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Cal


Definition:

  • (n.) Wolfram, an ore of tungsten.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Myocardial changes in the patients with advanced CAL were relatively mild, and low EF and abnormal regional wall motion were not always related to severity of CAL.
  • (2) Two methods of data entry for computer-assisted learning (CAL) programs were assessed and the acceptability of two forms of CAL to 100 medical students determined.
  • (3) Cal Zastrow, also with the group, said that, although he has stood by Davis throughout the ordeal, he wouldn’t support the clerk’s policy to allow deputies to issue licenses without her authorization.
  • (4) van't Hoff plots of the thermal denaturation data gave enthalpies for the helix-coil transition of 21,600 cal (ca.
  • (5) Precursor Cal and lipid-modified precursor Cal were found in the inner membrane at early times of chase, and gave rise to mature Cal which accumulated in both the inner and outer membrane after further chase.
  • (6) A 400-cal (60% carbohydrate, 20% protein, 20% fat) homogenized meal labeled with 111In-DTPA was then infused into the stomach over 10 min.
  • (7) There was no immunological cross-reactivity between Cal-BP and rat or chicken sera, indicating that the Cal-BP in these three sera are immunologically completely distinct.
  • (8) CAL is seen as a means of empowering the patient, rather than the nurse to take control, and this is viewed as a positive move in the direction of self-care.
  • (9) From these data, the net expected savings to Medi-Cal were calculated.
  • (10) GHRH-(1-44) (50 micrograms, iv) was administered at 0900 h after an overnight fast or at 1300 h after a normal meal at 0800 h, and at the same times 45 min after a 800-Cal meal on different days.
  • (11) (4) Some data in the literature suggest that some subsets of patients with CAL may benefit from chronic intermittent NPV therapy.
  • (12) During the control (C) and refeeding (R) periods, all subjects received a 1500-cal diet.
  • (13) In leg skeletal muscle, CAL protein and mRNA increase approximately 10-fold from E-8 to E-18 with a time course that just precedes myoblast fusion.
  • (14) In contrast, Cal-IR was found mainly in nonpyramidal cells in two bands corresponding to layers 2-3 and 5-6.
  • (15) To examine the specificity of the antibody titration, IgG in sera prepared against C. pneumoniae TW-183, C. psittaci Cal 10 and C. trachomatis L2 strains were assayed by MFA using in situ inclusions of each strain and compared.
  • (16) The entropy of activation of kcat for the human enzyme was further decomposed into partially compensating electrostatic(es) (delta S*es = +15.1 cal mol-1 K-1) and nonelectrostatic(nes) (delta S*nes = -19.1 cal mol-1 K-1) terms.
  • (17) Similarly, Na-glucose cotransport was absent in [CAL+DCT] cells but present in Tamm-Horsfall negative renal cortical cells.
  • (18) Levels varied significantly among tissues [P less than 0.001, combined stages and sexes; MBH (0.80)-AMG (0.76) greater than CAL (0.4)-CNG-CB-CTX-LNG-HRT-MUS (0.07)].
  • (19) In 14 patients aged 15 to 35 yr of age with advanced CF, the effects of chronic airflow limitation (CAL), increased physiologic dead space (VD), and the timing components of ventilation (VE) on gas exchange during maximal exercise were assessed.
  • (20) Our results demonstrate that some patients with severe OSA and severe CAL can maintain normal awake arterial CO2 levels.

Cat


Definition:

  • (n.) An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name wild cat is commonly applied to the bay lynx (Lynx rufus) See Wild cat, and Tiger cat.
  • (n.) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade.
  • (n.) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship.
  • (n.) A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed.
  • (n.) An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See Tipcat. (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc.
  • (n.) A cat o' nine tails. See below.
  • (v. t.) To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See Anchor.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Cantact placing reaction times were measured in cats which were either restrained in a hammock or supported in a conventional way.
  • (2) The oral nerve endings of the palate, the buccal mucosa and the periodontal ligament of the cat canine were characterized by the presence of a cellular envelope which is the final form of the Henle sheath.
  • (3) Oral administration in domestic cats causes malignant hepatomas and tumors of the esophagus and kidney.
  • (4) Midsagittal or parasagittal pontomedullary brainstem incisions were performed in 4 cats.
  • (5) This unusual insertion could affect the interaction of cat CD4 with class II molecules, or with FIV, a feline homolog of HIV.
  • (6) We found that, although controlled release delivery of ddC inhibited de novo FeLV-FAIDS replication and delayed onset of viremia when therapy was discontinued (after 3 weeks), an equivalent incidence and level of viremia were established rapidly in both ddC-treated and control cats.
  • (7) Two lectins, wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) and peanut agglutinin (PNA), were used to compare domains within the interphotoreceptor matrices (IPM) of the cat and monkey, two species where the morphological relationship between the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and photoreceptors is distinctly different.
  • (8) In Group B, at 1, 2, 4, 9 and 12 months post infection two cats were necropsied.
  • (9) Additionally, cats excreted the taurine conjugate of hydratropic acid.
  • (10) It is clear that before general release of a new living feline infectious enteritis vaccine, there must be satisfactory evidence that concurrent infection will not affect the safety of the modified antigen.In cats infected with feline infectious enteritis there appears to be a short period, coinciding with the onset of leucopaenia, during which they are highly infectious.
  • (11) Electron microscopic observations of the masseter nerve in the aged cats revealed a disruption of the myelin sheaths and a pronounced increase in collagen fibers in the endoneurium and perineurium.
  • (12) The calcium entry blocker nimodipine was administered to cats following resuscitation from 18 min of cardiac arrest to evaluate its effect on neurologic and neuropathologic outcome in a clinically relevant model of complete cerebral ischemia.
  • (13) A microdissection of the orbital nerves of the cat was made paying particular attention to the accessory ciliary ganglion.
  • (14) In cat, DARPP-32-immunoreactive cell bodies identified as Müller cells were demonstrated in the inner nuclear layer (INL) with processes closely surrounding the cell soma of photoreceptors in the outer nuclear layer.
  • (15) Moreover, 8 of 10 cats in the 10% HAES group showed extravasation of red cells.
  • (16) In the anesthetized cat, the posterior canal nerve (PCN) was stimulated by electric pulses and synaptic responses were recorded intracellularly in the three antagonistic pairs of extraocular motoneurons.
  • (17) Pharmacokinetics of 3H-dihydrodigoxin and 3H-digoxin after single intravenous and intraduodenal administration in cats are compared.
  • (18) This documents the inhibitory role which lithium can play in several examples of animal aggressive behavior including pain-elicited aggression, mouse killing in rats, isolation-induced aggression in mice, p-chlorophenylalanine-induced aggression in rats, and hypothalamically induced aggression in cats.
  • (19) When PCR products in each of the 12 cats were subjected to a second amplification using the same primer pair (two-step amplification: double PCR), FIV proviral DNA was detected in all of the cats.
  • (20) Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from 9 dogs and 4 cats, and staphylococcus epidermidis from 7 dogs and 5 cats.

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