(n.) The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.
(n.) Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence, justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc.
(n.) Preservation from escape; close custody.
(n.) Same as Safety touchdown, below.
Example Sentences:
(1) A tiny studio flat that has become a symbol of London's soaring property prices is to be investigated by planning, environmental health and fire safety authorities after the Guardian revealed details of its shoebox-like proportions.
(2) The hospital whose A&E unit has been threatened with closure on safety grounds has admitted that four patients died after errors by staff in the emergency department and other areas.
(3) Sixty-six patients were followed for 12 months in an open safety study.
(4) A previous trial into the safety and feasibility of using bone marrow stem cells to treat MS, led by Neil Scolding, a clinical neuroscientist at Bristol University, was deemed a success last year.
(5) Other recommendations for immediate action included a review of the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the General Medical Council for doctors, with possible changes to their structures; the possible transfer of powers to launch criminal prosecutions for care scandals from the Health and Safety Executive to the Care Quality Council; and a new inspection regime, which would focus more closely on how clean, safe and caring hospitals were.
(6) It is clear that before general release of a new living feline infectious enteritis vaccine, there must be satisfactory evidence that concurrent infection will not affect the safety of the modified antigen.In cats infected with feline infectious enteritis there appears to be a short period, coinciding with the onset of leucopaenia, during which they are highly infectious.
(7) We evaluated the safety and efficacy of a conjugate vaccine that links the H. influenzae type b capsular polysaccharide to the outer-membrane protein complex (OMPC) of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B.
(8) Cadavers have a multitude of possible uses--from the harvesting of organs, to medical education, to automotive safety testing--and yet their actual utilization arouses profound aversion no matter how altruistic and beneficial the motivation.
(9) "Monasteries and convents face greater risks than other buildings in terms of fire safety," the article said, adding that many are built with flammable materials and located far away from professional fire brigades.
(10) In 20 adult patients with asthma, we evaluated bronchodilation to a single administration of metered-dose glycopyrrolate aerosol (GA) to ascertain its onset and duration of action along with evaluation of safety.
(11) Safety is increased through temporary discontinuation or dosage reduction of lithium in special risk situations.
(12) It is clearly demonstrated that, although it will be very difficult to single out effects of specific safety measures, the combined safety actions taken by a society are very effective in getting the safety factor under control.
(13) A total of 17 patients suffering from musculoskeletal disease were included in a double blind study to compare the efficacy and safety of piroxicam and indomethacin.
(14) Safety was assessed by clinical follow-up, continuous recording of arterial oxygen saturation during the procedure with a digital oximeter, and measuring FEV1, FEF25-75, and FVC just before and 5 min after bronchoscopy.
(15) For months, more than 170,000 mainly Syrian refugees travelling north from Greece have used Hungary as a thoroughfare to the safety of northern and western Europe.
(16) Prof Bryan Williams, chair of the working party that developed the chart, said: "Many changes in healthcare are incremental but this new National Early Warning Score (News) has the potential to transform patient safety in our hospitals and improve patient outcomes.
(17) In contrast, safety assessment is relatively standardized across many pharmacologic classes of agents.
(18) Concern about the safety of the patient and dental personnel does exist, however, due to the possibilities of mercury poisoning.
(19) To determine the efficacy and safety of hepatitis B vaccine (Hevac B) given intradermally, 125 Nigerians (aged 1 year to 45 years), who were negative for hepatitis B virus markers, and randomised into two groups were vaccinated.
(20) A compact attachment for microscope-type instruments is described enabling to introduce, rapidly and qualitatively, minute biological speciments into melted embedding medium and ensuring the safety of optics.
Touchdown
Definition:
(n.) The act of touching the football down behind the opponents' goal .
Example Sentences:
(1) Matt Schaub has done nothing so far today to persuade them otherwise, completeing 13 of 21 passes for 134 yards, no touchdowns and one interception.
(3) The Chiefs lost key running back Jamaal Charles to a suspected concussion early but it did not appear to affect KC as Alex Smith threw four touchdown passes and Knile Davis ran for a score to help the Chiefs to a 38-10 lead early in the third quarter of the wild card game.
(4) On Sunday, Foles did something that only six other players have achieved in NFL history, throwing for seven touchdowns in a single game as the Eagles obliterated the Oakland Raiders 49-20 .
(5) Peyton Manning won football's MVP award this season, broke Marino's 21-year-old record for most touchdowns in a season (49), and has thrown for more than 29,000 career yards, but all he has to show for it this morning is another playoff hangover administered by the New England Patriots' defense … The numbers are great, but all he really wants to be is Tom Brady."
(6) Quick outs • Random subplot of the week: Peyton Manning throwing Denver’s first touchdown to Jacob Tamme, a man who rarely gets much attention in that high-powered Broncos offense, but who has been riding to every home game with the quarterback, plus receiver Eric Decker, for the last two years .
(7) LeGarrette Blount provided more than half of those, rushing for 166 yards and four touchdowns to tie one franchise playoff record and break another.
(8) The kinematic analysis revealed non-significant results for hip, knee and ankle joint angles at touchdown for the various stride rates.
(9) Buccaneers 17-42 Saints When Drew Brees runs in for a touchdown in the fourth, that's pretty much end of the game.
(10) It touched a lot of us, it added fuel to our fire,” Mason, who raised his hands following a fourth-quarter touchdown, told the Associated Press after the Rams’ 52-0 win.
(11) Average movement velocity, foot velocity at touchdown, and body mass were variables demonstrating weak or nonsignificant correlations with the rearfoot parameters.
(12) The quarterback's passing figures – 22-of-33 for 287 yards and three touchdowns – are not to be sniffed at, but what truly stood out was his poise, the manner with which he hung in the pocket, keeping his eyes downfield to the last moment even when defenders were closing in around him.
(13) A trademark 40-yard touchdown run by Marshawn Lynch levelled the scores before San Francisco edged in front again when QB Colin Kaepernick passed to Anquan Boldin in the end zone.
(14) 7.28pm GMT 49ers 6-10 Panthers, 1:05, 2nd quarter 2nd and 5 on the Carolina 25, Kaepernick connects with Boldin for a 15 yard pass and only nine yards separate the 49ers from their first touchdown.
(15) "At the time I didn't think I was doing that great – I was really focused on the offensive side, where I was playing wide receiver and only caught one touchdown," Crawford told me last April.
(16) But now, it will be tough to take out Foles, who has 13 touchdown passes and no interceptions this season.
(17) Freshman kicker Cade Foster missed the attempt which fell into the arms of Auburn's Chris Davis who returned it from 109 yards for the game winning touchdown.
(18) 3.05am GMT Florida State 10-21 Auburn, :12, 2nd quarter The ruling on the touchdown is confirmed because duh.
(19) The purpose of this investigation was therefore to show whether the pronation angle and the torsion angle differ when running barefoot, with spikes, and with running shoes (forefoot touchdown, N = 9 left and right).
(20) Winston is on pace (190.1) to break quarterback Russell Wilson's record for best passer efficiency rating in a season and set Football Bowl Subdivision freshman records for yards passing (3,820) and touchdown passes (38).