(1) During a research project on the occurrence of Listeria monocytogenes 194 strains were isolated in southern West Germany during the years 1972 to 1974:154 from soil and plant samples (20.3%), 16 from feces of deer and stag (15.7%), 9 from old moldy fodder and wildlife feeding grounds (27.2%), and 8 from birds (17.3%).
(2) These data suggest that the role of fusariotoxin T-2 in field cases of moldy corn toxicosis should be reinvestigated since oral lesions were not mentioned in the original descriptions of the disease.
(3) A 13-year-old Quarterhorse that died 2 days after eating moldy hay had hemorrhagic enteritis, fatty degeneration of the myocardium and renal tubules, and extensive total midzonal necrosis of the liver.
(4) The factors which influenced farmer's lung were the moldy state of the hay and the dust concentration.
(5) It was found that the presence of mycotoxins in dairy products is more related to the environmental factors causing mold growth on dairy products than to the ingestion of moldy feed by the cow.
(6) Clostridium botulinum spores in these moldy tomato juices germinated, grew out, and produced toxin.
(7) Any Moldy Peach diehards balking at the idea of Green duetting with someone other than Dawson are missing out, though: this record sounds as though he and Shapiro have known each other for ever.
(8) Forty-seven addicts had precipitins against extracts from moldy hay, and 34 against extracts from bagasse.
(9) Symptomatology, skin testing, immunologic testing, and specific bronchoprovocation testing indicate exposure to moldy sugar beet pulp was the cause of the patient's occupational asthma.
(10) It is postulated that although precipitins may play a role in artificial disease initiated by soluble antigens, nonspecific complement activation may be more important in understanding the etiology of spontaneous disease in humans brought about by inhalation of moldy particulate matter.
(11) This concentration of T-2 toxin in the moldy feed and the nature of the toxic effects observed strongly suggest a major causal relationship.
(12) Initially, single doses of aqueous and chloroform extracts of the moldy rice were assayed against the TA100 tester strain by incorporating extracts into the growth medium and by applying small quantities on disks placed on the agar surface.
(13) It was believed that the disease resulted from ingestion of moldy field corn, infected with Fusarium moniliforme.
(14) This article reports on an epidemiological survey of the presence of farmer's lung among 1054 farmers who grind moldy hay.
(15) Cyclopiazonic acid (CPA), a secondary metabolite produced by several species of Aspergillus and Penicillium, was detected in moldy sunflower seed screenings fed to sows who experienced conception problems and feed refusal.
(16) The signs, treatment, and prevention of several conditions, such as leukoencephalomalacia, aflatoxicosis, ergotism, fescue toxicity, slobbering disease, ryegrass staggers, and moldy sweet clover disease, are discussed.
(17) The moldy material most commonly associated with the disease was straw, followed by hay, grain, and wood chips.
(18) The immunological response of cattle exposed to moldy hay was examined by agar gel diffusion with standard farmer's lung hay antigens.
(19) Air sampling for organic dusts and microorganisms was carried out in silos when moldy silage was discarded through the discharge chute.
(20) Fusarium solani M-1-1 isolated from moldy bean hulls produces T-2 toxin, diacetoxyscirpenol, and a new toxic trichothecene, solaniol, in Czapek-Dox-peptone medium.
Moody
Definition:
(superl.) Subject to varying moods, especially to states of mind which are unamiable or depressed.
(superl.) Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy.
Example Sentences:
(1) A series of hierarchical multiple regressions revealed the effects of Surgency, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, and Intellect on evoking upset in spouses through condescension (e.g., treating spouse as stupid or inferior), possessiveness (demanding too much time and attention), abuse (slapping spouse), unfaithfulness (having sex with others), inconsiderateness (leaving toilet seat up), moodiness (crying a lot), alcohol abuse (drinking too much alcohol), emotional constriction (hiding emotions to act tough), and self-centeredness (acting selfishly).
(2) In the UK, George Osborne used this to his advantage, claiming "Britain faces the disaster of having its international credit rating downgraded" even after Moody's ranked UK debt as "resilient".
(3) Markets reacted calmly on Friday to the downgrade by Moody's of 16 European and US banks, with share prices steady after the reduction in credit ratings, which can push up the cost of borrowing for banks which they could pass on to customers.
(4) He joined the Coldstream Guards, while Debo and her mother went to Berne to collect Unity, who had put a bullet through her brain but survived, severely damaged; they coped with Unity's resultant moodiness and incontinence through the first year of war.
(5) Moody's said on Wednesday night that there was a greater risk that the US government would not agree to increase its debt ceiling above the legal limit of $14.3 trillion (£8.86tn), hit in May .
(6) He added that if fellow rating agency Moody’s followed suit, it would not be an objective decision.
(7) The decision by Moody's deals a bruising blow to the embattled chancellor, George Osborne, who has repeatedly nailed his credibility to the AAA rating.
(8) Four months after she was artificially inseminated after shunning the attentions of her prospective mate, Yang Guang, Tian Tian appears to have lost her appetite and is showing signs of moodiness and "nesting" behaviour.
(9) Moody's isn't catching up with shaky peripheral nations but pre-empting a credit downgrade of the EU's strongest core members.
(10) Moody’s has cut its oil price forecast for next year by $10 a barrel due to continued high levels of supply that may be heightened by the lifting of sanctions against Iran.
(11) "Moody's believes these assumptions to be sound," said Orchard.
(12) It is demonstrated that the four-parameter logistic model, previously applied to immunoassay (Healy 1972), is applicable to the free fat cell bioassay of insulin (Moody, Stan, Stan and Gliemann 1974).
(13) "The much larger than initially expected economic and fiscal costs of the 11 March earthquake are magnifying the adverse effects imparted by the global financial crisis from which Japan's economy has not completely recovered," Moody's said.
(14) "At Cardiff we were fortunate that we were able to do two or three players in the upper bracket because the owner was very ambitious and made it plain what he expected of us," Moody says.
(15) Yet beneath the facade of implacable command was a moody, capricious man with a strained marriage: while he was in India, his wife Edwina had allegedly conducted an affair with the Indian politician Nehru.
(16) Over the Atlantic, as politicians bicker over the debt-reduction programme, Moody's has said the US's top-notch credit rating is under review.
(17) This week saw Moody's raise Spain's outlook to stable from negative, echoing a similar move just days before by S&P.
(18) Credit rating agencies such as Standard & Poor's and Moody's will be asked to assess whether hospitals are financially robust enough to treat patients under proposals put forward by the government's NHS regulator.
(19) Moody's doesn't have a souped-up Delorean hidden in the basement; it's simply working off the same indicators and forecasts as everyone else.
(20) In its annual health check on Britain, Moody's served notice to the chancellor that it would be carefully monitoring how he managed the difficult balancing act between growth and deficit reduction over the coming months.