(a.) A word formerly used (as finis is now) at the conclusion of a book to indicate the end.
(a.) Not implied merely, or conveyed by implication; distinctly stated; plain in language; open to the understanding; clear; not obscure or ambiguous; express; unequivocal; as, an explicit declaration.
(a.) Having no disguised meaning or reservation; unreserved; outspoken; -- applied to persons; as, he was earnest and explicit in his statement.
Example Sentences:
(1) Subsequently, the study of bundle branch block and A-V block cases revealed that no explicit correlation existed between histopathological changes and functional disturbances nor between disturbances in conduction (i.e.
(2) It transpired that in 65% of the analysed advertisements explicit or implicit claims were made.
(3) Moreover, the most recent combined application of the rat interstitial cell testosterone (RICT) bioassay and a novel multiple-parameter deonvolution model has allowed investigators to dissect plasma concentration profiles of bioactive LH into defined secretory bursts, which have numerically explicit amplitudes, locations in time, and durations, and are acted upon by determinable subject- and study-specific endogenous metabolic clearance rates.
(4) Using an explicit process, the Oregon Health Services Commission has completed the ranking of 714 condition-treatment pairs.
(5) Regressional analysis of relations between loads and the level of inbreeding in the Adyg population showed the explicit interrelation between the load of autosomal-dominant diseases and the Fst correlation coefficient being 0.89.
(6) As of July 1987, 10 states have prohibitory laws, five states have grandmother clauses authorizing practicing midwives under repealed statutes, five states have enabling laws which are not used, and 10 states explicitly permit lay midwives to practice.
(7) But for the mid Atlantic, the models showed that only human-driven global warming could explain the increase in saltiness – the first time such an explicit link has been made between climate change and salinity.
(8) We report the use of a technique for developing guidelines which explicitly seeks to identify areas of agreement and disagreement, and focuses on the reasons that particular decisions were made and the causes of disagreement.
(9) Charge conservation analysis explicitly includes the gating charge when applied in the laboratory frame.
(10) Requesting physicians explicitly identified "no money" or "no insurance" as the primary reason for transfer in 89 per cent of 164 cases in which these data were recorded.
(11) And he failed to engage with these sensible proposals to limit bonuses to a maximum of a year's salary or double that if explicitly backed by shareholders - proposals which even his own MEPs have backed – until the very last minute.
(12) Our model is a development of previous models, but differs in several respects: the overall activity is assumed to be dependent on the error level, the effect of errors in the translating system, giving rise to additional errors in the succeeding generation of products, is explicitly included as a special term in our model, and scavenging enzymes are assumed to break down and eliminate products with a loose structure.
(13) The level of competency in the diagnosis and treatment of common and emergency disorders needed by nonophthalmologists is assessed and then translated into explicit objectives that specify the levels of mastery to be learned.
(14) 1) Without Explicit Action, We Could See More than 4°C of Warming.
(15) Neuronal models in temperature regulation are primarily considered explicit statements of assumptions and premises used in design of experiments and development of descriptive equations concerning the relationships between thermal inputs and control actions.
(16) Control animals were given comparable periods of stimulus presentations, explicitly unpaired.
(17) Assuming that unrecognized or inadequately corrected hypovolemia results in higher mortality and morbidity rates, we developed a systematic approach to resuscitation that would: 1) identify criteria to aid in the recognition of hypovolemia and ensure the expeditious correction of this defect without interfering with diagnostic workup and management; 2) define criteria to prevent fluid overload which may jeopardize the patient's course, and 3) express these criteria in an explicit, systematic, patient care algorithm, ie, protocol, useful to both the resident and the practicing physician.
(18) The Liberal Democrats fought the 2010 election in explicit opposition to free schools and academy plans.
(19) This paper describes a simple procedure designed explicitly for investigating the adequacy of cohort size at the planning stage of a study.
(20) It explicitly guides the decision maker in determining the crucial variables in a clinical decision, and permits both objective data and personal preferences to play a part in decision making.
Total
Definition:
(a.) Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss.
(n.) The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions.
Example Sentences:
(1) By electrophoresis and scanning densitometry, actin was found to constitute about 4% to 6% of the total cellular protein in the human corneal epithelium.
(2) Serum samples from 23 families, including a total of 48 affected children, were tested for a set of "classical markers."
(3) When perfusion of the affected lung was less than one-third of the total the tumour was found to be unresectable.
(4) A total of 13 ascertainments of folate sensitive autosomal fragile sites is observed, of which 10q23 fragility appears to be the most frequent.
(5) The statistical T value calculated for the LP-TAE group showed that the administration of LP, the tumor size, intrahepatic metastasis, portal vein infiltration, and serum total bilirubin and alpha-fetoprotein levels significantly (P < 0.01) affected the patients' survival.
(6) A total of 104 evaluable patients 20-90 years old treated by direct vision internal urethrotomy a.m. Sachse for urethral strictures reported retrospectively via a questionnaire their sexual potency before and after internal urethrotomy.
(7) A total of 555 caries lesions were registered on proximal surfaces, 49.1% being primary lesions in the enamel, 21.4% primary lesions into the dentin and 29.5% secondary lesions.
(8) We maximize an objective function that includes both total production rate and product concentration.
(9) We have developed a new procedure for the rapid preparation of undegraded total RNA from cultured cells for specific quantitation by dot blotting analysis.
(10) Road traffic accidents (RTAs) comprised 40% and ischaemic heart disease (IHD) 13% of the total.
(11) But earlier this year the Unesco world heritage committee called for the cancellation of all such Virunga oil permits and appealed to two concession holders, Total and Soco International, not to undertake exploration in world heritage sites.
(12) All the twins were born in years 1973-1987, the total number was 2,226 boys and 2,302 girls.
(13) A total of five men appeared at a Moscow courtroom on Sunday.
(14) Further, at the end of treatment fewer patients had depressive symptoms and the total daily number of hours of wellbeing and normal movement increased.
(15) Three overlapping clones, spanning a total of 19 kb of the human SC gene, including 3 kb of the 5' flanking region, were characterized.
(16) Pituitary weight, mitotic index and chromosomes were studied in male rats following a single or repeated dose of estradiol-benzoate for a total period of 210 days.
(17) Only the approximately 2.7 kb mRNA species was visualized in Northern blots of total cellular and poly(A+) RNA isolated from cardiac ventricular muscle.
(18) In the present study, respirometric quotients, the ratio of oral air volume expended to total volume expended, were obtained using separate but simultaneous productions of oral and nasal airflow.
(19) The Nazi extermination of Jews in Lithuania (aided enthusiastically by local Lithuanians) was virtually total.
(20) Total cholesterol levels are elevated, particularly in hypopituitary women.