Healthcare systems in the early 1970s, the so called 'golden age' of the welfare state, came much closer to what we characterize as distinct ideal types: the Private Insurance System, the Social Insurance System and the National Health Service (NHS).
In contrast to task-related increases of brain activation in functional networks, usually the focus of neuroimaging research, RSNs have been characterized as functionally distinct networks that represent the baseline activity of the human brain in the absence of stimulated neuronal activity (e.g. [1] [5]).
Recently, individual single-cell-derived isolates subcloned from the breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231 were characterized as having distinct metastatic abilities and tissue tropisms [ 41].
Both morphotypes found in European rivers were genetically characterized as two distinct genetic lineages based on allozymes and mitochondrial COI sequences.
The responsible virus, first isolated in Jeddah by A.M. Zaki, has since been characterized as a distinct lineage of Kyasanur Forest disease virus, a tick-borne member of the family Flaviviridae (4 – 6 ).
Like other herpesviruses, EBV and KSHV are characterized as having two distinct phases in their life cycle: lytic replication and latency (Sunil-Chandra et al., 1992; Decker et al., 1996a, 1996b).
The TMJ disc is characterized as fibrocartilage tissue distinct from both hyaline and meniscal cartilage in cell type and extracellular matrix (ECM) composition [ 3].
Spt16 has been characterized as having four distinct domains, referred to as the N-terminal (NTD), dimerization (D), middle (M), and C-terminal (C) domains (VanDemark et al. 2006, 2008).
Services were defined as specific departments (e.g., internal medicine, surgery) whereas wards were characterized as specific, physically distinct units that comprised a service (e.g., wards S1 and S2 constituted the surgery service).
