What's the difference between nis and nix?

Nis


Definition:

  • () Is not.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These results clearly show a difference between beta NiS and alpha Ni3S2 concerning their cytotoxic effects, uptake, biological transformation and interaction with cell membranes.
  • (2) There was a significant interaction effect such that increasing level of intake did not increase UAN with the high-NIS diet, despite an increased fractional outflow of solids from the rumen, in contrast to the increase observed with the high-wheat diet.
  • (3) The NIS would not confirm the details and Jung said it did not tell him how it obtained the information.
  • (4) The results described herein suggest that crystalline NiS can potentiate both antigenic (MLR) and mitogenic (Con A and LPS) proliferative responses in vitro.
  • (5) Glucose disposal and whole body carbohydrate oxidation were markedly lower in NIR and HIR vs. NIS (P less than 0.001 for disposal and oxidation).
  • (6) Analysis was done on 354 orthopantomographic radiographs of orthodontic patients from Nis, aged 7 to 12 years.
  • (7) Of the IS group, 54% were responders (drug-free for at least 56 weeks), but about 56% of the NIS group also remained drug-free.
  • (8) Both insoluble (crystalline NiS) and soluble (NiCl2) nickel compounds induced single strand breaks and DNA protein cross-links.
  • (9) Unqualified NIs and older NIs revealed more features of technical nursing and outer teaching than other teachers.
  • (10) When two NIs from each patient were selected, the median NI was 75 min in group I, 45 min in group II, and 45 min in group III.
  • (11) These effects of m-Nis might be attributed to its blocking effects on voltage-dependent calcium channel and the resultant alleviation of intracellular calcium overload.
  • (12) According to the South Korean intelligence agency NIS, as of last year about 70 top officials have been purged and killed since 2011.
  • (13) CaCrO4, crystalline NiS and NiCl2 enhanced the incidence of SCEs at concentrations below the threshold of DNA damage as detected by the technique of alkaline elution.
  • (14) The inhibitory effects of Nis on APA, APD50 and PPD were greater than those of the m-Nis.
  • (15) Subjects supported the model's completeness and usefulness for defining NIS requirements.
  • (16) For analysis, the results from 1 day were selected at random from each subject, and from each day, the same number of NIs also were randomly selected.
  • (17) The results were compared with those of normoglycemic insulin-sensitive (NIS) men.
  • (18) The study from the working environment prevailing in two departments of tobacco factory (DIN) Nis together with the study of the employees (95) working in these departments were carried out.
  • (19) The results of a pilot study of ongoing research on the educational perspective of NIs, are used as examples to discuss how far NIs have accepted the features of andragogy as their didactic perspective both in their public stance and in their actions as described by NIs themselves.
  • (20) However, children residing in the city of Nis had significantly increased urinary beta 2m and albumin excretion, over 1.5 to 2.6 times the excretion in the other three groups, although excretion of either protein remained within accepted normal ranges in all groups.

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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