What Neanderthals and AMH ate: reassessment of the subsistence across the Middle–Upper Palaeolithic transition in the Vasco-Cantabrian region of SW Europe

Recent research in northern Spain has revealed the disappearance of Neanderthal populations in the Vasco Cantabrian region a few millennia earlier than in eastern and southern Iberia and discovered a short period of overlap with modern humans, at least, in terms of radiocarbon dates. However, the causes of Neanderthal decline understood as a regional and temporal process remain open. Despite the abundance of technological studies, modern?quality chronological dating, and the availability of archaeofaunal and palaeoenvironmental data, there is a lack of consensus about how climatic and environmental conditions could have affected ungulate prey and, therefore, Neanderthal subsistence strategies. In this paper, an analytical summary of the archaeofaunal and taphonomic data available for the Vasco?Cantabrian region, combined with the most recent chronological evidence, present general knowledge about animal biogeography and ecology during the Middle?Upper Palaeolithic transition, and provides an interpretation of the behaviour of both human species in the region. This work reviews the palaeomammal community of animals represented in the record as exploited by human groups in several caves and rock shelters and pointing to continuing lacunae in knowledge. Further research is needed to verify and potentially explain the apparent hominin population gap and the ultimate fate of the NeanderthalsThis research is funded by the European Research Council under the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (grant agreement No. 818299‐ SUBSILIENCE project (https://www.subsilience.eu) and the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (ABRUPT ‐ HAR2017‐84997‐P) to ABMA. ASR's PhD is supported within the SUBSILIENCE project. The authors would like to thank J. García Sanchez (Instituto de Arqueología‐ Merida, CSIC‐Junta de Extramadura) for technical assistance with catchment areas analysis and Figs. 1, 5 and 6. Special thanks to L. Agudo (EvoAdapta‐University of Cantabria) for her technical assistance and G. Terlato for comments on the final version of the manuscript. The authors wish to acknowledge L. Straus for editing the manuscript and for his suggestions to improve this manuscript, as kind and effective as always

What Neanderthals and AMH ate: reassessment of the subsistence across the Middle–Upper Palaeolithic transition in the Vasco‐Cantabrian region of SW Europe

ABSTRACT: Recent research in northern Spain has revealed the disappearance of Neanderthal populations in the Vasco‐Cantabrian region a few millennia earlier than in eastern and southern Iberia and discovered a short period of overlap with modern humans, at least, in terms of radiocarbon dates. However, the causes of Neanderthal decline understood as a regional and temporal process remain open. Despite the abundance of technological studies, modern‐quality chronological dating, and the availability of archaeofaunal and palaeoenvironmental data, there is a lack of consensus about how climatic and environmental conditions could have affected ungulate prey and, therefore, Neanderthal subsistence strategies. In this paper, an analytical summary of the archaeofaunal and taphonomic data available for the Vasco‐Cantabrian region, combined with the most recent chronological evidence, present general knowledge about animal biogeography and ecology during the Middle–Upper Palaeolithic transition, and provides an interpretation of the behaviour of both human species in the region. This work reviews the palaeomammal community of animals represented in the record as exploited by human groups in several caves and rock shelters and pointing to continuing lacunae in knowledge. Further research is needed to verify and potentially explain the apparent hominin population gap and the ultimate fate of the Neanderthals

Estudio de los cambios en el funcionamiento psicosocial de los usuarios con Trastorno Mental Grave del Centro de Rehabilitación Psicosocial de ASAPME.

Los trastornos mentales graves y duraderos se caracterizan por un continuo deterioro de las capacidades funcionales, tales como autocuidado, autocontrol, interacción social, actividad ocupacional, aprendizaje y ocio, con el consecuente daño para la calidad de vida de las personas afectadas. Esta investigación tiene como objeto analizar los beneficios que muestran los usuarios del Centro de Rehabilitación Psicosocial de la Asociación Aragonesa Pro Salud Mental abordando la intervención sobre los factores psicosociales derivados de las necesidades particulares que presentan los pacientes con Trastorno Mental Grave en su proceso salud-enfermedad y observar una mejora del funcionamiento psicosocial del usuario

Subsistence strategies and human-environmental relationships during the middle upper paleolithic transition in northern iberia

RESUMEN: La desaparición de los neandertales es un tema de gran interés actual, en el que continúa sin existir un consenso sobre las causas que provocaron su declive, así como la rápida expansión de los Humanos Anatómicamente Modernos (HAM) por Eurasia. Esta tesis doctoral se plantea con el objetivo de testar las hipótesis propuestas sobre el declive y éxito de estas especies humanas, desde el punto de vista de la subsistencia humana, en el norte de la península ibérica, donde se ha constatado que la desaparición de los neandertales se produjo varios milenios antes (hace 48-45 mil años) que en otras regiones de Eurasia. Para ello, esta tesis contextualiza cronológicamente las zonas de ocupación humana, realiza un exhaustivo análisis arqueozoológico y tafonómico de la macrofauna recuperada en diferentes yacimientos de la región y evalúa las estrategias de subsistencia de los últimos neandertales y los primeros HAM, así como su relación con el ambiente que explotaron, mediante la aplicación de una metodología novedosa y multidisciplinar.ABSTRACT: The disappearance of Neanderthals is a topic of great interest and current debate in which, to this day, there is still no consensus about the causes of their decline, as well as the rapid expansion of Anatomically Modern Humans (AMH). This doctoral thesis was proposed with the main objective of testing the main hypotheses on the disappearance and expansion of these human species from a human subsistence point of view, in Northern Iberia, where it has been confirmed that the disappearance of the Neanderthals occurred several millennia earlier (48000-45000 years ago) than in other regions of Eurasia. To do this, this thesis chronologically contextualizes the areas of human occupation and carries out an exhaustive archaeozoological and taphonomic analysis of the macrofaunal remains recovered in different sites in the region to evaluate the subsistence strategies of the last Neanderthals and the first AMH, as well as their relationships with the environment they exploited, through multidisciplinarity and the application of novel techniques

Use of Venetoclax in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia: The PETHEMA Registry Experience.

The effectiveness of venetoclax (VEN) in relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (RR-AML) has not been well established. This retrospective, multicenter, observational database studied the effectiveness of VEN in a cohort of 51 RR-AML patients and evaluated for predictors of response and overall survival (OS). The median age was 68 years, most were at high risk, 61% received ≥2 therapies for AML, 49% had received hypomethylating agents, and ECOG was ≥2 in 52%. Complete remission (CR) rate, including CR with incomplete hematological recovery (CRi), was 12.4%. Additionally, 10.4% experienced partial response (PR). The CR/CRi was higher in combination with azacitidine (AZA; 17.9%) than with decitabine (DEC; 6.7%) and low-dose cytarabine (LDAC; 0%). Mutated NPM1 was associated with increased CR/CRi. Median OS was 104 days (95% CI: 56-151). For the combination with AZA, DEC, and LDAC, median OS was 120 days, 104 days, and 69 days, respectively; p = 0.875. Treatment response and ECOG 0 influenced OS in a multivariate model. A total of 28% of patients required interruption of VEN because of toxicity. Our real-life series describes a marginal probability of CR/CRi and poor OS after VEN-based salvage. Patients included had very poor-risk features and were heavily pretreated. The small percentage of responders did not reach the median OS

Use of Venetoclax in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia: The PETHEMA Registry Experience

The effectiveness of venetoclax (VEN) in relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (RR-AML) has not been well established. This retrospective, multicenter, observational database studied the effectiveness of VEN in a cohort of 51 RR-AML patients and evaluated for predictors of response and overall survival (OS). The median age was 68 years, most were at high risk, 61% received ≥2 therapies for AML, 49% had received hypomethylating agents, and ECOG was ≥2 in 52%. Complete remission (CR) rate, including CR with incomplete hematological recovery (CRi), was 12.4%. Additionally, 10.4% experienced partial response (PR). The CR/CRi was higher in combination with azacitidine (AZA; 17.9%) than with decitabine (DEC; 6.7%) and low-dose cytarabine (LDAC; 0%). Mutated NPM1 was associated with increased CR/CRi. Median OS was 104 days (95% CI: 56–151). For the combination with AZA, DEC, and LDAC, median OS was 120 days, 104 days, and 69 days, respectively; p = 0.875. Treatment response and ECOG 0 influenced OS in a multivariate model. A total of 28% of patients required interruption of VEN because of toxicity. Our real-life series describes a marginal probability of CR/CRi and poor OS after VEN-based salvage. Patients included had very poor-risk features and were heavily pretreated. The small percentage of responders did not reach the median OS

Punto de fuga. Punto de encuentro : aproximación interdisciplinar a las Vanguardias Artísticas de la segunda mitad del siglo XX

Resumen basado en el del proyecto. Premiado en la convocatoria: Premios para proyectos de innovación concluidos durante el curso 2007-2008, en los centros educativos no universitarios sostenidos con fondos públicos de la Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla-La Mancha (Orden 12-12-2008, de la Consejería de Educación y Ciencia de la Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha. Resolución de 5-5-2009, de la Viceconsejería de Educación)El proyecto se desarrolla entre cinco centros: la Escuela de Arte de Guadalajarara, la Escuela de Hostelería y Turismo del IES Antonio Buero Vallejo de Guadalajara, el Conservatorio Provincial de Música de Guadalajara, el IES Profesor Domínguez Ortiz de Azuqueca de Henares y el Colegio Infantil y Primaria Castillo de Pioz. La idea central es la de abordar de forma interdisciplinar un tema común entre centros de distinta naturaleza armonizando el calendario de realización. Se buscan elementos integradores que permitan que el alumno se involucre activamente en un aprendizaje significativo con uno de los elementos clave en la educación, la motivación. Los objetivos son: fomentar la idea de que todas las áreas de conocimiento y creación humanas son producto de épocas y situaciones concretas englobadas en un todo; fomentar la participación activa en el proceso educativo; descubrir que el arte es algo vivo y que puede formar parte de la propia personalidad; fomentar el espíritu colectivo, la relevancia en el cumplimiento de los plazos y la valoración de la mirada del espectador sobre lo realizado; descubrir nuevos modos de comunicación y de relación; promover la reflexión anti-racista, anti-sexista, pacifista y solidaria. El tema elegido, la segunda mitad del siglo XX, especialmente las décadas de los 50, 60 y 70. Años de grandes transformaciones sociales y económicas en Europa. Su aproximación es multidisciplinar, desde la música, las artes plásticas, la literatura, la gastronomía, y el desarrollo del turismo como una industria potente que contribuirá además económicamente a sacar del ostracismo al pais.Castilla La ManchaConsejería de Educación, Ciencia y Cultura. Viceconsejería de Educación y Cultura. Servicio de Documentación; Bulevar del Río Alberche, s. n. - 1 Planta; 45071 Toledo; Tel. +34925286045; Fax +34925247410; [email protected]