What's the difference between kam and yam?

Kam


Definition:

  • (n.) Crooked; awry.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Comparison of phenotypic characteristics of deletion plasmids pAS9, pAS10, pAS11, pAS12 and pAS10-2 permitted to propose the map for pAS8 plasmid with the following sequence of markers: tra--kam--ColE1--amp--tet... Heteroduplex analysis of deletion mutants of pAS8 permitted to construct a physical map and to elaborate in greater detail the functional map of RP4 plasmid.
  • (2) A stannous fluoride solution (0.717% SnF2, Gel-Kam, Scherer Laboratories, Dallas, TX) was applied to the entire treatment preparation of each tooth.
  • (3) The twin pairs were part of a larger collaborative study between Israel and Sweden (the KAM-project).
  • (4) Sarwar's family had reported him missing in May last year after they found a handwritten letter saying he had left to join a terrorist group called Kataib al-Muhajireen (KaM) to take part in jihad.
  • (5) The maximum value of ka when the histidine is fully protonated (kam) increases in the same order.
  • (6) They sped over dangerous roads and inhospitable mountains in planes chartered from local firms keen to turn aircraft into political influence – Kam Air (motto: Trustable Wings) and new contender East Horizon (no motto, just a sign on the plane advising: "chop here with crash axe").
  • (7) He wrote on Skype: "I come to join KaM," to which the Swede replied: "Inshallah (God willing)".
  • (8) Police searched the men's homes, revealing an online conversation between Ahmed and a Swedish national fighting with the KaM, during which Ahmed said he wanted to join the group.
  • (9) On second down Kam Chancellor just pops Vernon Davis, who naturally can't hold on.
  • (10) In addition it is found that Kam, henceforth Kam(At), varies with the total actin concentration At, but controversy continues over the actin dependence of Vamax.
  • (11) A key amino acid substitution specific for allotypic Gm b markers, b0, b3, b5, were determined through sequence analyses of the pFc' fragments of IgG1 (Su) and IgG3 (Ba[Gm(g)], Bu[Gm(b1b3)], and Kam[Gm(b3st)]) myeloma proteins.
  • (12) Group managing director of CKI, H L Kam, said: "We attach great importance to the skills and experience of the existing management and employees of Northumbrian and believe they will be an important factor in the continuing success of the Northumbrian group."
  • (13) Likewise, the apparent activation constant Kam is several fold weaker than KATPase.
  • (14) The KAMS group exhibited a transitory increase in BWt and increased male sexual behavior.
  • (15) Crabtree was open but he knows that Kam Chancellor was there to lay him out and he says, thanks but no thanks, and it costs San Francisco a first down as we head to the two minute warning.
  • (16) The amount that Kam awarded the victims falls well short of the $287m that the victims’ lawyers had asked for, and there was no allocation of money for collective compensation, which they had requested to build a memorial.
  • (17) Due to their high sequence similarity to the YmL9 protein two mammalian cytoplasmic ribosomal proteins [MRL3 human and rat; Ou, J.-H., Yen, T. S. B., Wang, Y.-F., Kam, W. K. & Rutter, W. J.
  • (18) Hissène Habré, who in May was convicted of crimes against humanity by the Extraordinary African Chambers , a court set up specifically to try him, must pay his victims up to $34,000 (£25,627) each, ordered the judge, Gberdao Gustave Kam.
  • (19) Two plays later, the quarterback is very lucky to avoid an interception as Kam Chancellor steps in front of a pass only to let the ball slip clean through his hands and fall to the floor.
  • (20) A second group was instructed to apply a gel containing .04% stannous fluoride (Gel-Kam) twice a day.

Yam


Definition:

  • (n.) A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three broad wings. The commonest species is D. sativa, but several others are cultivated.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The staples of the poor consisted of one or two bulky carbohydrate meals (derivatives of different species of cocoyam, cassava, yam and maize) eaten with vegetable soup in palm oil, melon seeds, snail, occasional meat and fish.
  • (2) Yam 1B SN also inhibited DNA synthesis by human T and B lymphocytes and immunoglobulin generation by normal B cells as well as by Epstein-Barr virus-transformed human B lymphoblastoid cell lines.
  • (3) The inhibitory activity of Yam 1B SN was inactivated at 56 degrees C and at pH 10 but was relatively stable at pH 2.
  • (4) TBTA exhibited a significant effect in vitro and in vivo on four yam rot fungal isolates tested.
  • (5) Fake meat diet Facebook Twitter Pinterest Impossible Foods’ plant-based mixture of potato and wheat, coconut fat, Japanese yam, vegetable broth, xanthan gum, sugars and amino acids is a dead ringer for the real thing.
  • (6) Yam, the staple food in several tropical countries, is a good source of the steroid used in the manufacture of the pill and other sex hormone preparations -- saponin diosgenin.
  • (7) In the early days of production of oral contraceptives (OCs), most yams were gathered from the wild in Mexico.
  • (8) In China, where Western corticosteroids are regarded as too expensive for the barefoot doctors, several species of yam are used.
  • (9) The classification of the YaM-55 strain with HAV was verified by specific serological studies and by molecular hybridization with cloned cDNA of HAV.
  • (10) To our knowledge only five cases have been reported (Chang-Lo, Yam & Rubenstone 1967; Chang-Lo et al.
  • (11) The complete amino acid sequence of acidic chitinase from yam (Dioscorea japonica) aerial tubers was determined.
  • (12) On July 25, the Jamaican Ministry of Health (JMH) contacted CDC for assistance in investigating the continued occurrence of THS; the collaborative JMH and CDC epidemiologic investigation focused on characterizing the epidemiology of THS in Jamaica and assessing the role of ackee fruit, renta yams, and other factors.
  • (13) A staphylolytic F2 enzyme from S. griseus S-35 and a chitinase [EC 3.2.1.14] from yam, both of which were completely inert toward M. lysodeikticus cell wall, passed through the adsorbent column.
  • (14) Zinc protoporphyrin levels, low in non-anemic infants, were slightly higher in 1st graders from all three neighborhoods; higher levels were found in both 3rd and 6th graders from Kiryat Yam, but only in 6th graders from Neve Shaanan.
  • (15) At the conclusion of mortuary ceremonies, the two sectors engage in competitive feasts in which the successful control of fertility is symbolized by the presentation of finished products of male vitality: yams and children, especially boys.
  • (16) The difference between London and a lot of other places is that London has been through it.” Neighbouring the Olympic stadium is Stratford indoor market, where West Indian yams sell alongside Polish sausages, cockles and whelks.
  • (17) The buffering capacity of some Nigerian local food substances was investigated using a modification of Toveys method (1974), Beans (red, and white), maize, rice (unprocessed with hull) and rice (unpolished) appeared to have high buffering capacity while yam, cassava and polished rice all showed weak buffering capacity.
  • (18) The First Section is a review of available data on molecular properties of the purified inhibitors from cereals, legumes, colocasia and yam.
  • (19) Yam glue was applied on the subjects' dorsal forearm.
  • (20) In Kiryat Yam, Pb(B) was higher in 31 children with ZPP greater than or equal to 40 micrograms dl-1 compared with 13 with ZPP less than 40 micrograms dl-1.

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