(n.) A strong white fabric with warp of hemp and weft of flax.
(n.) A fabric with cotton warp and woolen weft.
(n.) A kind of chintz with a glossy surface.
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Rayon
Definition:
(n.) Ray; beam.
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(1) In the viscose rayon factory the working conditions have not changed since 1932.
(2) The greatest stimulation of TSST-1 was observed with (in decreasing order): polyester and carboxymethyl cellulose, polyacrylates, viscose rayon, gelatin foam, polyurethane, and cotton.
(3) Three groups of 20 women each used the regular, super, and super-plus sizes of a digitally inserted rayon and cotton tampon; two additional groups of 20 each used external sanitary protection or an applicator-inserted rayon polyacrylate tampon.
(4) Blue-cotton (-rayon) adsorbable fractions of human urines were examined for mutagenicity in Salmonella typhimurium TA98 with metabolic activation.
(5) Monthly changes in the migration of polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMN) produced by subcutaneous implantation of BCG-impregnated rayone-made disks was examined over a period of 15 months.
(6) We had an opportunity to do a cross-sectional medical and occupational hygiene survey in a Chinese rayon staple plant.
(7) or Inadine (n = 111) (rayon dressing with 10 per cent povidone iodine ointment).
(8) Rayon and chemically modified cotton were compared for their effects in vitro on the physiology of a strain of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from a patient with toxic shock syndrome.
(9) Seven materials used in the manufacture of tampons-four rayon, one modified rayon, one cotton and one carboxy-methyl cellulose (a modified cotton)-were compared for their effects in vitro on the physiology of a strain of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from a patient with Toxic Shock Syndrome.
(10) The study of cicatrization after the teeth extraction in workers of viscous rayon industry which had had a long contact with sulfuric carbon revealed a lower regeneration potential and increased complication incidence as compared to control patient group.
(11) A collaborative study by the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was conducted to determine the effect of dialyzer disinfectants on five types of dialyzer membranes: three cellulosic (Cuprophan, cellulose acetate, cuprammonium rayon); and two synthetic (polysulfone, polyacrylonitrile).
(12) Removal of phagocytic cells did not significantly affect the cytotoxicity of the splenic killer cells whereas removal of rayon-wool adherent cells greatly reduced both the total cytotoxicity, and to a lesser extent, the cytotoxicity indices.
(13) Dialysis with new cuprammonium rayon dialyzers (0.8 m2) for 4 h resulted in a nonsignificant increase in serum beta 2M concentrations of 10.7% (corrected for changes in extracellular volume) and significant generation of the complement component C3a des Arg.
(14) Sixteen former rayon viscose workers were investigated four years after the exposure to carbon disulfide was discontinued.
(15) For each of the two trials, 34 birds from each of five 10,000 bird houses were randomly selected and swabbed from the choanal cleft region; 17 birds from each house were swabbed with ethylene-oxide sterilized, 2.4-mm diameter calcium alginate-tipped swabs, while the remaining 17 birds were swabbed with similarly sized and sterilized rayon-tipped swabs.
(16) A pilot investigation of the effectiveness of a carbon disulfide (CS2) recovery system in the manufacturing of viscose rayon by means of cost-benefit analysis was conducted at a Shanghai viscose rayon factory.
(17) In order to clarify the chronic effect of carbon disulfide (CS2) on the central nervous system (CNS), the brainstem auditory evoked potential (BAEP) was measured in spinning workers exposed to CS2 in a viscose rayon manufacturing factory and unexposed workers in Japan.
(18) They are: Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34; Stanley Almodovar III, 23; Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo, 20; Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22; Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera; Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22; Luis S. Vielma, 22; Kimberly Morris, 37; Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30; Darryl Roman Burt II, 29; Deonka Deidra Drayton, 32; Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21; Anthony Luis Laureanodisla, 25; Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35; Franky Jimmy Dejesus Velazquez, 50; Amanda Alvear, 25; Martin Benitez Torres, 33; Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37; Mercedez Marisol Flores, 26; Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35; Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25; Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez, 31; Oscar A Aracena-Montero, 26; Enrique L. Rios, Jr., 25; Miguel Angel Honorato, 30; Javier Jorge-Reyes, 40; Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32; Jason Benjamin Josaphat, 19; Cory James Connell, 21; Juan P. Rivera Velazquez, 37; Luis Daniel Conde, 39; Shane Evan Tomlinson, 33; Juan Chevez-Martinez, 25.
(19) The optimal number of times a hollow-fibre cuprammonium rayon (Terumo TAF) dialyzer could be used was determined in twelve patients.
(20) The presence of the mutagens was demonstrated by isolating the mutagenic fractions through blue-rayon adsorption, a method used to extract polycyclic compounds, and subsequent high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).