Marc Alcañiz

• University of Barcelona

Soils constitute one of the most valuable resources on earth, especially because soil is renewable on human time scales. During the 20th century, a period marked by a widespread rural exodus and land abandonment, fire suppression policies were adopted facilitating the accumulation of fuel in forested areas, exacerbating the effects of wildfires, le...

This study examines the effects of a prescribed fire on soil chemical properties in the Montgrí Massif (Girona, Spain). The prescribed forest fire was conducted in 2006 to reduce understory vegetation and so prevent potential severe wildfires. Soil was sampled at a depth of 0–5 cm at 42 sampling points on four separate occasions: prior to the event...

Introduction Room tilt illusion is a disorder affecting the visuospatial perception of objects, without any changes in their shape, size, colour or proportion. To describe the characteristics of 5 patients with episodes of reversal of vision. Case reports Two reported up-down and two right-left visual inversion, and one inclination of environment....

We report two cases of mental neuropathy (MN) as the initial manifestation of lymphoproliferative disease.Case Reportsa) A 47 year old male, referred bilateral neck pain radiating to the mandible, with numbness of mental region, and bilateral hypoesthesia of chin and lower lips on examination; later studies confirmed acute lymphoid leukemia. b) A 7...

Introduction The need for safe health care, in which the care and treatment of the patient does not cause any injuries in addition to those already arising from their baseline disease, has led to the present study. Our objective has been to determine the frequency and describe the neurological syndromes attributable to drugs, their preventability a...

IntroductionFreezing of gait unresponsive to dopaminergic stimulation in patients with severe Parkinsonism. The freezing of gait episodes (FOG) normally appear during the “off” period and generally improve with dopaminergic stimulus, at the same time as improving other Parkinsonian symptoms.

Freezing of gait unresponsive to dopaminergic stimulation in patients with severe Parkinsonism. The freezing of gait episodes (FOG) normally appear during the off period and generally improve with dopaminergic stimulus, at the same time as improving other Parkinsonian symptoms. We report a group of 10 patients with severe Parkinson's disease. All p...