(n.) The Ram; the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal equinox, about the 21st of March.
(n.) A constellation west of Taurus, drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a ram.
(n.) A battering-ram.
Example Sentences:
(1) This study compares the knowledge, attitudes and practice of mothers in two ethnic groups with regard to acute respiratory infections (ARI) in their child.
(2) Case management intervention strategies using community health workers to identify cases of pneumonia by counting respiratory rate and observing chest indrawing have been shown to reduce ARI-related mortality.
(3) Our findings indicate that: a) ARI was a frequent and important contributing factor to mortality in our critically ill patients, b) hypotension was the most common of well-recognized risk factors, and c) conditions that predisposed to ARI also predisposed to mortality, although mortality did not appear to depend on the severity of renal insufficiency.
(4) In absolute values, ARI mortality is highest in the neonatal period and decreases with age.
(5) Five hundred and thirty one samples of pharingeal swabs were obtained from children with ARI.
(6) Rural underfives (5335) were followed for a period of one year from January to December 1987 for acute respiratory infections (ARI).
(7) About 90% of consultations for ARI were first-time consultations, while their ratio to further consultations was 5.3.
(8) A survey was carried out in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh to determine the magnitude of the problem of Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) in children below five years of age.
(9) The hypothesis that clinical side effects of the aldose reductase inhibitor (ARI) sorbinil were related to its hydantoin ring led to a bioisosteric analysis and replacement of the hydantoin by a spiro hydroxy acetic acid moiety as in 40.
(10) To reduce ARI mortality further, intervention should concentrate on early diagnosis and treatment at lower, i.e.
(11) The data suggest that in some areas of the world mortality due to ARI is extremely high.
(12) There are ten nucleolus organizer regions (NORs) in domestic sheep (Ovis aries L.).
(13) Clinical investigations with the aldose reductase inhibitor (ARI) sorbinil in diabetic patients with neuropathy are described.
(14) Controls were given Purina Rat Chow with or without ARIs.
(15) The results establish that Health Areas 4, 6, 7, 9-12 and 18 present less mortality because of ARI and flu.
(16) 80% of patients with less than 12 esophageal anti-reflux index (ARI) suffered from gastroesophageal reflux EEI and ARI can evaluate not only the esophageal motor functions but also the therapeutic effects of different treatment methods.
(17) Here we demonstrate the utility of such a conjugate in a totally automated ARIS assay for thyroxin-binding globulin (TBG).
(18) Mothers in higher socio-economic strata reported higher incidence of ARI for their children due to more accurate recall.
(19) Regardless of the structural characteristics of the ARIs investigated, higher doses were required to inhibit polyol synthesis in HRPE as compared to HLE cells.
(20) To differentiate the impact of the ARI control program from other effects, the district's villages were randomly divided into intervention and control villages; however, control villages received a deployment of trained village health workers in the 2nd year of the project, thereby changing them into phase II intervention areas.
Libra
Definition:
(n.) The Balance; the seventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the autumnal equinox in September, marked thus / in almanacs, etc.
(n.) A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio.
Example Sentences:
(1) A simple test of the positive connection between renal disease and the sign of Libra was undertaken by studying the birth dates of consecutive nephrology in-patient admissions.
(2) The first, Gliese 581d, is among several that circle one of Earth's nearest stars, a cool red dwarf around 20 light years away in the constellation Libra.
(3) Luscious Libras Luscious Libras Photograph: Alicia Canter "This is our walkabout performance – we're a Mexican-wrestling thumb-war team.
(4) Catton, a Libra, admitted she had not checked her horoscope but there was a significant astrological aspect to her winning, as the last New Zealander to win was 28 years ago, an important astrological number – "it is the time that Saturn takes to orbit around the Earth."
(5) He is turning 60 in October (taking advantage of this milestone to release a 25-year retrospective box-set of CDs and DVDs) and so, to break the ice, I ask him if this makes him a Libra, believing that my feigned interest in astrology will doubtless appeal to his "spiritual" side.
(6) In Brazil, BG’s assets would give Shell a further foothold in one of the lowest cost basins in the world, and could add potential synergies with Shell’s Libra assets.