(n.) A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain species of fresh-water ducks.
Example Sentences:
(1) Measurements of mechanical stability of Hb Santa Ana showed that the oxy-form of this hemoglobin was 10 times more unstable than that of Hb S and 100 times more unstable than that of Hb A.
(2) T lymphocyte subsets were identified with monoclonal antibodies and pattern of alpha-naphthyl-acetate esterase (ANAE) staining pattern in the case of peripheral blood and ANAE staining pattern with thyroid aspirate smears.
(3) In ANA rats, sleep recordings showed that prenatal alcohol exposure increased the percentage of waking but decreased the percentage of active sleep.
(4) In 60 consecutive patients clinically suspected of having chronic pancreatitis the serum concentration of the immunoglobulins (IgA, IgG, IgM), the IgG- and IgA-type non-organ-specific autoantibodies against nuclear material (ANA), smooth and striated muscle, mitochondria, basal membrane, and reticulin, and the IgG- and IgA-type pancreas-specific antibodies against islet cells, acinus cells, and ductal cells (DA) were estimated blindly.
(5) "Among them are Mark and Jackie Barden, whose youngest son, Daniel, was killed in the shooting; Nicole Hockley, who lost her son Dylan; and Jimmy Greene, who lost his daughter Ana."
(6) These findings indicate that the application of the ANAE reaction to routine cytologic specimens can contribute to the functional characterization of human alveolar macrophages.
(7) Of these five, one came from a 'normal' control who had a positive anti-nuclear antibody (ANA), facial rash and diabetes, two were from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and two were from patients with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD).
(8) We have previously shown that non-proliferating human T- but not B-lymphocytes contain demonstrable amounts of acid alpha-naphthyl acetate esterase (ANAE).
(9) Thus ANAE may be considered an economical and reliable method to be used in the study of the immune status of leprosy patients.
(10) The ana mutation leads E. coli to need an exogenous electron acceptor for anaerobic growth.
(11) Santander is expected to announce the appointment of Ana Patricia Botín, the daughter of Santander chairman Emilio Botín and chairwoman of Banco Español de Crédito (Banesto), as its new UK head, according to Spanish newspaper Expansion.
(12) ), in addition to the RapID-ANA II, would improve significantly the accuracy of the system in the identification of anaerobic bacteria.
(13) Ana Nicholls, healthcare analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit, said: “It is tremendous news that GSK’s long-awaited malaria vaccine has gained approval in Europe.
(14) The sera were tested by indirect immunofluorescence for autoantibodies against smooth muscle (SMA), nuclei (ANA), brush border of proximal renal tubuli (ABBA), and mitochondria (AMA).
(15) "The ANA has a good relationship with the people and is better than the foreigners because they are Afghan and they can understand the culture of the people."
(16) During IFN treatment, 18 of 25 tested patients (72%) had elevated ANA titers.
(17) The abduction early Thursday comes amid anger among Libya's powerful Islamic militant groups over the US special forces raid on Saturday that seized a Libyan al-Qaida suspect known as Abu Anas al-Libi.
(18) One of them (CLB-ANA 105) has H1(0) specificity with respect to the histone variants of mouse and man, but recognizes H5 as well as H1 from Xenopus laevis.
(19) I don’t remember what happened afterward.” By morning, Israeli newspapers had published the official version of Anas al-Atrash’s death: A 23-year-old Palestinian had run from his car and rushed at a checkpoint soldier with a knife.
(20) At last visit, RF positively did not correlate with bone erosions, but patients developing bone erosions had higher frequency of ANA and higher mean serum complement levels at last examination.
Ansa
Definition:
(n.) A name given to either of the projecting ends of Saturn's ring.
Example Sentences:
(1) Eighteen rabbits were anesthetized with intramuscular xylazine and ketamine and the ansa hypoglossi nerve was cut on one side.
(2) The ansae subclaviae, T3 and T4 rami, and stellate ganglion were also examined by electron microscopy for the extent of Wallerian degeneration.
(3) A significant amount of ANSA was retained in the blood and the liver of both species 24 and 48 hours after administration.
(4) To examine the contribution of sympathetic discharge to these vascular responses, sympathetic efferent nerve activity (SENA) from the ventral ansa subclavian nerve was recorded simultaneously.
(5) Reactions of Z-Arg-ANSA and Z-Gly-Gly-Arg-ANSA with trypsin were studied.
(6) One molecule of antibiotic links itself to one molecule of RNA messager : hydroxyl and cetone function in C1 Cs C21 C23 and "ansa" bridge link to beta subunit of RNA polymerase.
(7) Ansa said that by monitoring mobile conversations between the two men, police were able to follow the suspect's movements, from England to Milan and Bologna and finally to Rome.
(8) A second open reading frame (ORF1), encoding a protein of Mr 23,336, is found 10 bp downstream from ansA; the ribosome-binding site of ORF1 overlaps the stop codon of ansA.
(9) It has been demonstrated (Gary Bobo and Bonvallet 1975) that long-lasting stimulation of the "amygdaloid area for the defence reaction" (basal nucleus, pars magnocellularis) elicits, after an initial facilitation, a delayed inhibition of the monosynaptic masseteric reflex (MR), while stimulation of the amygdalofugal fibers running in the ansa lenticularis provokes an immediate inhibition of the reflex.
(10) The ansa subclavia joined the vertebral and the cervicothoracic ganglia.
(11) Electrical stimulation of the ventral roots while recording evoked potentials from the sympathetic chain, anterior ansa subclavia, posterior ansa, ventrolateral cervical cardiac nerve, ventromedial cervical cardiac nerve, and the vagosympathetic trunk demonstrated that A-, B-, and C-type fibers exist in these efferent neural pathways.
(12) Maytansine, a new ansa macrolide antitumor antibiotic, was administered to 60 patients as part of a phase I study.
(13) The nucleotide sequence of ansA and flanking regions, comprising 2156 bp, has been determined.
(14) The former Lazio striker has previously admitted to having fascist leanings, telling the Italian news agency ANSA in 2005: "I am a fascist, not a racist."
(15) Electrical stimulation of the sympathetic trunk between the second and third thoracic ramus and caudal limb of the ansa subclavia elicited myocardial contractile responses which were not completely antagonized by the ganglionic blocking agent chlorisondamine.
(16) The structure skeleton consists of four parts, the naphthalene nucleus connected to the 5-membered ring, a 17-membered ring connected to C2, a dimethyl butane diacid extended out from C20, beta-D-3,4-OO' methylenedigitoxose passing through an oxygen bridge O6 and linked to C27 of ansa ring.
(17) Sixty-three percent of these spontaneously active phase-locked units were modified by stimulation of a ramus or an ansa.
(18) High-dose intracoronary adenosine inhibited NA release in response to high-frequency ansa stimulation but basal release was slightly increased.
(19) Ten percent of the stimulations produced an atrio-ventricular (AV) nodal rhythm; most of the time this was induced by the left posterior and anterior ansae and ventrolateral nerves.
(20) The large NE fibers appear to enter the amygdala via the ansa peduncularis-ventral amygdaloid bundle to innervate the central and basolateral nucleus and the anterior amygdaloid area.