We divided the analysis into four steps: (1) reading the transcripts to obtain an overall impression; (2) identifying units of meaning characterizing diverse features of sadness and coding for these; (3) abstracting the contents of each of the coded groups; and (4) generalizing the description and concepts regarding how patients perceive their sadness.
However, QoL is – still – an equivocal term with substantially different meanings, characterizing a "field of interest" [ 5] and not a single scientific construct.
We may think of this illocutionary dimension of speaker meaning as characterizing not what is meant, but rather how it is meant.
Camptocormia, a term coined by Souques and Rosanoff-Saloff from two Greek words (kamptos meaning bent and kormos meaning trunk), is characterized by involuntary trunk flexion in the erect position that disappears in the supine position.
Thus, the English orthography is considered morphophonemic, meaning words are characterized simultaneously by sounds (phonemes) and meanings (morphemes).
Many novel areas of research may involve physiologically important molecular interactions or functions that are still not well known or characterized, meaning that the available gene set collections may not be optimal for the interpretation of data from such studies.
Rhesus macaques are classified as the most despotic of the macaques [39], meaning they are characterized by severe aggression, highly asymmetrical dominance interactions, and a greater emphasis on kinship compared to other species of macaques.
At E10.5, the establishment of the IsO at the MHB is completed, and its function at this stage is well characterized, meaning that most of the known interactions are taking place at this time point.
Norris and Phillips (2003) emphasize that reading is not "a simple concatenation of word meanings, is not characterized by a linear progression or accumulation of meaning as the text is traversed from beginning to end, and is not just the mere location of information" (p. 229).
To efficiently discern the biological meanings and characterize the functional essentiality of the GO terms in the final optimal feature set, we considered the children terms of the aforementioned three types.
