(n.) Moisture; dampness; a moderate degree of wetness, which is perceptible to the eye or touch; -- used especially of the atmosphere, or of anything which has absorbed moisture from the atmosphere, as clothing.
Example Sentences:
(1) at -35 degrees C and as long as 10 hours at -5 degrees C. However, C. bovis died within 72-96 hours in muscles of cattle carcasses subjected to the activity of the temperatures minus 18-19 degrees C at a relative humidity of 86-90% under conditions of an industrial cold storage plant.
(2) Temperature, relative humidity, and air movement around the package can influence the permeability of the film.
(3) Infrared linear dichroism investigations indicate that the alternating poly[d(A-T)]-poly[d(A-T)], enzymatically synthesized, adopts a lower humidity a well-expressed A* form in which stability is relatively small,i.e., restricted to limited relative humidity.
(4) The influence of salt mixtures consisting of Ca(H2PO4)2, trace elements, CaSO4, CaCO3, Na2CO3, NaCl and K2SO4 in different combinations on the nitrifying power, evolution of carbon dioxide and the total number of bacteria was studied in arid soils (sandy and alluvial) and semi-humid ones (chernozem and rendzina).
(5) We assessed the longitudinal distribution of intra-airway heat and water exchanges and their effects on airway wall temperature by directly measuring respiratory fluctuations in airstream temperature and humidity, as well as airway wall temperature, at multiple sites along the airways of endotracheally intubated dogs.
(6) The structural transitions B leads to A and B leads to C measured as a function of relative humidities were not affected by formation of complexes with both basic polypeptides.
(7) The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of ageing on textiles (17.5 months), air temperature (25-45 degrees C) and relative air humidity (RH) (45-85%) on the CH2O release rate from 6 kinds of drapers and furniture coverings.
(8) In the absence of other factors known to influence sectioning properties, high environmental relative humidity is shown to yield poorly embedded tissue.
(9) At 10% humidity the half-life-time was only 55 min.
(10) The effects of a number of drugs, potassium and calcium ions, and air humidity on mucociliary function were studied in isolated preparations of rats bronchial tree.
(11) Minimum relative humidity and maximum and minimum temperatures on day of evening sample were associated with 1.6 to 5.6% of variability within lactation (range for two breeds) of milk and milk constituent yields and 1.1 to 16.5% of constituent percentages.
(12) The correlation analysis applied showed that the parameters most markedly influencing the grain concentration of most taxa were the temperature and humidity.
(13) A difference density map obtained from data on purple membrane films at 15% relative humidity in 2H2O, and the same sample after complete drying in vacuum, revealed that about eight of these protons belong to four water molecules.
(14) The facility presents uniform fields under controlled temperature and humidity.
(15) Humidity has been postulated as a primary determinant of particle charge during aerosol generation.
(16) At high humidities up to 98%, an increase in bacteria cannot be detected.
(17) Successful colonization and invasion of experimentally inoculated feathers required addition of moisture and elevation of relative humidity within the cultures.
(18) These samples were collected from atmospheres of either analyte generated at 35 degrees-40 degrees C and 80%-90% relative humidity to simulate an exhaled breath sample matrix.
(19) It has been established that the structure of the hormone includes a set of regular helical forms which varies considerably with the humidity and dielectric constant of the medium.
(20) The presence of Daubentonia in southern Madagascar does not demonstrate that this region was markedly more humid or densely forested in the recent past.
Hygroscope
Definition:
(n.) An instrument which shows whether there is more or less moisture in the atmosphere, without indicating its amount.
Example Sentences:
(1) We chronically implanted hygroscopic occluders around the left circumflex coronary artery in 49 anesthetized young male domestic pigs and we studied the development of a collateral circulation at 4, 8, 12, and 26 weeks after implantation.
(2) We studied relaxation by hygroscopic expansion of the interfacial polymerization shear stress of bonded resin composites.
(3) These experiments are the first to verify that the classical particle growth theory is applicable to the particle sizes and environmental conditions present in the human airways during hygroscopic aerosol therapy.
(4) TBZ-Ph was shown to possess slight photosensitivity; it was not hygroscopic.
(5) The present UNICEF ORS mixture compacted easily by direct compression but gave fragile tablets, which were hygroscopic.
(6) The organism is characterized by its gray aerial mycelium color, hygroscopic spore mass and spiral spore chains with warty or spiny spore surfaces.
(7) The affected skin of pityriasis alba showed functional defects in both hygroscopicity and water-holding capacity detectable by water sorption-desorption test.
(8) Despite the biochemical keratin changes in psoriatic plaque, the latter is highly hygroscopic, in particular in the first minute after bathing.
(9) After the hygroscopicity of types I and II had been tested at various levels of relative humidity (RH) at 35 degrees C, type I was stable at less than 82% RH, but transformed into the monohydrate at more than 88% RH.
(10) Progredient stenosis of the circumflex coronary artery was induced by implanting a hygroscopic ameroid constrictor ring around it and occlusion was verified by in vivo angiography.
(11) Whisker-like crystals appeared on the surface of tablets that contained lactose or mannitol, a hygroscopic material such as docusate sodium, magnesium chloride, or potassium acetate, and other ingredients stored in an atmosphere of high relative humidity.
(12) Therefore conventional type suppositories containing VPA or S-VPA were not of practical use, whereas III and VI prevented volatility of VPA and minimized the hygroscopic property of S-VPA.
(13) Laminaria, a hygroscopic seaweed, was used to induce pressure within the rat tympanic cavity.
(14) The physicochemical properties of amorphous forms of frusemide, prepared by spray-drying at 50 or 150 degrees C, and their hygroscopic stability at temperatures of 25 and 40 degrees C, and at 0 and 75% relative humidity were investigated.
(15) The hydration, the hygroscopicity and the water-holding capacity as well as the rate of water loss were measured in 1) dry non-eczematous skin in 13 patients (mean age 32 years) with atophic dermatitis (AD), 2) dry, xerotic skin of old patients (mean age 75 years) and 3) 17 controls (mean age 36 years) with normal skin and no history of AD.
(16) We have developed a method (hygroscopic desorption) for measuring the binding of small molecules to membranes.
(17) It would appear that in terms of contamination control and air flow resistance the pleated membrane filter provides a wider margin of safety than either the hygroscopic or composite devices.
(18) The relationship between the pseudopolymorphic crystal forms of this compound and water content was studied by X-ray diffractometry, coulometric moisture analysis, thermal analysis, and hygroscopic and vacuum-freeze-drying experiments.
(19) After the hygroscopicity test, the final expansion ratio of type I tablets was more than that of type II tablets.
(20) It was found that highly hygroscopic wool fabrics were perceived as being dryer and maintained a higher temperature at the skin surface than polyester, a less hygroscopic fabric, during fabric-skin contact.