What's the difference between ala and alma?

Ala


Definition:

  • (n.) A winglike organ, or part.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) No difference in therapeutic activity between CNC-ala-17-E2 and CNC-ala could be observed in a transplanted rat leukemia (L 5222).
  • (2) In each subject, the activity in leucocytes of delta-aminolaevulinic acid (ALA) synthase increased and that of protoporphyrinogen (proto) oxidase decreased during the first week of therapy.
  • (3) The IL-8 isolated from each of these cell types is a mixture of two IL-8 polypeptides, one consisting of 72 amino acids (herein called [ser-IL-8]72) and the other 77 amino acids (an N-terminal extended form herein called [ala-IL-8]77).
  • (4) Two EGZ-derived proteins were engineered in which either His98 or Glu133 amino acid was converted to an Ala residue.
  • (5) In cirrhosis there was a decrease, of zinc (-40%) albumin (-38%) and of activity of ALA D (-48%) and an increase in blood lead (+80%).
  • (6) We have named them bombolitin I (Ile-Lys-Ile-Thr-Thr-Met-Leu-Ala-Lys-Leu-Gly-Lys-Val-Leu-Ala-His-Val-NH2 ), bombolitin II (Ser-Lys-Ile-Thr-Asp-Ile-Leu-Ala-Lys-Leu-Gly-Lys-Val-Leu-Ala-His-Val-NH2 ), bombolitin III (Ile-Lys-Ile-Met-Asp-Ile-Leu-Ala-Lys-Leu-Gly-Lys-Val-Leu-Ala-His-Val-NH2 ), bombolitin IV (Ile-Asn-Ile-Lys-Asp-Ile-Leu-Ala-Lys-Leu-Val-Lys-Val-Leu-Gly-His-Val-NH2 ), and bombolitin V (Ile-Asn-Val-Leu-Gly-Ile-Leu-Gly-Leu-Leu-Gly-Lys-Ala-Leu-Ser-His-Leu-NH2 ).
  • (7) To confirm this, ALA-S activity was then directly measured in intact reticulocytes, and it was shown that ethanol indeed inhibited its activity.
  • (8) All inhibitors had no effect on L-Ala uptake into brush-border membrane vesicles in presence of Na+ gradient.
  • (9) Specimens from the bone marrow taken were by trephine biopsy from the sternum, ala ossis ilii and spine.
  • (10) Paraproteins, usually of the IgG-kappa isotype, were found in the sera of a significant number of HIV-1-infected individuals as were antibodies to lymphocytes (ALAs).
  • (11) With the use of the method Chick Embryotoxicity Screening Test II (CHEST II), the potential neuropeptides L-prolyl-L-leucyl-glycinamide (MIF), cyclo(1-aminocyclo-pentanecarbonyl-L-alanyl)[cyclo(Acp-Ala)] and cyclo(glycyl-L-leucyl)[Cyclo(Gly-Leu)] were tested in the critical developmental periods of d 1.5 to 4 of chick embryogenesis in order to objectively examine their undesirable interactions with the developing morphogenetic systems of the brain, eye, face, body wall, limbs, trunk and heart.
  • (12) The differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) studies demonstrate an increased susceptibility of the Ala 183----Pro mutant to thermal denaturation.
  • (13) Mutants of Escherichia coli which require 5-aminolaevulinic acid (5-ALA), the first intermediate of haem biosynthesis, do not respond to haemin and porphyrins.
  • (14) The lipid-mobilizing activity of a synthetic peptide, NH2-Phe-Glu-Glu-Ala-Tyr-Ile-Pro-Lys-Glu-Gln-Lys-Tyr-Ser-Phe-COOH, corresponding to the 31-44 amino-acid sequence of human growth hormone, was studied.
  • (15) The replacements for Glu-43 (Asp, Gln, Asn, Ser, and Ala) both decreased the catalytic efficiency and changed the one- and two-dimensional NMR spectral properties of the mutant enzymes.
  • (16) Alas, for Jones, they found more of his ill-gotten gains in another plot he had perhaps forgotten to mention.
  • (17) The structures of two crystal forms of Boc-Trp-Ile-Ala-Aib-Ile-Val-Aib-Leu-Aib-Pro-OMe have been determined.
  • (18) Daily intra-VTA injections of the mu opioid agonist Tyr-D-Ala-Gly-NMe-Phe-Gly-ol enhanced the behavioral stimulant effect of acute morphine.
  • (19) The (beta-chloro-, (beta, beta-dichloro-, and (beta, beta, beta-trichloro-alpha-aminoethyl)phosphonic acids have been synthesized and their inhibitory properties on the alanine racemases [EC 5.1.1.1] and the D-Ala:D-Ala ligases [EC 6.3.2.4] from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Streptococcus faecalis have been evaluated.
  • (20) Angiotensin converting enzyme activity was measured in intact aortic rings utilizing the synthetic tripeptide [3H]-benzoyl-Phe-Ala-Pro as the substrate.

Alma


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Almah

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Less well known is his collection of works by all the major artists of late 19th-century Britain, pre-Raphaelite painters such as John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones, and later more academic painters, hugely popular and fabulously expensive in their day, including Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Albert Moore, Edward Poynter and the grandest of them all, Frederic Leighton.
  • (2) He was slated to give a commencement speech at his alma mater in 2013, but withdrew after controversy arose in wake of his remarks comparing same-sex marriage to pedophilia.
  • (3) The world was caught by the phrase which emerged from this conference, "Health For All by the Year 2000" and many have examined the articles of the Alma-Ata declaration and tried to implement them in their corner of the world.
  • (4) Primary health care has developed well since the Alma Ata Declaration in 1978, but basic lifesaving interventions have received scant attention.
  • (5) Drawing upon data collected from a comprehensive field survey of community health activities in Hiketa, in Kagawa Prefecture in Shikoku, and other similar surveys carried out in Japan, as well as references such as the Report of the International Conference on Primary Health Care (Alma Ata), and the World Health Organization Global Strategy for Health for All by the Year 2000, this background paper will outline the critical aspects to be considered in implementation of primary health care in comprehensive health systems, as a context for further discussion.
  • (6) The territorial-geographical character of migration also changed: so, in 1954 the basic flow of migrants came from Siberia and the European part of the USSR, while in 1984 they came from neighbouring regions of Alma-Ata.
  • (7) Like many Eurovision competitors, Inga and Anush are professionally trained; on this occasion their alma mater being the jazz-vocal department of the Komitas State Conservatory in Yerevan.
  • (8) 2,530 patients with chronic destructive tuberculosis, registered at the antituberculosis institutions of the Alma-Ata and Guriyev regions, were followed up for a period of three years.
  • (9) Clegg also signalled his disapproval at the behaviour of his alma mater.
  • (10) Five years have passed since the Alma Ata meeting, and with 17 years remaining in this century, one has to ponder whether the goal of health for all by the year 2000 through primary health care is achievable.
  • (11) 414 patients registered under O-group, 149-under VIIB and 129-under IA were observed by the antituberculosis dispensary of Alma-Ata.
  • (12) This approach contradicts the Declaration of the Alma-Ata Conference, which states that primary health care is an integral part of the socioeconomic development process and that health sector activities must be coordinated with nutrition improvement, increases in production and employment, a more equitable distribution of income, antipoverty measures, and protection of the environment.
  • (13) Active intervention aimed at preventing the mentioned risk factors, carried out in Kharkov (2 years) and in Alma-Ata (1 year) led to a decrease in the prevalence of arterial hypertension and smoking, and to an increase in the degree of the student's physical activity, but did not have a demonstrable effect on the development of overweight.
  • (14) A dedicated sequence editor, ALMA, was developed for aligning many sequences of proteins or RNA molecules or longer DNA fragments.
  • (15) "Health for all by year 2000" was the subject of the WHO Conference at Alma-Ata in 1978.
  • (16) Now the ombudsman at the University of Bayreuth, his alma mater, is investigating allegations of plagiarism made against Zu Guttenberg by a law professor.
  • (17) What has become clear in the 10 years since Alma-Ata is the global split between the health of the "haves" and the "have nots".
  • (18) In designing country health care programs to achieve the goals of the Alma Alta declaration of 'Health for All', developing countries have been confronted with the problem of increased health care needs and decreased available resources.
  • (19) Arguably, more than anything, you can detect in MYD's almost exhaustingly frenetic music the influence of early-80s Bristol and the skronking-sax-fuelled manic funk-pop of Neneh Cherry 's alma mater, Rip Rig and Panic.
  • (20) It is unlikely that the 1978 Declaration of Alma-Ata goal of health for all by the year 2000 will be realized by the turn of the century.

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