Sentences with phrase «use of needle»

A fine needle aspirate can be taken of a mass which involves the use of a needle to collect cells from the inside of a tumor.

Currently, there are two different types of Felv vaccinations available for cats: one is injectable, the other is a transdermal vaccination without the use of a needle.

Using special microfabrication techniques, Ziaie created a miniaturized wireless pressure sensor and combined it with a Guyton - like capsule so that it could generate interstitial pressure readings without the use of a needle and that could be read remotely.

Acupuncture points can also be stimulated without the use of needles, using techniques known as acupressure, moxibustion, cupping, or by the application of heat, cold, water, laser, ultrasound, or other means at the discretion of the practitioner.

Chiropractic treatments involve the manipulation or mobilization of joints, and surrounding tissues to provide similar outcomes as acupuncture without the use of needles.

A new entry in the Science Advances journal for January 2018 suggests that scientists may be getting closer to measuring blood glucose levels in diabetics without the use of needles.

Not exact matches

It wouldn't be possible to revolutionize the blood test and get away from big needles if you couldn't use these tiny quantities of liquid.

The ease - of - use factor, lack of big needles, and tiny amounts of blood involved mean the company definitely has something in common with Theranos — Tasso uses microfluidics to work with minimal quantities of blood.

«Using machine learning to find a needle in a haystack is where computers can help us transcend our limitations,» says Professor Adam Pah from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and Northwestern's Institute on Complex Systems (NICO).

Through process - driven research on financial and impact outcomes of investing and grant - making, Align enables its clients to use their resources to move the needle on the world's greatest environmental and social challenges by building investing and giving strategies that are aligned with its clients personal values.

The silliest of these is the old myth — which I used to think was the invention of some nineteenth - century Protestant clergyman, but which is in fact considerably older — that the «Needle's Eye» was a particularly low gate in the walls of Jerusalem, through which a laden camel could not pass without being unburdened or even (as one zoologically illiterate version has it) crawling through on its knees.

DO N'T BE FOOLED by DOLLARS CREATIVE FLO MACHINE anymore or any of these LETS GET RICH preachers onTV who are rich themselves by INFOCOMMERCIALS using just enough of truth God's Word mixed with lies to deceive the masses.Lastly, remember Jesus said, It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than it is for the RICH to enter into the kingdom of God.

I would later learn of fascinating attempts to soften the text (the use of the word «camel» for «rope,» of «eye of the needle» for «a small gate»), but the little girl inside me knew that these words of Jesus were clear and hard and scary

Or what about the spread of the disease through drug use and needles?

If her training eventually pulls her back into her professional role so that she is able to study her reactions, she may notice that she has been led to picture the story of humankind as being played out solely by males: inventing language, passing it on to the next generation of sons, inventing pottery for use as containers, fashioning needles in order to make better clothing.

For example, since they all thought the Middle Ages believed the universe was small and cozy, we read the passage in Ptolemy's Almagest where he concludes that the universe is unimaginably vast, and calls the whole earth (which Eratosthenes had accurately measured as about 8,000 miles in diameter) a needle prick compared with the universe; and we read Boethius» Consolation of Philosophy, which popularized this idea; and even a typical sermon that used the idea to show how great God was to have created such an enormous universe.

On the cherry pitting front, here's the trick (if you don't own a cherry - pitter): take a pair of clean needle nose pliers and use them.

Helpful gadgets in the kitchen are a must but I've never heard of using needle nose pliers to pit a cherry.

FYI I have made cookie cutters in different shapes using a clean tuna can ring and a pair of needle nosed pliers.

Frost the outside with a thin layer of green, then use large and small french star tips to pipe needles.

The branches and needles of the tree were important in tribal rituals, and the dried buds were used as medicines to ease suffering from burns, earaches, coughs, and fevers.

You'll get the hang of it quickly and I assure you it will be easier than using the larding needle.

Oaxaca is known for its uncommon foods: floras de Calabasas or squash blossoms are frequently used in dishes (delicious); nopales or prickly pear cactus leaves grace some salads and soups (without spiny needles, of course); and there are chapulines, grasshoppers grilled in oil until crunchy and sprinkled with red chile powder (okay, I did eat one e... ah, several).

Larding is an old butcher technique where strips of fat are pushed into a piece of meat using a «Larding Needle» which is a tool that carries the fat through the meat and can then be extracted leaving the fat in place.

She gazes across the dirt and asphalt roads where Pat used to take the family car, killing the dashboard lights so her kid sister, Linda, couldn't see the needle nosing 95, and it begins to dawn on Michelle that the wind that has been at her own back for the last three years is really the wind that has been at Pat's back all of her life.

None of the indoor courts WCT had been using — various concoctions of vinyl, urethane, fiber glass and needle - punch materials — was specifically designed for tennis, and the results showed it.

Ava is really big on sewing these days (thank you, Waldorf preschool) and will be able to do a little of the stitching (we use thicker needles so she's less apt to poke herself), and I think Julian will get in on the stuffing part.

Two years ago she bought a set of embroidery needles and taught herself the art of hand embroidery using blogs, video tutorials and the help of the crafting community.

To avoid these situations, make sure that all of your equipment is properly sterilized, or make sure that you are using disposable needles.

Now, after a decade of NHS care, she is able to use a needle and thread again and has developed a way of working and a design that doesn't cause too much of a strain on her hands — although she admits that the level of detail in each doll and outfit probably comes from wanting to ensure enough care and attention has gone into it, in case her hands fail her and this is the last one she ever makes.

Next five months went by trying to mate during the ovulation period but since he was experiencing erectile dysfunction, we instead of going for intercourse tried to inject the sperm into my uterus using an injection syringe without the needle but our attempts failed and i didn't become pregnant.

Those guidelines do caution against blood - borne infections caused by multiple - use pigments, and the possibility of HIV / AIDS transmission through contaminated needles.

What kind of needle are you using in your machine?

When knitting small circular projects like socks and the tops of hats, most knitters learn to knit using multiple double - pointed needles.

Meet «thread painter» Emily Tull, who uses a needle as her paintbrush and threads as her paint to create extraordinary works of art.

Denim is a cotton fabric and is of course a strong heavyweight choice that will require different needles to be used in your sewing machine and is very difficult to sew by hand.

Then we'll both clean up the edges of the separate bits using needle files, Stanley blades and wet and dry paper.

Many biopsies are now surgery - free (doctors can perform a needle core biopsy, using a hollow needle to remove a tiny piece of the suspicious lump).

Many women are fearful of the needle used during this procedure.

However, the needles used for the tattoo will pose a very small risk of transmitting hepatitis C. Recent research shows that a larger, multi-colored tattoo poses a higher risk than small black tattoos.»

In the piece we see him knitting at the drums while using the ends of the needles to create sometimes - beautiful, sometimes - strange ambient noise.

The doctor uses ultrasound to guide the insertion of a needle into the abdomen, where potassium chloride is injected into one or more fetuses.

You can add different textures or use various weights of yarn, bigger needles, make it skinny or wide.

When knitting with circular needles, the key thing to remember is that you are always working from the right side, or what will be the outside of the work when it is worn or used.

Thread your tapestry needle using this end of yarn and weave it into the work so that it can not be seen.

If you want to use a different weight of yarn, check the label to see what size needles are recommended and use them instead.

You take a ring — preferably your wedding or engagement ring — and tie it on a string (you can also use a needle instead of the ring).

I even used a double - needle for the bias binding, which I've never done before (in 30 + years of sewing).

Acupuncture is a system of complementary medicine that involves pricking the skin or tissues with needles, used to alleviate pain and to treat various physical, mental, and emotional conditions.

According to the directions, all you need to make a pouch or «peanut shell» style sling is two yards of fabric and stuff that's already in my little - used sewing box (like scissors, thread, needles, sewing machine, and an iron).