(n.) A salt or carbonic acid, as in limestone, some forms of lead ore, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, volumes, and temperatures of expired gas were measured from the tracheal and esophageal tubes.
(2) Biochemical, immunocytochemical and histochemical methods were used to study the effect of chronic acetazolamide treatment on carbonic anhydrase (CA) isoenzymes in the rat kidney.
(3) To quantify the size of the lesion in mice, the area of the infarct on the brain surface was assessed planimetrically 48 h after MCA occlusion by transcardial perfusion of carbon black.
(4) Ethanol and L-ethionine induce acute steatosis without necrosis, whereas azaserine, carbon tetrachloride, and D-galactosamine are known to produce steatosis with varying degrees of hepatic necrosis.
(5) Heart rate (HR), pulmonary ventilation (V), oxygen consumption (VO2), carbon dioxide production (VCO2), and respiratory quotient (RQ) were measured.
(6) Given Australia’s number one position as the worst carbon emitter per capita among major western nations it seems hardly surprising that islanders from Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and other small island developing states have been turning to Australia with growing exasperation demanding the country demonstrate an appropriate response and responsibility.
(7) 4) Parents imagined that fruit drinks, carbonated beverages and beverages with lactic acid promoted tooth decay.
(8) This capacity is expressed during incubation of the bacteria with the substrate and needs a source of carbon and other energy metabolites.
(9) The disappearance of the herbicide, Avadex (40% diallate), from five agricultural soils (differing in either pH, carbon content, or nitrogen content), incubated under sterile and non-sterile conditions, was followed for a period of 20 weeks.
(10) Environment groups Environment groups that have strongly backed low-carbon power have barely wavered in their opposition to nuclear in the last decade, although their arguments now are now much about the cost than the danger it might pose.
(11) Cultured cells from fourth to ninth passage showed positive labelling for S 100 protein, carbonic anydrase (CAA), glutamine synthetase (GS), alpha cristallin (alpha C) and polyclonal glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) antibody, but were negative for both monoclonal GFAP antibody and also for Muller cells in the retina.
(12) They argue that the US, the world's largest producer of greenhouse gases per capita (China recently surpassed us in sheer volume), needs to lead the fight to limit carbon emissions, rather continuing to block global treaties as it has done in the past.
(13) Thin layers of carbon (20 microns) and vacuoles (30 microns) suggested a large temperature gradient along the tissue ablation front.
(14) Aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (AHH) inducibility, carbon monoxide in expired air (CO), serum gammaglutamyl-transferase (GGT), and total cholesterol were compared in equal-sized, age-matched samples of healthy middle-aged males born in 1921, 1934-1936, and 1946 attending the ongoing preventive medical population program in Malmö.
(15) The disappearance of ribosomes in Escherichia coli cells starved for a carbon source was studied.
(16) It was shown that the levels of ATP and ADP in the mycelium depended on the carbon source: the maximum and minimum ATP concentrations were found on the glucose and acetate media respectively, the maximum and minimum ADP concentrations showed inverse dependence.
(17) The mechanism by which such high levels were attained was primrily a combination of arterial hypoxia and a high carbon monoxide yield from tobacco.
(18) Nick Robins, head of the Climate Change Centre at HSBC, said: "If you think about low-carbon energy only in terms of carbon, then things look tough [in terms of not using coal].
(19) Immediately prior to and at maximal workloads, carbon monoxide shifted into extravascular spaces and returned to the vascular space within five minutes after exercise stopped.
(20) The purity and configuration of each isomer of the free acid and N-chloroacetylated derivative were ascertained by: (a) paper chromatography in five solvent systems, (b) elemental analysis, (c) Van Slyke nitrous acid determination of alpha-carbonyl carbon, and (d) Van Slyke ninhydrin determination of alpha-carbonyl carbon, and (e) optical rotation.
Dolomite
Definition:
(n.) A mineral consisting of the carbonate of lime and magnesia in varying proportions. It occurs in distinct crystals, and in extensive beds as a compact limestone, often crystalline granular, either white or clouded. It includes much of the common white marble. Also called bitter spar.
Example Sentences:
(1) Assuming that the 14C taken up by the corpuscles was in the form of 14CO3(2-), the ratio of Ca2+ to CO3(2-) accumulation in the corpuscles approximates the ratio of these constituents in dolomite: CaMg(CO3)2.
(2) It also has catered chalets in Italy, such as Chalet Heidi in Arabba , in the Dolomites, catered for the week 3 February for £629pp.
(3) Examples of uroliths that have been uncommonly encountered in dogs include xanthine, dolomite, tetracycline, and sulfonamides.
(4) It is shown that the solubility of dolomites formed by precipitation at ordinary temperatures is such that it allows for the formation of dolomite in tooth enamel during in vivo mineralization.
(5) On the basis of the investigations a complex filter made of silver plated minerals--dolomite and fluorite--has been developed.
(6) Pistorius was born in 1986 in Johannesburg to Sheila and Henke, who works in dolomite mining.
(7) • lenzerheide.com , guided rides including bike rental from £44 Book it: STC (stc.co.uk) has a week B&B in Lenzerheide from £948pp, including flights from London to Zurich, and return rail transfers Snowshoeing, Alta Badia, Italy Facebook Twitter Pinterest Many mountain regions claim a long history of snowshoeing, but none has the carbon-dated proof the Italian Dolomites have.
(8) Liming acid soils with dolomitic lime increases forage Mg by supplying Mg and by raising soil pH.
(9) The following soil applications were made during each of 3 yr: 1) none, 2) dolomitic limestone and 3) fluidized-bed combustion residue (FBCR).
(10) It was the magical bluestone - spotted dolomite, which when newly quarried is dark blue speckled with brilliant white stars of quartz - that made Stonehenge the Lourdes of prehistoric Europe, they believe.
(11) Calcium supplements (calcium phosphate dibasic, oyster shell preparations with and without supplemental magnesium, calcium lactate, calcium carbonate with and without supplemental iron and vitamins, dolomite and chelated calcium with and without chelated magnesium) and nonfat dry milk were the sole sources of calcium in nutritionally adequate diets.
(12) Eight calcitic and three dolomitic limestones were examined for particle size and reactivity with hydrochloric acid at pH 3.5 and 5.5.
(13) • Contact swimtrek.com for prices Running in the Dolomites Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Augusto Mia Battaglia Marathons are a popular inspiration for a running holiday, with visitors combining a trip abroad with a 26-mile run anywhere from New York to Amsterdam, Paris to Pyongyang .
(14) A solid-state chemical model is derived to estimate the solubility of dolomites having different degrees of cation ordering.
(15) In study 1, weanling male rats were fed either nonfat dry milk or CaHPO4, dolomite or a calcium chelate with supplemental lactose or sucrose for 27 d. In study 2, weanling male rats were fed diets based on milk or lactose-hydrolyzed milk for 28 d or in one meal labeled with 45Ca.
(16) • icekart.at , from £10 a session Book it: Iglu Ski has four nights half-board in Saalbach from £477, including flights and transfers Hot-air ballooning, Italian Dolomites Facebook Twitter Pinterest The picturesque Dolomites are at their most stunning when covered in snow and viewed from the basket of a floating hot-air balloon.
(17) Quartz, calcite, feldspar, smectite, inter-stratified phases, kaolinite, amphibole, muscovite and dolomite are other contaminating minerals.
(18) Bronchoscopic examination may reveal white gelatinous material in the bronchial lumen, mucosal ulcerations, polypoid inflammation, scattered green-blue pigmented areas and narrowed bronchi with post-stenotic dilatation, some of which resemble colored dolomite caves.
(19) • Find it on Google Maps 4 Pozze Smeraldine, Dolomites Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Michele Tameni In the Dolomiti Friulane natural park , down in the Cellina valley on the way to the village of Barci are many wild, unspoilt pools and gorges.
(20) • Find it on Google Maps 2 Spiaggia Giamaica, Lombardy Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Michele Tameni In this region of great lakes, the Dolomites, and stunning green valleys, the landscape is perfect for trekking, having fun in the sun, or a dip in the water.