(v. t.) To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children.
Example Sentences:
(1) Here we have asked whether protection from blood-borne antigens afforded by the blood-brain barrier is related to the lack of MHC expression.
(2) Unfortunately, due to confidentiality clauses that have been imposed on us by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, we are unable to provide our full names and … titles … However, we believe the evidence that will be submitted will validate the statements that we are making in this submission.” The submission detailed specific allegations – including names and dates – of sexual abuse of child detainees, violence and bullying of children, suicide attempts by children and medical neglect.
(3) However, four of ten young adult outer arm (relatively sun-exposed) and one of ten young adult inner arm (relatively sun-protected) fibroblasts lines increased their saturation density in response to retinoic acid.
(4) The transported pIgA was functional, as evidenced by its ability to bind to virus in an ELISA assay and to protect nonimmune mice against intranasal infection with H1N1 but not H3N2 influenza virus.
(5) In the second approach, attachment sites of DTPA groups were directed away from the active region of the molecule by having fragment E1,2 bound in complex, with its active sites protected during the derivatization.
(6) At the fepB operator, a 31 base-pair Fur-protected region was identified, corresponding to positions -19 to +12 with respect to the transcriptional start site.
(7) In many cases, physicians seek to protect themselves from involvement with these difficult, highly anxious patients by making a referral to a psychiatrist.
(8) Adenosine diphosphate (ADP) afforded significant protection only at the very highest concentration (5.0 mM); inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi) did not protect against loss of latency at any concentration.
(9) I hope this movement will continue and spread for it has within itself the power to stand up to fascism, be victorious in the face of extremism and say no to oppressive political powers everywhere.” Appearing via videolink from Tehran, and joined by London mayor Sadiq Khan and Palme d’Or winner Mike Leigh, Farhadi said: “We are all citizens of the world and I will endeavour to protect and spread this unity.” The London screening of The Salesman on Sunday evening wasintended to be a show of unity and strength against Trump’s travel ban, which attempted to block arrivals in the US from seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
(10) Comprehensive regulations are being developed to limit human exposure to contamination in drinking water by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the authority of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).
(11) They were protecting the sit-in because they believed that, if they left, the police would follow them."
(12) These results suggest that CD4+ protective T cells generated by immunization with vBCG are characterized by the ability to produce IFN-gamma after stimulation with specific Ag.
(13) After 45 days of the exposition, the protective action of these soaps were evaluated.
(14) The yeasts amounts used did not protect the test animals from the kidney infiltration with lipids and cholesterol; 12 g of yeasts per 100 g of the ration promoted elevation of sialic acid content in the blood plasma.
(15) The protective activity of the serum was correlated with high titres of anti-erythrocyte antibodies.
(16) These and other results suggest that the experimental agents do not provide protection against alloxan inhibition by preventing the entry of alloxan into the intracellular space of the islet.
(17) But no such protective effect is seen if the phenobarbitone is administered after treatment with these carcinogens.
(18) Benzyloxycarbonylarginine p-nitrophenyl ester and other activated esters of N-a-sustituted arginine salts may be useful reagents for introduction of trypsin-labile protecting groups into peptide fragments for purpose of polypeptide semi-synthesis.
(19) We propose that during the detergent solubilization the acidic phospholipids protect the transport systems against denaturation by preventing delipidation.
(20) A continuously protective, nontoxic, oral model of chronic treatment with primidone was developed in the rat.
Ward
Definition:
(a.) The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1.
(n.) One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.
(n.) The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.
(n.) A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard.
(n.) One who, or that which, is guarded.
(n.) A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery.
(n.) A division of a county.
(n.) A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.
(n.) A division of a forest.
(n.) A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.
(n.) A projecting ridge of metal in the interior of a lock, to prevent the use of any key which has not a corresponding notch for passing it.
(n.) A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.
(n.) To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time.
(n.) To defend; to protect.
(n.) To defend by walls, fortifications, etc.
(n.) To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.
(v. i.) To be vigilant; to keep guard.
(v. i.) To act on the defensive with a weapon.
Example Sentences:
(1) The program met with continued support and enthusiasm from nurse administrators, nursing unit managers, clinical educators, ward staff and course participants.
(2) A total of 1,268 patients admitted to hospital wards were kept under surveillance by one observer throughout their stay in hospital.
(3) We propose that the results mainly reflect a variable local impact of infection control and that a much more restrictive use of IUTCs is possible in many wards.
(4) Pharmaceutical services were provided from a large tent near the hospital, which consisted of an emergency treatment facility, two operating rooms, and a small medical-surgical ward.
(5) Paul Doyle Kick-off Sunday midday Venue St Mary’s Stadium Last season Southampton 2 Leicester City 2 Live Sky Sports 1 Referee Michael Oliver This season G 18, Y 60, R 1, 3.44 cards per game Odds H 5-6 A 4-1 D 5-2 Southampton Subs from Taylor, Martina, Stephens, Davis, Rodriguez, Sims, Ward-Prowse Doubtful Bertrand, Davis, Van Dijk (all match fitness) Injured Boufal (knee, Jan), Hesketh (ankle, Feb), Targett (hamstring, Feb), Austin (shoulder, Mar), Pied (knee, Jun), Gardos (knee, unknown) Suspended None Form DWLLLL Discipline Y37 R2 Leading scorer Austin 6 Leicester City Subs from Zieler, Hamer, Wasilewski, Gray, Fuchs, James, Okazaki, Hernández, Kapustka, King Doubtful None Injured None Suspended None Unavailable Amartey, Mahrez, Slimani (Africa Cup of Nations) Form LDLWDL Discipline Y44 R1 Leading scorers Slimani, Vardy 5
(6) Transfer between different hospital wards or death were variables found to increase the probability of error.
(7) This has shown that, in spite of higher dose rates in the corridor areas because of the use of an MDR system and the increase in interstitial techniques, the doses to ward nurses have been significantly reduced by encouraging staff to comply with the ALARA principle and the introduction of afterloading systems.
(8) Refractory ischemia developed in the remaining patients while on the ward or in the intensive care unit.
(9) Ethological methods were employed to gather normative data on social behavior in long stay male inpatients in the ward environment.
(10) They were subsequently admitted to a research ward, and 4 days later their BPs were measured at resting baseline and in response to a series of stressful tasks.
(11) The only thing Michael Fabricant could reasonably be vice-chairman of is the steering committee of Nurse Ratched 's ward fete.
(12) The winter vomiting bug norovirus, which also puts strain on the NHS every winter because it leads to wards having to close, has not yet become a major problem, the latest evidence indicates.
(13) The revelations did not alter the huge body of evidence from a variety of scientific fields that supports the conclusion that modern climate change is caused largely by human activity, Ward said.
(14) The kit was also used on the ward by junior medical staff, who showed that after minimal training reproducible serum C reactive protein results could be obtained.
(15) A Hospital Stress Rating Scale questionnaire of 40 items tested for reliability and validity was used to elicit responses from 100 patients from the medical and surgical wards of the selected health care institutions.
(16) In the present study, an attempt was made to isolate and identify pathogenic bacteria, fungi and parasites from the housefly Musca domestica collected in the surgical ward of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital and also in a remote residential area located 5 km from the hospital.
(17) Many child analytic patients use defenses to ward off feelings, many have not even reached the developmental level of experiencing feelings.
(18) (4) Symptoms are exacerbated by a research ward that is disruptive to the community.
(19) We reviewed the routines for providing information on drugs, and for training in the use of drugs and aids to medication in hospital and nursing homes by interviewing 11 ward supervisors.
(20) You couldn’t walk into the ward in your own clothes.