(1) Multiple spawnings of individual females were also observed during the spawning period affecting the relative fecundity of the eggs.
(2) Haematological and blood biochemical changes in the sheep, as well as fecundity of gastrointestinal nematodes, suggested the hosts were immunosuppressed.
(3) Effect of microsporidiosis on the fecundity of hosts A. c. caspius was studied.
(4) Fecundability was only 12% lower for women in the 30-39 year age interval than for women up to 29 years of age.
(5) Data in relation to evolution cycle, period between emergency of adults and first oviposition, fecundity, fertility, amount of blood ingested and fast resistance, are presented.
(6) We conclude that cycle fecundity rates and cumulative pregnancy rates are significantly greater using a combination of hMG and IUI compared with either modality alone in the treatment of male factor, cervical factor, endometriosis, or unexplained infertility.
(7) A model of functional epistasis is proposed in which it is assumed that coupling and repulsion genotypes differ in metabolic efficiency and thus in development time and net fecundity.
(8) We show by genetic crosses that each gene makes an equivalent contribution to the fecundity and fertility of the female and they do not individually provide unique functions to the embryo.
(9) were significantly higher in Booroola ewes containing a major fecundity gene (FF and F+ ewes) compared to those values in Booroolas with no copy of the gene (++ animals; P less than 0.025).
(10) Fecundity among genotypes was not different, although there was an effect on the total number of offspring suggesting differences in egg-to-adult survivorship.
(11) The higher fecundability of more recent cohorts is the most consistent observation.
(12) Electrophoretic partition of the semen plasma of dogs with fecundity disturbances also showed the presence of three fractions, whose migration path and protein concentration are identical with those found in the semen plasma of fertile dogs.
(13) mortality was high), while the nymphal instars showed an adverse effect on ecdysis and adults which emerged from the treated last nymphal instar were characterized by high mortality, abnormal behaviour and reduced fecundity and viability.
(14) Thus, parity had little effect on fecundity in aging females, whereas the cessation of regular ovulatory cycles during aging greatly decreased both the incidence of fertility and the litter size.
(15) Neither sex nor the age of the host was found to influence the fecundic life span or the survival of female adult worm.
(16) The viabilities and fecundities of these same lines were determined by a segregation test using the SM5 balancer chromosome.
(17) The numbers of vitellogenic oocytes in the ovary during the entire study also suggested that atresia of vitellogenic oocytes does not play a prominent role in determining fecundity.
(18) Fecundability of 104 healthy women attempting to become pregnant was halved by consumption of the equivalent of 1 cup of brewed coffee or more daily.
(19) A possible relation between prenatal exposure to cigarette smoking and adult fecundability in women was explored, with the use of data from a prospective study of 221 North Carolina couples.
(20) The processes, connected with the population's reproduction fecundity and the birth number play a great part in the health formation of different populations.
Innovation
Definition:
(n.) The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.
(n.) A change effected by innovating; a change in customs; something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.
(n.) A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.
Example Sentences:
(1) The idea that 80% of an engineer's time is spent on the day job and 20% pursuing a personal project is a mathematician's solution to innovation, Brin says.
(2) An innovative magnetic resonance imaging technique was applied to the measurement of blood flow in the abdominal aorta.
(3) This is about the best experience for our users: the idea that the experience was lacking, the innovation was lacking and we weren't reaching that ubiquity."
(4) Take-out: Apple can still innovate and Apple can still generate irrational lust out of thin air.
(5) By its pragmatic conception, modifications obtained by psychoactive agents are used (antidepressants of the group imipramine and IMAO, classical benzodiazepines and alprazolam, provocation controlled in laboratory) in order to strengthen innovating hypotheses and allow to elaborate useful treatment strategies for neuroses.
(6) In 2013 it successfully applied for a Visa Innovation Grant , a fund for development and non-profit organisations seeking to adopt or expand the use of electronic payments to those living below the poverty line.
(7) However, it remains clear that new and innovative techniques are necessary in the therapeutic, adjuvant, and palliative settings in the comprehensive care of the patient with hepatocellular carcinoma.
(8) Two recent innovations in time-dose models are reviewed: the linear-quadratic (L-Q) and the variable-exponent Time-Dose Factor (TDF) models.
(9) For creativity to flourish, schools have to feel free to innovate without the constant fear of being penalised for not keeping with the programme.
(10) Dustin Benton Dustin Benton, head of resource stewardship, Green Alliance Creating a circular economy will take action in three areas: the economy, policy and politics, and innovation.
(11) Study 2 provides evidence that an innovative weighted scoring approach, based on current medical consensus, can be used to produce a reliable, general index of pathology that is independent of the number of procedures used to evaluate patients.
(12) It has given momentum to innovative tendencies in psychiatry.
(13) We want it because it improves performance, innovation, values.
(14) Pioneers (41% of Britons) are global, networked, like innovation and believe in the importance of ethics.
(15) We now hope that our support of the offer will play its part in the future success of the bank under the innovative hybrid structure which enshrines co-operative values while providing sound governance and access to capital markets."
(16) Many other innovations are also being hailed as the future of food, from fake chicken to 3D printing and from algae to lab-grown meat.
(17) An innovative approach to treatment planning is described in which a planned dose distribution is evaluated in terms of prescribed limits of acceptability, and any discrepancies (referred to as "regions of regret") are displayed in the form of a contour diagram in which colors are used to represent different types and degrees of regret.
(18) Mobile phone technology has come a long way since the first mobile phone call was made 40 years ago – but there is a lot more innovation ahead, according to one expert.
(19) The resections necessary are often more extensive than predicted preoperatively, which provides an opportunity for innovative approaches using radiation therapy.
(20) He added: "Jobs and innovation and skills are really at a premium and are so needed, particularly in a place like the UK."