(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.
Scholarship
Definition:
(n.) The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning.
(n.) Literary education.
(n.) Maintenance for a scholar; a foundation for the support of a student.
Example Sentences:
(1) An Ofsted for universities Read more Too often a commitment to learning and teaching is presented in opposition to engagement with research and scholarship, but the two should be inextricably linked.
(2) The reality is I like football so much, I miss football, and when I have the chance to be back I will come back.” Mourinho, who was joined by his agent Jorge Mendes to speak to children at the NorthLight school as part of the Valencia chairman Peter Lim’s Olympic scholarship, added: “It’s quite a funny career.
(3) Ahmed has been offered a scholarship to take him through high school and university by the Qatar Foundation, a public-private education partnership in the Middle Eastern state.
(4) I received scholarships the past two years in Jordan.
(5) Each year, two candidates are given scholarships worth £9,000 each over the course of a three-year degree, plus work experience.
(6) Leanne Whitehouse did not respond to questions about whether Frances Abbott was offered the scholarship in accordance with the school’s policy, or how many scholarships were awarded each year.
(7) In 1960, 300 Kenyans were awarded Kennedy scholarships to study at US colleges and universities.
(8) Les Taylor, the chairman of the Whitehouse Institute of Design board of governors, personally recommended the prime minister’s daughter for a $60,000 design degree scholarship, and has also made donations of more than $20,000 to the state and federal Liberal party.
(9) Guardian Australia has confirmed that she received a scholarship during her time at the institute.
(10) I decided to take a chance and apply, and soon after I became the first recipient of the new scholarship.
(11) Publication opportunities are often limited, and individual scholarship is difficult to express and evaluate within the context of a cooperative trial.
(12) Crawford is on a 50% scholarship, which means his fees are reduced to about £11,000 over two years.
(13) When I finished my degree, in biology, I was lucky to get a scholarship for four years.
(14) These include scholarships to the London School of Economics and City University and annual donations to the Red Cross and World Wildlife Fund.
(15) Alicia White, 25, defied the odds of a poor background by attending college on a partial scholarship and going to graduate school.
(16) Utilizing feminist scholarship in psychoanalysis, history, and sociology, the paper analyzes the structural contradictions in family life that family therapists have essentially ignored and then outlines their clinical implications.
(17) Thirty-six percent were serving obligations to the NHSC, nearly all through the NHSC's Scholarship Program.
(18) For now, we can't tell, but the Moritz-Heyman scholarships will help us find out by creating a group of graduates who will start on the career ladder with a near-clean slate.
(19) Born in Anglesey, Roberts never made it as a professional footballer in Britain – he played for Bangor City in the Northern League – but the 51-year-old has a wealth of coaching experience going back to the late 1980s, when he started working alongside the former Liverpool winger Steve Heighway in the United States after taking up a soccer scholarship at Furman University in South Carolina.
(20) In 2003 the Rhodes Trust joined in the creation of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation which provides scholarships for students studying at African universities .