(n.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle.
Example Sentences:
(1) Data obtained from tissue cultures initiated from F2 embryos of the cross Aquila x Chinese Spring suggest that at least two complementary genes are involved in this control.
(2) This is unlikely to happen, although Berlusconi has done himself no favours by asking his guests to stump up to help rebuild L'Aquila after April's earthquake while cutting Italy's bilateral aid budget by 56%.
(3) Where Moore tackled Bush, Guzzanti targets Silvio Berlusconi , and his handling of the 2009 Aquila earthquake.
(4) Berlusconi said yesterday that the choice of L'Aquila might help in this regard, saying he did not believe anti-globalisation protesters "would have the will or the heart to stage violent demonstrations" in Abruzzo.
(5) Fifty pregnant women attending the Obstetrics Department of the University of Aquila were included in the study.
(6) Michael Elliott, president of the development campaigning organisation One, thanked Obama for the commitment he gave to sustain the promises made at L'Aquila.
(7) "As part of that effort we commit to fulfil outstanding L'Aquila financial pledges, seek to maintain strong support to address current and future global food security challenges, including through bilateral and multilateral assistance, and agree to take new steps to accelerate progress towards food security and nutrition in Africa and globally, on a complementary basis," the statement said.
(8) Aquila was developed in Bridgwater, Somerset, and the drone, designed to fly non-stop for three months, will use lasers to beam down internet access to remote areas without online capacity.
(9) An epidemiologic research was carried out on a sample of 258 mothers of children and boys attending some schools of L'Aquila district in 1988.
(10) The paper identifies 55 cases of suicide registered at a local health unit in L'Aquila (98,751 inhabitants) during the period 1982-1987.
(11) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Aquila drone ascends from the runway.
(12) Although the mitochondrial genomes of the Chinese Spring and Aquila varieties of wheat are normally similar in organization, this is not so in tissue cultures initiated from their immature embryos where the mitochondrial genomes of both are rearranged and in different, characteristic, ways.
(13) He burst onto his British Airways chartered plane bound for the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy , a little before 6.30am.
(14) The genetic polymorphism of alpha 2 HS-glycoprotein (A2HS) was studied in continental Italy (Rome and L'Aquila) and in Sardinia (Cagliari).
(15) All patients were attending the Centre of Cytology and Colposcopy at the Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology in L'Aquila.
(16) Among the measures discussed in L'Aquila yesterday was a target range for oil prices that would be agreed between producing and consuming countries.
(17) From 1970 to 1989, multiple myeloma was diagnosed in 184 residents in the counties of L'Aquila and Avezzano, two cities of the Region Abruzzo in Central Italy.
(18) During studies on helminth parasites of brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) from the river Tirino (L'Aquila - Italy), the intermediate hosts of Cyathocephalus truncatus (Pallas, 1781) and Dentitruncus truttae Sinzar, 1955 have been searched for.
(19) To assess the risk of developing liver cirrhosis associated with alcohol consumption, HBV and HCV infection markers, we carried out a case-control study involving 115 patients admitted to the medical departments of the general hospitals in the province of L'Aquila (Abruzzo, Italy) who received for the first time the diagnosis of liver cirrhosis, and 167 controls randomly selected among patients admitted to the same hospitals as the cases.
(20) Of the $22bn promised at L'Aquila, an accountability report published to coincide with the G8 showed only just over half of that has been disbursed so far, 58%.
Scutum
Definition:
(n.) An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; -- carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry.
(n.) A penthouse or awning.
(n.) The second and largest of the four parts forming the upper surface of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is preceded by the prescutum and followed by the scutellum. See the Illust. under Thorax.
(n.) One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.
Example Sentences:
(1) 36.3% of the children had a residual or a recurrent cholesteatoma, 19.5% after open technique, 61.2% after a combined approach operation, 17% after atticoantrotomy and reconstruction of the scutum and 29.6% after a transcanal tympanoplasty.
(2) The structure of scutum, organs of gnathosoma and coxae, chaetotaxy of idiosoma and gnathosoma were used for differential diagnosis.
(3) The marine gastropods Acmaea (Collisella) limatula and Acmaea (Notoacmea) scutum respond to distant predatory starfish (i.e.
(4) The scutum "pseudotumor" appearance caused by incomplete pneumatization was seen frequently, and should not be mistaken for mastoiditis or an osteoma.
(5) A wide range of structures was used for species identification as follows: peculiarities of scutum, peritreme, anal valve, organs of gnathosoma, chaetotaxy and morphometrical characteristics and ratios.
(6) Reliable differences have been noted in the sizes of scutum, gnathosoma and its appendages in male and female nymphs of both species.
(7) Incidence of retraction pocket and recurrent cholesteatoma in the attic after surgery for middle ear cholesteatoma using the staged intact canal wall technique were investigated in 95 ears of 91 patients, all of which had various degrees of bone defect in the tympanic scutum.
(8) Here, the ultrastructure of sensory cells on the mantle tentacles of N. scutum is examined by transmission electron microscopy to determine if morphological types of sensory cells can be correlated with known sensory capabilities.
(9) Incidence of retraction troubles was higher in Types II and III, probably because these procedures were indicated in ears with large scutum defects.
(10) In D. niveus male and female nymphs differ in the length of II-III palpal joints and width of gnathosoma, in D. ushakovae in the length of scutum and its proportions, in the width of gnathosoma and hypostome and in the diameter of peritreme.
(11) However, injection of IVM, dimethylsulphoxide (vehicle for IVM) or distilled water through the articulation between the capitulum and scutum ('anterior injection'), did markedly reduce the wax coating and increased egg permeability.
(12) The dorsal part of the head can also be transformed into second thoracic structures (scutum) indicating that Antp indeed specifies the second thoracic segment.
(13) It resumes at the superior aspect of the external auditory canal (scutum) extending laterally along the external canal wall.
(14) (Exopalpiger) trianguliceps in 4-4 pairs of setae of the anal valve, shape of scutum, longer setae of alloscutum, more round peritreme, correlation between the length of peritreme longitudinal diameter and the length of longitudinal diameter of the anal ring, presence of auricles and shape of palps.
(15) Differences in linear sizes of scutum, gnathosoma and its appendages in male and female nymphs were determined that has made possible the identification of sex in hungry nymphs.
(16) Previous studies have indicated that the mantle margin of the gastropod mollusc Notoacmea scutum is sensitive to chemical, photic, and mechanical stimulation.
(17) He then named the company Aquascutum, from the Latin words aqua (water) and scutum (shield).
(18) The height of this bony plate was 1.5 to 3.0 mm and extended from the facial canal wall to the scutum.
(19) Defects of the anterior wall of the mastoid bowl, i.e., the posterior wall of the external auditory canal, were recognized in 105 ears in the first stage, 91 of which involved pathologic defects of the tympanic scutum caused by cholesteatoma.
(20) The transverse band of light scales on the anterior scutum is complete in Ae.