diurnal variation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdiurnalandvariation
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diurnal
adjective
uk/ˌdaɪˈɜː.nəl/us/ˌdaɪˈɝː.nəl/
biologyspecialized
being active or happening during the day rather than ...
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variation
noun
uk/ˌveə.riˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌver.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
a change in amount ...
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(Definition ofdiurnalandvariationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Clear patterns ofdiurnalvariationwere documented.
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Diurnalvariationin human visual sensitivity determined by incremental thresholds.
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These findings raise the possibility of serotonergic influence ondiurnalvariation, and that the symptom of reversed diurnal variation is of relevance to antidepressant prescribing.
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Fasting levels may vary (due to gastrointestinal activity) and there is adiurnalvariation.
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Finally,diurnalvariationin cortisol in relation to maltreatment or resilience groups also was examined.
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Nodiurnalvariationin the retinal amount of glucagon was detected.
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In addition to mean level differences, another perspective on thisdiurnalvariationwas examined.
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Older females had a higher frequency ofdiurnalvariationin mood.
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Latent constructs were derived for testosterone level anddiurnalvariationacross the six sampling occasions.
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Also, we expected that thediurnalvariationwould differ for children with internalizing problems and those who are developing normally.
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All scans were performed between 9 and 12 a. m. to account fordiurnalvariationin blood flow or symptoms.
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Is it possible that individual differences in testosterone levels ordiurnalvariationare associated with risk for internalizing problems in youth?
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Below we review theory and research on basal activity,diurnalvariation, and stress responses relevant to adaptation and psychopathology in adolescence.
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Adolescents showed expected patterns ofdiurnalvariation, with high early morning cortisol levels and a pattern of decline throughout the day.
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No differences indiurnalvariationof cortisol were found across any of the groups with respect to internalizing case-level problems.
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Adrenocortical activity in at-risk and normally developing adolescents : individual differences in salivary cortisol basal levels,diurnalvariation, and responses to social challenges.
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Ideally, basal cortisol levels should be assessed at multiple times of day to account for key periods in whichdiurnalvariationis expected to occur.
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Suchdiurnalvariationmay appear to be similar in a depressed patient who is terminally ill compared to a depressed, physically health patient.
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Thus, resilience groups in the maltreated and nonmaltreated groups were not distinguished based on their levels of morning or afternoon cortisol, ordiurnalvariationin cortisol from morning to afternoon.
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In addition, they observed unexplaineddiurnalvariationin the period of the pendulum.
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Because of the aridity, there tends be considerablediurnalvariationin temperature, except during the summer.
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Temperatures are cooler and subject to less annual anddiurnalvariationthan in other regions.
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Climate is high desert, subject to swings of temperature and widediurnalvariation.
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The clinically relevant diagnosis was only made following the onset of dystonia withdiurnalvariation, when the patient was a teenager.
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