(n.) A favorite gambling game among Spaniards, played with dice or cards.
Example Sentences:
(1) A Monte Carlo simulation was performed to characterize the spatial and energy distribution of bremsstrahlung radiation from beta point sources important to radioimmunotherapy (RIT).
(2) The Eurostoxx banking index was up 1.7% Shares in Italy’s oldest bank, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, were suspended after falling 15% after the EBA revealed it was one of nine Italian institutions to fail the tests.
(3) In the context of a simplified diamond lattice model of a six-member, Greek key beta-barrel protein that is closely related in topology to plastocyanin, the nature of the folding and unfolding pathways have been investigated using dynamic Monte Carlo techniques.
(4) Samples taken by Monte Carlo means from a hypothetical in vitro population were compared with clonal survival data obtained experimentally.
(5) This method is applied to the result of the molecular dynamics and the Monte Carlo simulations of human lysozyme.
(6) These ideas have been incorporated in a Monte Carlo computer program using Poisson statistics to treat the stochastic nature of the energy deposition processes and thereby determine the excitation and ionization states of the molecule.
(7) The calculations are performed on simulated tracks generated by Monte-Carlo techniques.
(8) Neutron spectra at various locations in a phantom, irradiated by collimated beams of 14 MeV neutrons and neutrons from 252 Cf and Po-Be sources, were calculated using the Monte Carlo technique.
(9) "My mother was born in Monte Carlo where her father – from the Lake District – was working for Cook's the travel agents, and educated in Nice.
(10) When Monte Carlo simulations of clonal growth resulted in clones with large populations (> 50 cells), the population as a whole behaved in a deterministic fashion (logarithmic growth) similar to those observed in clinically observed neoplasms and consistent with other published models of tumour growth.
(11) Monte Carlo procedures thus applied support the validity of the rhythm-stage-dependent endocrine and blood pressure differences as a function of the risk of developing a high blood pressure.
(12) The dose-spread array describes the distribution of dose due to multiple scattering about a single primary interaction site and is precomputed by the Monte Carlo method.
(13) A Monte Carlo-minimization method has been developed to overcome the multiple-minima problem.
(14) The authors describe methods for modeling uncertainty in the specification of decision tree probabilities and utilities using Monte Carlo simulation techniques.
(15) Do one-day or shorter sections of the route between Les Houches and Argentière, or tackle the Tour du Mont Blanc, a strenuous 250km trail that takes in the most naturally dramatic slices of Switzerland, France and Italy.
(16) Mexico rocketed up 14 places in the rankings to 26th after they lifted their seventh Gold Cup last mont h, while beaten finalists Jamaica moved up 21 places to 55th after their surprise run.
(17) The distributions of these four estimators are studied in sets of 100 Monte Carlo simulations, each with 15, 30, and 100 data points, respectively.
(18) However, measurements with paired ion-chambers, together with Monte-Carlo calculations, have produced dosimetric data that are adequate for clinical use.
(19) The sensitivity of storage phosphor imaging plates (SPIP) at megavolt photon energies (60Co, 6-, 10-, and 18-MV radiotherapy beams) is studied both experimentally and by Monte Carlo radiation transport calculations.
(20) International negotiations extend over long periods of time and there are significant steps that we still have to undertake, but the important thing is to continue to make forward progress.” Rich countries accused of foiling effort to give poorer nations a voice on tax Read more Manuel Montes , however, senior adviser on finance and development at the South Centre in Geneva and one of the architects of the financing for development process, felt developing countries had lost more than they had gained.
Up
Definition:
(adv.) Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above; -- the opposite of down.
(adv.) From a lower to a higher position, literally or figuratively; as, from a recumbent or sitting position; from the mouth, toward the source, of a river; from a dependent or inferior condition; from concealment; from younger age; from a quiet state, or the like; -- used with verbs of motion expressed or implied.
(adv.) In a higher place or position, literally or figuratively; in the state of having arisen; in an upright, or nearly upright, position; standing; mounted on a horse; in a condition of elevation, prominence, advance, proficiency, excitement, insurrection, or the like; -- used with verbs of rest, situation, condition, and the like; as, to be up on a hill; the lid of the box was up; prices are up.
(adv.) To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, or the like; -- usually followed by to or with; as, to be up to the chin in water; to come up with one's companions; to come up with the enemy; to live up to engagements.
(adv.) To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite; as, in the phrases to eat up; to drink up; to burn up; to sum up; etc.; to shut up the eyes or the mouth; to sew up a rent.
(adv.) Aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up your weapons.
(prep.) From a lower to a higher place on, upon, or along; at a higher situation upon; at the top of.
(prep.) From the coast towards the interior of, as a country; from the mouth towards the source of, as a stream; as, to journey up the country; to sail up the Hudson.
(prep.) Upon.
(n.) The state of being up or above; a state of elevation, prosperity, or the like; -- rarely occurring except in the phrase ups and downs.
(a.) Inclining up; tending or going up; upward; as, an up look; an up grade; the up train.