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Enabling the study of gene function in gymnosperms: Virus‐induced gene silencing in Ephedra tweedieana

open access: yesApplications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise As the sister clade to angiosperms, extant gymnosperms are crucial for reconstructing ancestral gene regulatory networks in seed plants. This highlights the need for model systems representing each of their distinct lineages. However, tools to quickly and effectively investigate gene function in gymnosperms are still limited due to the
Anthony G. K. Garcia   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

From loss of objects to recovery of meanings: online museums and indigenous cultural heritage [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The debate about the responsibility of museums to respect Indigenous peoples’ rights (Kelly and Gordon; Butts) has caught our attention on the basis of our previous research experience with regard to the protection of the tangible and intangible heritage
Pilcher, Jeremy, Vermeylen, Saskia
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Smart and sustainable: collecting urban transport and mobility innovation in the 2020s

open access: yesScience Museum Group Journal, 2022
How can museums collect transport objects to reflect the changes that we can see happening on the streets around us today? Much of what is changing relates to behaviour and integrated transport systems, both of which lack material ‘objects’ to collect ...
Meredith Greiling
doaj   +1 more source

Museum Management and private Museums in EGYPT [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Architecture and Cultural Heritage, 2020
In Egypt, the museums are run by the government while Lack of Financial resources for running costs and purchasing budgets threatens to derail the objectives of even the museum and mission of these institutions, so many countries have moved to Involve the private sector in the field of museums, While many private museums run by people have been ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Turning a new leaf: PhenoVision provides leaf phenology data at the global scale

open access: yesApplications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Plant phenology dictates many aspects of community function and ecosystem dynamics. Yet, global phenology data are still limited, especially in areas lacking monitoring programs. Here we present a new data resource, PhenoVision–Leaf, which extends a computer vision pipeline utilizing iNaturalist digital image vouchers to produce global‐
Erin L. Grady   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Q&A with Martin Goldberg [Galloway Hoard] [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
National Museums Scotland on the Galloway Hoard acquisition. Martin Goldberg is the Principal Curator, Medieval Archaeology and History, at National Museums Scotland.
Stephen, Simon
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Mind Museums [PDF]

open access: yes
Mind Museums offer a fresh perspective on the heritage of mental health, bringing museums into sharp focus. Drawing on interdisciplinary approaches from architecture, museum and exhibition design, and heritage and museum studies, it examines former ...
Lanz, Francesca
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Museums journal. [PDF]

open access: yes
"Indexes to papers read before the Museums Association, 1890-1909. Comp. by Charles Madeley": v. 9, p. 427-452.Art indexArt and archaeology technical abstractsArchitectural periodicals index"Indexes to papers read before the Museums Association, 1890 ...
Museums Association.
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Retrospective Thinking: Decolonizing Minerals at National Museums Scotland 

open access: yesMuseum & Society
This paper explores the mineral specimens held by the Science and Technology department at National Museums Scotland (NMS). It examines what these objects and their provenance reveal about the Museum’s collecting methods and how they reflect and ...
Georgina Grant, Ellie Swinbank
doaj   +1 more source

Functional morphology of the pharyngeal teeth of the ocean sunfish, Mola mola

open access: yesThe 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
wiley   +1 more source

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