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Fico


Definition:

  • (n.) A fig; an insignificant trifle, no more than the snap of one's thumb; a sign of contempt made by the fingers, expressing. A fig for you.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There’s a small exhibition of Fico’s vibrant landscapes, but where it really excels is in combining art and design with experimental theatre, dance and debates in a modern space.
  • (2) Speaking on Slovak TV last night, Robert Fico hinted that Greece might soon quit the euro.
  • (3) In an election this month next door in Slovakia, the new prime minister, Robert Fico, won a landslide after support for his rivals on the right collapsed when secret police files about the buying and selling of MPs were unearthed by a Canadian journalist and posted on the internet.
  • (4) Fico has previously rocked the boat by suggesting that there was a 50:50 chance that the eurozone would not survive the crisis in its current form.
  • (5) ), 2) hypoxia was induced by ventilating the animals with CO (FICO = 0.002) at constnat PaO2.
  • (6) Hypoxia induced by CO (FICO = 0.002) also reduced VO2 and SI, a result that is consistent with previous results indicating that carotid body chemoreceptors do not mediate the suppression of shivering by ambient hypoxia.
  • (7) As a sportsman, and, especially a footballer, I really appreciate Robert Fico,” he said in a video.
  • (8) Robert Fico, prime minister of Slovakia, said: “We are glad that Jaguar Land Rover has chosen Slovakia for its new world-class manufacturing facility.
  • (9) I think that he would be a suitable president of Slovak Republic.” As it happened, Fico lost the election and the national stadium has not been built yet.
  • (10) They will talk on the margins of a Syria donor conference in London , where the prime minister is also scheduled to see Slovak PM Robert Fico, Greek leader Alexis Tsipras, Swedish prime minister Stefan Löfven and Belgian PM Charles Michel.
  • (11) Three groups of animals were studied : normoxic control (FIO2 = 0.28 ; n = 3) (C), hypoxic hypoxia (FIO2 = 0.10 ; n = 4) (HH) and hypoxia induced by respiring the animals with a carbon monoxide containing gas mixture (FIO2 = 0.28, FICO = 0.002 ; n = 6) (HCO).
  • (12) One exception is Santander, which uses a system developed by US software firm Fico, which claims to have a 100% success rate in halting fraudulent account takeover attempts following a sim swap.
  • (13) The 2014 opening of Museo Ettore Fico has proved a tipping point.
  • (14) This should be avoided.” Robert Fico, the Slovakian prime minister, said he would not be “dictated to” and would not observe any quota that was imposed.
  • (15) Fico director Gabriel Hopkins told Guardian Money that his company’s technology is able to detect whether a sim card has been swapped since the last transaction by comparing its unique international mobile subscriber identity number.
  • (16) In Slovakia the prime minister, Robert Fico, has called for the “restriction of the freedom of Muslims in Europe” , and last year a law was passed that effectively bans Islam from gaining official status as a religion .
  • (17) Prime minister Robert Fico and his centre-left Smer-SD party technically won, with 28% of the vote, but lost their majority.
  • (18) As a footballer, I like a tough and fair duel and in Robert Fico, I see a man who tries to push through his views, while playing by the books.
  • (19) For Hungarians, Schengen is freedom.” Robert Fico, the prime minister of Slovakia, runs Orbán a close second in his contempt for west European liberals.
  • (20) Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, is the cheerleader of the “Europe is useless” chorus, but Robert Fico, the Slovakian premier, and President Milos Zeman in Prague are not far behind.

Insignificant


Definition:

  • (a.) Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import; meaningless; as, insignificant words.
  • (a.) Having no weight or effect; answering no purpose; unimportant; valueless; futile.
  • (a.) Without weight of character or social standing; mean; contemptible; as, an insignificant person.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Regression curves indicate that although all three types of pulmonary edema can be characterized by slightly different slopes, the differences are statistically insignificant.
  • (2) TR was classified as follows: severe (massive systolic opacification and persistence of the microbubbles in the IVC for at least 20 seconds); moderate (moderate systolic opacification lasting less than 20 seconds); mild (slight systolic opacification lasting less than 10 seconds); insignificant TR (sporadic appearance of the contrast medium into the IVC).
  • (3) The method of preparative isotachophoresis in acrylamide gel ensuring a high yield of IgD and IgE with insignificant admixtures of IgG, etc.
  • (4) The regional distribution of the receptor showed insignificant species differences.
  • (5) Differences between mean durations of dust exposure of workers with radiographic signs of lung fibrosis and those without such signs were statistically insignificant.
  • (6) There was found an insignificant prevalance of the antibody avidity in the patients with the forms of the disease of moderate severity and severe.
  • (7) Injection of albumin-colloidal gold conjugates resulted in an insignificant uptake.
  • (8) The cardiac output decreased slightly in the low affinity group, and increased slightly but insignificantly in the high affinity group.
  • (9) Since cholinergic transmission is probably insignificant in the cerebellar cortex, the esterase itself might serve as a transmitter or modulator.
  • (10) The evaluation of our data showed insignificant complications up to a total activity of 28 mCi, slight or medium complications between 28 and 35 mCi, and severe complications between 35 and 40 mCi.
  • (11) The results showed a significant rise in arterial free fatty acids concentration and an insignificant increase in adipose-tissue free fatty acids.
  • (12) No effect of components of human diploid cells homogenate and an insignificant effect of blood serum components on kinetic constants of LDG isoenzymes is registered.
  • (13) Whole body tilt from supine to 45 degrees head-up was associated with increased heart rate and an insignificant rise in MABP in both groups, although a rise in plasma AVP occurred in control subjects only.
  • (14) Mann-Whitney U-tests showed that during the 7 years of highest wine consumption the highest rates for breast cancer occurred for females aged 30--59 years, but for women over 60 years of age the result was insignificant.
  • (15) Recent clinical studies on secretion of atenolol, propranolol, propoxyphene, phenytoin, carbamazepine, and valproic acid in breast milk showed that the infant ingested dose was insignificant.
  • (16) When the combination of symptoms were introduced into the regression model, the effect of wheezing became insignificant.
  • (17) By assuming that repopulation of late-responding tissues is insignificant during normal treatment regimes it is possible to use the method to assess the broader implications for treatment strategies in terms of the behaviour of the Extrapolated Response Dose (ERD).
  • (18) The protein efficacy of the krill meat slightly decreases in the course of canned food sterilization, However, their biological value remains high, being inferior to casein but insignificantly.
  • (19) The results showed that 1) IL-1 beta induced a significant increase in PGE2 levels in the OVLT and the medial part of the MPOA in the first 20 min, which is more rapid and to a greater extent than that in PVN, HPC, and LV; 2) inclusion of indomethacin in the perfusate abolished the IL-1 beta-induced PGE2 response in the OVLT, but a suppressive effect in the PVN was insignificant.
  • (20) Distal (5th finger - wrist) and proximal (wrist - elbow) sensory nerve conduction showed an insignificant increase as hyperglycemia was induced.

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