(1) Epicanthal folds were present in 46%, mongoloid slanting of the lids in 72% of cases.
(2) This study suggests that the BD VACUTAINER agar slant is an acceptable alternative to the Septi-Chek system for routine blood cultures.
(3) Revised culturing methods utilizing the elements carbon dioxide, sodium chloride, calcium and magnesium in Sabouraud's Agar slant aerobically may help recover the adult micro-organism for positive identification.
(4) In experiment 2 newborns were desensitized to changes in slant during familiarization trials, and subsequently strongly preferred a different shape to the familiarized shape in a new orientation.
(5) On the basis of their symptoms, it is suggested that infantile eczema is not an essential sign of the disorder, whereas the high frequency of hernia, strabism and upward slant of the palpebral fissures is underestimated in the literature.
(6) Comparison of this patient with thirteen previously published cases of this trisomy reveals a pattern of common features including: peculiar craniofacial dysmorphism--facial asymmetry, antimongoloid slant, narrow or short palpebral fissures, prominent nose, long upper lip, micro or retrognathia, high arched palate, low set ears, malformed ears, protuberant occiput--, abnormal fingers and toes, short neck, mental and growth retardation, cardiopathy, respiratory distress etc..
(7) Normal quantitative circumferential profile limits were established for a 30 degrees bilateral rotating slant-hole (RSH) collimator tomographic system.
(8) Mutant strains were genetically stable and did not revert spontaneously for at least 1 year when stocked on nutrient agar slants.
(9) We report on a Japanese girl with short stature, malar hypoplasia, up-slanting palpebral fissures, blue sclerae and thin, stiff and slightly brownish hair.
(10) Nowhere was this truer than him lavishing tens of thousands of pounds on slanted private polling rather than in helping friends and colleagues get elected."
(11) We also conclude that vertical declination is responded to globally as a slant around a horizontal axis but that other forms of orientation disparity are ineffective.
(12) SPECT of the brain was performed 30 minutes after intravenous administration of 74 MBq (2 mCi) 123I-IMP using a rotating gamma camera equipped with a 30-degree slant-hole collimator.
(13) A proximal 19q duplication was observed in lymphocytes of a young boy with mental retardation, dysmorphism (weight excess, macrocephaly, downward slanted palpebral fissures, hypertelorism, broad nose, typical mouth), without visceral malformation.
(14) Similarly a line segment of constant length, a bar, rotating on the frontal plane appears slanted in depth.
(15) Rapid presumptive identification of S. aureus, particularly on the agar slant of biphasic blood culture bottles can be performed by modified slide clumping factor tests.
(16) The extent of coverage and the slant put on a particular case by a newspaper in Duluth, Minnesota, is closely examined in support of the thesis.
(17) Jordan Henderson justified his selection but Lallana is becoming an elegant frustration and Hodgson’s attempts to put a positive slant on the match did not extend to Wilshere’s performance.
(18) Organisms grown in a liquid overlay on a semisolid slant (biphasic medium) showed slow logarithmic growth and the presence of chromatoid material.
(19) Seeking to fast-track a controversial, Islamist-slanted constitution, Morsi awarded himself total executive control , allowing himself to bypass judicial procedures to ensure the text was put to a public vote without further debate.
(20) Koenderink and van Doorn's theory, that the basis of stereoscopic slant perception is the deformation component of the disparity, field, was tested for slant around a horizontal axis, which produces images with a vertical ramp of horizontal disparity (horizontal shear) characterised by a global orientation disparity at the vertical meridian.
Slating
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slate
(n.) The act of covering with slate, slates, or a substance resembling slate; the work of a slater.
(n.) Slates, collectively; also, material for slating.
Example Sentences:
(1) The slate was wiped clean “as far as I am concerned”, Corbyn added, before taking a swipe at the alleged purge of some of his supporters over comments made on Twitter.
(2) For that matter, mulching with bark, grit or slate will help keep the surface roots cooler and retain moisture in hot weather.
(3) Joe Muto, Slate The Newsroom can be read as Sorkin's attempt to cure what's ailing the news industry, but he's misdiagnosing the patient.
(4) They were apparently trying to promote a healthy lifestyle to the Russian public, but Muscle and Fitness magazine slated the president’s technique: “his cable crossover form is crap”.
(5) The Hill reports : Senate Republicans elected a slate of white men to their top five leadership positions on Wednesday, and some GOP lawmakers feared the House would follow suit at a time when Republicans have said they need to find ways to reach out to women and minorities.
(6) Some establishment party figures have blamed the event for prematurely narrowing the field and forcing candidates to compete in what top GOP strategist David Kochel (now slated to be Jeb Bush’s national campaign manager) once called “a goat rodeo”.
(7) While we do expect some significant strength in the top two to three spots in 2015,” he wrote, “we are not convinced that the overall slate is going to drive performance that is significantly better than what we have generally seen over the past four years.” He also fears that the rise in superhero blockbusters is going to lead to disaster for some studios, in the same way that a wider pool of animated films has led to some casualties, with underwhelming receipts for Penguins of Madagascar and Mr Peabody & Sherman most recently.
(8) For now, we can't tell, but the Moritz-Heyman scholarships will help us find out by creating a group of graduates who will start on the career ladder with a near-clean slate.
(9) The conviction was subsequently wiped from his record under German clean-slate legislation.
(10) David Fincher was originally slated to direct the project , but Boyle manages to put his own distinct imprint on it: the film has Boyle’s characteristic frenetic energy, and boasts colourful visuals.
(11) Besides, Corbyn wanted to wipe the slate clean – though he was not yet ready to explain what steps he would take to do so – and to remind the party that there was more that united it than divided it.
(12) He was slated to give a commencement speech at his alma mater in 2013, but withdrew after controversy arose in wake of his remarks comparing same-sex marriage to pedophilia.
(13) That panel is slated to deliver final recommendations as early as this month, although it may slip into the new year.
(14) There are a number of things that need to be repealed, but I think what we need to focus on first is what would we replace it with,” Alexander told Slate about a week after the election.
(15) The French unit also has proposals for a new film from Dutch genre icon Paul Verhoeven and a remake of 1988 cult horror Maniac Cop on its slate for Cannes.
(16) These are slated to move from London to the new Media City development by 2011.
(17) I have now left the defence force with a clean slate.
(18) The policy was known as “contraction” and it was slated to shut down two clubs, the other being the Minnesota Twins, a team that is thriving years after the policy foundered.
(19) A restaurant firm slated to open an outlet in Trump’s new Washington DC hotel complained that the remarks were damaging to them.
(20) His papers, which are stored in more than 200 slate-grey boxes, describe fascinating connections to a roll call of the great and the good: Shirley Williams, Ruth First, Nadine Gordimer, Henry Kissinger, Trevor Huddleston, Nelson Mandela , Anthony Crosland, Michael Heseltine, Ted Heath, John Cleese, David Cornwell (John le Carré) and many more.