(a.) Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable.
(a.) Capable of being exchanged or interchanged; reciprocal; interchangeable.
Example Sentences:
(1) In a debate in the House of Commons, I will ask Britain, the US and other allies to convert generalised offers of help into more practical support with greater air cover, military surveillance and helicopter back-up, to hunt down the terrorists who abducted the girls.
(2) 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.
(3) The small units described here could be inhibitory interneurons which convert the excitatory response of large units into inhibition.
(4) Only small amounts of 3H oleic acid were converted.
(5) Family therapists have attempted to convert the acting-out behavioral disorders into an effective state, i.e., make the family aware of their feelings of deprivation by focusing on the aggressive component.
(6) The enzyme was quantitated by incubation of 16-micron-thick brain sections with 0.07-2 nM of the converting enzyme inhibitor 125I-351A and comparison to 125I-standards.
(7) DR was not demonstrably converted to R in these studies.
(8) Combined hypertension treatment with inhibitors of the converting enzyme (ICE) and diuretocs gives manifold advantages, the most important of them is a synergistic action of both drugs resulting in blood pressure decrease and prevention of hypokaliaemia.
(9) The hemodynamic effects of captopril and other angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors may be mediated by the endogenous opioid system.
(10) The 1-0-methylalduronic-acidmethylesters, obtained by the methanolysis of the polysaccharides, are reduced with boronhydrid to the corresponding methyl glycosides; there are split with acid to the aldoses, which are converted in pyridine with hydroxylamine to the aldoximes and than with acetic anhydride to the aldonitrilacetates, which can be separated by gaschromatography without difficulty.
(11) Moreover, the ribosylation inhibitors converted the glucocorticoid antagonist RU-486 into a potent agonist for cytolysis of L1210 cells.
(12) Two EGZ-derived proteins were engineered in which either His98 or Glu133 amino acid was converted to an Ala residue.
(13) The rate of indole production is increased about 4-fold when the aminoacrylate produced is converted to S-(hydroxyethyl)-L-cysteine by a coupled beta-replacement reaction with beta-mercaptoethanol.
(14) Sorbitol, by itself or in combination with mannitol is slowly converted to acids by the plaque microorganisms.
(15) The fucose-labeled glycoproteins were converted to glycopeptides by pronase digestion and separated into two major classes by gel filtration on Sephadex-G-50.
(16) We conclude that systemic converting enzyme activity, assessed by in vivo measurement and correlation of PRA and AII, is not inhibited by severe hypoxia.
(17) 17-Isoaldosterone was not secreted or converted to aldosterone to any significant extent in the normal subjects investigated.
(18) Allyl 4-O-benzyl-alpha-L-rhamnopyranoside was converted into allyl 4-O-benzyl-3-O-methyl-alpha-L-rhamnopyranoside and this was condensed with 2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl chloride to give a disaccharide derivative which was converted into allyl 4-O-benzyl-2-O-(2,3-O-isopropylidene-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl)-3-O-methyl -alpha- L-rhamnopyranoside.
(19) In order to increase the efficiency of androgen blockade, we have used 4-MA, an inhibitor of 5 alpha-reductase, the enzyme which converts testosterone into DHT, to reduce intracellular DHT concentrations and thus facilitate the action of the antiandrogen Flutamide.
(20) In addition, we have demonstrated that the recombinant 17-kD precursor protein can be converted to the 15-kD protein by cytoplasmic extracts of human cells.
Landau
Definition:
(n.) A four-wheeled covered vehicle, the top of which is divided into two sections which can be let down, or thrown back, in such a manner as to make an open carriage.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Landau-Kleffner syndrome is a rare form of acquired childhood aphasia associated with convulsive disorder.
(2) David Folkerts-Landau, chief economist with Deutsche Bank, has also said the influx of refugees has “the potential not just to invigorate our economy but to protect prosperity for future generations”.
(3) Philip Landau is an employment lawyer at Landau Zeffertt Weir
(4) A case of unusual Landau-Kleffner syndrome was reported.
(5) This child shows many of the main characteristics of the syndromes of "acquired aphasia with convulsive disorder" (Landau-Kleffner syndrome) and "epilepsy with continuous spike waves during sleep."
(6) The results are described within the framework of Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek (DLVO) theory with reference to electrostatic, van der Waals, and hydration components of disjoining pressure.
(7) In most of the cases there exists a disturbance of speech production; problems with writing and comprehension are seen less often (although comprehension of language is primarily affected in the Landau-Kleffner syndrome).
(8) Neuropsychologic and neurolinguistic studies performed on an 11-year-old Landau-Kleffner boy are reported.
(9) The Landau-Kleffner syndrome is characterized by the combination of acquired aphasia and epilepsy.
(10) Five children with Landau-Kleffner syndrome (epilepsy, acquired aphasia, and continuous spike-wave discharges during sleep), were treated with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), sleep-modifying drugs, and corticosteroids.
(11) A commercial EGS plant is already in operation in Landau in Germany, with larger-scale projects planned for Australia, the US and elsewhere.
(12) in Landau-Kleffner syndrome, the older the child at onset the better the prognosis for language.
(13) The possible connection between abnormal zinc metabolism and the pathophysiology of Landau-Kleffner syndrome is discussed.
(14) We present six patients with acquired aphasia with convulsive disorder (Landau-Kleffner syndrome) and distill the main clinical features from a review of the recent literature.
(15) Muscarinic stimulation of follicle-enclosed oocytes of Xenopus laevis results in a complex response that involves both depolarizing and hyperpolarizing currents (Dascal and Landau 1980).
(16) All of these killers must envy the mob executioner hired by Martin Landau's brother in Crimes And Misdemeanors.
(17) A 20 year old woman is described who has been followed since the rarely observed onset of the Landau-Kleffner syndrome at the age of 3 years.
(18) The small number of publications on the Landau-Kleffner syndrome in the available literature, especially Polish, is stressed.
(19) The Landau-Kleffner syndrome is an acquired condition in children consisting of aphasia and epileptic discharges in the EEG with or without clinical manifestation of epilepsy.
(20) Authors report about a girl with Landau-Kleffner syndrome.