MONARCHY AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE HISPANIC KINGDOMS (13TH-15TH CENTURIES): INTERVENTIONISM IN THEIR GOVERNMENT AND FUNDING

Monarchy and Universities in the Hispanic kingdoms (13th-15th centuries): interventionism in their government and funding

This paper studies the differences between the Crowns of Castile and Aragon in the relationship between monarchy and universities in the Late Middle Ages.In the case of the first Castilian universities, it nuances the excessive importance that historiography has granted 220.10.38.20.02.001 to the monarchs in their foundation and instead stresses th

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Acute paraplegia as a presentation of acute aortic occlusion

Acute aortic occlusion is a rare life-threatening event.We present a case of a carlsbad crush heavy smoking, 54-year-old man who was admitted in the emergency room with sudden paraplegia, associated to severe lower back and lower limbs pain.A neurologic examination showed paralysis of the lower limbs and cold lower extremities.The pedal and femoral

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Medicinal plants for helminth parasite control: facts and fiction

The use of medicinal plants for the prevention and treatment of gastro-intestinal parasitism has its origin in ethnoveterinary medicine.Although until recently the majority of the evidence on the antiparasitic activity of medicinal plants was anecdotal and lacked scientific validity, there is currently an increasing number of controlled experimenta

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