(v. t.) To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
(v. t.) To agitate; to affect mentally.
(v. t.) To geld.
(v. i.) To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure.
Example Sentences:
(1) Herpesviruses such as EBV, HSV, and human herpes virus-6 (HHV-6) have a marked tropism for cells of the immune system and therefore infection by these viruses may result in alterations of immune functions, leading at times to a state of immunosuppression.
(2) The process of sequence rearrangement appears to be a significant part of the evolution of the genome and may have a much greater effect on the evolution of the phenotype than sequence alteration by base substitution.
(3) The various evocational changes appear to form sets of interconnected systems and this complex network seems to embody some plasticity since it has been possible to suppress experimentally some of the most universal evocational events or alter their temporal order without impairing evocation itself.
(4) When chimeric animals were subjected to a lethal challenge of endotoxin, their response was markedly altered by the transferred lymphoid cells.
(5) Morphological alterations in the lungs of pheasants after prolonged high-dosage administration of bleomycin sulfate were studied by light and electron microscopy.
(6) Incubation with IFN alpha or IFN gamma for 24 h resulted in only modest cytokinetic alterations, and they did not modify the effects of FUra.
(7) We report a series of experiments designed to determine if agents and conditions that have been reported to alter sodium reabsorption, Na-K-ATPase activity or cellular structure in the rat distal nephron might also regulate the density or affinity of binding of 3H-metolazone to the putative thiazide receptor in the distal nephron.
(8) In dorsoventral (DV) reversed wings at both shoulder or flank level, the motor axons do not alter their course as they enter the graft.
(9) Neither spermidine nor spermine (0.5 mM) significantly altered [Ca2+]i.
(10) In addition to the changes associated with blood group A, we also found a decrease in sugar content, alterations in other antigens, and changes in the levels of several glycosyltransferases in cancerous tissues.
(11) When the concentration of thrombin or fibrinogen was altered systematically, mu T and mup were found to mirror each other except when the fibrinogen concentration was increased at low thrombin concentrations.
(12) Arteries treated with atrial natriuretic peptide showed no alterations in relaxation or cGMP content after incubation with pertussis toxin.
(13) These results could be explained by altered tissue blood flow and a decreased metabolic capacity of the liver in obese subjects.
(14) The sequential histopathologic alterations in femorotibial joints of partial meniscectomized male and female guinea pigs were evaluated at 1, 2, 3, 6, and 12 weeks post-surgery.
(15) However, survival was closely related to the severity of the illness at the time of randomization and was not altered by shunting.
(16) Brain damage may be followed by a number of dynamic events including reactive synaptogenesis, rerouting of axons to unusual locations and altered axon retraction processes.
(17) Since the advance and return of sperm inside the tubes could facilitate the interaction of sperm with secretions participating in its maturation, the persistent infertility after vasectomy could be related to the contractile alteration that follows the excessive tubal distention.
(18) Sixteen patients (27%) manifested anomalies of the urinary tract: 12 had markedly altered kidneys, 8 of which were unilateral and ipsilateral to the diaphragmatic defect.
(19) Corticosterone (4 x 10(-5) M) did not alter the stimulation-evoked 3H-overflow at 1-30 Hz.
(20) The results show that the presence of histones does not alter the bimodal DNA binding process.
Revaluation
Definition:
(n.) A second or new valuation.
Example Sentences:
(1) He has some suggestions for what might be done, including easing changing the planning laws to free up parts of the green belt, financial incentives to persuade local authorities to build, and the replacement of the council tax and stamp duty land tax with a new local property tax with automatic annual revaluations.
(2) The revaluation at the end of the study showed a good compliance for the proposed diet scheme by children, but a poor compliance by their families.
(3) "I can't imagine how many Chinese factories will go bankrupt, how many Chinese workers would lose their jobs [in the event that China revalued]," he warned.
(4) Both Hodge and David Lammy , the Labour MP for Tottenham, who has declared he will run for mayor, also said a council tax revaluation should be the priority.
(5) It would have been far simpler, and more honest, just to revive the old rates, perhaps by increasing the number of council tax bands to reflect a wider spread of house values, and with automatic revaluation.
(6) At histologic revaluation only two cases fulfilled the criteria for true CMF, whereas six were classified as other benign bone lesions and one proved to be a chondrosarcoma.
(7) The increase in business rates is a result of a revaluation of property in Britain.
(8) 4) In view of the diversity of the surgical techniques practiced in patients in stage V, a revaluation of this stage is necessary to individualize treatment.
(9) Sir Michael added that, despite the fact that overall council tax revenue had increased by 4% as a result of Welsh revaluation, local residents had accepted the increase.
(10) Following legal advice, affected councils have responded to further letters from GVA setting out that their arguments for relief remain unfounded.” A spokesman for the Department for Communities and Local Government said: “This revaluation improves the fairness of rate bills by making sure they more closely reflect the property market.
(11) In order to revalue the effects of colchicine on incisor secretory ameloblasts, entire mice were perfused with Krebs solution supplemented with a buffer and amino acids, through the right common carotid artery.
(12) Our book offers a complete revaluation and reinterpretation of the work and the life," he said.
(13) Businesses in London will be hit with a tax increase of at least £900m a year due to a revaluation of rates, with firms facing a 45% rise in their tax bill, according to government data.
(14) On business rates, a newly unchained Scottish parliament could institute an immediate revaluation of properties, bringing with it a higher threshold before rates are payable and allowing some businesses to escape payment altogether.
(15) Cameron trumped Miliband's cowardice by also pledging no revaluation.
(16) "Sir Michael referred to the lessons of revaluation in Wales," he said.
(17) It is necessary to revalue the permitted values of arsenic content in sea-fish and in products made from their meat and to defend the upper limits of the permitted arsenic value, which will require the purposeful organization of effective laboratory tests the results of which will directly influence an estimation of fish raw material and will provide the corresponding hygienic quality of fish and fish products.
(18) Hammond indicated that more frequent revaluations – which would stop the wild fluctuations in the amount businesses have to pay – would not be introduced before the next revaluation in 2022.
(19) Medical professionals need to revaluate current ethical standards which permit the killing of a normal fetus but require the use of heroic efforts to save the life of a severely deformed or mentally handicapped child once that child is born.
(20) Many are asset-rich and income poor and the threat of a mansion tax would force these people to sell up.” A council tax would be a fairer way to raise income, Leeming added, with a revaluation of the system and additional bands introduced.