(n.) A mixture of hair and tar for covering the bottom of a ship.
Example Sentences:
(1) These reason categories are then related to existing measures of PLOC and to motivation.
(2) Finally, the proposed model and conceptualization of PLOC are discussed with regard to intrapersonal versus interpersonal perception, internalization, cause-reason distinctions, and the significance of perceived autonomy in human behavior.
(3) The frequency of spontaneous oesophageal contractions (SLOC) and amplitude of provoked contractions (PLOC) were greater in those patients undergoing hysterectomy.
(4) The present study explores in a sample of 51 patients with chronic pain of myofascial origin the relationship between a dispositional measure of coping, the internality dimension of the Pain Locus of Control Scale (PLOC), and ratings of pain intensity, frequency, and pain-related behavioral functioning.
(5) A model of perceived locus of causality (PLOC) is developed, using children's self-reported reasons for acting.
(6) Patients above the median on the internality dimension of the PLOC reported their pain as less intense and frequent than those below the median.
Plow
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Plough
(v. t.) Alt. of Plough
(v. i.) Alt. of Plough
Example Sentences:
(1) The reported rates of protein degradation in a recent paper on the effect of surgical trauma on muscle protein turnover [Hoover-Plow & Clifford (1978) Biochem.
(2) The model considers seasonal changes in the biomass of vegetation and animal diets, as well as specific plowing and crop-harvest dates; thus the integrated radionuclide intakes by humans are dependent on the seasonal timing of deposition.
(3) 49ers 38 - Packers 24, 14:57 4th quarter Gore plows though, and now Green Bay are in some serious trouble.
(4) LG Winter Gardens, Morecambe ( liveatlica.org ), 23-27 September Speed-The-Plow Lindsay Lohan , making her West End debut, follows in the footsteps of Madonna in David Mamet’s caustic Hollywood satire.
(5) He is already an artistic associate of the Old Vic and directed Spacey and Jeff Goldblum there in Speed-the-Plow ; he also directed a much-praised revival of Alan Ayckbourn's trilogy The Norman Conquests .
(6) For 15 years (1955 to 1970), I was plowing "new ground" pretty much by myself.
(7) And I would go out and there would be all these cameras there and that’s when it became difficult.” Lohan, who recently starred in the West End play Speed-the-Plow , decided to turn her back on the west coast while holidaying alone in Greece over the summer.
(8) There were 1,700 snow plows and 450 salt spreaders working the streets in New York City, De Blasio said.
(9) In Nepal, the traditional way to process rice is to use the same cows that plow the field – they thresh rice by walking over the stalks.
(10) Meanwhile, King plowed his own ground preaching love and brotherhood.
(11) All plow down dates are chosen before the majority of larvae enter diapause so as to eliminate as many overwintering survivors as possible.
(12) In association with blood coagulation, neutrophils undergo a secretory response (Plow, J Clin Invest 69: 564, 1982) and it has been suggested that plasma kallikrein is responsible for inducing this reaction (Wachtfogel et al., J Clin Invest 72: 1672, 1983).
(13) The PMI-1 antibody inhibits platelet adhesion and spreading on certain substrata (Shadle, P. J., Ginsberg, M. H., Plow, E. F., and Barondes, S. H. (1984) J.
(14) Welfare officer Hayley Plows said: “Colonies of ferals and strays have been at a rough guess 85% black or black and white, I unfortunately do not think this is by pure coincidence.
(15) Governor Christie (@GovChristie) There are approximately 3,300 plows and spreaders out on New Jersey highways, including the Turnpike, GSP and ACE.
(16) The characteristic eggs of Orientobilharzia turkestanicum were found in the feces of a plowing bull.
(17) Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.” From the prosecutor and the grand juries in Ferguson and Staten Island to the halls of Congress – where reform ideas like the End Racial Profiling Act or the Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act have hit a dead end – and a thousand places in between, our government institutions have been largely unresponsive to demands for real structural reform.
(18) Alleviation of arsenic phytotoxicity has been attempted by increasing the soil pH, by use of iron or aluminum sulfate, by desorbing arsenate with phosphate and subsequent leaching, and by cultural practices such as deep plowing.
(19) It destroyed 150 acres of land and plowed through hills next to subdivisions containing hundreds of homes.
(20) Nitrate-N accumulation in the 0 to 3 foot profile in late July was reduced by 75% (no tillage) to 38% (chisel plow) compared with the conventional moldboard tillage system in this 8-year-old study.