(1) To this end, an electrophilic index was defined as an isovalue surface where the interaction energy with an incoming model nucleophile (H-) was equal to a predefined value.
(2) This method for generation of hybridomas producing human monoclonal antibodies against a predefined antigen may be applicable to a variety of viral antigens.
(3) These results suggest the potential use of synthetic peptides corresponding to immunoglobulin variable (V) region amino acid sequences in generating anti-Id reagents of a predefined specificity.
(4) At all stages of ulcer activity and during all predefined time periods, duodenal ulcer patients had significantly higher gastric acidity than healthy control subjects.
(5) When a predefined decision rule was used and inconclusive decisions were excluded, 97.4% of the innocent Ss and 53.3% of the guilty Ss were correctly classified with the SRR measure.
(6) The results of this controlled trial with thymostimulin (TP-1 Serono) on hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive chronic active liver disease (CALD), involving 34 consecutive patients chosen by predefined criteria and randomly allocated to control and treatment groups, show that this thymic hormone may significantly improve the clinical, biochemical, serological and immunological parameters of this disease, and ameliorate the quality of the patients' life.
(7) The images are scanned under a densitometer with a microcomputer and the mineral content per unit tooth area at the same discrete tooth-slice surface positions is calculated (maximum predefined area is 5 mm x 5 mm, 15 x 15 positions).
(8) Following in vivo expression, a predefined cleavage product of the target mRNA was detected by ribonuclease protection.
(9) Eleven of 15 amrinone versus 6 of 15 dobutamine patients achieved the predefined treatment objectives with the test drug alone (P = NS).
(10) The stable mouse x human hybridomas were established by cell fusion of a mouse myeloma cell line, a P3-X63-Ag8-653 (P3-653) subclone, with human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMs) from normal volunteers for production of human monoclonal antibody against a predefined, clinically important antigen of viral origin, hepatitis-B surface (HBs) antigen.
(11) ), each of which can be matched to some element of a predefined inventory containing, for example, consensus sequences, protosequences, or protein family profiles.
(12) LpAR is predefined, and steady-state measurements do not permit determination of causality because primary changes in any variable obligate a proportional change in a second variable.
(13) Tissue sections were examined under light microscopy, and severity of injury was graded with predefined criteria by two pathologists blinded to the animals' treatment regimens.
(14) We have used monoclonal anti-idiotypic antibodies and "sequence-dependent" heterologous anti-peptide antibodies of predefined specificities against either the complementarity determining or framework regions of the human immunoglobulin molecules to delineate the structural and genetic basis of human IgM rheumatoid factor (RF) paraprotein formation.
(15) Stepwise logistic regression analysis was done on 19 predefined variables to determine if one or more of these could discriminate between the diagnostic categories.
(16) All these stages must be predefined in the study protocol.
(17) Responsiveness to est was assessed in terms of individually predefined psychodynamics and treatment goals.
(18) Morphometric analysis was performed for each group with regard to 1) mean nuclear area, 2) mean nucleolar size, 3) mitotic index, and 4) nuclear count within predefined area (nuclear density) in histologic specimens.
(19) Spheres of predefined sizes were labeled with 113mIn or 99mTc.
(20) Median pH-values from predefined time periods (whole day, prandial, interdigestive, nocturnal) were compared between the three groups.
Predetermine
Definition:
(v. t.) To determine (something) beforehand.
(v. t.) To doom by previous decree; to foredoom.
(v. i.) To determine beforehand.
Example Sentences:
(1) When subjects centered themselves actively, or additionally, contracted trunk flexor or extensor muscles to predetermined levels of activity, no increase in trunk positioning accuracy was found.
(2) Employed method of observation gave quantitative information about the influence of odours on ratios of basic predeterminate activities, insect distribution pattern and their tendency to choose zones with an odour.
(3) The duration of electrophoresis was based on the migration of a marker dye for a predetermined distance.
(4) Ventricular fibrillation was then induced and, after predetermined downtimes ranging from 5 to 60 minutes, thoracotomy was performed, and open-chest bimanual cardiac massage was started.
(5) Anesthetized, intubated kittens were subjected to one of two procedures: (1) insertion of a suction catheter to a predetermined distance and withdrawal with or without the application of suction or (2) insertion of the catheter until resistance was met and withdrawal with or without the application of suction.
(6) Minute ventilation (VE) was kept constant at a predetermined individual level during all treatments.
(7) Thus, it appears that the increased expression of the regulatory MLC2 gene in SHR atrial cells is a predetermined event, which, most likely, participates in functional adaptation of the myocardium in response to pressure overload and subsequent hypertrophy.
(8) Furthermore, the minimal actual treatment differences that can be detected with a reasonable (80%) probability at a predetermined (5%) significance level using a crossover design were estimated for different electrophysiologic variables.
(9) Each student conducted a medication-history interview with one of two simulated patients who presented a predetermined history; interviews were videotaped from behind a one-way mirror.
(10) The %s of fibroblasts, PMN's lymphocytes, plasma cells and macrophages were estimated in a predetermined standardized area close to the apical termination of the junctional epithelium.
(11) Under in vitro inhibition of alpha-glucosidasic activity by glucose in hemolymph of Bee prenymphas, the reaction order (n) (predetermined according to the initial natural glycemia) decreases with increasing inhibitor concentration and the affinity constant between enzyme and substrate undergoes lower variations than in other cases where (n) does not change.
(12) The effect of indomethacin administration on the mortality rate of brain-injured rats was studied in four groups of animals subjected to a level of injury with a fluid-percussion apparatus predetermined to cause 50% mortality (50% lethal dose, or LD50).
(13) To estimate the mean cardiac output, at least two measurements should be made at predetermined points of the ventilatory cycle.
(14) Microliter volumes of cell suspension were placed directly onto a computer-controlled cryostage and cooled to a predetermined subzero temperature.
(15) A genetic procedure is directed for the isolation of chromosomal deletions and duplications with predetermined endpoints.
(16) Specific checklists completed by patients and predetermined scoring protocols yielded reliable data and reduced faculty time.
(17) "It seems that the Metropolitan police, the CPS [Crown Prosecution Service] and even the court have all colluded to implement a predetermined decision which was made in Washington.
(18) Various techniques can be used to deposit the dose accurately in a predetermined intracranial volume.
(19) The same brush was then agitated in a SBW vial, which was centrifuged, the cell pellet being smeared over a predetermined area of a slide.
(20) Eleven children with severe perennial asthma and a poor clinical response to disodium cromoglycate were studied in a 4-month, double blind trial involving 1 month's treatment with placebo, disodium cromoglycate, betamethasone 17 valerate, and both drugs combined according to a predetermined random design.