(a.) Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice.
Example Sentences:
(1) The fasted rats also exhibited a threefold increase in glucose 1,6-diphosphate (G-1,6-P2) in the white quadriceps after 30 min of exercise, whereas no significant changes were observed in the red quadriceps or in liver.
(2) Use of oestrogens without progestogens is associated with a twofold to threefold increase in risk of endometrial neoplasia.
(3) Latencies were increased two- to threefold, and tracking was more variable.
(4) Densitometry of immunoblots indicated that there was two- to threefold more PrP-res than PrP-sen in one infected clone.
(5) At 7 days after inoculation, BN rats had 65-fold higher (P less than .001) pulmonary viral titers and threefold higher (P less than .002) numbers of neutrophils in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid than did F344 rats.
(6) Plasma lactate levels were elevated by about threefold during both glucose and lactate infusion.
(7) The VO2 resp did not increase, despite approximately threefold increases in both inspiratory flow rate and contraction frequency.
(8) Our results showed an approximately two- to threefold increase in the level of the type I cAMP-dependent protein kinase and a somewhat smaller increase in the type II kinase in extracts of the "old" IMR-90 cells (population doubling greater than 48) as compared to that of the "young" cells (PDL 22-27).
(9) After exposure to 400 microM aluminum lactate and removal of unbound aluminum, human cytoskeletal proteins were degraded two- to threefold more slowly by calpain.
(10) Such an inhibition occurred slowly and irreversibly; it might be related to the threefold increase in cyclic GMP.
(11) Rifampin increased the clearance of (R)-warfarin threefold and the clearance of (S)-warfarin twofold.
(12) Cholesterol levels remained relatively constant in all tissues examined except brain, where a threefold increase was observed.
(13) The expression of shlA was measured as a function of alkaline phosphatase activity, which increased threefold under iron-restricted conditions.
(14) SCF interacted with erythropoietin (Epo) and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) to maintain large numbers of cells as well as to generate a twofold to threefold increase in CFC in the case of Epo, and a 10-fold increase in CFC in the case of G-CSF.
(15) MG-63 cells also possessed an alkaline phosphatase isoenzyme of the bone-liver-kidney type that was stimulated by 1,25-(OH)2D3 treatment (two- to threefold) and inhibited by parathyroid hormone (40 nM, -25%, p less than 0.025).
(16) Contactless payments grew threefold in 2015, with more than a billion “wave and pay” transactions over the year.
(17) It was found that: the two cell types have the same basal adenylate cyclase activity; prespore cells and prestalk cells are able to relay the extracellular cAMP signal equally well; intact prestalk cells show a threefold higher cAMP phosphodiesterase activity on the cell surface than prespore cells, whereas their cytosolic activity is the same; intact prestalk cells bind three to four times more cAMP than prespore cells; no large differences in cAMP metabolism and detection were observed between cells derived from migrating slugs and culminating aggregates.
(18) Dosage with the second lead shot did not result in further accumulation of bone lead in hens, but increased bone lead concentrations threefold in drakes, suggesting that saturation levels for bone lead had already been reached in the hens after ingestion of one shot.
(19) Four weeks after replantation, a more than threefold increase in PBF was measured in premolars with two roots, while PBF in premolars with one root and incisors was consistently reduced to an average of 40% of the controls.
(20) However, basal insulin levels and acute insulin responses to glucose were threefold greater in the recipients.
Tripartite
Definition:
(v. i.) Divided into three parts; triparted; as, a tripartite leaf.
(v. i.) Having three corresponding parts or copies; as, to make indentures tripartite.
(v. i.) Made between three parties; as, a tripartite treaty.
Example Sentences:
(1) The ultrastructural study of nucleoli and ribonucleoprotein-containing structures in human seminiferous tubules revealed that the nucleoli of spermatogonia, spermatocytes and Sertoli cells exhibited a tripartite structure consisting of: a fibrillar center, a compact granular portion, and a reticular portion containing both pars fibrosa and pars granulosa.
(2) Maybe he was simply obeying orders, since Gordon Brown is not about to sanction a radical overhaul of the tripartite system of financial regulation he created.
(3) Amor Almagro, spokesperson for the World Food Programme (WFP) in Sudan, said: "There have been several meetings between the government of Sudan and the Tripartite on the implementation of the MoU, but so far access has not been granted for us to carry out an assessment and deliver much needed food assistance in areas held by the SPLM-N. "We remain concerned about the ongoing conflict and insecurity, which has hampered our ability to reach all those in need of food assistance."
(4) The virulence of Bacillus anthracis has been attributed to a tripartite toxin composed of three proteins designated protective antigen, lethal factor, and edema factor.
(5) The 125 kDa antigen was only present in the tripartite segments of SCs, at the inner edge of the lateral elements.
(6) Conceptually it ignores important issues surrounding the term 'psychopathy' and proposes a theoretical model of psychopathy based on a tripartite division of evoked potentials (early, middle and late) which ignores differences between stimulus modalities.
(7) Yeast vacuolar protein sorting (VPS1) protein and the rat microtubule-associated mechanochemical enzyme dynamin were found to be homologous to Mx1 not only in the tripartite GTP-binding motif, but also in the amino-terminal region of approximately 300 amino acids in length.
(8) If striate cells had the simple bipartite or tripartite receptive fields (RF's) classically attributed to them, they should be quite broadly tuned for spatial frequency.
(9) The resulting structure is attractive since it may explain the unusual translation behavior conferred by the tripartite leader.
(10) A tripartite gene fusion was constructed, consisting of (i) the Escherichia coli lacZ gene for beta-galactosidase, (ii) a segment encoding an endoproteolytically cleavable peptide, and (iii) the A. eutrophus gene hoxN.
(11) The complexes are structurally identical with tripartite units of the phycobilisome periphery.
(12) The positions at which the tripartite leader was attached to the three longest L1 mRNAs were mapped at the nucleotide level.
(13) The tripartite leader also confers the ability to initiate translation independent of the requirement for cap-binding protein complex or eIF-4F without any requirement for adenovirus gene products.
(14) The outer membrane appeared wavy with distortion of its tripartite structure.
(15) The 1911 National Insurance Act embraced compulsory tripartite contributions from employee, employer and the state for the first time, but targeted the poorest for unemployment and (means-tested) pensions through a patchwork of voluntary and state agencies.
(16) The relationship between virus challenge and antibody titre was represented by a tripartite curve which was essentially linear over moderate levels of virus input.
(17) A procedure has been developed for purification of the tripartite anthrax-toxin components.
(18) The sheath consists of external and internal fibrillar layers separated by a tripartite structure.
(19) The opposition has blamed the current tripartite system – involving the FSA, the Bank of England and the Treasury – for the financial crisis.
(20) Moono Mupotola, the AfDB's manager for regional integration, agreed policymakers need to take greater account of small traders as they move towards a tripartite free trade area by 2014.