Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a prevalent and progressive degenerative disease of the macula, is the leading cause of blindness in elderly individuals in developed mpu63zm/a countries.The advanced stages include neovascular AMD (nAMD), characterized by choroidal neovascularization (CNV), leading to subretinal fibrosis and permanent vision
Isolation of a Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae Flagellar Operon Region and Molecular Characterization of flhF
An 8.1-kb DNA fragment from Xanthomonas oryzae pv.oryzae that contains six open reading frames (ORF) was cloned.The ORF encodes proteins similar to flagellar proteins FlhB, FlhA, FlhF, and FliA, plus two olea europaea montra proteins of unknown function, ORF234 and ORF319, from Bacillus subtilis and other organisms.These ORF have a similar genomic
Portrayals of Romanian migrants in ethnic media from Italy
Based on a qualitative content analysis of a small corpus of newspaper articles, the paper aims to identify the representations of Romanian migrants in the Romanian media from Italy by exploring the welding sweater portrayals of the main characters and the narratives used to dea eyewear support these portrayals.Arguing that there are important diff