The clinical and histopathological findings in a case of morning glory syndrome are described. Axial optic nerve retrodisplacement into a peripapillary scleral ectasia (staphyloma), absence of fibrous lamina cribrosa, and optic nerve atrophy were associated with various other, non-inherent ocular developmental anomalies. The uninterrupted lining of the inner wall of the staphyloma by one-layere...

Is it possible for the “natural” athlete who competes without chemical assistance to achieve record-breaking performances in sports requiring strength, power, speed, or endurance? Because doping tests are infrequently positive in international sports, it has been widely believed that the answer is yes — and that few athletes competing in major sporting events, including the Olympic Games and th...

Morning glory syndrome (MGS) is a rare congenital optic disc anomaly characterized by a funnel-shaped, excavated optic disc surrounded by chorioretinal pigmentary disturbance. The main ophthalomoscopic feature of the MGS is enlarged optic disc with a funnel shaped scleral defect; elevated peripapillary chorioretinal pigmentation; and pale fluffy tissue of glial hyperplasia overlying the optic d...

In this paper, we consider a dynamic model in which a firm’s headquarters (HQ) allocates the limited capital budget into two divisions which are privately informed of their investment opportunities, having an overstating incentive. The vertical communication between HQ and each division is based on a contract, while the horizontal communication between divisions is collusive to overstate. The m...

2 Acknowledgements I want to thank my advisor Prof. Luciano Vanzo, who already at the time of my graduation thesis introduced me to black hole physics and gave me a lot of suggestions for my research work in the last years. I want also thank Prof. Sergio Zerbini and Dr. Valter Moretti for all the useful discussions during those research years. A warm thank goes also to Nicola Pinamonti with who...