What's the difference between shan and swan?

Shan


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The results showed that the drug "Shan-Dou-Gen" used in different regions in China at present are the roots or rhizomes derived from 9 species: Sophora tonkinensis Gagnep.
  • (2) The world's greatest snow-capped peaks, which run in a chain from the Himalayas to Tian Shan on the border of China and Kyrgyzstan, have lost no ice over the last decade, new research shows.
  • (3) "Since the elections there have been three broken ceasefires, with the Kachin, Karen and Shan minorities, a massive increase in army attacks on ethnic groups, and a sharp rise in gang rapes involving women and children.
  • (4) The survey of a population including 40-59-old males, dwellers from the rural areas of the Tien Shan and Pamirs low- and highlands, has demonstrated that atherogenic dyslipoproteinemias are significantly more infrequently encountered among high-altitude dwellers than among low-altitude ones.
  • (5) Ion-pairing extraction and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) were employed for assaying moniliformin (a fungal toxin) content in the corn (Shaanxi) and rice (Yunnan) samples collected from families suffering from Ke-shan disease.
  • (6) Later, Shanly told the group in a posting: “Sorry for being expressive, apologise for any offence.” Shanly told the Times on Tuesday that he regretted the comments he made, adding: “I completely reject the accusation of bullying and I am sure those who know me from my many years of activity in the movement would know that such a label is absurd.” Momentum is open to people who are not Labour members, and some MPs who do not support Corbyn are alarmed by its rise because they fear it will enable people previously involved in far-left groups outside Labour to exercise influence in the party.
  • (7) In lowland (760 m above sea level) and highland (3200 m above sea level) of Tien Shan, the measurements of blood pressure and blood flow in the large vessels as well as the mass of heart ventricles of 75 rabbits have been made.
  • (8) It was found that at 760 m and 2800 m (Tien-Shan) a chemoreflex mechanism maintains 13 to 18% of the total volume of eupnoic ventilation regardless of the age of the subject studied.
  • (9) were found in the land mollusks Bradybaena duplocincta and Jaminia potaniniana asiatica collected on the slopes of Tien-Shan.
  • (10) It was shown that the high-altitude conditions of the Pamirs and Tien Shan (2800-3600 m above the sea-level) modified the clinicofunctional signs and a course of the cor pulmonale (CP) in chronic bronchitis.
  • (11) Tai Shan's arrival brought 500,000 new visitors to the zoo in 2005, the director, Dennis Kelly, said.
  • (12) An epidemiologic study of 40- to 59-year-old males was carried out in order to assess the effect of ethnic characteristics and migration from high-altitude (2,000-3,500 m above sea-level) Tien Shan areas to Frunze (760 m above sea-level) and vice versa on the prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) and coronary risk factors.
  • (13) As the drug "Shan-Dou-Gen" derived from different species has different actions and dosages, it is necessary to give different names to different species and use them correctly.
  • (14) Hemoacupuncture also was applied to Shan-gen, bilateral ear tip, and bulb points.
  • (15) He ventures out at night to spend time with his boy, telling Constance: "I shan't be back till late.
  • (16) Owing to security reasons, the Union Election Commission has cancelled voting in several hundred villages across the states of Kachin, Karen, Mon and Shan, and the Bago region.
  • (17) As many as 132 patients with bronchial asthma were examined for the clinical, functional and laboratory parameters before and during alpine climatotherapy at a height of 3200 m above the sea level (the Tyuya-Ashu pass, the northern Tien Shan).
  • (18) To demonstrate the progress made in the family medicine clinic at the Chung Shan Medical College Hospital and to evaluate the appropriateness of this kind of family practice setting, our patient population of 616 was investigated.
  • (19) An outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease (LD) in a college in Tang Shan in the winter of 1987 was reported.
  • (20) The epidemic levels of CVD in Ning-Xia and Shan-Xi were the highest, Its epidemic levels in the urban areas were higher than those in the rural areas.

Swan


Definition:

  • (n.) Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily Cygninae. They have a large and strong beak and a long neck, and are noted for their graceful movements when swimming. Most of the northern species are white. In literature the swan was fabled to sing a melodious song, especially at the time of its death.
  • (n.) Fig.: An appellation for a sweet singer, or a poet noted for grace and melody; as Shakespeare is called the swan of Avon.
  • (n.) The constellation Cygnus.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Indirect methods to evaluate left ventricular function included the use of the Swan-Ganz catheter for pulmonary capillary wedge pressure measurement, systolic time intervals, and cardiac output.
  • (2) At Wembley England fielded: Springett; Armfield, McNeil; Robson, Swan, Flowers; Douglas, Greaves, Smith, Haynes, Charlton.
  • (3) Two-dimensional echocardiography was used to guide and locate the balloon of Swan-Ganz catheter during catheterization in 43 patients.
  • (4) Which certainly isn't a charge you can level at Sony – in recent years, it has conspicuously championed indies (winning a hatful of Baftas for Journey and The Unfinished Swan in the process).
  • (5) To determine the relationship between SVR and sigma es, left ventricular afterload and contractility were pharmacologically altered in eight dogs instrumented with central aortic microtip and Swan-Ganz thermodilution catheters.
  • (6) 9.59am GMT Summary We’ll leave you with a summary of what transpired here throughout the day: • Julia Gillard announced a contest for her position as prime minister following calls by Simon Crean, a senior minister in her government, for her to be replaced by her predecessor, Kevin Rudd • Shortly before the ballot was to take place Kevin Rudd announced he would not stand for the Labor Party leadership , re-iterating his promise to the Australian people that he would not challenge Julia Gillard • When it came time for the ballot, Gillard was the only person who stood for the leadership and she and her deputy Wayne Swan were elected unopposed .
  • (7) The avian blood fluke, Austrobilharzia terrigalensis (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae), is recorded in Western Australia for the first time, and is implicated as the cause of dermatitis among users of the Swan estuary in Perth.
  • (8) Nonejection systolic and diastolic clicks appeared when a Swan-Ganz catheter was positioned in the proximal portion of the right pulmonary artery.
  • (9) The Peppers like to be jerks (at Dingwalls Swan dedicated a song to “all you whiney Britishers who can suck my American cock”), but don’t let the surface attitude fool you.
  • (10) In the dogs on controlled respiration the effect of the above-mentioned substance upon the haemodynamic of the total organism was monitored by means of continuous measuring of the arterial pressure by a Swan-Ganz catheter.
  • (11) For example, in May 2012 , Hockey said, “Australians are right to be concerned about handing Wayne Swan yet another increase in our nation’s credit card limit.” He then went on Alan Jones to argue that the government could not make claims that it was making savings if it was also increasing the debt ceiling from $250bn to $300bn.
  • (12) Treasurer Wayne Swan says largely because we have a fixed price in Australia's carbon pricing scheme to allow certainty for businesses having to make the transition.
  • (13) Resuscitation was significantly more often successful with the Bunegin-Albin catheter (six of nine dogs) than with either Sorenson catheter (zero of seven in both groups) or the Swan-Ganz RA port (one of seven).
  • (14) Jose Mourinho can go back to worrying about the dead swan in Scotland.
  • (15) On the basis of clinical and initial Swan-Ganz catheter data, the patients were assigned to one of three groups: an ARDS group (n = 12); a cardiogenic pulmonary edema (CPE) group (n = 12); and a critically ill, nonpulmonary edema group (NPE, n = 17).
  • (16) I found swans and storks and all manner of seabirds but, again, no owls, because stuffing them is forbidden in France.
  • (17) Boys from King Edward VI grammar school will lay oblations inside Holy Trinity church, while the Coventry Corps of Drums prepares to lead a "people's parade" towards Bancroft Gardens, where the River Avon widens, and where – if you're lucky – you might see a swan or two cruise by.
  • (18) Eight of 9 Mute swans (Cygnus olor) untied in the river acrossing the central part of Tottori-city died within the period of 40 days of summer in 1989.
  • (19) Hemodynamic evaluations were performed by means of a Swan-Ganz catheter and cardiac output determinations by the thermodilution technique.
  • (20) Ten consecutive patients with ventricular septal rupture complicating acute myocardial infarction were studied by means of Doppler echocardiography (including two-dimensional, conventional and color Doppler techniques) and bedside right heart catheterization using a Swan-Ganz catheter.