(n.) A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2.
(v. t.) To turn about a fixed point, usually the center or axis, as a spar or piece of timber; to turn; -- used also of any heavy body.
(v. t.) In general, to turn about; to twist; -- often used reflexively and followed by round.
(v. i.) To turn about; to turn from the course; to slip or slide and turn from an expected or desired course; -- often followed by round.
(n.) See Sloough, 2.
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Sluing
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slue
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(1) To compare pathogenicity, an experimental infection was attempted in CF1 mice with a single dose of 1.5 x 10(7) organisms of both an ATCC standard strain and SLU isolate of E. rhusiopathiae.
(2) The purpose of this study was to determine whether endogenous CCK affects growth of the human cholangiocarcinoma, SLU-132.
(3) Exogenous high-dose CCK thus appears to increase production and release of CEA from SLU-132; it also appears to retard growth of this tumor line in the nude mouse.
(4) The study was called the SLU-project (Skolöverstyrelsens och Lärarhögskolans Utvecklingsprojekt) and the main purpose was to study physical and mental growth during puberty as well as heredity and environment influences on these growth processes.
(5) Cholestyramine significantly inhibited the growth of SLU-132 and stimulated growth of the normal pancreas.
(6) Two of these genes, SLU4 and SLU7 (SLU: synergistic lethal with U5 snRNA), encode products required for the second catalytic step of splicing.
(7) Since cholecystokinin (CCK) promotes growth of normal biliary tract, we sought to determine whether CCK affects the growth and metabolism of human cholangiocarcinoma line SLU 132.
(8) Operative mortality was SLU 2.3%, VA 5.6% (p < 0.05).
(9) In a previous Swedish twin project (the SLU-project), approximately 300 MZ and DZ twin pairs and controls were followed through the Swedish compulsory school from grade 3 to grade 9.
(10) One year graft patency was SLU 87%, VA 71%; all grafts patent SLU 76%, VA 54%; at least one graft patent SLU 96%, VA 89%.
(11) In 1979, SLU launched a Mobile Nursing Clinic, a primarily staffed by nurses.
(12) In one of these tumors (SLU 077), serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels paralleled the tumor volumes.
(13) SLU patients free of myocardial infarction five years postoperatively was 83%.
(14) In this pilot-study, we have made a follow-up of the original SLU-sample after 20 years.
(15) Comparing 1972-74 SLU results to VA medical and surgical groups, CABG prolonged life in patients with double and triple vessel disease and in those completely revascularized.
(16) Pure cultures of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae (SLU isolate) were recovered from heart blood, liver, spleen and lungs.
(17) Comparative cumulative four year survivals were: [Table: see text] Cumulative four-year survival in 272 SLU patients (79%) completely revascularized was 94%, compared to SLU entire group of 95%, VA medical 86% (p < 0.002) and VA surgical 85% (p < 0.002).
(18) Perioperative myocardial infarction rate was SLU 8.4%, VA 18% (p < 0.005).
(19) From January 1972 through December 1974, at Saint Louis University Medical Center (SLU), 345 patients similar to those of the VA Cooperative Coronary Artery Study received CABG.
(20) Exogenous administration of cholecystokinin (CCK) or caerulein inhibits growth of SLU-132, a human cholangiocarcinoma that we have shown to possess receptors for CCK.