The ambivalence implicit in the two versions of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982; "Director's Cut," 1992) echoes the diverse and divided critical responses to the film(s). Indeed, this film about authenticity and simulation has been so thoroughly interpreted and rewritten—by even its director—that a naive return to the "original" is, perhaps fittingly, untenable. This essay does not advance a ...

Through multiple vegetative propagation cycles, clones accumulate mutations in somatic cells that are at the origin of clonal phenotypic diversity in grape. Clonal diversity provided clones such as Cabernet-Sauvignon N°470, Chardonnay N° 548 and Pinot noir N° 777 which all produce wines of superior quality. The economic impact of clonal selection is therefore very high: since approx. 95% of the...

Plant cells practice constant vigilance using resistance (R) proteins to monitor pathogenic processes. Three papers published recently in Cell and one in Science provide support for a model in which plant cells set up surveillance of signal transduction pathways, preparing to destroy the cell if any untoward fiddling with cellular physiology is detected. The demonstration of three separate exam...

Este trabajo analiza el film de Carlos Hugo Christensen Si muero antes despertar (1952) a partir la disputa dos modalidades: modalidad policial y del noir. La primera ellas se vincula con ley, orden las instituciones (familia, escuela, iglesia), mientras que segunda lo hace en relación los deseos sexuales prohibidos criminalidad. De manera complementaria, configuración diversas masculinidades, ...

Abstract International reconsideration of Mexican film noir is a recent phenomenon. For decades, criticism tended to dismiss the importance this tradition and even deny its existence, often citing presence melodramatic elements in would-be films lack crime novel for screen adaptations. By comparing two similar American productions examining local political economic conditions former, article ar...