What's the difference between knab and nab?

Knab


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To seize with the teeth; to gnaw.
  • (v. t.) To nab. See Nab, v. t.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In type one, species including Aedes atlanticus Dyar & Knab, Ae.
  • (2) Anopheles malefactor Dyar and Knab is elevated from synonymy with An.
  • (3) In type two, species including Anopheles punctipennis (Say), Culex erraticus (Dyar & Knab), Cx.
  • (4) Oviposition of the mosquito Toxorhynchites moctezuma Dyar & Knab was investigated in four types of tropical forest in Trinidad, West Indies, using surrogate and natural ovitraps.
  • (5) Functional responses of predatory Toxorhynchites moctezuma (Dyar & Knab) larvae feeding on Aedes aegypti (L.) larvae (Diptera: Culicidae) were found to be type II of Holling (1959) and Rogers (1972).
  • (6) In an attempt to explain the current distribution of onchocerciasis in the forests of northern Brazil (Moraes et al., 1979, 1986), and its potential for dispersal to other areas, this study compares the vector status of Simulium oyapockense Floch and Abonnenc, 1946 in both a hypoendemic and an onchocerciasis free area with that of S. limbatum Knab, 1915 in the latter area.
  • (7) punctimacula Dyar and Knab, and both species are described and illustrated.
  • (8) The hematophagic activity of Anopheles vestitipennis Dyar and Knab, 1906, was studied in a rural locality during the dry and rain seasons, through inside and outside home collects with human bait at a schedule form 19:00 to 07:00 hours.
  • (9) The diel biting periodicity of the arbovirus vector Culex (Melanoconion) caudelli Dyar and Knab (Diptera; Culicidae) in the Aripo-Wallerfield forest, Trinidad, was studied by collecting mosquitoes attracted to mouse-baited traps at 2-hourly intervals during eight 24 h periods.
  • (10) Seasonal and spatial distributions of the arbovirus vector mosquito Culex (Melanoconion) caudelli Dyar and Knab (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Aripo-Wallerfield forest, Trinidad, were studied by collecting mosquitoes attracted to mouse-baited traps in forest, ecotone and savannah, one day per week throughout the year, 98% of the Cx caudelli mosquitoes were collected during the wet season, with a significant positive correlation between rainfall and mosquito catch.
  • (11) The diurnal pattern of oviposition by Toxorhynchites moctezuma (Dyar & Knab), ambient relative humidity, and ambient air temperature were monitored hourly between 0600 and 1800 hours for 46 consecutive d in a tropical rainforest in Trinidad, West Indies.
  • (12) peditaeniatus (Leicester), Aedeomyia catasticta Knab, Mimomyia hybrida (Leicester), Mansonia uniformis (Theobald), and Culex tritaeniorhynchus Giles.
  • (13) The percentage of blood-engorged Psorophora columbiae (Dyar & Knab) was significantly lower in the vicinity of the treated herd.

Nab


Definition:

  • (n.) The summit of an eminence.
  • (n.) The cock of a gunlock.
  • (n.) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.
  • (v. t.) To catch or seize suddenly or unexpectedly.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The illumination of the F1-ATPase complexes with NAB-ADP or NAB-GDP leads to the covalent binding of one nucleotide analogue molecule to the enzyme and to the irreversible inactivation of F1-ATPase.
  • (2) The frequency of antigen-reactive NAbs was about half the frequency of antigen-reactive antibodies found among the BlAbs.
  • (3) To answer this, we measured the effect of the differentiation inducer sodium butyrate (NaB, 1 mM) on proliferation, insulin content, secretion and biosynthesis, and the expression of A2B5 and 3G5 gangliosides by the sublines.
  • (4) Spindle pole bodies, arising by duplication of the NAB at the beginning of mitosis, are unstructured foci for spindle microtubules in mitotic cells.
  • (5) Forty-six of 63 aspirates from malignant tumors were correctly diagnosed by NAB, establishing a sensitivity at 73%.
  • (6) 38% of the administered radioactivity represent unchanged NAB 365 in the urine, whereas there are 45% in the plasma.
  • (7) Fifty-nine neonates with herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection were evaluated with use of assays for neutralizing antibody (NAb), lymphocyte transformation (LT), alpha interferon production, and virus-specific antibody (immunoblots).
  • (8) By day 2, AlGh, m5F, A12, A13 and AhGh cells exposed to NaB contained 1.5-, 1.4-, 1.4-, 1.2- and 1.0-fold higher amounts of insulin, respectively, and by day 6, 3.6-, 2.3- and 1.0-fold higher, and 1.2- and 2.4-fold lower, amounts of insulin, respectively, than control cells.
  • (9) Although their frequency was higher, tumors initiated during the period of LPS-induced NR abrogation exhibited greater reductions in NAb binding and sensitivity to NR than tumors from control mice.
  • (10) NaB, in contrast, produced considerable biochemical and morphologic differentiation along the enterocyte maturation pathway.
  • (11) Seven days after lesioning the NAB, sham operated controls and NAB-X lesioned animals were divided into 4 groups and submitted to 4 different stressors, i.e.
  • (12) These data suggest that treatment of some malignancies with combinations of RA with HMBA or NaB may maintain differentiation-inducing effects and decrease the problems associated with the achievement and maintenance of effective plasma concentrations as single agents.
  • (13) The effectiveness of alpha-mercapto-beta-(2-furyl)acrylic acid (MFA) and N-benzyl-N-dithiocarboxy-D-glucamine (NaB), used in combination, in the mobilization and excretion of lead was investigated in rats.
  • (14) The effect of sodium butyrate (NaB) alone and in combination with a glucocorticoid was studied on Y-79 retinoblastoma cells both in vitro and in vivo.
  • (15) In the presence of daunorubicin or N-substituted daunorubicin analogues, 3H-NAB-daunorubicin photolabeling of the 18.3-kDa polypeptide was inhibited.
  • (16) NAB II cells showed morphological alterations characteristic of herpes infection.
  • (17) The capital raising will see NAB issue 194 million new shares, which is around 8% of its issued capital, at $28.50 each.
  • (18) During the 24-month observation period 2 of 80 (3%) HIV-1(+) NAb(+) individuals progressed to AIDS and died, as compared to 5 of 21 (24%) of HIV-1(+) NAb(-) subjects who progressed to AIDS.
  • (19) Sodium butyrate (NaB), a 4-carbon fatty acid, has been reported to activate the metallothionein (MT) gene in certain carcinoma cell lines.
  • (20) Flat revertants of v-ras-transformed (KNRK) rat kidney cells, which express elevated levels of p21ras protein, were generated to high efficiencies with sodium butyrate (NaB).

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