The phrase "a versant" is correct and usable in written English, though it is somewhat specialized.
It can be used in contexts related to geography or topography, referring to a slope or hillside, particularly in relation to a mountain or hill.
Example: "The researchers studied the flora and fauna that thrived on a versant of the Andes."
Alternatives: "a slope" or "a hillside".
PBS was added and a Versant kPCR molecular system (Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, The Hague, The Netherlands) was used for DNA purification with an elution volume of 50 µL.
Gene expression was assessed by one-step RT-qPCR using the SuperScript III PLATINUM One-Step Quantitative RT-PCR System with ROX Lifee Technologies, Darmstadt, Germany) according to manufacturer's instructions in a VERSANT kPCR Molecular System (Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Eschborn, Germany) with 30 min at 50°C, 2 min at 95°C followed by 40 cycles of 15 sec at 95°C and 30 sec at 60°C.
In Cameroon, the plasma HIV-1 RNA viral load (VL) was quantified by a commercial assay (Versant® bDNA HIV kit version 3.0, Bayer Diagnostics, Emeryville, CA, USA) according to the manufacturer's instructions.
He has experience as a software engineer at Intel and as a marketing executive at Versant, Versata and Sybase.
Total RNA and DNA was extracted from FFPE tissue sections (10 μm) using a fully-automated silica-coated magnetic bead-based method in combination with a liquid handling robot (VERSANT Tissue Preparation System, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Eschborn, Germany) as published previously [ 4- 6].
Versant Soleil will include a conference center, a hotel and 1,200 housing units ranging from studio hotel rooms to luxury homes.
I found an article on a Pearson website where they bragged that their Versant Technology when reading essays had an inter-rater reliability of 0.89, which was HIGHER than human inter-rater reliability, and is considered very high.
We present a case of a 55 years old man with a lateral cervical left mass, and an expansive lesion in lingual epiglottis versant, on the right side (involving ipsilateral epiglottic vallecula).
Jean Dubuc, a developer, said his company, Le Versant du Massif, planned to invest up to 250 million Canadian dollars in the next decade to build up to 300 single-family houses and 50 condos near the resort, ranging in price from 200,000 to 1 million Canadian dollars.
Given the purpose of this study which is to investigate test takers' attitudes towards the Versant English Test (VET), a spoken English test developed by Pearson Knowledge Technologies Pearsonn, [2008]), we decided to adopt the tripartite division of attitude (e.g., Baker, [1992]) as a broad point of reference and Murray et al.'s ([2012]) interpretations of this construct.
This study investigated Chinese test takers' attitudes towards the Versant English Test (VET), an automated spoken English test developed by Pearson Knowledge Technologies.
