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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.

Vim


Definition:

  • (n.) Power; force; energy; spirit; activity; vigor.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It included antibodies against cytokeratin (CK), vimentin (VIM), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), and muscle-specific actin (MSA); the latter three markers are associated with myoepithelial differentiation.
  • (2) An in situ hybridization technique using a biotinylated probe for the human VIM was applied to detect eventual cryptic translocations, as chromosome 10p is difficult to identify.
  • (3) Most of these cells were also immunostained for VIM in adjacent semithin sections.
  • (4) According to our results, most astrocytes in the adult rat optic nerve showed coexpression of VIM and GFAP.
  • (5) The coordinate expression of the nuclear p53 protein, cytoplasmic intermediate filament vimentin (VIM) and membrane epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF-R) was significantly associated with oestrogen receptor immunocytochemical nuclear stain (ER-ICA) negative breast carcinomas.
  • (6) Immunostaining of glycosphingolipids isolated from myeloid cells demonstrated that the SSEA-1 epitope is carried by several neutral glycosphingolipids and that the VIM-2 epitope is carried by three or more gangliosides.
  • (7) A high frequency (130 Hz) chronic Vim stimulation was performed in 4 parkinsonian patients, 2 of them having previously undergone a thalamotomy on the other side.
  • (8) Through the development of an indirect coupled assay, we have identified three in vitro activities in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae that can catalyze the proteolytic cleavage of the three COOH-terminal amino acids of the synthetic peptide substrate N-acetyl-KSKTK[S-farnesyl-Cys]VIM.
  • (9) Vim mRNA was not found in the fetal oral epithelia, dental lamina or the enamel organ, but a distinct immunoreactivity with monoclonal antibodies to Vim was seen in the stellate reticulum cells of the enamel organ.
  • (10) There was considerable overlap in the distribution of motor and sensory responses in the vicinity of the ventral intermediate (VIM) thalamus: however, motor responses, particularly irregular movements, tended to be confined within the VIM and ventro-oralis posterior (VOP), whereas sensory responses tended to be localized in the VIM and ventroposterolateral nuclei, with considerable extension into the ventroposterior subthalamic region.
  • (11) However, a major discrepancy existed for the expression of vimentin gene (VIM), which was high, even though the map location of the gene (10p) was missing in many cell lines.
  • (12) Two main populations were present: the major one being HLA-DR+, Cy mu+, VIM-D5+, TdT-, CALLA-, SmIg-; the minor one HLA-DR+, Cy mu+, VIM-D5-, TdT+, CALLA-, SmIg-.
  • (13) In hemangioblastomas, besides intervascular and endothelial cells, groups of polygonal cells are intensely positive for both VIM and GFAP.
  • (14) The significance of the coexpression VIM-GFAP and the restricted location of GFAP positive cells is discussed in relation with the maturation of pineal glial cells.
  • (15) Furthermore, the maturation of myeloid progenitor cells has been examined by delayed treatment with VIM-D5 and complement during the in vitro culture period.
  • (16) Both layers of the iris epithelium reacted with monoclonal antibodies (MAb) V9 and Vim 3B4 to vimentin, whereas the ciliary epithelia additionally reacted with MAb CAM 5.2, CK5, KS-B17.2, and CY-90, recognizing cytokeratins 8 and 18.
  • (17) As long ago as July 2007, Abbey's director of service quality, Vim Maru, told the Observer that "service has not been good enough", but its "action plan is on track".
  • (18) The VIM-D5 MoAb was used with rabbit complement (C'), whereas the 8.27 and SMY15A MoAbs were used in the presence of human C'.
  • (19) On the other side, a discrete lesion in Vim caused no sensory disturbance.
  • (20) After complement-mediated cytolysis with VIM-2, the number of BFU-e was significantly reduced; however, this effect was largely abrogated by addition of leukocyte-conditioned medium to the cultures as an exogenous source of burst-promoting activity.

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