Benign cartilaginous tumors, known as chondrogenic tumors, show cartilage components in the microscopic diagnosis.We present two clinical cases with cartilaginous tumors of the toes showing distinctive clinical manifestations.Two juvenile patients visited our outpatient clinic due to tumors with toenail deformities.A 10-year-old girl presented with
While Wolbachia, an intracellular bacterial symbiont, is primarily transmitted maternally in arthropods, Feet Serum horizontal transmission between species has been commonly documented.We examined kleptoparasitism as a potential mechanism for Wolbachia horizontal transmission, using ant crickets and their host ants as the model system.We compared p
Romanian small towns - urban settlements of less than 20000 inhabitants, having a polarizing function with respect to the socio-economic activities in the deeply rural areas - are considered an interface between rural and urban communities.Determining the identity of small towns is rather difficult, because complex and varied political, social and