The term "inert" was once used to describe desirable biomaterial characteristics, however it is now apparent that the encapsulation of biomaterials with fibrous tissue itself represents an immune-mediated tissue response.
This chapter reviews a historical perspective of the concept of usability and the rise of experience in human computer interaction, and the research on digital products that describe desirable, adverse, and unexpected experiences.
Others describe desirable treatment in broad terms, including diagnosis, management or administration of particular tests or drugs.
The scenarios all describe desirable decisions that increase OR efficiency and/or reduce patient waiting, while not compromising safety.
Most of the underlying mechanisms leading to the described desirable effects of physical activity are poorly investigated.
Instead, the items are described as "highly desirable, limited quantity products, food and more".
The best learning occurs through something education researcher Robert A. Bjork describes as "desirable difficulties," or situations that require us to work for the knowledge.
Ah, well, skillful application of flattery is just another way of describing socially desirable behavior.
First, the anti-windup construction is described and desirable properties of the augmented closed-loop system are illustrated.
Although there are many papers which describe specific desirable features of a controlled health vocabulary, to date there is not a consistent guide for evaluators of terminologies to reference, which will help them compare implementations of terminological systems on an equal footing [Methods Inf. Med. 37 (1998) 394, J. Am. Med. Inform. Assoc. 5 (1998) 503].
