(1) A characteristic mass is lucent on plain films, is echogenic on US, shows fat attenuation on CT, is avascular at angiography, and has a signal intensity similar to that of fat on T1-weighted MR images.
(2) Quigley, who was appointed by Labor to run the NBN rollout, had to answer regular questions about his actions and responsibilities as a former senior executive when it was revealed there had been corruption at Alcatel Lucent in Costa Rica.
(3) After internalization, BSA-gold was present in numerous electron-lucent vesicles in the juxtanuclear area and in the trans-Golgi reticulum, endosomes, and lysosome-like structures.
(4) Except for the posterior end, the rest of the sperm is covered by longitudinally distributed electron-dense cellular processes and an outer mat of more electron-lucent tubular elements.
(5) These vacuoles contained one or several typical collagen fibrils and had either an electron-lucent matrix or contained an electron-dense material obscuring the fibrillar outlines and cross-striations.
(6) The varicosities contain two types of vesicle: electron-lucent vesicles (mean diameter 50 nm) which are immunopositive for GABA and larger (80 nm) electron-dense vesicles which are immunopositive for neuropeptide Y.
(7) The parasite is apansporoblastic, polysporous and has characteristics not previously reported in the Microsporida: (1) an electron lucent inclusion not usually seen in Microsporida is prominent and always present; (2) extremely elongated sausage-shaped nuclei occur in the proliferative phase of parasite development; (3) the polar tube development uniquely involves the production of electron dense discs, yet results in the formation of a typical spore; and (4) polar tube development occurs prior to the final division of the multi-nucleate sporont.
(8) In the hepatocytes of two of these patients we observed spherical particles ranging in size between 150 A and 220 A, having an electron-lucent core and scattered throughout areas limited by a membrane.
(9) Computerized tomography (CT) scans showed cerebral infarcts with lucent areas and dilated ventricles or cerebral atrophy.
(10) The roentgenographic signs which favor a diagnosis of non-neoplastic heterotopic bone formation include a lucent zone between the lesion and the adjacent bone, an intact underlying cortex, diaphyseal location, dense calcification in the periphery, and loss of volume on serial films.
(11) After contrast enhancement, no significant increase in the attenuation number was observed in and around the lucent foci except in one patient.
(12) A varying number of mitochondria were affected in each of the animals: degenerated mitochondria, mitochondria with electron lucent matrix, with concentric cristae, of bell shape, with negative succinic dehydrogenase activity or vacuolated mitochondria were found.
(13) In stage I small, electron-lucent vesicles with a finely granulated and filamentous content become apparent, initially in the neighbourhood of the Golgi complex.
(14) Syncytiotrophoblast, villous capillary endothelial cells, amniotic and Hofbaüer cells were filled with membrane-bound inclusions which were either electron-lucent or contained fibrillogranular material.
(15) A case of COC which developed as a mixed lucent-opaque lesion in the anterior maxilla of a young person is discussed from the standpoint of clinical and radiographic differential diagnosis.
(16) Within the electron-lucent vacuoles, however, such close contact was not present.
(17) Electron microscopic study demonstrated characteristic intracytoplasmic electron-lucent membrane-bound bodies.
(18) Only electron-lucent (loose) mucosubstances are exocytosed; they form the apically-situated acidic mucous coat of the PC.
(19) In the present study, transmission electron microscopy was used to demonstrate that the initial extraction removes the intercellular lamellae that constitute the epidermal water barrier but leaves the lucent band that has been termed the corneocyte plasma membrane.
(20) Primitive cell SGs average 200-330 nm; some have dense cores with lucent halos while others are filled with a homogeneous dense or flocculent material.
Shining
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shine
(a.) Emitting light, esp. in a continuous manner; radiant; as, shining lamps; also, bright by the reflection of light; as, shining armor.
(a.) Splendid; illustrious; brilliant; distinguished; conspicious; as, a shining example of charity.
(a.) Having the surface smooth and polished; -- said of leaves, the surfaces of shells, etc.
(n.) Emission or reflection of light.
Example Sentences:
(1) Two of the largest markets are Germany and South Korea, often held up as shining examples of export-led economies.
(2) The NYT article further shines further light into this murky affair, in which both News International and the Metropolitan Police have so far been evasive, to say the least."
(3) So, at the end of her life, Williams, with other Hillsborough families, was recognised not as part of some Liverpool rabble but as a shining example: an everyday person embodying the extraordinary power and depth of human love.
(4) In a country crisscrossed from sea to shining sea by some of the world’s longest and most famous roads, what could be more simple?
(5) It's ironic given this sector is the one shining beacon of potential growth and job creation.
(6) Yes, Shine, the company she set up after a controversial departure from Sky, was helped by an output deal with that branch of the family firm.
(7) A world of hidden wealth: why we are shining a light offshore Read more However, the Nahmad lawyers have also insisted that because the painting is not in New York and the IAC is based in Panama, the court case should not be allowed to proceed in the US.
(8) The list is split between on and off-screen talent, including Sherlock producer Sue Vertue, the writer of Last Tango in Halifax and Happy Valley, Sally Wainwright, and Elisabeth Murdoch , founder of MasterChef producer Shine.
(9) What we need is international action now, and that’s precisely what we are doing today with real concrete action in the war against tax evasion.” He said the transparency rules on beneficial ownership showed that Britain and other governments were working to shine a spotlight on “those hiding spaces, those dark corners of the global financial system”.
(10) Murdoch is chief executive and chairman of Shine, one of the UK leading independent production companies; Hoberman is a non-executive director of the Guardian Media Group, which also publishes MediaGuardian.co.uk; and Highfield now has a senior role at Microsoft.
(11) But no one was looking, as the sun was simply shining too brightly for HMV.
(12) The current IRS controversy does not excuse sham political organizations masquerading as social welfare organizations, and shines a light on the critical need for campaign spending disclosure legislation.
(13) There was a decision to preference a new entrant into the WA political field, an Australian Aboriginal, who happens to be a member of the National Party, and to symbolically, I suppose, display him in the preference list … Where possible, where we see shining stars in individual parties, like Scott, or this guy from the Nats, we should individually preference them higher.
(14) "Right now the sun is shining and it's totally quiet – normally there is a lot of wind.
(15) A safety net to catch those fallen on hard times, come rain or shine, boom or bust, it would be there for all those who had paid in.
(16) Shine waited 18 hours before she could see her baby for the first time and reflected on how Google Glass could have been used in those initial 18 hours to ease some of her apprehensions and fears.
(17) The events in Carlisle shine a rather different light on the problems facing BHS than its bosses have outlined.
(18) A DfE spokesman says: "We are shining a light on the performance of local authorities on a whole range of different indicators which need to be considered jointly.
(19) For me, the shining example of hope and freedom on Lesvos is not its statue but its people.
(20) Yet all agreed that the more diverse the routes into a legal career the better, because at least once people from diverse backgrounds were in they had the chance to shine.