What's the difference between impeded and impended?
Impeded
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Impede
Example Sentences:
(1) The complication might have been prevented by measurements of U and I, reflecting changes in impedance or by measurements of catheter tip temperature (T).
(2) Technically speaking, this modality of brief psychotherapy is based on the nonuse of transferential interpretations, on impeding the regression od the patient, on facilitating a cognitice-affective development of his conflicts and thus obtain an internal object mutation which allows the transformation of the "past" into true history, and the "present" into vital perspectives.
(3) It was the purpose of this study to examine the relationship between body fluid compartments and multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance analysis (MF-BIA).
(4) For the different age categories the best prediction formula for the FFM from body impedance, sex, age and anthropometric variables was calculated.
(5) One is the right not to be impeded when they are going to the House of Commons to vote, which may partly explain why the police decided to arrest Green and raid his offices last week on Thursday, when the Commons was not sitting.
(6) HFV was delivered at frequencies (f) of 3, 6, and 9 Hz with a ventilator that generated known tidal volumes (VT) independent of respiratory system impedance.
(7) ECG and chest impedance were continuously monitored and recorded.
(8) Combined clinical observations, stroke volume measured by impedance cardiography, and ejection fractions calculated from systolic time intervals, all showed significant improvement in parallel with CoQ10 administration.
(9) The solution of these differential equations gives the velocity of the basilar membrane and hence other related quantities, e.g., displacement, pressure, driving-point impedance at the stapes.
(10) To estimate model parameters (load and tube compliances, tube inertances, characteristic impedances, and peripheral resistances) we measured ascending aortic pressure and flow in a group of five open-chest, anesthetized dogs.
(11) Based on the timing and direction of the changes, the data imply that the traditional band impedance measurement is more closely related to the right heart event than to that of the left heart.
(12) Phenobarbital did not retard growth nor impede the response to vitamin D therapy of concomitant rickets.
(13) The possible use of impedance measurement with scalp electrodes to detect intracranial events non-invasively was investigated by measuring the localised impedance changes during cortical spreading depression (CSD) in anaesthetised rats.
(14) Of these patients, 27 (acute phase) and 36 (chronic phase) were studied for tissue impedance (RT) and interface impedance (Faraday resistance RF and Helmholtz capacity CH).
(15) We conclude that Doppler flow velocity waveform analysis is a valuable and non-invasive method to assess impedance to blood flow through the placental circulation in pregnant sheep.
(16) The resistive, but not the reactive, component of longitudinal impedance was significantly greater than predicted by the models at all frequencies.
(17) Observations were recorded by three distinctly different methods of measurement: the surgeon, the MD-2 Impedance Analyzer, and the Acoustic Otoscope immediately before and after induction of anesthesia.
(18) The factors which impeded good recovery were primary brain damage due to preceding diseases such as cerebral infarct or hemorrhage, initial head injury, parkinsonism, and postoperative psychiatric disturbances.
(19) No protection from stimulation-associated impedance modifications was provided by the systemic administration of a material of high osmolarity (Mannitol) but the usual impedance decrease was not seen after systemic administration of a glucocorticoid.
(20) Twenty preterm infants ventilated for the respiratory distress syndrome were studied on 44 occasions to identify the pattern of interaction between their spontaneous respiratory efforts and the ventilator, using three techniques: (1) an oesophageal balloon and pneumotachograph, (2) impedance respirography and (3) clinical scoring.
Impended
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Impend
Example Sentences:
(1) Asked if France had “jumped the gun and didn’t tell us”, Fox said he was notaware of anyone in government who knew about the impending airstrikes.
(2) Insecure infant attachment at 16 months was associated with maternal perception of overcontrol, depressed mood state, and aversive conditioning to the impending cry in the laboratory task at the 5-month period.
(3) In contrast to other methods (ECG, inspection, auscultation, blood gas analysis), it immediately detects an impending lack of oxygen, whatever its cause.
(4) In grade 1, there are mild changes, usually of minor significance; in grade 2 moderate changes which need regular observation, and in grade 3 severe changes which indicate impending failure.
(5) The report continues: "We have established that on 9 December, the circle of knowledge of an impending 'big story' by the same Telegraph team who broke [a major political story about British parliamentary expenses] extended to ... a former Telegraph employee now employed by News International ... [who] works closely at News International with the former Telegraph editor Will Lewis , both of whom have strong motivations to damage the Telegraph.
(6) Our results suggest that immediate coronary angioplasty in acute impending myocardial infarction is effective and avoids the need for prior thrombolytic therapy.
(7) This finding suggests that routine measurement of such an electrogram may be a useful tool in predicting impending lead malfunction.
(8) Somatosensory cortical evoked potential studies (SEPs) following stimulation of the pudendal nerves proved useful in objectively documenting preoperative low sacral root involvement in a 33-year-old postlaminectomy patient, presenting with impending cauda equina syndrome and treated by piriformis muscle release with good clinical results.
(9) The goal of this work was to provide clinicians with objective criteria to augment clinical judgment regarding surgical intervention in the impending compartment syndrome.
(10) Of screening tests performed, only LDH was successful in detecting preclinical relapse, with a sensitivity of 42% and specificity of 85% for impending symptomatic relapse.
(11) Gastric bleeding from stress ulcers in acutely sick infants frequently signals impending mortality.
(12) We report the emergence of an erythematous weeping rash with impending exfoliation three years after the initiation of minoxidil therapy.
(13) Six cases of lung cancer combined with the disease which has needed semi-emergency operation, two cases of unstable angina, two of ileus due to colon cancer, one of impending rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm and one of purulent cholecystitis with cholelithiasis, were discussed.
(14) Napolitano said there was no indication that Abdulmutallab was "part of anything larger" in terms of impending attacks.
(15) A greater use of allylestrenol in the first global evaluation was explained by a higher incidence in these groups of impending miscarriage and preterm labor, which are indications for allylestrenol therapy.
(16) In one example of the import substitution sought by the Kremlin, Russia's president, Vladimir Putin , said at a meeting with representatives of Russia's military-industrial complex on Monday night that the country would replace imported components for its arms production, and the impending "technological difficulties" would in the end be beneficial for the country.
(17) The idea of cutting corporation tax was floated in the Sunday Express last month as a way of wooing banks considering leaving the UK because of an impending Brexit.
(18) We conclude that the rapid LH test was able to predict impending ovulation.
(19) In BBC News, hundreds of jobs are under threat , mostly reporting roles, due to the domestic newsgathering operation's impending merger with the World Service.
(20) To determine criteria for predicting impending first-trimester loss when a normal fetal heart rate is identified sonographically, the authors studied 16 consecutively examined patients with pregnancies of 5.5-9 weeks gestation, a small sac size, and fetuses with normal cardiac activity.