Avena


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Noun 1. [画像:Avena - oats]Avena - oats
plant genus - a genus of plants
family Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, grass family, Poaceae - the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
oat - annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
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When Don Avena opened his first Cookie Cutters Haircuts for Kids in Austin, Texas this year, he knew he didn't want to just fit the mold--he wanted to expand and change it.
Cookie cutter franchisee's work with kids with autism is breaking the mold
(Formulation and evaluation of an elaborate biscuit based on quinchoncho (Cajanus cajan) and oats (Avena sativa) as a source of protein and dietary fiber).
ND-007: Formulacion y evaluacion de una galleta elaborada a base de quinchoncho (Cajanus cajan) y avena (Avena sativa) como fuente de proteina y fibra dietetica
Apetit Oyj (HEL:APETI) on Thursday announced that Kaija Viljanen, director of Apetit Group's Grain Trade and Oilseeds business and managing director of Avena Nordic Grain Oy, has announced her decision to retire by the end of 2017.
Apetit announces senior management changes
Rebranded as Avena Carpets Ltd, the Halifax company has now entered a liquidation process.
Future in doubt for textile firm; IN BRIEF
As can be seen in table 2, exposure of plants of the genus Avena to Cr and Pb reduced biomass production by almost 100%, i.e., there was practically no plant growth (ANDRADE et al., 2009; WYSZKOWSKI & RADZIEMSKA, 2013).
Changes caused by heavy metals in micronutrient content and antioxidant system of forage grasses used for phytoremediation: an overview/Alteracoes causadas por metais pesados na concentracao de micronutrientes e no sistema antioxidante de gramineas forrageiras usadas para fitorremediacao: uma visao global
While Cardenas's appeal was pending, the International Court of Justice ("ICJ") issued judgment in Avena & Other Mexican Nationals (Mex.
Fifth Circuit denies certificate of appealability in case of Mexican citizen on death row who claims that Texas law enforcement officers had failed to inform him of his rights under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations; the convention creates no judicially enforceable individual rights
Paul Thomas, of Macaulay AvenA ue, Llanrumney, Cardiff, was given nine years' jail after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin.
Heroin-haul gang jailed for 96 years
Phenotypic diversity based on morphological traits was estimated in 114 accessions from 25 Avena species.
Evaluation of Diversity and the Relationship of Avena Species Based on Agronomic Characters
The rise in prenatal and childhood obesity and the rise in number of youths abusing alcohol and drugs merits looking into all the possible roots of these growing problems," Nicole Avena, PhD, a research neuroscientist with the University of Florida's McKnight Brain Institute, said.
Vulnerability to alcohol and drug abuse may begin in the womb

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