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Kilogram


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Kilogramme

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Twenty-one patients received 4.5 mg. per kilogram of intramuscular lidocaine and 25 patients received placebo in the deltoid muscle within 14 hours of the onset of symptoms.
  • (2) The regimen used at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, provides 2.0 to 2.5 gm protein per kilogram ideal body weight, plus adequate fluid and nutrient supplements.
  • (3) Rabbits eating Rabbit Chow excreted a very alkaline urine, but rats eating the same diet excreted much less alkali when expressed per kilogram of body weight.
  • (4) In 15 patients undergoing aortofemoral bypass, partial thromboplastin time (PTT) tests before and following intravenous administration of 75 U. per kilogram of heparin at zero, 30, 60, 90, and 120 minutes were determined for study of control of anticoagulant adequacy.
  • (5) Mean grip strength and grip strength per kilogram weight are presented for age 59, ages 60-64 and 65-69.
  • (6) The ideal body weight (kg) of each individual can be calculated by the following formula: ideal body mass index x the height (m)2, since body mass index is expressed by the body weight in kilogram divided by the height squared in meters.
  • (7) In addition, livestock-rearing can use up to 200 times more water a kilogram of meat compared to a kilo of grain.
  • (8) Pressor responses to both angiotensin II (Ang II) and noradrenaline (NA) were reduced in 20-day-pregnant rats compared with those in non-pregnant animals, regardless of whether the results were expressed in terms of the dose per kilogram of body weight or per millilitre of estimated plasma volume.
  • (9) Infants receiving total parenteral nutrition including intravenous lipid emulsion excrete more than 100 pmol of pentane per kilogram body weight per minute.
  • (10) However, when VO2max was expressed per kilogram lean body mass, both back strength and VO2max contributed significantly to the prediction of spine density in men, and the coefficient of determination R2 increased to 0.30.
  • (11) Using the body mass index, defined as weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters (kilogram per square meter), the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey estimated that 26%, or 34 million, adult Americans aged 20 to 75 were overweight.
  • (12) Dopamine was administered by constant intravenous infusion in doses ranging from 2 to 40 microgram per kilogram per minute.
  • (13) A method of the determination of aflatoxin B1 in the liver and muscular tissue of carp is described, enabling the capture of 50 ng in one kilogram.
  • (14) The mean coefficient of variations was 5.6% for the quantitative flow per kilogram estimated fetal weight measured in the fetal descending aorta, 6.8% for the quantitative flow per kilogram estimated fetal weight measured in the umbilical vein and 9.8% for the Pulsatility Index.
  • (15) Similarly, chicks orally dosed with 100 mg nitrofurantoin [N-(5-nitro-2 furfurylidine)-1-aminohydantoin] per kilogram had highest mortalities in the Se-deficient (unsupplemented) group; lowest mortalities occurred in chicks supplemented with 0.2 ppm Se; chicks supplemented with 0.02 ppm Se survived at rates not statistically different from chicks either unsupplemented or supplemented with 0.2 ppm Se.
  • (16) During exercise, less additional CO2 is stored per kilogram body weight in children than in adults, suggesting that children have a smaller capacity to store metabolically produced CO2.
  • (17) Pharmacokinetic analysis showed that the children had a larger volume of distribution per kilogram of body weight in the central compartment and total body and a more rapid total-body clearance than adults.
  • (18) The patients were studied for 120 minutes after a single intravenous bolus of 1.5 mg of dazoxiben per kilogram of body weight.
  • (19) Univariate analyses showed that for 525 men aged 45-64 y and free from cardiovascular diseases, indicators of body fatness were inversely related to the difference between energy intake and expenditure, physical activity per kilogram body weight, smoking, and coffee consumption.
  • (20) To study the effects of physical conditioning on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, we examined the plasma ACTH, cortisol, and lactate responses in sedentary subjects, moderately trained runners, and highly trained runners to graded levels of treadmill exercise (50, 70, and 90 percent of maximal oxygen uptake) and to intravenous ovine corticotropin-releasing hormone (1 microgram per kilogram of body weight).

Ton


Definition:

  • () pl. of Toe.
  • (n.) The common tunny, or house mackerel.
  • (n.) The prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton.
  • (n.) A measure of weight or quantity.
  • (n.) The weight of twenty hundredweight.
  • (n.) Forty cubic feet of space, being the unit of measurement of the burden, or carrying capacity, of a vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons burden.
  • (n.) A certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) North Korea has produced tons of propaganda films that portray America’s destruction.
  • (2) On the other hand, if the world population grew to 1-2 billion fertile women, the million tons of contraceptive steroids needed would require an inexpensive total synthesis.
  • (3) The smaller spheres and some of the cylinders exploded and fragments and even whole cylinders weighing around 30 tons, were scattered over distances ranging from a few to up to 1200 m.
  • (4) For luxury brands like Gucci, Prada and Burberry it is a way to clear unsold goods under the radar and McKenzie reveals that while fashion labels "don't like us to talk about them", they "make a ton of money out of their outlet businesses".
  • (5) Science can say that if we burn another half-trillion tons of carbon the atmospheric content of carbon dioxide will go up by another 100 ppm and that will almost certainly lead to a warming of the planet greater than 2C, with major disruption of the climate system and huge risks for the natural world and human wellbeing.
  • (6) "I've had tons of support, loads of people are agreeing with the main point, which is the exhibition making.
  • (7) She would look 10 tons prettier with it natural, and the blonding just makes me think of Miley Cyrus.
  • (8) A total of 106 rodents sera from slum Wat Phai Ton and slum Klong Toey were examined by immunofluorescent antibody assay during May to August 1990.
  • (9) We have a ton of education out there about the merits and demerits of particular courses and institutions and it is not helping to inform decision-making."
  • (10) On the other hand, in the low-risk provinces (Tarapacá, Antofagasta, Atacama, Magallanes) only 2,550 tons were used.
  • (11) A French intelligence report shortly after the Ghouta attacks in 2013 estimated that Syria had “several hundreds tons of sulfur mustard, stockpiled in its final form”.
  • (12) The use of water to keep the reactors cool has led to the build-up of about 70,000 tons of contaminated water at Fukushima Daiichi.
  • (13) There are also tons of repair tutorials available on YouTube .
  • (14) One half of the hens in each study were fed layer diets containing Aureomycin at 100 g per ton for 1 wk during each 28-day period to monitor the effect on egg production.
  • (15) They're both super advanced machines with tons to offer, so in the end, it's down to personal choice.
  • (16) Türkiye'nin 2023 yılına kadar güneşten elektrik üretme hedefi sadece yüzde 5 Zonguldak’ta günde 400 ton soluk renkli külün boşaltıldığı dev çukurlardan birine bakan Orhan, kentin kömür santrallerinden birinde 26 yıl çalıştığını ve bu santrallerin kirliliğe neden olduğunu ifade ederek şöyle devam ediyor: “Bununla bağlantılı olarak bazı zorluklarla karşılaştım.
  • (17) Cycling the city: 'I have a dream that Jakarta should be like Copenhagen' Read more “Jalanku sekarang lebih bersih,” ujar orang-orang, tanpa memedulikan fakta bahwa 6,000 ton sampah dikumpulkan untuk kemudian dipindahkan tanpa tindak berkelanjutan ke bagian kota yang lain.
  • (18) Comparable establishment of S. typhimurium S192 was achieved in pigs receiving 20 or 40 gm of chlortetracycline per ton.
  • (19) 12.38am GMT E-mail Michael Aston knows how it will end: expecting a ton of gore….
  • (20) The amount of fluoride transported from the Maurienne valley by the Arc river was estimated to be 680 tons per year.

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