(n.) Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; -- spelt also dawk, and dauk.
Example Sentences:
(1) The volumetrically determined ultrafiltration showed a decrease parallel to the volume of the blood compartment -- with the same differences between the two models of the C-DAK.
(2) The manifold use of the C-DAK 4 is the cause for an increased substitution of erythrocytes.
(3) The activities of adenosine deaminase (ADA), purine nucleotide phosphorylase (PNP), adenosine kinase (AK), deoxyadenosine kinase (dAK), deoxycytidine kinase (dCK), 5'-nucleotidase (5'-N), AMP deaminase, hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HGPRT or HPRT), and adenine phosphoribosyl transferase (APRT) were measured by microassay in resting peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) and in cells from long-term cultures.
(4) We describe a synthetic ligand, "DAKLI" (Dynorphin A-analogue Kappa LIgand), related to the opioid peptide dynorphin A.
(5) The activities of adenosine deaminase (ADA), purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP), adenosine kinase (AK), deoxyadenosine kinase (dAK), deoxycytidine kinase (dCK), 5'-nucleotidase (5'-N), AMP deaminase, hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HGPRT or HPRT), and adenine phosphoribosyl transferase (APRT) were measured by this microassay in lymphocytes from peripheral blood from four different breeds of horses (Arabian, Quarter Horse, Thoroughbred and Shetland Pony).
(6) The ultrafiltration, clearance and priming characteristics of six capillary dialyzers (C-DAK 2.5 D, C-DAK 1.8 D, Tri-Ex 1, CF M 1500, N16F160 and HF 150) were studied in single needle dialysis by way of the double headpump (BL 760, Bellco Ltd).
(7) The Koutango virus Dak An D 5443 isolated from rodents of the genus Tatera belongs to the genus Flavivirus of the faily Togaviridae.
(8) The larger coagulation processes in a more than once repeated use of the C-DAK 5 -- with adequate losses of blood -- are explained with the large length of the capillary and the other distribution of blood with regard to the cross section of the capillary.
(10) The fleas of wild and commensal small mammals, domestic animals (dogs, cats) and free-living flea forms in houses have been collected in plague nidi of Tay Nguyen plate, Dak-Lak province, Vietnam.
(11) 8 male patients with chronic dialysis (5 of them with binephrectomy) were thrice a week dialysed in 2 groups alternately 2 months conventionally for 6 hours with a capillary dialysator C-DAK mod.
(12) Eglin C and DAK 16 displayed a pronounced inhibition of PMN-elastase and PMN-cathepsin G. Surprisingly a higher amount of product in the elastase containing assays were found in the presence of glycosaminoglycan polysulfate and sodium pentosan polysulfate.
(13) A new, low-price, parallel-flow, plate dialyser--the LPP dialyser--has been compared with a hollow fibre dialyser--the C-DAK dialyser.
(14) 1,4-Butanediol (BAD) was administered to male and female Wistar Imp:DAK rats by oral gavage for 28 consecutive days.
(15) The ultrafiltration rate was found to be greater in the LPP dialyser than in the C-DAK dialyser.
(16) Summarizing we can say that in chronic routine dialyses -- without testing the individual exemplars -- model 5 of the C-DAK can be used twice, model 4, however, four times.
(17) 18 dialysators C-DAK 5 and 4 each were again used in the same patients with chronic dialysis under the same conditions of dialysis and regeneration (short-acting dialyses of more than 3.5 h with 1 C-DAK 5 or 2 parallel acting C-DAK 4, respectively).
(18) The in vitro effect of eglin C, glycosaminoglycan-peptide complex "DAK 16", glycosaminoglycan polysulfate and sodium pentosan polysulfate on the PMN-enzymes elastase and cathepsin G was investigated.
(19) Dak Riek Chan, 48, said he was shot in the foot when he tried to defend his village in Leer county against attacks by government forces earlier this year.
(20) The mean residual blood volume was 6.4 ml in the LPP dialyser + blood lines and 5.3 ml in the C-DAK dialyser + blood lines.
Yak
Definition:
(n.) A bovine mammal (Poephagus grunnies) native of the high plains of Central Asia. Its neck, the outer side of its legs, and its flanks, are covered with long, flowing, fine hair. Its tail is long and bushy, often white, and is valued as an ornament and for other purposes in India and China. There are several domesticated varieties, some of which lack the mane and the long hair on the flanks. Called also chauri gua, grunting cow, grunting ox, sarlac, sarlik, and sarluc.
Example Sentences:
(1) The difference in oxygen affinities between yak Hbs A1 and A2, which have identical beta chains, suggests the existence of yet unknown mechanisms determining oxygen affinity.
(2) Morphological and structural rearrangement of resistant pulmonary vessels and alveolar capillaries was assessed in lowland animals (rabbits) during high-altitude adaptation, in aboriginal high-altitude species (yaks, mountain goats) and on native highlanders.
(3) A caravan comprising 300 yaks, 50 mules and 100 porters wound through the Himalayan valleys, carrying 900 boxes of food, all because 13 white men wanted to reach the summit.
(4) His live shows begin with a skit mocking the pipsqueak talents of Jimi Hendrix: what price expanding the vocabulary of the rock guitar in a way unseen before or since when compared to a man from Penarth singing Yakety Yak?
(5) The Street View project takes viewers into the heart of the Sagarmatha national park, home to the world’s highest mountain, where icy blue rivers run below snow-capped peaks, monks play traditional music and yak-herders navigate precipitous stone-strewn trails.
(6) Chewbacca took nearly 1,000 hours to make by 10 hair inserters, who used yak hair.
(7) If the same-sized valves of this two kinds are used, the hemodynamic parameter of cambered bileaflet valve would be better than those of yak pericardiac valve.
(8) It is concluded that the yak has adapted genetically to high altitude by largely eliminating the hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstrictor response.
(9) Korean cattle (Hamhung, Pyongyang, Chinju Suwon, and Kwangju), Mongolian cattle, Hainan Tao cattle, northeastern Chinese cattle (Shuangliao, Shenyang, Tongliao, Lüta, and Chilin), Astatic Water Buffalo, Yak, Bos Banteng, American Bison, and Holstein-Friesian.
(10) Meanwhile, new apps like current US college buzz Yik Yak or recent novelty-buzz Yo are popping up all the time with new spins on messaging.
(11) Data are presented on yak platelet ultrastructure (in comparison with human platelets), and on acetylsalicylic acid influence on the platelet ultrastructure and function.
(12) Non-Mendelian distribution of some such nucleotide blocks has been obtained for interspecies crosses of cattle and yak.
(13) Acetylsalicylic acid influences the yak platelet plasma membrane inducing fragmentation, which is attended by a rise in the total number of platelets, by the appearance of a great number of microforms, and by the reduction of functional activity.
(14) Pyrrolizidine alkaloid poisoning seriously affects the livelihood of the local population which depends almost entirely on the yak.
(15) In yak, zebu and in hybrids (yak x cattle, zebu x cattle) a new AMY-1 allelic variant (AMY-1D) has been found using the same method.
(16) However, the difference has been found by blot hybridization between genomic organization of satellite IV in cattle and yak chromosomal DNA.
(17) The numbers, morphology and distribution of pulmonary endocrine cells in goats, sheep and the yak and its interbreeds with cattle, dzos and stols, were studied after their demonstration by means of the peroxidase-antiperoxidase technique with a polyclonal antiserum raised in the rabbit to human neuron-specific enolase, a marker for neuroendocrine cells.
(18) In the experiments on dogs inoculated intracerebrally with the "paralytic rabies" variant of the "Yak" strain of street rabies virus we observed spontaneous recovery of 1 out of 5 sick animals.
(19) Textile analyst Liqin Zhang gave evidence saying she identified wool and yak in the scarf samples.
(20) Naturally acquired antibody to H3N2 human influenza antigens was found in a yak-zebu crossbred in Nepal.