(1) Viral clones mutated in plaque-forming ability or in yield were obtained and preliminarily characterized.
(2) Since HB relationships with craniofacial anatomical structures vary with the positioning of the head, the cephalograms were taken according to the preliminarily tested NHP, thus making the method reproducible.
(3) The effect of NPY in vasospasm after HCVD was preliminarily discussed.
(4) When pH of the incubation medium changes from 6.5 to 7.8 there occurs a rapid release of the preliminarily accumulated Ca2+ from it.
(5) PCR analysis of stage I thymocytes (CD4-CD8-) revealed only faintly detectable bands for two isoforms: one lacking Ex-4, 5, 6 and 7 (a "minus-one" [Ex(-1)] isoform), and a smaller isoform preliminarily characterized as also lacking Ex-8.
(6) The author of this article considers that the reasons for the changes which have taken place during one single decade may preliminarily and hypothetically be attributed to prenatal diagnosis, improved techniques in obstetrics, the introduction of antibiotics in 1948, as well as further noticeable improvements in the medical and social care provided for mentally retarded persons.
(7) The toxin detected in blood serum and feces samples of the sole affected patient was preliminarily typed as a plain type A.
(8) In another group of rats with implanted muscles, it had been verified preliminarily that these thresholds did not vary widely from day to day.
(9) A study of the kinetics of renaturation of the DNP in the nuclei of human peripheral blood lymphocytes with the aid of modified Riglers method showed the absence of renaturation of the preparations preliminarily headed to 65 degrees C. Heating the preparations to higher temperatures (75, 85 and 100 degreesC) led to the appearance of characteristic renaturation profiles with the maximum at a two-minute incubation (direct measurement of the intensity of fluorescence of the nuclei of cells transfered into a cold citrate-salt solution, as a time function).
(10) Moreover, the STEP method makes it possible to measure the resistance by using a sinusoidal stimulation signal which has to be preliminarily compensated by a rectangular signal.
(11) Nine TcsF-producing hybridomas were preliminarily identified by their ability to inhibit the effect of antigen-specific suppressor T-cell factor (TsF) on the adoptive transfer of contact sensitivity.
(12) The investigation intends to estimate the frequency of some Sentinel health events (SHE) in order to evaluate, preliminarily in methodological terms, the applicability of the survey on some probable SHE, which derive from the death certificates sent to Public health board.
(13) A method of automated red cell analysis suitable for the rapid classification of large numbers of red cells from individual blood specimens has been developed, and preliminarily tested on normal bloods and clinically proven cases of anemias and red cell disorders.
(14) Preliminarily, the following conclusions can be made from preclinical and clinical toxicology experience with these first seven drugs.
(15) An increase in dopamine concentration in the perfusion medium (addition of exogenous dopamine 10(-7) M, or cocaine, the inhibitor of uptake of biogenous amines, 10(-6) M) leads to a decrease in K+--induced release into perfusate of 3H--dopamine preliminarily injected into neostriatum.
(16) Protein disc-electrophoregrams of cell-free homogenates have been compared in the "non-adapted" and "preliminarily-adapted" to n-hexane strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
(17) It is established that cellulose acetate membranes may be used for purification from low molecular weight protein and concentration of preliminarily purified culture fluid of Escherichia coli.
(18) Because of the time and expense required by conventional developmental toxicity tests, an abbreviated assay is needed that will preliminarily evaluate otherwise untested chemicals to help prioritize them for conventional testing.
(19) Preliminarily is referred to essential aspects of the aetiology of arteriosclerosis with particular consideration of the disturbed lipoprotein metabolism.
(20) Slow centrifugation of isotonic sucrose medium containing the suspension of hepatocytes, obtained after disaggregation of liver, which has been preliminarily perfused by EDTA solution, results in the formation of two fractions of cells of different colour.
Preliminary
Definition:
(a.) Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary articles to a treaty; preliminary measures; preliminary examinations.
(n.) That which precedes the main discourse, work, design, or business; something introductory or preparatory; as, the preliminaries to a negotiation or duel; to take one's preliminaries the year before entering college.
Example Sentences:
(1) Results obtained from animal experiments have been confirmed by preliminary clinical investigations.
(2) Preliminary data also suggest that high-molecular-weight rearrangements of the duplicated region are present in all tissues.
(3) For consistent identification of the normal pancreas, preliminary longitudinal scanning at, or near, the mid-line and subsequent oblique scanning in the long axis are necessary prerequisites in delineating the anatomic outline of the pancreas.
(4) Preliminary rhythmic somatic stimulation has a predominantly facilitating effect on EPs appearing in response to tonal stimuli in the areas A1, S2, S1.
(5) Results of this study provide preliminary evidence that tracheal adherence and HA of B avium are closely related.
(6) These preliminary experiments suggest that oSm is similar to IGF-I in its binding characteristics and that primary cultures of skeletal muscle satellite cells possess type I and type II IGF receptors.
(7) Preliminary studies of different systems suggest several of them may have sensitivity to detect intraepithelial abnormalities in excess of 95%.
(8) This preliminary study compared the level of ego development, as measured by Loevinger's Washington University Sentence Completion Test (SCT), of 30 women with histories of childhood sexual victimization, and 30 women with no history of abuse.
(9) Our preliminary data from this study suggest that 85% trichloroacetic acid is effective treatment of human papillomavirus infection of the cervix without dysplasia.
(10) We present in this preliminary report the early results of therapy for refractory leukemia with an intensive preparative regimen for bone marrow transplantation including etoposide, cytosine arabinoside, cyclophosphamide, and fractionated total body irradiation.
(11) This preliminary study estimates the occurrence of concurrent helminth infection in Africa and Brazil to determine whether such an approach is justified epidemiologically.
(12) Preliminary hearing results of 45 cases show air-bone gap closure of 67% within 10 dB and 98% within 20 dB.
(13) Results in this preliminary study demonstrate the need to evaluate the hazard of microbial aerosols generated by sewage treatment plants similar to the one studied.
(14) These preliminary results suggest that IGIV may be more beneficial and less expensive than plasmapheresis in treatment of GBS.
(15) The preliminary one-time administration of DSIP to animals subjected to a stressor influence also increases the SP content in the hypothalamus.
(16) The resultant scales were administered to a small sample for preliminary empirical testing.
(17) A preliminary study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of therapeutic patient groups in a rehabilitation setting.
(18) To test this hypothesis 30 Wistar rats were subjected to laparotomy and colonic resection and treated with 5-Fluorouracil or Mitomycin C. The bursting strength of the abdominal scars and the colonic anastomotic bursting pressure revealed some interference in the rats treated with 5-Fluorouracil (Student's t test P less than 0.05) but none in the case of Mitomycin C. This preliminary study deserves to be followed up.
(19) A preliminary "profile" of the patient with low back pain who would likely benefit from manual therapy included acute symptom onset with less than a 1-month duration of symptoms, central or paravertebral pain distribution, no previous exposure to spinal manipulation, and no pending litigation or workers' compensation.
(20) Preliminary studies suggested that inhibition of aggregation was not attributable to inhibition of prostanoid synthesis or to raised levels of cyclic 3',5'-adenosine monophosphate.