cause to open or to become open; "Mary opened the car door" (同)open_up
make available; "This opens up new possibilities" (同)open_up
start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning; "open a business" (同)open_up
not sealed or having been unsealed; "the letter was already open"; "the opened package lay on the table" (同)opened
used of mouth or eyes; "keep your eyes open"; "his mouth slightly opened" (同)opened
not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought; "an open question"; "our position on this bill is still undecided"; "our lawsuit is still undetermined" (同)undecided, undetermined, unresolved
affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed; "an open door"; "they left the door open" (同)unfastened
(set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints
accessible to all; "open season"; "an open economy"
affording free passage or access; "open drains"; "the road is open to traffic"; "open ranks"
begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.; "He opened the meeting with a long speech"
display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer
have an opening or passage or outlet; "The bedrooms open into the hall"
having no protecting cover or enclosure; "an open boat"; "an open fire"; "open sports cars"
make the opening move; "Kasparov opened with a standard opening"
not having been filled; "the job is still open"
not requiring union membership; "an open shop employs nonunion workers"
open to or in view of all; "an open protest"; "an open letter to the editor"
ready for business; "the stores are open"
travel or traverse (a distance); "This car does 150 miles per hour"; "We did 6 miles on our hike every day"
the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization (同)doh, ut
proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "Hes come a long way" (同)fare, make_out, come, get along
create or design, often in a certain way; "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest" (同)make
carry on or function; "We could do with a little more help around here" (同)manage
first or beginning; "the memorable opening bars of Beethovens Fifth"; "the plays opening scene"
opportunity especially for employment or promotion; "there is an opening in the sales department"
a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess; "he memorized all the important chess openings" (同)chess opening
a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door"
becoming open or being made open; "the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for"
the act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door"
an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall" (同)gap
the first performance (as of a theatrical production); "the opening received good critical reviews" (同)opening_night, curtain raising
a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
the initial part of the introduction; "the opening established the basic theme"
a room that is entered via a door; "his office is the third door down the hall on the left"
a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road); "the office next door"; "they live two doors up the street from us"
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle; "he knocked on the door"; "he slammed the door as he left"
anything providing a means of access (or escape); "we closed the door to Haitian immigrants"; "education is the door to success"
MicroRNAs in Schizophrenia: Implications for Synaptic Plasticity and Dopamine-Glutamate Interaction at the Postsynaptic Density. New Avenues for Antipsychotic Treatment Under a Theranostic Perspective.
de Bartolomeis A1, Iasevoli F2, Tomasetti C2, Buonaguro EF2.
Molecular neurobiology.Mol Neurobiol.2015 Dec;52(3):1771-90. doi: 10.1007/s12035-014-8962-8. Epub 2014 Nov 14.
Despite dopamine-glutamate aberrant interaction that has long been considered a relevant landmark of psychosis pathophysiology, several aspects of these two neurotransmitters reciprocal interaction remain to be defined. The emerging role of postsynaptic density (PSD) proteins at glutamate synapse as
Nutrient-deprived cancer cells preferentially use sialic acid to maintain cell surface glycosylation.
Badr HA1, AlSadek DM2, Mathew MP3, Li CZ4, Djansugurova LB5, Yarema KJ6, Ahmed H7.
Biomaterials.Biomaterials.2015 Nov;70:23-36. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2015.08.020. Epub 2015 Aug 10.
Cancer is characterized by abnormal energy metabolism shaped by nutrient deprivation that malignant cells experience during various stages of tumor development. This study investigated the response of nutrient-deprived cancer cells and their non-malignant counterparts to sialic acid supplementation
Radon as a tracer of daily, seasonal and spatial air movements in the Underground Tourist Route "Coal Mine" (SW Poland).
Tchorz-Trzeciakiewicz DE1, Parkitny T2.
Journal of environmental radioactivity.J Environ Radioact.2015 Nov;149:90-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.07.006. Epub 2015 Jul 28.
The surveys of radon concentrations in the Underground Tourist Route "Coal Mine" were carried out using passive and active measurement techniques. Passive methods with application of Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors LR115 were used at 4 points in years 2004-2007 and at 21 points in year 2011. The