(interj.) An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise.
(n.) A sunk fence. See Ha-ha.
Example Sentences:
(1) The coding sequence for Spirulina platensis acetohydroxy acid synthase (AHAS, EC 4.1.3.18) is shown to be contained within a 4.2 Kb ClaI fragment (ilvX) that has been cloned from a recombinant lambda library.
(2) The acetohydroxy acid synthase (AHAS) isozymes from enterobacteria are each composed of a large and small subunit in an alpha 2 beta 2 structure.
(3) The potency of L-valine as an inhibitor of Zea mays acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) is increased more than 8000-fold on conversion to its N-phthalyl anilide derivative which is active at 2 microM.
(4) Evidence is presented that suggests the presence of multiple genetic regions for synthesis and control of the valine-sensitive AHAS activity.
(5) The mutant strain, growing in minimal medium, exhibits a partial growth limiatation and derepression of AHAS, owing to deficient synthesis of isoleucine.
(6) Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AHA) is uncommon in childhood.
(7) The subjects who were older and had higher levels of plasma LDL cholesterol and total fat intake at baseline experienced better plasma LDL cholesterol response to the AHA diet.
(8) AHA axons staying ventral projected to the supramammillary region, ventral tegmental area, raphe nuclei and midbrain reticular formation.
(9) The glutamic acid (Glu) concentration was significantly higher in AHa (p less than 0.02), CAH (p less than 0.001) and CPH (p less than 0.001) and the tyrosine (Tyr) concentration was significantly higher in AHa (p less than 0.02), CPH (p less than 0.001), CAH (p less than 0.001) and LC (p less than 0.001) than they were in the controls.
(10) The surgical group showed a significantly higher humoral immune response than the AMI group when analyzed for AHA and anti-contractile protein antibodies.
(11) Whereas medial PO-AHA lesions were associated with normal body length and weight and evidence of estrogen secretion, anterior hypothalamic cuts produced increased linear growth and body weight and signs of functional castration.
(12) SPECT images were compared with left ventriculography (LVG); vertical long-axial ECT images with segments 1-5 of LVG by the AHA classification, and horizontal ECT long-axial images with segments 6 and 7 of LVG, respectively.
(13) "A ban on sales of alcohol below the cost of duty plus VAT will affect less than 1% of products sold in shops and off-licences," said Dr Vivienne Nathanson, director of professional activities for the British Medical Association, an AHA member.
(14) Inhibition of the enzyme and of root growth by the valine derivatives may result from binding at or near the site involved in feedback control of AHAS by L-valine.
(15) Discrete lesions in the anterior hypothalamus (AHA) of the guinea pig brain reduce the anaphylactic contraction of the trachea in vitro after active in vivo sensitization by 40%.
(16) And then I thought, aha, when it comes to shooting my close-ups, I won't move, so he won't be able to cut it in.
(17) Medial but not lateral PO-AHA lesions caused elevated nonstress plasma GH levels at 2, 14, 17, and 23 weeks after surgery, but normal levels were obtained at autopsy at 27 weeks.
(18) Evaluation of urinary excretion data suggests that patients with compromised renal function have low recoveries of AHA in the urine.
(19) In cultures where both IgM AHA and total IgM secretion were measured, a much greater T cell dependence for AHA production was apparent.
(20) AHA positivity was unrelated to the type of joint involvement, disease activity, and drug regimen.
Ava
Definition:
(n.) Same as Kava.
Example Sentences:
(1) Ava had moved to London to star opposite James Mason as the Empress of Austria in the film Mayerling .
(2) On the basis of these pharmacokinetic studies it can be concluded that both vinpocetine and AVA show linear pharmacokinetics at the doses used and that there is no accumulation or autoinduction.
(3) Using four restriction sites (Hinc II psi beta, Ava II beta, Hind III beta, and BamH I beta), prenatal diagnosis is feasible in all families.
(4) In the presence of 5-AVA (1 mM) the concentration response curve to GABA was shifted to the right without a reduction of the maximal effect attainable.
(5) In this study, Doppler techniques were used to predict PG and aortic valve areas (AVA) in adults with aortic stenosis (AS).
(6) People often wrongly assume that young relationships are fleeting and so cannot be abusive, says Joanna Sharpen, of Against Violence and Abuse (Ava) .
(7) We have determined that the type II restriction enzyme Ava II, isolated from Anabaena variabilis, recognizes and cuts the sequence (formula: see article).
(8) RPMI-4265 (B cell) and HUT-78 (T cell) constitutively express HLA-DR. HL-60 (myelomonocyte) and U-937 (monocyte) can be induced to express HLA-DR. Jurkat and Molt-4 (T cells) do not and cannot be induced to express HLA-DR. Based on the known nucleotide sequence of the HLA-DR alpha gene, methylation-sensitive restriction endonucleases Msp I, Hpa II, Hha I, Ava I, Hae II, and Sma I were used to detect the CpG methylation in three regions of the HLA-DR alpha gene: the 5'flanking region, the exon 1 region, and the coding region containing exons 2, 3, 4, and 5.
(9) Reproducibility of the AVA program (version 3.5) was tested (1) by analyzing the same analog tracing 10 times in 150 patients, and (2) by studying the influence of 12 different sets of prior probabilities (PRP), using the digital data from a total of 2718 patients.
(10) Up to an infusion rate of 3.0upg kg - I min- 1 the decrease in AVA-flow was due to a fall in arterial blood pressure, but at the highest infusion rate both the decrease in arterial perfusion pressure and an increase in their resistance contributed to a further decrease in AVA blood flow.
(11) The increase in AVA resistance with SFNS apparently resulted from a combination of alpha 1 and alpha 2 receptor stimulation but not histaminergic effects.
(12) Although SP is a potent vasodilator there is little evidence of its role in thermoregulation; however it may be involved in a local axon reflex and cause antidromic vasodilatation of local vessels particularly AVAs.
(13) All patients had the aortic valve area (AVA) determined by cardiac catheterization.
(14) After the oral or intravenous administration of 10 mg vinpocetine to dogs the pharmacokinetics of its main metabolite, apovincaminic acid (AVA) can be described by a two-compartment open model.
(15) Cold acclimation of the chickens increased the density of AVAs by a factor of 2.1-3.2.
(16) Due to differences in distribution and density, AVAs play a more significant role in thermoregulation in the northern fur seal than in the California sea lion.
(17) When these results are considered together with recently defined differential influences of reflex and direct effects of temperature on blood flow through cutaneous AVA's and capillaries, it is concluded: (1) That thermally-induced reflex changes in skin blood flow are mediated via sympathetic nervous action on AVA's; (2) Changes in blood flow evoked by direct heating take place through the capillaries, not the AVA's, quite independently of SkNA.
(18) A higher thoracic skin temperature (Tths) for broody hens compared to non-broody hens suggests that brood patches are the probable site of this increased flow through arteriovenous anastomoses (AVAs).
(19) This study presents evidence that AVA antagonizes central pharmacological actions of baclofen at both spinal and supraspinal sites without affecting the actions of a GABAA agonist, muscimol.
(20) The beta A chromosomes were mapped by scoring the presence (+) or the absence (-) of seven different restriction sites (Hinc II site 5' to the epsilon-globin gene; Hind III sites in the G gamma- and A gamma-globin genes; Hinc II sites in and 3' to the psi beta 1-globin gene; Ava II site in the beta-globin gene; Bam HI site 3' to the beta-globin gene).