(n.) The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator.
(n.) One who composes or writes a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler.
(n.) The editor of a periodical.
(n.) An informant.
(v. t.) To occasion; to originate.
(v. t.) To tell; to say; to declare.
Example Sentences:
(1) He added: "There is a rigorous review process of applications submitted by the executive branch, spearheaded initially by five judicial branch lawyers who are national security experts and then by the judges, to ensure that the court's authorizations comport with what the applicable statutes authorize."
(2) Without medication atypical ventricular tachycardia develops, in the author's opinion, most probably when bradycardia has persisted for a prolonged period.
(3) The authors have presented in two previous articles the graphic solutions resembling Tscherning ellipses, for spherical as well as for aspherical ophthalmic lenses free of astigmatism or power error.
(4) The analysis is based on the personal experience of the authors with 117 cases and the review of 223 cases published in the literature.
(5) Handing Greater Manchester’s £6bn health and social care budget over to the city’s combined authority is the most exciting experiment in local government and the health service in decades – but the risks are huge.
(6) These authors, therefore, conclude that this modified surgical approach is a viable alternative to the previously described procedures for resistant metatarsus adductus.
(7) The authors empirically studied the self-medication hypothesis of drug abuse by examining drug effects and motivation for drug use in 494 hospitalized drug abusers.
(8) At the heart of the payday loan profit bonanza is the "continuous payment authority" (CPA) agreement, which allows lenders to access customer bank accounts to retrieve funds.
(9) The authors report 4 new cases of heterotopic pancreas in children with prepyloric, jejunal, Meckel's diverticulum and mesenteric localization.
(10) A tiny studio flat that has become a symbol of London's soaring property prices is to be investigated by planning, environmental health and fire safety authorities after the Guardian revealed details of its shoebox-like proportions.
(11) For his lone, perilous journey that defied the US occupation authorities, Burchett was pilloried, not least by his embedded colleagues.
(12) The playing fields on which all those players began their journeys have been underfunded for years and are now facing a renewed crisis because of cuts to local authority budgets.
(13) Different therapeutic success rates have been reported by various authors who used the same combination of therapy.
(14) No report can be taken seriously if its authors weren’t even in Yemen to conduct investigations.” The UN team was not given permission to enter the country.
(15) Migrant voters are almost as numerous as current Ukip supporters but they are widely overlooked and risk being increasingly disaffected by mainstream politics and the fierce rhetoric around immigration caused partly by the rise of Ukip,” said Robert Ford from Manchester University, the report’s co-author.
(16) The dangers caused by PM10s was highlighted in the Rogers review of local authority regulatory services, published in 2007, which said poor air quality contributed to between 12,000 and 24,000 premature deaths each year.
(17) The authors conclude that H. pylori alone causes little or no effect on an intact gastric mucosa in the rat, that either intact organisms or bacteria-free filtrates cause similar prolongation and delayed healing of pre-existing ulcers with active chronic inflammation, and that the presence of predisposing factors leading to disruption of gastric mucosal integrity may be required for the H. pylori enhancement of inflammation and tissue damage in the stomach.
(18) The authors report an ocular luxation of a four-year-old girl after a bicycle accident.
(19) For the case described by the author primary tearing of the chiasma due to sudden applanation of the skull in the frontal region with burstfractures in the anterior cranial fossa is assumed.
(20) Midtrimester abortion by the dilatation and evacuation (D&E) method has generated controversy among health care providers; many authorities insist that this procedure should be performed only by a small group of experts.
Penman
Definition:
(n.) One who uses the pen; a writer; esp., one skilled in the use of the pen; a calligrapher; a writing master.
(n.) An author; a composer.
Example Sentences:
(1) It has previously been demonstrated that pp60v-src is associated with a detergent-insoluble matrix containing the cellular cytoskeleton (J. G. Burr, G. Dreyfuss, S. Penman, and J. M. Buchanan, Proc.
(2) The average size and poly (A) content of host mRNA was previously known to be unchanged (Koschel, 1974; Leibowitz and Penman, 1971), and this was confirmed.
(3) This is a bold gamble and stands in stark contrast to his more thoughtful plans for productivity in the private sector.” Dave Penman, general secretary of the FDA union, which represents senior civil servants, said that by restricting public sector pay rises to 1% for a further four years, the chancellor was excluding public servants from the benefits of the economic recovery.
(4) (Lenk, R., Ransom, L., Kaufmann, Y., and Penman, S. (1977) Cell 10, 67-78), in order to explore the nerve growth factor-sensitive phosphorylation system in biochemical detail.
(5) "Prices are edging down but they have not gone over the edge – and nor do we expect them to," Penman said.
(6) Dawn Penman Kempsford, Gloucestershire • The voluntary project with which I am associated In Glasgow does distribute garments which supporters knit for us.
(7) Grown on grids, cells were gently extracted with salt solutions as previously described by S. Penman to preserve intact IF-lamina-NM systems.
(8) Dave Penman, the head of the FDA, said May had joined an unedifying list of prime ministers who have publicly criticised underpaid and overworked civil servants instead of voicing any concerns in private.
(9) The dramatic changes in morphology induced by nanomolar doses of tumor-promoting agents, especially in epithelial cells, have been noted previously (Driedger and Blumberg, 1980; Rifkin et al., 1979; Croop et al., 1980; Phaire-Washington et al., 1980; Ohuchi and Levine, 1980; Ojakian, 1981; Fey and Penman, 1984).
(10) Industrial action is being considered or pursued in some branches, but we do not believe there is a clear appetite among Prospect members for national strike action.” David Penman, general secretary of the FDA, also commented : “While we are not convinced that civil service-wide industrial action at this time will influence these negotiations, we continue to press the government to address the long-term pay differentials that exist in the civil service.” What does the head of the civil service say?
(11) The sabre-rattling about the inadequacy of the civil service comes as the FDA, the senior civil servants' union, welcomes David Penman as its new general secretary.
(12) Catherine Penman, head of research at property consultancy Carter Jonas, said: "March is historically a buoyant month for the housing market with spring just around the corner, so it is no surprise to see prices rising again after a slight lull in February.
(13) Dave Penman, general secretary of the FDA union for civil servants, said: "While we agree with the intention of strengthening the support for ministers and accountability of civil servants, the reality is that the proposals outlined today could result in the politicisation of the key ministerial support function.
(14) Radioimmunoassay and semiquantitative video analysis of immunofluorescence on frozen sections showed that one apical and three basolateral glycoproteins, defined by monoclonal antibodies and binding of beta-2-microglobulin, were incompletely extracted with 0.5% Triton X-100 in a buffer that preserves the cortical cytoskeleton (Fey, E. G., K. M. Wan, and S. Penman.
(15) TPA-induced alterations in NM-IF scaffold occur in the absence of both protein and RNA synthesis (Fey and Penman, 1984).
(16) The RNP-depleted nuclear matrix is a core structure that retains lamins A and C, the intermediate filaments, and a unique set of nuclear matrix proteins (Fey, E. G., K. M. Wan, and S. Penman, 1984, J.
(17) Public servants are being asked to deliver a further £13bn of spending cuts, yet many of them will be taking home less pay than they did in 2010,” said Penman.
(18) Here’s ammunition aplenty for the likes of the cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood, FDA union general secretary Dave Penman, council chief executives and public sector leaders high and low.
(19) "Jeannie [Penman] has been here to see me four times.
(20) Penman, whose union represents top-grade civil servants including permanent secretaries, said: “Prime ministers have a responsibility to show leadership to the civil service, but few definitions of leadership include publicly criticising your overworked and underpaid staff.