(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.
Ram
Definition:
(n.) The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.
(n.) Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March.
(n.) The constellation Aries, which does not now, as formerly, occupy the sign of the same name.
(n.) An engine of war used for butting or battering.
(n.) In ancient warfare, a long beam suspended by slings in a framework, and used for battering the walls of cities; a battering-ram.
(n.) A heavy steel or iron beak attached to the prow of a steam war vessel for piercing or cutting down the vessel of an enemy; also, a vessel carrying such a beak.
(n.) A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic.
(n.) The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like.
(n.) The plunger of a hydraulic press.
(v. t.) To butt or strike against; to drive a ram against or through; to thrust or drive with violence; to force in; to drive together; to cram; as, to ram an enemy's vessel; to ram piles, cartridges, etc.
(v. t.) To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
Example Sentences:
(1) They broke in with a battering ram: an armoured vehicle known as a Bearcat.
(2) Intact rams exhibited GH secretory episodes of greater (P less than 0.01) amplitude than did castrated lambs.
(3) DES implantation increased the body weight of the ram by 10.4% and caused no significant change in total body water, body ash, or total muscle mass.
(4) The effect of scrotal mange (Chorioptes bovis) on semen quality was assessed in a flock of rams during an outbreak of chorioptic mange and in rams with experimentally induced chorioptic mange.
(5) Castrated rams did not show this increase, with or without supplementary testosterone.
(6) Additional evaluation of the recoverability of H ovis and A seminis from the preputial cavity of rams from birth to 1 year of age indicated that the isolation rate from rams and predominance of the organisms in the preputial cavity differed greatly over this age period.
(7) Four rams each were either hemicastrated (HC) or left intact (INT) and blood samples were collected over a 2-wk period.
(8) The infection probably affected all sex and age classes, but field surveys of live animals and mortality suggested that mature rams died disproportionately.
(9) The ability of melatonin to influence LH pulse frequency in entire and castrated rams indicated that an effect of melatonin on the hypothalamic pulse generator is independent of testicular steroids.
(10) In addition, there was a marginally significant (P less than 0.1) relationship between prolactin secretion in the castrate ram and the stage of testicular activity in the entire rams with elevated levels associated with regressed activity.
(11) The effect of alpha-chlorohydrin on the metabolism of glycolytic and tricarboxylate-cycle substrates by ram spermatozoa was investigated.
(12) In the present study the influence of the period of the light cycle on variation in testicular weight in the ram was investigated.
(13) The androgenized ewes showed poorer oestrous responses to each hormone although rams showed interest in the ewes.
(14) Ram biceps femoris weights at market were greater than those of wethers (P less than .05).
(15) The effect of naloxone administration on the LH-RH secretion in hypophyseal portal blood and LH secretion in peripheral blood was studied in four short term castrated rams (between 2 to 4 days after castration).
(16) In a trial with rams, application of polyethylene powder (PE) as a marker for determination of feed passage rate through the digestive tract and three methods of its determination in feed and feces were tested.
(17) Macrophages and various subtypes of lymphocytes were identified in the ram and the rat testis by using cytochemical and immunocytochemical techniques.
(18) The tail(s) of the epididymis was the most frequent site of lesion development in the mature rams (86.4%).
(19) The interactions of ram spermatozoa with exogenous liposomes of varying composition were studied, with the aim of examining the mechanisms by which some lipids protect against cold-induced damage during cryostorage.
(20) Who hasn’t moved house and chucked a load of old stuff just because they can’t face ramming it back into the Ikea chest of drawers?