"Lancea", Lusitanian Word, and the "Lancienses" Ethnogenesis

Analysis of the word lancea, of Hispanic origin after Varro, and of place names, people´s names and personal names derived from it. It confirms that the spear was the most important weapon in the Bronze Age, belonging to the iuventus and used as heroic and divine symbol. This analysis confirms also the personality of the Lusitanians, a people related to the Celts but with more archaic archaeological, linguistic and cultural characteristics originated in the tradition of the Atlantic Bronze in the II millennium BC. It is also relevant to better know the organisation of Broze and Iron Age societies and the origin of Indo-Europeans peoples in Western Europe and of pre-Roman peoples of Iberia.

Disability and Participation in the Professions: Examples from Higher and Medical Education

Learners with disabilities remain under-represented in higher education and courses, such as medicine, that grant access to ‘the professions’. National and professional legislation, policy and guidance have changed over the last few decades in response to reforms in the way disability is viewed and valued by society. Principles of equal rights and equality of opportunity inform the negotiation of widened participation in the professions. However, drawing on the example of medical education, it is possible to see that widening articipation agendas may be insensitive to the needs of learners with disabilities. Analysing the development of practice and policy from a participation perspective suggests that tokenism may have played a role in deprioritising the voices of individuals with disabilities, rendering policy disconnected from the needs of marginalised groups. The concept of participatory parity may provide an opportunity to readdress this misrepresentation.

Foundation Doctors and Dyslexia: a Qualitative Study of Their Experiences and Coping Strategies

Background Dyslexia is the most common form of specific learning difficulty affecting approximately 6% of the general UK population and believed to affect approximately 2% of UK medical students. The impact of dyslexia on early practice has not been studied. Objectives To develop an understanding of the challenges faced by doctors with dyslexia in the first year of practice and their support requirements. Methods Semistructured telephone interviews were conducted with seven foundation year 1 doctors with dyslexia from Scottish hospitals between March 2013 and August 2013. Results Foundation doctors indicated that due to their dyslexia, they experience difficulty with all forms of communication, time management and anxiety. There were concerns about disclosure of their dyslexia to colleagues and supervisors. Coping strategies used frequently were safety-netting and planning; technology solutions did offer some assistance. Conclusions Although technological interventions have the potential to offer benefits to foundation doctors with dyslexia, increased openness about a diagnosis of dyslexia with discussion between doctor and supervisors about the challenges and anxieties is likely to provide the most benefit

Enfermedades y muerte de Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin nació en Shrewsbury, Inglaterra, el 12 de febrero de 1809. Tuvo excelente salud, hasta su regreso, en 1836, del viaje alrededor del mundo con el Beagle. A partir de ese momento comenzó a manifestar cefaleas, palpitaciones, temblores, caries y paradentosis, catarros respiratorios, artritis, forúnculos, puntos negros en la visión, mareos, dolores abdominales, náuseas, vómitos, flatulencias, insomnio, accesos de furia, depresión y períodos de extremo agotamiento. Más allá de mejorías temporarias, estos síntomas se manifestaron durante los últimos 45 años de su vida, a pesar de lo cual pudo encontrar la entereza suficiente como para publicar 14 libros, entre ellos el genial El origen de las especies. Los diagnósticos más probables puestos a consideración por los distintos investigadores fueron un trastorno bipolar asociado a una herencia psicopatológica y la enfermedad de Chagas, que este ilustre personaje pudo haber contraído en Sudamérica. Finalmente, el 19 de abril de 1882, Darwin falleció muy probablemente a consecuencia de una patología vascular coronaria y cerebral. Sus restos se encuentran en la abadía de Westminster, junto a los de Isaac Newton.