Category: F

That portion of the chest wall in a flail chest injury lying between the rib fractures and moving paradoxically with respiration.  

A condition of the chest wall following an injury characterized by a free segment that moves paradoxically when the person breathes is caused by fractures of several ribs in two or more places each. A condition in which the chest is not stable, because several ribs have been broken. Condition where three or more consecutive…

The process of applying reinforcement after a fixed number of responses, fixed interval schedule; schedule of reinforcement.  

In pharmacology, a drug preparation containing a combination of two or more drug ingredients intended to relieve multiple symptoms.  

In industry, a layout pattern that, because of the weight and bulk of the product being produced, has workers, tools, and materials rotating around a stationary product.  

In research, a form of analysis of variance in which the treatments used are exactly those to which the researcher expects to generalize rather than being representative of them.  

In psychology, reinforcement administered in accordance with a definite interval of time, fixed-ratio schedule.  

In management, expenses incurred by an organization regardless of the number of products produced.  

In management, an activity ratio that indicates the appropriateness of the amount of funds invested in plant and equipment relative to the level of sales.  

In ethology, a term used to describe stereotyped, species-specific behaviors set into motion by genetically preprogrammed releasing stimuli.