(1) To resolve the apparent contradiction between Norn's work on human eyes suggesting that postoperative air protects the corneal endothelium and the work of Leibowitz on excised animal eyes suggesting that air damages the corneal endothelium, we have replicated Norn's findings in an animal model similar to that used by Leibowitz.
(2) This technique has been compared with that using the standardized Norn-pipette collecting fluid from the lateral part of the inferior fornix.
(3) Since fewer metabolically active cells may maintain corneal deturgesence even after cell loss we do not believe that Norn's work contradicts that of Leibowitz.
(4) N is also for Nibelungs , the race of dwarfs who live in the subterranean world of Nibelheim in the Ring cycle, and for Norns , three daughters of the earth goddess Erda who have a walk-on (or more usually sit-down) part in the Ring, where they are engaged in weaving the rope of destiny.
(5) November 8, 2013 David Buik (@truemagic68) What a messy set of Norn-farm Payrolls!
(6) 12.02pm: Sky's Norn Ironish correspondent Lawrie Sanchez looks glum and thinks his country's chances of finishing in the top two of their group with Italy, Serbia, Estonia, Slovenia and the Faroe Islands are slim.
(7) The methods of examination by which lacrimal insufficiency can be confirmed are discussed: Schirmer's test (I and II), Jones' test, Norn's dilution test, break-up time, tests with dyes such as fluorescein, rose bengal, and lissamine green 1%.
(8) Basophils were isolated with Day's technique modified by Shov and Norn.
(9) Possible cytological changes of the conjunctival fluid in association with physical activity were studied in a series of 39 subjects practising aerobics, 22 football players, and 29 marathon runners by means of the quantitative pipette method and the qualitative stix method of Norn.
(10) The Norn Lacrimal Dilution test showed increased tear flow after the climate-chamber exposures (P less than 0.05).
(11) to Norn 79%, and 55% for a standardized dilution (2.5 microliters of water) in the same pipette.
Proffer
Definition:
(v. t.) To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship.
(v. t.) To essay or attempt of one's own accord; to undertake, or propose to undertake.
(n.) An offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender; as, proffers of peace or friendship.
(n.) Essay; attempt.
Example Sentences:
(1) Although declining in popularity, this treatment modality proffers survival advantage for appropriately chosen individuals.
(2) A system of ordering the relative toxicity of these (and other) drugs is proffered using the exposure-case fatality rate (ECFR) as a crude measure of clinical toxicity (while delineating its shortcomings).
(3) The reason for this were cursorily highlighted and suggestions for speedier trials proffered.
(4) This report deals with the proffered reasons why these men did not take the screening examination.
(5) For Cromitie, he proffered $250,000: a staggering sum.
(6) We also demonstrated immunocytochemical evidence of the persistence of adult slow myosin in denervated mature human skeletal muscle despite the reputed necessity of innervation for maintenance of expression of this myosin isoform proffered by others.
(7) Q has upped his gadget game Facebook Twitter Pinterest The brooding and sombre Skyfall scored a few points for post-modern playfulness via its introductory scene for the new Q, in which Ben Whishaw might as well have offered Bond a couple of Netflix vouchers and a year’s subscription to Cosmopolitan for all the wow factor his proffered “gadgets” achieved.
(8) Since the age-related recommendations of the algorithm are controversial, a discussion of renal cell carcinoma and intrinsic glomerular diseases is proffered.
(9) In recent years, the maharishi, who broadcasts on a private satellite channel from a converted monastery in Vlodrop, in Holland, has proffered opinions on everything from crime to the Israel-Palestine conflict to how countries can best foster military defence.
(10) The Labour mayoral candidate proffered an olive branch as he paid tribute to the way Jewish people have shaped London .
(11) Many sources, including the American Medical Association, have proffered radical changes, but most of these changes will cost more than physicians and hospitals can afford.
(12) In the circumstances, you do have to marvel at that mulishly self-regarding "for any offence caused" – the classic non-apology apology typically proffered by those with a belief in their own absolute probity, which is as unshakeable as it is misplaced.
(13) Back at the bar of the Imperial hotel, he made himself busy introducing Tory's trousers to various Conservative party grandees, insisting they shake a proffered leg by way of greeting.
(14) If the British X Factor carries on without Cowell and Cole, we'll be left with Dannii Minogue trying not to look utterly insulted that the US invitation was never proffered to her, Louis Walsh looking as happy as ever, unaware that anything is actually going on, and who?
(15) It accuses Roberts’s lawyers of including the names of prominent individuals, which it says were irrelevant to the lawsuit, in an attempt to generate publicity with a motion that “simply proffers various salacious allegations as quotable tabloid fodder”.
(16) The guideline begins with a list of problems, verified via an adversarial review, as to why the child(ren) entered foster care or is at risk of doing so, followed by the establishment of the relevance of proffered services to those problems, followed by documentation of a sustained effort to facilitate the use of those services.
(17) The role of the psychiatrist is to proffer a relevant opinion while nevertheless realizing that the inexact nature of the science limits the use such an opinion may have.
(18) If this government has its way, anyone nearing working age today has 60 years of work to look forward to at which stage, if they have any decency, they’ll die to save the country expense and it takes the likes of Owen Jones to ask why and proffer an alternative.
(19) Eckert’s summary also criticised attempts by England and Australia to curry favour with Fifa executive committee members but failed to mention the Spain and Portugal bid at all because they proffered little information.
(20) That proffered need is purely speculative and does not satisfy the requirements of the law.” The case stemmed from a grand jury decision not to indict Pantaleo, who was seen on video placing Garner, 43, in a chokehold as Garner gasped: “I can’t breathe.” Garner died of injuries sustained during the 17 June arrest.