(a.) Independent in government; having the right or power of self-government.
(a.) Having independent existence or laws.
Example Sentences:
(1) Spectral analysis of spontaneous heart rate fluctuations, a powerful noninvasive tool for quantifying autonomic nervous system activity, was assessed in Xenopus Laevis, intact or spinalized, at different temperatures and by use of pharmacological tools.
(2) The possibility that both IL 2 production and IL 2R expression are autonomously activated early in T cell development, before acquisition of the CD3-TcR complex, led us to study the implication of alternative pathways of activation at this ontogenic stage.
(3) There was no correlation between disturbed gastric clearance, impaired gall bladder contraction, and prolonged colonic transit time in the patients with cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy nor was there a correlation between any disturbed motor function and age or duration of diabetes.
(4) Whereas the growth and division of normal cells is carefully regulated to meet the needs of the body, tumor cells proliferate autonomously and continually, eventually interfering with and destroying the functions of normal tissue.
(5) Prognosis of patients with these autonomic failures is poor.
(6) These studies establish this preparation as a reproducible model for the direct examination of autonomic influences on endocrine pancreatic function.
(7) In these cells no autonomous periodic activities were observed by light scattering.
(8) In this sense, there is evidence that in genetically susceptible individuals, environmental stresses can influence the long-term level of arterial pressure via the central and peripheral neural autonomic pathways.
(9) Autonomic dysfunction has been described in patients with advanced forms of cancer.
(10) The response to LBNP in the pentobarbitone-anaesthetized rat appeared not to be influenced by the autonomic nervous system.
(11) The three major RNA domains, as defined by secondary structure, appear to exist as autonomous structural units in three dimensions, for the most part.
(12) There were no marked differences in resting autonomic activity.
(13) Three motives are found for evaluating the quality of human life: allocation of scarce medical resources, facilitating clinical decision making, and assisting patients towards autonomous decision making.
(14) In this study we propose a method for the analysis of the relationship between heart rate changes and respiration as a possible diagnostic tool for cardiac autonomic damage.
(15) It is often difficult to study the neurological and autonomic changes in the scalp in these patients.
(16) In patients with Cushing's disease or Nelson's syndrome ACTH secretion is insensitive to naloxone, presumably because of an autonomous pituitary adenoma or hypothalamic derangement.
(17) The current opinion, based on different clinical tests, is that parasympathetic impairment occurs earlier in autonomic dysfunctions.
(18) BigDog Facebook Twitter Pinterest BigDog is a autonomous packhorse Funded by Darpa and the US army, BigDog is Boston Dynamics’ most famous robot, a large mule-like quadruped that walks around like a dog, self balancing and navigating a range of terrain.
(19) Since the three drugs had comparable mechanical and geometrical effects, the study provided evidence that, in men with essential hypertension, the smooth muscle tone of the brachial artery was significantly more sensitive to calcium inhibition than to autonomic blockade, causing a more important decrease in elastic modulus.
(20) Standard cardiovascular autonomic function tests were also performed in diabetic subjects.
Sovereign
Definition:
(a.) Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince.
(a.) Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion.
(a.) Princely; royal.
(a.) Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
(a.) Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy.
(n.) The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor.
(n.) A gold coin of Great Britain, on which an effigy of the head of the reigning king or queen is stamped, valued at one pound sterling, or about $4.86.
(n.) Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
Example Sentences:
(1) Morrison and Operation Sovereign Borders commander Lieutenant General Angus Campbell continued to insist that their refusal to answer questions about “on water matters” was essential to meet the overriding goal of stopping asylum seeker boats, and said from now on such briefings on the policy would be held when needed, rather than every week because the “establishment phase” had finished.
(2) "Russia has invaded a sovereign neighbouring state and threatens a democratic government elected by its people.
(3) The Russians call it [the Crimea operation] ‘fast power’ – there are no democratic encumbrances, executive power is sovereign, the legislature, the military, the media, the judiciary are compliant.
(4) "It is pointless to think sovereign bond rates could be brought down for an extended period of time by outside interventions," said Draghi.
(5) The responses appeared to refer directly to Operation Sovereign Borders, but the immigration department secretary, Martin Bowles, later interjected to clarify that they were meant as general responses to operational matters.
(6) Updated at 1.43pm BST 1.10pm BST Portugal's 10-year sovereign bonds ended last month at their strongest level since the country was bailed out in May 2011, a sign that investors may be a little more confident about its prospects.
(7) Data published by the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) showed that the banks were only forced to simulate losses on sovereign debt that they held for trading purposes and not for bonds they might hold to maturity on their banking books.
(8) He arrived in 1998 when a boat carrying asylum seekers bound for Italy foundered off the coast; he and others were rescued and brought to a second British sovereign base on Cyprus, Akrotiri.
(9) Steinbrück is also right to accuse Merkel the of not having communicated the real nature of the European crisis: she continues to talk about a sovereign debt crisis even though, apart from Greece, the real macro-economic instability originated in the private sector.
(10) "As others, we have been surprised on the upside on the growth performance so far this year on the UK" said Moritz Kraemer, S&P's head of sovereign ratings for Europe."
(11) But when weapons are flowing from the borders of a sovereign state, it is very clear where the blame lies.
(12) We kept our troops in Iraq to help establish a sovereign government – and you got the job done.
(13) But Abbott said “operation sovereign borders” – aimed at “stopping the boats” would start as soon as the new government was sworn in on Wednesday.
(14) Finally and most crucially, Team Obama would have to convince the Israelis that a strong Lebanese army under the control of a democratically elected government is far better than Hezbollah armed to the teeth, given all the domestic and historical limitations that govern the army's use of offensive force – and that finally allowing such an army to be formed, withdrawing from all the remaining occupied territory in south Lebanon and ending its air force's illegal flyovers would actually improve Israel's security in the long run by encouraging the construction of a truly stable, sovereign neighbour.
(15) Tsipras also emphasised that Greece is a “sovereign country with an irrevocable right to conduct a multi-faceted foreign policy”.
(16) "The downgrade of the UK's sovereign ratings primarily reflects a weaker economic and fiscal outlook and hence the upward revision to Fitch's medium-term projections for UK budget deficits and government debt," it said.
(17) The implementation of sorely needed structural reforms is now an important step to take in order to solve the sovereign debt crisis and achieve faster and more sustained growth in EU member states.
(18) The response from the SPD opposition was harsh and noted that the government's gradual approach had led to a dramatic intensification of the sovereign debt crisis.
(19) He stressed, however, that Ukraine would remain a sovereign and united entity, under the terms of a peace deal agreed in Minsk last Friday.
(20) That’s why a simple PowerPoint presentation becomes Operation Sovereign Borders.