(n.) The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil.
(n.) The act of, or any labor or means employed for, training, disciplining, or refining the moral and intellectual nature of man; as, the culture of the mind.
(n.) The state of being cultivated; result of cultivation; physical improvement; enlightenment and discipline acquired by mental and moral training; civilization; refinement in manners and taste.
(v. t.) To cultivate; to educate.
Example Sentences:
(1) After stimulation with lipopolysaccharide and calcium ionophore A23187, culture supernatants of clones c18A and c29A showed cytotoxic activity against human melanoma A375 Met-Mix and other cell lines which were resistant to the tumor necrosis factor, lymphotoxin and interleukin 1.
(2) If ascorbic acid was omitted from the culture medium, the extensive new connective tissue matrix was not produced.
(3) He is also the foremost theorist of the Tijuana-San Diego border in terms of what happens when the urban culture of the developing world collides with that of the developed world.
(4) Our data suggest that a rational use of surveillance cultures and serological tests may aid in an earlier diagnosis of FI in BMT patients.
(5) In attacking the motion to freeze the licence fee during today's Parliamentary debate the culture secretary, Andy Burnham, criticised the Tory leader.
(6) The extent of the infectious process was limited, however, because the life span of the cultures was not significantly shortened, the yields of infectious virus per immunofluorescent cell were at all times low, and most infected cells contained only a few well-delineated small masses of antigen, suggestive of an abortive infection.
(7) It involves creativity, understanding of art form and the ability to improvise in the highly complex environment of a care setting.” David Cameron has boosted dementia awareness but more needs to be done Read more She warns: “To effect a cultural change in dementia care requires a change of thinking … this approach is complex and intricate, and can change cultural attitudes by regarding the arts as central to everyday life of the care home.” Another participant, Mary*, a former teacher who had been bedridden for a year, read plays with the reminiscence arts practitioner.
(8) Rapid overgrowth of all cultures with the E. coli necessitated the use of selective media containing antimicrobial agents to which the E. coli was sensitive.
(9) Patient or fetal cord serum is commonly used as a protein supplement to culture media used in in-vitro fertilization (IVF).
(10) The rate of accumulation of degraded LDL products was lower in collagen gel cultures, but the final levels achieved were the same in the two substrata.
(11) We have developed a new procedure for the rapid preparation of undegraded total RNA from cultured cells for specific quantitation by dot blotting analysis.
(12) A simple method for ultrarapid freezing of cell cultures in monolayers was developed.
(13) The results indicate that OA-bearing macrophages primed T cells and generated helper T cells, whereas the culture of normal lymphocytes with soluble OA in the absence of macrophages generated suppressor T cells.
(14) The effects of phenoxyacetic acid herbicides were investigated on the induction of chromosome aberrations in human peripheral lymphocyte cultures in vitro and in lymphocytes of exposed workers in vivo.
(15) Small pieces of anterior and posterior quail wing-bud mesoderm (HH stages 21-23) were placed in in vitro culture for up to 3 days.
(16) Human gingival fibroblasts were allowed to attach and spread on bio-glasses for 1-72 h. Unreactive silica glass and cell culture polystyrene served as controls.
(17) However, further improvement of culture systems is needed for active replication of HBV in vitro.
(18) This paper has considered the effects and potential application of PFCs, their emulsions and emulsion components for regulating growth and metabolic functions of microbial, animal and plant cells in culture.
(19) Cells (1 x 10(5)) were seeded in 12- x -75-mm tissue culture tubes and incubated with various doses of IL-1 beta, IL-1 alpha, TNF-alpha, and IFN-gamma, alone or in specific combinations, for 15 min, two, 12, 24, and 72 h. PGE concentrations in the media were measured by radio-immunoassay.
(20) This activation demonstrated in humans confirms the pharmacological results of the interferon induction obtained with SL04 in vivo in mice and in vitro in human cell cultures.
Horticulture
Definition:
(n.) The cultivation of a garden or orchard; the art of cultivating gardens or orchards.
Example Sentences:
(1) For services to Horticulture and Land-Based Education.
(2) Pressure was growing, especially on thousands of suppliers of horticulture such as fruit and vegetables, because they often had direct relationships with the big food retailers, said Kendall.
(3) Today beside of the very important gibberellic acid (GA3) other gibberellins such as GA4 and GA7 are of significance for agriculture and horticulture.
(4) This new mechanisms can help to destroy fungi and parasites in dermatology, agriculture, horticulture and cultivation of decorative plants without side effects on the host.
(5) S. subglobosa should be considered in bamboo-associated and horticultural injuries.
(6) "If growers cannot get the required labour, evidence suggests that a replacement SAWS would help horticulture thrive in the long run, but it is ultimately for the government to decide if this sector is a priority."
(7) Ministers have been criticised for being slow to act, after the Horticultural Trade Association asked the then Labour government to ban ash imports in 2009 .
(8) As bioinsecticides in pest control in horticulture, agriculture and forestry.
(9) Initial tests indicate that even the more stable compounds are degraded rapidly in soil, so if the trials at present in progress reveal no toxicological or environmental hazards, within a few years synthetic pyrethroids should be available to control a wide range of domestic, veterinary, horticultural, agricultural, and forest pests at low rates of application.
(10) The Royal Horticultural Society put out guidelines for domestic gardeners to save water, such as mulching and improving the soil by digging in large amounts of compost or other organic matter.
(11) 2009 The Horticultural Trades Association warns the government that the fungus, now widespread in Denmark, could spread to the UK, and calls for an import ban.
(12) There’s a five-acre vegetable plot and heritage orchard to test your horticultural knowledge.
(13) Formerly director of Horticulture and Learning, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
(14) The trade and investment minister, Andrew Robb, highlighted the benefits set to flow for Australian farmers, saying the deal would eliminate prohibitive tariffs on beef, sugar, dairy, wheat, wine, horticulture and seafood.
(15) There are reasons why I should say yes.” The Name of the Rose A thorny foreign policy issue arose after Thatcher approved a request from the German horticultural industry to name a rose in her honour.
(16) Ben Raskin, head of horticulture at the Soil Association, said that the weather conditions have been particularly bad for organic farmers.
(17) TreeHouse has developed several vocational and leisure pathways to provide our older pupils with experience, including horticulture, performing arts, catering and hospitality, retail and enterprise, digital media, and sports and leisure.
(18) An epidemiological survey was conducted after the observation of 4 cases of acute brucellosis in an horticultural school.
(19) Murray-Darling water buybacks capped at 1,500 gigalitres as bill passes Senate Read more It is understood Joyce wants the South Australian Liberal senator Anne Ruston, who was sworn in as the assistant minister for agriculture and water resources, to focus on fisheries, forestry, horticulture and wine, rather than water.
(20) Virological investigations, using poliovirus type I, were carried out on the detection of enterovirus and their persistence in the chemical sludge from a tertiary treatment process, which could be suitable for agricultural and horticultural applications.--A comparison of six eluents showed that tryptose phosphate broth yielded best results allowing approximately 30% overall recovery with the method described.