(n.) Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to Hermes as the god of boundaries, and therefore bearing in some cases a head, or head and shoulders, placed upon a quadrangular pillar whose height is that of the body belonging to the head, sometimes having feet or other parts of the body sculptured upon it. These figures, though often representing Hermes, were used for other divinities, and even, in later times, for portraits of human beings. Called also herma. See Terminal statue, under Terminal.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is bad enough that the minimum wage required by law is hardly generous, yet there we were again last week confronted with reports of delivery company Hermes exploiting workers , HM Revenue & Customs widening its investigation into the notorious wages shirker Sports Direct and a challenge to Uber’s employment practices.
(2) Hermes has tracked the shifts in Timoney's career and their impact on police tactics.
(3) Small noncleaved cell, follicular, and diffuse large cell lymphomas of B lineage, tumors having morphologic or immunologic features resembling germinal center cells, frequently failed to express Hermes-defined epitopes (81%, 41%, 25% Hermes-3-, respectively).
(4) In this report, we have examined the relationship between these Hermes-defined "homing-receptors" and two other 80 to 95 kDa lymphocyte surface molecules that have been extensively studied--CD44 [In(Lu)-related p80] defined by mAb A1G3 and A3D8, and Pgp-1 defined by antibody IM7.
(5) Outlining ideas for senior executives to hold shares worth five times their salaries – more than double the current norm – Hermes said: “We believe it is necessary to challenge the level of overall pay paid to some executives.” “Public companies, as their name suggests, ultimately need a social licence to operate.
(6) Hermes, the parcel delivery giant which uses 10,500 self-employed couriers, is currently facing an HM Revenue and Customs investigation following multiple allegations from couriers that they should be classed as workers or employees rather than contractors.
(7) Hermes, the courier group that delivers parcels for John Lewis and Next, has told some drivers it is “mandatory” to work the next two Sundays during the Black Friday rush.
(8) The CD44 inhibitor Lutheran [In(Lu)]-related p80 molecule has recently been shown to be identical to the Hermes-1 lymphocyte homing receptor and to the human Pgp-1 molecule.
(9) Black Friday deliveries may be hit by packaging workers' strike action Read more Hermes couriers are classed as self-employed and they argue that insisting they work is not in line with self-employment practices.
(10) Monoclonal antibodies in the Hermes family recognize a lymphocyte structure that participates in lymphocyte adhesion to endothelium and has been suggested to be the human homolog of the murine Mel-14 lymph node homing receptor.
(11) The CD44 molecule, also known as Hermes lymphocyte homing receptor, human Pgp-1, and extracellular matrix receptor III, has been shown to play a role in T cell adhesion and activation.
(12) In all lymphocyte populations examined, there is a linear correlation in staining for Hermes-1 and for Hermes-3, an antibody that defines a distinct functionally important epitope on this molecule.
(13) The human receptor was found to be highly homologous to the murine receptor in overall sequence, but showed no sequence similarity to another surface protein that may be involved with human lymphocyte homing, the Hermes glycoprotein.
(14) The highest levels of Hermes-1 antigen are displayed by circulating B and T cells in the blood, which are uniformly positive and bear roughly twice the level of antigen present on mature lymphocytes within organized lymphoid tissues and BM.
(15) HR expression was analyzed by staining with a monoclonal antibody, Hermes-3, and DNA content by flow cytometry.
(16) A string of major investors, including Hermes Investment Management, CalPERs, CALSTRS and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan have all come out in opposition to him.
(17) Apart from Aberdeen, the City dissenters included Standard Life, Royal London and Hermes, which advises a string of investors.
(18) They either just sign the contract or walk away.” Under the guise of ‘flexibility’, Hermes is delivering a raw deal for its workers | Felicity Lawrence Read more Newman said he had seen similar clauses before, but not in the other technology companies under the spotlight.
(19) Apart from the Singers and their two dachshunds, Maisie and Bess, no one else is allowed to live on Herm except those who work there or have direct family who do.
(20) Among the other projects listed: An investment group that includes Rockefeller & Co and European-based institutional investors PGGM, Aberdeen Asset Management, Hermes, MN and Nordea will work with around 50 major food, beverage and apparel companies to improve their resilience to strains in the world’s fresh water supply.
Maia
Definition:
(n.) A genus of spider crabs, including the common European species (Maia squinado).
(n.) A beautiful American bombycid moth (Eucronia maia).
Example Sentences:
(1) Subsequently, single and multiple MAIA doses were tested in vivo for their effects on tumour growth.
(2) Earlier this year, the company refused journalist Maia Weinstock’s submission to its “Lego Ideas” platform of a custom set which celebrated the female justices of the US supreme court.
(3) Excitatory junctional currents (e.j.c.s) and miniature excitatory junctional currents (mine.e.j.c.s) have been followed by recording the focal extracellular potential at excitatory neuromuscular junctions of Maia squinado, the Spider Crab.
(4) The drought is unlike any we’ve ever experienced,” said Maia Bellon, director of the state department of ecology.
(5) x 10(-5) sec(-1) for Maia (seven fibres) at 20-25 degrees C.3.
(6) When L-glutamate and L-aspartate are simultaneously applied to the excitatory neuromuscular junctions of Maia squinado, they produce an increase in the conductance of the post-synaptic membrane much larger than the sum of conductance effects produced by the individual amino acids alone.
(7) Of the four assays (platelet suspension immunofluorescence, PSIFT; 51Cr release; microlymphocytotoxicity; and a monoclonal anti-IgG assay, MAIA), the MAIA was most predictive of platelet transfusion outcome (predictability, 74% for one-hour posttransfusion platelet recovery and 76% for 24-hour recovery).
(8) More drug treatment will | Maia Szalavitz Read more State lawmakers, on the other hand, are still learning.
(9) We asked whether we could stay at the Maia Beach accommodation.
(10) Small changes won't solve the problem | Maia Szalavitz Read more Prison helped Masih realise the scale of the epidemic.
(11) The efflux of calcium, as the isotope (45)Ca, has been investigated from single muscle fibres from the barnacle Balanus nubilus and from the crab Maia squinado.2.
(12) To establish whether this fast hyperpolarization is correlated with physiological polyspermy or conversely mediates an electrical block to polyspermy, we examined the morphological and electrophysiological characteristics of eggs from the crab Maia squinado.
(13) Kits with anti-hCG antibodies (Serono MAIA-clone and others) had minimal recognition of nicked hCG (12%), a component of all serum hCG samples, and consistently gave the lowest values with all serum samples.
(14) Comparison of hCG values found in the IRMA-MAIA test with values assessed with kits from Kosice revealed the following: 33% of the values in MAIA were higher, 57% were in agreement.
(15) Internal microinjection of the Ca-sensitive photoprotein aequorin or the isotope (45)Ca have been used to assess Ca movements in single muscle fibres from the barnacle Balanus nubilus and the crab Maia squinado.2.
(16) In this IRMA-MAIA system 240 sera of patients with choriocarcinoma were processed.
(17) The loss of [(28)Mg]MgCl(2) from both Maia and Balanus muscle fibres following axial micro-injection approximated to first-order kinetics.
(18) Their previously undescribed condition could be classified as an ED of 1-3 (trichoonychial) subgroup of group A according to Freire-Maia's classification and is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait.
(19) It was stimulated, some 10-15 times in Maia and to a lesser extent in Balanus, by salines containing 600 mM potassium or 2-5 mM caffeine.
(20) Maia Mitchell plays Mack, a teen surfer magically transplanted – with her boyfriend – into a 1960s surf movie.