(1) However, the groups often paused less and responded faster than individual rats working under identical conditions.
(2) Photograph: Guardian The research also compiled data covered by a wider definition of tax haven, including onshore jurisdictions such as the US state of Delaware – accused by the Cayman islands of playing "faster and looser" even than offshore jurisdictions – and the Republic of Ireland, which has come under sustained pressure from other EU states to reform its own low-tax, light-tough, regulatory environment.
(3) This is interpreted to mean that the release of fructose from the central complex is faster than the isomerization of the E-NADH complex.
(4) The data show that whenever the two half components correspond to different RTs, the resulting RT equates that of the faster component.
(5) Time-resolved tyrosine fluorescence anisotropy shows global correlation times broadly in agreement with the NMR results, but with an additional faster correlation time [approximately 600 ps].
(6) Formula fed infants retained more nitrogen and gained weight faster.
(7) The junctional currents were already constant 1 ms after step changes in the junctional voltage; this was three orders of magnitude faster than the other known examples of voltage-controlled gap junctions between embryonic cells.
(8) In Experiment 1 (summer), hens regained body weight more rapidly, returned to production faster, and had larger egg weights (Weeks 1 to 4) when fed the 16 or 13% CP molt diets than when fed the 10% CP molt diet.
(9) Mean run time and total ST time were faster with CE (by 1.4 and 1.2 min) although not significantly different (P less than 0.06 and P less than 0.10) from P. Subjects reported no significant difference in nausea, fullness, or stomach upset with CE compared to P. General physiological responses were similar for each drink during 2 h of multi-modal exercise in the heat; however, blood glucose, carbohydrate utilization, and exercise intensity at the end of a ST may be increased with CE fluid replacement.
(10) After cessation of exposures, HEVal was lost faster than predicted by the normal erythrocyte life span alone.
(11) Between-group responsivity differences suggest developmental retardation in term (38-42 weeks) SGA newborns, but the faster SGA latencies may reflect 'induced' acceleration in auditory neurophysiologic function.
(12) When approximately 80% of the myosin light chain was thiophosphorylated, the nucleoside diphosphate exchange occurred at a much faster rate and was almost complete in 2 min.
(13) The more resistant cell lines (D0 greater than 1.8 Gy) had faster growth rates and larger proportions of cells in S phase in asynchronous cultures.
(14) In conclusion results from this study indicate a positive effect of Venoruton in SVT in determining a faster decrease of hyperthermic areas probably by decreasing local inflammation.
(15) Fatigue developed significantly faster with contractions of short duration, and the energy cost was higher.
(16) With the faster rate of proliferation there was a corresponding increase in virulence.
(17) An analysis of 54 protein sequences from humans and rodents (mice or rats), with the chicken as an outgroup, indicates that, from the common ancestor of primates and rodents, 35 of the proteins have evolved faster in the lineage to mouse or rat (rodent lineage) whereas only 12 proteins have evolved faster in the lineage to humans (human lineage).
(18) Forty percent of newly synthesized chains eluted on gel filtration as a lower molecular weight (LMW) shoulder and in vivo turned over faster than the larger species.
(19) Intramuscular immunisation produced a faster but less sustained response than subcutaneous injections.
(20) The faster oxidation of the photoreduced cytochrome after NADPH-Fd reduction of heme ba indicates that the oxidation of ba and bp may be cooperative.
Quicken
Definition:
(a.) To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.
(a.) To make lively, active, or sprightly; to impart additional energy to; to stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken one's steps or thoughts; to quicken one's departure or speed.
(a.) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper; as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced.
(v. i.) To come to life; to become alive; to become vivified or enlivened; hence, to exhibit signs of life; to move, as the fetus in the womb.
(v. i.) To move with rapidity or activity; to become accelerated; as, his pulse quickened.
Example Sentences:
(1) And so I would stare at a discarded popcorn box, a spilled drink or simply the darkness that disappeared into the seat ahead of me – listening carefully to quickening breaths – allowing the film’s soundscape to caress me.
(2) The resultant kinetic model can produce a response that overshoots, quickens, and eventually saturates as the input intensity is increased.
(3) Psychophysiological observations, especially PETCO2 and EEG, during relaxation training with deep-diaphragmatic breathing and mental imagery, suggest that the addition of certain types of music "deepens" breathing and quickens relaxation: PETCO2 "normalizes" with decreased respiration rate, and EEG shows decreased average theta and increased alpha.
(4) Interest in the problem of anteroposterior specification has quickened because of our near understanding of the mechanism in Drosophila and because of the homology of Antennapedia-like homeobox gene expression patterns in Drosophila and vertebrates.
(5) Restriction endonuclease analysis and DNA hybridization techniques create new potentials for old methods, and the human gene map is becoming more dense with mapped loci at an ever quickening pace.
(6) While he had beefed up his staff and hoped to quicken the speed of his work, he insisted it was not his problem to worry ultimately about delays.
(7) There has been pointed out that long-lasting intake of ethanol quickens the metabolism of testosterone in the liver.
(8) They showed GDP growth quickened to 6.8% for October-December, the first quarterly acceleration for two years and ahead of economists’ forecasts for growth to hold at 6.7%.
(9) The scoring, of singles at least, has quickened since Prior arrived at the wicket - I wonder whether, if, the rate is still roughly four, with 20 to go and with these two still in, they too might start to wonder.
(10) Guns will not be allowed into the convention itself, which is being held inside the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland and policed by the secret service, or inside a tight perimeter immediately surrounding the venue.
(11) Yet in cruising through qualifying, occasionally offering a glimpse of hope through Kane or Sterling but more often failing to quicken the pulse, Hodgson has quelled any talk of mutiny but will likely go into another major tournament with the usual nagging concerns.
(12) They had been in title contention until the visit to Chelsea on 22 March and so in one sense, the top-four place – the bare minimum requirement of the season – has failed to quicken the pulses.
(13) There is a quickening of excitement around the place.
(14) Robson then earns himself four, easing a punch through cover - the afternoon sun has quickly quickened the outfield.
(15) English and Scottish common law held that abortion after quickening was illegal.
(16) We love you Ivanka!” a male voice from the floor cried as the 34-year-old businesswoman and former model stepped up to the GOP convention podium at the Quicken Loans arena.
(17) Quickened the pace in midfield with some snappy passing and clever movement.
(18) To be sure, a number of sports venues have indeed helped revitalise surrounding neighbourhoods – take Progressive Field and Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Coors Field in Denver, or Petco Park in San Diego, all of them squeezed into dense, walkable areas.
(19) In some respects, he is a controversial choice, even if he is one to quicken the pulse, with Sir Alex Ferguson, Keane's former manager at Manchester United, being heavily critical of him in his recently published autobiography.
(20) We determined the gestational age at the time of initial auscultation of fetal heart tones with an ordinary fetoscope, and its relationship to quickening, parity, and placenta location.