(v. i.) To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.
(v. i.) To be in a careless, secure state.
(n.) A short sleep; a doze; a siesta.
(n.) Woolly or villous surface of felt, cloth, plants, etc.; an external covering of down, of short fine hairs or fibers forming part of the substance of anything, and lying smoothly in one direction; the pile; -- as, the nap of cotton flannel or of broadcloth.
(n.) The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet.
(v. t.) To raise, or put, a nap on.
Example Sentences:
(1) Effects of habitual variations in napping on psychomotor performance, short-term memory and subjective states were investigated.
(2) Of these 30-45% were of high affinity with a mean Kd value of 0.3 and 0.7 nM for GRO alpha and NAP-2, respectively, and 55-70% of low affinity (Kd = 30 nM).
(3) Stage REM frequently appeared within 10 min of stage 1 onset and the normal sequence of stages REM and 4 were altered, demonstrating that the organization of sleep within a nap is quite different from that in monophasic nocturnal sleep.
(4) During subsequent time off, napping and night sleep increased total sleep length above baseline levels.
(5) It is suggested that the modifier site is accessible to NAP-taurine only from the outside whereas the transport site may be accessible from either side.
(6) One service NAPS provides is a clip sheet of publication-ready newspaper columns complete with artwork which an editor can "clip" and use directly in a newspaper.
(7) Screening studies, from the most simple (night-time Holter monitor or ear oximetry) to either a carefully performed nap study or a home recording may aid in deciding which patients require a formal polysomnogram.
(8) Thus a large portion of Rp binding to NAP may represent nonspecific binding rather than binding to a finite number of Rp acceptor sites.
(9) By contrast, NAP did not affect these chondroformative processes.
(10) US supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg admitted that her traditional State of the Union nap may have been induced by a glass or two of wine.
(11) Some new data are presented about the clinical pathology of glossitis on the base of clinical, paraclinical, microbiological and virological studies and reliable possibilities of affecting by nistatin-prednisolone emulsion (NAP).
(12) Napping did not affect subsequent nocturnal sleep in either group.
(13) These observations suggest that our method can represent high NAP activity more exactly than NAP score and may be a potential tool in differentiating polycythemia vera from essential thrombocythemia.
(14) The late nap was more efficient in reducing sleepiness during the last 5 h of the experiments (23.00-04.00).
(15) The probable structures of the inclusion compounds of NAP with natural cyclodextrins were constructed using a molecular graphics program.
(16) This paper describes the 200-fold enrichment of the native RBF-2 class of PR acceptor sites beginning with the DNase I digestion of NAP to obtain DNase-resistant fragment (NAPf) containing approximately 150 bp of DNA.
(17) In contrast to G-CSF, GM-CSF did not affect the NAP activity in PMN in spite of the enhanced incorporation of amino acids into PMN by GM-CSF.
(18) Although anti-NH2SPD and anti-NAPS antibodies were identified that appeared to bind 3H-SPD, 3H-DOMP or 125I-IBZM with high affinity, none of the populations of polyclonal antibodies or monoclonal antibodies bound all three ligands with high affinity.
(19) In the dark, this compound, 8-methoxy-2-(N-n-propyl,N-3-(2-nitro-4-azidophenyl)aminopropyl) aminotetralin or 8-methoxy-3'-NAP-amino-PAT, displaced [3H]8-OH-DPAT and [3H]5-HT bound to 5-HT1A and 5-HT1 sites in hippocampal membranes with IC50 values of 6.6 and 18.1 nM respectively.
(20) Using highly purified CTAP-III as the substrate we studied the generation of NAP-2 by several neutral tissue proteinases.
Napkin
Definition:
(n.) A little towel, or small cloth, esp. one for wiping the fingers and mouth at table.
(n.) A handkerchief.
Example Sentences:
(1) Other reactions include consort dermatitis and reactions to toothpastes, gum and perfumes in paper products, sanitary napkins, ostomy pastes, and detergents.
(2) The case of a young suckling is reported in whom widespread candidosis of the napkin area was followed by the clinical signs of both erythema multiforme and dermatitis seborrhoides infantum.
(3) I imagine that those who think protesting during the National Anthem is un-American think that the Boston Tea Party was a literal tea party with tiny cakes and monogrammed napkins.
(4) The effect of tampon usage on the vaginal microflora of 35 healthy women was determined following their random allocation to either tampon or napkin use for three consecutive menstrual cycles.
(5) Eczema and wheezing occurred to a similar extent in the two groups during the first year of life, although napkin rash, diarrhoea, and oral thrush were commoner in the intervention group, especially during the first three months.
(6) The so-called "napkin psoriasis" is the usual early expression of the disease in infants.
(7) The efficiency of napkin and protection shield is limited.
(8) As we puff our napkins I ask him what effect she had on other diners when she ate here.
(9) She reaches for a green paper napkin on the table in front of us and I realise that she is crying.
(10) There they will be, shivering on the windy platforms of Leuchars-for-St-Andrews, standing forlornly below the train indicator at Euston, holding paper napkins filled with dripping pizzas in Leeds.
(11) Dusting powders are also used on contraceptive diaphragms, sanitary napkins and in toiletries.
(12) Camilla, meanwhile, went for a spiky number that looked a little like a napkin folded into a swan.
(13) Overall, 49% of cases and 39% of controls reported exposure to talc, via direct application to the perineum or to undergarments, sanitary napkins, or diaphragms, which yielded a 1.5 odds ratio (OR) for ovarian cancer (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.0-2.1).
(14) That curve was famously scribbled by Laffer on a napkin over cocktails with Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld in 1974, and helped underpin Reagan’s so-called trickle-down economics – as well as launching Laffer’s career as one of the most influential economists in Republican circles.
(15) An open, non-comparative, multi-centre study was carried out in general practice to assess the effectiveness, acceptability and tolerability of a 1% clotrimazole plus 1% hydrocortisone cream in the treatment of 112 infants with napkin dermatitis.
(16) Twenty-five infants and children with Candida infections in the perianal, genital and inguinal areas and on the skin normally covered by the napkin or diaper, confirmed by culture tests and microscopy, were treated with a new combined foam preparation containing the active substances nystatin, chlorhexidine and prednisolone.
(17) Contented, I sat for quite a while mapping my talk on paper napkins, and then strolled the small park with the city’s oldest water tower rising from its centre.
(18) Candida albicans has been recovered from the skin of 33 infants out of 53 patients affected with all types of napkin eruption (62 p. 100) and from faecal specimens of 43 patients (81 p. 100).
(19) Photograph: Hayes Davidson The scheme replaces a project known as the Pinnacle , a tower designed by American firm KPF in the form of a rolled-up napkin, which would have spiralled up to a slender point in the City’s planned “cluster”.
(20) Three groups of two subjects each were instructed in three feeding skills: chewing with mouth closed, appropriate utensil use, and appropriate napkin use.