The word gerbil is a diminutive form of  jerboa , though the jerboas are an unrelated group of rodents occupying a similar ecological niche. One Mongolian species, Meriones unguiculatus, also known as the clawed jird, is a gentle and hardy animal that has become a popular pet.
Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is a type of surgery that enables doctors to view the inside of the chest cavity after making only very small incisions. The doctor can examine the outside surface of the lung and the inner surface of the chest wall through a camera attached to the scope.
A VAT number is a value added tax ID number that is used for taxation purposes by countries that are in the...istory. The earliest implementation of the VAT number was in 1967, when the European Union issued the first directives relating to the value added tax system. The European Union in 1993 made fundamental changes to the way in which the tax functioned.