(n.) A vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, an enveloping the person; -- in the Roman Catholic church, worn by those in holy orders when officiating at mass. It was formerly worn, at least by clerics, in daily life.
Example Sentences:
(1) A nutritional index composed of four commonly used parameters (PIW, ALB, PALB, TLC) was calculated.
(2) G-prot and G-alb correlated nearly as well as HbA1C 10-20 days after the glucose profile (r = 0.54-0.64, P less than 0.01-0.001), but only weakly after 25-35 days.
(3) Plasma volume and plasma concentration and transcapillary escape rate of albumin (TER alb), i.e.
(4) In five in vitro tests at 4 degrees C using polyclonal cryoglobulinemic (CG) plasma from a patient treated by plasma exchange (PE), the large pore filter retained only 22% of the mass of Alb, and a comparable amount of CPP and IgM, as compared to the plasma fractionator, at a fraction of its total retention capacity.
(5) Monthly measurements were conduced of the following activities, in the period between post infection days 160 and 400: total protein (TPR), albumin (ALB), cholesterol (CHOL), triglycerides (TRIG), Zn and Cu concentrations as well as sorbitol dehydrogenase, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), alpha-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase (alpha-HBDH), gamma-glutamyltransferase, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), creatine kinase (CK), alkaline phosphatase and fructose-1,6-diphosphate aldolase (ALD).
(6) Using immunocytochemistry and morphometrics, the percentages of Alb-positive follicles (follicle-index), of Alb-positive granulosa cells (granulosa-index), and of strongly reacting follicles (intensity-index) were evaluated in intact and regressing follicles of different diameter groups during different stages of the estrous cycle.
(7) This binding process was inhibited by unlabeled f-Alb as well as by the antibody raised against the f-Alb receptor.
(8) By contrast, unchanged binding of the drugs was found in the case of Alb Verona (570 Glu----Lys).
(9) The F, albumin (ALB), prealbumin (PREALB), retinol binding protein (RBP) and alpha-1-glycoprotein (GLYCO) levels were controlled in 37 patients (29 undergoing scheduled digestive tract surgery and 8 undergoing heart surgery), through preoperative and postoperative tests every three days.
(10) During TPN the average percent increases for PP were 0.1% (ALB, NS), 20% (TFN, NS), 60% (TBPA, P less than 0.02), and 116% (RBP, P less than 0.005).
(11) Plasma albumin (P-Alb) and total protein concentrations, as well as oncotic pressure, hemodynamic, and oxygen transport variables, were followed for 90 min.
(12) ALB urine excretion increased to 110-120 micrograms.min-1 after the 100 and 600 m swims and to 56 micrograms.min-1 after 2,000 m (resting values: 9 micrograms.min-1).
(13) Therefore, in 70 patients with malignant chest diseases (NSCLC, 42 patients; SCLC, 15; lung metastasis, 7; others, 6), the correlation between nutritional parameters of total protein (Tp), serum albumin (Alb), and serum (cholinesterase (ChE] and Karnofsky Performance Status scale (KPS) was investigated.
(14) We conclude that compatible FFP is a better resuscitation agent than ALB after an otherwise fatal hemorrhage because FFP is a better acid buffer.
(15) The predominant band at 64,600 co-migrates with ALB and was demonstrated by immune overlay to be ALB, which was also the major protein in the S-I fraction.
(16) The increase in blood lactate concentration immediately after exercise, increases in urinary excretion of lactate, pyruvate, alpha 1 M, beta 2 M, albumin and decrease in Cl- excretion 30 min after exercise in the H-alb group were significantly greater than in the L-alb group.
(17) Increased displacement of T4 from Alb-FDH by salicylate was also evident at therapeutic ratios to a 1:1 dilution of serum in a dialysis system.
(18) The transplanted tumor showed both papillo-tubular and solid growth patterns, in which positive reactions for AFP, CEA, ferritin (FER), carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9), albumin (ALB) and fibrinogen (FIB) were confirmed by the avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex method.
(19) Linkage group 2 contains ALB-1 and ADH-2, and probably is homeologous to group 1.
(20) The endoneurial fluid elutions (EFE) from normal and crushed nerves were evaluated for extracellular proteins by sodium dodecyl sulphate-pore gradient electrophoresis (SDS-PGE) after silver stain and after immune overlay following electrophoretic transfer to nitrocellulose using antisera to albumin (ALB), neuron specific enolase (NSE), and the major myelin glycoprotein (P0).
Mitre
Definition:
(n.) A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries. It has been made in many forms, the present form being a lofty cap with two points or peaks.
(n.) The surface forming the beveled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint.
(n.) A sort of base money or coin.
(v. t.) To place a miter upon; to adorn with a miter.
(v. t.) To match together, as two pieces of molding or brass rule on a line bisecting the angle of junction; to bevel the ends or edges of, for the purpose of matching together at an angle.
(v. i.) To meet and match together, as two pieces of molding, on a line bisecting the angle of junction.
(n. & v.) See Miter.
Example Sentences:
(1) There are several new technical developments or plans at the Brookhaven Medical Research Reactor (BMRR), the Power Burst Facility (PBF) at INEL, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Reactor (MITR) and the Georgia Institute of Technology Research Reactor (GTRR).
(2) There is the superficial gold of the mitre, and then there is solid gold.
(3) Monte Carlo based dosimetry and computer-aided treatment planning for neutron capture therapy have been developed to provide the necessary link between physical dosimetric measurements performed on the MITR-II epithermal-neutron beams and the need of the radiation oncologist to synthesize large amounts of dosimetric data into a clinically meaningful treatment plan for each individual patient.
(4) In Truro (1973-81), full of firm Methodists and Atlantic storms, he might appear at an ordination attired in mitre, ceremonial gloves and gremial (a silk apron-like covering for the lap of bishops).
(5) Detailed models of the 5 MWt Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Reactor (MITR-II) together with a polyethylene head phantom have been used to characterize approximately 100 beam filter and moderator configurations.
(6) He then taught at the Sorbonne for four years, before moving to the position he was to occupy until 1984: mitre-assistant at the École Normale.
(7) In particular, with presently available compounds, the MIT reactor (MITR) therapy beam (a) is not inferior to a pure thermal neutron beam, (b) would be marginally improved if its gamma-ray contamination were eliminated, (c) is superior to a partially 10B-filtered MITR beam, and (d) produces a maximum useable depth which is strongly dependent upon the tumor-to-blood ratio of 10B concentrations and weakly dependent upon the absolute 10B concentration in tumor.
(8) The impressions were placed in a mitre box, stabilized with plaster, and sectioned in the molar, premolar, and incisor regions.
(9) A narrative has begun to be embroidered on the cardinal's magic mitre.
(10) These segments of artery were sectioned at precisely measured angles, using a specially designed mitre box, and the sections were stained to enhance birefringence of the smooth muscle.
(11) Several neutron beams that could be used for neutron capture therapy at MITR-II are dosimetrically characterized and their suitability for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme and other types of tumors are described.
(12) Further optimization work on the MITR-II epithermal beams is expected to improve the available beams.
(13) This tailored 252Cf source would have at least a 1.5 cm greater maximum useable depth than the MITR therapy beam for realistic 10B concentrations.
(14) What is it about a gold mitre, a flowing robe, a flash of cardinal red that so clouds our judgment?
(15) And, lest we miss the point that this is a clash between the individual conscience and an entrenched system, Hare even includes a scene lifted directly from Bertolt Brecht's Galileo: at a crucial point Lionel is confronted by the Bishop of Southwark who, as he dons his ecclesiastical robes and mitre, becomes progressively more authoritarian.
(16) One was able to evade justice, the other denied a mitre but otherwise allowed advancement in the Church.
(17) If the moderated 252Cf source is not 10B filtered, the resultant neutron beam has characteristics similar to those of the MITR beam with no gamma-ray contamination.
(18) Parasitological fauna of Lama guanicoe in the Peninsula Mitre, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, is analyzed in this paper.
(19) Finally, additional plans for further neutron beam development at MITR-II are discussed.
(20) Three consequent stages are involved in the process: the formation of a dilated portion of apical (supranuclear) cytoplasm with an increased amount of organelles; the formation of a temporary apical cytoplasmic mitre (cone); the development of the dendrite system occurring on the background of reduction of this temporary cytoplasmic formation.