(n.) The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tryptic digestion of the membranes caused complete disappearance of the binding activity, but heat-treatment for 5 min at 70 degrees C caused only 40% loss of activity.
(2) A study revealed that the percentage of active sperm in semen 30 seconds after ejaculation was 10.3% when a nonoxynol 9 latex condom was used as opposed to 55.9% in a nonspermicidal condom.
(3) The most actively proliferating region of the excurrent duct system is zone 3 of the epididymis, whereas the least active region is the ductuli efferentes.
(4) Spectral analysis of spontaneous heart rate fluctuations, a powerful noninvasive tool for quantifying autonomic nervous system activity, was assessed in Xenopus Laevis, intact or spinalized, at different temperatures and by use of pharmacological tools.
(5) Activity of Na,K-ATPase activity was measured as a functional marker for synaptosomal membranes.
(6) The antiarrhythmic activity similar to that of quinidine (with ca.
(7) The microsomal preparations from untreated Syrian golden hamster livers exhibited higher activities of N-demethylation towards the macrolide antibiotics, erythromycin and troleandomycin, than those from untreated and phenobarbital-treated rats.
(8) Patient plasma samples demonstrated evidence of marked complement activation, with 3-fold elevations of C3a desArg concentrations by the 8th day of therapy.
(9) After stimulation with lipopolysaccharide and calcium ionophore A23187, culture supernatants of clones c18A and c29A showed cytotoxic activity against human melanoma A375 Met-Mix and other cell lines which were resistant to the tumor necrosis factor, lymphotoxin and interleukin 1.
(10) Phospholipid methylation in human EGMs is distinctly different from that in rat EGMs (Hirata and Axelrod 1980) in that the human activity is not Mg++-dependent, and apparent methyltransferase I activity is located in the external membrane surface.
(11) Increased plasmin activity was associated with advancing stage of lactation and older cows after appropriate adjustments were made for the effects of milk yield and SCC.
(12) Arachidic acid was without effect, while linoleic acid and linolenic acid were (on a concentration basis) at least 5-times less active than arachidonic acid.
(13) Following in vitro C activation in NHS by delta IgG, the 40 KD C4d component increased markedly.
(14) One hour after direct mechanical cardiomassage (DMCM) a moderately pronounced edema of the intercellular spaces in the basal compartment of the seminiferous epithelium, normal content of lactate and succinate dehydrogenases, and a certain decrease in the activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenases and NAD- and NADP-diaphorases were noted.
(15) We conclude that first-transit and blood-pool techniques are equally accurate methods for determining EF when the time-activity method of analysis is employed.
(16) This difference was not due to ATPase activity in the assay.
(17) In the surface epithelial cells, the basolateral cell surface showed moderate enzymatic activity.
(18) Both the vitellogenesis and the GtH cell activity are restored in the fish exposed to short photoperiod if it is followed by a long photoperiod.
(19) It was shown in experiments on four dogs by the conditioned method that the period of recovery of conditioned activity after one hour ether anaesthesia tested 7 to 7.5 days.
(20) Together these results suggest that IVC may operate as a selective activator of calpain both in the cytosol and at the membrane level; in the latter case in synergism with the activation induced by association of the proteinase to the cell membrane.
Rusty
Definition:
(superl.) Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword; rusty wheat.
(superl.) Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect.
(superl.) Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon.
(superl.) Surly; morose; crusty; sullen.
(superl.) Rust-colored; dark.
(superl.) Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy.
(superl.) Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous.
Example Sentences:
(1) Its diplomatic machinery is a little bit rusty," said Zhu Feng, of Peking University's centre for international and strategic studies.
(2) Soon my pillowcases bore rusty coins of nasal drippage.
(3) Protected by a rusty padlocked gate, Macrinus's tomb was targeted by thieves after it was first excavated in 2008.
(4) A gentle drizzle beats an insistent rhythm on the rusty, corrugated iron classroom roof at Katwe primary school in a suburb of Kampala, Uganda’s capital.
(5) But to enjoy it like a local, give the tourist-tat main road a miss and dive into the snarl of side streets, where wheeler-dealers hawk everything from rusty doorknobs to 17th-century art.
(6) With the breakdown of trapped hemoglobin, iron-containing hemosiderin is stored in synovial tissue producing rusty discoloration and proliferative reaction.
(7) 3.26am BST 62 mins The hour coming up is not lost on our Twitter followers Rusty (@bussruckley) But seriously, can Jurgen make a sub before its too late?
(8) The man with the rusty teeth struggles over the word on the whiteboard, one of a handful the teacher has written for the class.
(9) Rusty (@bussruckley) @KidWeil these vuvuzelas are death.
(10) Regardless, the England manager is keen to include Wilshere in the squad in the belief he boasts the required pedigree to succeed, however rusty he is after his lay-off.
(11) Diagnosis of the first case was made from fragments of an endometrial polyp obtained after curettage done because of a rusty vaginal discharge and lower abdominal pain.
(12) As the interval arrived the home rear-defence had indeed been more composed, though Kompany’s rustiness caused two errors.
(13) He said allegations by a senior government official that the tools were rusty were untrue and that he wore gloves and a gown.
(14) When a lost boy meets a rusty child who teaches him to chomp iron bars, or a disgruntled crowd is distracted by beancurd fritters, Mo insists that everything lags behind the belly.
(15) Didier Drogba was making the first start of his second coming in these parts, but was understandably rusty and, long before the end, rather wheezing.
(16) A faint dog-collar effect is lent by that all-white chin, the rest of his rusty beard creeping over his cheeks like a delightful kind of lichen.
(17) The moors, covered with bracken turning a rusty brown, stretched as far as the eye could see.
(18) This will be a classic "are they rusty or rested" game, as Miami return from vacation to face a Nets team that just finished a grueling seven-game series against the Toronto Raptors on Sunday, winning 104-103 only after Pierce blocked Kyle Lowry's attempted game-winner.
(19) Since Warp's minimal beginnings, they've built a legacy that has taken in a florally abundant range of styles, from the haunted psychedelia of Broadcast to Bibio, Boards Of Canada, Black Dog Productions and Rustie .
(20) Mesut Özil, Santi Cazorla and Alexis Sánchez, restored after his exertions at the Copa América, all revelled where they had been so rusty at the Emirates Stadium the previous week as Arsenal whipped up the kind of upbeat tempo they had enjoyed in the spring, when, albeit in a game of catch-up, they had been the Premier League’s resurgent force.