The two IS605B flanking region stem loops are found conserved in plasmid intergenic spaces where the IS element is either absent or fragmented.
"I.R.S. enforcement is either absent or diminished" in certain areas, he said.
Swallow-induced LES relaxation is either absent or is reduced in degree, duration, and consistency.
A cell in which the cell wall is either absent or disrupted, causing it to adopt a spherical shape.
Most of these species belong to the order Neorhabdocoela, in which the alimentary canal is either absent or reduced.
In normal tissues staining is either absent or less intense, in which case it is found mostly at the apical side of the cells.
The perianth (the calyx and corolla or the tepals) is either absent altogether or represented by up to six (though sometimes one) hairlike to stiff, sometimes barbed bristles.
Countries could only take quarantine action in respect of a pest or disease which is either absent from their territory and would cause damage if introduced, or is present and under official control.
As a result, citizens in the eastern part of the country have historically had to rely on themselves, while also contending with a central government that is either absent or ineffective.
Assessment of this data is challenged by the fact that the critical structural and chemical details of the material used to provide historic data is either absent or confirms the presence of significant impurity phases.
EXAFS showed that the Ir–O chemical bond on the boundary between the carbon fiber and the iridium coating is either absent or its contribution is too small to be detected by this method.
