(v. t.) The natural abode, locality or region of an animal or plant.
(v. t.) Place where anything is commonly found.
Example Sentences:
(1) Ecologic studies of small mammals in Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) were conducted in 1974 in order to identify the specific habitats within the Lower Montane Forest that support Colorado tick fever (CTF) virus.
(2) pipiens disappeared in larval habitats by December but An.
(3) We have a moral duty to conserve them and to educate people about their habitat, health and the threats they face."
(4) Aggregated abundances of G. pulchrum resulted from variation generated across host sex subpopulations, while the dispersion patterns of T. turki appeared to be unaffected by the habitat variables examined in this study.
(5) Eighteen lichens from a variety of habitats were treated with 4-chlorobiphenyl (4-CB).
(6) Anopheles philippinensis, the usual vector in the paddy field habitat, was not present, but 1.4% of parous An.
(7) Seasonal and habitat influences on the egg-laying activity of four species of Culex were compared in south Florida using jar- and vat-type oviposition traps.
(8) The CDC light traps were useful in determining the seasonal and habitat distribution of Anopheles stephensi and An.
(9) It is clear that the metric takes something – biodiversity and habitats – that are inherently very complex and tries to simplify them for easier decision-making.
(10) As part of a concerted effort to avoid the in danger listing, the Queensland government came up with an alternative plan to dump the sediment within an enclosed area of the Caley Valley wetlands, which is considered nationally important habitat for more than 15 species of migratory birds.
(11) Abundance varied between years, related to availability of larval habitats.
(12) Since the epithelium is now known to be the parasite's habitat, its response to infection is important.
(13) The proposed $1.2bn Shenhua coalmine in New South Wales has been given the go-ahead to destroy the habitat of 262 koalas, which will be moved to another location if the mine goes ahead.
(14) People talk about poaching, but in the long-term it’s also about securing space for habitat.
(15) However, it is not the loss of habitat that is causing the current cat crisis in the Cairngorms.
(16) gaps) between species in habitat space, and why are there missing links between species in time as evidenced in the fossil record?
(17) There is, however, a converse way of looking at the situation, Which is often neglected but which may be of general biological interest: does the evolution of adaptations to desert environments necessarily involve loss of viability in more mesic habitats?
(18) These concentration gradients were, however, far less than those reported for bacteria from other habitats.
(19) A large number of source materials were collected for isolating entomopathogenic bacteria from larval mosquito habitats in Kirinyaga District, Kenya.
(20) Culicoides byersi, whose larval habitat was previously unknown, was reared from a cottonwood tree hole.
Radiate
Definition:
(v. i.) To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine.
(v. i.) To proceed in direct lines from a point or surface; to issue in rays, as light or heat.
(v. t.) To emit or send out in direct lines from a point or points; as, to radiate heat.
(v. t.) To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to irradiate.
(a.) Having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated; as, a radiate crystal.
(a.) Having in a capitulum large ray florets which are unlike the disk florets, as in the aster, daisy, etc.
(a.) Belonging to the Radiata.
(n.) One of the Radiata.
Example Sentences:
(1) Recently, it has been shown that radiation therapy, alone or combined with chemotherapy, can be successful.
(2) Sixteen patients were operated on for lumbar pain and pain radiating into the sciatic nerve distribution.
(3) Because of the small number of patients reported in the world literature and lack of controlled studies, the treatment of small cell carcinoma of the larynx remains controversial; this retrospective analysis suggests that combination chemotherapy plus radiation offers the best chance for cure.
(4) Breast conserving surgery in patients with small tumors combined with radiation therapy has gained wide popularity due to better cosmetic results without significant changes in survival.
(5) A Monte Carlo simulation was performed to characterize the spatial and energy distribution of bremsstrahlung radiation from beta point sources important to radioimmunotherapy (RIT).
(6) While both inhibitors caused thermosensitization, they did not affect the time scale for the development of thermotolerance at 42 degrees C or after acute heating at 45 degrees C. The inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribosylation) radiosensitizers and thermosensitizers may be of use in the treatment of cancer using a combined modality of radiation and hyperthermia.
(7) 11 patients with a postoperative classification of stage D had additional external beam radiation to the pelvic and paraaortic lymph nodes with shielding of the implanted prostatic region.
(8) Data are shown for both mutagenesis and carcinogenesis, indicating that, in this respect, even the smallest average organ absorbed dose can be effective, particularly for high-LET radiation.
(9) Protein kinase C (PKC) is activated rapidly and transiently following ionizing radiation exposure and is postulated to activate downstream nuclear signal transducers.
(10) It was found that there was a substantial increase in mortality rates in the area under the jets where there was large noise radiation.
(11) This was treated with local radiation therapy consisting of 2700 rads administered in 15 fractions during a period of 28 days.
(12) This linkage information was used to design complementation tests to determine allelism with previously characterized complementation groups affecting sensitivity to radiation.
(13) There was good agreement between the survival of normally oxygenated cells in culture and bright cells from tumors and between hypoxic cells in culture and dim cells from tumors over a radiation dosage range of 2-5 Gray.
(14) At the completion of radiation therapy, nine patients had negative biopsies.
(15) It has a poor prognosis prior to the current combined treatment of surgical ablation, radiation to the surgical field, and chemotherapy for microscopic metastases.
(16) Radiation exposure resulted in further significant decrease of T-cell count (but not B cells) in the elderly.
(17) This study reviewed 148 patients who had received radiation for head and neck cancer.
(18) The significantly lower radiation sensitivity of FL-marker than that of infectivity indicates that only part of the genome is responsible for the FL-marker.
(19) Treatment modalities included: partial temporal bone resection, subtotal temporal bone resection, total temporal bone resection, radical mastoidectomy followed by radiation therapy, radiation therapy alone, and chemotherapy.
(20) In addition, a new dosage concepts has been introduced on the basis of the effective dose on the lines of the recommendations by the IRCP; as a result, the definitions of radiation protection areas and of dosage limit values had to be revised and reworded.