(of pesticides) breaking down rapidly after application; not persisting in the environment
Examples of 'nonpersistent' in a sentence
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Differences in expectations and various educational messages among persistent and nonpersistent participants were identified.
Woodward SC, Bereznicki BJ, Westbury JL, Bereznicki LR 2016, 'The effect of knowledge and expectations on adherence to and persistence with antidepressants',Patient Preference and Adherencehttps://www.dovepress.com/the-effect-of-knowledge-and-expectations-on-adherence-to-and-persisten-peer-reviewed-article-PPA. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, reconstructive procedures may still be required in the case of nonpersistent tumor.
Raffi Gurunluoglu, MD, PhD, FACS, Eddie Kubek, MD, Jamie Arton, PA-C, Adam Olsen,DDS, Michael Bronsert, PhD, MS 2013, 'No Residual Basal Cell Carcinoma after Excision for Biopsy-proven Tumor: Clinicaland Medicolegal Implications', Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Openhttp://journals.lww.com/prsgo/Fulltext/2013/12000/Article.5.aspx. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It was demonstrated that on radically decreasing lactose intake, a full lactase nonpersistent status was unmasked.
Andrew Szilagyi, Albert Cohen, Christina Vinokuroff, Darakhshan Ahman, Usha Nathwani,Samara Yesovitch 2004, 'Deadaption and Readaptation with Lactose, But No Cross-Adaptation to Lactulose: ACase of Occult Colonic Bacterial Adaptation', Canadian Journal of Gastroenterologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2004/763529. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The average biofilm formation for persistent strains was higher than for presumably nonpersistent strains; however, the difference was not significant.
Mateja Pate, Jasna Mičunovič, Majda Golob, Lene Karine Vestby, Matjaž Ocepek 2019, 'Salmonella Infantis in Broiler Flocks in Slovenia: The Prevalence of Multidrug ResistantStrains with High Genetic Homogeneity and Low Biofilm-Forming Ability', BioMed Research Internationalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/4981463. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)