Sentence examples for achieve a distraction from inspiring English sources

The goal was to achieve a distraction strictly parallel to the dental arch.

"For her to step down at the end of the week is really an extraordinary gesture on her part to achieve party unity and to achieve a distraction-free convention," said Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon.

An external fixation device was used in 12 patients to achieve a correction by dynamic distraction, compression and derotation of the curve.

The most similar collagen composition of the fascia to that of the normal fascia was detected at a 20% increase in tibia length achieved via a distraction rate of 1 mm/d.

While metacarpal lengthening via distraction osteogenesis can achieve a mean elongation of 3.5 cm, it bears the significant drawback that the full treatment lasts several months with continuous application of the external fixator [9].

Le Fort I advancement was selected for maxilla treatment, using distraction osteogenesis to achieve a stable result and prevent relapse.

This achieves a 1-mm distraction rate at the osteotomy site.

In contrast, bone transport using a monolateral external fixator achieves a similar result through distraction of callus (callotasis) that is obtained from a subperiosteal osteotomy [27].

Those reared in a tradition that commonly - under the influence of Buddhism – regards desire as an unwelcome distraction from achieving a state of happiness might view desire in a different light than those nourished in a Western culture, although of course desire is often also regarded as 'undesirable' in the latter culture.

The game tried to achieve effective distraction via immersion without violence and a simplified game structure requiring minimal control by the player, to allow the smallest possible movement during the dressing change procedure.

This was a new tactic, one I'd adopted when Nixon started to lose his magic: random questions about woodworking, timed to achieve maximum emotional distraction.