The blood stasis pattern in Chinese and Korean traditional Medicine is characterised by stagnation, including extravasated blood and sluggish blood circulation or viscous or congested blood, all of which may become pathogenic factors.
H.Karst. (Norway spruce) is characterised by broad adaptability, including the potential to adjust to the predicted water deficit in Central Europe (Lévesque et al. 2013; Zang et al. 2014).
It is characterised by motor abnormalities including tremor, muscle rigidity, paucity of voluntary movements and postural instability.
Apoptosis, or programmed cell death (PCD), is characterised by morphological features including chromatin condensation, nuclear fragmentation, cell shrinkage, membrane blebbing and apoptotic body formation (Kerr et al, 1972).
The precise effectors of IL-17-dependent invasion remain to be characterised but could include a range of proteases such as a disintegrin and metalloproteinase protein or astacins.
While disability is a global construct it can be characterised as including an inability to carry out usual activities or hobbies, a failure to meet daily household or family expectations, having reduced motivation or efficiency at home, school or work, or by having a deterioration in social relationships.
The angiosperm genome is characterised by its plasticity to genetic change, including large-scale chromosome number changes, aneuploidy and polyploidy [4].
The secondary school system is characterised by several educational paths including different leaving certificates that the pupils can attain after the tenth or the thirteenth grade.
Free-living Frankia is characterised by a unique morphology, including three structural forms, hypha, sporangium and vesicle, the latter one being a compartment for nitrogen fixation.
In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), synovial membrane is characterised by T-cell infiltrates including both CD4 and CD8 subsets that occupy distinct domains within the tissue [ 1, 2].
