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Learning and engagement through natural history museums

open access: yesStudies in science education, 2018
This review examines how natural history museums (NHMs) can enhance learning and engagement in science, particularly for school-age students. First, we describe the learning potential of informal science learning institutions in general, then we focus on
T. Mujtaba   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Epidemiology and Natural History of Psychiatric Disorders After TBI.

open access: yesThe Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 2018
This article outlines the epidemiology of psychiatric disorders in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI), with a focus on DSM axis I disorders diagnosed on the basis of structured clinical interview.
J. Ponsford, Yvette Alway, K. Gould
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Elemental and isotopic analysis of leaves predicts nitrogen-fixing phenotypes

open access: yesScientific Reports
Nitrogen (N)-fixing symbiosis is critical to terrestrial ecosystems, yet possession of this trait is known for few plant species. Broader presence of the symbiosis is often indirectly determined by phylogenetic relatedness to taxa investigated via ...
Joshua R. Doby   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bivalvia biostratigraphy of Aksütlü region (Hekimhan, NW Malatya, Türkiye) and paleoclimatological interpretations

open access: yesBulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration
In this study, Early Miocene bivalve fauna obtained from Hekimhan Aksütlü locality is presented. Abundant and well-preserved ostreid samples are interesting in the area where molluscs have notbeen studied before.
Müjde Gürsoy
doaj   +1 more source

Biographical Sketch of Spencer Fullerton Baird [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
Spencer Fullerton Baird was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, February 3, 1823. In 1834 he was sent to a Quaker boarding-school kept by Dr. McGraw, at Port Deposit, Maryland, and the year following to the Reading Grammar School. In 1836 he entered Dickinson
Goode, George Brown
core  

By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gaucher disease epidemiology and natural history: a comprehensive review of the literature

open access: yesHematology, 2017
Objectives: The objectives of this research were: (1) to heighten awareness of Gaucher disease (GD), a rare lysosomal storage disorder with highly heterogeneous patterns of organ involvement and disease severity, to clinicians most likely to encounter ...
L. Nalysnyk   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Substrate specificity of Burkholderia pseudomallei multidrug transporters is influenced by the hydrophilic patch in the substrate‐binding pocket

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Multidrug transporters BpeB and BpeF from the Gram‐negative pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei have a hydrophilic patch in their substrate‐binding pocket. Drug susceptibility tests and growth curve analyses using an Escherichia coli recombinant expression system revealed that the hydrophilic patches of BpeB and BpeF are involved in the substrate ...
Ui Okada, Satoshi Murakami
wiley   +1 more source

Earth History and the Evolution of Caribbean Bats [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Although the natural history of the Caribbean is better understood now than ever before, a general biogeographic explanation for the peculiar faunal composition of the islands remains elusive.
Liliana Dá
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Approaches to estimating the universe of natural history collections data [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This contribution explores the problem of recognizing and measuring the universe of specimen-level data existing in Natural History Collections around the world, in absence of a complete, world-wide census or register. Estimates of size seem necessary to
Ariño, Arturo H.
core   +4 more sources

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