Whitman compared the finished book to a cathedral long under construction, and on another occasion to a tree, with its cumulative rings of growth.
The cumulative annual ring-area-weighted moving average proceeding from the pith to the ith cambial age was calculated for density, microfibril angle, modulus of elasticity, fibre coarseness, tracheid wall thickness, tracheid dimensions (radial and tangential diameters) and specific surface area.
Upon KCl or PHE administration, when the maximal contraction was obtained, propofol or etomidate was added to the vessel rings in cumulative half-log increments from 10-6 to 10-3 M. The ring tension was measured when the response stabilized, i.e., after an equilibration time about 15 min, and expressed as a percentage of the maximal initial contraction of that ring.
Consistently, the cumulative concentration-response of aortic rings to Ach was significantly decreased in OVE26 mice compared with their non-diabetic littermates.
After the equilibration period, rings were contracted with cumulative doses of potassium chloride (KCl; 30 mmol/L and 80 mmol/L) until a stable contraction plateau was reached.
The relaxant effects of N. sativa seed extract on KCl-induced contraction in aortic rings in presence of cumulative concentrations of calcium are similar to the function of VDCCs in this suppressing effect.
The past seven days saw it overtake both the third and first Lord of the Rings movies, and its £63.8m cumulative figure is behind only Avatar, Mamma Mia!, Titanic and the first Harry Potter.
The Lord of the Rings films represented a robust cumulative achievement, but the film-maker's decision to trisect the efficiently lean narrative of The Hobbit smacked of cynicism from the off.
After a washout period, vascular rings were challenged with a cumulative concentration of KCl (10 90 mmol/L) or noradrenaline (NE, 10−9-10−4 mol/L) to test vasoconstrictive activity.
