We present results and first epoch parsec-scale images from a monitoring program on five γ–ray loud blazars selected on the basis of their total flux density variability. We observed 0048−097, 0235+164, 0954+658, 1510−089 and 1749+096 with the Very Long Baseline Array simultaneously at 8.4 GHz and 22 GHz. Comparison between our high quality images and previous results from the literature sugges...

Pemphigus vulgaris (PV), a severe mucocutaneous blistering disease, results from autoantibody-mediated destabilization of epidermal cell-cell adhesion. A functional risk variant at the ST18 locus was found to promote expression. Increased expression aggravate deleterious effect PV autoantibodies in part through induction p53-mediated pro-apoptotic pathways. Global RNA sequencing human keratinoc...

We study the anomalous flux ratio which is observed in some four-image lens systems, where the source lies close to a fold caustic. In this case two of the images are close to the critical curve and their flux ratio should be equal to unity, instead in several cases the observed value differs significantly. The most plausible solution is to invoke the presence of substructures, as for instance ...