibly as the 10,11-epoxides.
Expenditure
Definition:
(n.) The act of expending; a laying out, as of money; disbursement.
(n.) That which is expended or paid out; expense.
Example Sentences:
(1) A progressively more precise approach to identifying affected individuals involves measuring body weight and height, then energy intake (or expenditure) and finally the basal metabolic rate (BMR).
(2) Size of household was the most important predictor of both the total level of household food expenditures and the per person level.
(3) These results suggest that a lowered basal energy expenditure and a reduced glucose-induced thermogenesis contribute to the positive energy balance which results in relapse of body weight gain after cessation of a hypocaloric diet.
(4) The mean of the total daily energy intake was 104% of basal energy expenditure (BEE), and 70% of patients lost their weight.
(5) Thus, both energy intake and expenditure were manipulated to result in an energy deficit of 50 percent.
(6) But there were red faces in the MoD when it withdrew details of more than £14m in expenditure following questions from the Guardian.
(7) We present a comparison of the Canadian and American data on expenditures, identifying the sectors in which the experience of the two nations diverges most, and describing the processes of control.
(8) Twenty-one days of treatment of one group of burned rats with the selective beta 2-adrenergic agonist, clenbuterol, increased resting energy expenditure and normalized body weight gain, muscle mass, and muscle protein content.
(9) Childcare carves out a hefty third of household income for one in three families, overshadowing mortgage repayments as the biggest family expenditure .
(10) However, a variety of policy initiatives were introduced both to restructure National Health Service (NHS) expenditure, and to facilitate private provision of health services.
(11) Respiratory gas exchange and indirect calorimetry were used to obtain resting energy expenditure (REE) and net substrate oxidation rates.
(12) Hodge asked: "That's a lot of money, over £2bn [shortfall] being fed into the public expenditure figures – who is being held to account?"
(13) The energey expenditure during coitus for long-married couples is equivalent to that of climbing stairs, and consequently the risk of heart attack is low.
(14) There was no statistically significant difference between the figures obtained by the 2 methods, except for pharmaceutical expenditures (P = 0.005) which were grossly underevaluated by the program.
(15) Average increases in resting metabolic expenditure for a group of patients following elective operation, skeletal trauma, skeletal trauma with head injury, blunt trauma, sepsis and burns were determined by indirect calorimetry and protein need by urinary nitrogen losses over extended time periods.
(16) Inhibition of facultative thermogenesis by beta-blockers such as propranolol, diminishes the daily energy expenditure and promotes weight gain and obesity.
(17) But there will be as much as George Osborne as Ed Balls or Miliband in today's budget delivered this afternoon in the Dail by two ministers: Fine Gael's Finance Minister Michael Noonon and Labour's Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin.
(18) If all households curbed their expenditures, total consumption would fall, and so, too, would demand for labour.
(19) Simultaneously, energy expenditure and whole-body lipogenesis were measured by indirect calorimetry.
(20) Some £122bn was public expenditure and just under £28bn private spending, with NHS charges included in the private-spending total.