(n.) The fruit of the oak and beech, or other forest trees; nuts; acorns.
(n.) A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar, set upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging, etc. A mast may also consist of several pieces of timber united by iron bands, or of a hollow pillar of iron or steel.
(n.) The vertical post of a derrick or crane.
(v. t.) To furnish with a mast or masts; to put the masts of in position; as, to mast a ship.
Example Sentences:
(1) of PLA2 caused marked degranulation of mast cells in the rat mesentery which was facilitated by addition of calcium ion (10 mM) but antagonized by pretreating with three antiinflammatory agents.
(2) In later phases, mast cells appeared in the newly formed marrow in the external callus.
(3) Our prospective study has defined a number of important variables in patients with clinical evidence of mast cell proliferation that can predict both the presence of SMCD and the likelihood of fatal disease.
(4) In the dark cortical zone of the nodes (III group) there occur tissue basophils (mast cells), that, together with increasing number of acidophilic granulocytes and appearance of neutrophilic cells, demonstrates that there is an inflammatory reaction in the organ studied as a response to the lymphocytic suspension injected.
(5) Type I and Type II mast-cell degranulation was noted but was not universal.
(6) They clearly demonstrate the phenomenon of mast cells degranulation.
(7) The early absolute but transient dependence of these A-MuLV mast cell transformants on a fibroblast feeder suggests a multistep process in their evolution, in which the acquisition of autonomy from factors of mesenchymal cell origin may play an important role.
(8) The findings suggest that mast cell prostaglandins are an important factor in the pathogenesis of pruritus and that local vascular responses may trigger mast cell degranulation.
(9) 18 patients with typical sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) were investigated by the Motor Accuracy and Speed Test (MAST) and 18 healthy age- and-sex-matched volunteers, acted as controls.
(10) When PMC purified to greater than 99% purity were cultured in methylcellulose with IL-3 and IL-4, approximately 25% of the PMC formed colonies, all of which contained both berberine sulfate-positive and berberine sulfate-negative mast cells.
(11) But we sent out reconnoitres in the morning; we send out a team in advance and they get halfway down the road, maybe a quarter of the way down the road, sometimes three-quarters of the way down the road – we tried this three days in a row – and then the shelling starts and while I can’t point the finger at who starts the shelling, we get the absolute assurances from the Ukraine government that it’s not them.” Flags on all Australian government buildings will be flown at half-mast on Thursday, and an interdenominational memorial service will be held at St Patrick’s cathedral in Melbourne from 10.30am.
(12) Mice homozygous for mutations at either locus exhibit several phenotypic abnormalities including a virtual absence of mast cells.
(13) This initial observation of release of eosinophil chemotactic factor of anaphylaxis in vivo along with histamine assigns the mast cell a central role in cold urticaria.
(14) Their presence was established both by staining for mast cells at light microscopic level and by electron microscopy.
(15) Pretreatment of rat peritoneal mast cells with either Staurosporine or an analog K-252a, lead to a dose-related inhibition of histamine release when stimulated with Anti-IgE (IC50: Staurosporine = 110 nM; K-252a = 100 nM).
(16) The ammoniacal silver method, which identifies basic proteins, gives a positive reaction in cytoplasmic granules of rat peritoneal mast cells.
(17) Cytokine secretion by activated lymphocytes or mast cells is preceded by dramatic stabilization of the normally labile GM-CSF mRNA.
(18) Forty-seven patients were brought to the Emergency Department with a good blood pressure which probably would not have existed without the use of MAST Trousers.
(19) Furthermore, using rat mast cells, the binding assay in conjunction with histamine releasing assay may be utilized to predict the in vivo histamine releasing potential of new LHRH peptides which are of clinical importance.
(20) Six dogs had increased numbers of mast cells in peripheral blood or buffy coat smears.
Swifter
Definition:
(n.) A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while men are turning it.
(n.) A rope used to encircle a boat longitudinally, to strengthen and defend her sides.
(n.) The forward shroud of a lower mast.
(v. t.) To tighten, as slack standing rigging, by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer.
Example Sentences:
(1) But the vulnerability of payday loan clients cries out for something swifter and clearer.
(2) These results show that 90Y pituitary implants have a cumulative effect over the years in inducing remission and hypopituitarism in acromegalic patients, the early decline in GH levels being swifter than from other forms of irradiation.
(3) Greenhalgh said London had experienced a fall in crime, but was suffering greater delays in the courts: “With fewer defendants, we should be seeing swifter justice, but we are not.” Greenhalgh said one powerful person driving the three key arms of the justice system would help on issues such as tackling the 5,000 persistent offenders who cause the most harm in London: “For the victim its not three separate agencies,”, said Greenhalgh, who also wants devolution of the youth justice system and, eventually, the probation service.
(4) Instead, her government announced that it would establish up to five “reception centres” inside Germany for the swifter processing of asylum claims and the prompt deportation of those with little chance of obtaining refugee status, mainly people from the Balkans.
(5) We have the tools and the technology to cut unnecessary paperwork, to deliver swifter justice and to make the experience more straightforward.
(6) A single injection of diaminopropane produced an extremely rapid decay of liver ornithine decarboxylase activity (half-life about 12min), which was comparable with, or swifter than, that induced by cycloheximide.
(7) The advantages of this alternate technique are that it requires only one insertion, it is a swifter procedure, it does not require the injection of dye, and it offers positive proof of tapping the two gestational sacs.
(8) This risks demonstrating to all nations that force is a swifter way to achieve your objectives than dialogue and rule of law.
(9) Police and health experts also want more accurate and swifter data from sources such as hospitals and medical examiners’ offices about non-fatal and fatal overdoses involving heroin, to identify acute drug problems or how emergency responders are dealing with the public, he said.
(10) Triazolam and zopiclone had similar effects, but zopiclone seemed to have a faster onset of action, probably indicating swifter absorption in supine subjects.
(11) That position is backed by many Seattle business owners, although some favour a swifter introduction on the grounds that it will stimulate the local economy while others are opposed to any increase.
(12) Internally it will allow swifter decision-making and better cross-platform working.
(13) Also, the replacement of PCs will be swifter than the rate of their penetration."
(14) We have one of the best legal systems in the world and are investing over £700m to reform and digitise our courts to deliver swifter justice.
(15) Questions of methodology are addressed which apply to all studies of E use and EC; these include suspicions that women under treatment with E receive swifter diagnoses of carcinoma, the misclassification of E-related hyperplasia, and the treatment of early symptoms of the tumor with E.
(16) Addressing Congressional leaders who are demanding swifter progress against Isis, Carter said on Tuesday that the troops would be based in Iraq but will have the capability to carry out raids across the border.
(17) Abbott said: "Under those assessment bilaterals the states will do all the assessment work and we hope that in the not-too-distant future we will have approvals bilaterals in place which will mean the states will not only do the assessment but will also do the approvals.” The prime minister said the new regime will mean “the same high standard of environmental approval but much less red and green tape, much less paperwork for the applicant and a much swifter outcome we hope, which means more investment and more jobs."
(18) The stapler, compared with conventional manual sutures, allows a simpler and swifter suture of the bronchial stump, reduces the contamination of the operative field, achieves uniform and tighter closure of the bronchus, leaves a better preserved terminal blood perfusion of the stump and utilizes a more tolerated sewing material with less resultant tissue inflammation.
(19) The UK’s ambassador to Washington, Kim Darroch, has previously argued that a UK-US free trade agreement would be swifter to achieve than TTIP, which has not yet been completed after three and a half years of negotiations, because agricultural policy is less of a hurdle in the UK.
(20) And while it is true that it all feels shinier and swifter than in the days before privatisation, that was after years of under investment.