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    EL SACELLUM DEDICADO A IUPPITER STATOR EN CARTAGENA

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    At the foot of a small flat elevation in Cabezo Gallufo, Cartagena, Murcia, the remains of a small cut building was found and rapidly excavated. In one of the pavements an inscription was discovered made up of white tesellae measuring 0.01 X 0.1 m. It rads as follows: M. AQVINI. M L. ANDRO / IOVI. STATORI. DE SVA P QVR 1 L.

    EL SACELLUM DEDICADO A IUPPITER STATOR EN CARTAGENA

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    At the foot of a small flat elevation in Cabezo Gallufo, Cartagena, Murcia, the remains of a small cut building was found and rapidly excavated. In one of the pavements an inscription was discovered made up of white tesellae measuring 0.01 X 0.1 m. It rads as follows: M. AQVINI. M L. ANDRO / IOVI. STATORI. DE SVA P QVR 1 L.

    A Heritage Science Workflow to Preserve and Narrate a Rural Archeological Landscape Using Virtual Reality: The Cerro del Castillo of Belmez and Its Surrounding Environment (Cordoba, Spain)

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    The main aim of this article is to present a heritage action protocol based on the application of photogrammetric and LiDAR acquisitions, a catalogue of flora and fauna, archeological research, and 3D virtualization for the integrated recovery of a rural cultural heritage site located in the Alto Guadiato Valley of Cordoba, Spain. This joint multidisciplinary action focusing on a common heritage objective has resulted in a comprehensive and innovative action: the virtualization of an 800-hectare multitemporal archeological landscape. The results may be of interest to researchers, educators, and tourism agents, or for the dissemination of scientific knowledge, among other applications. The protocol of actions implemented in the framework of this project can be replicated in sites with similar characteristics, particularly rural areas with well-preserved landscapes that have not been investigated. The main result of the project is the preservation of geomorphological features using remote sensing technologies and the creation of a virtual lookout for this historical and natural landscape (GuadiatVR), which is a very uncommon outcome within the virtualization of historical landscapes. The lookout can be downloaded from Google Play on IOS

    Patrimonio académico como herramienta para el desarrollo de futuras carreras científicas

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    Desde hace tiempo la Unión Europea busca y fomenta la cooperación entre la Universidad y los Institutos de Educación Secundaria para el desarrollo de futuras carreras científicas. Después de varios proyectos de investigación competitivos desarrollados por separado, hemos encontrado importantes confluencias entre el patrimonio custodiado por la Universidad Complutense y el IES San Isidro; ambas instituciones cuentan con una larga historia y atesoran un patrimonio científico, artístico y educativo de gran interés que es necesario conectar y poner en valor. La universidad ha desarrollado varios programas de cooperación en varios niveles y muchas de ellos planteaban mostrar y experimentar con el fin de descubrir, propuesta en la que queremos ahondar y avanzar a través del patrimonio educativo

    San Pedro de la Mata (Sonseca, Toledo). Construir y decorar una iglesia altomedieval en piedra

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    This work aims to offer those results obtained by means of the archaeological, stylistic and geological analysis of the church of San Pedro de La Mata, of its building and decorative materials and of its quarries. Combining these studies (and methodologies) has made possible to identify the original form of the church, to pinpoint the origin of the materials and to characterize thus the skills of the workshops responsible for its construction and decoration.Este trabajo pretende ofrecer los primeros resultados obtenidos mediante el análisis arqueológico, estilístico y geológico de la iglesia de San Pedro de La Mata, de sus materiales constructivos y decorativos y de sus canteras. La combinación de estos estudios (y metodologías) ha permitido reconocer la forma originaria de la iglesia, determinar la procedencia de sus materiales y caracterizar así la habilidad de los talleres responsables de su obra y decoración

    Effect of mistimed eating patterns on breast and prostate cancer risk (MCC-Spain Study)

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    Modern life involves mistimed sleeping and eating patterns that in experimental studies are associated with adverse health effects. We assessed whether timing of meals is associated with breast and prostate cancer risk taking into account lifestyle and chronotype, a characteristic correlating with preference for morning or evening activity. We conducted a population-based case-control study in Spain, 2008-2013. In this analysis we included 621 cases of prostate and 1,205 of breast cancer and 872 male and 1,321 female population controls who had never worked night shift. Subjects were interviewed on timing of meals, sleep and chronotype and completed a Food Frequency Questionaire. Adherence to the World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute of Cancer Research recommendations for cancer prevention was examined. Compared with subjects sleeping immediately after supper, those sleeping two or more hours after supper had a 20% reduction in cancer risk for breast and prostate cancer combined (adjusted Odds Ratio [OR] = 0.80, 95%CI 0.67-0.96) and in each cancer individually (prostate cancer OR = 0.74, 0.55-0.99; breast cancer OR = 0.84, 0.67-1.06). A similar protection was observed in subjects having supper before 9 pm compared with supper after 10 pm. The effect of longer supper-sleep interval was more pronounced among subjects adhering to cancer prevention recommendations (OR both cancers= 0.65, 0.44-0.97) and in morning types (OR both cancers = 0.66, 0.49-0.90). Adherence to diurnal eating patterns and specifically a long interval between last meal and sleep are associated with a lower cancer risk, stressing the importance of evaluating timing in studies on diet and cancer

    Smoking history and breast cancer risk by pathological subtype: MCC-Spain study

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    INTRODUCTION The role of cigarette smoking on breast cancer risk remains controversial, due to its dual carcinogenic-antiestrogenic action.METHODS In the population-based multi-case-control study (MCC-Spain), we collected epidemiological and clinical information for 1733 breast cancer cases and 1903 controls, including smoking exposure. The association with breast cancer, overall, by pathological subtype and menopausal status, was assessed using logistic and multinomial regression models.RESULTS Smokers had higher risk of premenopausal breast cancer, particularly if they had smoked >= 30 years (AOR=1.75; 95% CI: 1.04-2.94), although most estimates did not achieve statistical significance. In contrast, among postmenopausal women, smoking was associated with lower risk of breast cancer, mainly in overweight and obese women. The strongest risk reductions were observed among postmenopausal women who had stopped smoking >= 10 years before cancer diagnosis, particularly for HER2+ tumors (AOR=0.28; 95% CI: 0.11-0.68); p for heterogeneity = 0.040). Also, those who had smoked <10 pack-years (AOR=0.68; 95% CI: 0.47-0.98) or 10-25 pack-years (AOR=0.62; 95% CI: 0.42-0.92) during their lifetime were at a reduced risk of all breast cancer subtypes (p for heterogeneity: 0.405 and 0.475, respectively); however, women who had smoked more than 25 pack-years showed no reduced risk.CONCLUSIONS Menopausal status plays a key role in the relationship between tobacco and breast cancer for all cancer subtypes. While smoking seems to increase the risk in premenopausal woman, it might be associated to lower risk of breast cancer among postmenopausal women with excess weight

    Tocilizumab in visual involvement of giant cell arteritis: a multicenter study of 471 patients

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    Background: Visual involvement is the most feared complication of giant cell arteritis (GCA). Information on the efficacy of tocilizumab (TCZ) for this complication is scarce and controversial. Objective: We assessed a wide series of GCA treated with TCZ, to evaluate its role in the prevention of new visual complications and its efficacy when this manifestation was already present before the initiation of TCZ. Design: This is an observational multicenter study of patients with GCA treated with TCZ. Methods: Patients were divided into two subgroups according to the presence or absence of visual involvement before TCZ onset. Visual manifestations were classified into the following categories: transient visual loss (TVL), permanent visual loss (PVL), diplopia, and blurred vision. Results: Four hundred seventy-one GCA patients (mean age, 74 +/- 9 years) were treated with TCZ. Visual manifestations were observed in 122 cases (26%), of which 81 were present at TCZ onset: PVL (n = 60; unilateral/bilateral: 48/12), TVL (n = 17; unilateral/bilateral: 11/6), diplopia (n = 2), and blurred vision (n = 2). None of the patients without previous visual involvement or with TVL had new episodes after initiation of TCZ, while only 11 out of 60 (18%) patients with PVL experienced some improvement. The two patients with diplopia and one of the two patients with blurred vision improved. Conclusion: TCZ may have a protective effect against the development of visual complications or new episodes of TVL in GCA. However, once PVL was established, only a few patients improved
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