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Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.Abstract Global herbarium digitization has produced over 50 million specimen images, many of which contain handwritten or printed labels with rich metadata such as species names, collection dates, localities, and ecological notes. Manual transcription of this information is labor intensive, error prone, and not scalable, which has motivated the ...
Hiba Abbad +7 more
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Collegium Medievale, 2011 Old Norse literature, and indeed Old Norse culture, did not develop in a vacuum. This article discusses some possible points of influence from Roman classical sources both in Sverris saga and on King Sverrir himself. This influence may have come directly
Hilde Stoltz
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Redescription of the Triassic cynodont Cistecynodon parvus and reassessment of its phylogeny
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Cynodontia is an important subclade of Therapsida that first occurred in the late Permian. It includes extinct subclades which are the non‐mammaliaform cynodonts and Mammaliaformes, with the latter ultimately giving rise to crown mammals. The systematics of non‐mammaliaform cynodonts has been extensively studied and is relatively well‐resolved,
Erin S. Lund +4 more
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Nornir in Old Norse mythology [PDF]
, 2008 The primary object of the thesis is to discuss a particular group of female supernatural beings called 'nornir' and their relationship to the Old Norse concept of fate.
Bek-Pedersen, Karen
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Comparison of Old Norse and Proto-Norse Noun Declension
, 2012 Comparison of Old Norse and Proto-Norse Noun Declension The purpose of this thesis is to follow the development of noun declensions from Proto-Norse to the Old Norse (Old Icelandic) language.
Šimeček, David
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Filologia GermanicaThis article on early runic metrics takes a minimalist standpoint by first taking the position of the Advocatus Diaboli. This means that metrical criteria of the older runic inscriptions until c. AD 500 should speak for themselves without being directly
MICHAEL SCHULTE
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Human evolution and the obstetrical dilemma: The pelvic floor hypothesis
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Human childbirth is mechanically difficult because a large‐headed, broad‐shouldered fetus must pass through a comparatively narrow, twisted bony birth canal. Traditional explanations of this “obstetrical dilemma” emphasize the role of bipedal locomotion in inhibiting the evolution of a wider, more spacious pelvis.
Barbara Fischer, Ekaterina Stansfield
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The Political Symbolism of Ants and Bees in Old Norse Sources
Collegium Medievale, 2020 In this article I discuss the political themes attached to the eusocial creatures, specifically ants and bees, in Old Norse sources. I consider the situation of Old Norse as a transnational literature, encompassing one country that lacked ants and bees ...
Richard Cole
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Postnatal craniomandibular growth in Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina vitulina)
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Postnatal ontogeny in Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina vitulina). Cranium and mandible grow rapidly until 5 years of age, followed by a deceleration and finally a stagnation. Abstract As secondarily aquatic carnivores, seals display several phenotypic differences compared to their terrestrial relatives.
Elisabeth Steinbach +2 more
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