Roteiro geral dos mares, costas, ilhas, e baixos reconhecidos no globo. Extrahido das descripções, e diarios dos mais celebres a acreditados navegadores, e hydrografos. Por ordem da Academia real das sciencias de Lisboa ...

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Biogeographic analysis of jurassic-early cretaceous wood assemblages from Gondwana

The terrestrial biogeography of Gondwana during Jurassic-Early Cretaceous times is poorly resolved, and the flora is usually considered to have been rather uniform. This is surprising given the size of Gondwana, which extended from the equator to the South Pole. Documenting Gondwanan terrestrial floristic provincialism in the Jurassic-Early Cretaceous times is important because it provides a historical biogeographic context in which to understand the tremendous evolutionary radiations that occurred during the mid-Cretaceous. In this paper, the distribution of Jurassic-Early Cretaceous fossil wood is analysed at generic level across the entire supercontinent. Specifically, wood assemblages are analyzed in terms of five climatic zones (summer wet, desert, winter wet, warm temperate, cool temperate) established on the basis of independent data. Results demonstrate that araucarian-like conifer wood was a dominant, cosmopolitan element, whereas other taxa showed a greater degree of provincialism. Indeed, several narrowly endemic morphogenera are recognizable from the data. Finally, comparisons with Laurasian wood assemblages indicate strong parallelism between the vegetation of both hemispheres. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Evaluation of a pilot telemedicine network for accident and emergency work

A pilot accident and emergency. teleconsulting service was established in Scotland. It was based at the accident and emergency department of the main hospital in Aberdeen. There were three peripheral sites in rural Grampian (Peterhead, Turriff and Huntly) and one in the Shetland Isles. The videoconferencing equipment used was connected by ISDN at 384 kbit/s. During the 15 months of the study, 1998 videoconference calls were made, of which 402 (20%) calls were made to the accident and emergency department for clinical consultations. The majority of the clinical calls (95%) were made between 09:00 and 17:00, and more than 90% were completed within 20 min. During the majority of calls (87%) one or more X-ray images were transmitted. The majority of patients (89%) received treatment without transportation to the main centre in Aberdeen. The present study demonstrated that accident and emergency teleconsultations can be technically reliable, effective in reducing the number of patient transfers and acceptable to the referring clinicians. As a result, approximately pound1.5 million has been made available by the government to develop a national system for Scotland.