(1) A spindle cell sarcoma appeared 20 months after implantation of a pellet of 3-methylcholanthrene in the denervated foreleg of an adult frog, Rana pipiens.
(2) During the performance of propulsive waves of the oesophagus the implanted vagus nerve caused clonic to tetanic contractions of the sternohyoid muscle, thus proving the oesophagomotor genesis of the reinnervating nerve fibres.
(3) Membranes of this material were filled with islets of Langerhans and implanted in the peritoneal cavity of rats.
(4) Implantation of the mouse embryo involves the invasion of the secondary trophoblast giant cells of the ectoplacental cone (EPC) into the uterine decidua.
(5) Thus, brain NE levels after training were not predictive of retention performance in amygdala-implanted or -stimulated animals.
(6) Furthermore the limit between hearing aid fitting an cochlear implantation is discussed.
(7) Five days later, the animals were randomly assigned to one of four treatment groups: Group 1 received intracranial implantation of controlled-release polymers containing dexamethasone; Group 2 received intraperitoneal implantation of controlled-release polymers containing dexamethasone; Group 3 received serial intraperitoneal injections of dexamethasone; and Group 4 received sham treatment.
(8) The use of an absorbable material may alleviate potential late complications associated with implantation of nonabsorbable materials.
(9) 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.
(10) DES implantation increased the body weight of the ram by 10.4% and caused no significant change in total body water, body ash, or total muscle mass.
(11) The results obtained further knowledge of the anatomy of the nuclei, specifically the areas used for the prosthesis implantation and the underlying tissue.
(12) This technology will provide better information to the surgeon for preoperative diagnosis and planning and for the design of customized implants.
(13) The new trabecular bone closely resembled that typically seen at electrically active implants.
(14) A second group was chronically implanted without electrical stimulation in one leg and implanted with cyclical electrical stimulation applied through the electrode in the other leg.
(15) Resorption of calcium and depositon of inorganic phosphates in the implanted ceramics suggested that ions were being exchanged with the body fluids.
(16) Steroid-treated steers showed a slight decline in synthesis which was significant (P less than 0.05) at week +5 post-implant while amino acid oxidation was significantly lower at weeks +2 (P less than 0.01) and +5 (P less than 0.05) compared with control animals.
(17) During the last 10 years 94% of patients have been normocalcaemic postoperatively, thanks mainly to the re-implantation of autologous parathyroid tissue, preserved by low-temperature storage.
(18) The consequences of proved hypersensitivity in patients with metal-to-plastic prostheses, either present prior to insertion of the prosthesis or evoked by the implant material, are not known.
(19) Electromagnetic interference presented as inhibition and resetting of the demand circuitry of a ventricular-inhibited temporary external pacemaker in a 70-year-old man undergoing surgical implantation of a permanent bipolar pacemaker generator and lead.
(20) Endometriotic implants with good response to Duphaston therapy demonstrated an enhanced autophagic activity within many epithelial cells.
Notion
Definition:
() Mental apprehension of whatever may be known or imagined; an idea; a conception; more properly, a general or universal conception, as distinguishable or definable by marks or notae.
() A sentiment; an opinion.
() Sense; mind.
() An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack; as, Yankee notions.
() Inclination; intention; disposition; as, I have a notion to do it.
Example Sentences:
(1) The results support the notion that mediator lymphocytes circulate in tumor immunized rats in a noncytotoxic state, specifically recognize tumor cells at a challenge site, and mediate induction of effector cells locally.
(2) This procedure generated a number of VI-like effects, supporting the notion that VI behavior can be construed as a special case of an interaction between the organism's function relating reinforcement susceptibilities to chain length and the experimenter's function relating probabilities of reinforcement to chain length.
(3) Even if it does not always provide the solution to a particularly delicate problem, which is often of vital importance, it provides data which, modifiable and better used, should provide an adequate notion of the anatomical and physiopathological state in aortic stenosis.
(4) Though the concept of phase, known also as focus, is a very helpful notion, its empirical foundation is yet very weak.
(5) At least any notion that this tournament had meant little to the European champions can be dispelled.
(6) A role for cAMP in the process of LHRH release was suggested several years ago, but only recently has the validity of this notion come under close scrutiny.
(7) The notion of life-threatening dermatoses may seem to be a contradiction in terms, but in fact there are a number of serious dermatologic conditions that require prompt attention to prevent fatal consequences.
(8) Studies of E1A support the notion that small DNA tumour viruses target cellular pathways at key points that are amenable to regulation.
(9) If figurative language is defined as involving intentional violation of conceptual boundaries in order to highlight some correspondence, one must be sure that children credited with that competence have (1) the metacognitive and metalinguistic abilities to understand at least some of the implications of such language (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980; Nelson, 1974; Nelson & Nelson, 1978), (2) a conceptual organization that entails the purportedly violated conceptual boundaries (Lange, 1978), and (3) some notion of metaphoric tension as well as ground.
(10) These results emphasize the potential importance of LPL-mediated lipid assimilation in the metabolic events that lead to energy production in response to environmental stresses and lend support to the notion that the regulation of LPL activity is tissue specific.
(11) There is much conflicting immunological and viral data about the causes of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS); some findings support the notion that CFS may be due to one or more immune disorders that have resulted from exposure to an infectious agent.
(12) Some journalists are uneasy at this notion of keeping an audit trail of thinking, authority and pre-publication decision-making?
(13) These results support the notion that ACT is acting on a component of the active assembled NADPH oxidase complex.
(14) A formal notion of relatability is defined, specifying which physically given edges leading into discontinuities can be connected to others by interpolated edges.
(15) This suggests that perhaps the notion of basic emotions will not lead to significant progress in the field.
(16) It has been established that the structure of depressive phases in sluggish simple schizophrenia includes specific psychopathological signs heralding defect formation and united by the notion "transitory syndrome".
(17) The differential response of the multiple H1 variants with regard to their synthesis and turnover is consistent with this notion.
(18) The experimental observations, coupled with several mathematical computations, do not support the notion that botulinum toxin is an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor.
(19) There is initial evidence that this variable dependency of RVD on Ca2+ may reflect, in large part, a variable Ca2+ threshold of RVD processes, although this notion has not been fully investigated.
(20) Besides the notion of psychosomatic medicine as a way of viewing, there is need of a definition of so-called psychosomatic diseases from the aspect of demarcation against general bio-psycho-social interactions.