(a.) Of or pertaining to the earth; proceeding from the earth.
(a.) Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or resembling, tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with tellurous compounds; as, telluric acid, which is analogous to sulphuric acid.
Example Sentences:
(1) AS101 [ammonium-trichloro (0,0' dioxyethylene)tellurate] is a new immunomodulator shown previously to stimulate the production of various cytokines in vitro and in vivo, and to have minimal toxicity.
(2) Transferable plasmids in gram-negative bacteria that confer resistance to potassium tellurite or tellurate were found.
(3) The identity of some selenite-resistant isolates and MICs of selenite, selenate, arsenate, tellurite, and tellurate were determined.
(4) A detailed analytical study made on samples of Spirulines algae of various origins showed that these microorganisms may present an important telluric contamination, especially demonstrated by high levels of fluorine and arsenic they contain.
(5) It seems that prevalence differences are less dependent upon the telluric elimate than upon other factors, which remain to find.
(6) The acquisition of pMER610 by AB1157 increased the resistance to both telurite and tellurate by 100-fold.
(7) In a search for compounds active against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), it was found that the novel low-molecular weight immunoenhancer ammonium trichloro(dioxyethylene-O,O'-) tellurate (AS101) suppresses production of HIV-1 in vitro.
(8) Seven preprarations, sodium chromate (Na251CrO4), chromium chloride (51CrCl3), normal ammonium molybdate ((NH4)299MoO7), sodium tungstate (Na2181WO4), sodium selenate (Na275SeO4), sodium selenite (Na275SeO3) and tellurous acid (H2127mTeO3) were injected intravenously to each group of tumor bearing rats.
(9) AS101 [ammonium trichloro (dioxyethylene-o-o') tellurate] has been reported to stimulate normal mouse and human lymphoid cells to proliferate and to produce lymphokines such as interleukin-2 (IL-2) and colony-stimulating factor (CSF), regulators of lymphopoiesis and myelopoiesis.
(10) A numerical analysis was carried out from a set of 165 telluric Gram-negative bacterial strains.
(11) Ammonium trichloro(dioxyethylene-O-O')tellurate (AS101) is a new synthetic compound previously described by us as having immunomodulating properties and minimal toxicity.
(12) It was given as sodium tellurate, sodium tellurite, metallic colloid and intrinsically bound in cress.
(13) Many, but not all, of the plasmids belong to incompatibility group S. In Pseudomonas aeruginosa, tellurium resistance is specifically associated with incompatibility group P-2 and involves a 5- to 10-fold increase in tellurite or tellurate resistance.
(14) AS-101 (ammonium trichloro[dioxoethylene-O,O'-]tellurate) is a newly developed synthetic compound with immunomodulating properties and minimal toxicity.
(15) This is a lower saprophytic fungus of decaying vegetable and telluric matter.
(16) It can be expected that broadened serological search for the FI antigen of plague will prove useful in the study of the structure of natural foci of plague, in the reconnaissance or retrospective investigation of poorly explored territories and in the solution of some questions concerning the epizootiology of plague, such as the survival of the infectious agent in the inter-epizootic period, telluric plague, etc.
(17) B), a polyene heptaene, is an antifungal antibiotic substance produced by Streptomyces nodosus, a telluric actinomycetal from Venezuela.
(18) In Zaire, nutritional diet and telluric contact seem to be very important.
(19) Superinfection by atypical Mycobacterium of telluric extraction is considered.
(20) H. capsulatum is a telluric fungus and man is contaminated from soil to his respiratory tract.
Valency
Definition:
(n.) See Valence.
(n.) A unit of combining power; a so-called bond of affinity.
Example Sentences:
(1) The mixed-valence-state cytochrome oxidase mixed with O2 at -24 degrees C and flash-photolysed at -60 to -100 degrees C reacts with O2 and initially forms an oxy compound (A2) similar to that formed from the fully reduced state (A1).
(2) Additional results, together with simulations based on a simple kinetic model, suggest that the reduced apparent valence of the low slope component of the Q-V curve results from gating charge immobilization occurring at holding potential.
(3) A related explanation is that the 609 nm absorbance involves a charge-transfer interaction of both iron and copper as a mixed-valence binuclear complex, Cua3, having properties of a non-blue copper.
(4) RBDs were significantly more impaired than LBDs or NCs on category and valence accuracy, while LBDs posed expressions with significantly more intensity than RBDs or NCs.
(5) The extent of adsorption was affected by the concentration and valency of cations, indicating a charge-dependent process.
(6) Use of that principle was demonstrated by fourth grade children who judged that telling the truth, as opposed to lying, was shown by a consistency between the affective valence of the verbal and the nonverbal communications.
(7) Research reported here shows that primary and transferred releasing valences are differentially affected by environmental variables.
(8) Furthermore, the valences of all ions in solution on both sides of the membrane are taken to be of equal absolute magnitude.
(9) Possible valence bond structures for 3-methylpurine residues in DNA are discussed, leading to the suggestion that ionized forms with positively charged amino groups may be the most effective blocks to template activity.
(10) A confirmatory factor analysis on these subscales showed that the Affective Valence, Empathic Caring, Self-Sacrifice, and Societies' Duties subscales each reflect a humanitarian concern for children and that the Instrumentality and Authoritarian Attitude subscales tap values involving a moralistic expectation of children.
(11) The excitatory potential, the involvement potential, and the hedonic valence of the nonerotic and erotic stimuli were also assessed.
(12) A monovalent form of concanavalin A (m-Con A) has been prepared to determine the importance of valence for human lymphocyte surface binding and subsequent lymphocyte stimulation as measured by blast transformation and cytotoxicity.
(13) As concerns the valence of the natural focus, the most important was the inundated forest in the Drnholec locality.
(14) Examination of the antigen dose-response curves and maximal responses obtained suggests that valency of the antigen may be important both in determining the avidity of interaction between the pCTL and the antigen-bearing structure, and in determining the extent to which localized receptor cross-linking occurs on the cell surface to result in triggering.
(15) Therefore, no conclusions about biological valence and tumour localisation could be drawn from the aspect of the cell picture which we observed and from the degree of pleocytosis.
(16) During presentation of pictures with negative valence the m. frontalis lateralis and the m. corrugator supercilii revealed enhanced EMG-reactions as compared to the repeated presentation of pictures with positive valence.
(17) The degree and the character of these changes depend on cation valency and the initial value of cell EM.
(18) Maximum adsorption at 23 degrees C occurred within 2 h. The amounts of DNA which adsorbed to sand increased with the salt concentration (0.1 to 4 M NaCl and 1 mM to 0.2 M MgCl2), salt valency (Na+ less than Mg2+ and Ca2+), and pH (5 to 9).
(19) The influence of valence and heavy chain on antibody activity was investigated using transfectoma-derived, class-switched IgG1 and IgM human monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) reactive with the bacterial pathogens Escherichia coli K1 and group B Streptococcus species.
(20) The obtained data allows to suggest that one of the possible mechanisms of 6-ONDA neurotoxic action includes the generation of superoxide, whose dismutation to hydrogen peroxide in the presence of transient valency ions gives rise to HO.