What's the difference between nat and spirit?

Nat


Definition:

  • (adv.) Not.
  • () Not at; nor at.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Only NAT activity exhibited daily changes, rising at the onset of darkness and resuming low values shortly before the end of the scotophase.
  • (2) Most of the money, says WDM, was used to buy shares in Bumi , the troubled London-listed firm co-founded by financier Nat Rothschild that owns large stakes in some of the biggest mining projects in East Kalimantan.
  • (3) This arylamine NAT acetylates p-aminobenzoic acid thereby demonstrating a monomorphic pattern of acetylation.
  • (4) In addition, the two enantiomers of D600 also inhibit NAT induction, the D-form slightly more effectively than the L-form.
  • (5) The ratio of paraoxon insensitive AHAT to OAT to NAT of PABA to NAT of 2-AF appears to be 1:2:11:22 using freshly made cytosols from frozen livers.
  • (6) The substrate specificity of NAT correlated well with the substrate range of the acetyltransferase in S. noursei and Tn1825-determined streptothricin resistance in Gram-negative bacteria.
  • (7) Incubation conditions that activate cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase in retinal homogenates had no effect on NAT activity, suggesting that direct phosphorylation of NAT was probably not involved in the response to elevating cyclic AMP in situ.
  • (8) It was an accident when the Nats won an overall majority in the 2011 teeth of recession.
  • (9) Increasingly, you can discern a more minor-key debate among some Nats.
  • (10) NAT activity was detectable in the cultures under all conditions studied, and was markedly increased by drugs that increase intracellular cyclic AMP levels and cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase activity: 8-bromocyclic AMP, forskolin, and 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX).
  • (11) In contrast, levels of isoniazid N-acetyltransferase and N-hydroxy-3,2'-dimethyl-4-aminobiphenyl O-acetyltransferase activities in mouse liver cytosol appeared to be independent of the arylamine Nat acetylator gene.
  • (12) 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.
  • (13) NAT activity was significantly depressed on experimental days 1, 3 and 5, and slightly depressed on day 7.
  • (14) One part was used to estimate serotonin N-acetyltransferase (NAT) activity.
  • (15) The activity of 3 enzymes related to the bioactivation of toxic compounds and the development of cancer--cytochrome P450 IA2, N-acetyl transferase (NAT), and xanthine oxidase (XO)--can be measured from the ratios of formed metabolites excreted into urine.
  • (16) The activity of total MAO was about 10 times greater than that of NAT.
  • (17) Noradrenergic inhibition of 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine-augmented cAMP levels and NAT activity was reversed by yohimbine (an alpha 2-adrenergic antagonist) but not by prazosin (an alpha 1-adrenergic antagonist).
  • (18) A genetic polymorphism of human liver arylamine N-acetyltransferase (NAT; EC 2.3.1.5) enzyme activity divides populations into distinguishable "slow acetylator" and "rapid acetylator" phenotypes.
  • (19) After an 8-h advance of the LD cycle by shortening of one dark period, the NAT rhythm adjusted to the advance shift within 5 cycles only; during the first 2-3 cycles the rhythm was abolished.
  • (20) 41 patients with different AV stages were studied with the quantitative NAT test.

Spirit


Definition:

  • (n.) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
  • (n.) A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing.
  • (n.) Life, or living substance, considered independently of corporeal existence; an intelligence conceived of apart from any physical organization or embodiment; vital essence, force, or energy, as distinct from matter.
  • (n.) The intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the soul, in distinction from the body in which it resides; the agent or subject of vital and spiritual functions, whether spiritual or material.
  • (n.) Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body.
  • (n.) Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf.
  • (n.) Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc.
  • (n.) One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper; as, a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit.
  • (n.) Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; -- often in the plural; as, to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be downhearted, or in bad spirits.
  • (n.) Intent; real meaning; -- opposed to the letter, or to formal statement; also, characteristic quality, especially such as is derived from the individual genius or the personal character; as, the spirit of an enterprise, of a document, or the like.
  • (n.) Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities.
  • (n.) Any liquid produced by distillation; especially, alcohol, the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it having been first distilled from wine): -- often in the plural.
  • (n.) Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors.
  • (n.) A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf. Tincture.
  • (n.) Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).
  • (n.) Stannic chloride. See under Stannic.
  • (v. t.) To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men; -- sometimes followed by up.
  • (v. t.) To convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; -- often with away, or off.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Sheez, I thought, is that what the revolutionary spirit of 1789 and 1968 has come to?
  • (2) The spirit is great here, the players work very hard, we kept the belief when we were in third place and now we are here.
  • (3) Eight of the UK's biggest supermarkets have signed up to a set of principles following concerns that they were "failing to operate within the spirit of the law" over special offers and promotions for food and drink, the Office of Fair Trading has said.
  • (4) Olympic games are a competition between countries, but here spectators can freely choose which star to cheer for and unite as one,” said Inoki, a lawmaker in Japan’s upper house who was known as “Burning Fighting Spirit” in the ring.
  • (5) "I wanted it to have a romantic feel," says Wilson, "recalling Donald Campbell and his Bluebird machines and that spirit of awe-inspiring adventure."
  • (6) I would like to add the spirit within the dressing room, it is much better now.
  • (7) United have a fantastic spirit, we don't have the same spirit.
  • (8) Following exposure to white spirit vapour, the effect of the expired solvent on evidential breath alcohol equipment was investigated under controlled exposure chamber conditions and in a simulated painting exercise.
  • (9) Meeting the families shows how well-adjusted they are, their spirit and determination and the way they have acted is an absolute credit to themselves."
  • (10) Gin was popularised in the UK via British troops who were given the spirit as “Dutch courage” during the 30 years’ war.
  • (11) The main cause of oesophageal cancer in western countries is consumption of alcoholic beverages, the degree of risk being much greater for certain spirits than for wine or beer.
  • (12) Per adult (greater than or equal to 15 years) consumption of beer, wine, spirits and absolute alcohol for a 14-year period (1971--1984) was related to female breast cancer morbidity rates in Western Australia.
  • (13) At the front of the march was Lee Cheuk-yan, a former lawmaker of 20 years, carrying a banner calling for Liu’s spirit to inspire people.
  • (14) The country goes to the polls on Thursday in what observers see as its most spirited presidential race.
  • (15) People like Hugo forgot how truly miserable Paris had been for ordinary Parisians.” Out of a job and persona non grata in Paris, Haussmann spent six months in Italy to lift his spirits.
  • (16) This suggests that a surgical scrub should be used more widely in clinical practice, and that a spirit-based hand lotion might with advantage become a partial substitute for handwashing, particularly in areas where handwashing is frequent and iatrogenic coagulase-negative staphylococcal infection common.
  • (17) Horrocks plans to summon the spirit of Margaret Thatcher to make his case: “The [1970] Conservative government came in with a manifesto commitment to kill the Open University, to kill Harold Wilson’s brainchild at birth.
  • (18) And yet, the spirit of '68 endures, perhaps mythical, perhaps as a lingering sense of the possibilities that mass activism once had.
  • (19) In our time of rapidly changing life styles it is useful to understand that voices also mirror the spirit of an era.
  • (20) An increasing incidence of methylated spirit burns in barbecue users is documented in a three year retrospective survey.

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