NEW EARLY PLIOCENE OWLS FROM LANGEBAANWEG, SOUTH AFRICA, WITH FIRST EVIDENCE OF ATHENE SOUTH OF THE SAHARA AND A NEW SPECIES OF TYTO

New early Pliocene owls from Langebaanweg, South Africa, with first evidence of Athene south of the Sahara and a new species of Tyto

The fossiliferous Upper Varswater Loungewear Formation at Langebaanweg (South Africa) produced remains of at least five species of owls (Strigiformes).Tyto richae sp.nov.is the first palaeospecies of Tytonidae described from an African fossil site, though indeterminate remains referable to the genus Tyto are known from the Middle Miocene of Morocco

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Oxymetholone-Induced Acute Renal Failure: A Case Report

Background: The prevalence of using anabolic steroids such as oxymetholone is increasing.This highlights the need for closely monitoring side effects of this drug.Acute renal failure (ARF) Dragonball has been reported as a complication of rhabdomyolysis in anabolic steroids users.Case presentation: We present one 33-year-old man complaining of decr

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Functional Connectivity Density with Frequency-Dependent Changes in Patients with Diffuse Axonal Injury: A Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

Guojin Xia,1,2 Zhenzhen Hu,3 Fuqing Zhou,1,2 Wenfeng Duan,1,2 Min Wang,1,2 Honghan Gong,1,2 Yulin He,1,2 Yanxing Guan4 1Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi, People’s Republic of China; 2Jiangxi Province Medical Imaging Research Institute, Jiangxi, People’s Republic of China; 3Department

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A Meaningful Academic Life: Improvised, Amusing, Unsettling

In this essay, originally presented to an audience of colleagues, students, and university faculty, I briefly review Charcoal Grey Vase the meanings I ascribe to my experience of nearly half a century as a university faculty member.I emphasize the improvisational quality of professorial life, the amusing characters I was able to observe and with wh

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