(1) A major concern of cholesterol-lowering diets is the misapplication of nutritional guidelines.
(2) Because the incidence of open neural tube defects is lower for blacks than for others, excessive false positive results for blacks (estimated to be 8817 to 28,215 cases annually) would be a pernicious misapplication of maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein screening.
(3) Examples of incidents that have signaled a problem and resulting research projects are: 1) anaphylactic cardiovascular response to red imported fire ant venom (statewide morbidity survey); (2) unexplained contact dermatitis in tomato harvesters and floral designers (immunodermatologic study and statewide survey of florists); (3) concerns over two unexplained cancer deaths at an experimental agricultural research station (farmer's mortality study); (4) a household outbreak of organophosphate poisoning (statewide hospital morbidity survey); and (5) a woman in early pregnancy exposed to misapplication of chlordane in her house (literature review and update on trends in U.S. birth defects).
(4) The present paper addressed the continued misinterpretation and misapplication of linear discriminant function analysis in neuropsychological research.
(5) Any other insertion of a ventilating tube implies abuse, either through error in diagnosis or deliberate misapplication.
(6) The adverse effects of the misapplication of these potent drugs in herpetic keratitis, in terms of an increase in the rate of complications and in the severity and morbidity of the disease, should be emphasized again.
(7) Several misunderstandings and misapplications of Disengagement Theory are discussed, including the erroneous idea that disengaged people necessarily are either higher or lower in morale than others, and the unenlightening controversy over "activity versus disengagement."
(8) We evaluated the behavioral, health perception, and physical health correlates of a residential pesticide misapplication on 54 individuals and identified factors differentially related to various levels of distress.
(9) Unless microscopic examination is routinely included, half of all microbiological information rendered on sputum specimens is meaningless and subject to dangerous misapplication.
(10) Recognition of this simple principle and careful examination of the 12-lead electrocardiogram may help to prevent the misapplication of pharmacotherapy in the vast majority of these patients.
(11) A limitation of these studies comes in the misunderstanding and misapplication of the tests used to analyze these events.
(12) The number and frequency of test misapplications support the view that additional professional training in the use of child maltreatment screening instruments is needed.
(13) Hopefully, this will prevent the misapplication of a useful analytical tool and also serve as an incentive to provoke contributions to this somewhat neglected technology.
(14) The lethal effects of the misapplication of this agent on the nervous system are discussed.
(15) In 1.2 per cent (4) the fault lay with coding inaccuracies or misapplication of coding rules in failing to select the underlying cause in a correct sequence of clinical events.
(16) The risk of toxicity from misapplication of TAC is heightened because TAC is most effective and therefore most widely used on pediatric facial and scalp lacerations.
(17) Recommendations are offered for the potential applications and misapplications in research and clinical practice.
(18) Rare earth technology has become the standard in radiographic imaging, but misapplication and insufficient comprehension of the variables of usage create practical problems.
(19) The possible misapplication of procedures by conference participants, whose only exposure to behavioral methods has been at these workshops is viewed as a potentially serious ethical issue.
(20) This paper presents a brief history of the development of these revised secondary standards, discusses their technical bases, provides a comparison of them, and discusses their limitations and potential misapplication.
Misappropriation
Definition:
(n.) Wrong appropriation; wrongful use.
Example Sentences:
(1) Supposedly posted by a blogger in Niger, they accused Z of misappropriating money from the trust fund and of a sex offence.
(2) Barcelona have previously said of Bartomeu: “He made it clear that it has never been his intention, nor that of the club’s executives, to aim to defraud the national tax office.” Rosell resigned as president in January 2014, saying: “An unfair and reckless accusation of misappropriation has resulted in a lawsuit against me in the Audiencia Nacional [the high court].
(3) Wildstein pleaded guilty in a two-count indictment Friday, charging misappropriation of government funds under a little-used federal fraud statute , and conspiracy to deny civil rights.
(4) However, the Guardian has been told by a former staff member who contributed to the report that he had flagged up serious concerns about bullying of one particular staff member who subsequently left the team – and misappropriation of British Cycling resources in the report.
(5) "In his speech this morning, Rupert Murdoch confused aggregation with wholesale misappropriation.
(6) I don't put the marbles in the same category, but they are on that spectrum of misappropriation.
(7) Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington has accused Rupert Murdoch of confusing aggregation with misappropriation following his Federal Trade Commission speech claiming "There's no such thing as a free news story" .
(8) The term has been misappropriated to the point of being just another bland synonym – just like most of the marketing speak that infests most of modern English.
(9) It wouldn’t surprise me if certain elements misappropriated the [new government’s] mandate … for their virulent ways of living and thinking … but they will be disappointed,” said Samir Saran of the Observer Research Foundation, a Delhi-based thinktank.
(10) Chen, who studied briefly at Birmingham University, is the most senior of at least half a dozen politicians and businessmen implicated in the misappropriation of about a third of Shanghai's 10bn yuan (£700m) social security fund.
(11) The powers of the Charity Commission to root out charities that misappropriate funds towards extremism and terrorism will also be strengthened.
(12) But it was his role at the centre of a Hollywood scandal involving the misappropriation of funds by producer David Begelman at Columbia Studios that brought Robertson additional – and unwanted – celebrity, adversely affecting his subsequent career.
(13) Franz Beckenbauer , the first man to win the World Cup as a captain and manager, is facing a criminal investigation in Switzerland on suspicion of financial corruption after prosecutors named him as one of four men suspected of fraud, criminal mismanagement, money laundering and misappropriation during Germany’s bid for the 2006 World Cup.
(14) The HRW report said corruption in the country had mainly impacted ordinary people, as money intended for public services including life-saving treatment or infrastructure projects have all but been misappropriated.
(15) Springsteen’s Born In The USA, about another Vietnam veteran suffering post-traumatic stress disorder, is surely the most misunderstood and misappropriated song of all time.
(16) Most of the litigation seemed to stem from Mike Love: when his most recent legal claim – that Wilson's promotion of the finished Smile album "shamelessly misappropriated Mike Love's songs, likeness and the Beach Boys trademark as well as the Smile album itself" – Rolling Stone gleefully reported it with the headline: "Brian Wilson finally defeats one of Mike Love's dubious lawsuits."
(17) Based on our considered finding, there is more than sufficient evidence to mount a case of misappropriation, conspiracy to defraud and official corruption against Prime Minister Peter O’Neill.” The lead lawyer from the firm in question, Paul Paraka, was charged with 22 fraud-related offences by the taskforce in October last year .
(18) These take the form of an all-too-typical alleged expenses scandal on the part of Harper-appointed(-for-life) senators – spectacularly compounded by the fact that the most egregious offender, after promising to repay the misappropriated money, was quietly slipped $90,000 by the prime minister's chief of staff in order to do so.
(19) They are also seeking compensation for an alleged misappropriation of Gaye’s After the Dance in Thicke’s song Love After War.
(20) "In recent days an unfair and reckless accusation of misappropriation has resulted in a lawsuit against me in the Audiencia Nacional.