Example sentences for: descriptors

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  • We recognize the difficulties of adding new descriptors and updating the existing controlled vocabulary because searching for a new concept requires a dynamic thesaurus while searching retrospectively requires stability and continuity [ 35 ] . Fortunately, the National Library of Medicine implements changes to the MeSH thesaurus in MEDLINE retrospectively.

  • The purpose of MeSH is to provide uniformity and consistency to the indexing of the biomedical literature [ 3 ] . With the recent development of CAM on PubMed [ 4 5 ] , MeSH descriptors for CAM have been expanded.

  • The mainstream brands base their sales pitches on descriptors such as "gentle," "plush," and "cottony softness," but although names such as Cottonelle trade on the image of cotton, the products are wood-based, whereas one relative newcomer to the market is actually made from the fluffy plant.

  • For those who would like a list of the wine descriptors, following are the more common terms used with subjects in the experiments.

  • As of December 2002, there were a total of 21,973 MeSH descriptors found in the NLM Medical Subject headings - Annotated Alphabetic list, 2002 [ 6 ] . While the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has identified over 360 healing modalities, MeSH currently included only 83 descriptors for CAM, arranged hierarchically under the sets of terms in Complementary Therapies [ 7 ] . In 2001, there were only 41 MeSH descriptors for CAM, arranged under Alternative Medicine [ 8 ] . Cross-references have been available to assist searchers in finding the most appropriate MeSH Heading, for example, Alternative Medicine see Complementary Therapies [ 9 ] . Therapeutic Cults was the MeSH descriptor between 1963 and 1993.


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