El ejército romano del noroeste peninsular durante el alto imperio. Estado de la cuestión

Recent archaeological investigation about the Roman Military World in Hispania are adducing very interesting facts to reconstruct the transformation of the Roman Hispania Army in its main action area, the North-West. Along this paper we are trying no only to insert that new information into the general evolution of the Roman Army during the Early Empire, but also to clarify or to argue about its ocupation and its composing units.Las recientes investigaciones arqueológicas centradas en el mundo militar romano de Hispania están aportando en los últimos años interesantes datos para reconstruir el devenir del ejército hispano en su principal marco de actuación, el noroeste peninsular. Pretendemos, con este artículo, no sólo insertar esa nueva información dentro del contexto general de su despliegue a lo largo de la época altoimperial, sino también cuestionar o clarificar ciertos aspectos referentes a su ocupación o las unidades que lo conforman

Aras votivas de Petavonivm

[ES] En el presente trabajo se dan a conocer tres nuevas aras romanas procedentes de Petavonium y relacionadas con el cuerpo militar, el Ala II Flavia, allí acantonado. La primera está dedicada a Némesis, la segunda probablemente a Diana y la tercera con certeza a esta misma divinidad. Las dos últimas son erigidas, respectivamente, por sendos prefectos del Ala: Tib. lunius Quadratus, conocido por una inscripción de Galicia, hoy perdida, y Amus Constans Speratianus, que aparece ahora por primera vez.[EN] In this work three new Román aras from Petavonium are presented; they are related to the army body quartered there: the Ala IIFlavia. The first one is dedicated to Nemesis, the second one probably to Diana and the third one certainly to this same divinity. The last two ones were erected, respectively, by two prefects from the Ala: Tib. lunius Quadratus, we know through one lost inscription from Galicia, and Arrius Constans Speratianus, who appears now for the first time

Reduction in cardiovascular risk by sodium-bicarbonated mineral water in moderately hypercholesterolemic young adults.

Effects of drinking a sodium bicarbonated mineral water on cardiovascular risk in young men and women with moderate cardiovascular risk were studied. Eighteen young volunteers, total cholesterol levels >5.2 mmol/L without any disease participated. The study consisted in two 8-week intervention periods. Subjects consumed, as a supplement of their usual diet, 1 L/d of a control low mineral water followed by 1 L/d of the bicarbonated mineral water (mmol/L: sodium, 48; bicarbonate, 35; and chloride, 17). Determinations were performed at the end of the control water period and weeks 4 and 8 of the bicarbonated water period. Body weight, BMI, blood pressure, dietary intake, total-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, Apo A-I, Apo B, triacylgycerols, glucose, insulin, adiponectin, high sensitivity-C reactive protein (hs-CRP), soluble adhesion molecules (sICAM and sVCAM), sodium and chloride urinary excretion, and urine pH were measured. Dietary intake, body weight and BMI showed no significant variations. Systolic blood pressure decreased significantly after 4 weeks of bicarbonated water consumption without significant differences between the weeks 4 and 8. Significant reductions were observed after bicarbonated water consumption of total cholesterol (by 6.3%, p=0.012), LDL-cholesterol (by 10% p=0.001), total/HDL-cholesterol (p=0.004), LDL/HDL-cholesterol (p=0.001), and Apo B (p=0.017). Serum triacylglycerols, Apo A-I, sICAM-1, sVCAM-1 and hs-CRP levels did not change. Serum glucose values tended to decrease during the bicarbonated water intervention (p=0.056) but insulin levels did not vary. This sodium bicarbonated mineral water improves lipid profile in moderately hypercholesterolemic young men and women and could therefore be applied in dietary interventions to reduce cardiovascular risk