(a.) Being in two parts; having two correspondent parts, as a legal contract or writing, one for each party; shared by two; as, a bipartite treaty.
(a.) Divided into two parts almost to the base, as a leaf; consisting of two parts or subdivisions.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is present in active form as isolated from the nucleus, suggesting a bipartite cellular location and function.
(2) The structure of nonverbal communication expressed as eye-contact between two human beings is analyzed using graph-theoretic tools involving a theorem of König on bipartite graphs and various results concerning directed graphs (as in Harary).
(3) FIS protein binds to a bipartite site in oriC between DnaA boxes R2 and R3.
(4) Mucoserous cells predominate and show secretory granules with a typical bipartite structure.
(5) The complete nucleotide sequence of a Venezuelan isolate of potato yellow mosaic virus (PYMV) has been determined, showing it to be typical of subgroup I geminiviruses in that it is whitefly-transmitted, has a circular, bipartite ssDNA genome and possesses bidirectionally orientated open reading frames (ORFs).
(6) In 300 Sienese skulls of known age and sex (146 male and 154 female) 6 modes of expression of bipartition of the hypoglossal canal were studied on the basis of a new scheme of notation that takes into account gradually increasing intensity.
(7) If striate cells had the simple bipartite or tripartite receptive fields (RF's) classically attributed to them, they should be quite broadly tuned for spatial frequency.
(8) The authors emphasize but then rule out the hypothesis of a congenital bipartite scaphoid associated with the synostosis.
(9) However, the region containing BS II and BS III constituted a second and more efficient bipartite NLS for the nuclear targeting of the AdPol-E. coli beta-gal fusion protein.
(10) The capping determinant in mammalian U6 snRNA is a bipartite element--a phylogenetically conserved stem-loop structure and an AUAUAC sequence, or a part thereof, following this stem-loop.
(11) Once these single or bipartite mechanisms are identified, the limitations of our understanding of features of the disease caused by genes with partial penetrance or expressivity, or by compound genetic loci, promise to become a reality at long last.
(12) Additivity of heterochromatic brightness matching was investigated between unique-green and red (660 nm), and between unique-blue and unique-yellow with 2-deg bipartite field composed of a 100 td white reference field and a bichromatic mixture field.
(13) The predicted amino acid sequences reveal that both proteins contain a bipartite DNA-binding domain consisting of a leucine repeat and an adjacent basic region, which are characteristic of members of the AP-1 family.
(14) Presented is information concerning the internal and external structural components of a bipartite metatarsal sesamoidal joint, which may inherently lead it to symptomatology.
(15) Raspberry bushy dwarf virus (RBDV) has isometric, 33 nm diameter particles and a bipartite RNA genome.
(16) Flock house virus is an insect virus belonging to the family Nodaviridae; members of this family are characterized by a small bipartite positive-stranded RNA genome.
(17) The dioptric elements in each ommatidium consist of a laminar cornea, which is flat externally and convex internally, and a bipartite crystalline cone.
(18) The requirement for a bipartite genome for whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses is discussed.
(19) Mutation-expression and cell-free transcription analyses show that the SMS-UE is a bipartite element with two interdependent functional domains.
(20) After negative staining the large subunits (20.3nm width) usually show a roundish profile, whereas the small subunits (12nm width) show an elongated, often bipartite, profile.
Extractor
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, extracts
(n.) A forceps or instrument for extracting substances.
(n.) A device for withdrawing a cartridge or spent cartridge shell from the chamber of the barrel.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Extractor-Centri-dot system demonstrated 61.9% sensitivity and 95.8% specificity in detecting the ANT(2") gene in stool samples containing colonies demonstrating the ANT(2") phenotype.
(2) During long-term treatment with the converting enzyme inhibitor enalapril, peripheral plasma angiotensin II was lowered, while active renin concentration was markedly elevated, both in arterial plasma and in renal venous plasma of the stenotic kidney; the contralateral kidney became a net extractor of active renin.
(3) Removal of broken femoral stems continues to be a difficult technical procedure in hip replacement surgery, despite the development of metal drilling devices and special extractors placed into the drill hole.
(4) All stages of the procedure are carried out using the Brown and semi-automatic extractor equipped with partition tube.
(5) If albumin was substituted for starch in the extractor solution or if the starch-pigment complex was disrupted by treatment with amylase or by boiling, the four-peak pigment rapidly and irreversibly degraded to a second type with a single absorption band at 415 nm.
(6) In the course of the evaluation experiment several kinds of speech stimuli including clean speech, bandpass-filtered speech, and noisy speech were presented to three different pitch extractors.
(7) A case of successful removal of a residual upper ureteral stone (9 X 6 mm) by Rutner balloon dilatation helical stone extractor which moved from renal pelvis during percutaneous nephrolithotomy for right renal pelvic stone (12 X 11 mm), is reported.
(8) Two hundred and ninety-five children delivered by vacuum extractor (VE) 10 years ago were studied to determine if they had an increased incidence of neurological abnormality; 302 children delivered spontaneously in the same hospital looked after by the same doctors in the same year matched for maternal age, gestational age and birthweight were used as controls.
(9) A vacuum extractor was successfully used to elevate a depressed fracture of the parietal bone in a newborn.
(10) The mechanisms of failure included metal breakage at three different locations along the rod or the rod extractor.
(11) Delivery was completed by an application of vacuum extractor.
(12) Disulfide reducing agents such as dithiothreitol (DTT), blocking agents such as p-chloromercuribenzoate (PCMB) (both in the presence of deoxycholate [DOC]), a Ca++ extractor, ethylene glycol-bis (beta- aminoethyl ether) N,N,N',N'-tetraacetate (EGTA), and guanidine caused an opening up of the native dense PSD structure, revealing approximately 10-nm filaments, presumably consisting of "neurofilament" protein.
(13) There is no statistically-significant difference in the incidence of brain injury in infants delivered by means of forceps as compared with the vacuum extractor; there is, however, a significant increase in incidence of brain injury in infants following instrument-aided delivery as opposed to spontaneous delivery.
(14) It is usually delivered by means of O2 extractors, to which may be added small flasks of O2 gas for walking and moving about.
(15) The introduction of vacuum extractors with silicone rubber cups into obstetric units should be encouraged.
(16) The author extracts them by the intrauterine BMK-extractor (Instrumntalia, Zagreb) of his own construction.
(17) Babies born by the means of the vacuum extractor ran an increased risk of cephalhematoma and neonatal jaundice.
(18) The two types of cup were similar in respect of number of failures to deliver with the vacuum extractor, correct positioning of the cup, number of pulls required for delivery and time taken to expedite delivery.
(19) With the aid of this extractor, foreign bodies can be captured and removed quickly, reliably, and without risk to the patient.
(20) 123 women with singleton pregnancies of 37 completed weeks or more, with a cephalic presentation and for whom a decision to deliver by vacuum extraction had been taken, were randomly allocated to the 'New Generation' cup or BIRD's original vacuum extractor cup; 50 mm anterior and posterior cups were used in both groups as appropriate.