So it has proved for a year now in the Syria of Bashar al-Assad who, taking a leaf from his father's book, has attempted to suppress through mass slaughter the quest of a broad uprising to be free of the family stranglehold.
Serum vitamin D [25(OH D] was measured by HPLC/tandem mass spectrometry through Quest Diagnostics Co. (19).
Serum 25(OH D concentrations were assayed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry at Quest Diagnostics, New York, NY.
25[OH]D levels were measured by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry by Quest Diagnostics on samples collected at the 3-year visit.
HR-FAB/MS spectra were recorded using a Finnigan Thermo Quest MAT 95XL mass spectrometer.
My focus on mass depleted meaning, while my quest for security through quantity had deflated quality.
The surrogate measure of the precursor pool for protein synthesis with leucine as the traced amino acid, plasma 13C-ketoisocaproic acid (KIC) abundance was used [15] and measured at GC/MS system (gas chromatograph; Trace GC 2000 series and mass spectrometer; Automass Multi, Thermo Quest Finnigan, Paris, France).
This set of biomarkers was amended by four additional serum protein peaks leading to a commercialized FDA cleared blood test for assessment of the likelihood that an ovarian mass is malignant, called OVA1™ (Quest Diagnostics, Madison, NJ, USA).
Under Rupert Murdoch's leadership, it was seeking to displace the Daily News as the city's mass-market tabloid, a quixotic quest that continues to this day.
Last month, the Ford Motor Company decided to abandon its electric-vehicle division, Think -- the latest setback in the quest for a mass-market electric car.
Forget the British and American governments' quest for weapons of mass destruction.
