The best ground-based astronomical sites in terms of telescope sensitivity at infrared and sub-millimetre wavelengths are located on the Antarctic plateau – where high atmospheric transparency and low sky emission are observed due to the extremely cold and dry air; these benefits are well characterised at the South Pole station. The relative advantages offered by three potentially superior site...

Dome-shaped macula is described as an inward bulge of the macula within a posterior staphyloma in highly myopic eyes. Choroidal neovascularization is a known complication that can cause visual loss in dome-shaped macula. Herein, we describe a patient who presented with features of polypoidal choroidal neovascularization that developed on a background of high myopia with dome-shaped macula.

A decade of site testing at the South Pole has shown that the Antarctic Plateau can offer enormous opportunities for astronomers. The combination of extreme cold and dryness, high altitude and very low wind speeds throughout the troposphere confers powerful advantages—especially for infrared and sub-millimetre astronomy. However, Dome C is higher, drier and colder than South Pole, and has signi...

[1] Basaltic mare materials extruded between ∼ 4 Ga and ∼ 1.2 Ga ago and formed large expanses on the lunar nearside. In contrast to the maria, volcanic shields, domes, and cones also occur but cover only a small area of the total lunar surface. One specific type of dome is characterized (1) by steep slopes, (2) by a high albedo similar to lunar highlands, and (3) by a strong absorption in the ...

Normal cellular models able to efficiently recapitulate intestinal epithelial cell differentiation in culture are not yet available. The aim of this work was to establish and genetically characterize a mesenchymal-epithelial coculture system to identify transcriptional regulators involved in this process. The deposition of rat intestinal epithelial cells on human intestinal mesenchymal cells le...

The replacement of glucose by galactose in the culture medium resulted in partial structural and functional enterocytic differentiation of HT29 cells. In order to characterize populations of homogeneously differentiated HT29 cells we have selected two clonal cell lines HT29-D4 and HT29-D9 with the following functional and structural characteristics when grown in a galactose-containing medium: t...

Osteochondral lesions of the talar dome are commonly the result of ankle trauma. While the technique of surgical repair of ankle fractures has been well reported, there are no studies that correlate the presence or absence of talar dome lesions. A possible explanation for this may be lack of intraoperative inspection of the talar articular surface. This retrospective study evaluates the inciden...