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National museums new studies from around the world
, 2011 National Museums is the first book to explore the national museum as a cultural institution in a range of contrasting national contexts. Composed of new studies of countries that rarely make a showing in the English-language studies of museums, this book
Knell, Simon J. 1955-
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The middle Permian represents a critical interval in therapsid evolution, when gorgonopsians emerged as some of the first specialized apex predators within terrestrial ecosystems. Despite their significance, the early diversification of Gorgonopsia in Gondwana remains poorly understood due to scarcity and fragmentary material.
Zanildo Macungo +5 more
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The Budgeting of Portuguese Public Museums: a dynamic panel data analysis [PDF]
In this paper, the first panel on sources of funding for Portuguese publicly owned museums is explored. There has been little work in this field worldwide, and none for Portugal. Evidence in this paper seems contrary to that relating to the UK and to the
João Coelho, Carlos Santos
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Macaws are renowned for processing dry, mechanically resistant fruits, yet the species‐level anatomical and functional correlates of this performance remain incompletely resolved. We examined the feeding apparatus of the Blue‐and‐yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) using an integrated approach that combines osteology, myology, and bite‐force estimates
Sérgio R. Posso +2 more
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Polynoidae (Annelida) from bathyal and abyssal depths in southern and eastern Australia
Records of the Australian MuseumWe provide a systematic account of the family Polynoidae (Annelida) from deep waters (> 1000 m) around Australia. Specimens were collected during surveys to the Great Australian Bight (2013–2017), east coast of Australia (2017), and southern seamounts ...
Anna Murray +5 more
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When The Private Becomes Public: A Look at Privately Funded Public Museums
, 2005 TarraWarra Museum of Art Ltd is described on its website as being 'the first privately funded, significant public visual arts museum to be set up under the Australian Government's philanthropic measures announced in 1999.' As a relatively recent ...
Ostling, Susan
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.The largest silesaurid known from South America is described here, demonstrating that silesaurids reached large body sizes in southwestern Gondwana. This discovery further underscores the widespread geographic distribution and temporal persistence of large silesaurids across Pangea, despite faunal turnovers and environmental events such as the Carnian ...
Rodrigo Temp Müller
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Explaining National Museums : Exploring comparative approaches to the study of national museums
, 2010 National Museums" is a major thematic collection of new research papers from around the world. The book is an interrogation of the origins, purpose, organisation, politics, narratives, philosophies, of national museums. It combines new research from both
Aronsson, Peter,
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Preventive conservation strategies for sustainable urban pollution control in museums [PDF]
, 2000 The last 40 years have seen major changes in the sources and concentrations of urban pollution (nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, and particulates).
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Early stages of tooth development in the harbor porpoise Phocoena phocoena
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Here we describe the stages of tooth development in toothed whales on the basis of the harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). The aim of the study was to find out whether these stages are identical to those of other mammals analyzed so far although toothed whales are homodont and monophyodont.
Lasse M. Mathes +2 more
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