(v. t.) To support, either by furnishing strength or means in cooperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist.
(v. t.) Help; succor; assistance; relief.
(v. t.) The person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; a helper; an assistant.
(v. t.) A subsidy granted to the king by Parliament; also, an exchequer loan.
(v. t.) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special occasions.
(v. t.) An aid-de-camp, so called by abbreviation; as, a general's aid.
Example Sentences:
(1) A former Berlusconi aide, Valter Lavitola, is also on trial for being the alleged intermediary in the bribe.
(2) Our data suggest that a rational use of surveillance cultures and serological tests may aid in an earlier diagnosis of FI in BMT patients.
(3) But soon after aid workers departed, barrel bombs dropped by Syrian helicopters caused renewed destruction.
(4) In platform shoes to emulate Johnson's height, and with the aid of prosthetic earlobes, Cranston becomes the 36th president: he bullies and cajoles, flatters and snarls and barks, tells dirty jokes or glows with idealism as required, and delivers the famous "Johnson treatment" to everyone from Martin Luther King to the racist Alabama governor George Wallace.
(5) Such was the mystique surrounding Rumsfeld's standing that an aide sought to clarify that he didn't stand all the time, like a horse.
(6) The Nazi extermination of Jews in Lithuania (aided enthusiastically by local Lithuanians) was virtually total.
(7) Results in May 89 emphasizes: the relevance and urgency of the prevention of AIDS in secondary schools; the importance of the institutional aspect for the continuity of the project; the involvement of the pupils and the trainers for the processus; the feasibility of an intervention using only local resources.
(8) David Cameron last night hit out at his fellow world leaders after the G8 dropped the promise to meet the historic aid commitments made at Gleneagles in 2005 from this year's summit communique.
(9) Duesberg contends that HIV is neither necessary nor sufficient to cause AIDS.
(10) Furthermore the limit between hearing aid fitting an cochlear implantation is discussed.
(11) We present a mathematical model that is suitable to reconcile this apparent contradiction in the interpretation of the epidemiological data: the observed parallel time series for the spread of AIDS in groups with different risk of infection can be realized by computer simulation, if one assumes that the outbreak of full-blown AIDS only occurs if HIV and a certain infectious coagent (cofactor) CO are present.
(12) But both for malaria and Aids we’re seeing the tools that will let us do 95-100% reduction.
(13) We identified four distinct clinical patterns in the 244 patients with true positive MAI infections: (a) pulmonary nodules ("tuberculomas") indistinguishable from pulmonary neoplasms (78 patients); (b) chronic bronchitis or bronchiectasis with sputum repeatedly positive for MAI or granulomas on biopsy (58 patients, virtually all older white women); (c) cavitary lung disease and scattered pulmonary nodules mimicking M. tuberculosis infection (12 patients); (d) diffuse pulmonary infiltrations in immunocompromised hosts, primarily patients with AIDS (96 patients).
(14) Grisham said she and other aides had not been aware of the trip and “appreciate everyone’s understanding”.
(15) We have recently described a nonnucleoside compound that specifically inhibits the reverse transcriptase of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), the causative agent of AIDS.
(16) Many hope this week's photocalls with the two men will be a recruiting aid and provide a desperately needed bounce in the polls.
(17) In the interim, sonographic studies during pregnancy in women at risk for AIDS may be helpful in identifying fetal intrauterine growth retardation and may help raise our level of suspicion for congenital AIDS.
(18) This paper presents findings from a survey on knowledge of and attitudes and practices towards AIDS among currently married Zimbabwean men conducted between April and June 1988.
(19) The Department for International Development (DfID) defines funding provided under the VUP as "financial aid to government".
(20) It is intended to aid in finding the appropriate PI (proportional-integral) controller settings by means of computer simulation instead of real experiments with the system.
Tool
Definition:
(n.) An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work.
(n.) A machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool.
(n.) Hence, any instrument of use or service.
(n.) A weapon.
(n.) A person used as an instrument by another person; -- a word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes.
(v. t.) To shape, form, or finish with a tool.
(v. t.) To drive, as a coach.
Example Sentences:
(1) 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.
(2) The HTCA is promising as a potential tool for studying the biology of tumors.
(3) But both for malaria and Aids we’re seeing the tools that will let us do 95-100% reduction.
(4) These studies demonstrate the potential of ICAM-1 transfectants as tools for analysis of the role of ICAM-1 in lymphoid adhesion.
(5) This method can characterize reliably flavivirus field isolates at the molecular level without extensive virus propagation and molecular cloning, and will be a valuable tool for molecular epidemiological studies.
(6) The basic principle of the resonant tool, its adaptation for surgery, the experimental results of its use in animals, and clinical experience are reported.
(7) Colloidal gold immuno-electron microscopy is a powerful tool for defining antigenicity at the subcellular level.
(8) A diversity of serogroups and toxigenicity was a general finding, however, strains found in the proximal gut were also cultured from the rectum, indicating that faecal specimens would be a valid tool in investigating the role of these organisms in SIDS cases compared with healthy controls.
(9) SR 42128 is a potent and long-acting tool for studying the role of the renin angiotensin system in primates and humans.
(10) In this study we propose a method for the analysis of the relationship between heart rate changes and respiration as a possible diagnostic tool for cardiac autonomic damage.
(11) However LHRH agonists alone or in combination with ovarian steroids are of potential value as a research tool.
(12) These findings demonstrate that heteroantisera can provide an additional important tool for dissecting the heterogeneity of T-cell leukemias and for relating them to more differentiated normal T cells.
(13) This model provides a standard nonoperative approach for the induction of intestinal ischemia in dogs and could be a valuable tool in the study of intestinal ischemia.
(14) Before we embark on the next steps of the global technological revolution, we must ensure that the most basic of online tools are accessible to all.
(15) This ion-selective microelectrode may show promise as a useful tool for the determination of intracellular bile salt activity.
(16) Axotomy should be a useful tool for determining which other neurotransmitter receptors are produced by facial motoneurons and efferent neurons in other cranial nerve nuclei.
(17) Given that patient preferences constitute a central concept within the framework of HRQL, further empirical evaluation of utility measures of preference is fundamental to improving the HRQL measurement tool-kit.
(18) This study also demonstrates that pulsed-field gel electrophoresis is a powerful new tool for the analysis of human chromosomal translocations.
(19) In order to maximize the utility of these tools a high degree of reliability is essential.
(20) Extraction tools included flexible, telescoping sheaths advanced over the lead to dilate scar tissue and apply countertraction, deflection catheters, and wire basket snares.