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During Bill Clinton's administration, prescribed burns were encouraged in protected areas, but thinning was allowed only for trees with trunks of nine inches (22.
The roads from the south climb out of the rice paddies of the lowlands, through coffee plantations and orchards at around 600 m (2,000 ft), eventually thinning out into open pasture.
RU486 treatment of the mother noticeably protected Lifr -/- pups from bone loss (Figure 1F), although modest thinning could still be seen, suggesting that protection was incomplete.
It was ranked as mild (minor loss of iris complexity), moderate (notable lack of iris complexity and focal thinning of iris), or severe (iris lacking complex morphology and is thin, frequently with focal full thickness holes).
Several eyes had peripheral corneal thinning while others demonstrated scleralization (opacity) of the peripheral cornea, diffuse corneal haze, or peripheral neovascularization (Figure 2C).