A set of Swedish and N orwegian burial-grounds churchyards from the Neolithic to Early Middle Ages (3500 BC—1350 AD) is analysed as concerns children's graves. Patterns burial rituals corresponding various concepts childhood are constructed. Childhood looked upon a cultural construction independent time space. The basic growth process infancy adulthood fundamental concept in all societies, but ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the relation of birth weight with socioeconomic status measured by an area-based measure of material deprivation and by the Registrar General's social class. SETTING West Midlands Health Region 1991-93. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. METHOD Birthweight data by enumeration district deciles ranked by Townsend Deprivation Index based on 1991 census data for all...

This paper concerns the changes occurred over both decennial and millennial spans of time in a sponge assemblage present in coralligenous biogenic build-ups growing at 15 m depth in the Ligurian Sea (Western Mediterranean). The comparison of the sponge diversity after a time interval of about 40 years (1973-2014) showed a significant reduction in species richness (about 45%). This decrease affe...

Skeletal disorders occurring in experimental model of osteopenia caused by bilateral ovariectomy in rats are similar to those observed in postmenopausal women. Retinol is a commonly used vitamin, especially by elderly people. The role of retinol in bone remodeling is not well-established. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of retinol administered at doses of 700 IU/kg p....

Seamounts are prominent features of the world’s seafloor, and are the target of deep-sea commercial fisheries, and of interest for minerals exploitation. They can host vulnerable benthic communities, which can be rapidly and severely impacted by human activities. There have been recent calls to establish networks of marine protected areas on the High Seas, including seamounts. However, there is...

This study presents the results of paleo-tsunami investigation in marshes southern and eastern coasts Martinique Island (Lesser Antilles, France). A sand unit dated 1726–1813 cal. CE at 30 cm depth Anse Meunier represents most convincing evidence high-energy coastal flooding last 5000 years on island. Sedimentological analyses combined with tsunami simulations demonstrate that this deposit like...