It is established that a high ratio of expression between T-bet and GATA3 defined a tendency towards Th1 polarisation.
Molecular modelling procedures have been used to determine statistical parameters of isolated chains, with the objective of achieving a description which defines the tendency of a polymer molecule to form a liquid-crystalline phase, its mesogenicity.
A trend is defined as "a prevailing tendency or inclination".
Washout of a material is defined as the tendency of freshly prepared cement paste to disintegrate upon early contact with fluids such as blood or other fluids.
A consistently reported finding in mood disorders is a mood-congruent processing bias, which is defined as a tendency to bias stimulus processing towards negative information as compared to positive or neutral information (Elliott et al. 2000; Murphy et al. 1999; Murray et al. 1999).
Attitude can also be defined as "a tendency expressed by evaluating a particular entity with some degree of favour or disfavor" (Eagly and Chaiken 1993).
We propose that, foraging and defensive syndromes would relate to independent, insulated modules coexisting within the same individual, and defining its tendency to act as a forager or as a defender (see below).
Irritability is defined as a tendency toward negative affective states, usually anger, coupled with a propensity to exhibit temper outbursts.
Conservatism is not defined by a tendency to stand by while people's aspirations for more democratic societies are crushed: that is isolationism, a doctrine with an even more accident-prone history".Democracy seems to have been a fleeting fad in the America-influenced parts of the Middle East," Mr O'Hara concludes.
Self-Concealment Scale (SCS) is composed of ten items to measure self-concealment, defined as a tendency to conceal from others personal information that one perceives as distressing or negative (Larson and Chastain, 1990).
Persistence is defined as a tendency to persevere in behaviors implicated with reward or relief for punishments [ 14].
