(a.) Regulated or determined by a standard; hence, equal; uniform; graduated; limited; moderated; as, he walked with measured steps; he expressed himself in no measured terms.
Example Sentences:
(1) Indicators for evaluation and monitoring and outcome measures are described within the context of health service management to describe control measure output in terms of community effectiveness.
(2) Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, volumes, and temperatures of expired gas were measured from the tracheal and esophageal tubes.
(3) The results indicated that neuropsychological measures may serve to broaden the concept of intelligence and that a brain-related criterion may contribute to a fuller understanding of its nature.
(4) The measure destroyed the Justice Department’s plans to prosecute whatever Guantánamo detainees it could in federal courts.
(5) "We examined the reachability of social networking sites from our measurement infrastructure within Turkey, and found nothing unusual.
(6) However, when first trimester specimens were analyzed, the direct-product measurements were significantly larger than the corresponding 3H2O assay results.
(7) Activity of Na,K-ATPase activity was measured as a functional marker for synaptosomal membranes.
(8) Questionnaires were used and the respondent self-designation method measured leadership.
(9) Cantact placing reaction times were measured in cats which were either restrained in a hammock or supported in a conventional way.
(10) The rise of malaria despite of control measures involves several factors: the house spraying is no more accepted by a large percentage of house holders and the alternative larviciding has only a limited efficacy; the houses of American Indians have no walls to be sprayed; there is a continuous introduction of parasites by migrants.
(11) Theoretical findings on sterilization and disinfection measures are useless for the dental practice if their efficiency is put into question due to insufficient consideration of the special conditions of dental treatment.
(12) Heart rate (HR), pulmonary ventilation (V), oxygen consumption (VO2), carbon dioxide production (VCO2), and respiratory quotient (RQ) were measured.
(13) Participants (n=165) entering a week-long outpatient education program completed a protocol measuring self-care patterns, glycosylated hemoglobin levels, and emotional well-being.
(14) Measurement of the intraspinal monoamine level revealed a decrease in the intraspinal norepinephrine level in the treated animals.
(15) A progressively more precise approach to identifying affected individuals involves measuring body weight and height, then energy intake (or expenditure) and finally the basal metabolic rate (BMR).
(16) All subjects completed the Coping Strategies Questionnaire, which measures the use and perceived effectiveness of a variety of cognitive and behavioral coping strategies in controlling and decreasing pain.
(17) Although measurements are easily obtained with a tape measure, the validity of these measurements is not known.
(18) The goals in control patients were to attain normal values for all hemodynamic measurements.
(19) The fluctuations in [Ca2+]i measured with fura-2 were synchronized among the population of cells observed and were sensitive to extracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]o).
(20) The 14C-aminopyrine breath test was used to measure liver function in 14 normal subjects, 16 patients with alcoholic cirrhosis, 14 alcoholics without cirrhosis, and 29 patients taking a variety of drugs.
Meter
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, metes or measures. See Coal-meter.
(n.) An instrument for measuring, and usually for recording automatically, the quantity measured.
(n.) A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
(n.) Alt. of Metre
Example Sentences:
(1) The effect of ipratropium bromide administered at two dosage levels, 40 and 80 mug, isoproterenol, 150 mug, and placebo using a metered dose inhaler was evaluated in ten adult patients with asthma in a double-blind, crossover study.
(2) On the initial visit, the best corrected acuity with spectacles was determined and a potential acuity meter reading was obtained; this test suggested potential for visual recovery in two of the three patients.
(3) In 20 adult patients with asthma, we evaluated bronchodilation to a single administration of metered-dose glycopyrrolate aerosol (GA) to ascertain its onset and duration of action along with evaluation of safety.
(4) The volume of exhaled gas, during three- to five-minute collection periods, was measured and the fraction of exhaled CO2 was determined by a CO2 meter.
(5) All drugs were administered by metered dose inhalers.
(6) Patients should be carefully instructed in the optimal use of metered-dose inhalers, and some patients may benefit from use of tube-spacers.
(7) 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.
(8) The developed apparatus included ultrasonic generators operating at a frequency of 0.5-3 MHz, piezoceramic radiators of various design providing the heating of an object with convergent, divergent and plane ultrasonic waves, thermoprobes in the form of single or multiple thermocouples with the bends from 5 points at a 5 mm distance from one another, temperature meters and various auxiliaries.
(9) The Pearson correlations between serum bilirubin and jaundice meter measurements were .75 for meter 1 and .76 for meter 2.
(10) It’s a damp squib, a bit of a nothing result,” a leading energy analyst said of a report that is widely expected to endorse provisional findings released in March , and recommend price controls on prepayment meters and setting up a customer database to help rival suppliers target customers stuck on expensive default tariffs.
(11) The use of a standard 35 mm camera with a spot metering system to take slit-lamp photographs is described.
(12) The time required to empty a one litre bag of Ringer's Lactate from a 1.0 meter vertical drop was measured while using four different IV catheters (9.5, 10, 14 and 16 gauge), and the flow rates calculated.
(13) Endogenous rhythm of activity tended to disappear in specimens maintained under constant pressure conditions equivalent to 20 meters depth.
(14) When I tried to submit my latest gas and electricity meter readings on the npower website last month I received an email telling me that because all customers are being moved to a new billing system no meter readings can be taken online or via the call centre until after 15 April 2014.
(15) Measurements were made before feedings, during the first part of the night, and evaporation rate values were expressed as grams per square meter of body surface area per hour.
(16) A digital constancy meter which has been used in our institution uses a plane-parallel chamber for daily morning output checks of treatment machines.
(17) Annual savings in tonnes of CO 2 Install 2 kilowatt solar PV panels 0.4 Buy a new A++ refrigerator if yours is more than 4 years old, and only use a small-screen TV 0.1 Use LED or fluorescent lights where you currently have halogen lights installed 0.1 Buy an automated system to turn off appliances when not in use; get a meter that shows actual energy use and use it to monitor your household 0.1 Only use your washing machine and dishwasher when full to capacity and at lowest temperature 0.1 Never use the tumble dryer 0.1 Get rid of the freezer if you can, and replace your small appliances with "eco" varieties 0.1 Car (1.5 tonnes of CO 2 ) There is one car for every two people in the UK, and each one travels an average of about 9,000 miles a year.
(18) There was no difference in rates for persons who lived at sea level, compared to those who lived between 600 and 1800 meters.
(19) Npower blamed its planned rises on increases in wholesale gas and electricity costs and the cost of delivering government policies, such as smart metering and subsidies for renewable energy.
(20) Aqueous cells and flare of both eyes were measured by a laser flare-cell meter (KOWA FC 100).