(v. i.) To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds.
Example Sentences:
(1) Before LRLN (base line), increasing treadmill speed for horses from standing to the trot and gallop progressively increased HR, respiratory frequency, VImax, VEmax, PuI, PuE, Hb, and PaCO2 values and decreased PaO2, pH, and HCO3- values; inspiratory and expiratory impedances were unchanged.
(2) Minute volume decreased at exercise after LRLN, but the changes were not significant; LRLN had no effect on VEmax, PuE, ZE, heart rate, arterial carbon dioxide tension (PaCO2), or VT. Subtotal arytenoidectomy did not improve upper airway flow mechanics or blood gas measurements impaired by laryngeal hemiplegia.
(3) Los otros dos grandes parques de la ciudad, Bosque de Aragón y Bosque de Tlalpan, tienen horarios aún más reducidos, pues diariamente cierran, como más tarde, a las 6pm.
(4) At baseline, increasing treadmill speed progressively increased peak inspiratory and expiratory flow (VImax and VEmax, respectively), peak inspiratory and expiratory transupper airway pressure (PuI and PuE, respectively), respiratory frequency (f), tidal volume (VT), minute volume (VE), and heart rate.
(5) Functional analysis of the deletions in Dictyostelium transformants revealed two short regulatory sequences: a positive upstream element (PUE) between -599 and -572 which increases transcription by a factor of 10 but does not affect the developmental pattern of expression and an upstream activator sequence (UAS) between -249 and -215 which is essential for transcription and proper developmental regulation.
(6) Inspiratory and expiratory transupper airway pressures (PuI, PuE, respectively) were determined as pressure differences between barometric pressure and lateral tracheal pressure.
(7) Entre el 2000 y el 2012, la obesidad en población adulta ha mostrado una constante tendencia a la alta, pues un 16% de la población de la ciudad se vio afectada en el año 2000, un 19% en 2006, y un 26% en 2012.
(8) case of Capillaria hepatica seen in the Mexican Republic is reported together with clinical and laboratory findings of the visceral larva migrans syndrome, diagnosis which was made at the Hospital of Specialties of the Mexican Social Security Institute at Puebla, Pue.
(9) Left recurrent laryngeal neurectomy had no effect on PuE, VEmax, HR, PaO2, pH, Hb, or expiratory impedance values.
(10) After site-directed mutagenesis, the genes coding for the 42- and 51-kilodalton (kDa) mosquitocidal proteins of Bacillus sphaericus 2362 were placed under the regulation of the aprE (subtilisin) promoter of the Bacillus subtilis vector pUE (a derivative of pUB18).
Pur
Definition:
(v. i.) To utter a low, murmuring, continued sound, as a cat does when pleased.
(v. t.) To signify or express by purring.
(n.) The low, murmuring sound made by a cat to express contentment or pleasure.
Example Sentences:
(1) No correlation between PUR, platelet survival, platelet function and the clinical situation could be assessed.
(2) The sequence of markers in the corresponding segment (mel to purA; 91.5 to 93.5 min) of the E. coli linkage map was shown to be mel--aspA--mop(groE)--ampA--frdA--pur A.
(3) Two types of repetitive DNA elements are located within the PAI-1 structural gene and flanking DNAs: we have found 12 Alu elements and 5 repeats of a long poly (Pur) element.
(4) These things happen, it all comes together and a team suddenly starts purring; we hit five in about 10 minutes and, with Jimmy [Greaves] in that groove, we'd have beaten any team anywhere.
(5) Pur repressor bound specifically to purF operator DNA as determined by gel retardation and DNase I footprinting assays.
(6) It is concluded that: PUR, but not BAC, is a useful pharmacological tool for the aminopeptidase inhibition and for activation of enkephalinergic neurons; aminopeptidases are concerned with activities of opioid peptides.
(7) Facebook Twitter Pinterest David Cameron tells Michael Bloomberg ‘the Queen purred’ Buckingham Palace declined to comment on the discussions between Geidt and Heywood.
(8) Before a ferociously red crowd, in which the Australian fans, scattered throughout the stadium in little blobs of yellow, struggled to assert themselves in any meaningful way, the Chileans started with their customary disregard for defence, a line of five attackers purring forward with gushing, almost smug intent.
(9) The order of the markers was hom-1-thr-1-his-1-(gly-1 or gly-2)-pur-1-pur-2.
(10) Nicola Sturgeon could be sat in that castle now – we know she had her eye on it – it was a damn close-run thing.” Royal circles found particularly offensive Cameron’s portrayal of the Queen as having “purred down the line” when he telephoned her to tell her Scotland had voted against independence.
(11) The dominance of the referendum explains why a relieved Cameron told the former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, in an overheard conversation days after the referendum, that the Queen had “ purred down the line ” when he told her the result.
(12) Furthermore, Pur-1 is able to activate an intact insulin promoter in HeLa cells, where it is normally inactive.
(13) The concentration of PPRibP has been examined in the rat adrenal gland at various times after induction of diabetes with STZ, in view of the key role it plays in the synthesis of Purs and Pyrs.
(14) Mutations in this group have previously been shown to be pleiotropic, affecting not only ras but also two other genetic entities, gua 1 and pur 1, which yield auxotrophic mutations.--The eight new mutations have been characterized phenotypically in double heterozygotes with gua 1, pur 1 and ras mutations.
(15) Washington is positively purring with pleasure over Abe's tougher stance.
(16) He tossed Shakespeare into a modern-day, thinly veiled Miami in the electrifying Romeo + Juliet and sent Nicole Kidman wafting, purring and simpering through bohemian Paris in Moulin Rouge!
(17) Puromycin aminonucleoside, an analog of PUR with no inhibitory action on protein synthesis, had no effect.
(18) Exogenously supplied histidine (that blocks conversion of AMP to guanine nucleotides) does not reduce the growth rate of the strain of pur apt genotype on adenosine as the sole purine source.
(19) The mutation, called rer, is located between arg B and pur D loci.
(20) PUR induced the dose-related analgesic effect abolished by NAL and increased the level of ENK in the striatum.