(n.) A rare element of the nitrogen-phosphorus group, found combined, in vanadates, in certain minerals, and reduced as an infusible, grayish-white metallic powder. It is intermediate between the metals and the non-metals, having both basic and acid properties. Symbol V (or Vd, rarely). Atomic weight 51.2.
Example Sentences:
(1) N-Methylformamide extracts of acid-treated precipitated VFe protein of the V-nitrogenase of Azotobacter chroococcum are yellow-brown in colour and contain vanadium, iron and acid-labile sulphur in the approximate proportions 1:6:5.
(2) To further characterize the role of superoxide anion-radical in the vanadium redox cycling, the increase of optical density of vanadate(V) dissolved in Tris buffer was measured at 328 nm during the addition of KO2.
(3) The oxidative properties of Vv can be used in the photocolorimetric determination of those reducers which give no other reactions with vanadium ions-penta and tetravalent.
(4) The amount of lead excreted in feces decreased, however, with administration of oxythiamine and vanadium.
(5) 51V nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy were employed to investigate the interactions between ammonium vanadate and sugar phosphates and the formation of vanadium--sugar phosphate complexes that may be involved in the stimulation of the catalytic activity of the isomerases.
(6) Two sites of vanadium action in green algae are discussed.
(7) In presence of vanadium, the chlorophyll formation was stimulated in Scenedesmus obliquus.
(8) 2-Mercaptosuccinic and ascorbic acids were not effective as antidotes for parenteral vanadium intoxication.
(9) Hepatic, renal, and femur vanadium concentrations were usually reduced at the higher levels of NaCl supplementation, but there was little correlation between these reductions and the reversal of vanadate toxicity.
(10) The 1-H nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum of living tunicate blood cells was examined in an attempt to develop a biophysical assay for the native vanadium chromogen.
(11) Plasma protein exchange reactions were also studied on hydrophilic titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), and silver (Ag) surfaces.
(12) Thus, interference by oxyvanadium did not appear to be related to changes in pH of samples containing vanadium oxyions.
(13) veratridine, sanguinarine nitrate, penicillic acid, vanadium pentoxide, harmaline-HCI,5,5'-diphenyl hydantoin, quindonium bromide, and methyl quinolizinum bromide) provides strong evidence that the observed species-related differences are highly specific for cardiotonic steroids.
(14) Significant concentrations of vanadate dimer and tetramer are only found at fairly high vanadate concentrations, so these species are not likely to represent vanadium species present under normal physiological conditions.
(15) It is postulated that free-radical redox cycling of vanadium may be responsible for the observed pulmonary toxicity.
(16) The mechanism of vanadium ions action as well as differences between vanadate and vanadyl ions effects are discussed.
(17) To obtain the usual values of arsenic, beryllium, bismuth, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, mercury, methyl mercury, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, lead, antimony, vanadium, and zinc in the normal human body, the amounts of 15 metals were determined in 15 male and 15 female Japanese cadavers (average weight, 55 kg [121 lb]).
(18) Less than 2% supplement molybdenum or vanadium and do so only when administering total parenteral nutrition.
(19) A similar process might contribute to the toxic and pharmacological effects of vanadium salts.
(20) Vanadium in the 4+ (vanadyl-ion) and 5+ (vanadate-ion) oxidation state stimulates furosemide-sensitive electrogenic Cl- secretion in isolated epithelia of rabbit descending colon.
Vox
Definition:
(n.) A voice.
Example Sentences:
(1) Bell made the comment in response to a blogpost from Emily Bell , in which the Guardian columnist claimed that "the great VC‑backed media blitz of 2014", including Vox, FiveThirtyEight and eBay founder Pierre Omidyar's First Look Media, is being led almost exclusively by white males as it ostensibly aims to reform journalism.
(2) Only about 200,000 people have reportedly opted for the current version of the program , according to Vox, although 17.5m people qualify.
(3) On a side note, wasn't that the same year we had Gazza doing vox pops with drunken groups of England fans in the streets?
(4) As half an hour of vox-poppery proves, this is also a place where the supposedly rarefied issue of electoral reform may actually come up on the proverbial doorstep.
(5) "I would attribute the rise of FiveThirtyEight and Vox and all of these different sites to the fact that there is just an opportunity to do different journalism right now," Bell says.
(6) (Vox Sang 1989; 56: 145-150) have shown that it is possible to prepare clinically effective platelet concentrates with substantially reduced white cell contamination, whilst maintaining satisfactory levels of factor VIII:C after holding whole blood at 20 degrees C overnight.
(7) The vox pop – that spurious journalistic conceit – lets reporters seek out quotes to confirm each one's opinions (or for the BBC, just a meaningless one of each).
(8) Callie Schweitzer , Director of Marketing and Communications, Vox media The most important message I took from Lean In and how Sheryl described the women's movement was that it's not up to any one individual to change things for women, it's up to all of us.
(9) Designtex’s new Vox line, the first style in the Climatex® Dualcycle™ collection Photograph: Designtex Wool and synthetic hybrid Natural and synthetic fibres are typically not woven together in sustainable fabric design, because it can be difficult to pull them apart at the end of use phase, said Deidre Hoguet, director of sustainability and materials exploration at Designtex.
(10) Do I expect them to appreciate the sexually terroristic satires of Sade, or the erogenous verse of Sappho and Catullus, or Nicholson Baker's comical romp Vox?
(11) (If you are interested in the specifics of that, Vox has published a useful backgrounder over this past weekend.)
(12) The company announced this month that they've created a new line, Vox, from their hybrid material called Climatex® Dualcycle™ that combines both wool and a technically produced synthetic.
(13) Twitter is not the vox populi; it is a very effective way of getting a point across to a journalist.
(14) Designtex's Vox fabric styles will be available for purchase in September.
(15) After chiding the justices in Aereo, Vox's Tim Lee argued it's actually a good thing the justices are not technically savvy, because it allows them to see the bigger picture, citing that they have "done a remarkably good job of crafting a sensible body of patent and copyright laws in the past few decades".
(16) He said: “The sans-culottes popular uprising was against a stifling bureaucratic ancient regime whose democratic credentials had become very far from obvious.” He continued: “We can all agree vox populi is vox Dei, in other words the people then, as now, must be respected.” He also gave a commitment that French people living in the UK would be allowed to remain as long as the rights of British people in Europe were respected in a reciprocal way.
(17) Nuns, teenagers, a rabbi, a brass band, Justin Butcher – the vigorous choirmaster of the community choir Vox Holloway – and a group of Whitehall cleaners came together in Wesley's cafe in Westminster Central Hall to celebrate a rare victory.
(18) Crude extracts from Salvia sclarea seeds were known to contain a lectin which specifically agglutinates Tn erythrocytes (Bird, G. W. G., and Wingham, G. (1974) Vox Sang.
(19) It’s hard for him to prove that to everybody because of how insistent Taylor is that everything that they do with each other is photographed.” Vox dissected the commentary thus : “Somehow, as many angry observers implied, Hiddleston, and his smooth-as-silk British accent, was supposed to be better than this … and, by proxy, deserving of someone better than Swift.” A series of aggressive tweets from her ex-boyfriend Calvin Harris sent thousands of people to Swift’s Instagram to leave a snake emoji.
(20) At Vox, the female hire making early headlines with Klein’s departure was his co-founder Melissa Bell, a back-end publishing expert whose work for Klein’s Wonkblog was “unglamorous but considered vital” .