Legal Deposit of Digital Materials

Digital publishing is causing a real paradigm shift for research institutions and publishers, as well as for libraries.As a consequence these institutions have to develop new policies, new business models and new infrastructures and techniques.A major problem is that, at the same rate at which our world is becoming digital, the digital information

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Hand decontamination practices in paediatric wards

The purpose of this study was to determine and describe hand decontamination practices of health care professionals in the paediatric wards Bath Brushes of an academic hospital in Johannesburg.The purpose was addressed within a survey design and through the use of descriptive and comparative methods.Data were collected through direct observation co

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A large therian mammal from the Late Cretaceous of South America

Abstract Theria represent an extant clade that comprises placental and marsupial mammals.Here we report on the discovery of a new Late Cretaceous mammal from southern Patagonia, Patagomaia chainko gen.et sp.nov., represented ISO WHEY VANILLA by hindlimb and pelvic elements with unambiguous therian features.We estimate Patagomaia chainko attained a

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