(1) The ORD titrations of ApAp(3') and CpCp(3'), which were made by measuring the ORD curves at closely spaced pH intervals, exhibit a maximum at approx.
(2) Sir Hugh Orde, Acpo's president, said on Friday the introduction of police commissioners would create "inevitable tension" with chief constables over local and national policing priorities.
(3) Ironically, Hogan-Howe in part owes the job to Orde, who managed to persuade the home secretary to oppose Downing Street's plan to bring in Bill Bratton, the former US police chief, to run the Met.
(4) The absolute configuration of a novel chiral neuroleptic agent SU 23397 (I) was determined by ORD comparison of (+)-5-methoxy dihydro coumarilic acid (VIII), a synthetic precursor of SU 23397 (I), with (+)-dihydro coumarilic acid, whose absolute configuration is known.
(5) Although the Acpo statement today was more measured, its president, Sir Hugh Orde, has warned in recent months that low turnouts would risk returning BNP candidates and even "lunatics" as police commissioners.
(6) Experimental differences in the curves of the optic rotation dispersion (ORD) of cystrans-heptaenic antibiotics were found.
(7) After a brief introduction of the ORD and CD methods, the advantages and drawbacks of the application of the two methods have been described, and compared, and the calibration of ORD and CD instruments have been given.
(8) ORD spectra of hybrid viruses, reconstituted from RNA of one virus and coat protein of another, proved to be identical to the ORD of the virus, whose protein was used in reconstitution.
(9) The ORD and CD spectra of the analogs are similar to those of the natural oligonucleotides.
(10) We have a problem already and, to my mind, if we allow access to countless millions without any means or ability of checking who they are, we’re adding to a problem that already exists within our countries.” But Orde, one of the most respected figures in policing, says the anti-EU campaigners have “misused the horrific events in Paris to try to support their failing cause.
(11) In ORD measurements, the rotatory behaviors of lysozyme and its derivative were identical at the 233 nm negative minimum and the 199 nm positive extremum.
(12) Gel chromatography and ORD measurements show no strong conformational change.
(13) $200m will be set aside for a water infrastructure fund and a further $20m on the feasibility of dams and infrastructure projects in northern Australia, including the third stage of the Ord river venture.
(14) In addition, one of them was found to have approximately 15% alpha-helical conformation by the Moffitt-Yang analysis of ORD data.
(15) Analysis of the ORD and CD spectra of various glycosaminoglycans, as well as those of oversulphated and desulphated preparations allowed the following conclusions concerning the secondary structure.
(16) Sir Hugh Orde, the president of the Association of Chief Police Officers, last week played down allegations of a cover-up.
(17) Although simple nearest-neighbour calculations based on the ORD data of IpIp(3') and 5'-IMP account for the observed ORD spectrum of polyinosinic acid at low salt concentration, there were large discrepancies between calculated and experimental results of the polyguanylic acid ORD even at low ionic strength.
(18) A model is developed which shows that studies of the effect of radiation on ORD properties may be useful in providing information on possible intermediate steps in protein denaturation.
(19) The study shows that the stereochemical configuration of lipids isolated from biological material can be assessed by ORD and CD.
(20) It is perhaps unsurprising, then, that Kevin Rudd has promised to “unlock” the Northern Territory, including by expanding stage three of the Ord River irrigation scheme.
Point
Definition:
(v. t. & i.) To appoint.
(n.) That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle or a pin.
(n.) An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others; also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point; -- called also pointer.
(n.) Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a tract of land extending into the water beyond the common shore line.
(n.) The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument, as a needle; a prick.
(n.) An indefinitely small space; a mere spot indicated or supposed. Specifically: (Geom.) That which has neither parts nor magnitude; that which has position, but has neither length, breadth, nor thickness, -- sometimes conceived of as the limit of a line; that by the motion of which a line is conceived to be produced.
(n.) An indivisible portion of time; a moment; an instant; hence, the verge.
(n.) A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence, figuratively, an end, or conclusion.
(n.) Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative position, or to indicate a transition from one state or position to another, degree; step; stage; hence, position or condition attained; as, a point of elevation, or of depression; the stock fell off five points; he won by tenpoints.
(n.) That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or character; a salient feature; a characteristic; a peculiarity; hence, a particular; an item; a detail; as, the good or bad points of a man, a horse, a book, a story, etc.
(n.) Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc.; the essential matter; esp., the proposition to be established; as, the point of an anecdote.
(n.) A small matter; a trifle; a least consideration; a punctilio.
(n.) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time
(n.) A dot or mark distinguishing or characterizing certain tones or styles; as, points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.; hence, a note; a tune.
(n.) A dot placed at the right hand of a note, to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half, as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a half note equal to three quarter notes.
(n.) A fixed conventional place for reference, or zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere, and named specifically in each case according to the position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points, etc. See Equinoctial Nodal.
(n.) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon. See Escutcheon.
(n.) One of the points of the compass (see Points of the compass, below); also, the difference between two points of the compass; as, to fall off a point.
(n.) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See Reef point, under Reef.
(n.) A a string or lace used to tie together certain parts of the dress.
(n.) Lace wrought the needle; as, point de Venise; Brussels point. See Point lace, below.
(n.) A switch.
(n.) An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
(n.) A fielder who is stationed on the off side, about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in advance of, the batsman.
(n.) The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game; as, the dog came to a point. See Pointer.
(n.) A standard unit of measure for the size of type bodies, being one twelfth of the thickness of pica type. See Point system of type, under Type.
(n.) A tyne or snag of an antler.
(n.) One of the spaces on a backgammon board.
(n.) A movement executed with the saber or foil; as, tierce point.
(n.) To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil. Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral.
(n.) To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort.
(n.) Hence, to direct the attention or notice of.
(n.) To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate; as, to point a composition.
(n.) To mark (as Hebrew) with vowel points.
(n.) To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to indicate, as if by pointing; as, the error was pointed out.
(n.) To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game.
(n.) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
(n.) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
(v. i.) To direct the point of something, as of a finger, for the purpose of designating an object, and attracting attention to it; -- with at.
(v. i.) To indicate the presence of game by fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
(v. i.) To approximate to the surface; to head; -- said of an abscess.
Example Sentences:
(1) Single-case experimental designs are presented and discussed from several points of view: Historical antecedents, assessment of the dependent variable, internal and external validity and pre-experimental vs experimental single-case designs.
(2) Well tolerated from the clinical and laboratory points of view, it proved remarkably effective.
(3) We are pursuing legal action because there are still so many unanswered questions about the viability of Shenhua’s proposed koala plan and it seems at this point the plan does not guarantee the survival of the estimated 262 koalas currently living where Shenhua wants to put its mine,” said Ranclaud.
(4) She knows you can’t force the opposition to submit to your point of view.
(5) The isoelectric points (pI) of E1 and E2 for all VEE strains studied were approx.
(6) Ofcom will conduct research, such as mystery shopping, to assess the transparency of contractual information given to customers by providers at the point of sale".
(7) Fifty-two pairs of canine femora were tested to failure in four-point bending.
(8) A one point dilution enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) procedure suitable for determining immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody levels to Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) in community seroepidemiological surveys is described.
(9) Subsequent isoelectric focusing in sucrose revealed an isoelectric point of 9.0-9.2.
(10) Gross deformity, point tenderness and decrease in supination and pronation movements of the forearm were the best predictors of bony injury.
(11) Whole-virus vaccines prepared by Merck Sharp and Dohme (West Point, Pa.) and Merrell-National Laboratories (Cincinnati, Ohio) and subunit vaccines prepared by Parke, Davis and Company (Detroit, Mich.) and Wyeth Laboratories (Philadelphia, Pa.) were given intramuscularly in concentrations of 800, 400, or 200 chick cell-agglutinating units per dose.
(12) A Monte Carlo simulation was performed to characterize the spatial and energy distribution of bremsstrahlung radiation from beta point sources important to radioimmunotherapy (RIT).
(13) From the social economic point of view nosocomial infections represent a very important cost factor, which could be reduced to great deal by activities for prevention of nosocomial infection.
(14) He said Germany was Russia’s most important economic partner, and pointed out that 35% of German gas originated in Russia.
(15) Many examples are given to demonstrate the applications of these programs, and special emphasis has been laid on the problem of treating a point in tissue with different doses per fraction on alternate treatment days.
(16) In 11 of the 22 cells PAI-1 mRNA and in 6 of the 22 cells PAI-2 mRNA was found, pointing to a possible role of plasminogen activator inhibitors in the tumor-related plasminogen activator activity.
(17) Sequence specific binding of protein extracts from 13 different yeast species to three oligonucleotide probes and two points mutants derived from Saccharomyces cerevisiae DNA binding proteins were tested using mobility shift assays.
(18) Recent studies point to the involvement of regulatory peptides in diseases of the gut and lung.
(19) The positive predictive accuracy of a biophysical profile score of 0, with mortality and morbidity used as end points, was 100%.
(20) The starting point is the idea that the current system, because it works against biodiversity but fails to increase productivity, is broken.