The potential of a cell to produce all types of differentiated cells in an organism is termed totipotency.Totipotency is an essential property of germ cells, which constitute the germline and pass on the parental genetic material to the progeny.The potential of germ cells to give rise to a whole organism has been the subject of intense research for
This study aims to use 3DVH software (Sun Nuclear Corporation, Melbourne, FL, USA) to compare the dose that was predicted by treatment planning system (TPS) with the measured dose obtained by ArcCHECK dosimetric device using two advance treatment techniques: Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT).Th
This paper explores the involvement of metaphor and allusion in the discursive construction of cross-cultural identity.Cross-cultural identity is regarded as a narrative; as such it is liable to rhetorical analysis and dependent on rhetorical processes for its construction and assimilation.Metaphor is claimed to serve both as an analogy for the act
The complement system has been considered for a long time as a simple lytic system, aimed to kill bacteria infecting the host organism.Nowadays this vision has changed and it is well accepted that complement is a complex innate immune surveillance system, playing a key role in host homeostasis, inflammation and in the defense against pathogens.This