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Cest


Definition:

  • (n.) A woman's girdle; a cestus.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Research conducted under norm theory (NT) has provided impressive evidence of an if only (IO) effect associated with postoutcome processing of aversive events that are highly consistent with formulations in CEST.
  • (2) According to cognitive-experiential self-theory (CEST), individuals have 2 systems for processing information, a rational system and an experiential system.
  • (3) In the experiments performed in chick embryos, using the chick embryo screening test (CEST)-1 and CEST-2 technique, 100 various classes of chemical substances have been tested for teratogenic activity.
  • (4) We must now wait until 1.30pm BST, or 2.30pm CEST, to hear Mario Draghi's statement and the question & answer session to find out what has been agreed on the bond-buying programme....
  • (5) Three experiments (N = 1,331) demonstrated that research findings on suspiciousness about coincidences (Miller, Turnbull, & McFarland, 1989) can be accounted for in terms of subjective probability, as predicted by cognitive-experiential self-theory (CEST) but in contrast with the norm theory (NT) account offered by Miller et al.
  • (6) This exception includes danger to the life or health of the mother, risk of serious hereditary disease or other congenital abnormality, and pregnancy due to rape or in cest; in cases of serious need, in which social and economic damage to existing children may be expected, the presiding judge may dismiss the case.
  • (7) The prediction of minimum concentrations at steady state on the basis of these parameters corresponded well with actually obtained Cest f following repetitive administration of PB.
  • (8) As primary treatment cest-tube drainage was more effective than closed chest tubes.
  • (9) Responses across 4 conditions (2 probability levels x 2 outcome types) and across the 3 experiments supported predictions derived from CEST but not those derived from NT.
  • (10) The temporal course of Cest f obtained from Cs after an oral single dose of 50 mg PB in a healthy adult male volunteer was approximated as a triexponential equation.
  • (11) Two studies involving vignettes adapted from NT were conducted that tested 4 hypotheses and corollaries derived from CEST.
  • (12) The Bacteroides conjugal elements tested were six conjugal tetracycline resistance (Tcr) elements (which appear to be chromosomal), i.e., Tcr ERL, Tcr V479, Tcr Emr ERL, Tcr Emr 12256, Tcr Emr DOT, and Tcr Emr CEST, and the conjugal erythromycin resistance (Emr) plasmid pBF4.
  • (13) We'll also get an update on the German economy, with the monthly ZEW economic sentiment data published at 10am BST ( 11am CEST ).
  • (14) The ECB will announce its decision on interest rates at 12.45pm BST ( 1.45pm CEST ), followed by a press conference 45 minutes later.

Lest


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To listen.
  • (n.) Lust; desire; pleasure.
  • (a.) Last; least.
  • (a.) For fear that; that . . . not; in order that . . . not.
  • (a.) That (without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The sexual rehabilitation of such patients is vital and must be done sensitively lest one's own concepts of "adequate sexuality" be imposed.
  • (2) But lest the duchess feel overlooked, the end section of the show featured long, pale-blue bias-cut crepe dresses with more of a charity gala feel; and knee-length silk crepe dresses with black grosgrain belts seemed princess friendly.
  • (3) Worse, the CFL contains mercury, which according to the EU's own regulations cannot be discarded in ordinary waste, lest the mercury leach into the water supply.
  • (4) And lest there be any remaining doubt, a forensic expert on maggots – such people do exist – testified that the theory of "semen-destroying maggots" was balderdash.
  • (5) Special care in the management of so-called 'chronic Lyme disease' is crucial lest the clinician prescribes prolonged or unending courses of antibiotics for such noninfectious problems.
  • (6) "The story is an extrapolation of what Mary Shelley did" explains writer Kevin Grevioux, lest there be any doubt.
  • (7) Loop sigmoid colostomy employing a stapling device and catheter irrigation of the distal segment is less time-consuming and has lest potential for contamination than the standard double-barrel colostomy.
  • (8) "Lest any holier-than-thou activists and politicians from other parties should forget, this is not just a Lib Dem issue, it is one that confronts women in all parties and in all professions.
  • (9) Whistleblowers with dual citizenship who speak out on Australia’s national security – including those involved in allegations that Timor-Leste’s cabinet room was bugged – could face having their citizenship revoked under proposed laws.
  • (10) You might have read a couple of articles in fashion magazines of late attempting to big up the DD look, no doubt with references to denim's "timelessness", "1950s teenage sense of freedom" and, lest we forget, "Americana".
  • (11) His film, The Angels' Share, a larky whisky heist, was screened with English as well as French subtitles at the festival, lest the Glaswegian accents prove a barrier for non-Scots.
  • (12) Article 6 of the EU treaty could not be clearer: “The union is founded on the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law, principles which are common to the member states.” Lest this be regarded as mere rhetoric, Lord Bingham, the former senior law lord and widely regarded as the most outstanding British judge in the late 20th century, wrote in his book The Rule of Law (p67): “The European Commission has consistently treated democratisation, the rule of law, respect for human rights and good governance as inseparably linked.” This is why, today, we can work anywhere in the EU, have health cover throughout, bring back as much booze in the back of the van as we like, travel on cheap EU-based airlines (with the right to claim compensation for any delay), buy the villa in Marbella, and say what we like – and we can do all of these things with our rights fully protected by the law, just as if we were in the UK.
  • (13) Dahl’s heroine, Sophie, is a lonely young girl plucked from her bed in an orphanage by the titular behemoth, and carried off to Giant Land, his home, lest she alert the normal world to the presence of giants.
  • (14) A spokeswoman for the AFP did not confirm the particular section of the referral, but said in a statement: “On 13 December 2013, the Australian federal police received a referral from the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation relating to an allegation a former Australian intelligence officer disclosed information relating to operational activity in Timor-Leste.
  • (15) However, the author points out that these demonstration projects should be evaluated lest they continue to operate on the basis of rhetoric rather than fact.
  • (16) Since the clinical identification of these autoantigens often relies exclusively on size determination by Western blotting, we have characterized the commonly occurring fragments of histidyl-tRNA synthetase lest they confuse such identification.
  • (17) Lest we forget, Maradona only really got going in the quarter-finals.
  • (18) So, lest we are to be ruled solely by sociopaths and Blair's robot children, we should give them all a Bunbury option: a "Michael Green", under whose name to exercise all the human complexity for which modern politics cannot currently find room.
  • (19) Australia has made fresh promises limiting how it might use documents at the heart of a dispute with Timor-Leste , attempting to weaken the case for the international court of justice to order the sensitive material be surrendered.
  • (20) Lest there have been any remaining doubt, Donald Trump has confirmed a bully now resides in the White House.

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