Dura in a sentence

These patients had caught CJD from contaminated dura mater grafts (dura mater being a tough membrane that coats the brain and spinal cord) used to help their brains heal after surgery.

Of the nine Assembly segments in Sirsa parliamentary constituency, BJP represents two тАФ Fatehabad (Dura Ram) and Ratia (SC) reserved constituency (Lakshman Napa).

In the south of the West Bank, the towns of Beit Ummar and Dura were the targets of Israeli raids.

The Al-Shiyah Mosque in Jabal al-Mukaber was recently destroyed, while illegal Jewish settlers desecrated the Khirbet Marah al-Baqar Mosque in Dura.

The Federal Government has announced that it has commenced work on the construction of a multi-purpose dam upstream of the River Dura in the Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State to contain the heavy water that flows from that axis.

Wafa Agency reported that the occupation forces stormed al- Fawwar camp, al-Hadab village and Dura town in Hebron, raided and searched homes, destroyed their contents and turned a number of them into military barracks, and arrested 10 Palestinians.

As Dura points out in his article, Larsen continues to hold his leadership position in the state Senate.

A closed (non-missile) head injury is where the dura mater remains intact.

A penetrating head injury occurs when an object pierces the skull and breaches the dura mater.

Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia Baptisteries The baptistery in the Dura church was about 1m square and 1m deep; baptismal candidates could stand in it, but could not be immersed.

Dura Europos: A City for Everyman.

Episcopium No one lived in the house church at Dura; such residential facilities as the latrine and kitchen were removed in the conversion.

Gordon maintains the former theory of Merkelbach and others, especially noting such examples as Dura where all names are associated with a Mithraic grade.

Passing Dura on April 6, the army made good progress, bypassing towns after negotiations or besieging those which chose to oppose him.

Research carried out on the collapsed tunnels at Dura-Europos in Syria suggests that the Iranians used bitumen and sulfur crystals to get it burning.

Such a condition, which is defined in the second strophe as a condition of profound suffering ("se la vita è sventura, perché da noi si dura?") is extremely different from that of the Moon, which seems instead to be eternal, "virgin", and "intact".

The dural venous sinuses within the dura mater surrounding the brain receive blood from the brain and also are a point of entry of cerebrospinal fluid from arachnoid villi absorption.

The five other deaths were caused by dura grafting during brain surgery, where the covering of the brain was repaired.

The Salvadoran government reported that the Super Mano Dura gang legislation led to a 14% drop in murders in 2004.

These sites are spread all over the Roman empire from places as far as Dura Europos in the east, and England in the west.