Sentences with phrase «use as probes»

All research projects rely heavily on chemical and analytical methods to identify specific reactions / products, their mechanisms of formation, and their use as probes to elaborate pathways responsible for disease.

With atoms being so well characterized, it is possible to use them as probes — to look for tiny changes in their properties stemming from interactions with other atoms or the environment.

If a planet is to be used as a probe for Planet X, its orbit must be well determined so that astronomers can pick out small deviations.

Simms built a longer 300 - nucleotide mRNA to use as a probe.

«We therefore used these as a probe in a competition binding assay and screened approximately 8,200 chemical compounds, including both approved drugs and other known bioactive compounds.»

The problem bedeviling him was how to create an intense beam of microwave energy to use as a probe.

Individual 45 - mer oligonucleotides corresponding to mRNAs of each gene were used as probes, and immobilized on microarray slides, as described below.

Continued research may allow HPFM to be used as a probe so, for instance, it would be possible to study the effect of new treatments being developed to save plants such as citrus trees from bacterial diseases rapidly decimating the citrus industry, or study fundamental photonically - induced processes in complex systems such as in solar cell materials or opto - electronic devices.

The COX - 2 promoter sequence containing the STAT6 binding site (30 bp) was used as a probe.

Not exact matches

Billionaire Vincent Bollore was charged by French investigators as part of a probe into the possible use of bribes in two African countries to obtain port contracts from public officials, according to a statement from his company.

«If you're Alibaba, you want to probe and find out more, and use it as a learning experience,» says Martin Pyykkonen, a tech analyst at Wedge Partners.

As authorities continue to investigate the use of the data of millions of people, here's a look at what the bankruptcy filings in the U.K. and U.S. mean for the probe.

Update: A spokesperson for the ICO said is investigating 30 organizations, including Facebook, as part of its probe into the use of personal data and analytics by political campaigns, parties, social media companies and other commercial actors.

Late last month Denham revealed the watchdog had been looking into Facebook's partner category service as part of its political probe, examining how the company used third party data to inform targeted advertising.

Those probes into consumers» personalities and desires foreshadowed Cambridge Analytica's pitch to commercial and political clients — using data, as its website proudly proclaims, «to change audience behavior.»

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It remained unclear to what extent Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — seen as the de facto ruler of the country — was using the probe as a political tool to increase his control over the kingdom, while he continues to pursue a radical economic reform program.

Instead, the Trump administration has relied on a rarely used trade measure known as a Section 232 probe.

In an open letter to Trump on Friday, a group of Democrats said an effort to use the Nunes memo as a pretext to dismiss Rosenstein or Mueller — or both — would be viewed as an attempt to obstruct justice in the Russia probe.

Worcester used standard psychoanalytic techniques such as dream analysis and the probing of early memories as a part of his therapy.

A thorough philosopher looking to modify Hartshorne's position might also wish to examine the consequences of using Hartshorne's conception of love as the sole determining factor in the abortion issue, to probe Hartshorne's views on potentiality and to consider the criticisms of those who see Hartshorne's position as too utilitarian in nature.

We defend hard as a group we press hard as a group and we probe probe probe using the slick interplay of Cazorla and Ozil our hazard and Oscar, Giroud our Costa Sanchez our Willian Ramsey our Fabregas.

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Traumatic birthing experiences, like the use of drugs to induce labor and numb pain, internal electrode probes screwed onto baby's scalp, forceps, C - section, immediate cord clamping, suctioning, rough handling, bright lights, separation from mom and being left alone in a nursery incubator etc., can be hard - wired into a deep memory base that you, as a now functioning adult, can't even remember, let alone access!

To promote poke and probe using index finger, explore holes of toy dial phone, holes of a peg board, encourage pushing buttons such as doorbells or keys of a piano.

If used as ear thermometers it is advisable to buy one that has a probe.

Sen. Charles Schumer called electronic cigarettes «ticking time bombs» on Sunday, as he urged the Food and Drug Administration to use its new authority to probe — and possibly recall — the devices.

Strong black voter support for Spitzer — who resigned as governor amid a federal probe of money laundering and prostitution and who once used the State Police to smear a political foe — has mystified many New York Democrats, although Wright said he wasn't surprised.

The probe is also exploring other cases involving investigations into Robert Stricoff, Donald Rodgers and Justin Meyers — figures associated with the administration of Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone — and whether the distribution by the district attorney's office of millions of dollars in asset forfeiture money was improperly used by the DA's office as a reward for favorites or for the office's own political benefit.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

The FBI Director's chief of staff will be interviewed behind closed doors today as part of a Republican congressional probe into the agency's handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server as Secretary of State.

Facing a nagging corruption probe, and looking for a leg up in budget negotiations, the embattled former Senate majority leader, Dean Skelos, floated the idea of raising a stink over the outside income of Democrat Cuomo's live - in girlfriend, Sandra Lee, and using it as leverage, transcripts of wire - tapped conversations between Skelos and his son Adam reveal.

Schumer called electronic cigarettes «ticking time bombs» as he urged the Food and Drug Administration to use its new authority to probe — and possibly recall — the devices.

That probe was looking into charges that he embezzled funds he oversaw as a part of mortgage foreclosures, and then tried to use the profits to finance a run for District Attorney.

As for Donovan's probe, that's centers around the use of Indy Party cash to benefit state Indy Party Chairman Frank MacKay's wife's firm and a $ 10,000 business loan floated to her business by a NYC Council candidate, John Tabacco.

Sundram, Cuomo's special advisor on the disabled, who headed a state reform commission after the Willowbrook revelations of abuse and neglect in the 1970's, says there are privacy issues that prevent surveillance cameras from being used routinely, but says they will be used as investigative tools during probes of alleged abuse.

It was another entity he controlled and used to probe lawmakers» conduct, as leverage to negotiate with the Legislature.

Governor Cuomo, who described the mood in Albany as «miserable», says if this won't force the legislature to adopt anti corruption measures, he might do his own investigating and use what's called the state's Moreland Act to empower his own probe.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is reported to be probing contracts awarded as part of Cuomo's Buffalo Billion project, with questions over the timing of campaign contributions to the governor, as well as criteria used to choose the vendors.

Spitzer, who made his name crusading against Wall Street as state attorney general, resigned the governorship in March 2008 after he was caught using high - end prostitutes in a federal probe.

As Mayor Bill de Blasio has become embroiled in the burgeoning scandal, the city's comptroller, the Department of Investigation and the state Attorney General are probing the deal in which city bureaucrats lifted a decades - old deed restriction on 45 Rivington St. that mandated the Lower East Side property be used only for non-profit, residential - health care purposes.

The Daily News reported on Oct. 3 that Cuomo had urged commissioners not to send a subpoena to the Democratic State Committee, which he has used to raise soft money for advertising campaigns, as they probed other party committees.

The activists sent a letter to NYPD inspector general Phil Eure, asking him to probe questions such as how a person is put in its gang database, how a person can challenge placement and how social media like Facebook and Instagram are used to collect intelligence.

Haggerty is tangled in Vance's probe into Mayor Bloomberg's use in the 2009 mayor's race of the state Independence Party as a pass - through for $ 750,000.

But while previous presidential campaigns have used these funds to pay for routine legal matters such as ballot access disputes and compliance requirements, Trump would be the first president in the modern campaign finance era to use such funds to cover the costs of defending himself in a criminal probe, said election law experts.

Beyond its use as a tool against large financial institutions, Schneiderman has used the act as a basis for a probe into ExxonMobil, arguing that its alleged failure to disclose to its shareholders and the public research that showed the potential impact of climate change constituted a Martin Act violation.

US Attorney Preet Bharara is reported to be probing contracts awarded as part of Governor Cuomo's Buffalo Billion project, with questions over the timing of campaign contributions to the governor, as well as criteria used to choose the vendors.

Among those already using the program with his students is Gerald Smith, who teaches conceptual physics and advanced chemistry at Bishop McNamara High School in Washington and plans to attend the march.Students who completed the print - out activity sheet illustrated how headphones work through physics — among the examples Smith intends to post to Twitter after spring break, the week after the March for Science «The kids definitely like to probe their brains a lot in terms of seeing science in real life, not just something far - reaching for geniuses to dobut as something that we exist in every day,» said Smith.

But just as scientists use radio and gamma - ray telescopes to probe different frequencies of light, physicists are building detectors sensitive to a range of gravity wave frequencies.