This contribution presents a new hypothetical interpretation of the use of alphabetical signs during the first phase of the spread of writing in Etruria.Several pieces of the first half of the seventh century B.C.seem to show evidence that the form of the letters might be considered as a system of remarkable and recognisable signs with a function o

The ability of sensory networks to transiently store information on the scale of seconds can confer many advantages in processing time-varying stimuli.How a network could store information on such intermediate time scales, between typical neurophysiological time scales and those of long-term memory, is typically attributed to persistent neural acti

In this chapter we chronicle and explore the global evolution of national level talent Shower Cap promotion through the lens and respective journeys of the former German Democratic Republic, Australia and the United Kingdom.Whilst ideologically vastly different, core elements of talent promotion were mirrored and extended within the next national i

The elimination of autoreactive T cells occurs via thymocyte apoptosis and removal by thymic phagocytes, but the sequence of events in vivo, and the relationship between thymocyte death and phagocytic clearance, are unknown.Here we address these questions by following a synchronized cohort of thymocytes undergoing negative selection within a three-