(a.) Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory.
Example Sentences:
(1) Based on the principles of adaptational mutations and genetic exchange of catabolic activities, it becomes possible to select and engineer microorganisms that are suitable for the degradation of recalcitrant compounds.
(2) A prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicentre study assessed the clinical efficacy and safety of pulsed electromagnetic limb ulcer therapy (PELUT) in the healing of recalcitrant, predominantly venous leg ulcers.
(3) We present a patient whose genital warts were recalcitrant to treatment.
(4) Isotretinoin (Accutane Capsules) is a synthetic vitamin A compound used for treatment of recalcitrant cystic acne.
(5) Such gene cassettes or operons can be transferred into suitable microbial hosts for extending and custom designing the pathways for rapid degradation of recalcitrant compounds.
(6) Of the 30 patients with warts, most of which were recalcitrant, 14 were cured and the remaining 16 showed marked improvement.
(7) This procedure is a simple and effective method for safe office treatment of patients with recalcitrant recurrent erosion.
(8) The thermal cycle sequencing procedures are advantageous because they allow fast and simple semiautomation of the sequencing reaction; make possible the direct DNA sequencing of PCR products, bacterial colonies and phage plaques; require only femtomoles of template DNA; eliminate the requirement of an independent primer annealing step; remove the requirement of denatured plasmids for sequencing double-stranded templates; and use a highly thermostable DNA polymerase for sequencing through potential recalcitrant secondary structure domains and large linear double-stranded DNA templates such as lambda derivatives.
(9) To study the human teratogenicity of this agent, we investigated 154 human pregnancies with fetal exposure to isotretinoin, a retinoid prescribed for severe recalcitrant cystic acne.
(10) The biosynthesis of prostaglandins (PG) in biopsies from 9 patients with recalcitrant psoriasis was studied before, during, and after treatment with 8-methoxy-psoralen and long-wave ultraviolet light (UVA).
(11) The Dec+ mutants had also acquired the capacity to metabolize other recalcitrant branched hydrocarbons such as 3,6-dimethyloctane and 2,6-dimethyldecane.
(12) Levamisole should be tried in recalcitrant chronic candidoses and bacterial infections not responding to specific antibiotic treatment.
(13) Thus, combination therapy is recommended for treatment of recalcitrant cases of bacterial endocarditis caused by N. mucosa.
(14) If the holding phase is sufficiently prolonged, a reduction in the number and complexity of operative procedures needed for recurrent and recalcitrant cases can be expected.
(15) Treatment of associated systemic disorders may improve the ulcers, but lesions may be recalcitrant and persist for months to years.
(16) Cyclosporine, an immunosuppressive drug, is effective in the treatment of recalcitrant psoriasis.
(17) In recalcitrant cases, however, entrapment of the first branch lateral plantar nerve should be suspected.
(18) These autonomous movements were otherwise recalcitrant to therapy and were felt to arise from neural generators intrinsic to the spinal cord.
(19) The effectiveness and tolerance of isotretinoin have been assessed in 72 cases (34 male and 38 female) suffering from papulo-pustular acne with nodulo-cystic component recalcitrant to traditional treatments.
(20) The government’s strategy is clearly based on a deep confidence that it has time, that it won’t be forced back to the polls by a recalcitrant Senate, that it will have years to reach a rapprochement with the angry states and that it will bring down two more budgets before it has to face the voters.
Wilful
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Wilfulness
Example Sentences:
(1) For 2 of the cell lines (A549 and WIL) 2.2 microM verapamil increased VP16 cytotoxicity (up to 4-fold).
(2) According to the document, Rupert Murdoch "did not take steps to become fully informed about phone hacking" and "turned a blind eye and exhibited wilful blindness to what was going on in his companies and publications".
(3) The FSA for its part is due to publish its own proposals on banking reform this week, and its recipe wil look less bold than King's speech, possibly reflecting the continuing tensions between the Bank and the FSA.
(4) David Cameron suggests that the prospect of giving prisoners the vote makes him feel physically ill. For a man with such an apparently delicate constitution, it is surprising that wilfully ignoring a succession of court rulings appears to have so little effect on him."
(5) Can't understand wilful&total destruction of EU expertise, with Cunliffe,Ellam&Scholar also out of loop.
(6) We were wilfully blinkered, probably, on the exact details of this last point.
(7) Clones resistant to 3-deazaaristeromycin, a potent inhibitor of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase, were selected from a nucleoside kinase-deficient derivative of the WIL-2 human B-lymphoblastoid cell line.
(8) I suspect most of these angry Tory MPs are wilfully clueless.
(9) Anelay said: “The government believes the most effective way to prevent refugees and migrants attempting this dangerous crossing is to focus our attention on countries of origin and transit, as well as taking steps to fight the people smugglers who wilfully put lives at risk by packing migrants into unseaworthy boats.” The Home Office told the Guardian the government was not taking part in Operation Triton at present beyond providing one “debriefer” – a single immigration officer – to gather intelligence about the migrants who continue to make the dangerous journey to Italy .
(10) There now exists a political environment where a government wilfully and seemingly with impunity breaks international treaties, and denies basic human rights to the world’s most vulnerable.
(11) However, Downing Street said at the weekend that wilful malpractice by a nurse could lead to a maximum prison sentence of five years.
(12) The maim beam wil be directed in the axis of the condyle for sagittal tomography and perpendicularly for frontal tomography.
(13) "TWC made continuous use of the unregistered title The Butler in wilful violation of the TRB (Title Registration Bureau) rules," the board said.
(14) But she said: "If it's just wilful [lack of water conservation] we can shut the water off."
(15) In his first public appearance since his resignation, Clark insisted he had been "meticulous" in following ministerial instructions in a pilot scheme scaling back border checks during the summer: "I introduced no additions to the home secretary's trial, neither did I extend or alter it in any way whatsoever … I have not wilfully or knowingly sanctioned an alteration to border checks that contravened existing Home Office policy."
(16) Derivatives of the CEM T and WIL-2 B cell lines showed striking diversity in their responses to the HTLV-IIIB strain of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
(17) Blaming Israel for Gaza’s reconstruction delays is wilful ignorance | Daniel Taub Read more Standard-bearers for the pressure camp routinely claim that a conciliatory approach only reinforces the status quo.
(18) Powell maintained that he had "never knowingly or wilfully taken any supplements or substances that break any rules" and said that his team would launch an investigation.
(19) The long pilgrimage of pregnancy with its wonders and abasements, the apotheosis of childbirth, the sacking and slow rebuilding of every last corner of my private world that motherhood has entailed – all unmentioned, wilfully or casually forgotten as time has passed.
(20) On Tuesday she accused Autonomy of a "wilful effort to mislead".