(n.) A rectangular piece fitting grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together; a feather; also, sometimes, a groove to receive such a rectangular piece.
(n.) A long, flexble piece of wood sometimes used as a ruler.
Example Sentences:
(1) This paper addresses the latter assumption by applying a direct and flexible approach, cubic spline functions, to two widely used models: the logistic regression model for binary responses and the Cox proportional hazards regression model for survival time data.
(2) After filament images were straightened by spline-fitting, several transforms showed well-defined layer-lines arising from the helical structure of the filament.
(3) We have compared three interpolation methods (surface splines, spherical splines and tridimensional interpolation functions).
(4) The smoothing B-spline function was applied to 3, 10, 25, 50, 75, 90, and 97 percentile TW2 RUS, carpal and 20-bone scores.
(5) The four parameter logistic method, which is based on an approximation of the mass action law, performed better than the Spline method, a procedure which makes no a priori assumptions about the data.
(6) The first and second derivatives of progress curves are obtained from the cubic spline function.
(7) To improve the qualitative and quantitative analysis of surfaces of protein, two new methods are proposed: one that smoothes the MS surface of Connolly with B-spline smoothing functions to highlight the significant features of the surface, and one that computes the density of surface neighborhood to allow quantitative comparison.
(8) In the model, patellofemoral joint profiles projected on a horizontal plane have been expressed as spline functions.
(9) It was demonstrated that by using a least-squares surface-fitting technique, the SPG data on the surface can accurately be described by a single parametric biquintic spline function.
(10) Approximating the signal with a linear combination of cubic B-splines with equally spaced knots, according to the linear least-squares criterion gives the desired data reduction and an elegant way to perform an automatic analysis.
(11) The practical implementation of a rapid Catmull-Rom (cardinal) spline is described, and its advantages with respect to speed and ease of use are discussed.
(12) One of these is the procedure known as one of the best automatic smoothing and differentiating techniques: generalised cross validatory spline smoothing and differentiation (GCVC).
(13) Splines, were invented nearly 30 years ago and have been shown to have desirable properties.
(14) The spline technique is superior in accuracy to sampling at eight-times the Nyquist rate and is comparable to a Fourier-transform-based interpolation algorithm.
(15) Lines representing linear regression, log-linear regression or quadratic regression were inferior to those described by linear splines.
(16) Although spline functions are by no means unknown to demographers, no simple and direct explanation of their application exists.
(17) The spline technique was used to analyse these data as continuous variables, and showed that the 'super-obese' group of families was too small to be of any practical importance.
(18) Using penalized likelihood the three curves can be fitted as cubic splines by non-linear regression, and the extent of smoothing required can be expressed in terms of smoothing parameters or equivalent degrees of freedom.
(19) In general, the bilinear and bicubic spline methods of interpolation perform about equally.
(20) The folding pathway is defined by piecewise B-spline curves and the atoms are initially positioned with respect to the local Frenet trihedra determined by the equations of the curves.
Splint
Definition:
(v. t.) A piece split off; a splinter.
(v. t.) A thin piece of wood, or other substance, used to keep in place, or protect, an injured part, especially a broken bone when set.
(v. t.) A splint bone.
(v. t.) A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.
(v. t.) One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below.
(v. t.) Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent.
(v. t.) To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver.
(v. t.) To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n., 2.
Example Sentences:
(1) Early stabilisation may not ensure normal development but even early splinting carries a small risk of avascular necrosis.
(2) The pain response will be significantly better than the dysfunction response when the patient is treated with an occlusal splint.
(3) A review of the data on splinting of hands in RA is included, as is a review of methods for evaluating hand function and staging RA.
(4) The EMG silent periods (SP) produced in the open-close-clench cycle and jaw-jerk reflex were compared for duration before and after treatment with an occlusal bite splint.
(5) Primary sternal closure was difficult and delayed closure was performed using splint with a resin plate.
(6) Eight macerated human child skulls with a dental age of approximately 9.5 years (mixed dentition) were consecutively subjected to an experimental standardized high-pull headgear traction system attached to the maxilla at the first permanent molar area via an immovable acrylic resin splint covering all teeth.
(7) Histological evaluation was performed after splinting periods of 48 h and 6 weeks.
(8) The polyvalent and adaptable material which we have developed (sliding splint-staple) and which we also use in thoracic traumatology (thoracic flaps), has allowed us to perform audacious corrections for deformities or wide resections for tumours since 1980.
(9) Since fractures of the foramen triosseum are usually not surgically repairable, they can be stabilized with coaptation splints.
(10) The MMPS is now the preferred splint at the Royal Brisbane Hospital Burns Unit.
(11) To study the influence of splints on the periodontia over a period of time, Obwegeser and Merkx splints were applied on beagles.
(12) Just over one-third of respondents never or 'rarely' (less than 1 in 50 cases) used splints for procedures involving both walls of the nasal cavity.
(13) Long-term rubbing of a pressure stocking and splint was believed to be responsible for breakdown in the graft of the patient who had a hypertrophic scar.
(14) The use of the splint is a very important step in the treatment of the dysfunctional patient.
(15) Ninety-two patients with tendon rupture or chip fracture were treated by splinting, and 42 percent of them had a decreased range of motion, mostly of a minor degree, but only 18 percent stated complaints at the follow-up examination.
(16) Postoperative use of very small polyethylene tubing for splints appears feasible.
(17) This test has been reliable in evaluating lacrimal function and suggests that a canaliculus can be repaired and splinted satisfactorily.
(18) This report summarizes the experience of treating seven extremity melanoma patients with early immobilization and discharge using plaster casting or splinting following wide local excision and split-thickness skin graft.
(19) Orthodontic appliances (83.9%) were used in the departments of orthodontics for intermaxillary fixation, while orthodontic appliances (47.8%) and wire splints (49.2%) were used in the departments of oral surgery.
(20) Night splints or operative procedures are rarely indicated.