"We don't know whether it will be protracted over a very long period of time, in which case the adjustments will occur in the normal manner without any significance, or whether they'll occur more abruptly," he said.
But protracted over years and decades, the stings add up to a feeling of deep regret.
However, actigraphy is particularly suited to patient rest-activity rhythm monitoring in this environment over protracted periods of time [ 59, 70], where we are interested primarily in movement timing as opposed to amplitude.
With steady accumulation over protracted periods of time, such deposits tend to become very thick and subside under their own weight, forming troughlike structures parallel to their sediment source.
Citing work on the Mueller-Lyer illusion, Fodor (1983) argues that modularity is consistent with the possibility that cultural settings can, over protracted time periods, alter how information is processed.
For instance, with reduced conditioning and exercise tolerance over protracted periods of time, there can be impairment in the MS patient's ability to execute their ADLs.
It was felt by some that excessive workload over protracted periods of time meant that staff were overburdened and often too tired to consider how they might engage in a more effective way.
This observation indicates a possible clinical utility of CD40-retargeted Ad-GM-CSF transduction for the induction of a mature T-cell stimulatory phenotype in CML-DC, which may be expected to be stable over protracted periods of time after adoptive transfer.
In six of these it has been maintained in subsequent lineages for protracted periods of time.
Sitting on a sofa with a blanket over his knees, looking pale and vulnerable, he recounted his brief good times and protracted bad times with disarming honesty in a quiet, hesitant voice.
The trauma of losing a young child never goes away and the grief may be quite protracted, but healing occurs over time.
