(1) radE strains were moderately sensitive to ultraviolet light (D10 90 J m-2) and slightly sensitive to 137Cs gamma rays D10 255 krad).
(2) However, when amoebae of these strains were irradiated with ultraviolet light, the frequency of induced mutants was significantly lower in cultures of the radE strain.
(3) The frequency of spontaneous methanol-resistant (acrA) mutants was approximately the same in cultures of radE and radE+ strains.
(4) The next series also includes Russian actor Rade Sherbedgia, who appeared in Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, playing a refugee who fled the Russian revolution after the first world war.
(5) radE strains also exhibited increased sensitivity to killing by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine but not by other alkylating agents such as ethyl methanesulphonate or methyl methanesulphonate.
(6) Chancellor, whose credits include Four Weddings and a Funeral and BBC2's The Hour, will play Lady Anstruther, with Russian actor Rade Sherbedgia, who appeared in Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, playing a refugee who fled the Russian revolution after the first world war.
(7) Speculation about the future of Southern Solar soured an already troubled atmosphere at the Solar UK t rade show in Birmingham this week.
(8) Furthermore, when amoebae of wild-type strain NC4 were plated in the presence of caffeine after ultraviolet-irradiation, the survival curves were very similar to the curves obtained for amoebae of radE strains in the presence or in the absence of caffeine.
(9) Complementation analysis and survival studies on strains carrying rad-100 suggested that this allele defines a new radiation-sensitive locus in D. discoideum, and this locus has been designated radE.
(10) M; 8.1 kg, F) and average skinfold radings (16.2 mm, M; 21.1mm, F) were greater than in younger adults.
Rate
Definition:
(v. t. & i.) To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.
(n.) Established portion or measure; fixed allowance.
(n.) That which is established as a measure or criterion; degree; standard; rank; proportion; ratio; as, a slow rate of movement; rate of interest is the ratio of the interest to the principal, per annum.
(n.) Valuation; price fixed with relation to a standard; cost; charge; as, high or low rates of transportation.
(n.) A tax or sum assessed by authority on property for public use, according to its income or value; esp., in England, a local tax; as, parish rates; town rates.
(n.) Order; arrangement.
(n.) Ratification; approval.
(n.) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time; as, daily rate; hourly rate; etc.
(n.) The order or class to which a war vessel belongs, determined according to its size, armament, etc.; as, first rate, second rate, etc.
(n.) The class of a merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1, A2, etc.
(v. t.) To set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree.
(v. t.) To assess for the payment of a rate or tax.
(v. t.) To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount, value, or quality of; as, to rate a ship; to rate a seaman; to rate a pension.
(v. t.) To ratify.
(v. i.) To be set or considered in a class; to have rank; as, the ship rates as a ship of the line.
(v. i.) To make an estimate.
Example Sentences:
(1) Child benefit has already been withdrawn from higher rate taxpayers.
(2) There was appreciable variation in toothbrush wear among subjects, some reducing their brush to a poor state in 2 weeks whereas with others the brush was rated as "good" after 10 weeks.
(3) Spectral analysis of spontaneous heart rate fluctuations, a powerful noninvasive tool for quantifying autonomic nervous system activity, was assessed in Xenopus Laevis, intact or spinalized, at different temperatures and by use of pharmacological tools.
(4) Propranolol resulted in a significantly lower mean hourly, mean 24 h and minimum heart rate.
(5) The proportion of motile spermatozoa decreased with time at the same rate when samples were prepared in either HEPES or phosphate buffers.
(6) A study of factors influencing genetic counseling attendance rate has been conducted in the Bouches-du-Rhône area, in the south of France.
(7) In this article we report the survival and morbidity rates for all live-born infants weighing 501 to 1000 gram at birth and born to residents of a defined geographic region from 1977 to 1980 (n = 255) compared with 1981 to 1984 (n = 266).
(8) Life expectancy and the infant mortality rate are considered more useful from an operational perspective and for comparisons than is the crude death rate because they are not influenced by age structure.
(9) Heart rate (HR), pulmonary ventilation (V), oxygen consumption (VO2), carbon dioxide production (VCO2), and respiratory quotient (RQ) were measured.
(10) By combined histologic and cytologic examinations, the overall diagnostic rate was raised to 87.7%.
(11) In contrast to previous reports, these tumours were more malignant than osteosarcomas and showed a five-year survival rate of only 4-2 per cent.
(12) A progressively more precise approach to identifying affected individuals involves measuring body weight and height, then energy intake (or expenditure) and finally the basal metabolic rate (BMR).
(13) The second amino acid residue influences not only the rate of reaction but also the extent of formation of the product of the Amadori rearrangement, the ketoamine.
(14) Increased infusion flow rate did not increase the limiting frequency.
(15) The main finding of this study is that diabetic adolescents with a high erythrocyte Na,Li countertransport rate have an arterial pressure significantly higher than patients with normal Na,Li countertransport fluxes.
(16) This clinical improvement was also associated with a decrease of erythrocyte sedimentation rate (p less than 0.001), decrease of C-reactive protein (p less than 0.0001) and with improvement of anaemia (p less than 0.05).
(17) This difference is probably secondary to the different rates of delivery of furosemide into urine.
(18) Under blood preservation conditions the difference of the rates of ATP-production and -consumption is the most important factor for a high ATP-level over long periods.
(19) There is no evidence that health-maintenance organizations reduce admissions in discretionary or "unnecessary" categories; instead, the data suggest lower admission rates across the board.
(20) Male sex, age under 19 or over 45, few social supports, and a history of previous suicide attempts are all factors associated with increased suicide rates.