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cotan

(ˈkəʊˌtæn)
abbreviation for
(Mathematics) cotangent
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Noun1.cotan - ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle
circular function, trigonometric function - function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle
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Unlike the spare compositions of the earlier still lifes of Sanchez Cotan in Toledo, these are elaborate displays of fruits, flowers and vessels, zigzagging across stepped shelves.
Other previous studies with neotropical omnivorous fish also do not register a protein-sparing effect due to the increase in dietary non-protein energy sources (Sa & Fracalossi, 2002; Bomfim et al., 2005; Cotan et al., 2006; Bittencourt et al., 2010).
(2008), the level of CoQ in mitochondria can be used as biological marker; its deficiency reduces activity of mitochondrial respiratory enzymes, low expression of oxidative phosphorylated protein, lower mitochondrial membrane potential, enhances the ROS production, mitochondrial permeabilization, mitophagy of dysfunctional mitochondria, reduced growth rates and cell death (Rodriguez-Hernandez et al., 2009; Cotan et al., 2011; Miguel and Cordero, 2012).
(35) En un analisis de un bodegon del pintor Juan Sanchez Cotan, Bodegon con el membrillo, la col, el melon y el pepino (1603), Norman Bryson describe el descubrimiento que desvela la obra de arte, curiosamente, en los mismos terminos que Cervantes: "down to its last details the painting must be presented as the result of discovery, not invention, a picture of the work of God that completely effaces the hand of man (in Cotan visible brushwork would be like blasphemy)" (70).
The Dutch COTAN (responsible for assessing the quality of the tests used in the Netherlands) assessed the quality of the mathematics Cito test (e.g., reliability and validity) for six criteria as "good," and for one criterion as "not applicable" (ToetsGids, 2014).
(12.) Villanueva-Paz M, Cotan D, Garrido-Maraver J, et al.
Works by Pacheco, Juan Sanchez Cotan, and Francisco de Zurbaran evince the competition between their polychrome painted compositions and the vividly colored sculptures of Montanes, Gregorio Fernandez, and Juan de Mesa.
(16.) Cordero MD, Cotan D, del-Porto-Martin Y, et al.
Table 1 shows the formulation (COTAN et al., 2006) and composition of the extruded experimental diets (A.O.A.C, 1990), and lipid profiles (A.O.A.C, 2005) are shown in table 2.