We describe a new lizard of the genus Potamites from elevations of 1000-2100 m in the montane forests of the Cordillera de Paucartambo and the upper Kosñipata valley, Region of Cusco, Peru. The new species differs from other species of Potamites by having scattered keeled scales on dorsum, an undivided frontonasal and absence of femoral pores in females.

We describe a new species of the bufonid toad genus Rhinella from transition montane forest of the buffer zones of the Yanachaga-Chemillén National Park and the Pui Pui Protected Forest (eastern slopes of Andes, Selva Central, Peru). The new species belongs to the Rhinella margaritifera species group (confirmed by mtDNA data) and differs from all its members by the absence of tympanic membrane ...

This article summarizes Māori knowledge of a selected range animals through the literature as first step in undertaking research into potential incorporating concepts animal ethics topics for senior school and post-school biology education. is based on critical “reading” existing literature, writing process that both collects analyzes data from available records, examined Kaupapa (i.e., Māori-c...

S. N. Balagangadhara, Sarika Rao, Jakob De Roover, and Marianne Keppens One of the best-known aspects Indian society is its "rigid caste system" "evil practices untouchability." It a truism today to say that divided into four castes, which are not allowed mix. Many texts brought forward as evidence this understanding society. The ancient text Mānavadharmaśāstra or "Laws Manu" takes central plac...

We compared a unilateral robot-assisted training protocol (URTP) and a bilateral robot-assisted training protocol (BRTP) to study their differential effects. We recruited 21 patients with stroke who received 90-105 min of therapy 5 days/wk for 4 wk. Participants in the URTP and BRTP groups practiced forearm pronation and supination and wrist flexion and extension in a simultaneous manner with t...

Following the stellar career of papal physician Giulio Mancini, the article brings into focus learned doctors' uses of, and relationships with, manu- scripts. Manuscripts were the main outcome of their practice - as letters of consultation to patients and colleagues, as consilia of various kinds, including for use in courts of law, and also in the form of key professional tools such as casebook...

ooesn't ~rt 1xlsiness idea! Swedish Telecan tJI:psala Sweden Who can afford handmade cars today? What would the term "just-in-tilre" mean today if the developnent of "carmanU£acturing" had been handled as the developnent of "systemnanU£acturing"? can the user afford those who know everything? Is it m::>re skillful to "mend" a systen. than construct? What if you, everytilre you leave your car to...