(n.) The act of placing, or the state of being placed.
(n.) Position; place.
Example Sentences:
(1) Malondialdehyde was undetectable in cerebrospinal fluid after subarachnoid placement of agarose alone, although it was present in similar amounts in all groups that received subarachnoid placement of OxyHb.
(2) Attachment of the graft to the wound is similar with and without the addition of human basic fibroblast growth factor, a potent angiogenic agent, to the skin replacement before graft placement on wounds.
(3) Degraded visual acuity had a significant effect on cadence, foot placement, and foot clearance, but visual surround conditions did not.
(4) Possible mechanisms for this change in nucleosome placement along the DNA are discussed.
(5) Children and adopters are encouraged to meet with foster carers after placement to show the child they are well.
(6) The other 7 cysts required the subsequent placement of a cystoperitoneal shunt.
(7) US guidance facilitated placement of a 22-gauge needle by means of a subxyphoid or transthoracic approach.
(8) Eight patients with infected nonunions had initial debridement procedures; three of these patients then had placement of external fixators and bone grafting.
(9) The statistical method proved to be very strong in screening patients who should not be considered for community placement and in four of the five facilities was also strong in identifying appropriate outpatients.
(10) Liability of retransplanted syngeneic skin grafts to rejection could be almost entirely abolished by their exposure to 300 rads irradiation before placement on the intermediate host.
(11) In 1971 the Chedoke-McMaster center initiated an assessment and placement program for emotionally disturbed preadolescents in the Hamilton, Ontario, area.
(12) Changes in mean portal venous and aortic blood glucose and lactate concentrations after an intragastric infusion of d-glucose to chronically catheterized rats (after regaining preoperative weight) were compared to those of acutely catheterized rats (1 h after catheter placement).
(13) The technique described involves placement of an intraluminal shunt and resection of the involved caval wall with reconstruction using autologous pericardium.
(14) During placement of the Fletcher suit one of the ureters is catheterized by a special stent which appears on the X-rays control used for dosimetry.
(15) The tests used were the Griffiths' Developmental and Stanford-Binet Scales, and the school placement at five years was studied.
(16) The inappropriate placement of a patient's central venous catheter in the pleural space by the serendipitous injection of Tc-99m labeled red blood cells through the catheter during a GI bleeding study was discovered.
(17) The only inconsistency in the mariner gene phylogeny is in the placement of the Zaprionus mariner sequence, which clusters with mariner from Drosophila teissieri and Drosophila yakuba in the melanogaster species subgroup.
(18) Placement of impervious knitted Dacron velour aortic grafts in baboons reproduced platelet consumption that progressively normalized over six weeks postoperatively.
(19) Complications from tissue expansion of the scalp are similar to those encountered with the placement of expanders elsewhere in the body.
(20) Procurement has already brought down prices in foster care significantly in recent years, so differences between the costs of placement options may now be marginal.
Riser
Definition:
(n.) One who rises; as, an early riser.
(n.) The upright piece of a step, from tread to tread.
(n.) Any small upright face, as of a seat, platform, veranda, or the like.
(n.) A shaft excavated from below upward.
(n.) A feed head. See under Feed, n.
Example Sentences:
(1) Semiconductor maker CSR has dropped 2.5%, but its larger rival ARM is the biggest riser on the FTSE 100, up 1.8% Billions has already been wiped off tech stocks in recent days, on fears that prices have been driven too high in recent months.
(2) Precious metal miners were among the risers as investors bought gold and silver, while pharmaceutical stocks moved higher as the threat of Hillary Clinton’s price controls disappeared.
(3) Other issues include dry risers – the water outlets inside buildings for firefighters to use – being damaged, residents replacing their own front doors with non-standard ones, and a lack of fire notices or signs.
(4) In the latest sign that McDonald’s is trying to consolidate its control of the coveted breakfast market, the fast food chain has applied to trademark a new word that could appeal to late morning risers everywhere: “McBrunch.” The application, which the maker of the Egg McMuffin filed on 23 July, signals at the very least an interest in expanding what has been one of the company’s fastest-growing and most profitable day segments.
(5) In the gliding movement into maximum intercuspation, the difference of the canine riser showed no consistent change in the muscle activity.
(6) Steeper canine risers caused a reduction of the muscle activity when compared with the more flat guidance.
(7) Without artificial pumping, trapping of rainfall with flapgate risers aided in eliminating oviposition sites but still allowed mosquito production in some marsh locations.
(8) US said to allow drilling without needed permits 14 May BP plans to insert a 4in-tube into the ruptured 21in riser pipe that would take the oil to the surface.
(9) However the relative relationships between the individual muscles as well as the working-side muscle and nonworking-side muscle remained unchanged with all canine risers.
(10) Terms such as "stress-riser fracture" and "Young's modulus fracture" have been applied.
(11) The bank's shares – down a third this year and hit by fraud allegations brought by the New York attorney general in June – rose 4% to 228.4p and were the biggest risers in the FTSE 100.
(12) In the present experiment the perceived and attained absolute and relative (riser height divided by leg length) action boundaries were significantly affected by hip joint flexibility.
(13) Rolls-Royce and Imperial Tobacco, which were hit by the strength of the pound last year, were both among the top risers.
(14) Protesters criticise Drax over use of subsidies for coal and wood power Read more Drax’s planned investments were welcomed by the City, with shares closing up 12% at 311p – the biggest riser of the day on the FTSE 250.
(15) BP engineers today began the slow process of trying to fit a smaller tube inside the crumpled riser pipe on the ocean floor to try to siphon oil to the surface.
(16) Banks were among the biggest risers on the FTSE 100 this morning, with Lloyds Banking Group gaining 2.95% to 77.89p, Royal Bank of Scotland up 2.8% at 49.9p, Barclays rising 2.79% to 328p and HSBC 1.7% higher at 672.5p.
(17) Shares in the UK’s biggest retailer leapt nearly 7% to 155p on Tuesday, making it the biggest riser in the FTSE 100, as analysts said the industry market share data suggested sales at established Tesco stores were level, and might even have risen, over the festive period.
(18) On each subject the lateral gliding movements were carried out while maintaining the occlusal contact on the canine riser.
(19) We have reported the case of a nonunion of a clavicle fracture in which the Dacron had eroded the bone and acted as a stress riser contributing to the fracture.
(20) As explained at 7.44am, it's not clear how Pfizer can raise its offer again under City rules 8.25am BST Garry White (@GarryWhite) Not longer a Pfizer riser: #AstraZeneca shares fall 13.1% after management rejected "final" offer from US group May 19, 2014 8.17am BST This charts shows how AstraZeneca's shares have tumbled right back to their level in late April, after Pfizer made its first approach (but before it raised it).