(n.) A carry between navigable waters. See 3d Carry.
(v. t. & i.) To carry (goods, boats, etc.) overland between navigable waters.
Example Sentences:
(1) Incorporation of FMDP into a dipeptide structure has produced effective antifungal agents (portage transport).
(2) This paper describes methods for simultaneous cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of repeated measurements obtained in cohort studies with regular examination schedules, then uses these methods to describe age-related changes in pulmonary function level among nonsmoking participants in the Six Cities Study, a longitudinal study of air pollution and respiratory health conducted between 1974 and 1983 in Watertown, Massachusetts; Kingston and Harriman, Tennessee; St. Louis, Missouri; Steubenville, Ohio; Portage, Wisconsin; and Topeka, Kansas.
(3) Historically it was one of the first areas of western Canada visited by European explorers, travelling over the Methye Portage to reach the Clearwater and Athabasca rivers, rich sources of the furs that were shipped back to England to feed the demand for beaver hats – the first resource exploitation.
(4) Anoka and Portage cultivars of soybeans were inoculated with each of 8 and 24 strains, respectively, of Rhizobium japonicum and surveyed for H2 evolution and C2H2 reduction rates nodule weight, and plant dry weight.
(5) Nodules formed by strain 3Ilb 143 exhibited an efficiency of 1.0 on the following cultivars: Amsoy 71, Anoka, Bonus, Clark 63, Kent, Peking, and Portage.
(6) In Jamaica, however, professionals use the Portage model with only a few modifications.
(7) The isolation of multiresistant strains will be in rapport with the antibiotic resistant plasmide portage.
(8) Save time for Grand Portage state park which has Minnesota's highest waterfall.
(9) This paper describes how Portage has been adapted for brain-damaged adults.
(10) Many councils in England and Wales have reduced spending on portage, a speech and language therapy home visiting service used to prepare individuals up to five years old with learning disabilities for mainstream schooling, while almost one in five councils do not provide any portage services at all, Mencap said.
(11) The Portage model and its benefits to families are outlined.
(12) Of the 50 Portage County, Wisconsin, women who participated in the first study, 45 participated in the follow-up: 18 formerly exposed and 27 formerly unexposed.
(13) A cross-sectional epidemiological study investigating the respiratory health of children in two Canadian communities was conducted in 1983-1984 in Tillsonburg, Ontario, located in a region of moderately elevated concentrations of transported air pollutants, and in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, situated in a low pollution area.
(14) Ohio (7.30pm ET) Real Clear Politics average: Obama +2.3pt 2008 result: Obama won by 4.6pt 2004 result: Bush won by 2.1pt Swing counties with 50k+ population: Hamilton (+2.2), Lake (-3.7), Montgomery (+1.6), Portage (+4.4), Stark (+0.9), Wood (+2.5) No Republican has ever won the presidency without winning Ohio.
(15) In order to circumvent the presumed permeability barrier to sulfanilic acid, advantage was taken of the technique of portage transport.
(16) Sulfur dioxide (SO2), sulfate, and particulate nitrate levels were significantly higher in Tillsonburg than in Portage la Prairie (P less than 0.05), but nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and inhalable particles (PM10) differed little between the communities.
(17) In the late 1960s in rural Wisconsin, the Portage Guide to Early Intervention was developed to manage development delay in preschool children.
(18) This overview of Portage services in various countries indicates that these services alone are relatively unimportant as direct agents of social change and may be an important element of broader social changes.
(19) As well as considering cross-cultural aspects of Portage, variability within one country, the United Kingdom, is considered by comparing one service in an inner-city area and one in a rural area.
(20) Professionals in India and Bangladesh have incorporated Portage into a variety of early intervention services, thereby modifying the model considerably.
Portate
Definition:
(a.) Borne not erect, but diagonally athwart an escutcheon; as, a cross portate.