(n.) The external hard or firm covering of many invertebrate animals.
(n.) The outer integument of a seed; the episperm, or spermoderm.
Example Sentences:
(1) Proanthocyanidins (dimers and oligomers of polyhydroxy-flavan-3-ols) were only found in the testa of broad beans, beans, and peas with coloured flowers, and in rhubarb stalks.
(2) In the present work this defatted preparation was divided into two subfractions: subfraction "a" which contains the testa and endosperm and is rich in fibers (79.6%); and subfraction "b" which contains the cotyledons and axes and is rich in saponins (7.2%) and proteins (52.8%).
(3) Also, one compound (the only tertiary alcohol) from the original set that was not included in Testa's calculations and analysis, is included in this work and its activity successfully calculated.
(4) Control groups of rats were given the same choice testas the naive rats.
(5) The Arabidopsis genes encoding chalcone flavanone isomerase (CHI) and dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (DFR) were cloned and found to correspond to two transparent testa loci.
(6) Growth of Aspergillus flavus and Trichoderma viride on agar media was inhibited around embryos of green peanut seeds but not around embryos of cured seeds, intact peanut seeds, or testae.
(7) Both fungi were able to colonize intact seeds and testae.
(8) Also, tannin-containing extracts from kernel coats (testae) and cotyledons of these genotypes were prepared and tested for their effect on A. parasiticus growth and aflatoxin production in vitro.
(9) Calcitriol (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3) has been reported to enhance the rate of synthesis of lysozyme [Rouis, Thomopoulos, Louache, Testa, Heroy & Titeux, (1985) Exp.
(10) In testa-pericarp tissue of mutants ant18-159, ant18-162 and ant18-164, wild-type levels of steady state mRNA for dihydroflavonol reductase have been measured, while mRNA for this enzyme is not transcribed in mutant ant18-161.
(11) We have studied the effects of a new, concentrated, wheat fibre preparation (Testa Triticum Tricum, Trifyba, which is 80% dietary fibre) upon bile composition, deoxycholic acid metabolism and intestinal transit time, and have assessed whether these effects are related.
(12) With seed of ten coloured flowered varieties of field beans, treatment with PEG gave a small but consistent increase in the available methionine content, which resulted from the inactivation of tannins in the testa.
(13) When R was expressed in the transparent testa glabrous (without anthocyanins and trichomes) mutant of Arabidopsis, the deficiency was complemented and both anthocyanins and trichomes were restored.
(14) Some of the methanol-extracted and water-soluble tannin extracts from testae and cotyledons, when incorporated in yeast extract sucrose liquid medium (100 mg l), significantly inhibited A. parasiticus growth and reduced the levels of aflatoxin produced.
(15) Investigation at the transcriptional level of the expression pattern of this gene revealed that mRNA accumulates during the post-testa stages of seed development.
(16) At laboratory level, the dry testa removal method gave the best flour yields (mean = 85.8%) and the highest protein content (mean = 23.7%).
(17) Jojoba meal and seed without testa were deffated with hexane and detoxified with a 7:3 isopropanol-water mixture which removed 86% of total phenolic compounds and 100% of simmondsins originally present, the resulting products had reduced bitterness and caused no deaths on experimental animals.
(18) The sparkling white walls of this minimalist space – on the ground floor of a grand house in the smart Recoleta district – are currently lined with striking monochrome prints of the city from a bygone age – street life from the 1950s onwards, capturing both the splendour and crudeness of the capital, be it portraits of the artistic elite (including conceptual artist Alberto Greco and architect Clorindo Testa) to the gruesome reality of an abattoir in the 1940s.
(19) It was concluded that the addition of pea testa to white bread does not have detrimental effect on Fe availability.
(20) Buono, F. (Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.), R. Testa, and D. G. Lundgren.
Vesta
Definition:
(n.) One of the great divinities of the ancient Romans, identical with the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin, and the goddess of the hearth; hence, also, of the fire on it, and the family round it.
(n.) An asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by Olbers in 1807.
(n.) A wax friction match.
Example Sentences:
(1) Vestas has confirmed the closure of two sites on the Isle of Wight and Southampton with the loss of 425 jobs.
(2) Peter Kruse, a spokesman for Vestas , suggested the eviction would not take place today.
(3) Turbine-maker Vestas signed a deal on Wednesday to develop land – the equivalent of 93 football pitches – on which it wants to construct a huge new North Sea turbine production facility at Sheerness in Kent.
(4) The Vestas chief executive, Ditlev Engel, said building wind turbines in Britain was "extremely time-consuming and extremely complicated".
(5) They were eventually removed by a paramedic and arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass, according to the group Workers' Climate Action , which is calling for the Vestas plant to be nationalised.
(6) He said: "There is an interesting coalition growing around Vestas that builds on issues where we have common cause such as public transport, which is really green transport.
(7) The union said it had reached a deal allowing it to send food in according to the requests of the men, but that after one such delivery, on Saturday, Vestas said the agreement had been a "goodwill gesture" only and the company would continue to supply food instead.
(8) However, Britain currently has no commercial-scale wind turbine manufacturing plants, following the closure of the Vestas plant on the Isle of Wight last year.
(9) The cliff-side Mussenden Temple is a folly that was modelled on the Temple of Vesta in Rome and built for the Earl Bishop of Derry (one of Lord Bristol’s eccentric forbears), in 1785.
(10) The company said that 40 employees had been found new roles within the Vestas research and development facility on the Isle of Wight.
(11) The setback follows the decision by the leading turbine maker Vestas to shut its Isle of Wight turbine factory this summer, just days after the government promised a clean-tech job revolution.
(12) The paucity of Britain's low carbon industry was exposed last year, when the Danish firm Vestas closed England's only turbine manufacturing plant.
(13) Up to 500 people are expected outside the Vestas plant at Newport on the Isle of Wight tomorrow night where 25 workers are engaged in a sit-in, while further demonstrations are being planned simultaneously outside the Department of Energy and Climate Change in London.
(14) Vestas, which is the world's biggest wind energy group and recently reported a quarterly sales rise of 59%, up to €1.1bn (£950m), cited a slowdown in demand when it announced the closure of the factory.
(15) If Vestas had a quarter of the market to supply wind turbines in Britain, the country would need to be adding 4GW of wind capacity every year to justify the company having a manufacturing base here.
(16) Ministers believe that major companies involved in developing offshore wind technology – such as Siemens, Vestas and General Electric – will now be keener to invest in Britain, knowing it is committed to a huge expansion in renewable energy.
(17) Greenpeace said the Vestas dispute promised a historic change from a situation where the labour movement and environment activists have found themselves on different sides of the fence, with one wanting to shut down polluting industries and the other defending jobs.
(18) The ceremony had a bogus feel but, dressed in that clinging material the Athenian sculptors rendered so miraculously in marble, the virgins of Vesta the goddess of fire really did look as though they had served as caryatids or just stepped from an ancient frieze.
(19) Photograph: Graphic Ditlev Engel, chief executive of Vestas, warned that if the political mood shifted against wind, the company would be forced to rethink its UK proposals.
(20) Vestas first announced plans to shut manufacturing at the Isle of Wight factory in April saying it could produce blades more cheaply in America.