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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract A subadult Moschognathus whaitsi from the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, was scanned using synchrotron radiation X‐ray computed tomography (SRXCT). Its subadult state allowed the cranial bones and teeth to be identified and individually reconstructed in 3D.
Tristen Lafferty +3 more
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On ceremonial arms of Russian sovereigns’ pilgrimages in the last quarter of the 17th century [PDF]
Историческое оружиеведениеThe article studies the changes in the set of ceremonial arms used at the royal court in the second half of the 17th century. The Smolensk campaign of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich (1654-1656) was the starting point of active changes in the court ceremonial ...
Dr. Sergey P. Orlenko +1 more
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Semantic browsing of digital collections [PDF]
, 2005 Visiting museums is an increasingly popular pastime. Studies have shown that visitors can draw on their museum experience, long after their visit, to learn new things in practical situations.
G. Landow +3 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Dinosaurs evolved a unique respiratory system with air sacs that contributed to their evolutionary success. Postcranial skeletal pneumaticity (PSP) has been used to infer the presence of air sac systems in some fossil archosaurs. While unambiguous evidence of PSP is well documented in pterosaurs and post‐Carnian saurischians, it remains absent
Tito Aureliano +3 more
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Conservation of the european mining and metallurgical heritage. Part 2
, 2000 In the June 1999 issue of the CIM Bulletin an inventory of Mining Museums Across Canada was published. Because museums are an important educational tool and a touristic attraction, it is a pleasure to have professors Octavio Puche Riart and Luis Felipe ...
Mazadiego Martínez, Luis Felipe +1 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The anatomical description of the hourglass dolphin (Cephalorhynchus cruciger) and the spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica) remains largely unexplored, due to limited specimen availability and preservation challenges. This study employed digital imaging techniques, conventional histology, and computed tomography to provide visualization of
Jean‐Marie Graïc +26 more
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Museums and museums: the picture of scientific museums [PDF]
Journal of Science Communication, 2003 In the field of scientific communication in Europe, science centres have gained increasing importance over the last ten years. Italy, beyond the City of Science in Naples, is also planning the set up of more science centres throughout the country. Their hands-on style makes them something between a museum and a fun fair and, beyond the issue of merit ...
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Walruses have been an important subsistence and cultural resource for humans and have been exploited for millennia across their distribution. This exploitation has contributed to severe declines in several populations and local extirpations.
Katrien Dierickx +6 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and EvolutionCitizen science has the potential to advance scientific knowledge by producing large datasets from diverse landscapes. The Kenya Bird Map (KBM) has collected a large data set on Kenyan birds, yet it is largely untapped for scientific research. This study
Frank Juma Ong’ondo +6 more
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‘Educative leisure’ and the art museum [PDF]
, 2012 This paper argues that although museums have increasingly changed their mission to embrace ‘spectacular’ and ‘commercial’ goals in recent decades, their audiences resist this redefinition of the museum’s role. Based on a structural equation model derived
Hanquinet, Laurie, Savage, Mike
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