(1) We conclude that the incidence of cardiac arrhythmias, excluding sinus tachycardia, during FOB is low and that lidocaine anesthesia probably exerts a protective effect against the development of major arrhythmias during the procedure.
(2) On one side stand the FOGs – the Friends of George – and on the other stand the FOBs – the Friends of Boris.
(3) She writes: It used to be that evil finance plots at least had the dignity to be conducted in back rooms, with much mustache-twirling and fondling of watch fobs as well as hearty, if ominous laughs.
(4) Kenton's alliance with Zaleshoff isn't always an easy one - the journalist is unimpressed by the spy's attempt to fob him off with the official Stalinist line on Trotskyite subversion, for example, and Zaleshoff is, not unreasonably, suspicious of Kenton's motives for helping him - but it's kept afloat by the undercurrent of sexual attraction between Kenton and Zaleshoff's sister.
(5) The fiberoptic bronchoscope (FOB) plays an essential role in diagnosing respiratory infections in AIDS and is important in minimizing the need for open lung biopsies.
(6) Subsequent examinations included repeat FOB (five), open lung biopsy (five), needle aspiration (two), and autopsy (nine), establishing 49 diagnoses.
(7) In the context of hazard identification (i.e., testing for the effects of unknown chemicals) the FOB and motor activity may be expected to adequately detect neurotoxicity.
(8) With smart key fobs it will be possible to configure it to shut down every appliance linked to a smart plug, plus the heating, when you leave the premises.
(9) Subsequent FOB was performed first by the independent observer to record the DLT position and next by the investigators for improvement or correction of their positioning under visual control.
(10) This study suggests that declines in PaO2 after bronchoscopy can be avoided in most patients undergoing diagnostic FOB by using a diaphragm-modified 40 percent Venturi mask during and after the procedure.
(11) They are becoming more and more sophisticated, so if you have anything worth stealing, it’s worth it.” A video of his facility shows a client using a personalised fob and code through two doors to gain access to a reception where staff behind bulletproof glass identify clients as they give their biometric data to enter the vault.
(12) The two independent molecules, one SCN- ion and 97 associated water molecules were refined by molecular dynamics and annealing techniques to R = 19.6% (10,913 Fobs, resolution 5-1.7 A).
(13) We're going to fob you off with some old jumble from the attic."
(14) When comparisons can be made between effects detected with the FOB and other methods of measuring neurotoxicity (e.g., neuropathology), concurrent validity can also be established.
(15) Frequently, the FOB is used in conjunction with other measures of neurotoxicity, i.e., neuropathology or sensory evoked potentials.
(16) By using freshly isolated blood trypomastigotes of twelve T. cruzi wild type strains we have found eight strains sensitive to FoB and FoA, while four and one were FoA- and FoB-insensitive respectively to the drug-mediated growth inhibition.
(17) Hospitals are risking a repeat of the Mid Staffs care scandal by ignoring patients' complaints, fobbing some off with inadequate explanations of errors and even lying about mistakes, the NHS's ombudsman has warned.
(18) The debate on the future of defence in Scotland is too important to be ignored, or brushed under the carpet, or fobbed off with half-baked sound-bite policies which are financially and strategically incoherent.
(19) That applied equally to the working-class man who felt fobbed off by statistics about border guards when he was worried about EU immigration, and to the woman who works long hours in a small business.
(20) In a prospective randomized trial, we examined the value of routine postlobectomy fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) in preventing postoperative atelectasis.
Frob
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Bankia needed a further €4.5bn emergency injection of capital from Spain's state FROB rescue fund on Monday as it prepared itself for the eurozone bailout.
(2) Spain already had a restructuring fund for its banks – known as FROB – which will provide the resources for the recapitalisation of Bankia.
(3) "While the restructuring process is completed, the Frob intends to inject capital shortly," it said.
(4) The judge has also summoned the former governor of the Bank of Spain , the president of Stock Market National Commission, the Deloitte partner who worked for Bankia and the legal representative of the Frob (Fondo de Reestructuración Ordenada Bancaria) to testify.
(5) The decision to use the Frob to inject capital into Bankia rather than an emergency facility set aside by the eurozone rescue fund, came as the finance ministry failed to give full details of what losses would be born by shareholders and small investors who bought hybrid preference shares in banks that receive eurozone money.
(6) The Fund for the Orderly Bank Restructuring (Frob) said Bankia's restructuring plan should be ready by October, allowing eurozone rescue money to arrive in November.
(7) Lisp combined with the FROBS expert system shell permitted a declarative representation of each of the components of the experiment, resulting in a transplant specification of the problem within a maintainable system.
(8) A single intravenous introduction of prospidin-C14 was found to be followed by its quick (in 2 hours) disappearance frob the blood.
(9) However, De Guindos said Spain's most troubled bank, Bankia, will get urgent aid and the country's bailout fund, the FROB, said it was injecting €4.5bn into the ailing lender.
(10) The money will be funnelled through Spain's existing bailout fund, called the Frob, and will add to the country's modest but quickly growing national debt with the government "retaining the full responsibility".
(11) Spain asked for the money to go to its FROB bank rescue fund, increasing the national debt.