(n.) The operation of supersaturating, or the state of being supersaturated.
Example Sentences:
(1) In order for a stone to form, the following conditions would seem to be necessary; transient supersaturation of the saliva in Ca++ and PO4--, a pH greater than normal, intracellular precepitation of amorphous tricalcium phosphate which is transformed into crystalline hydroxyapatite and, then, the fixation of crystals on a "matrix" such as desquamated cells, fibrils and collagens.
(2) Bounded, bulk, and perfusion-diffusion models are described in supersaturation, statistical, and thermodynamic frameworks.
(3) The degree of supersaturation with respect to fluorapatite determines the uptake of fluoride in the surface layer and its mineral content.
(4) In earlier studies, we concluded that biliary cholesterol supersaturation may be a necessary but not sufficient cause for gallstone formation.
(5) Model predictions based upon these data compare favorably with published reports of isobaric inert gas supersaturation, as well as several previously unpublished observations.
(6) The capacity for supersaturation with cholesterol is greater for bile salt-monoolein than for bile salt-oleate micelles.
(7) Bile became supersaturated with cholesterol in 7 female adult baboons with exteriorized enterohepatic circulations during 0.2 g per kg per day of cholestyramine treatment.
(8) All samples were supersaturated with calcium carbonate.
(9) The bile more frequently showed cholesterol supersaturation among the women who used oral contraceptives than among the control group.
(10) Normal subjects frequently have supersaturated bile.
(11) This maximum solubility was in excess of that predicted theoretically and may be due to supersaturation.
(12) The results of the present constant composition (CC) studies show that defect apatites may be formed under conditions of sustained supersaturation with a non-stoichiometric coefficient dependent on the pH of the growth medium.
(13) These liquid-crystalline states are likely to be transient in Ch-unsaturated biles, but may persist in Ch-supersaturated human biles because of their high Ch contents which retard or inhibit these phase transitions.
(14) After more than 12 months of PSC medication, citrate and pH tended toward the pretreatment baseline values, while hydroxyapatite supersaturation and calcium had already returned to pretreatment values.
(15) This paper is concerned with the theretical background and implications of isobaric supersaturation and bubble formation in the microcirculation following an abrupt shift from one inspired inert gas to another.
(16) Salt encrustation apparently occurred when rapid cooling of the lake resulted in supersaturation and crystallization of the dissolved salt.
(17) Boiling the hand warmers redissolves the sodium acetate in the water in the water released from the crystals, recreating the supersaturated solution, so you are ready for another chilly evening walk.
(18) In this study we have investigated the effect of this activity on the dynamics of lipid solubilization in supersaturated model bile.
(19) The measurements, conducted on freshly prepared protein solutions supersaturated more than 3-fold, indicate the simultaneous presence of two scatterer populations which can be assigned to individual protein molecules and to large particles.
(20) Although the lipid composition (4.4% cholesterol, 5.6% phospholipid, and 90% bile salt) was within the predicted range for a single phase of micellar (or vesicular) liquid in solution, it was supersaturated with cholesterol because of low absolute concentrations of bile salt and phospholipid.
Vapour
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Such an 'inert tube' model may be adequate to describe the inhalation and exhalation kinetics of inert vapours, for example non-polar solvents which have a low water solubility.
(2) There have been reports of difficulties with the seating and locking of the vaporisers which can cause a leak and failure of vapour delivery.
(3) Following exposure to white spirit vapour, the effect of the expired solvent on evidential breath alcohol equipment was investigated under controlled exposure chamber conditions and in a simulated painting exercise.
(4) It was also noted that after the administration of tryptophan blue fluorescence was observed in some cells of the pars distalis prior to formaldehyde vapour treatment.
(5) As radiation sources, the following ones have proved useful: high-pressure mercury-vapour lamps, compound radiation systems consisting of high-pressure mercury-vapour burner, series coiled filament and reflector bulbs made of special glass as well as halogen metal-vapour lamps.
(6) Acute inhalation of nitrous vapours did not cause any damage to the respiratory apparatus detectable via spirometric or X-ray tests in the four workers who were actually exposed and kept under observation during the two months following the explosion of a tank containing nitric acid.
(7) All had been regularly exposed to high air vapour peaks as well as to skin contamination.
(8) Simple formulae expressing average and maximum concentrations of solvent vapour in indoor air during the application of paints, glues, and the like, have been derived using a six parameter mathematical exposure model MEM 1.
(9) This study evaluates the influence of mineral oil and linoleic-acid-containing emulsions on the skin vapour loss (SVL) of detergent-induced irritant skin reactions.
(10) The light-harvesting protein phycoerythrocyanin from the cyanobacterium Mastigocladus laminosus Cohn has been crystallized in two different crystal forms by vapour diffusion.
(11) Stimulation of the nasal mucous membrane with ether vapour or water caused apnoea, bradycardia, a rise in arterial blood pressure and an increase in adrenal medullary catecholamine secretion.3.
(12) This explains why, despite water vapour constituting the largest part of the greenhouse effect, the world's science academies have agreed , there is strong evidence that human activities are driving the observed change in temperatures .
(13) All the anaesthetists (n = 81) thought that their work involved some exposure to anaesthetic gases or vapours; however, 21 (7%) of the 319 nurses believed they were not exposed although they spent some time in operating theatres or recovery rooms.
(14) By the combined use of gas chromatography and mass spectrometry the methyl esters of hippuric acid and m-methylhippuric acid were identified in the urine of a volunteer who had been exposed to toluene and m-xylene vapours.
(15) The workplaces were ventilated and the concentrations of vapours did not exceed Threshold Limit Values (TLVs).
(16) Single crystals of Clara cell 10,000 Mr protein have been grown by vapour diffusion in the presence of ammonium sulphate.
(17) Comparisons were made with alternative methods for determining the concentration of white spirit vapours in air samples.
(18) A seed globulin from Vicia narbonensis L. has been crystallized by vapour diffusion induced pH-shift.
(19) In his dreamlike view of the world, bits of buildings are liberated to take on their own lives and attempt unexpected feats: floors can shift and windows can hover – and now, it seems, planes can spurt out shimmering aluminium vapour trails.
(20) The effects of prolonged exposure to ammonia vapour on the histological pattern and enzymatic activity of the respiratory nasal mucosa of 75 adult male mice were investigated and compared with a control group.