Recent Excavations in Rome

Recent paleoanthropological excavations of in situ deposits at Makapansgat, South Africa--a first report.

The Makapansgat Limeworks is a significant Pliocene site both for its sample of 35 hominin fossils as well as its wealth of fossil fauna. The lithological and paleontological successions reveal local environmental changes that are important for understanding the context of hominin evolution in southern Africa. Yet most of the site's fossils were found in dumps left behind by quarry operations, ...

Introduction. The Rome Foundation and Rome III.

It is a great pleasure to introduce the commentaries by Drs Kellow and Quigley on the pros and cons of the new Rome III criteria. Perhaps most of the readership is only familiar with these published diagnostic criteria. However, the Rome Foundation has a larger mission and directive to move the field of functional gastrointestinal (GI) and motility disorders forward through research and educati...

Exhibiting in Rome

Numerical analysis of tunnels and deep excavations

This report covers 33 papers submitted to the session Numerical Analysis of Tunnels and Deep Excavations. The majority of papers (26) addresses aspects related to tunnelling, both NATM and bored tunnels. As compared to previous conferences analysis of interaction between tunnel construction and surrounding structures such as buildings and pile foundations seems to have become more important. On...

When in Rome, reform

It was a hot autumn in Italy last year, and things show little sign of cooling down over the winter, at least, not politically. The final months of 2008 saw a wave of protests throughout Italy that were triggered by a government decree altering the procedures used to select academic staff. The decree, issued by Mariastella Gelmini, Italy’s Minister for Education, University and Research, is onl...