(n.) The act of making a fold or folds; also, a fold; a doubling; a plication.
(n.) The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) Patient plasma samples demonstrated evidence of marked complement activation, with 3-fold elevations of C3a desArg concentrations by the 8th day of therapy.
(2) 5-Azacytidine (I) stability was increased approximately 10-fold over its stability in water or lactated Ringer injection by the addition of excess sodium bisulfite and the maintenance of pH approximately 2.5.
(3) Radioligand binding studies revealed the presence of a single class of high-affinity (Kd = 2-6 X 10(-10) M) binding sites for ET-1 in both cells, although the maximal binding capacity of cardiac receptor was about 6- to 12-fold greater than that of vascular receptor.
(4) The enzyme was solubilized by Triton X-100 and purified approximately 480-fold by gel filtration and affinity chromatography on alanine methyl ketone-AH-Sepharose 4B.
(5) The DNA untwisting enzyme has been purified approximately 300-fold from rat liver nuclei.
(6) IP3 increased 1.7-fold and IP2 1.6-fold after 20 and 40 s, respectively.
(7) Short incubations with heparin (5 min) caused a release of the enzyme into the media, while longer incubations caused a 2-8-fold increase in net lipoprotein lipase secretion which was maximal after 2-16 h depending on cell type, and persisted for 24 h. The effect of heparin was dose-dependent and specific (it was not duplicated by other glycosaminoglycans).
(8) The following conclusions emerge: (i) when the 3' or the 3' penultimate base of the oligonucleotide mismatched an allele, no amplification product could be detected; (ii) when the mismatches were 3 and 4 bases from the 3' end of the primer, differential amplification was still observed, but only at certain concentrations of magnesium chloride; (iii) the mismatched allele can be detected in the presence of a 40-fold excess of the matched allele; (iv) primers as short as 13 nucleotides were effective; and (v) the specificity of the amplification could be overwhelmed by greatly increasing the concentration of target DNA.
(9) Epicanthal folds were present in 46%, mongoloid slanting of the lids in 72% of cases.
(10) The estimated DNA compaction ratio (approximately 3-fold) is consistent with a significant degree of nucleosome unfolding in the hyperstimulated BR genes.
(11) Two hours after refeeding rats fasted for 48 h, ODC activity increased 40-fold in mucosa from the intact jejunum and 4-fold in the mucosa of the bypassed segments.
(12) Transfection of the treated DNA into SOS-induced spheroplasts results in an increase in mutagenesis as great as 50-fold.
(13) ACh released from the vesicular fraction was about 100-fold more than could be accounted for by miniature end-plate potentials; possible causes of this overestimate are discussed.
(14) In strains completely deleted for galR, the gene which encodes the Gal repressor, the operon is derepressed by only 10-fold without an inducer.
(15) The amount of water, creatinine, electrolytes, proteins, and enzymes were higher during the day (up to three fold, p always less than 0.05), while equal amounts of amino acids were excreted in the day and the night period.
(16) TNBS reacts to an extremely small extend with hemoglobin over the concentration range 0.4 to 4 mM whereas FDNB reacts with hemoglobin to a very large extent (50 fold more than TNBS).
(17) Rates of PC in vitro metabolism by liver and kidney cytosolic cysteine conjugate beta-lyases (beta-lyases) were similar, but metabolism by renal mitochondrial beta-lyase occurred at a 3-fold higher rate than the rate obtained with hepatic mitochondrial beta-lyase.
(18) Dietary factors affect intestinal P450s markedly--iron restriction rapidly decreased intestinal P450 to beneath detectable values; selenium deficiency acted similarly but was less effective; Brussels sprouts increased intestinal AHH activity 9.8-fold, ECOD activity 3.2-fold, and P450 1.9-fold; fried meat and dietary fat significantly increased intestinal EROD activity; a vitamin A-deficient diet increased, and a vitamin A-rich diet decreased intestinal P450 activities; and excess cholesterol in the diet increased intestinal P450 activity.
(19) On the other hand, if we correct for the population of HMM with degraded light chain 2, the difference in the binding constants in the presence and absence of Ca2+ may be as great as 5-fold.
(20) The gene, which is located at chromosome XIII, is transcribed as a mRNA of about 2.7 kilobases, and the amount of message has been found to increase 3- to 4-fold during the culture.
Trestle
Definition:
(n.) A movable frame or support for anything, as scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece, and forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters, masons, and other workmen; also, a kind of framework of strong posts or piles, and crossbeams, for supporting a bridge, the track of a railway, or the like.
(n.) The frame of a table.
Example Sentences:
(1) Alternatives, such as building an extended ship loading trestle, were rejected as unsafe and too expensive by the mining industry, which will use Abbot Point to export millions of extra tonnes of coal once it is expanded.
(2) Lunchtime cups of tea are being brewed on a trestle table before resumption, and I finally grab the nicely frantic director, Sean Foley.
(3) Future work involving forensic engineers, forensic pathologists, and lawyers along with community activists should include both public education and a design of less accessible trestles to avoid such tragedies.
(4) Our restaurant, The Clove Club , started out three years ago as two trestle tables in our small London flat.
(5) Less than a week later, the banner ads for beer are still strung up behind the kitchens, but under the soaring roof children play with toy cars and chase balls, a family is picking new clothes from trestles piled with donations, and rows of men charge their phones at a bank of sockets.
(6) From the pile of canvases stacked up on the trestle table, and hung from its metal framework, the buyer had selected Kids on Guns – two sweet little children standing on a hillock of guns and bombs – and Pooh Bear, a version of AA Milne's winsome creation sitting weeping under a tree, honey pot (labelled with a dollar sign) discarded and his foot stuck in a bear trap.
(7) Gaseous myelography remains the best contrast test for establishing this diagnosis, making it possible to distinguish between spinal cords with constriction by stages and "trestle spinal cords" these two conditions often seem related.
(8) The structural framework of the skull of dog has been described as a rigid trestle-like structure; it can be illustrated by mechanically removing nonresistant areas of bone.
(9) Evidently, fatalities more frequently result from victims' disregard for safety--either by crossing the tracks despite warning, or by utilizing railroad trestles as a fishing pier--than from mass disaster.
(10) What do you think?” he asked, as we approached a trestle table of water bottles, laid on by mountain rescue.
(11) Thousands of fins are spread out to dry in the open air on wire mesh resting on trestles, taking up most of the factory yard.
(12) The style is young, hip and playful, with mint-green walls, trestle tables and a bar laden with temptations.
(13) A special wooden trestle was made to fix the subject in the CT scanner in a permanent effort of pronation or supination.
(14) Transform your home We had two trestle tables that we had hired for a fiver each and dressed with white linen, tea lights in Duralex glasses and little flower settings.
(15) Does Justin Welby seriously think a trestle table in the church hall can take on Wonga .com and the £15m it spends on advertising?
(16) • Paseo Colón 15, +34 943 279654, hidalgo56.com , closed Sun and Tues evening, from €2 Casa Senra A couple of streets back from the Zurriola surfing beach, this popular restaurant and pintxo bar in Gros has traditional beams, varnished trestle tables, kitsch paintings, and an enthusiastic following.
(17) It filled the whole of that table," she says, pointing to a trestle.
(18) According to Visser, the nobility favoured trestle tables for their banquets because heavy, stationary tables were what you got in the kitchen, and were thus a touch common.
(19) Trestle Bike Park has 42 miles of lift-served trails suitable for all abilities, with smooth options for beginners and huge jumps for pros.
(20) rouentourisme.com ; +33 2 3571 8607, brasserie-paul.com deborahjenner La Cale, Blainville-sur-Mer Normandy's best bucket-sized moules frites in a crazy bohemian shack on the beach – walls daubed with huge nude paintings – where you grab a chair, share an old trestle table with friendly strangers, dig your toes in the sand and write your own order on a scrap of paper (provided) to take to the bar.