prolonged exposure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprolongedandexposure
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prolonged
adjective
uk/prəˈlɒŋd/us/prəˈlɑːŋd/
continuing for a ...
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exposure
noun
uk/ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒər/us/ɪkˈspoʊ.ʒɚ/
the fact of experiencing something or being affected by it because of being in a particular situation ...
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Therefore, agerelated leptin resistance may be caused by increased adiposity orprolongedexposureto the elevated leptin, or both.
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Prolongedexposureto ethanol destroys this ability, but it may be possible to develop simple non-freezing methods to preserve spermatozoa for long periods of time.
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Some evidence suggests thatprolongedexposureto the elevated level of leptin may play a causative role in agerelated leptin resistance.
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Moreover, he claimed thatprolongedexposureto parliamentary rhetoric and the development of the skills necessary to succeed in this environment were spiritually enervating.
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What are the consequences ofprolongedexposureto stress?
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But they are not able to ascertain the grammar even afterprolongedexposure.
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When a tetrazolium test was applied, these ungerminated seeds were not stained, implying a loss of viability due toprolongedexposureto chilling temperatures.
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Prolongedexposureto moistchilling was the most effective treatment for dormancy relief.
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However, afterprolongedexposure, responses were completely eliminated (third trace).
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Thisprolongedexposureto stress may also result in less adaptive adrenocortical responsiveness.
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It is thus possible that onlyprolongedexposureto adverse parenting practices or a single-parent household will moderate the effects of maternal prenatal smoking.
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Many host species fail to develop adequate immunity to a tick infesting them, even afterprolongedexposure.
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Adaptation of visually evoked responses of relay cells in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat followingprolongedexposureto drifting gratings.
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With increasing age, and thus withprolongedexposuretime, the chance increases to become infected.
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Taken together,prolongedexposureto leptin over time and increased adiposity may cause impairments in response to subtle changes in leptin levels by middle age.
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Inset: absorbance spectra in response to an intense flash bleach (filled triangles) followed by aprolongedexposurethat bleached the full complement of available rhodopsin (open triangles).
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Apparently, duringprolongedexposure, the person's fear reaction to the real or imagined phobic object (or idea) becomes "exhausted," just as one cannot cry or scream for a prolonged time.
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