(adv.) Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro.
(v. t.) To know; to understand; to acknowledge.
(v. t.) To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously.
(v. t.) To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.
Example Sentences:
(1) From these results it was concluded that FITC-Con A staining method applied to smear specimens is more advantageous in the rapidity and the simplicity for tumor cell diagnosis than section specimen method.
(2) The epithelium of Brunner's gland stained intensely with Ricinus communis agglutinin-I (RCA-I), succinylated-WGA (S-WGA) and wheat-germ agglutinin (WGA), moderately with Bandeirea simplicifolia agglutinin-I (BS-I), Concanavalia ensiformis agglutinin (Con A) peanut agglutinin (PNA) and Ulex europaeus agglutinin-I (UEA-I) and occasionally with Dolichos biflorus agglutinin (DBA), Lens culinaris agglutinin (LCA) and soybean agglutinin (SBA).
(3) After immunoadsorbent purification, the final step in a purification procedure similar to that adopted for colon cancer CEA, two main molecular species were identified: 1) Material identical with colon cancer CEA with respect to molecular size, PCA solubility, ability to bind to Con A, and most important the ability to bind to specific monkey anti-CEA serum.
(4) A significant decrease in response to two mitogens (PHA, Con-A) was seen in tumor-bearing rats concomitantly with the tumor growth.
(5) Concanavalin A (con A) is a potent inhibitor of coagulant activity of native tissue factor.
(6) The epidermal glycoproteins were probed with the lectin, concanavalin A (Con A).
(7) Furthermore, exogenous IL-1, IL-2, IL-4, interferon-gamma, or a rat Con A supernatant failed to abrogate DFMO inhibition.
(8) Besides various skin tests with the antigens candida, trichophyton, mumps, streptokinase-streptodornase, tuberculin, DNCB and KLH also in vitro experiments measuring the immunoglobulin- and complement concentrations, the antibody production to KLH, the lymphocyte transformation rate to PHA, Pokeweed, Con A, PPD were done nearly in all patients.
(9) However, the Con A-sup stimulates synergistically M-1 cells with DF.
(10) In one series of trials, spleen cells from strains of chickens with differing levels of susceptibility to MD tumors were stimulated with graded doses of Concanavalin A (Con A) or phytohemagglutin (PHA).
(11) When spleen cells were further cultured in vitro for 5 days in the presence of Concanavalin-A stimulated rat spleen cell supernatant (Con-A factor), CD4 or CD8 positive cells were detected in the VV (IL-6) injected group, while few positive cells were detected in the control groups.
(12) Make Quinn stay with B613 I think it would be difficult to bring her back to the fold at Pope and Associates (unless they’re playing the long con and her infiltration of B613 is part of the plan), but her anger would be well utilized against her former coworkers.
(13) The mitogenic responses to phytohemagglutinin (PHA) and concanavalin A (Con A), but not pokeweed mitogen (PWM), were decreased significantly in cultures with isolated lymphocytes, while in whole blood cultures the responses to PHA and PWM but not to Con A were reduced.
(14) A polypeptide of about 150 kDa appeared as the main Con A binding protein.
(15) Would I be stupid not to wait another six months or so, to get a 90% mortgage given the cons of Help to Buy?
(16) IL-2 gene transcripts were hardly detected after Con A activation of spleen cells from LCMV-infected mice.
(17) Thirty-eight female Wistar rats were randomly assigned to one of three groups: run-trained (RUN), swim-trained (SWIM) or control (CON).
(18) Lymphocyte blastogenesis in hairless descendants of Mexican hairless dogs was examined using the following mitogens: phytohemagglutinin (PHA-M), Concanavalin A (Con A), lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and pokeweed mitogen (PWM).
(19) Neither WGA nor concanavalin A (Con A) significantly affected basal 3H-thymidine incorporation.
(20) The increase in Con A fiber-binding seems to be specific for EGF, since it was not observed in response to insulin, prostaglandin F2alpha or a higher serum concentration, which also initiate cell devision of confluent quiescent 3T3 cells.
Steer
Definition:
(a.) A young male of the ox kind; especially, a common ox; a castrated taurine male from two to four years old. See the Note under Ox.
(v. t.) To castrate; -- said of male calves.
(n.) To direct the course of; to guide; to govern; -- applied especially to a vessel in the water.
(v. i.) To direct a vessel in its course; to direct one's course.
(v. i.) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm; as, the boat steers easily.
(v. i.) To conduct one's self; to take or pursue a course of action.
(v. t.) A rudder or helm.
(n.) A helmsman, a pilot.
Example Sentences:
(1) Steroid-treated steers showed a slight decline in synthesis which was significant (P less than 0.05) at week +5 post-implant while amino acid oxidation was significantly lower at weeks +2 (P less than 0.01) and +5 (P less than 0.05) compared with control animals.
(2) The only thing Michael Fabricant could reasonably be vice-chairman of is the steering committee of Nurse Ratched 's ward fete.
(3) Holstein steers gained 11% faster (P less than .005) and consumed 8% less (P less than .025) dry matter per unit gain than the average of Angus and Polled Hereford steers.
(4) "We are probably steering towards Russia turning off its gas provision," he was quoted as saying.
(5) I tried desperately hard not to influence her, but I did steer her away from a baby that I've already bought her for her Christmas present.
(6) A detailed account of the progress of a preschool child learning to steer a powered wheelchair via a mouth-operated joystick is described.
(7) Educated at Imperial College London, he trained at the contractors Freeman Fox, but in 1978 he turned freelance as a transport consultant, setting up his own firm: Steer Davies Gleave.
(8) Flying in Soyuz was “ real teamwork ” she said, adding: “Tim will have no trouble with that.” David Southwood , a senior researcher at Imperial College, and a member of the UK space agency steering board, has known Tim since he joined the European Space Agency in 2009.
(9) Postweaning growth and carcass characters of 110 steers from a complete two-breed diallel of the Devon and Hereford breeds were examined under two environments.
(10) A fired-up Lleyton Hewitt just fell short in his bid to steer Australia to an upset victory in their Davis Cup doubles showdown with the United States.
(11) As a parent himself, he steered a deliberate course on discipline (neither he nor his wife ever smacked their girls) and on external influences - the family did not have a television while the children were young, preferring to read.
(12) A mixture of (1-14C)-labeled free fatty acids (FFA), complexed in bovine plasma, was infused into the abdominal aorta of conscious young steers exposed to thermoneutral or moderately cold conditions for several hours and fed 6 or 22 h before the experiment.
(13) But on Tuesday the White House steered the conversation toward the website.
(14) Previously, Hotel Chocolat has steered clear of raising money through the traditional channels.
(15) These functional specializations of the different steering muscles in mediating different behavioral response components are related to the properties of two parallel visual pathways that are selectively tuned to large-field and small-field motion, respectively.
(16) Motor vehicle occupants may suffer severe cervical airway injuries as the result of impaction with the steering wheel, dashboard, windshield, backseat, and seat belt.
(17) A comparison was made of the effect of providing or denying water to steers during the last 20 h before slaughter on carcase weight, bruising, muscle pH, and during the dressing process on the numbers of rumens from which ingesta was split and the number of heads and tongues condemned because of contamination with ingesta.
(18) In 1987, the Educational Steering Committee for Cancer Care at The Washington Hospital was established to meet this need.
(19) Since 2010, he has worked for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa), the wing of the US defense department devoted to funding and developing new technologies, from a self-steering bullet called Exacto to the packet-switching system, Arpanet, that became the internet.
(20) The role of steering wheel design in maxillofacial trauma is discussed and new solutions briefly reviewed.