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flattening

A term of art used in psychiatry for the attenuation or reduction of a person’s emotional reactivity, typically expressed as flattening of affect.
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Ellipticity (E) can be calculated in a similar way as D.
Quantitative morphometric analysis of lakes using GIS: rectangularity R, ellipticity E, orientation O, and the rectangularity vs. ellipticity index, REi
The first difficulty of formula (1) is that the ellipticity values can be calculated only for the periods generated by the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT).
A methodology for the analysis of the Rayleigh-wave ellipticity
An increase in the ellipticity index using a nylon fiber model increases the luster.
A detailed look at ethnic hair & skin: three-day symposium sponsored by L'Oreal delves into the complex issues surrounding ethnic skin and hair care
lambda]] is the measured ellipticity (in millidegrees) at the given wavelength [lambda], MRW is the mean residue molecular weight (114 for BSA), l is the cell path in mm, and c is the protein concentration in g/L.
Rapid fluorimetric method to detect total plasma malondialdehyde with mild derivatization conditions
The angles [chi] and [varphi] are called the ellipticity and azimuth of the light, respectively, and the representation may be made either in terms of [a.
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Note that for D1102 and G1652, there is a range of Bragg spacings because of the ellipticity of the first-order "ring.
Orientation of triblock copolymers in planar extension
x) satisfies the same strong ellipticity property as in (1.
Creating domain mappings
2 percent increase in yield relative to the circular logs was recorded for the optimally rotated logs with an ellipticity ratio of 0.
Lumber volume and value from elliptical western hemlock logs
The approximate molar ellipticity of bound thyroxine was calculated by assuming that under these conditions one-half of the thyroxine added was bound to HSA.
Structural investigations of a new familial dysalbuminemic hyperthyroxinemia genotype
It has been previously shown (23) that the ellipticity of the iso-intensity lines for an image as a function of the distance from the point of impact of the laser beam is characteristic of the mop phology.
A polarized light scattering approach for dispersed phase morphology characterization in simulated polymer blends
Here c depends on the norm bounds for the boundary integral operators B and N, the ellipticity constant for A, and the constant in the trace theorem (2.
A robust FEM-BEM minres solver for distributed multiharmonic eddy current optimal control problems in unbounded domains
4) degrees of ellipticity was measured at four hardwood sawmills.
Impact of elliptical shaped red oak logs on lumber grade and volume recovery

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