(1) These channels may, at least in some cases, be responsible for the generation of pacemaker depolarizations, thereby regulating firing behaviour.
(2) The stages of mourning involve cognitive learning of the reality of the loss; behaviours associated with mourning, such as searching, embody unlearning by extinction; finally, physiological concomitants of grief may influence unlearning by direct effects on neurotransmitters or neurohormones, such as cortisol, ACTH, or norepinephrine.
(3) The behaviour of DAO suggests that the enzyme plays an important role in the control of intracellular diamine concentration.
(4) This suggests that hypothalamic NPY might be involved in food choice and that PVNp is important in the regulation of feeding behaviour by NPY.
(5) Once the temperature rises above 28C, shoppers' behaviour changes in all kinds of ways, according to Jones.
(6) This study provides strong and unexpected evidence that one admission to hospital of more than a week's duration or repeated admissions before the age of five years (in particular between six months and four years) are associated with an increased risk of behaviour disturbance and poor reading in adolescence.
(7) For this to work, its leaders had to be able to at least influence the behaviour and tactics of the militant operators on the ground.
(8) Socio-economic improvement or behavioural changes appear necessary for the control of trachoma in endemic areas.
(9) Isolates showed a decrease in the intensity of apomorphine-induced stereotyped behaviours but no change in stereotypy induced by AMPH.
(10) "With the advent of sophisticated data-processing capabilities (including big data), the big number-crunchers can detect, model and counter all manner of online activities just by detecting the behavioural patterns they see in the data and adjusting their tactics accordingly.
(11) There were no significant effects of chlordiazepoxide treatment on the behaviour of subordinate rats.
(12) Malema has distorted his leftwing credentials with outrageous behaviour.
(13) Pupils who disrupt the learning of their classmates are dealt with firmly and, in many cases, a short suspension is an effective way of nipping bad behaviour in the bud."
(14) The influence of mucin on the corrosion behaviour of seven typical dental casting alloys was investigated.
(15) That the BBC has probably not been as vulnerable since the 1980s is also true – not least because the enemies of impartiality are more powerful, and the BBC's competitors (maimed after a year's exposure of their own behaviour in the Leveson inquiry ) are keen to wreck it.
(16) The behaviour of the enzyme from Candida utilis and from Baker's yeast on columns of these and of Blue Sepharose CL-6B was examined, together with the behaviour of the contaminating enzyme, ribulose 5-phosphate 3-epimerase (EC 5.1.3.1).
(17) Early views of the Type A behaviour pattern (TABP) sought to disengage it from either neuroticism or emotional distress.
(18) Males exploit this behavioural switch by increasing their sneaky mating attempts.
(19) There was no evidence of a response to the specific behavioural suggestion during the postoperative interview.
(20) Scientists at the University of Trento, Italy, have discovered that the way a dog's tail moves is linked to its mood, and by observing each other's tails, dogs can adjust their behaviour accordingly .
Stamp
Definition:
(v. i.) To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.
(v. i.) To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage.
(v. i.) To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill.
(v. i.) To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials.
(v. i.) Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart.
(v. i.) To cut out, bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, etc., into various forms, by a blow or suddenly applied pressure with a stamp or die, etc.; to mint; to coin.
(v. i.) To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document.
(v. i.) To strike; to beat; to crush.
(v. i.) To strike the foot forcibly downward.
(n.) The act of stamping, as with the foot.
(n.) The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die.
(n.) The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression.
(n.) that which is marked; a thing stamped.
(v. t.) A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate.
(v. t.) An offical mark set upon things chargeable with a duty or tax to government, as evidence that the duty or tax is paid; as, the stamp on a bill of exchange.
(v. t.) Hence, a stamped or printed device, issued by the government at a fixed price, and required by law to be affixed to, or stamped on, certain papers, as evidence that the government dues are paid; as, a postage stamp; a receipt stamp, etc.
(v. t.) An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure.
(v. t.) A character or reputation, good or bad, fixed on anything as if by an imprinted mark; current value; authority; as, these persons have the stamp of dishonesty; the Scriptures bear the stamp of a divine origin.
(v. t.) Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp.
(v. t.) A kind of heavy hammer, or pestle, raised by water or steam power, for beating ores to powder; anything like a pestle, used for pounding or bathing.
(v. t.) A half-penny.
(v. t.) Money, esp. paper money.
Example Sentences:
(1) Hopes of a breakthrough are slim, though, after WTO members failed to agree a draft deal to rubber-stamp this week.
(2) The BBA statistics director, David Dooks, said: "It was no surprise to see the January mortgage figures falling back from December, when transactions were being pushed through to beat the end of stamp duty relief.
(3) Head chef Christopher Gould (a UK Masterchef quarter-finalist) puts his own stamp on traditional Spanish fare with the likes of mushroom-and-truffle croquettes and suckling Málaga goat with couscous.
(4) The immigration minister, Mark Harper, said: in a statement: "Today's operations highlight the routine work we are carrying out every day to stamp out illegal working.
(5) On Friday, Sollecito had his passport taken away and his ID card stamped to show he must not leave Italy, according to police.
(6) Currently, anyone buying a property for £175,000 or less avoids paying 1% stamp duty.
(7) This means 9 in 10 first time buyers will pay no stamp duty at all.
(8) He has some suggestions for what might be done, including easing changing the planning laws to free up parts of the green belt, financial incentives to persuade local authorities to build, and the replacement of the council tax and stamp duty land tax with a new local property tax with automatic annual revaluations.
(9) The IFRC announced it was expanding its operations in the three countries in a bid to stamp out the virus now that the case numbers have been reduced to between 20 and 27 a week, compared to hundreds a week at the disease’s peak.
(10) The stamps, which were similar in paper and size to Japanese 10-yen postage stamps, were wrapped around the penis before sleep and the stamp ring was checked for breakage the next morning.
(11) That means that the money being spent on food stamps is money that the government is paying to subsidize company profits: as businesses pay a minimum or near-minimumwage, their workers are forced to turn to government programs to make ends meet.
(12) But to leave with the result 1-0, I don’t believe too much that he can play.” Mourinho had actually walked on to the turf while his players celebrated their opening goal to stamp in some of the divots.
(13) A brief orientation to postage stamps and philately is given, and a small collection of rheumatologically related stamps is illustrated.
(14) Labour’s promise of a stamp duty holiday for first-time buyers will lead to higher house prices.
(15) First class stamps prices are rising by 1p, while a second class stamp will rise by the same amount to 55p.
(16) Solicitors, conveyancers and mortgage lenders are reporting a rush to complete house purchases before the reintroduction of stamp duty on properties costing less than £175,000 on 1 January.
(17) Committees too often rubber stamp these ingenious schemes with little real scrutiny.
(18) The final bill will most likely crack down on states that give recipients $1 in heating assistance in order to trigger higher food stamp benefits, a change that wouldn't take people completely off the rolls.
(19) The exhibition will include the earliest roadside pillar box erected on the mainland – in 1853, a year after the first went up in Jersey in the Channel Isles – and unique and priceless sheets of Penny Black stamps.
(20) Buy-to-let investors rush to complete before stamp duty rise Read more Even Osborne’s form of penalising the market, through higher stamp duty, makes no sense.