Sentence examples for quite refractory from inspiring English sources

Because oxalic acid is well known to be a quite refractory intermediate in most oxidation attempts, these results suggest that total mineralization of any hazardous organic pollutants from aqueous media is possible under similar optimum conditions.

Another example of the application of this knowledge into clinical practice is status epilepticus; status epilepticus responds to most agents early in the course of the disease but tends to be quite refractory once it is established [ 36, 45– 45].

Anaplastic astrocytoma and glioblastoma, the most common primary brain tumours in adults and childhood, are quite refractory to current treatment with median survival rarely exceeding 1 year (Holland, 2000).

While acetate esters are known to be hydrolyzed more slowly than phosphates [ 32], fluorinated glucocorticoids such as dexamethasone are quite refractory to oxidative, reductive and conjugative biotransformations in cattle and other ruminants [ 30, 33, 34], so that they are mainly excreted unmodified in the urines.

The combustion and thermal reactions of CHCs are of particular interest because a) they constitute most of the toxic components of hazardous wastes, b) they are often quite refractory, and c) they form other highly toxic aliphatic and olefinic CHCs, chlorinated PAHs, and PCDD/Fs.

Long-term survival is quite uncommon in refractory small cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients, with less than 25% of patients with limited-stage disease and 1%2%% of patients with extensive-stage disease remaining alive at five years.

Long-term survival is quite uncommon in refractory SCLC patients, with less than 25% of patients with limited-stage disease and 1%2%% of patients with extensive-stage disease remaining alive at five years.

Most of the studies reporting results of the new drugs are difficult to interpreter because they are small single arm studies, they deal with very heterogeneous groups of patients, and quite often relapsed and refractory patients are lumped together.

The microstructure of ceramic refractories is quite coarse when compared with whitewares such as porcelain or even with less finely textured structural clay products such as brick.

In addition, most ceramic refractory products are quite porous, with large amounts of air spaces of varying size incorporated into the material.

During the course of that discussion, I noticed something interesting: The former boom in the price of Bitcoin, and its ensuing refractory period, is quite similar to the NASDAQ's infamous boom in the late '90s.