(n.) A Bartlett pear, a favorite kind of pear, which originated in England about 1770, and was called Williams' Bonchretien. It was brought to America, and distributed by Mr. Enoch Bartlett, of Dorchester, Massachusetts.
Example Sentences:
(1) What he liked best was to talk to the cricket pro, Bert Wensley, formerly of Sussex, about such heroes as Maurice Tate, Duleepsinhji and HT Bartlett, and to encourage Bert to enlarge on his reasons for describing Sir Home Gordon, Bart, the overlord of Sussex cricket, as a "shit" - the first time we heard that word.
(2) In 1980 to 1981, 1 of the 6 patients (17%) who were eligible for ECMO by criteria of Bartlett et al survived, which is consistent with the published data.
(3) So we’re eagerly awaiting Mike Bartlett’s darkly satirical verse drama.
(4) Another paradigm to consider would be Bartlett's "Behavioral Diagnosis," a practical approach to patient education.
(5) A BASIC program is described which, upon the input of raw data from an experiment comparing several treatment groups to a control, will output group parameters (mean, SEM), test for outliers in each group (maximum normalized residual test), and examine the homogeneity of variance (Bartlett's test).
(6) Dr. John G. Bartlett and his colleagues in the Department of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have been responsible for many of these advances.
(7) Bartlett's test was applied to estimate the precision of the determination method of amino acids using the automatic analyser "Unichrom".
(8) This trend is indicative of the inhibitors acting as transition-state analogues [Bartlett, P.A., & Marlowe, C.K.
(9) Asked whether there was any indication people with serious illnesses would avoid medical care, Bartlett said: “Logically you would expect that if somebody is feeling particularly ill, they’re more likely to go and see a GP than somebody who’s not.” The Greens senator Richard Di Natale said symptoms did not necessarily correlate with severity of potential conditions.
(10) This inhibitor is bound an order of magnitude less tightly than the corresponding phosphonate, ZAAP(O)F, a result that contrasts with the 840-fold higher affinity of phosphonamidates for thermolysin [Bartlett, P. A., & Marlowe, C. K. (1987) Science 235, 569-571], a zinc peptidase with a similar arrangement of active-site catalytic residues.
(11) In general, the peroxisomal beta-oxidation of dicarboxylates is very similar to that of monocarboxylates [Bartlett, K., Hovik, R., Eaton, S., Watmough, N. J.
(12) Using general theory of Bartlett (1953, Biometrika 40, 306-317; 1955, Biometrika 42, 201-203), we correct this method for asymptotic skewness.
(13) For Bartlett, being at university helped him choose the area of law he wants to work in, while Taylor-Ward is concerned that apprentices may qualify without a depth of knowledge of the wider legal system.
(14) "The idea is to put together our own hugely talented production capabilities alongside Simon's incredible expertise creating and selling worldwide hits, to produce a range of new successful programming that can work not only in their home country but internationally as well," Bartlett said.
(15) A Christmas Carol Neil Bartlett’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’s festive tale gets right to the frozen heart of the story, which makes the thaw seem all the more welcome when it comes.
(16) His stage work included two memorable Shakespearean kings – Leontes in The Winter’s Tale at the National Theatre in 1988, and Lear at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2011 – and one quasi-Shakespearean ruler: a future King Charles III in Mike Bartlett’s blank-verse fantasy about the succession to the throne of the current Prince of Wales.
(17) Oleic acid in concentrations from 0.22 to 22 mM suspended in 10 mM DCA significantly stimulated release of PYY (P less than 0.01) but resulted in no graded response (Bartlett's test, P = 0.15).
(18) Lee Bartlett, the former managing director of ITV Studios, is to leave the broadcaster as part of a management shake-up in the production division.
(19) It is concluded that the CFU-s observed by Bartlett in preparations of mouse brain did not originate from the brain tissue.
(20) Given that inference and interpretation are important aspects of normal memory functioning (Bartlett, F. C., Remembering: A Study in Experimental and Social Psychology, Cambridge University Press, 1932), one would expect this hemispheric difference to extend to mnemonic processing.
Pear
Definition:
(n.) The fleshy pome, or fruit, of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus communis), cultivated in many varieties in temperate climates; also, the tree which bears this fruit. See Pear family, below.
Example Sentences:
(1) These receptors were subdivided by their morphology in the next groups: pear-shaped receptors with capsule; capsuled spherical receptors located near vascular walls; ovoidal receptors with capsule and glomerular structure; simple or complex mace-shaped receptors without capsule.
(2) This protein was not present in extracts from pears or apples.
(3) The pearly skin of these subjects becomes more translucent and the detail extra-perfect.
(4) Other designs included short ruffle cocktail dresses with velvet parkas slung over the shoulder; blazers made of stringed pearly pink; and gold beading and a lace catsuit.
(5) The aim was to create an infinite number of ways in which the story could be read – though Pears emphasised that Arcadia was not an interactive novel.
(6) Computer taxonomic studies using the nucleotide and inferred amino acid sequence of the MOMP of C. pneumoniae IOL-207 and all known chlamydial MOMP sequences supported the designation of C. pneumoniae as a new species, but electron microscope studies suggested that the presence of pear-shaped elementary bodies (EBs) may not be a reliable taxonomic criterion.
(7) On admission, she had an asymmetrical pear-shaped tumor in the right supraclavicular region and severe hypercalcemia.
(8) Adsorption with extracts from apples and pears had no such effect.
(9) Boiling of spinach, pears, grapes, tomatoes, and wheat, treated with different EBDCs, resulted in 3-30% conversion to ETU.
(10) The stenosis appeared to be caused by a specific change in the pattern of growth leading up to an anterior narrowing ('pear'-like) of the cricoid ring and a conspicuous thickening of the subepithelial layer.
(11) The "startle response" ap peared earlier in the experimental ani mals, as did the development and re sponse of the electroencephalogram to novel stimuli.
(12) At least six different cell types are recognizable: (1) nondifferentiated duct cells; (2) cells containing apical secretory granules; (3) goblet cells; the mucosubstances of type 2 and 3 are PAS- and Alcian-blue-positive, also reacting wih methenamine silver; (4) ciliated cells, containing a single cilium with the microtubular pattern 9+2; (5) tuft cells with extremely long and wide microvilli and a pear-shaped cell body; (6) migrating cells, mainly lymphocytes and some assumed eosinophils, showing reaction to Mg++-activated ATPase.
(13) I was a dancing Fury; I'm told that Peter Pears came but I never saw him."
(14) Such a pear-like geometrical figure is, in fact, formed spontaneously by DNA collapsed under certain conditions in vitro (Eickbush & Moudrianakis, 1978).
(15) The character George Bowling bites into a frankfurter he has bought in an milk bar decorated in chrome and mirrors: "The thing burst in my mouth like a rotten pear.
(16) They were amacrine cells with a pear-shaped soma and dendrites distributed in 3 sublayers within the inner plexiform layer.
(17) We are talking about apples and pears when we compare the two.
(18) Children's author Allan Ahlberg, the mind behind much-loved titles Peepo and Each Peach Pear Plum, has turned down a lifetime achievement award because it is sponsored by Amazon and the idea that his success "should have the Amazon tag attached to it is unacceptable".
(19) These axon endings are supposed to belong to afferent climbing fibers of cerebellum stimulating differentiation of pear-shaped neurons, localization of these fibers causing a certain succession in the development of perisomatic processes.
(20) The trichorhinopharyngeal (TRP) syndrome type I (Giedion, 1966) is characterized clinically by craniofacial dysmorphism with sparse hair, pear-shaped nose and long philtrum, and abnormalities of the extremities (disabling deformities of the hands and feet).