As a first demonstrative example, a scalar ordinary differential equation is considered, wherein the model equation has missing and deficient terms.
In this issue of EMBO Molecular Medicine Aguzzi and co-workers explore the contribution of PrPc to deficient long term potentiation (LTP) and soluble Aβ levels in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model and show that the role of prions in Aβ related toxicity is far from 'black and white' suggesting complex interpretations of the data available thus far.
The collection process is deficient in terms of manpower and vehicle availability.
The administrative process is deficient in terms of being a fair fact finding procedure.
Bourtchuladze, R. et al. Deficient long-term memory in mice with a targeted mutation of the cAMP-responsive element binding protein.
Conversely, 6FDA-ODA which is deficient in terms of free volume and rigidity, demonstrates a much lower increment in H2/CO2 selectivity from 2.5 to 8.2.
Moreover, all of the HCWs were seriously deficient in terms of their general knowledge of influenza prevention and their own personal vaccination coverage was low.
Pacific languages seem to be deficient in terms to express appreciation of or reactions to art, apart from a few that designate the mastery of individual specialists.
The Obama administration has begun cracking down on ineffective Head Start providers, notifying 254 of the 1,600 providers that they were "deficient" in terms of quality and would have to compete for funding, instead of getting automatic renewals.
Few people would have watched it live on German TV – a self-deprecating fan banner greeting "the four viewers on Sky" might not have been too far off the truth – but the game between the billionaire-sponsored village club and the Red Bull-owned newcomers was entertaining enough despite being rather deficient in terms of historical resonance or, if you will, authenticity.
The behaviour of Hun Sen and his ruling Cambodian People's Party, the committee says, "trends towards authoritarianism", while the courts, army and police are all deficient in terms of independence and impartiality.(Picture credit: Wikimedia Commons).
