The enormous potential of biomarkers to revolutionize clinical practice and improve patient care has been well documented (1, 2 ). Molecular-based diagnostic and prognostic tests, particularly those aimed at protein analytes, could be used to detect disease earlier, enabling treatment to start sooner and possibly cure rather than to merely delay further injury or death. These tools could also b...

Setubal was a fishing and garrison town to the south of Lisbon which from the early sixteenth century was heavily dependent on the production of salt in the Sado estuary. Prosperous families of the town often made pious bequests in the form of salt works so the churches and confraternities also became dependent on the fortunes of the salt trade. This interdependence of salt and piety allows Abr...

During the twentieth century, Catholic theology moved to reject misuse of imaginaries afterlife. By insisting on a de-cosmologization “last things”, theologians endorsed Christocentric eschatology. However, physical material view remains dominant in popular perception afterworld. Recently, some authors have engaged reevaluation role imagination. In eschatology as well, several assert need for m...