quadruplet


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the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy

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a set of four similar things considered as a unit

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Since the lowest-lying excited quadruplet state of niobium lies only 3.5 kcal/mol above the sextuplet ground state, the energy profile emerging from the fragments Nb([sup.4]F) + S[O.sub.2] was also calculated [18].
Now considering CS as a example, the bonding mechanism is predicted a strong electron transfer for CS to 2pz orbital of boron, giving rise to a s-bond, a back-bonding interaction in the p-system, as well as a stronger B-CS bond in the quadruplet than doublet.
An unbalanced analysis of variance was conducted, on adjusted values, which considered year to be a random effect and cross, pubescence color, pubescence density, and quadruplet considered as fixed effects.
He informed that despite being a Hepatitis B patient, Najma gave birth to quadruplet - two boys and two girls through caesarean section.
"In cases of higher order multiples such as triplets and quadruplets it would be wonderful to see more home help available from the HSE.
"A 27-year-old mother has given birth on Friday night to a quadruplet, in an operation that took about one hour in al-Haj Jalal Hospital in Numaniya township, 40 kms to the north of Kut, the center of Wassit Province," Dr.
Remarkably, all four - made up of two sets of identical twins - were conceived naturally in a quadruplet pregnancy considered to be very rare and potentially very dangerous.
"Nearly 90 per cent of quadruplet pregnancies occur as a result of seeking fertility assistance such as IVF treatments.
He said: ``The major problem with quadruplet pregnancies is the risk of premature birth.
``Even though the Liverpool Women's Hospital is the largest and busiest maternity unit in the UK, we have had no quadruplet pregnancies since opening in 1995 up until now.
The researchers went on to prove their new genetic code works by assigning two "unnatural" amino acids to their quadruplet codons, and incorporated them into a protein chain.
Police said it believes Wali Mohammad, brother of the man allegedly killed by Usman, is involved in the quadruplet murder.
Cameras follow Hertfordshire couple Jose and Julie (above) as they prepare for the birth of quadruplet girls.