(1) Moreover the questions about the advisability of surgery and the likehood of cure or palliation can be better answered by CT than by any other noninvasive procedure.
(2) We have examined kinetic behavior in two types of channels from human and avian fibroblasts, using a maximum likehood method to test the dependence of rates on observational time scale.
(3) Computing directly an estimation of the inverse of the risk is easier in this particular situation of only two mutually exclusive hypothesis: this function can be written in the form T = 1 + (To -1) X R, where R is a product of likehood ratios.
(4) Because of the rarity of this condition, however, specific conclusions regarding the likehood of future recurrence cannot be drawn.
(5) as no clinical or histological parameter appeared reliably to indicate the likehood of intra-abdominal disease, it is suggested that logically either laparotomy should be carried out in all Stage I and II cases, or that treatment policy should be governed by the high probability of intra-abdominal disease.
(6) Electrocardiographic monitoring during treadmill exercise for peripheral vascular insufficiency in recommended (1) to assess the severity of coronary artery disease and the likehood of postoperative complications, and (2) as a precautionary measure to identify potentially dangerous dysrhthmias or ischemia during exercise before the development of clinical symptoms.
(7) Finally, the algorithm calculates several indices used to estimate the likehood of the paternity of non-excluded man.
(8) Two years of the catamnestic study of primary schizophrenia in a number of developed and underdeveloped countries using a common technique yielded a conclusion of likehood in short-term prognosis of the disease manifested in common types of its course.
(9) Animal experiments have demonstrated the likehood that all known neuroleptics inhibit transmission in central CA-ergic systems, regardless of their chemical structure and via different mechanisms.
Likelihood
Definition:
(n.) Appearance; show; sign; expression.
(n.) Likeness; resemblance.
(n.) Appearance of truth or reality; probability; verisimilitude.
Example Sentences:
(1) Assessment of the likelihood of replication in humans has included in vitro exposure of human cells to the potential pesticidal agent.
(2) Results indicated a .85 probability that Directive Guidance would be followed by Cooperation; a .67 probability that Permissiveness would lead to Noncooperation; and a .97 likelihood that Coerciveness would lead to either Noncooperation or Resistance.
(3) Estimates of the risk probability for each dose level and sacrifice time are found utilizing the sample likelihood as the posterior density.
(4) Our prospective study has defined a number of important variables in patients with clinical evidence of mast cell proliferation that can predict both the presence of SMCD and the likelihood of fatal disease.
(5) The findings provide additional evidence that, for at least some cases, the likelihood of a physician's admitting a patient to the hospital is influenced by the patient's living arrangements, travel time to the physician's office, and the extent to which medical care would cause a financial hardship for the patient.
(6) Behavioral variables, including interreinforcement interval and drug self-administration history, appear to be important determinants of whether or not reinforcement will be demonstrated, particularly among the benzodiazepines; but the range of conditions under which behavioral and pharmacological variables interact to promote or lessen the likelihood of self-administration of these drugs remains to be determined experimentally.
(7) Unfortunately for the governor, he could win both states and still face the overwhelming likelihood of failure if he doesn't take Ohio, where the poll found Obama out front 51-43.
(8) The crucial point in all likelihood is the nature of this heme-binding protein.
(9) Using cumulative nursing GPAs, the likelihood of predicting success on NCLEX-RN increased at the end of each academic year.
(10) It was found that labelling the picture with a sentence containing a specific verb substantially increased the likelihood that the specific picture corresponding to that verb would subsequently be falsely recognized.
(11) MIDAZOLAM IS SUPERIOR TO DIAZEPAM IN CERTAIN WAYS: it has a more rapid onset; produces greater anterograde amnesia, less postoperative drowsiness, less venous irritation and less likelihood of thrombophlebitis development.
(12) Genetic parameters were estimated from sire components of variance and covariance obtained from a multiple-trait restricted maximum likelihood procedure.
(13) Epidemiologists need to conduct studies to determine if there is an increased likelihood of developing cancer in betel chewing pregnant women and OC users due to increased sensitivity of their lymphocytes to genetic damage compared with nonchewing pregnant women and OC users.
(14) In the spinalized preparation, steady-state and nonsteady-state responses have an equal likelihood of emerging from the initial cycles of a paw-shake response, suggesting that regular coupling of joint oscillations is not planned by pattern-generating networks within lumbosacral segments.
(15) The issue of fees can affect clients' evaluation of the provider as well as the likelihood of using the service being offered.
(16) Scientists have disagreed about the likelihood of a successful clone, but several governments, including the UK, have banned the reproductive cloning of human beings.
(17) His call comes after senior police admitted there was a need for guidance on a consistent approach across the country to the policing of the protests because of the likelihood of further exploration sites being given the go-ahead.
(18) Greater attention to these factors and use of a larger dose of tetracycline (greater than or equal to 1 g) may increase the likelihood of a successful pleural symphysis.
(19) The results suggest that this relationship contributed to changes in health care utilization, including reductions in use of emergency rooms, specialists, and nonphysician providers and some increase in the likelihood of obtaining care from a primary care physician.
(20) Practically speaking, this entails, in each case, finding the form of therapy that is acceptable to the patient and that provides the greatest health benefits with the least likelihood of adverse affects.