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Johannes Vermeer’s Mistress and Maid: new discoveries cast light on changes to the composition and the discoloration of some paint passages

open access: yesHeritage Science, 2020
Among the thirty-six paintings ascribed to the Dutch seventeenth century artist Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675), Mistress and Maid, in The Frick Collection, stands out for the large-scale figures set against a rather plain background depicting a barely ...
Dorothy Mahon   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

From Ancient Techniques to Modern Solutions: In Situ Synthesis of C‐S‐H for Sandstone Conservation

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Herein, this work presents a paleo‐inspired approach to synthesizing and optimizing C‐S‐H‐based grouting mortars for conserving the sandstone of Beishan Grottoes, Dazu Rock Carvings, China. By achieving an optimal recipe compatible with natural sandstone, this work demonstrates the pivotal role of hydrogen bonding in the adhesion between C‐S‐H mortars ...
Mengjun Jia   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Museums of Łódź as an Element of Tourism Space and the Connection between Museums and the City’s Tourism Image [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This article deals with the museum potential of Łódź. The first sections describe the kinds and significance of museums, their location in the city and the attractiveness of their collections, premises and organized events.
Krakowiak, Beata
core   +1 more source

Australia’s marine fishes DNA barcode reference library for integrated taxonomy, metabarcoding & eDNA research

open access: yesScientific Data
Over 15 000 species of fishes are found globally in the marine environment and DNA barcodes are used extensively to describe, catalogue, understand and manage this diversity.
Sharon A. Appleyard   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

AInsectID Version 1.1: An Insect Species Identification Software Based on the Transfer Learning of Deep Convolutional Neural Networks

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
This paper describes the basis for AInsectID Version 1, a GUI‐operable open‐source insect species identification, color processing, and image analysis software. This paper discusses our methods of algorithmic development, coupled to rigorous machine training used to enable high levels of validation accuracy.
Haleema Sadia, Parvez Alam
wiley   +1 more source

Designing interoperable museum information systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Museum collections are characterized by heterogeneity, since they usually host a plethora of objects of categories, while each of them requires different description policies and metadata standards. Moreover the museum records, which keep the history and
Gavrilis, Dimitris   +2 more
core  

Osmoxylon‐like fossils from early Eocene South America: West Gondwana–Malesia connections in Araliaceae

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Araliaceae comprise a moderately diverse, predominantly tropical angiosperm family with a limited fossil record. Gondwanan history of Araliaceae is hypothesized in the literature, but no fossils have previously been reported from the former supercontinent.
Peter Wilf
wiley   +1 more source

Sherd Assemblages from Sites in Bowie, Cass, Gregg, Lamar, and Red River Counties in East Texas Held by the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History (SNOMNH) has in their collections several assemblages of ancestral Caddo ceramic vessel sherds from sites in East Texas.
Nelson, Bo, Perttula, Timothy K.
core   +1 more source

Distribution, Habitat, and Life History Aspects of the Dwarf Crayfishes of the Genus Cambarellus (Decapoda: Cambaridae) in Arkansas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The dwarf crayfishes of the genus Cambarellus are represented in Arkansas by only 2 species: Cambarellus (Pandicambarus) puer (Hobbs) and C. (P.) shufeldtii (Faxon). Both species are quite small and uncommonly encountered in the state.
McAllister, Chris T., Robison, Henry W
core   +3 more sources

Phylogenetic relationships and the identification of allopolyploidy in circumpolar Silene sect. Physolychnis

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Species complexes are groups of closely related species with ambiguous delimitation, often composed of recently diverged lineages. Polyploidization and uniparental reproduction (i.e., selfing and apomixis) can play important roles in the origin of species complexes. These complexes pose challenges for species‐based scientific questions,
Anne‐Sophie Quatela   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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