(n.) That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
(n.) The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress.
(n.) A formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done.
(n.) A performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed.
(n.) A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
(n.) A state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence.
(n.) Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing).
(v. t.) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.
(v. t.) To perform; to execute; to do.
(v. t.) To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the stage.
(v. t.) To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero.
(v. t.) To feign or counterfeit; to simulate.
(v. i.) To exert power; to produce an effect; as, the stomach acts upon food.
(v. i.) To perform actions; to fulfill functions; to put forth energy; to move, as opposed to remaining at rest; to carry into effect a determination of the will.
(v. i.) To behave or conduct, as in morals, private duties, or public offices; to bear or deport one's self; as, we know not why he has acted so.
(v. i.) To perform on the stage; to represent a character.
Example Sentences:
(1) The high amino acid levels in the cells suggest that these cells act as inter-organ transporters and reservoirs of amino acids, they have a different role in their handling and metabolism from those of mammals.
(2) Although Jeggo's Chinese hamster ovary cells were more responsive to mAMSA, novo still abrogated mAMSA toxicity in the mutant cells as well as in the parental Chinese hamster ovary cells 2,4-Dinitrophenol acted similarly to novo with respect to mAMSA killing, but neither compound reduced the ATP content of V79 cells.
(3) administration of the potent short-acting opioid, fentanyl, elicited inhibition of rhythmic spontaneous reflex increases in vesical pressure (VP) evoked by urinary bladder distension.
(4) Family therapists have attempted to convert the acting-out behavioral disorders into an effective state, i.e., make the family aware of their feelings of deprivation by focusing on the aggressive component.
(5) It is suggested that the rapid phase is due to clearance of peptides in the circulation which results in a fall to lower blood concentrations which are sustained by slow release of peptide from binding sites which act as a depot.
(6) Peptides from this region bind to actin, act as mixed inhibitors of the actin-stimulated S1 Mg2(+)-ATPase, and influence the contractile force developed in skinned fibres, whereas peptides flanking this sequence are without effect in our test systems.
(7) Comprehensive regulations are being developed to limit human exposure to contamination in drinking water by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the authority of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).
(8) Pedigree studies have suggested that there may be an inherited predisposition to many apparently nonfamilial colorectal cancers and a genetic model of tumorigenesis in common colorectal cancer has been proposed that includes the activation of dominantly acting oncogenes and the inactivation of growth suppressor genes.
(9) Propofol is ideal for short periods of care on the ICU, and during weaning when longer acting agents are being eliminated.
(10) We have investigated interactions between the erythroid transcription factor GATA-1 and factors binding two cis-acting elements commonly linked to GATA sites in erythroid control elements.
(11) These later results suggest that dopamine agonists increase sensorimotor reactivity measured with acoustic startle by acting on sensory rather than motor parts of the reflex arc.
(12) Dietary factors affect intestinal P450s markedly--iron restriction rapidly decreased intestinal P450 to beneath detectable values; selenium deficiency acted similarly but was less effective; Brussels sprouts increased intestinal AHH activity 9.8-fold, ECOD activity 3.2-fold, and P450 1.9-fold; fried meat and dietary fat significantly increased intestinal EROD activity; a vitamin A-deficient diet increased, and a vitamin A-rich diet decreased intestinal P450 activities; and excess cholesterol in the diet increased intestinal P450 activity.
(13) It was not clear whether Mn2+ acted at the presynaptic membrane, the postsynaptic membrane or both.
(14) She added: “We will continue to act upon the overwhelming majority view of our shareholders.” The vote was the second year running Ryanair had suffered a rebellion on pay.
(15) In this paper sensitive and selective bioassays are described for growth factors acting on substrate-attached cells, in particular members of the epidermal growth factor, transforming growth factor beta, platelet-derived growth factor, insulin-like growth factor, and heparin-binding growth factor families.
(16) Evidence is presented that the protein can act catalytically.
(17) It was concluded that Ta acts as a weak zeitgeber in laboratory rats and has greater effects on males compared to females.
(18) That’s a criticism echoed by Democrats in the Senate, who issued a report earlier this month criticising Republicans for passing sweeping legislation in July to combat addiction , the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (Cara), but refusing to fund it.
(19) Tumorigenesis is a multistep process involving mutations of dominantly acting proto-oncogenes and mutations and loss-of-function mutations of tumor suppressor genes.
(20) In one of Pruitt’s first official acts, for example, he overruled the recommendation of his own agency’s scientists, based on years of meticulous research, to ban a pesticide shown to cause nerve damage, one that poses a clear risk to children, farmworkers and rural drinking water supplies.
Ait
Definition:
(n.) An islet, or little isle, in a river or lake; an eyot.
(n.) Oat.
Example Sentences:
(1) These results suggest that regional lymph node lymphocytes could be used in AIT because of their different function from that of peripheral blood lymphocytes.
(2) The results indicated that in vivo-activated PBT by AIT could not exhibit direct cytotoxicity, but they acquired cytolytic potential, the effect of which was expressed by targeting to tumor cells.
(3) Our purpose was to determine whether differences in androgen activation could be detected between the androgen-stimulated tumor (AST) line, an androgen-independent tumor line carried in intact (AIT-I) and castrated (AIT-C) rats and their DLP tissue of origin.
(4) Group V (AIT and CPA combination); AIT (10DLAKs) was started on day 5 followed by CPA on day 10.
(5) There was a deficit during cooling in the recall of discriminations that had been learned prior to cooling TP or AIT.
(6) To determine the incidence and predictability and to elucidate the pathogenesis of amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis (AIT) and hypothyroidism (AIH).
(7) Clinical efficacy of lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cell adoptive immunotherapy (AIT) in combination with plasma exchange was investigated as protocol 1 in 24 patients with advanced cancer.
(8) Taken together these findings led us to conclude that the AIT carried in castrates is capable of responding to testosterone in a manner similar to that observed for androgen-stimulated DLP of sexually ablated rats.
(9) The results indicate that as a source of LAK cells, the spleen is superior both quantitatively ani qualitatively when compared to peripheral blood and should be seriously considered as the source of cells for AIT of cancer.
(10) These clinical observations support the previous histological data indicating that thyroid follicular disruption might contribute to the pathogenesis of AIT.
(11) A few immunopositive tumor cells were present in AITs carried in untreated castrated hosts.
(12) The previous report demonstrated a mechanism in which OK-432 augments the effect of AIT.
(13) To investigate the possibility that these conclusions were erroneous and based upon analytical artifact, a computer program was used to generate random and independent AOM and AIT for a population of 30,000 "athletes".
(14) Furthermore, like patients with a previous history of subacute thyroiditis and postpartum thyroiditis, the present results suggest that some patients with a previous history of AIT may be at risk to develop hypothyroidism when given excess iodine.
(15) The results suggest that THF-gamma 2 treatment of donors for AIT might be applicable to cancer therapy in humans.
(16) These findings indicate that an immunotherapy of human cancers that are thought to be weakly or nonimmunogenic may be possible by the application of this approach to LAK AIT.
(17) Clinical efficacy of lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cell adoptive immunotherapy (AIT) in combination with plasma exchange and interleukin (IL-2) was investigated in 24 patients with advanced cancer.
(18) We have developed an adoptive immunotherapy (AIT) system using syngeneic tumor-bearer-spleen cells cultured with interleukin-2 (IL-2) and soluble tumor extract.
(19) The development of AIT or AIH was not related to the extent of iodine overload or to the occurrence of de novo thyroid autoantibodies.
(20) Amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis (AIT) occurs most frequently in patients with underlying thyroid disease and is generally believed to be due to the iodine contamination of amiodarone and iodine released by the metabolism of the drug.