(1) Experiments were conducted for comparative analysis of the use of elastic (Spandex) and nonelastic (Eticon) threads for the formation of anastomoses in vascular surgery.
(2) Thrombosis occurred at the site of anastomosis only in 6.8% of cases in which elastic threads were applied in contrast to 30% of cases in which nonelastic threads were used.
(3) Valid measurements of nonelastic WOB can be made at the bedside in realtime using the Hewlett-Packard 8815A without the addition of custom-built circuitry or hardware.
(4) The effectiveness of the legging is enhanced by its nonelasticity, as has been long proven by the Unna boot, and its ability to maintain an unreduced compression level throughout its lifetime, regardless of edema changes.
(5) Nonelastic resistance and respiratory rate were not significantly different during the three periods.
(6) The cows had a greater change in maximum transpulmonary pressure (delta PLmax) and an increased nonelastic work of breathing (Wb).
(7) During dyspnea there was an increase in the total respiratory work (both elastic and nonelastic work) and this fell during relief with oxygen.
(8) MAC and HC were measured within the first 24 hours of birth using a nonelastic tape measure.
(9) The authors compared real-time, breath-by-breath work of breathing (WOB) measurements made with a Hewlett-Packard 8815A respiratory integrator with nonelastic WOB values obtained by planimetry of pressure-volume tracings.
(10) Each of the above antibodies gave a tissue distribution identical to that of anti-MAGP antibodies, and thus MP340 and MP78 also were identified with the 12-nm microfibrils of nonelastic tissues.
(11) Moreover the playground surfaces are frequently nonelastic and the first-aid kits insufficient.
(12) The reduction in respiratory work was primarily due to decreased nonelastic work associated with a decrease in resistance.
(13) In this method the antero-posterior portion of the tricuspid annulus is sutured to a semi-circular nonelastic strip of teflon by double needle sutures.
(14) Blood gases, pH, respiratory rate, tidal and minute volume, cardiac output, nonelastic resistance, and dynamic compliance were not significantly different from baseline values.
(15) A nonelastic strip was put around the canine ascending aorta through a metal tube and tightened to produce a stenotic lesion.
(16) Uterine height was measured with a nonelastic measuring tape, from the symphysis pubis to the fundus uteri.
(17) The changes in the aortic rheogram are recorded after elevation or diminition of arterial blood pressure (medicamentous and mechanical), replacement of a part of the abdominal aorta with nonelastic prothesis and application of a model heart-aorta-vascular bed, in which the "systolic volume" is changeable as well as the "peripheral vascular resistance".
(18) All of the nonelastic components are removed with a hot alkali solution.
(19) Its fiber bundles, which are for the most part nonelastic, usually make a contribution to segmental movement, although the extent of their involvement depends upon how far that movement has progressed.
(20) In the second case, on the one hand, the nonelastic anastomosis between two elastic tubes creates conditions for thrombus formation, and on the other, the tension occurring periodically in this zone causes damage to the tissues and prevents rapid formation of the neointima.
Stretch
Definition:
(v. t.) To reach out; to extend; to put forth.
(v. t.) To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope.
(v. t.) To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.
(v. t.) To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.
(v. t.) To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle.
(v. t.) To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit.
(v. i.) To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; as, the iron road stretches across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty square miles.
(v. i.) To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches.
(v. i.) To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances.
(v. i.) To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts.
(v. i.) To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward.
(n.) Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination.
(n.) A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land.
(n.) The extent to which anything may be stretched.
(n.) The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board.
(n.) Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tendon (T) and Hoffmann (H) reflexes were analyzed during static stretching (SS).
(2) An AT-rich stretch is centered at position -31 with respect to the transcription initiation site, and a potential CCAAT box is centered at position -138.
(3) Mechanosensitive ion channels may play a key role in transducing vascular smooth muscle (VSM) stretch into active force development.
(4) Endothelial release of the arachidonate derivative PGI2 may be increased in response to cyclic lung stretching.
(5) Differences in scar depression also supported the idea of more stretching in the Dexon group.
(6) The maximum force level reached during the stretch was affected very little.
(7) Cerebral angiogram displayed a contralateral shift and an unrolling of the anterior cerebral artery, a lateral stretch of middle cerebral artery, a downward stretch of anterior choroidal artery and a tumor stain fed by the Heubner artery.
(8) The results of conventional sciatic nerve stretching tests are usually evaluated regardless of patient age, gender or movements of the hip joint and spine.
(9) Phycomyces sporangiophores respond to four distinct physical stimuli: gravity, light, stretch, and an avoidance stimulus.
(10) Increase in activity of pulmonary stretch receptors causes inhibition of inspiration and bronchodilation.
(11) The stiffness of the fibre first rose abruptly in response to stretch and then started to decrease linearly while the stretch went on; after the completion of stretch the stiffness decreased towards a steady value which was equal to that during the isometric tetanus at the same sarcomere length, indicating that the enhancement of isometric force is associated with decreased stiffness.
(12) During ischaemia M1 stretch responses showed a more rapid and pronounced decline than did M2 responses and were abolished before voluntary power was appreciably affected.
(13) The stretch reflex in man has a direct role in compensating for small disturbances during motor tasks.
(14) I personally felt grateful that British TV set itself apart from its international rivals in this way, not afraid to challenge, to stretch the mind and imagination.
(15) Cubitus valgus or instability due to a pseudarthrosis of the lateral epicondyle or to ligamentous injury may stretch the nerve.
(16) The media's image of a "gamer" might still be of a man in his teens or 20s sitting in front of Call of Duty for six-hour stretches, but that stereotype is now more inaccurate than ever.
(17) The presence of a form of stretch reflex, previously described in the arm by other authors, has been confirmed in the gastrocnemius muscle of the human leg.
(18) The influence of stretch and radial compression on the width of mechanically skinned fibers from the semitendinosus muscle of the frog (R. pipiens) was examined in relaxing solutions with high-power light microscopy.
(19) The bent DNA has been localized to a 40-55 base pair (bp) segment and contains six (A)3-5 stretches (that is, six poly(A) stretches, three to five nucleotides in length) phased approximately every 10.5 bp.
(20) This figure suggests that, unless there are substantial stretches of free DNA, the polyoma nucleoprotein complex contains about 26 nucleosomes.