What's the difference between rine and tend?

Rine


Definition:

  • (n.) See Rind.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) 6, 461-467; Buchman, A. R., Kimmerly, W. J., Rine, J., and Kornberg, R. D. (1988) Mol.
  • (2) The antitumor activity of 1.3.3.5.5-pentaziridino-1-thia-2.4.6-triaza-3.5-diphospho rine-1-oxide (SOAz) was investigated in vitro and in vivo.
  • (3) Adduct 1 was characterized as 1,N2-ethenodeoxyguanosine (5,9-dihydro-9-oxo-3-beta-D-deoxyribofuranosylimidazo[1,2-alpha]pu rine) by its UV, proton nuclear magnetic resonance, and mass spectrum and by comparison to the corresponding guanosine and guanine adducts reported in the literature.
  • (4) The trafficking of ras proteins to the plasma membrane requires a series of three closely linked posttranslational modifications (farnesylation, proteolysis, and carboxymethylation) that are signaled by the consensus C-terminal CAAX motif present on all ras proteins (reviewed in Rine and Kim, 1990; Gibbs, 1991; Der and Cox, 1991).
  • (5) To investigate the possibility of whether the exposure of PS in the outer membrane leaflet of these cells might be responsible for their recognition by monocytes, the membranes of normal RBC were enriched with the fluorescent PS analogue 1-acyl-2[(N-4-nitro-benzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazole)aminocaproyl]-phosphatidy lse rine (NBD-PS) via transfer of the exogenous lipid from a population of donor phospholipid vesicles (liposomes).

Tend


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
  • (v. t.) To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
  • (v. t.) To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as, shepherds tend their flocks.
  • (v. i.) To wait, as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend; -- with on or upon.
  • (v. i.) To await; to expect.
  • (a.) To move in a certain direction; -- usually with to or towards.
  • (a.) To be directed, as to any end, object, or purpose; to aim; to have or give a leaning; to exert activity or influence; to serve as a means; to contribute; as, our petitions, if granted, might tend to our destruction.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These results suggest that the pelvic floor is affected by progressive denervation but descent during straining tends to decrease with advancing age.
  • (2) It comes in defiant journalism, like the story televised last week of a gardener in Aleppo who was killed by bombs while tending his roses and his son, who helped him, orphaned.
  • (3) In this study, a potassium nitrate-polycarboxylate cement was used as a liner and was found clinically to tend to preserve pulpal vitality and significantly eliminate or decrease postoperative pain.
  • (4) Current recommendations regarding contraception in patients with diabetes are not appropriate for the adolescent population and therefore tend to support this phenomenon rather than relieve it.
  • (5) Swedes tend to see generous shared parental leave as good for the economy, since it prevents the nation's investment in women's education and expertise from going to waste.
  • (6) Ad-infected infants tended to have earlier gestations and lower birth weights.
  • (7) With such protection, Dempster tended professionally to outlive those inside and outside the office who claimed that he was outdated.
  • (8) Fibrinolysis tended to be depressed in resting ANO patients.
  • (9) Treatment failures tend to occur early in the course of follow-up, permitting easy identification of candidates for alternative therapeutic approaches.
  • (10) Furthermore, [K+] tended to be the highest in the first sweat sample after MCh stimulation, reaching as high as 9 mM.
  • (11) Historically, councils and housing associations have tended to build three-bedroom houses, because that has always been seen as a sensible size for a family home.
  • (12) Triglyceride (Trigly) in female dogs, glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (GPT) and urea nitrogen (Urea-N) in male dogs tended to increase.
  • (13) The percentage of energy from fat and added sugars and the amount of sodium and fibre in the diet tended to increase with energy intake.
  • (14) From the third day to the fourth week after this treatment, there was some recovery of the SF rate, and the SCR tended to reappear with a marked slowing down of its habituation.
  • (15) Urinary Hg excretion was variable during the first 24 h after HgCl2 injection and tended to be higher with higher dosage unless the animals became anuric early on.
  • (16) In analyzing the results with any regimen it is important to have long follow-up since late relapses do occur and initial very positive results tend to decay with greater numbers of patients treated.
  • (17) The more the OKT8+ and B1+ lymphocytes infiltrated, the longer the survival (rate obtained) whereas, the infiltration of some kinds of plasma cells tended to have a negative correlation with the prognosis of the case.
  • (18) This fact is due to the characteristic of IgE which tends to fix itself to basophil membrane.
  • (19) SHR control and in-fostered animals responded similarly in the open field; however, SHR cross-fostered rats (particularly females) tended to be more active than controls.
  • (20) In contrast, mean diameter of normal epicardial coronary artery tended to decrease and that of irregular epicardial coronary artery decreased significantly after intracoronary injection of acetylcholine.