(n.) The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See Tetrabranchiata.
(n.) The argonaut; -- also called paper nautilus. See Argonauta, and Paper nautilus, under Paper.
(n.) A variety of diving bell, the lateral as well as vertical motions of which are controlled, by the occupants.
Example Sentences:
(1) Subjects trained 20 minutes three times per week for at least 6 months to 70% to 85% of maximum heart rate on a treadmill, or to maximum effort for all major muscle groups on Nautilus equipment.
(2) Case patients were more likely to be men (odds ratio, 3.8; 95% confidence interval, 1.2-12.1), suffer from hay fever and asthma (odds ratio, 3.4; 95% confidence interval, 1.0-11.9); to participate in regular exercise (odds ratio, 5.9; 95% confidence interval, 1.1-30.7), especially in the use of Nautilus equipment (p = 0.02); and to use alcohol (odds ratio, 4.4; 95% confidence interval, 1.1-17.5).
(3) A rollicking maritime adventure movie about the mysterious Captain Nemo and his submarine the Nautilus, the original 20,000 Leagues featured Douglas alongside James Mason as Nemo.
(4) Twenty-six healthy, untrained females were studied to determine the effects of a low-intensity Nautilus circuit training program on resting systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
(5) Resistance training consisted of one set of 8-12 repetitions on 10 Nautilus machines.
(6) The story centres on Captain Nemo and his submarine the Nautilus.
(7) Fifty healthy middle-aged women (mean age, 50 years) were randomly assigned to 12 weeks of either aerobic exercise (walking and jogging) or nonaerobic strength exercise (circuit Nautilus training).
(8) Comment: Those involved decline to comment Spain Name: Baroness Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Offshore Companies: Sargasso Trustees Ltd (1996-2004) and Nautilus Ltd (1994), both registered in the Cook Is.
(9) Circuit training consisted of 12 to 20 repetitions at 30% to 40% of one repetition maximum on 12 Nautilus exercises with one-minute rests between exercises.
(10) Approximately one week after a graded exercise test (GXT), each patient's maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) was determined on seven upper-body Nautilus machines.
(11) Thus, the amino acid sequence conservation between MASH1 and achaete-scute is reflected in a parallel conservation of cell type specificity of expression, similar to the case of mammalian MyoD and Drosophila nautilus.
(12) Prior to and immediately following training, isometric knee extension strength was evaluated at 9 degrees, 20 degrees, 35 degrees, 50 degrees, 65 degrees, 80 degrees, 95 degrees, and 110 degrees of knee flexion with a Nautilus knee extension tensiometer.
(13) Resistance training consisted of one set of 8-12 repetitions on ten Nautilus machines three times per week.
(14) Trygve Wackenshaw: Nautilus Pleasance Courtyard, to 30 Aug Another New Zealand act but you won’t hear his funny voice because he doesn’t speak, it’s all physical comedy instead.
(15) The receptors are compared to cells in the rhinophore of Nautilus and the olfactory organs of coleoid cephalopods.
(16) The relatively small change seen as a result of this modified Nautilus exercise program may prevent moderate weight lifting from being a practical answer for osteoporosis, even in a highly motivated population.
(17) Strength and flexibility (SF) training consisted of 12 weeks of circuit Nautilus training with no aerobic exercise.
(18) The exercise training, which involved all the major muscle groups, was conducted on Nautilus equipment and required 45-60 min for completion.
(19) This gene, which we have named nautilus (nau), encodes basic and helix-loop-helix domains that display striking sequence similarity to those of the vertebrate myogenic regulatory gene family.
(20) Thirteen subjects who were in good health with no personal history or family history of cardiovascular disease participated in a six-week training program on the Nautilus circuit (14 exercises) and trained at 30% of maximum.
Spadix
Definition:
(n.) A fleshy spike of flowers, usually inclosed in a leaf called a spathe.
(n.) A special organ of the nautilus, due to a modification of the posterior tentacles.
Example Sentences:
(1) The maximum catalytic activities of PFK (PPi) in apex, stele and cortex of the root of pea (Pisum sativum) and in the developing and the thermogenic club of the spadix of cuckoo-pint (Arum maculatum) were measured and compared with those of phosphofructokinase, and to estimates of the rates of carbohydrate oxidation.
(2) At temperatures close to those of liquid helium, first derivative spectra corresponding to Center S-3 (gmax = 2.017) and a signal split around g = 2.00 (major features of peaks and troughs at g values of 2.045, 2.03, 1.985, 1.97 and 1.96) were observed in mung bean (Phaseolus aureus), Arum maculatum spadix, Sauromatum guttatum spadix and tulip bulb (Tulipa gesnerana) mitochondria.
(3) The spadix of Symplocarpus foetidus L. maintains an internal temperature 15 degrees to 35 degrees C above ambient air temperatures of -15 degrees to +15 degrees C. For at least 14 days it consumes oxygen at a rate comparable to that of homeothermic animals of equivalent size.
(4) The aims of this work were to discover the pathways of carbohydrate oxidation prior to and during thermogenesis by the club of the spadix of Arum maculatum, and whether there was coarse control of these pathways.
(5) The split signal was small or absent in potato tuber and Symplocarpus foetidus spadix mitochondria.
(6) The split signal could be removed by addition of hydroxamic acids in all tissues tested, although the Ks of this effect was an order of magnitude higher than the Ki of inhibition of the alternative respiratory pathway in mung bean and Sauromatum guttatum spadix mitochondria.
(7) During development the activities of phosphofructokinase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase per club increased 100- ans during spadix development, and indicated that the onset of rapid glycolysis at thermogenesis is regulated by fine control or availability of substrate.
(8) The functional molecular mass of the cyanide-resistant salicylhydroxamate-sensitive duroquinol oxidase activity from Sympocarpus foetidus (skunk cabbage) and Sauromatum guttatum spadix mitochondria was determined by radiation-inactivation analysis.
(9) The single representatives of Actinomadura helvata, Actinomadura pusilla, Actinomadura roseoviolacea, Actinomadura spadix and Actinomadura verrucosopora seemed to form new centres of variation while Actinomadura citrea and Actinomadura malachitica showed much similarity with Actinomadura madurae.
(10) 14C02 production from [1-14C]-, [3,4-14C]-, and [6-14C]glucose, the detailed distribution of 14C from [1-14C]- and [6-14C]glucose, and the maximum catalytic activities of phosphofructokinase, fructose-1,6-diphosphate aldolase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, and phosphogluconate dehydrogenase were determined at different stages in the development of the spadix.
(11) Oxidation of substrates was virtually all via the alternative oxidase, the cytochrome pathway constituting only 10-20% of the total activity, depending on the stage of spadix development.
(12) During later stages of spadix development, pyruvate oxidation was enhanced by the addition of aspartate.