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Raymond Zammit

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Raymond Zammit

- Verified email at um.edu.mt - Cited by 19

[HTML][HTML] Two-step closure of the Miocene Indian Ocean Gateway to the Mediterranean

OM Bialik, M Frank, C Betzler, R Zammit… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
The Tethys Ocean was compartmentalized into the Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean
during the early Miocene, yet the exact nature and timing of this disconnection are not well …

Early Miocene intensification of the North African hydrological cycle: multi‐proxy evidence from the shelf carbonates of Malta

R Zammit, CH Lear, E Samankassou… - Paleoceanography …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
During the Miocene (23.0–5.3 Ma) North Africa experienced both humid and arid intervals,
but the underlying cause of these transitions is unknown. Earth's climate was characterized …

Architecture and sequence stratigraphy of the Upper Coralline Limestone formation, Malta—Implications for Eastern Mediterranean restriction prior to the Messinian …

OM Bialik, R Zammit, A Micallef - The Depositional Record, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Eastern and Western Mediterranean are separated by an elevated plateau that regulates
water exchange between these two basins. The Maltese archipelago, situated atop this …

[PDF][PDF] Breaking bad news in cancer: an assessment of Maltese patients' preferences

…, D Gauci, PA Parker, N Calleja, JA Sloan, R Zammit - 2017 - um.edu.mt
Purpose: It is unclear whether Maltese cancer patients wish to know their diagnosis or to what
extent they want to be informed. The aim was to assess patients’ preferences for receiving …

Ethical issues of artificial intelligence & assisted reproductive technologies

R Zammit - 2023 - um.edu.mt
The downward trend in fertility rates has not surprisingly led to an increase in assisted
reproduction techniques (ART), and assisted reproduction today is characterised by high-tech, …

Physics, technology, and theology in Pavel Florensky

R Zammit - 2019 - um.edu.mt
“If the ignorance of nature gave birth to the gods, the rise of knowledge of nature is calculated
to destroy them … Man, when instructed, ceases to be superstitious.” This bleak diagnosis …

[PDF][PDF] The environmental concerns of the Maltese church

R Zammit, C Calleja - 2021 - um.edu.mt
Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical Laudato si’, On the Care of Our Common Home has been
described as “one of the most significant statements on human-environment relationships ever …

The European framework for intellectual property rights for biological medicines

J Sciberras, R Zammit, P Vella Bonanno - 2021 - um.edu.mt
Discussion: IP protects originator products and impacts the development of biosimilars.
Strategies to improve competition in the EU biological market are discussed. Pricing policies …

Capital punishment in Malta: in-depth analysis of a death sentence: the trial of Aloysia [Giga] and [Leli] Camilleri (1961)

R Zammit - 2006 - um.edu.mt
This research study focuses on an in-depth study of the trial and subsequent death sentence
received by Aloysia (Giga) Camilleri, following the brutal murder of her eight year old son …

Contemporary issues in bioethics

E Agius, R Zammit - 2019 - um.edu.mt
This publication, which comprises a collection of articles written by alumni who have
graduated with a Master's degree in bioethics from the University of Malta, covers the gamut of …