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fret

the result of fretting; corrosion

fret

any of several small metal bars set across the fingerboard of a musical instrument of the lute, guitar, or viol family at various points along its length so as to produce the desired notes when the strings are stopped by the fingers

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fret

An ornament usually in bands, but also covering broad surfaces, consisting of interlocking geometric motifs.

fret

1. An ornament, sometimes painted, incised, or raised and formed of short fillets, bands, or reglets variously combined, frequently consisting of continuous lines arranged in rectangular forms; a meander; a Greek key.

2. Similar ornamentation in which the fillets intersect at oblique angles, as often in Oriental designs.

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The unmixed donor (Turquoise) and acceptor (Venus) images were summed to produce total fluorescent protein signals (donor+acceptor signal) and FRET image.

Role of PDE4 isoforms in regulating camp compartmentalization and pulmonary microvascular endothelial cell (PMVEC) barrier permeability

To find out the optimum FRET signal and maximum FRET efficiency, different molar ratios of AuNPs/P2 to QDs/P1 were investigated.

Development of sandwich-form biosensor to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in clinical sputum specimens

TaqMan chemistries take advantage of this and FRET together through the addition of short single-stranded synthetic DNA probes, labeled at one end with a reporter and at the other end with its paired quencher, to a PCR reaction.

Real-time PCR II: probe methods

It is difficult to predict how long sea fret will last, it depends on the air temperatures and the wind.

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Les experts ont ete charges d'identifier les failles dans le controle du fret et des colis postaux dans les aeroports.

L'UE tente de colmater les failles dans sa securite

by UNESCO the "Year of Grotowski," Fret and the institute

A search for the oldest songs in the world: out of the crucible of modern Polish theatre haunted by death, memory comes Teatr ZAR, and the primal power of ancient song

Zetes (Euronext Brussels: ZTS), a provider of solutions and services for the automatic identification of goods and people, announced on 19 March that it has been awarded a contract with Fret SNCF, a French rail carrier, to implement and service a mobility solution at Fret SNCF's European sites.

Zetes contracted by Fret SNCF to install mobile workforce solution

You're then going to tune your A string by fretting the A string at the 7th fret and making it sound like the E string played open.

Learn to play the mandolin! Gather friends and family for a sing-a-long on a cold winter's night!

FRET describes an energy transfer mechanism between a pair of chromophores that respond to different excitation wavelengths.

New fluorescent proteins expand the color palette: additional colors of fluorescent proteins enable better visualization in cellular and molecular biology

Don't fret. The team is now called the PEO Aviation Corrosion Prevention and Control Center of Excellence (CPC CoE).

Corrosion team update

Moreover, consumer groups fret that there's inherent pressure when industry provides so much funding--about 18 percent of the agency's total budget last year, and half the budget for new drug reviews.

What's wrong with the FDA? Either too fast or too slow, the agency can't find the right balance

SNCF has also promised to give Fret SNCF organisational autonomy, meaning its managers will report directly to the management board of the SNCF group and not SNCF itself.