(n.) A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.
(n.) An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.
(n.) A community of canons or canonesses.
(n.) A bishop's council.
(n.) A business meeting of any religious community.
(n.) An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons.
(n.) A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.
(n.) A chapter house.
(n.) A decretal epistle.
(n.) A location or compartment.
(v. t.) To divide into chapters, as a book.
(v. t.) To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse.
Example Sentences:
(1) Chapter one Announcement of the Islamic Caliphate The announcement of the renewal of the caliphate in Iraq in the year 1427AH [2006] was the arbiter between division and separation as well as the glory of the Muslims.
(2) Chapter three Administration of the camps The preparatory camp is the first home and school of the mujahid in which his military and jihadi training sessions take place and he undergoes sufficient education in matters of his religion, life and jihad.
(3) In this chapter, synthesis of alkylating oligonucleotide derivatives is described in detail and the results of their application for modification of nucleic acids in vitro are summarized.
(4) Chapter three consists of the methodology: sample, setting, design, data analysis methods, and ethical concerns.
(5) This chapter describes a systematic approach to the art of collection for services rendered, based primarily on a pay-as-you-go philosophy.
(6) We have studied this chapter of our history by analyzing primary documents and articles published at the daily press, political press, and scientific journals of Madrid during 1847 to 1848.
(7) The chapters deal with general preliminaries and indications for surgery, the selection of bypass material, surgical instruments for coronary opertaions, the methods of extracorporeal circulation, the distal coronary anastomosis, the proximal aortal anastomosis, intraoperative monitoring of results, intra- and postoperative myocardinal infarction, the fate of venous bypass grafts, operative treatment of the ruptured ventricular septum and papillary muscle, and ventricular aneurysmectomy.
(8) The leadership of 212 chapters of an organization called Mothers Against Drunk Driving was surveyed to obtain data on chapter emphasis, satisfaction, future involvement and perception of most effective countermeasures.
(9) This chapter addresses the role of health professionals in providing abortions and examines the dynamic technology of this field.
(10) This introductory chapter has presented an overview of how retroviruses replicate and how they are classified within the family Retroviridae.
(11) He should not try to play political games with the darkest and most sinister chapter of Europe’s history.
(12) The report’s concluding chapters raised dire warning that the operations of contemporary child protection agencies were replicating many of the destructive dynamics of the Stolen Generations era.
(13) This surely represents a new chapter in the European debt crisis, and it could be headlined The Day The Eurozone Finally Woke Up.
(14) Her history is fascinating – every time you think she has finished telling you about her childhood, she embarks on another chapter.
(15) Around 800,000 people died of starvation in one of the most horrific chapters of the war as the city was besieged by the Nazis for two and a half years.
(16) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is defined in this chapter, and the relation between its two major components, (a) chronic bronchitis and emphysema and (b) nonremitting asthma, is discussed.
(17) I am really looking forward to the next chapter in my coaching career.” In his time at the FA, Peacock has led the Under-17s to two European Championship titles in 2010 and 2014, and has managed over 100 games in Uefa competitions, with a 69% win record.
(18) This chapter has reviewed the nature of antigens of the MNSs blood group system.
(19) The several papers that follow deal with chapters that will be new to the Redbook.
(20) It’s going to be a great new chapter in my life.” Lallana was identified as a primary target for the Liverpool manager, Brendan Rodgers, at the end of last season, when his side finished second to Manchester City in the Premier League.
Fac
Definition:
(n.) A large ornamental letter used, esp. by the early printers, at the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book.
Example Sentences:
(1) Speaking after the meeting in the Air Studios in north London, FAC board member and Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien described the outcome as "groundbreaking".
(2) Comparison of the results of this study with previously reported programs of FAC chemotherapy in patients with metastatic breast cancer shows that this study achieved higher overall and complete response rates.
(3) The following measurements were made relative to lymph nodes of untreated animals: (i) the expansion of the T-cell dependent areas in combination with the increase of HEV in this area, as detected by the HEV-specific mAb MECA-325, using morphometric analysis: (ii) the influx of FITC-labelled lymphocytes from the blood into the lymph node by FACS: (iii) the capacity of HEV to bind lymphocytes using an in vitro binding assay.
(4) FACS analysis revealed that approximately 40% of the EC population expressed HLA-DR antigen.
(5) At the functional level, we show that polyreactive IgM autoantibodies are produced by FACS-sorted CD5high B cells, but not by CD5- B cells from adolescent spleen.
(6) We studied changes in the distribution pattern of relative RNA content during the in vitro aging of TIG-3 cells by flow cytometry (FACS III).
(7) A regimen of ip injected antibody achieved rapid reduction of NK cells in diabetic and nondiabetic BB rats by FACS analysis.
(8) Pretreatment of beta-cells, purified by FACS with IL-1 beta results in a 40% inhibition of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion that is prevented by the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (NMMA).
(9) To test the diagnostic utility of FACs in BAL fluids, we compared 20 PCP-positive and 28 PCP-negative fluids as assessed by silver stains.
(10) The systematic study highlighted the fact that any laboratory contemplating conversion from microscopic reading of the GIFT should carefully evaluate and standardize their interpretation of FACS results with their manual reference method.
(11) We describe here the methods by which enriched populations of oligodendrocytes were isolated from adult porcine brains using Percoll density gradient centrifugation and their immunological properties analyzed by a fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS).
(12) For those who do not respond to FAC, the combinations active in refractory disease include vinca alkaloids and mitomycin C combinations.
(13) An additional 117 patients with similar characteristics were treated with the same program with the addition of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) by scarification (FAC-BCG-LMS).
(14) FACS-negative cell fractions were treated with heparitinase, nitrous acid, methanol-chloroform, or EDTA without modifying the number of reacting cells.
(15) FACS sorted Leu-7- cells, cultured for 7 days in the presence of 20% IL-2, acquired the receptors for Leu-7.
(16) Single-parameter FACS analyses demonstrate a diminution in both B cell number and the heterogeneity of membrane Ag expression within the surviving B cell pool after irradiation.
(17) The mean age at the time of surgery was 72.7 years for the ophthalmologists and 66.4 years for the FACS members.
(18) Tumor kinetic parameters were evaluated by TLI and PDP-LI in 22 patients on serial tumor biopsies at diagnosis (TO), after DES (T1), 24 hrs after the first FAC (T2) and at the time of radical surgery (T3).
(19) Both TNF and TNF receptors are detectable on monocyte membranes by FACS analysis, and the levels of each are modulated by treatment with IFN-gamma.
(20) Using FACS analysis, this antigen does not appear to be cell cycle specific, and is exposed to the external cell surface.