(n.) A large pulpit or reading desk, in the early Christian churches.
Example Sentences:
(1) Variation was found in only three of these, but was sufficient to provide stron evidence that the Ambo divided into two main ancestral groups prior to their subsequent fissions.
(2) Some preparations of all-rac-alpha-tocopheryl acetate compared with 2-ambo-alpha-tocopheryl acetate had a mean RP of 0.81, and compared with RRR-alpha-tocopheryl acetate had a mean RP of 0.52.
(3) The most trusted professions in our community standing up the ambos, the firies, the nurses and teachers, and saying we deserve and we want a government that puts people first.” The result will be inevitably interpreted as sending a strong message to Canberra that many of its budget policies are angering voters.
(4) RRR-alpha-tocopheryl hydrogen succinate compared with 2-ambo-alpha-tocopheryl acetate had a mean RP of 1.125, significantly lower than the currently accepted value of 1.21.
(5) The parent compound is Ac-Leu-ambo-Phe-CF2H (1) (Ki = 25 X 10(-6) M).
(6) Compared with 2-ambo-alpha-TOH, RRR-alpha-TOH was more active by a factor of 1.34 (resorption-gestation) or 1.45 (myopathy).
(7) Replacement of one fluorine atom of 2 by a residue (-CH2-CH2-COLeuOMe) (6) which can interact with the S'1 and S'2 subsites decreased Ki 30-fold for HLE and 150-fold for alpha-LP compared to Z-L-Ala-L-Ala-L-Pro-ambo-AlaCF2H (3).
(8) An exception is Z-L-Ala-L-Ala-L-Pro-ambo-ValCF3 (8) where kon = 9 X 10(7) M-1 s-1, which is nearly diffusion controlled.
(9) Their traditional historical and cultural affinities appear to be with the peoples of southern Angola and south-western Zambia; the suggested relationships with the Ambo further west are not linguistically tenable, though there is evidence of gene exchange.
(10) This study presents the results of the investigation of the seven closely interrelated Ambo peoples of South West Africa, for variation in four recently described red cell enzyme polymorphisms.
(11) These metabolites have been identified as 25-hydroxydihydrotachysterol2 and two epimers of formula 1-ambo,25-dihydroxydihydrotachysterol2 by means of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and ultraviolet absorption spectrometry.
(12) The acetyl group was replaced by the tripeptide Z-L-Ala-L-Ala-L-Pro to yield the tetrapeptide trifluoroketone (TFK) Z-L-Ala-L-Ala-L-Pro-ambo-AlaCF3 (2).
(13) RRR-alpha-tocopheryl acetate compared with 2-ambo-alpha-tocopheryl acetate had a mean relative potency (RP) of 1.66, significantly higher than the currently accepted value of 1.36.
(14) RRR-alpha-tocopherol compared with 2-ambo-alpha-tocopherol had a mean RP of 1.31, not significantly different from the currently accepted value of 1.36.
(15) Around 90 miles west of Addis Ababa in Ambo, off a bustling high street, torched cars are stacked outside a police station compound.
(16) Taking advantage of the peptide transport strategy, we have designed and synthesized several new peptides containing 2-aminopimelic acid (Apm), an inhibitor of the diaminopimelate pathway in bacteria: L-Lys-ambo-Apm, ambo-Apm-L-Lys, L-Lys-L-Ala-ambo-Apm, ambo-Apm-L-Ala-L-Lys, L-Ala(Cl)-ambo-Apm and ambo-Apm-L-Ala(Cl).
(17) Ac-ambo-AlaCF3 (1) inhibits HLE and alpha-LP with Ki's of 2.4 and 15 mM, respectively.
(18) March 5, 2013 Updated at 11.58am GMT 11.40am GMT Ian Traynor (@traynorbrussels) #bankerscaps french ambo speaking, not moscovici.said very little March 5, 2013 Peter Spiegel (@SpiegelPeter) #Poland 's finance minister #Rostowski uncharacteristically brief in his intervention on new EU bank rules.
(19) The measurements were performed at different times after the rats, placed for one month on a basal diet containing nondeuterated, natural alpha-T acetate, were switched to a diet containing the same total quantity of deuterated forms of either natural alpha-T acetate or a mixture of the acetates of the 2R- and 2S-epimers (i.e., ambo-alpha-T acetate).
(20) En el primer año de implementación, el ingreso total por ambos impuestos excedió el pronóstico de la Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público por 76%, recaudando casi 32 mil millones de pesos.
Ambulance
Definition:
(n.) A field hospital, so organized as to follow an army in its movements, and intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible. Often used adjectively; as, an ambulance wagon; ambulance stretcher; ambulance corps.
(n.) An ambulance wagon or cart for conveying the wounded from the field, or to a hospital.
Example Sentences:
(1) The sound of the ambulance frightened us, especially us children, and panic gripped the entire community: people believe that whoever is taken into the ambulance to the hospital will die – you so often don’t see them again.
(2) A case is presented of a 35-year-old woman who was brought to the emergency service by ambulance complaining of vomiting for 7 days and that she could not hear well because she was 'worn out'.
(3) Second, this report can be adopted and adapted by the entire health service, from dental practices to ambulances, from GP surgeries to acute hospitals.
(4) A major functional problem for the postpolio patient is the loss of ambulation ability.
(5) Immediate recovery time (emergence from anesthesia) and intermediate recovery time (ambulation, oral intake, and discharge time) were significantly shorter after propofol anesthesia.
(6) These data were compared to data collected on four able-bodied control subjects during ambulation at matched speeds.
(7) Urban ambulance systems emerged in the second half of the 19th century as an outgrowth of military experiences in both Europe and America.
(8) Continuous infusion of Rg1 attenuated anorexia, increased water intake, and decreased ambulation, that were produced by elevation of environmental temperature from 21 degrees C to 30 degrees C. Consequently, rats maintained body weight and rectal temperature unchanged.
(9) Comparing the two forms of surgical treatment, statistically significant factors associated with primary hemi-arthroplastic replacement included: pre-injury nursing home residence, pre-injury ambulation requiring assistance, age greater than 79 years, slight elevation in serum creatinine values, abnormal electrocardiograms in patients over 77 years of age, time from injury to surgery of four or more days, and the use of spinal anesthesia (P less than 0.05).
(10) With an ambulance service staffed by doctors from the anaesthetic and intensive care units of the central hospitals it is possible to provide prehospital treatment in 70% of all severe traffic injuries in the County of Ringkøbing.
(11) For ambulance drivers, who earn significantly below the average UK wage, the figure is more than £1,800, the analysis found using the retail prices index (RPI) measure of inflation, which hit 2.5% in December .
(12) There are no more operational hospitals and not a single ambulance to rescue the ever-growing number of wounded and sick.
(13) The improvements between 1979 and 1990 are attributed to better airway care, especially the increased use of intubation and mechanical ventilation during transfer, and to greater appreciation of how relatively simple measures can reduce the potential hazards of ambulance transfer.
(14) (You'll also need oxygen if you didn't already know that vital air ambulance services are funded not by our taxes but charitable donations.)
(15) Thanks to a midwife’s visit and the Herts air ambulance, she survived – with a rare pituitary gland condition identified weeks later.
(16) The purpose of this study was to identify, characterize, and compare the forces generated during patient transport in helicopter and ground ambulances.
(17) Member, Canton and Riverside Division, Cardiff, St. John Ambulance.
(18) For this purpose, the author relies on the observations of a group of doctors during a 5-year attempt to interest neurotic patients in this stratum in a psycho-therapeutic discussion at a medical ambulant clinic.
(19) Tranexamic acid reduced the incidence of secondary hemorrhage significantly: none of 26 eyes of patients who received systemically administered tranexamic acid and were confined to bed rest rebled, and only one (1.1%) of 95 eyes of children who received tranexamic acid and were allowed free ambulation in the hospital rebled.
(20) A paramedic working for an Oxfam-funded organisation was killed today after an ambulance was hit by an Israeli-fired shell, the charity said.