A 6-year-old child was referred for a suspected viral exanthem associated with URTI. On examination the trunk showed a maculopapular rash while the sole showed multiple black “spots” which were present for 7 days. A diagnosis of Talon noir was confirmed by paring the lesion with a No 15 blade which removed the superficial layer of the stratum corneum, and revealed puncta of black pigment of ext...

Numerous procedures used as antibacterial therapy are present in many films and include strategies ranging from different antimicrobial drugs to surgery and supporting measures. Films also explore the correct use and misuse of antimicrobial agents. Side effects and other aspects related to antibacterial therapy have also been reflected in some films. This article refers to the presence of antib...

Evaluating Communication for Development presents a comprehensive framework for critically thinking about and understanding development, social change, and the evaluation of communication for development (C4D). This framework combines the latest thinking from a number of fields in new ways. The authors critique dominant measurement-oriented and upward accountability approaches to development an...

The construction of a dense genetic map for Vitis vinifera and its anchoring to a BAC-based physical map is described: it includes 994 loci mapped onto 19 linkage groups, corresponding to the basic chromosome number of Vitis. Spanning 1,245 cM with an average distance of 1.3 cM between adjacent markers, the map was generated from the segregation of 483 SNP-based genetic markers, 132 SSRs, and 3...

cinema as a cultural industry, is the promoter of identity, memory, dreams and collective projects. mexico has introduced its collective identity to the world, using this industry. examining the application of this industry in mexican cinema can be considered an important step for improving the country’s cinema. approaches to the origins of modern nations consider culture as a fundamental const...

Films which have been exclusively distributed and exhibited outside the traditional conception of the film theatre or cinema have gained very little critical attention within film and media studies. In the case of domestic formats such as VHS this can be partly explained by the fact that, as Barbara Klinger notes, ‘film exhibition via television in the casual setting of the home still appears t...

William Shakespeare has been part of the cinema since 1899. In the twentieth century almost a thousand films in some way based upon his plays were made, but the vast majority of those which sought to faithfully present his plays to the cinema audience failed at the box office. Since the start of the twenty-first century only one English language film using Shakespeare’s text has made a profit, ...