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Nim


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To take; to steal; to filch.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Ver or Nim iv induced significant reduction of MAP and CVR.
  • (2) Overall, the NIM group showed a significantly better local-regional control rate than the placebo group (46% vs 32%).
  • (3) A multiple growth factor-producing tumor cell line (NIM-1) was newly established from a patient with thyroid cancer and remarkable neutrophilia.
  • (4) The National Infant Mortality Surveillance (NIMS) project aggregated data provided by 53 vital statistics reporting areas--50 States, New York City, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico (subsequently called States)--from their files of linked birth and death certificates and compared individual States' total infant mortality experiences for the 1980 birth cohort by age at death, race, birth weight, and plurality.
  • (5) A detailed mappage of vascular and neuronal NIM binding sites was allowed by silver-intensification of the NIM-gold complex bound to the nervous tissue.
  • (6) Interestingly, the principle larval antigenic components recognized by pigs were those recognized by the monoclonal anti-sera NIM-M1.
  • (7) A high-field 1H NMR investigation of Glp-His-cHyp-OH and its diastereomer Glp-His-Hyp-OH, obtained by Nim-detritylation of the key tripeptide, showed that the configuration at C-4 of the prolyl residues is critical for the determination of the preferred three-dimensional structure of the molecules.
  • (8) Two of these appear to correspond to the NIm-IA and NIm-II sites described for HRV-type 14, although there are also substantial differences.
  • (9) Nim, likewise, features old footage of a real chimp, spliced with that of a furred-up actor employed to re-enact crucial scenes not recorded at the time.
  • (10) The effect of NIM and CTX alone or in combination without radiation was assessed by tumor growth delay measured by tumor growth time (TGT).
  • (11) That conclusion, however, was invalidated by videotape analyses, which showed that most of Nim's utterances were prompted by his teacher's prior utterance, and that Nim interrupted his teachers to a much larger extent than a child interrupts an adult's speech.
  • (12) However, applying NIM 30 min before radiation and CTX 3.5 hrs after radiation, the ER increased to 1.6.
  • (13) By comparing its sequence with that of the nonamyloid kappa II Nim, a different distribution of some polar and apolar amino acid residues through the molecule is evidenced.
  • (14) MABP was slightly reduced, by 8 mmHg (7-9), and 9 mmHg (4-11) after infusion of NIM for 2 and 4 hours, respectively.
  • (15) Initial alignment of HRV2 with HRV14 based on the primary sequence and the knowledge of the three-dimensional structure of HRV14 showed that the most probable position of the majority of insertions and deletions occurred in the vicinity of the neutralizing immunogenic sites (NIm).
  • (16) The facilitative effect was equal in four cases: (i) making no response (NR), (ii) finger abduction (FA), (iii) noninvolved muscle (NIM), and (iv) involved muscle during treadle pressing (IM).
  • (17) These results suggest that the relaxant effect of Nim on rat aorta may be closely related to the blockade of Ca2+ entry through both potential-dependent calcium channels (PDC) and receptor-operated calcium channels (ROC), while the action on PDC seems to play a more important role than that on ROC.
  • (18) No reversal of the previously noted LCGU depression caused by the freezing lesion (Pappius, 1981) was detected following treatment with either PY-108-068 (PY) or nimodipine (NIM).
  • (19) The effects of anesthetic doses of ketamine (iv bolus of 3 mg X kg-1 followed by a continuous infusion of 20 micrograms X kg-1 X min-1) on functional residual capacity (FRC) measured by the helium dilution method and on the breathing pattern recorded by a noninvasive method (NIM) based on chest wall circumference changes were studied in 14 ASA P.S.
  • (20) NIM was bridged to colloidal gold sols by a suitable amphophilic detergent, and used according to autoradiographic procedures.

Nix


Definition:

  • (fem.) One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Those sanctions will put them out of the picture for much of the summer, nixing their negotiating clout with each other and with the Klitschkos.
  • (2) Characteristic comparisons were made on various medical and dental X-ray films such as Agfa-Gevart, Dupont, Hanshin, Kodak, Konica, Nix, Sun Dental film.
  • (3) The fact that Mayer – not just a woman, but a young woman with a small child – has nixed the rights of her employees to take advantage of the arguably more child-friendly and independent option of working outside the office has disappointed many .
  • (4) We were consequently surprised when the meeting didn't materialise on his mid-April visit to London and suspected that ANC hardliners had nixed Mandela's plans."
  • (5) A judge recently voided a contract between Trump Entertainment and its 1,100 unionised employees at the casino, essentially nixing their healthcare and pension benefits.
  • (6) If you put the blame on Nix for giving Fitzpatrick that contract, you still can't say that Gailey got the best out of the whole offense.
  • (7) Health insurers to nix copays for birth control and preventive care services Read more The guidance, which was issued by the Department of Labor and the US Department of Health and Human Services in a Q&A, declared that health insurance companies must offer at least one option for each of the 18 birth control methods approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
  • (8) The RID comb was superior to the NIX comb for nit removal.
  • (9) At day 14, there was no statistically significant difference in the treatments (27 of 27 NIX-treated vs 29 of 31 RID-treated subjects were lice free).
  • (10) One of the four Dutch military attaches who sided with the Republican forces in the Second Anglo-Boer War, Lieutenant M.J. Nix, was severely wounded during the battle at Sannaspost on 31 March 1900.
  • (11) Comparing the data for the reaction XM(+) leads to X(-) + M(2+) in methanol at 25 degrees for several M(2+) we find that the equilibrium constants increase in the order CoX(+) less than MnX(+) and span only a factor of 5 while the rate constants increase in the order NiX(+) less than CoX(+) less than MnX(+) and span a factor of more than 100.
  • (12) An observational, epidemiological study was undertaken to evaluate the safety of permethrin 1% creme rinse (Nix) for treatment of head lice infestations.
  • (13) China's authorities are squeamish about contraception (a condom advertisement was nixed in 1999), the Falun Gong sect (several of whom hijacked a Chinese television station in 2002, and were charged with "using an evil cult to damage law enforcement"), and - especially - the 1989 massacre of unarmed democracy activists in Tiananmen Square (in 2000, three TV news editors were fired after broadcasting two seconds of footage of the slaughter).
  • (14) Permethrin 1% creme rinse (NIX) was tested as a treatment for Pediculus humanus var capitis (head lice) in a placebo-controlled, double-blinded, randomized study.
  • (15) Obama will have to follow up with other actions like nixing the Keystone XL pipeline.
  • (16) We treated 53 men with the diagnosis of PP with either 1% lindane (Kwell) shampoo for four minutes or 1% permethrin (Nix) creme rinse for ten minutes, according to random assignment.
  • (17) The uproar over the insensitivity of blowing up people's homes as a sporting celebration drew unprecedented attention to the issue of demolition, and nixed the plan; but Red Road will still get dynamited.
  • (18) Plans by supporters of marijuana legalisation for "smoke ins" in Vancouver were nixed by local health officials who said they fell afoul of cigarette smoking laws and a provision on the new regulations that only permit the use of marijuana in private.
  • (19) That’s an industrial-size hint you hate the agreement, and you intend to nix it.
  • (20) In a randomized controlled trial, 58 subjects were treated for Pediculus humanus var capitis with either pyrethrins combined with piperonyl butoxide (RID, Pfizer Inc, New York) or 1% permethrin (NIX, Burroughs Wellcome Co, Research Triangle Park, NC); 31 subjects received RID and 27 subjects received NIX.

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