(n.) An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks.
(n.) A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
(v. t.) To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do.
(pl. ) of Elves
Example Sentences:
(1) Since catalase is not normally released by cells, a likely explanation for its presence in high concentrations in normal ELF is that it is released by lung inflammatory and parenchymal cells onto the epithelial surface of the lower respiratory tract during their normal turnover and collects there due to the slow turnover of ELF.
(2) Treatment based on combinations of fluorouracil, methotrexate, doxorubicin, etoposide, and cisplatin have shown high response rates (FAMTX [fluorouracil, doxorubicin, and methotrexate], EAP [etoposide, doxorubicin, and cisplatin], ELF [etoposide, leucovorin, and fluorouracil]) and a survival benefit (FAMTX).
(3) Other cautions are 1) equal osmolality of wash fluid and plasma, 2) minimizing residence time of wash fluid, 3) minimizing wash fluid-to-ELF volume ratio, and 4) adequate analytic procedures.
(4) Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), a mediator capable of modulating a broad range of effects on the behavior of many normal cells, was found in high concentrations in the epithelial lining fluid (ELF) of the normal human lower respiratory tract.
(5) However, most of the nascent 40S ribosomal subunits in ts 422E cells band at a higher density, suggesting their failure to bind initiation factor elF-3.
(6) There are cycles in all of this – the reef regenerates itself,” he was quoted saying in the Cairns Post .
(7) Because the initial site of primary absorption interactions involves the epithelial lining fluid (ELF), we investigated whether ELF-NO2 interactions could account for pulmonary NO2 reactive absorption.
(8) When Welby left Cambridge he dithered for a bit and then found a job working for a French oil company, Elf Aquitaine.
(9) This article begins with a short review of the current state of knowledge concerning the effects of nonthermal levels of ELF electromagnetic fields on the biochemistry and activity of immune cells and then closely examines new results that suggest a role for Ca2+ in the induction of these cellular field effects.
(10) From the available epidemiological data it can be concluded that the relationship between exposure to ELF EM fields and increased incidence of cancer has not been unequivocally proved.
(11) ELF (greater than 0.4 ml) is a potent inhibitor of lipid peroxidation as measured by malondialdehyde (MDA) production in an in vitro iron-dependent assay system.
(12) After a year in London working for Elf Aquitaine, Welby was headhunted by Enterprise Oil, a company formed to exploit the privatisation of British Gas's North Sea assets.
(13) Studies of the possible effects of ELF electromagnetic fields on health are hampered by problems in measuring exposure and by the ubiquity of exposure in the community.
(14) In this report, we demonstrate that a novel Ets-related transcription factor, Elf-1, binds specifically to two purine-rich motifs in the HIV-2 enhancer.
(15) We determined the influence of ELF, a model biochemical (reduced glutathione; GSH), and PO4 buffer (control) on NO2 transfer as evaluated by "breakthrough time."
(16) To assess the in-vitro activity of the concentrations achieved at the potential sites of infection, clinical isolates of common respiratory pathogens were exposed to two concentrations of cefuroxime, based on the observed concentrations in ELF and bronchial mucosa.
(17) Since a variety of inflammatory stimuli are capable of inducing bronchial epithelial cells to express the gene for IL-8, a cytokine that attracts and activates neutrophils, mediators in respiratory epithelial lining fluid (ELF) of CF individuals might induce IL-8 production by epithelial cells, thus recruiting neutrophils to the airways.
(18) Reports from recent epidemiological studies have suggested a possible association between extremely low frequency (ELF; including 50- or 60-Hz) electric- and magnetic-field exposure, and increased risk of certain cancers, depression, and miscarriage.
(19) The high remission rate and long medical survival time achieved with ELF, plus its good tolerability, make this combination a valuable alternative to anthracycline-containing regimens.
(20) Additional experiments explored the hypothetical quenching activity of ELF components devoid of lidocaine.
Erf
Definition:
(n.) A garden plot, usually about half an acre.
Example Sentences:
(1) The assumption that the distribution of pore sizes is Gaussian has led to the prediction of a linear relationship between the molecular Stokes radius (RS) of the protein and the function erf-1 (1-KD), where KD is the partition coefficient [Ackers (1967) J. Biol.
(2) In the present study, neuronal activities of retinal classes R2 and R3 and tectal classes T5(2) and T7 have been extracellularly recorded in response to leading and trailing edges of a 3 degrees X 30 degrees stripe simulating a worm and traversing the centers of their excitatory receptive fields (ERF) horizontally at a constant angular velocity in variable movement direction (temporo-nasal or naso-temporal).
(3) No significant difference was also shown in RBF between the control and all ERF-rats studied, through significant decreases in the renal clearance of NMN and renal extraction ratio (ER) were observed in the ERF-rats except the gentamicin-treated rats.
(4) The combination of Abc2, Abc1, and Erf also exhibited this activity.
(5) Overall cosmetic results were also better for the TRAM without implant than for the ERF (72% good vs. 51%).
(6) The accessory recombination function (arf) gene of bacteriophage P22 is located immediately upstream of the essential recombination function (erf) gene.
(7) After 1,25(OH)2D therapy a significant increase in serum phosphate, urinary calcium, and a decrease in urinary cAMP is observed only in ERF patients.
(8) However, Erf was inactive, both by itself and in combination with Abc1; Abc2 had weak activity.
(9) The red rod-mediated ERFs seem to be somewhat larger than the cone-mediated but smaller than the green rod-mediated.
(10) Greg Hunt spent his time in Paris continuing to pretend that his emissions reduction fund (ERF) is a carbon price and also an idea being adopted around the word, but the experts, when asked , said reverse auctions like the ERF were useful additions to a carbon price, but not a good primary policy to drive down greenhouse emissions.
(11) However, despite the smallest RFR, SK patients with ERF had the highest percentage increase in their GFR.
(12) Ten upper rectus (ERF) and 42 lower rectus (TRAM) were the two procedures applied.
(13) Nevertheless, the FMLC technique has been found to be a valid and useful technique particularly in the study of serum ERF titers.
(14) All three receptor types contribute to the IRF surrounding the ERF of classes 1, 2, 3 and deviating class 4 cells.
(15) Microsomal benzphetamine N-demethylase (BND) and 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylation (ERF) activities, catalyzed by P-450 isozymes 2 and 6, respectively, and specific P-450 content were determined after incubation with ABT.
(16) A correlation was noted between the magnitude of bronchial secretion viscosity and some characteristics: intensity of asphyxia attacks, dyspnea, number of dry rales; bronchial patency according to the ERF estimates.
(17) The pathophysiological consequence of such a deficiency in patients with ERF may be important.
(18) The nucleotide sequence of a segment of the bacteriophage P22 chromosome to the left (downstream in the PL operon) of the erf gene was determined.
(19) No significant difference was shown between the values of RBF determined by the NMN method and conventional p-aminohippurate (PAH) method in both the intact (control) and glycerol-ERF rats, suggesting the usefulness of the NMN method in determining RBF.
(20) On the basis of literature analysis and clinical experience, a classification of external respiratory failure (ERF) is suggested.