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.
Sales tax is a direct tax that is levied on a the price of a finished product, or service, and imposed on a buyer. Mechanism. VAT is calculated by subtracting the cost of output from the value of output. This can be written as: VAT = Value of Output -- Cost of Output.