(a.) Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China.
(n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of China, or one of that yellow race with oblique eyelids who live principally in China.
(n. sing. & pl.) The language of China, which is monosyllabic.
Example Sentences:
(1) Because cystine in medium was converted rapidly to cysteine and cysteinyl-NAC in the presence of NAC and given that cysteine has a higher affinity for uptake by EC than cystine, we conclude that the enhanced uptake of radioactivity was in the form of cysteine and at least part of the stimulatory effect of NAC on EC glutathione was due to a formation of cysteine by a mixed disulfide reaction of NAC with cystine similar to that previously reported for Chinese hamster ovarian cells (R. D. Issels et al.
(2) Although Jeggo's Chinese hamster ovary cells were more responsive to mAMSA, novo still abrogated mAMSA toxicity in the mutant cells as well as in the parental Chinese hamster ovary cells 2,4-Dinitrophenol acted similarly to novo with respect to mAMSA killing, but neither compound reduced the ATP content of V79 cells.
(3) Richard Bull Woodbridge, Suffolk • Why does Britain need Chinese money to build a new atomic generator ( Letters , 20 October)?
(4) The amino acid pools in Chinese hamster lung V79 cells were measured as a function of time during hyperthermic exposure at 40.5 degrees and 45.0 degrees C. Sixteen of the 20 protein amino acids were present in sufficient quantity to measure accurately.
(5) Stimulation of dopamine D2 receptors potentiates Ca2+ ionophore- or ATP-induced arachidonic acid (AA) release in D2 receptor cDNA-transfected Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells [CHO(D2)].
(6) Unions have complained about the process for Chinese-backed companies to bring overseas workers to Australia for projects worth at least $150m, because the memorandum of understanding says “there will be no requirement for labour market testing” to enter into an investment facilitation arrangements (IFA).
(7) The young European idealist who helped Leon Brittan, the British EU commissioner, to negotiate Chinese entry to the World Trade Organisation, also found his Spanish lawyer wife in Brussels.
(8) After approximately 20 in vitro passages, Chinese hamster kidney (CHK) cell cultures transformed upon exposure to different strains of SV 40 can show a diploid modal chromosome number of 22 with chromosome counts exclusively or essentially in the diploid range (20-25).
(9) Stable mutants which are between 1.6- and 2.2-fold resistant to the microtubule inhibitor, nocodazole (NocR mutants) have been isolated in Chinese hamster ovary cells after a single-step selection.
(10) During Pakistan's recent floods, Chinese aid totalled $18m; the US gave nearly $700m.
(11) It was previously demonstrated that multidrug-resistant Chinese hamster cell lines contain an amplified, transcriptionally active DNA sequence designated mdr.
(12) Following an encephalopathic illness, a 13-year-old Chinese boy had a partial form of Klüver-Bucy syndrome with emotional disturbance, recent memory loss, hypersexuality, and polyphagia.
(13) The majority of the patients were Chinese (78.0%), followed by Malays (11.5%), Indians (8.1%) and other minority races (2.4%).
(14) The Chinese model of development, which combines political repression and economic liberalism, has attracted numerous admirers in the developing world.
(15) To determine where in the cell cycle Chinese hamster ovary cells die following heating in G1, a mild hyperthermia treatment, i.e., 10 or 11.5 min at 45.5 degrees C, resulting in 40-50% cell kill was used.
(16) China’s stock market rout Shanghai stocks Chinese shares have tumbled in recent weeks against the backdrop of a slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy .
(17) China's relations with the NTC were strained last week when it emerged Chinese arms firms had talked to Muammar Gaddafi's representatives about weapons sales .
(18) In addition to the threat of industrial espionage to sustain this position, there is an inherent risk of Chinese equipment being used for intelligence purposes.
(19) There are, however, some promising signs among Chinese companies of their openness to dealing with human rights issues.
(20) We now report on the Singapore Chinese experience, in which the following changes were notable: decreases in rates of cancers of the stomach and oesophagus and increases in rates of cancers of the lung, colon, rectum, skin (excluding melanoma), breast and ovary.
Han
Definition:
(v. t.) To inclose for mowing; to set aside for grass.
(inf. & plural pres.) To have; have.
Example Sentences:
(1) The majority (70) were of the Han ethnic group; 24 out of 41 Hainanese belonged to the Li ethnic group.
(2) The haplotype frequency of A3B1 (0.4194) was found to be the highest in Han nationality of Hubei in China.
(3) It confirms that Fifa, through its internal bodies, is conducting a one-sided, unfair and biased investigation against Michel Platini, repeatedly violating his right to defend himself.” The Fifa appeals committee, chaired by the Bermudan Larry Mussenden, said the appeals had been rejected in full and the decision of the adjudicatory chamber of the independent ethics committee, chaired by the German judge Hans Joachim-Eckert, confirmed in its entirety.
(4) In tumors that arose from HAN lines and exhibited only endogenous proviruses, demethylation of the subgenomic Mtv-6 locus was observed.
(5) Peter Mayhew, who played Han Solo's wookiee sidekick Chewbacca in the original Star Wars trilogy, stood at an impressive 7 ft 2" and also had what might be described as broad facial features.
(6) Hans von Storch of the GKSS Research Centre in Geesthacht, Germany, concluded that M&M were right to say that temperatures should be analysed relative to the 1,000-year mean, not the 20th-century mean.
(7) The expression of CD38 and Han-PC1 antigens (Ags) was almost constant (greater than 90% positive cases), while CD9 was detected in 66% of the cases.
(8) Witnesses reported Uighur rioters attacking Han Chinese people and state television showed them attacking passing vehicles.
(9) But it also succeeded by elevating the likes of Luke Skywalker and Han Solo to the kind of status usually reserved for totemic superheroes such as Batman, Superman and Spider-Man, characters destined to be wheeled out time and time again in different big screen iterations.
(10) However, ADCC levels in the PBNs and HANs of ARDS patients were much lower than in normal subjects (p < 0.01).
(11) He sent his first missionary to America in 1960, the year he married Hak Ja Han.
(12) Xiao Han, a teacher at Chinese University of Political Science and Law and a friend of mine, has reincarnated 212 times.
(13) C4 haplotypes of 93 unrelated families of Han nationality in Hubei Province were determined by means of a method established in our laboratory based on the techniques recommended in the 4th International Workshop for the Genetics of Complement and the method of Carboxypeptidase B developed by Zhang in Australia.
(14) Displacement isotherms for amidephrine, benoxathian, oxymetazoline, phentolamine and WB 4101 were biphasic and were consistent with the presence of both alpha 1A- and alpha 1B-adrenoceptor subtypes as described by Morrow & Creese (1986) and Han et al.
(15) Dr Xuesong Han and colleagues at the American Cancer Society published the findings in the latest issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
(16) Approximately one-half of the V beta 2+ T-cells were lost within the first month of C4 HAN implantation.
(17) The frequency of the C2 allele was higher (0.25-0.38) than that of Han Chinese (0.18-0.25).
(18) Speaking publicly about how the majority Han discriminated against minorities in the new China .
(19) Eckert’s statement said any rule breaches by the bidding countries were “of very limited scope”, adding: “In particular, the effects of these occurrences on the bidding process as a whole were far from reaching any threshold that would require returning to the bidding process, let alone reopening it.” A Fifa statement said: “The Fifa appeal committee, chaired by Larry Mussenden, has concluded that the appeal lodged by the chairman of the investigatory chamber, Michael J Garcia, against the statement of the chairman of the adjudicatory chamber of the independent ethics committee, Hans-Joachim Eckert, is not admissible.
(20) Dad brought us up on Star Wars from when we were old enough to not be scared ... We grew up in our teenage years absolutely loving Star Wars,” said Michael Kidd, who came to see the film dressed as Chewbacca along with his Hans-Solo-costumed wife and Jedi-dressed family.