(1) Whereas the growth and division of normal cells is carefully regulated to meet the needs of the body, tumor cells proliferate autonomously and continually, eventually interfering with and destroying the functions of normal tissue.
(2) Agents that lower total plasma or LDL cholesterol in hypercholesterolaemic patients by interfering with cholesterol reabsorption from the gut (cholestyramine, cholestipol) or reduction of hepatic VLDL release (fibrates) do not appear to interfere with platelet hyperreactivity and do not change platelet-derived thromboxane formation.
(3) Interfering macromolecular serum components were left outside the capsule during the centrifugation or forced dialysis.
(4) To facilitate detoxification, the centrifuge is employed to provide plasma rich in toxins, but void of potentially interfering blood components such as platelets and whole blood cells.
(5) Exceptions are only those foods exhibiting interfering peaks from coextractives already in the uncooked form.
(6) Substitution with the immunoglobulin heavy-chain enhancer allowed replication in B lymphoid cells but interfered with replication in 3T6 cells and mastocytomas.
(7) SCH 13521 definitely interfered with the localization of the radioactivity of these steroids in the prostate and indicated a competitive situation between SCH 13521 and the steroids.
(8) Black males with low intentions to use condoms reported significantly more negative attitudes about the use of condoms (eg, using condoms is disgusting) and reacted with more intense anger when their partners asked about previous sexual contacts, when a partner refused sex without a condom, or when they perceived condoms as interfering with foreplay and sexual pleasure.
(9) Mechanisms that modulate gonadotropin and nucleotide activation of adenylate cyclase without interfering directly with the catalytic unit are implicated in the changes that accompany luteolysis.
(10) More likely, AP inhibits HPV by interfering with the purine metabolism.
(11) In case of extractions from blank plasma samples interfering peaks are not observed.
(12) When monocytes and lymphocytes were treated separately with OP, washed, and recombined, it appeared that these OP mediated their suppressive effects by interfering with a monocyte function rather than acting directly on lymphocytes.
(13) Phosphatases bound to subcellular particles or fragments seem to be the most important inhibitors in the milk interfering with the RNA-directed DNA polymerase assay.
(14) 4 It is concluded that clomipramine acts as an antagonist to these actions of delta9-THC by interfering with entry of delta9-THC into tryptaminergic neurones.
(15) Simultaneous overproduction of VirD1 and D2 proteins, endonuclease acting on the border repeats, interfered with the promoter functions of the border segments.
(16) During the measurement, the values of previously selected features of sensor output signal are determined; then they serve as the input data for computation of concentrations of glucose and of interfering substances.
(17) Due to the high reactivity of the chemical species and the presence of multiple potentially interfering substances, the measurement of oxygen-derived free radicals in biological material requires highly developed techniques.
(18) This seems related to the contractile effect of the peptide itself on the longitudinal muscle which interfers non specifically with the development of contractions induced by any other agonist.
(19) It was concluded that the heat-induced substance(s) from leukocytes, which being highly possible the Hsps, interfered the mobility of wash human sperm and the inhibition might be antagonized by seminal plasma.
(20) They appear to do this largely by interfering with the sleep of caregivers.
Intervention
Definition:
(n.) The act of intervening; interposition.
(n.) Any interference that may affect the interests of others; especially, of one or more states with the affairs of another; mediation.
(n.) The act by which a third person, to protect his own interest, interposes and becomes a party to a suit pending between other parties.
Example Sentences:
(1) In dogs, cibenzoline given i.v., had no effects on the slow response systems, probably because of sympathetic nervous system intervention since the class 4 effects of cibenzoline appeared after beta-adrenoceptor blockade.
(2) On the basis of 180 interventions, they describe in detail the use of fibrin glue in myringo- and tympanoplasty for correct fixing of grafts.
(3) As important providers of health care education, nurses need to be fully informed of the research findings relevant to effective interventions designed to motivate health-related behavior change.
(4) Results in May 89 emphasizes: the relevance and urgency of the prevention of AIDS in secondary schools; the importance of the institutional aspect for the continuity of the project; the involvement of the pupils and the trainers for the processus; the feasibility of an intervention using only local resources.
(5) Benefits increase with an individual's initial cholesterol level and decrease with the age at which an intervention is initiated.
(6) Many features of CFTR activity suggest that pharmacological interventions may be possible.
(7) The methodology, in algorithm form, should assist health planners in developing objectives and actions related to the occurrence of selected health status indicators and should be amenable to health care interventions.
(8) In conclusion, autoimmune thyroiditis in an animal model can be prevented by reducing thyroidal iodine or its metabolism and optimal effects require intervention at the embryonic stage.
(9) We found no statistically significant difference in one-year, biochemically validated, sustained cessation rates between the group offered the long-term follow-up visits (12.5%) and the group given the brief intervention (10.2%).
(10) The experiences with short-time psychotherapies described here are encouraging and confirm results of other groups demonstrating the efficiency of psychotherapeutic interventions with the elderly.
(11) Survival and healing of "extremely severe" grade intoxication can only be obtained through a surgical intervention within the first hours; a laparotomy will indicate the depth of the lesions, which is not determined by endoscopy, and will consist of Celerier's stripping method and if necessary a gastrectomy, more seldom a cephalic duodeno-pancreatectomy.
(12) Occupational income per patient was higher in intervention patients than in the usual care group in the 6 months after AMI ($9,655 vs $7,553).
(13) The morbidity is well known and if properly anticipated can be reduced to a minimum by judicious use of antibacterial agents and early surgical intervention when appropriate.
(14) Ex-patients of a dental fear clinic were found to have significantly reduced, yet still high, dental anxiety scores in comparison with the pre-intervention scores.
(15) After an introductory note on primary preventive intervention of breast cancer during adulthood, the author defends and extends a hypothesis that relates most of the known risk factors for this disease to the development of preneoplastic lesions in the breast.
(16) It is concluded that based on readily available clinical criteria at the time of admission, a subgroup of patients at low risk for developing life-threatening complications requiring coronary care unit interventions can be identified and admitted directly to an intermediate-care unit.
(17) A therapeutic approach is suggested which emphasizes specific antibiotic regimens appropriate to the primary site of infection and prompt neurosurgical intervention with evacuation of the subdural spaces bilaterally.
(18) The need for follow-up studies is stressed to allow assessment of the effectiveness of the intervention and to search for protective factors, successful coping skills, strategies and adaptational resources.
(19) Families were randomly assigned to one of two forms of conjoint therapy: an Insight-oriented treatment (N = 10) or a Problem-Solving intervention (N = 10).
(20) Implications for assessment intervention and prevention were discussed and further research suggested.