Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. The health consequences among COVID-19 convalescent patients 30 months post-infection were described and the potential risk factors were determined.
In August 2022 217 COVID-19 convalescent patients were recruited who had been diagnosed with COVID-19 in February 2020. These convalescent patients were residents of multiple districts in Wuhan, China. All convalescent patients completed a detailed questionnaire, laboratory testing, a 6-min walk test, a Borg dyspnea scale assessment, lung function testing, and had a chest CT. The potential risk factors for health consequences among COVID-19 convalescent patients 30 months post-infection were identified using a multivariate logistic regression model.

Primate social organization is more flexible than previously assumed. According to a new study led by UZH, the first primates probably lived in pairs, while only around 15 percent of individuals were solitary.

Primates – and this includes humans – are thought of as highly social animals. Many species of monkeys and apes live in groups. Lemurs and other Strepsirrhines, often colloquially referred to as “wet-nosed” primates, in contrast, have long been believed to be solitary creatures, and it has often been suggested that other forms of social organization evolved later. Previous studies have therefore attempted to explain how and when pair-living evolved in primates.

More recent research, however, indicates that many nocturnal Strepsirrhines, which are more challenging to investigate, are not in fact solitary but live in pairs of males and females. But what does this mean for the social organization forms of the ancestors of all primates? And why do some species of monkey live in groups, while others are pair-living or solitary?

Dal 24 novembre ai Musei Capitolini – Villa Caffarelli la prima esposizione monografica dedicata al più grande scultore dell’età classica.
Un percorso straordinario nella vita e nell’attività dell’artista, con oltre 100 opere, alcune esposte per la prima volta, tra reperti archeologici, dipinti, manoscritti, disegni, installazioni multimediali «Nessuno supererà mai Fidia» Auguste Rodin, L’art, 1911

Il più grande scultore greco dell’età classica, FIDIA. Protagonista dell’Atene di Pericle, il suo nome è noto a tutti per la realizzazione di opere come il Partenone e le sue decorazioni scultoree e i mitici colossi crisoelefantini dell’Atena Parthenos e dello Zeus di Olimpia, una delle sette meraviglie del mondo antico.
Il suo genio creativo ha impresso un marchio indelebile nell’immaginario collettivo e continua ad essere fonte di ispirazione per i contemporanei. Una figura importantissima, quasi leggendaria, sebbene circondata da un alone di mistero. Molti dettagli della sua vita sono infatti poco noti e la conoscenza della sua opera si basa prevalentemente su repliche e su fonti letterarie. La mostra “FIDIA”, ospitata dal 24 novembre 2023 al 5 maggio 2024 presso i Musei Capitolini – Villa Caffarelli a Roma, è la prima esposizione monografica dedicata all’artista. Promossa da Roma Capitale, Assessorato alla Cultura, Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali e curata da Claudio Parisi Presicce con l’organizzazione di Zètema Progetto Cultura, Main sponsor Bulgari, Radio ufficiale Radio Monte Carlo, guiderà i visitatori in un viaggio inaspettato e sorprendente nella vita, nella carriera e nel clima storico-culturale in cui operò il grande scultore, attraverso una vasta e preziosa selezione di oltre 100 opere - tra reperti archeologici, originali greci e repliche romane, dipinti, manoscritti, disegni, alcuni esposti per la prima volta.

Norway has one of the highest prevalences of intestinal cancer in Europe, and this year sees the national screening programme being rolled out in full. But where do the capsule cameras go? Thanks to new technology, a tiny capsule camera can examine your intestines while you get on with your work or walk your dog. Compared with the alternatives, patients experience virtually no discomfort at all.

There are many reasons to choose a capsule camera examination over traditional alternatives such as colonoscopy and gastroscopy.

A new iguana joins Asia’s rich reptile fauna, officially described as new to science in the open-access journal ZooKeys.
“From 2009 to 2022, we conducted a series of field surveys in South China and collected a number of specimens of the Calotes versicolor species complex, and found that the population of what we thought was Calotes versicolor in South China and Northern Vietnam was a new undescribed species and two subspecies,” says Yong Huang, whose team described the new species.

Wang’s garden lizard (Calotes wangi) is less than 9 cm long, and one of its distinguishing features is its orange tongue.