The rectangular shape of the plaques, their narrative content, and in some cases their attempt at perspective have been attributed to the influence of illustrations in books carried by the Portuguese, who were in contact with Benin from the late 15th century.
Furthermore, in each individual the architectural pattern of plaques was found to vary between different anatomic regions from diffuse deposits to targetoid or ring-shaped plaques.
The long duration and continuing fusion of membrane vesicles involved in AEL formation could easily result in production of not only large-sized amyloid plaques, but also a diversity of plaques sizes with spherical shapes, a common feature of AD and other AD models including our Drosophila AD model (Fiala, 2007; Ling et al., 2009; Ling and Salvaterra, 2011b).
This study aimed to clarify the relation between the shape of the retainers and the plaque formation on abutment teeth to improve the denture design.
At the front, the chains have terminals in the shape of lions' heads and the plaque has jewels mounted in gold cells, with a large amethyst surrounded by four smaller garnets alternating with four empty cells, which probably held pearls that have decayed.
In front of them is a cedarwood box on a plinth covered with silver nickel filigree work and a plaque in the shape of the Wu-Tang Clan's batlike logo, which the RZA calls "the illest album cover in the word".
In the present work time resolved static light scattering was applied to investigate the size and shape of growing β-amyloid aggregates preceding plaque formation.
Sitting in his studio-office, surrounded by the paraphernalia of 70 years in comics -- honorary plaques, statues in the shape of a certain cartoon mouse, an Al Hirschfeld drawing of his profile -- Mr. Eisner began his research.
Arrays of plaques, posters and medallions.
Pho Binh has a number of plaques celebrating its history.
