Collocations withpattern
These are words often used in combination withpattern.
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altered pattern
Most actions of cytokines can be attributed to an altered pattern of gene expression in the target cells.
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apparent pattern
The same apparent pattern of impairment can be produced by damage to different loci.
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atypical pattern
Some studies observe normal patterns of cueing, suggesting that children with autism are alert to the significance of the eyes, whereas other studies reveal an atypical pattern of cueing.
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basic pattern
The basic pattern is alternating odd-syllable stress, with the primary stress falling word-initially.
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behavioural pattern
In the absence of any other knowledge we should design for this behavioural pattern.
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bold pattern
Adults have wings with a bold pattern of pale and dark brown.
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branching pattern
They form a space-filling, profuse, dendritic branching pattern with many thornlike dendritic projections.
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breathing pattern
This then reduces the vigour and 'bounce' of the elastic recoil and undermines the integrity of a breathing pattern set at birth.
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broad pattern
Error responses confirm this broad pattern.
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changing pattern
Changing pattern of pharmaceutical innovation; 2002.
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characteristic pattern
The dendrites grow out and form their characteristic pattern of arborization for the particular cell class.
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checkerboard pattern
Images acquired while the animal viewed the blank screen were subtracted from those obtained during presentation of the checkerboard pattern.
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chord pattern
Rather, the turnaround functions to reintroduce the harmonic progression, smoothing the repeated blues chord pattern into a circle.
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circular pattern
Its characteristic feature was an elaborate combination of several round pyramidal structures assembled in a circular pattern (the guachimonton concept).
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circulation pattern
Nutrient recycling and oxygen availability are both dependent on circulation pattern.
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classic pattern
That classic pattern has all but disappeared.
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climate pattern
Many modes of variability are used by climatologists as indices to represent the general climatic state of a region affected by a given climate pattern.
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coherent pattern
Inspection of the regression coefficients indicates that the marked differences form a coherent pattern that is consistent with risk and protective models of psychopathology.
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common pattern
This common pattern can support functional conservation.
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communication pattern
The communication pattern of the electoral campaign increased nationalist identity for two reasons.
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complex pattern
A more thorough examination, however, reveals a more complex pattern.
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cyclical pattern
The cyclical pattern of the coefficient estimates mirrors the cyclical pattern of the exchange rate.
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decorative pattern
The composition is not seen as an abstract or decorative pattern, because it conveys a particular response to the private situation behind it.
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definite pattern
All these seem to indicate strongly an association between the clergy profession and a definite pattern of mortality.
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developmental pattern
Thus, morphological awareness tended to progress in a clear developmental pattern in relation to spelling of morphemes indicating past tense.
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diamond pattern
The roof level comprises a steeply pitched roof with red tiles arranged in a diamond pattern and dormer windows.
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dietary pattern
This dietary pattern was observed for both women and men, but was accentuated among men.
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differential pattern
Just as the pattern of neurobehavioral effects differs for girls and boys during infancy, a similar differential pattern may be present at later ages.
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distinct pattern
Faces also evoke a distinct pattern of electrical brain activity.
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distinctive pattern
The distributions show a distinctive pattern.
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dominant pattern
However, this analysis again showed that insertion was the dominant pattern in the data.
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dynamic pattern
To study the behavior of macrovariables, physicists do not describe the dynamic pattern of every single atom.
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elaborate pattern
The spikes may occur in groups of two or four, or they may be more heavily applied, sometimes in elaborate patterns.
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emerging pattern
The emerging pattern is suggestive.
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error pattern
For the hearing-impaired children the prediction of an error pattern in which omission of articles prevails is confirmed, particularly for the oblique cases.
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established pattern
As noted before, these new results confirm an established pattern from previous studies.
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evolutionary pattern
If the purpose of taxonomic ranking is to assess whether there are differences in an evolutionary pattern between taxa, it is essential to be consistent.
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expected pattern
The expected pattern of responses would be 50% use of each pattern, given the nature of the elicitation scenarios.
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familiar pattern
In the first case, the particulars more clearly recall the familiar pattern of homoioteleuton.
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firing pattern
In a behavioral context, it is somewhat unclear when one or the other of these modes become the dominant firing pattern.
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floral pattern
He finds stacks of dinner plates with a floral pattern.
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fractal pattern
This means that a fractal pattern does not repeat in the same way across the entire range of a variable's observable values.
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general pattern
This lifting follows a general pattern.
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geographic pattern
It follows that the geographic pattern of the chromosomal fusion variation does not reflect gene flow or differentiation for other parts of the genome.
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geographical pattern
The geographical pattern that results is much more widely spread than the concentration observed in the case of foreign-owned plants.
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geometric pattern
Architectural interventions fit into a clear geometric pattern: a diagram of the house.
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grid pattern
In the stripcropped treatment, four samples were collected each from wheat strips (till) and from alfalfa strips (no-till) in a grid pattern.
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herringbone pattern
Pedestrian crossings have been put down on the herringbone pattern.
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historical pattern
In fact, the historical pattern is richer and more variegated.
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intricate pattern
The constraints conspire to force a quite intricate pattern of syllable structure.
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irregular pattern
Given the irregular pattern of findings, it becomes rather difficult to draw broad conclusions.
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large-scale patterns
Whereas all large-scale patterns and processes necessarily affect smaller-scale patterns and processes, the reverse is not always true.
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lattice pattern
The braces form a lattice pattern which allows the (now much thinner) sound board to support more vibrational modes.
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linear pattern
Indeed, the associations studied showed a linear pattern.
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methylation pattern
These changes in methylation pattern are often due to mutations in methyltransferase and demethyltransferase.
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migration pattern
The majority of the immigrants had a migration pattern that cannot easily be labelled.
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migratory pattern
The changing hydrology contributed to the emergence of an alternative migratory pattern centred on the cities.
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narrative pattern
This narrative pattern outlined by the metaphor of a genetic text soon became a driving motivation for experimental research, providing a speculative framework.
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normal pattern
The normal pattern, already described, shows concordant atrioventricular connections.
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normative pattern
Most notably, word production was relatively in advance of word and phrase comprehension compared to the normative pattern.
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observed pattern
I suggest that a same reason can be invoked to explain the observed pattern in both systems.
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opposite pattern
Other research has found the opposite pattern.
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organizational pattern
This may be related to mobility, organizational pattern, diagnostic tradition, etc., however, we have no evidence to support any of these hypotheses.
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overall pattern
Clearly the overall pattern is quite varied.
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particular pattern
A particular pattern is exhibited by nouns.
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pattern matching
This rule implements pattern matching.
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pattern of activity
This pattern of activity produces very strongly correlated activity in local regions of the retina.
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pattern of consumption
In trade data, more visible is the impact of changing pattern of consumption.
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pattern of distribution
The level of the increase and the pattern of distribution are partly a matter for international agreement and partly a matter for negotiation.
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pattern of diversity
This pattern of diversity reveals how age stratification, and labour force exit as an expression of social marginalisation, are crude vehicles for locating age in a theory of inequality.
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pattern of interaction
Consequently, facilitator talk cannot be tied down to any one single pattern of interaction.
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pattern of ownership
As it is difficult to mobilize such large sums individually, the general pattern of ownership in this belt turned out to be group ownership.
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pattern of spending
Nor is there a pattern of spending determined simply by the constraints of available resources.
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pattern of use
Reasons for the difference revealed a complex pattern of use.
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pattern of variation
Each section offers a specific pattern of variation.
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pattern recognition
Both depend on spatio-temporal sequence learning based on a cascade of associations and pattern recognition performed in cortico-hippocampal loops.
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phonological pattern
It is not immediately clear whether this preference is a distinct phonological pattern, or merely the consequence of the cooccurrence restrictions.
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planting pattern
The placing of sampling sub-plots took into account the planting pattern of the trees and/or the spatial variation of the plot.
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precipitation pattern
Global warming is also causing changes in the precipitation pattern globally.
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predictable pattern
We observed that cercarial production had no predictable pattern between days.
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rainfall pattern
According to the rainfall pattern and the needs of the growing crops, the villagers can use the water when needed.
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random pattern
These formed an apparently random pattern.
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recognizable pattern
There was no clearly recognizable pattern in these deviations.
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recurrent pattern
Regularity means, in a strict sense, accountability by a symbolic rule or a recurrent pattern.
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recurring pattern
A recurring pattern of chromosome alterations was observed.
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regional pattern
A similar regional pattern appears in complements with indirect objects.
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regular pattern
The errors suggest a regular pattern of directionally selective interactions.
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repeated pattern
This repeated pattern makes me feel just plain "inveteratus" or genuinely old.
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repeating pattern
Systematicity is reflected in the repeating pattern applied to phonologically similar words.
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repetitive pattern
The sequences have been divided into four parts according to the main repetitive pattern.
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response pattern
This response pattern is actually in line with their positive attitude toward globalization.
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resulting pattern
The resulting pattern is consistent with what was to be expected in afieldcharacterized by low overall group pressure.
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rhythm pattern
A fundamental rhythm pattern which is often the result of two or more rhythm patterns that are metrically different being performed at the same time.
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rhythmic pattern
Loreen responds by playing a rhythmic pattern on congas.
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seasonal pattern
A highly seasonal pattern is evident.
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sequence pattern
Using the information analysis and sequence logo technique, the sequence pattern bound by the protein and the frequency of bases at each position were determined.
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sleeping pattern
This improved sleeping pattern persisted up to 9 months of age.
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spatial pattern
Accounting for spatial pattern when modeling organismenvironment interactions.
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speech pattern
On most days an ordinary haven't done would have served, but for special occasions the usual speech patterns were suspect.
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spiral pattern
The cortical microtubules form a spiral pattern at an angle of about 40 to the hypothetical spermatozoon axis.
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spray pattern
A film is discharged from the perimeter of the outlet orifice producing a characteristic hollow cone spray pattern.
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stable pattern
These show a remarkably stable pattern.
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striking pattern
This striking pattern of negative associations between self and party perception did not occur in 1992.
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symmetrical pattern
The sophistication of this symmetrical pattern suggests that shape identification is required.
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temporal pattern
The appearance of the beret followed this temporal pattern.
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trading pattern
Next, there has been a change in the trading pattern.
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traditional pattern
Automation has always affected the traditional pattern of human activity.
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traffic pattern
That is not a sustainable traffic pattern.
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underlying pattern
He suggests that even in the seventeenth century the underlying pattern was not that of a joint family system.
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unique pattern
A last verb, fall, has its own unique pattern.
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unusual pattern
Most proteins do not display such an unusual pattern of nucleotide substitution.
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usage pattern
The most common usage pattern was once daily and the preferred type of deodorant was a spray.
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usual pattern
The usual pattern is fluctuating symptoms of meningitis accompanied by facial palsy and peripheral radiculoneuropathy.
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varied pattern
The subjective financial situation shows an even more varied pattern.
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visual pattern
Phenomenal coherence of moving visual pattern.
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voting pattern
The scores were then recorded on overhead acetate and the voting pattern discussed (stage 5).
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wave pattern
This would give information concerning the average shape, convection velocity and decay of the wave pattern.
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weather pattern
There are more than 100 species of epiphytes in this forest, which combined with its frequently cloudy weather pattern, shows a similar physiognomy to that of tropical cloud forests.
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zigzag pattern
In (a) a regular zigzag pattern is observed while a defect can be seen in (b).
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