(n.) The common European gull (Larus canus); -- called also mar. See New, a gull.
Example Sentences:
(1) 99mTc-MAA accumulation was seen in the left lobe of the liver in a patient with occlusion of the IVC and common iliac veins.
(2) Twenty thermally injured patients who could not tolerate enteral nutrition support were randomized to receive parenteral nutrition (PN) with either modified amino acids (MAA) or standard amino acids (SAA).
(3) To determine if embolization of sclerosant to or through the pulmonary circulation occurs, chest scintigrams were performed following intravariceal injection of 1-3 mCi 99m-Tc-MAA mixed with 5-20cc of sclerosant in 18 patients undergoing a total of 25 sclerotherapy sessions.
(4) Monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) 225.28, 657.9, and 902.5 recognizing distinct epitopes of the human high molecular weight melanoma associated antigen (HMW-MAA) were used to investigate the molecular and cellular heterogeneity of the HMW-MAA synthesized by human melanoma cells.
(5) Clones from Me28 presented a marked heterogeneity for class-I and class-II HLA antigens but were more homogeneous for MAA.
(6) Co-administration of MAA and CoCl2 enhanced the MAA-induced increase of hepatic microsomal gamma-GTP activity in rats.
(7) Furthermore, it appears that MAA is the proximate toxicant for ME-induced alterations in the immune system, as has been demonstrated for ME-induced reproductive and developmental toxicity.
(8) Therefore we conclude that 99mTc-MAA perfusion combined with preoperative intra-arterial infusion is a very useful method in cases involving limb salvage surgery.
(9) Using MAA, three forms of actin have been identified in the whole fluke and a single one in the tegumental spines.
(10) Half-lives vary from 1 to 2 hours with propyphenazone, to about 7 hours with dipyrone (2 hours for the active metabolite of dipyrone, 4-methylaminoantipyrine, MAA).
(11) Pulmonary scintigraphy using 99mTc-MAA clearly demonstrated a perfusion defect in the entire left lung of an 11-month-old girl with endobronchial foreign body.
(12) Release of MAA did not result solely from cell death since it was greater than that of 51Cr-labeled molecules and cell viability was over 98%.
(13) We have previously shown that affinity chromatography on insolubilized anti-idiotypic MAbs is a useful method for purifying immunoreactive anti-HMW-MAA MAb TP61.5 from 125I-labelled MAb preparations and that not all the anti-idiotypic MAbs are useful for this purpose.
(14) Preferential DNA-mediated transferability of the 96-kDa MAA+ phenotype into B78H1 cells as compared with LMTK- mouse fibroblasts suggests host cell specificity of 96-kDa MAA gene expression.
(15) The effects of IFN-gamma on the cytoplasmic MAA are similar to those of leukocyte and fibroblast interferons, whereas those on the membrane-bound MAA are significantly different.
(16) The mouse anti-idiotype (anti-id) monoclonal antibody (mAb) IMel-1 recognizes an idiotope in the antigen combining site of the immunizing anti-human high molecular weight melanoma-associated antigen (HMW-MAA) mAb 225.28.
(17) However, the degree of heterogeneity of HMW-MAA within a positive primary ALM lesion, as measured by the percentage of stained melanoma cells, is lower than that of Mr 97,000 MAA and GD3.
(18) In vitro incubation of melanoma cells with a combination of the three 125I-labeled anti-HMW-MAA MoAbs results in a marked additive binding only when the MoAbs are used at saturating concentrations.
(19) A method was developed for the analysis of 99mTc MAA perfusion and 99mTc phytate colloid aerosol inhalation distribution patterns.
(20) In cases of symptoms of venous disease, phleboscintigrams showed such pathological features as construction or dilation of veins, foci of accumulated 99mTc-labeled MAA and collateral blood flow.
Mala
Definition:
(n.) Evils; wrongs; offenses against right and law.
(pl. ) of Malum
Example Sentences:
(1) Paddle on the Riviera Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Alamy A half-hour walk from the tiny railway station at Cap d’Ail in the Alpes-Maritimes, a coastal footpath runs underneath a line of art nouveau and art deco villas and round a headland before Mala Plage comes into view.
(2) The inhabitants of Mala Kladusa are mostly refugees from Cetingrad and Dreznik, and between 1790 and 1878 they had chances to cure more than 1200 wounded and a few thousand ill people in barber's shops in Gornja and Donja Baraka.
(3) The insensitivity of wild-type Shigella flexneri 2a to coliphage lambda is a consequence of its native genetic defect in the malA gene cluster.
(4) The OB reaction of the TLMs could be partially inhibited by anti-LFA-I or anti-MALA-2 antibodies, and was completely inhibited by anti-CR3 antibodies.
(5) Because cases of intracistronic complementation have been found, the active lamB product may be an oligomeric protein.-Previously all lambda resistant mutations in the malA region have been shown to map in the malT cistron.
(6) Active disease episodes (acute and relapse) were associated with the up-regulation of MALA-2, the murine homologue of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), on CNS endothelia and the infiltration of ICAM-1-positive mononuclear cells.
(7) We have previously reported a murine lymphocyte surface antigen MALA-2 of approximately 95,000 Mr which is expressed mainly on activated lymphocytes.
(8) Although the fibroblasts did not express the ligand Mala-2, the murine homologue of human ICAM-1, a monoclonal antibody against LFA-1, its cognate receptor on the lymphocytes, nevertheless effectively inhibited binding.
(9) Esterase D polymorphism was investigated in six endogamous Brahmin sub-sects and in the Mala and Madiga castes of Andrah Pradesh.
(10) Most mutations rendering E. coli K12 resistant to phage lambda, map in two genetic regions malA and malB.-The malB region contains a gene lamB specifically involved in the lambda receptor synthesis.
(11) The frequency of 0.3565 found in the Mala is the highest recorded on the Indian subcontinent.
(12) The division of lesion in strain JS10 is cotransducible with malA, aroB, and glpD and maps within min 72 to 75 on the E. coli chromosome.
(13) The genetic lesions responsible for tryptophan auxotrophy in these strains map between str and malA.
(14) Lambda propagated on a malA(+) rough S. flexneri host was restricted by Escherichia coli K-12 and E. coli B, but not by E. coli C. This S. flexneri host did not restrict lambda grown on these E. coli strains.
(15) Spokesman Captain Farhad Hama Ali said fighting was going on in two areas immediately south of the city: the subdistrict of Mala Abdulla, which has a mixed population of Arabs and Turkmen, and the contested village of Besir.
(16) Therefore, we consider MALA-2 to be the murine homolog of human ICAM-1.
(17) malT is believed to be a positive regulatory gene necessary for the induction of the "maltose operons" in the malA region and in the malB region of the E. coli K12 genetic map.
(18) To assess interrelationships between consanguineous marriage and fertility, 3 caste groups in Andhra Pradesh--the Desuri Kapu, an affluent agricultural caste; the Devanga, an artisan caste in the middle range of the hierarchy; and the Mala, a scheduled caste at the bottom--were selected for field study.
(19) The mapping data indicate that the genetic distance between malA and xyl is greater than that now allowed.
(20) The function, cellular distribution and molecular properties of MALA-2 are indistinguishable from those of human ICAM-1.