A NEW RECORD OF PHYSETEROIDEA FROM THE UPPER MIOCENE OF THE PIETRA LECCESE (SOUTHERN ITALY): SYSTEMATICS, PALEOECOLOGY AND TAPHONOMY OF A FOSSIL MACRORAPTORIAL SPERM WHALE

We report on a partial skeleton of sperm whale (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Physeteroidea) from the Pietra leccese, a Miocene limestone widely exposed in the Salento Peninsula (southern Italy).This specimen was found in Tortonian strata cropping out at the Cisterna quarry, not far from the holotype of the stem physeteroid Zygophyster varolai.The presence

This paper examines the different early attestations of the name of the broad collar, wesekh.The earlier studies on this collar, based on the Berlin dictionary, revealed that the name of this broad collar is first attested in the Middle Kingdom.However, studies by C.Ziegler[1] and E.Brovarski,[2] discuss an earlier attestation of the name in the Pe

Introduction Some studies, most cross sectional and urban, have shown a decline in empathy during residency training prompting medical educators to consider changes in curriculum or training environment.Our aim was to determine if there was a decline using a longitudinal, paired annual empathy measure across three years of a family medicine residen

Objectives: Technology can assist and support both people with dementia (PWD) and caregivers.Recently, technology has begun to embed remote components.Timely with respect to the pandemic, the present work reviews the most recent literature on technology in dementia contexts together with the newest studies about technological support published unti

Optical coherence tomography Lotion has already been proven to be useful for pre- and post-surgical anterior eye segment assessment, especially in lamellar keratoplasty procedures.There is no evidence for intraoperative usefulness of optical coherence tomography (OCT).We present a case report of the intraoperative donor disc attachment assessment w