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Searching for seeds to rest in libraries : European collecting habits towards Malay books and manuscripts in the nineteenth century [PDF]
, 2009 European scholars, colonial administrators, missionaries, bibliophiles and others were the main collectors of Malay books in the nineteenth century, both in manuscript or printed form.
Warnk, Holger
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Functional morphology of the pharyngeal teeth of the ocean sunfish, Mola mola
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Many fish use a set of pharyngeal jaws in their throat to aid in prey capture and processing, particularly of large or complex prey. In this study—combining dissection, CT scanning, histology, and performance testing—we demonstrate a novel use of pharyngeal teeth in the ocean sunfish (Mola mola), a species for which pharyngeal jaw anatomy had ...
Benjamin Flaum +3 more
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Ludwig Mayer, a prominent collector of minerals and his collection in the National Museum in Prague
Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Series, 2018 Ludwig Mayer (*1879, †?) was an significant collector of minerals from Bílina near Teplice. He personally searched minerals in terrain. He also purchased large amount of minerals from dealers or exchanged with other collectors. He deserved a number of interesting or completely new mineralogical findings, which were enriching the overall knowledge of ...
Miroslav Radoň, Dalibor Velebil
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Predicting ecology and hearing sensitivities in Parapontoporia—An extinct long‐snouted dolphin
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Analyses of the cetacean (whale and dolphin) inner ear provide glimpses into the ecology and evolution of extinct and extant groups. The paleoecology of the long‐snouted odontocete (toothed whale) group, Parapontoporia, is primarily marine with its depositional context also suggesting freshwater tolerance.
Joyce Sanks, Rachel Racicot
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Nothing Besides Remains: Preserving the Scientific and Cultural Value of Paleontological Resources in the United States [PDF]
, 2005 Receptor occupancy assessed by Positron Emission Tomography (PET) can provide important translational information to help bridge information from one drug to another or from animal to man.
Chew, Alexa Z.
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Disparity of turbinal bones in placental mammals
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Turbinals are key bony elements of the mammalian nasal cavity, involved in heat and moisture conservation as well as olfaction. While turbinals are well known in some groups, their diversity is poorly understood at the scale of placental mammals, which span 21 orders.
Quentin Martinez +11 more
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Norsk MuseumstidsskriftImmateriell kulturarv har fått auka merksemd. Dette kjem til syne i normative dokument som tildelingsbrev frå Kulturdepartementet, FN sine berekraftsmål, ICOM sine etiske retningsliner og UNESCO-konvensjonen, der klinkbåttradisjonen blei innskriven som ...
Ingvill Naalsund
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George Gustav Heye and the National Museum of the American Indian - Collecting the Collector
Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies, 2012 On September 21, 2004 the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) opened its doors to the public. This essay will look at the institution's history, especially its collector, George Gustav Heye, and his representation inside the museum walls. Oscillating between honored patron and greedy businessman, the labels and objects explore his personality
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Max Ernst and the Aesthetic of Commercial Tourism: Max Among Some of His Favorite Dolls [PDF]
, 2019 : "Max Ernst and the Aesthetic of Commercial Tourism: Max Among His Favorite Dolls" examines Surrealist artist Max Ernst's practice of collecting Hopi and Zuni kachina figurines.
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Bioimaging of the sense organs and brain of fishes and reptiles. Left panel: 3D reconstruction of the head and brain of the deep‐sea viperfish Chauliodus sloani following diceCT. Right panel: A 3D reconstruction of a 70‐day‐old embryo head of the bearded dragon Pogona vitticeps following diceCT, showing the position of the segmented brain within the ...
Shaun P. Collin +9 more
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