What's the difference between pial and rial?

Pial


Definition:

  • (a.) Pertaining to the pia mater.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The change, time to peak and peak pial venous pressures were the same in all groups.
  • (2) Simultaneously, reactivity of pial arteriole was observed and its diameter was measured through the cranial window using intravital microscope and width analyzer.
  • (3) Effects of topical application of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) on pial arteriolar diameter and cerebral prostanoid synthesis were examined in newborn pigs.
  • (4) The effect of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) on the reactivity of pial arteries to local metabolic factors was tested in chloralose-anesthetized cats before or after a period of transient ischemia induced by air embolism.
  • (5) Locations of propagating CSD, dilating pial arteriole, and increased rCBF were always closely associated spatiotemporally.
  • (6) Sprague-Dawley rats were studied using intravital fluorescent microscopy of pial vessels and fluorescein-labeled dextrans (FITC-dextran, mol wt = 70,000, 20,000, and 4,000 daltons).
  • (7) The insensitivity of the alpha adrenergic receptor and the poor responsiveness of the muscle to its activation with agonist concentrations below 10(-4) M can probably account for the small contractile responses to nerve stimulation of large pial arteries in spite of their abundant innervation.
  • (8) Glial cells having radial fibres directed towards the pial surface were found to be present continuously in the internal granular layer during cerebellar maturation.
  • (9) The extensive pial anastomotic network provided relative sparing of the most peripheral components of the lateral corticospinal tracts.
  • (10) The present study was done to see if such a phenomenon existed in the adult rat and if it could be demonstrated at the level of the pial arterioles.
  • (11) Taking into account recent experimental works, the model assumes that oxygen acts on cerebral vessels through an indirect mechanism, mediated by the release of two metabolic substances (adenosine and H+) from tissue, and that any change in perivascular concentration of these substances affects the diameter of both the medium and small pial arteries as well as of intracerebral arterioles.
  • (12) Astrocyte endfeet of the GLM became irregular in contour, protruding in a fern-leaf fashion into the pial connective tissue.
  • (13) Pial arteries of cat showed a well-developed supply of CGRP-positive nerve fibres.
  • (14) Pial arteries are highly sensitive to noradrenaline, adrenaline, histamine, serotonin, rapid stretching, and potassium ions.
  • (15) After removal of the dura mater, implantation of a closed cranial window, and intravenous injection of fluorescein, three-dimensional reconstructions of cortical capillaries were performed down to a depth of 250 microns below the pial surface.
  • (16) A newly developed technique for continuous measurement of the electrical resistance of the microvascular endothelium was applied to the pial venules of the frog subjected to severe hypoxia and inhibition of endothelial ATP-production by means of cyanide (1 mM) and iodo-acetate (1 mM) for periods of 15 min.
  • (17) Pial arterial diameter was determined using a closed cranial window and intravital microscopy, and regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was determined using laser flowmetry.
  • (18) Semithin sections tangential to the pial surface were obtained at sampling intervals 50 micron apart throughout the depth of the left visual cortex.
  • (19) Previous studies have demonstrated a significant pressure gradient from carotid artery to pial or middle cerebral arteries.
  • (20) Averaged spinal cord surface evoked potentials to peripheral nerve electrical stimulation were obtained from various restricted loci on the pial surface of the cervical and lumbo-sacral spinal cord.

Rial


Definition:

  • (n.) A Spanish coin. See Real.
  • (a.) Royal.
  • (n.) A gold coin formerly current in England, of the value of ten shillings sterling in the reign of Henry VI., and of fifteen shillings in the reign of Elizabeth.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He earns about 2m rials (£100) a month, which used to be enough to support a modest life with his wife.
  • (2) Even if they have money in their pockets, they want to wait and see, but we are hopeful that the lifting of sanctions will bring back confidence to customers.” A sales assistant at a men’s beauty shop says a pack of Gillette razors that sold for 170,000 rials (about £3) before the rial nosedived now cost more than 480,000 rials (over £8).
  • (3) On Friday, Iranian customers will be able to get a 14% discount on the latest iPhone, priced locally at 24.9m rials (£625).
  • (4) The recent hardship is believed to be the country's worst financial crisis since the Iran-Iraq war as the Iranian currency, the rial, was sent into a tailspin last year and prices of staple goods soared rapidly.
  • (5) The government of president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has struggled to control the depreciation of rial by issuing an order for an imposed exchange rate to be used both in banks and open market.
  • (6) They have brought inflation and a collapse in the currency, the rial.
  • (7) As a result, the value of Iran's rial against the dollar has fallen to a record low, even experiencing devaluation of more than 50%.
  • (8) A 4K LG television is on offer with a 24% discount at around 17.9m rials (£450).
  • (9) Facebook Twitter Pinterest An Iranian woman pays a 20000 rial banknote bearing a portrait of Iran’s late founder of islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
  • (10) And the value of the Iranian currency, the rial, has dropped sharply against the dollar, placing imported goods beyond the reach of many consumers.
  • (11) The money I am earning here could have earned in Nepal.” Reached by phone, the Ibex manager, Srikanth, explains: “My problem here is I signed a contract for 15m [rial, £2.4m] and I was supposed to receive my advances during March but it was delayed.
  • (12) The dollar is now worth three times the rial compared with early last year.
  • (13) It’s nothing to do with me, it’s the [North Korean recruitment] company’s business.” A project manager of the lavish development said the workers “don’t have a single rial themselves” and “borrow money from us if they need small things like cigarettes”.
  • (14) As part of its labour reforms, the authorities increased the fine for companies that confiscate passports to 25,000 rials a passport, but the practice remains widespread.
  • (15) I calculate that on my current salary, saving every penny I can, it would still be decades before I could come up with this property's asking price of 110bn rials (£5.5m at the official rate of exchange).
  • (16) Real Madrid attempted to entice Mitten, Di Stefano and Rial to the Bernabéu in 1951, but Mitten's wife was homesick, so they headed home.
  • (17) The plan best served Iran's rural regions, where large family sizes meant more payouts per household, but those in urban areas, where families are smaller and energy usage much higher, have been hit hard, especially as the rial's foreign exchange value plummeted, aggravating already intense inflationary pressures.
  • (18) We have been through every company on the stock exchange and shortlisted close to 50 where we know they are fully private.” He added: “We can’t make direct bank transfers [because of banking restrictions still in place] and so will be using exchange houses and multination corporates who have large rial reserves to transfer money.
  • (19) "I could have had European Cup medals as well, because they went on to win it five times with Di Stefano and Rial as players."
  • (20) Iran's currency market reacted positively to news of the nuclear accord, with the Iranian rial steadily recovering its value against the US dollar.

Words possibly related to "pial"

Words possibly related to "rial"