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Sec


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Sec-alpha-halo-nitro compounds are active antibacterial and antifungal agents, and the sec-bromo derivatives are the most active and stable.
  • (2) A temperature-sensitive mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae was identified which at the restrictive temperature of 37 degrees C is unable to secrete a number of cell wall-associated proteins and thus resembles previously reported sec mutants.
  • (3) The overall effect achieved with LTS was less than that with LTP, but it is possible to reduce IOP by selecting more reasonable parameters, e.g., a laser setting of 200mW, a 50 microns spot size and a 0.5 to 1-sec duration.
  • (4) Hydrostatic occlusion of arteries with 12 kPa (90 mmHg) for 30 sec did not affect endothelial morphology and fibrinolytic activity, but after occlusion for 5 or 20 min the endothelium in both arteries and veins was severely damaged.
  • (5) The hemolytic characteristics of 14 different polydimethyl-siloxane materials were studied, using a rotating disk device to shear whole human blood for 6000 sec.
  • (6) All are satisfied by [Formula: see text], where N is the size of rod signal, constant for threshold; theta, theta(D) are steady backgrounds of light and receptor noise; varphi is the threshold flash with sigma a constant of about 2.5 log td sec; B the fraction of pigment in the bleached state.
  • (7) To determine the visual threshold, the intensity of light was reduced, from 100 Lx (starting point) by 10 Lx steps in each trial, until the subject made 10 non-response trials (i.e., no dipper approach within 1.0 sec after the light onset) among 10 trials.
  • (8) sec.-1); b) an enhancement of fast (15-25 Hz) oscillations in the cortical spontaneous electrical activity and weakening and modification of the effects of the blockader of synthesis of MA-alpha-methyl-dioxiphenylalanine.
  • (9) As a conclusion sec-butanol, probably through its metabolite methyl-ethyl-ketone, is the most potent inducer of microsomal cytochrome P-450 in liver and kidney while iso-butanol does not alter total cytochrome P-450.
  • (10) Transient peripheral vasomotor constriction and heart rate increases were initiated within an 8- to 12-sec period following target detection with the predictable schedule, with subjects evincing greater responsivity than their nonpredictable schedule counterparts.
  • (11) The light rises to a peak in a few sec and then falls in 0.5-5 min to a new steady level that is always greater than the level in the absence of K.3.
  • (12) The contractile ring exists from about 20 sec after anaphase to the end of furrowing activity, i.e., 6-7 min at 20 degrees C. It is closely associated with the plasma membrane at all times, and is probably assembled there.
  • (13) The other mode of response had slower [Ca2+]i kinetics, in which 50 sec or more were required to double [Ca2+]i, which remained at this level throughout the observation period (2.5 min).
  • (14) The time for recovery to half maximal tension is about 0.68 sec, and restoration is complete at about 4 sec.2.
  • (15) The sec2-41 mutation exhibits synthetic lethality with the same subset of the late acting sec mutants as does sec4-8 and sec15-1.
  • (16) Skin displacement increased approximately linearly with increasing forces at the beginning of static stimulation, but over time (at least up to 20 sec), the relationship became negatively accelerated.
  • (17) (2) The Bunsen-Roscoe Law of Reciprocity was found to hold for the photoinduction of fruiting bodies for the interval 36 to 2000 sec with light of 448 nm.
  • (18) We studied the effects of 16,16-dimethyl prostaglandin E2 (dm-PGE2) and sofalcone, a new antiulcer agent developed in Japan, on ethanol damage to isolated surface epithelial cells (SEC) in vitro and gastric mucosa of rats in vivo.
  • (19) However, 80% or more of PGE2-Me was hydrolyzed rapidly and recovered as PGE2 in the brain within 15 sec post-injection.
  • (20) Twenty watts constant wave Nd-YAG laser operating at 1.06 micron was enough to produce complete A-V block in approximately 15 sec.

Sew


Definition:

  • (n.) Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.
  • (v. t.) To follow; to pursue; to sue.
  • (v. t.) To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread.
  • (v. t.) To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip.
  • (v. t.) To inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag.
  • (v. i.) To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.
  • (v. t.) To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The affinity of human C1q subcomponent for IgM of normal human serum and Waldenström macroglobulins of patients Sew and Zuk were investigated by the polyethylene glycol 6,000 immune complexes precipitation test.
  • (2) Shapla has found a job at another factory but, due to her back injuries, as a sewing-machine operator, not a supervisor.
  • (3) The device can be used to locate a hypodermic needle at a distance of 50-90 mm, a sewing needle at 60-122 mm, a routine 7.62-mm bullet at 90 mm and a 5.6-mm bullet at 105 mm.
  • (4) The narrow lower part is sewed to the nasal mucous membrane with 3 atraumatic catgut sutures.
  • (5) The authors describe a simple Seldinger Catheter technique by which they removed a metallic sewing needle with attached thread from the esophagus of a 5 month old infant.
  • (6) Golby was raised in Hinckley, Leicestershire; his mother sewed knickers and his father worked in a factory, and there remains a matter-of-fact quality about him.
  • (7) A sewing needle, which penetrated the region of the wrist joint anteriorly, unknown to the patient, also penetrated the median nerve without causing any initial discomfort or neurological deficit.
  • (8) Angiography demonstrated the presence of an intra-aortic metallic foreign body that resembled a sewing needle.
  • (9) Even if you can't make a whole dress, little jazzy touches will make the blandest of clothing a billion times better: sewing on snazzy buttons, for example, or putting on some piping, or not going around in dresses covered in moth holes and decked with trailing hems, as some of us do because we never learned to bloody sew.
  • (10) At least that’s what one sewing blogger’s followers decided after an internet troll came out of nowhere to tell her she should “eat less cake”.
  • (11) It shows the costs in 1979 included £464 spent on replacing linen, £39 on "sewing carpet seams", £19 on an ironing board and £527 on cleaning carpets.
  • (12) You had a tumultuous tenure as editor of The Lady during which you got into trouble with the proprietors for carrying an interview with Tracey Emin in which she talked about sewing being a good distraction from masturbation.
  • (13) Three new cases of intracranial sewing needles are reported and are reviewed with 10 other published cases.
  • (14) First they sewed together their own Palestinian flags and hung them from trees near their school at a time when it was illegal to fly the flag.
  • (15) This paper was presented at the ICN SEW Resource Group meeting in Geneva.
  • (16) She learned to sew, and was also taught about personal health and hygiene.
  • (17) My brigade in the sewing shop works 16 to 17 hours a day.
  • (18) Jenny Rushmore, who blogs under Cashmerette , regularly shares her sewing plans and projects on her Instagram page – including her plans to make a swimsuit.
  • (19) BBC2's attempt to repeat the success of The Great British Bake Off – but with sewing – made a strong start with an average of 2.6 million viewers for The Great British Sewing Bee on Tuesday night.
  • (20) This technique was compared to transabdominal end-to-end anastomosis performed as low as possible, using the circular stapler and hand-sewing with a one-layer technique.

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