What's the difference between flicking and flipping?
Flicking
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flick
Example Sentences:
(1) Nitrous oxide produced a dose-related analgesic response in rats (ED50, 67%) as measured by the tail-flick method.
(2) To test the hypothesis that EAA agonists are involved in transmission of nociceptive information in the spinal cord, we tested the effect of various opioid, sigma and phencyclidine compounds on the action of NMDA in the tail-flick, hot-plate and biting and scratching nociceptive tests.
(3) Antinociception was studied by measuring tail-flick response to hot (55 degrees C) water.
(4) Looping the tail of a "g", flicking the line up from the end of an "m", arcing it over an "a" or an "o".
(5) His first ball reaches Ali at hip height and he flicks him to fine leg for a boundary that takes him to a quite epic century.
(6) Three types of behavior of the compound eye of Daphnia magna are characterized: 'flick', a transient rotation elicited by a brief flash of light; 'fixation', a maintained eye orientation in response to a stationary light stimulus of long-duration; 'tracking', the smooth pursuit of a moving stimulus.
(7) On the tail flick method of rats, tolerance to the action of eptazocine was observed, similar to morphine, but not cross-tolerance between eptazocine and morphine.
(8) The CCK 8-induced analgesia or hyperalgesia was not seen in the tail flick test and was not associated with motor incapacitation or any other noticeable side effects.
(9) When Version came out, featuring covers sung by Winehouse, Allen et al, it was again assumed by some that Ronson had simply flicked through his diamanté-encrusted contacts book and got his friends to rehash a few old songs written by other people.
(10) The off-cell exhibits an abrupt pause just prior to the occurrence of the tail flick reflex (TF).
(11) Focal electrical stimulation and glutamate microinjection in the nuclei reticularis gigantocellularis (NGC) and gigantocellularis pars alpha (NGC alpha) both inhibit the nociceptive tail-flick (TF) reflex in rats.
(12) It has been shown that under all types of stimulation the latent periods (LP) of nociceptive reactions of paw licking and tail flick were significantly increased, as compared to baseline level, thus suggesting suppression of the pain sensitivity.
(13) administered DPDYN were determined in two nociceptive tests, involving thermal cutaneous (tail-flick) and chemical visceral (AcOH-induced writhing) stimuli, in which mu and kappa receptors are known to be activated differentially.
(14) The antinociceptive properties, as measured by the tail-flick and hot-plate tests, and the motor effects of an intrathecally-administered benzodiazepine agonist midazolam, alone, and in combination with morphine, was examined in rats.
(15) Suppression of the tail flick response to noxious heat and paw withdrawal response to noxious pressure were produced by electrical stimulation of arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus (ARH) in pentobarbital anesthetized rats.
(16) These results indicate that noxious cutaneous stimulation may release an agent in the spinal cord which facilitates the tail flick reflex, and that this agent is antagonized by a substance P antagonist.
(17) The effects of altering sensory input on the motoneuronal activity underlying antennular flicking have been tested.
(18) Irrespective of treatment history, mice showed a retest EPM profile of enhanced anxiety, with tail-flick data suggesting a major contribution of anticipatory factors.
(19) Analgesic potency was evaluated by prolongation of the time required to induce tail-flick.
(20) They were slightly more potent in the formalin test but had no or negligible effects in the tail-flick test.
Flipping
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flip
Example Sentences:
(1) Variations in image orientation, repetition time (TR), and flip angle were evaluated to determine their effects on flow-related enhancement.
(2) After 2 weeks of chronic exposure to 75 mM EtOH, crayfish showed behavioral tolerance as measured by a decrease in righting time and an increase in tail-flip escape behavior to control levels.
(3) The future prospects include shorter imaging times owing to fast-imaging sequences (short T1 with partial flip angle).
(4) 3) Just as lipids do not flip-flop, proteins do not rotate across the membrane.
(5) Two fast magnetic resonance (MR) imaging techniques, advanced Fourier and partial-flip imaging, were used at 0.35 T to examine 21 patients with suspected intracranial lesions; the results were quantitatively compared with a conventional spin-echo study.
(6) The presence of the flip-flop phenomenon in an I-131 Hippuran renal study suggests the existence of some degree of collecting system obstruction that has persisted long enough to result in renal parenchymal damage.
(7) I've never flipped homes, even when I was a minister – my main home has always been in my constituency.
(8) For MR angiography 2D inflow (multiple-single-slice-technique, TR 40 ms, TE 14 ms, flip angle 60 degrees) and flow-adjusted-gradient-sequences (TR 24 ms, TE 10 ms, flip angle 60 degrees) were performed.
(9) Telomeres were generated from both arms of the substrate with equal efficiency, and contained the characteristic "flip" and "flop" sequence inversions observed in vivo.
(10) Does this count as campaigning?” “When was the last time you flipped a steak?” “What does it feel like to be in Iowa?” “Can you bring the reporters some meat?” “Are you running, Hillary,” one reporter shouted, finally, “from us?” Then Bill and Hillary disappeared around the corner; three quarters of the media scrum vanished, deflated.
(11) This value is similar to that obtained for the transbilayer "flip-flop" of phosphatidylcholine molecules in a similar system (Kornberg and McConnell, 1971).
(12) No "flips" to the opposite puckering for this ring were found in the simulations starting from the global minimum, although such a transition was observed for a trajectory initiated with one of the higher local minimum energy conformations.
(13) Hold the left side of the nori with both hands and flip over on the mat, so that the rice is facing down.
(14) This suggests that generalizations on the kinetics of nonmediated flip-flop of membrane-intercalated amphiphiles may not be justified.
(15) Her agony and her rapture stay interior, and they flip-flop like nerves in this beautiful, grave black-and-white movie.
(16) The electorate is furious - from members getting wives, partners and relatives on the parliamentary payroll to expense claims for duck houses, flipping and servants quarters."
(17) The story of the transfer window is the story of a flip-flop by the English elite – the Premier League was initially the driving force behind the idea of a transfer window, but by the time it was introduced it was firmly in the "no" camp.
(18) Overall, optimum clot-flow contrast for imaging of both DHb and MHb clots was achieved with a flip angle of 45 degrees-60 degrees, a TR of 50 msec, and the shortest TE possible.
(19) and lot of them seemed to be mad about missing out on Austin - as ESPN's Jane McManus notes: Jane McManus (@janesports) I did see at least one Jets fan flip the bird in frustration after Goodell announced Tavon Austin to the Rams.
(20) Stimulated echoes can be excited by a sequence of at least three rf pulses with flip angles of 90 degrees or less.