Old and new coins in Southern Hispania in the sixth century A.D

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the behaviour of monetary circulation in Southern Hispania in the 6th century AD. During this time, there was a visible renewal of the monetary stock. This large quantitative increase contrasts with a shortage of information on coin circulation for the previous period, between the second quarter of the 5th century and the arrival of Byzantine authority in the Iberian Peninsula.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

'Literatura numismática' en el sur de la Península Ibérica: mitos regionales e historias locales

Asumiendo la lectura iconológica de las iconografías monetarias antiguas, y también las limitaciones técnicas que en muchos casos impiden diseños más complejos, es nuestro propósito insistir en la posibilidad de rastrear ecos de mitos y leyendas en algunos diseños monetales - surhispanos - cuya originalidad no depende siempre de la pericia del grabador de cuños, sino de la formación y e intención del comitente; el ‘magistrado’ monetal en este caso. Las tradiciones que aluden a la existencia de una posible transmisión literaria de mitos occidentales - u occidentalizados - parecen haber dejado huella en diferentes soportes, incluido el numismático, al fin y al cabo un producto artesanal al servicio de una comunidad cívica que tiene en la comunicación icónica uno de los principales instrumentos para modelar la identidad colectiva. Detrás incluso de amonedaciones modestas en volumen de emisión y resultados técnicos, es posible reconocer la presencia de oligarquías cultas que ordenaron diseños monetarios a su vez inspirados en una literatura mítico-geográfica que en época tardohelenística, eran bien conocidas entre las elites de algunas ciudades surhispanas, como indirectamente viene a indicar la presencia de Asclepíades de Mirlea en la Ulterior-Baetica . La relación de Herakles-Melqart-Hércules con estos territorios es una de las más conocidas, pero su adopción - bajo diferentes formatos - por parte de muchas ciudades puede responder a variados intereses, entre los que el de la debatida cuestión de la ‘gaditanización’ del sur peninsular debe ser discutida, también desde la óptica romana como generadora de identidades.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tec

Outcomes from elective colorectal cancer surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

This study aimed to describe the change in surgical practice and the impact of SARS-CoV-2 on mortality after surgical resection of colorectal cancer during the initial phases of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Elective cancer surgery in COVID-19-free surgical pathways during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: An international, multicenter, comparative cohort study

PURPOSE As cancer surgery restarts after the first COVID-19 wave, health care providers urgently require data to determine where elective surgery is best performed. This study aimed to determine whether COVID-19–free surgical pathways were associated with lower postoperative pulmonary complication rates compared with hospitals with no defined pathway. PATIENTS AND METHODS This international, multicenter cohort study included patients who underwent elective surgery for 10 solid cancer types without preoperative suspicion of SARS-CoV-2. Participating hospitals included patients from local emergence of SARS-CoV-2 until April 19, 2020. At the time of surgery, hospitals were defined as having a COVID-19–free surgical pathway (complete segregation of the operating theater, critical care, and inpatient ward areas) or no defined pathway (incomplete or no segregation, areas shared with patients with COVID-19). The primary outcome was 30-day postoperative pulmonary complications (pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, unexpected ventilation). RESULTS Of 9,171 patients from 447 hospitals in 55 countries, 2,481 were operated on in COVID-19–free surgical pathways. Patients who underwent surgery within COVID-19–free surgical pathways were younger with fewer comorbidities than those in hospitals with no defined pathway but with similar proportions of major surgery. After adjustment, pulmonary complication rates were lower with COVID-19–free surgical pathways (2.2% v 4.9%; adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 0.62; 95% CI, 0.44 to 0.86). This was consistent in sensitivity analyses for low-risk patients (American Society of Anesthesiologists grade 1/2), propensity score–matched models, and patients with negative SARS-CoV-2 preoperative tests. The postoperative SARS-CoV-2 infection rate was also lower in COVID-19–free surgical pathways (2.1% v 3.6%; aOR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.36 to 0.76). CONCLUSION Within available resources, dedicated COVID-19–free surgical pathways should be established to provide safe elective cancer surgery during current and before future SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks

Elective Cancer Surgery in COVID-19-Free Surgical Pathways During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: An International, Multicenter, Comparative Cohort Study.

PURPOSE: As cancer surgery restarts after the first COVID-19 wave, health care providers urgently require data to determine where elective surgery is best performed. This study aimed to determine whether COVID-19-free surgical pathways were associated with lower postoperative pulmonary complication rates compared with hospitals with no defined pathway. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This international, multicenter cohort study included patients who underwent elective surgery for 10 solid cancer types without preoperative suspicion of SARS-CoV-2. Participating hospitals included patients from local emergence of SARS-CoV-2 until April 19, 2020. At the time of surgery, hospitals were defined as having a COVID-19-free surgical pathway (complete segregation of the operating theater, critical care, and inpatient ward areas) or no defined pathway (incomplete or no segregation, areas shared with patients with COVID-19). The primary outcome was 30-day postoperative pulmonary complications (pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, unexpected ventilation). RESULTS: Of 9,171 patients from 447 hospitals in 55 countries, 2,481 were operated on in COVID-19-free surgical pathways. Patients who underwent surgery within COVID-19-free surgical pathways were younger with fewer comorbidities than those in hospitals with no defined pathway but with similar proportions of major surgery. After adjustment, pulmonary complication rates were lower with COVID-19-free surgical pathways (2.2% v 4.9%; adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 0.62; 95% CI, 0.44 to 0.86). This was consistent in sensitivity analyses for low-risk patients (American Society of Anesthesiologists grade 1/2), propensity score-matched models, and patients with negative SARS-CoV-2 preoperative tests. The postoperative SARS-CoV-2 infection rate was also lower in COVID-19-free surgical pathways (2.1% v 3.6%; aOR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.36 to 0.76). CONCLUSION: Within available resources, dedicated COVID-19-free surgical pathways should be established to provide safe elective cancer surgery during current and before future SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks

Hallazgos monetarios en los territorios malacitanos

Con las 55 monedas que aquí se dan a conocer, procedentes de diversos lugares de la provincia de Málaga, algunos de ellos importantes yacimientos arqueológicos (Las Bóvedas, San Pedro de Alcántara, Marbella), se pretende ampliar la escasa información disponible acerca de la circulación monetaria en los territorios malacitanos, con especial referencia a la época antigua

Hallazgos monetarios en el cerro del aljibe (Coín, Málaga)

Como complemento al estudio arqueológico del Cerro del Aljibe, importante yacimiento arqueológico situado en la cuenca del Río Grande y vinculado a la antigua ruta del Guadalhorce, se analizan medio centenar de monedas, en su mayor parte correspondientes a la época antigua, entre las que sobresalen las acuñadas en Malaca (Málaga). Estos hallazgos monetarios insisten, además, en la extensión de los usos monetarios en los territorios malacitanos en época republicana y principios del Imperio

An example of monetisation of SW Hispania during the Republican period: Mesas do Castelinho (ALMODÔVAR, Portugal)

Se trata de un resumen de mi intervención. El trabajo final todavía está siendo redactado por los autores, pero se subirá también a esta plataforma una vez publicado.Since the mid-20th century, the Mesas do Castelinho has been a point of reference in the archaeological mapping of southern Portugal. It was occupied at an early date, and its heyday coincided with the Roman presence in these territories between the 2nd and 1st centuries BC, when it controlled routes connecting the Algarve with Alentejo, taking advantage of the course of the Guadiana and the passes through the Serra do Caldeirão. The excavations have recovered many coins consistent with the profile of the rest of the archaeological material recovered there. Roman denarii and asses are complemented by bronze coinage from Murtilis, as well as from other mints in the south of the Iberian Peninsula (Gadir) and the Guadalquivir valley (Castulo). A group of monetiform leads from Ossonoba is made outstanding by its size and distance from their centre of issue; there are moreover some uncertain issues possibly of a local origin.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech