(n.) Any one of many species of large gallinaceous birds of Central and South America, belonging to Penelope, Pipile, Ortalis, and allied genera. Several of the species are often domesticated.
Example Sentences:
(1) The results indicated that it is reasonable to consider that "Kuo Guan" powder is an immunoregulative preparation for patients with BXBS syndrome of IHD angina.
(2) Asked directly if he believed another ratings cut was inevitable, Guan replies: "I think so."
(3) In an interview with Talk to Al-Jazeera, Guan agrees that it is almost inevitable that his agency will cut America's debt rating once again, arguing that the only solution open to the US economy is further quantitative easing.
(4) Writing in the journal Nature , Guan calls for long-term surveillance of viruses in birds, to give health authorities early warning of dangerous strains that emerge.
(5) We reported the construction of the vector pGEX-KG (K. Guan and J. E. Dixon, 1991, Anal.
(6) SBF in 15 regions (sacral spot and bilateral nail-fold, Zu-San-Li, San-Yin-Jiao, Tai-Xi, Xing-Jian, Guan-Yuan-Shu and femur) was measured by means of Laser Doppler Flowmeter in 193 patients with paraplegia resulted from trauma during the Tangshan earthquake, and the result was compared with that in 53 normal subjects.
(7) The above results suggested that guan-fu base A could block the fast Na+ channels and exhibited anti-arrhythmic action.
(8) The author's real name is Guan Moye; "Mo Yan" means "don't speak" in Chinese.
(9) Our recent anterior drawer studies in human cadaveric knees [Guan and Butler, Adv.
(10) The remarks by Dagong's chairman, Guan Jianzhong, to be broadcast in an interview with al-Jazeera on Saturday morning, come at the end of another week of deep turmoil for the world economy.
(11) A successful birth is far from certain despite the carefully cultivated expectation the zoo has built up since the excitement in April over its attempts to get Tian Tian to mate with Yang Guan.
(12) The inhibition of guan-fu base A on Vmax showed frequency dependent effects.
(13) We have previously demonstrated (Guan X.-P., Hromchak, R. A., and Bloch, A.
(14) The pollution level will gradually improve, as the overall average figures show,” insists Dabo Guan, professor in climate change economics at the University of East Anglia, who believes Beijing will be one of the first large Chinese cities to tackle air pollution thoroughly.
(15) Mo Yan – whose real name is Guan Moye – took the literature Nobel on Thursday, prompting celebrations from state media , although prominent Chinese names have criticised the Nobel jury's decision to award the prize to a writer close to the establishment, with Ai Weiwei calling it " an insult to humanity and to literature ".
(16) However, Guan believes Beijing’s eventual success may come at a cost for other parts of China as they take up more of the industrial strain.
(17) Guan-fu base A and the internal standard alprenolol (ALP) was found to react rapidly and quantitatively with trifluoroacetic anhydride (TFAA) to produce derivatives GFA-TFAA and ALP-TFAA which were identified by GC-MSD.
(18) Pedro Pablo Guanes, a gynaecologist based in Asunción, said the authorities are likely to release a tentative date for the birth soon.
(19) Born in 1955 to parents who were farmers, Mo Yan - a pseudonym for Guan Moye; the pen name means "don't speak" - grew up in Gaomi in Shandong province in north-eastern China.
(20) The average recovery of Guan-fu base A from the spiked plasma was 97.52%.
Guano
Definition:
(n.) A substance found in great abundance on some coasts or islands frequented by sea fowls, and composed chiefly of their excrement. It is rich in phosphates and ammonia, and is used as a powerful fertilizer.
Example Sentences:
(1) Evidence is presented in support of the hypothesis that fresh bat guano serves as a means of pathogenic fungi dissemination in caves.
(2) B. dermatitidis was not found in any of the 34 samples of bat guano investigated by direct culture or mouse-inoculation technique.
(3) Application of bat guano to an area with reduced but detectable colonization by Histoplasma capsulatum had no quantitative effect on the fungus.
(4) I recall his guano-spattered union jack frock coat, designed by Alexander McQueen, on the cover of his 1997 drum'n'bass record Earthling.
(5) Now, llamas are being sold to make room for crops, provoking a soil crisis since the cameloid's guano is the undisputed best fertilizer for maintaining and restoring quinoa fields.
(6) Guano sine 3:5-monophosphate was without effect on the electrically induced release of 3H-DA.
(7) Culture of bat guano from the site two months later revealed H. capsulatum.
(8) The appetite was also shown for guano-derived rock phosphate and bird excreta.
(9) These are highly reactive molecules that attack dirt stuck on the surface, such as annoying patches of guano.
(10) and Nycteriglyphites pennsylvanicus Fain, Lukoschus & Whitaker were the only additional mites collected from E. fuscus; both of these mites have previously been collected from bats or their guano but are recorded here from Alabama for the first time.
(11) Four previously uninfected epidemiologic investigators also became ill with histoplasmosis following collection of soil and bat guano.
(12) Samples of the pigeon guano were digested with 10 per cent KOH, and the characteristic yeast forms of Blastomyces dermatitidis were seen in large numbers.
(13) "We're expanding fast," said one of the founders, Juan Andrés "Guano" Palese.
(14) This outbreak reveals that bats and bat guano are a source of histoplasmosis, suggests that only brief exposure is necessary for acute infection and reemphasizes that histoplasmosis is not confined to the midwestern states.
(15) There are rows of lighting equipment and ventilation systems, shelves crowded with Liquid Karma plant food and bat guano fertiliser – everything a serious dope grower could possibly dream of.
(16) Juan Guano, who runs a small shop selling growbags, heat lamps and books on cannabis cultivation, said he expected his market to expand.
(17) And not all in order to keep a lid on pigeon guano.
(18) C. parapsilosis was also isolated from pigeon guano obtained from window-sills.
(19) "There was insufficient radioactivity in the guano to require personal protection beyond that required for hygiene purposes," he said.
(20) None of the species has been reared from mass accumulation of bat guano, and none of the species shows special adaptation for life in caves.