Example sentences of "this [noun] examine the " in BNC.

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1 Male Wistar rats weighing 250–300 g , were used in this study to examine the pancreatic secretion and pancreatic blood flow during infusion of caerulein and to examine the involvement of platelet activating factor in the pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis .
2 This study examined the effect of acute hyperglycaemia , induced by intravenous glucose , on gall bladder motility .
3 This study examined the ability of two hypotonic rice based ORS , RS-ORS ( 137 mOsm/kg ) and RP-ORS ( 143 mOsm/kg ) , and HYPO-ORS ( 240 mOsm/kg ) a glucose equivalent ORS , to effect water absorption by in vivo perfusion of normal and secreting rat small intestine .
4 This study examined the hypothesis that impaired oesophageal peristalsis was associated with delayed oesophageal clearance of acid in patients with progressive systemic sclerosis ( PSS ) , some of whom are thought to have impaired oesophageal sensitivity to acid .
5 This study examines the nature of social and economic change within Edinburgh in this crucial period and relates it to wider developments in Scotland as a whole .
6 This study examines the reasons for the existence of the wall .
7 This study examines the role of the managerial labour market in facilitating the growth of small firms .
8 This study examines the nature of the mobility of professional scientists over their working lives .
9 This study examines the role of police discretion in the handling of domestic violence assaults , particularly those between husband and wife or cohabitees .
10 This study examines the public service broadcasters ' collaboration in the Eurikon and EUROPA satellite television channels , the reasons for the creation of the channels and the reasons for their demise .
11 Using a nationally representative sample , this study examines the effects on family life of elderly persons in the household .
12 This study examines the relationships between different sectors of the local economy , especially the nature and permeability of sector boundaries .
13 This study examines the living standards of low-income lone-parent families ; in particular , the extent to which their incomes are adequate for their ‘ needs ’ , whether their ‘ needs ’ are different from those of two-parent families and the persistence of low- income amongst one-parent families .
14 This study examines the numbers of unqualified mature students accepted at English universities , the policies and attitudes adopted by the universities towards such students and their academic performance .
15 This review examines the evidence that abnormal oxidative metabolism is of central importance to active inflammatory bowel disease .
16 This research examines the face-to-face communications between teachers and children in primary classrooms , in order to understand better the ways in which teachers and children develop a shared understanding of the work they are doing in class .
17 This research examines the consequences of changes in Government policies for two aspects of working class family life :
18 This research examines the disclosure policies of a sample of 100 of the largest 200 UK multinational companies .
19 This research examines the RBI strategies of four pairs of mid-size and small developing countries : Indonesia/Malaysia ; Saudi Arabia/ Bahrain ; Nigeria/Cameroon ; and Venezuela/Trinidad and Tobago .
20 This research examines the growth of the private market in health care using historical and cross-national perspectives .
21 This research examines the importance of both cultural and racial characteristics in the emerging pattern of second generation settlement , and the implications of the findings for the social advancement of the group .
22 It is not the purpose of this chapter to examine the detailed operation of sales incentive schemes as this is covered later in the sales management section ( Part Four ) .
23 This chapter examines the way that change has taken place , in particular in relation to social structure in terms of changing social relations of production , and the contribution to this process of change made by different social groups , such as political elites and the peasantry .
24 This chapter examines the main economic , financial and social problems of lesser developed countries ( LDCs ) .
25 This chapter examines the likely impact of changes in size , composition and role on the performance of new-style Health Authorities , particularly DHAs .
26 This chapter examines the broader economic circumstances of non-institutionalized elderly people , and the way these have changed over the last eighty years , to see how far and in what areas they may challenge the assertions of the ‘ structured dependency ’ school of authors .
27 This chapter examines the gender imbalances among psychologists , and analyses egalitarian attempts to rectify them .
28 This chapter examines the currently popular notion of ‘ transition to adulthood ’ in order to illustrate the complex and contentious nature of integration into adult life .
29 This chapter examines the contribution of the health care agencies .
30 This chapter examines the theoretical justification for such controls , that is , the case for intervention .
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