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Gip


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To take out the entrails of (herrings).
  • (n.) A servant. See Gyp.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Intravenous infusion of porcine GIP in man induces insulin release when a degree of hyperglycemia is present.
  • (2) The amylase mRNA was not changed by injection of GIP.
  • (3) To determine if a similar phenomenon occurs in subjects with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), serum glucose, insulin, C-peptide, and gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) responses to three mixed test meals of varying fatty acid composition were assessed in twelve subjects with NIDDM.
  • (4) Although structurally related, GIP and glucagon may influence liver blood flow through different mechanisms.
  • (5) Pancreastatin inhibited carbachol- but not forskolin- or GIP-stimulated insulin release from Rin m 5F cells.
  • (6) By contrast, the N-terminal portion of GIP can be removed without seriously impairing the activity of the molecule.
  • (7) In contrast to Gip and G34, labeling of the 46 kDa protein (Gsp) was not influenced by light.
  • (8) Plasma GIP concentrations were elevated in fed but not fasted streptozotocin diabetic mice, and oral fat evoked a greater GIP response than control mice.
  • (9) glucose) is reduced in type 2 diabetes although GIP secretion is normal or exaggerated.
  • (10) The clinical and pathophysiological importance of GIP is discussed by means of various diseases (obesity, maturity-onset diabetes mellitus, duodenal ulcer disease).
  • (11) The effect of glucose and GIP on insulin release from the isolated perfused pancreas of the same animals was investigated to determine if TPN altered the sensitivity of the beta cell.
  • (12) Gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) is a gastrointestinal hormone stimulated after oral nutrient ingestion, but not after intravenous nutrient administration.
  • (13) The GIP was subsequently cleaved from the fusion protein with alpha-thrombin.
  • (14) Our data indicate that there is a substantial difference in the hemodynamic responses to GIP among splanchnic organs, and suggest that GIP acts specifically on the mesenteric vasculature.
  • (15) Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) is a forty-two amino acid hormone that stimulates the secretion of insulin from the pancreatic B-cells in the presence of elevated glucose concentrations.
  • (16) The objective of this study was to compare the gastrin- and gastric inhibitory peptide (GIP)-releasing actions of bombesin, gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP)-27, neuromedin B, and GRP-10 in rats.
  • (17) The response of GIP to intragastric glucose was not significantly different between pre- and postoperative tests.
  • (18) We compared the effects of GIP on portal venous and hepatic arterial flow with those of glucagon in conscious dogs.
  • (19) The basal GIP concentrations were significantly elevated after TV.
  • (20) At 30 minutes a further increase in IR-GIP to supraphysiologic levels occurred.

Scam


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There is a perfectly illogical explanation for it; polio drops are meant to make us impotent and these programmes are run by the same people who managed to locate Osama bin Laden by running another scam vaccination campaign.
  • (2) Some scams appeal to veterans’ sense of loyalty and patriotism by employing affinity marketing – using military and US related paraphernalia.
  • (3) Today, Britain is broke and broken, everyone's on the scam and excessive right on-ism is forcing ordinary Britons into retreat.
  • (4) Lloyds Banking Group has apologised for the impact of the £245m loan scam at HBOS and pledged to examine whether any of the small businesses affected should receive compensation.
  • (5) The scam has left one of the world’s largest carmakers facing fines of $US18bn for breaching environmental standards in the United States, and numerous customer lawsuits.
  • (6) The latest scam, termed "Coalgate", involves the government allocation of coal and is estimated to have cost the country more than $50bn.
  • (7) Generals and other senior officers accused of running the scam have yet to be brought to account.
  • (8) Bank of England governor subject of $6.5m text scam Read more But the commissioner’s comments were met with an immediate backlash from consumer groups, victims’ rights groups and digital security experts.
  • (9) Facebook scams are also used to gain access into organisations – this is where the big money is and these targeted ‘watering-hole attacks’ appear to be on the rise,” says James Maude, senior security engineer at Avecto.
  • (10) The money came from a scam and he was jailed for fraud but his thirst for money remained unquenched.
  • (11) "This book is about how Bill has identified the 60 people involved in the scam and the murder of Magnitsky, and tried to shut down the rest of the world to them."
  • (12) But now the pensioner, whose first husband left her over her refusal to stop responding to the letters, has spoken of the impact this has had on her life in a bid to warn others who have become addicted to the scams.
  • (13) India has seen many scams before, but few have been as brazen and on such a scale as those that have come to light in recent weeks.
  • (14) "The organisers of this scam went to great lengths to provide a facade of legitimacy.
  • (15) A New York Magazine profile from April 1995 described Cinque as a “small-time mobster, a scam artist and an art fence” who “used to be friends with John Gotti” – the former boss of the Gambino crime family.
  • (16) Belgian prosecutors highlighted the massive losses faced by EU governments from VAT fraud today after they charged three Britons and a Dutchman with money-laundering following an investigation into a multimillion-pound scam involving carbon emissions permits.
  • (17) Being a good mother is not a scam perpetrated by the patriarchy on women at a vulnerable moment in their lives.
  • (18) What we seem to have here is a prime example of the anti-PC back-flip scam.
  • (19) The Central American nation was praised for its crackdown on corruption in September after former president Otto Pérez Molina was ordered to stand trial for corruption, illicit association and bribery linked to a multimillion-dollar customs scam.
  • (20) Cunningham, who was an MP for 22 years and served in Tony Blair's cabinet, said he had been testing his suspicions that he was being targeted by a scam.

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