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Arenas for implicit education: Looking at leftovers
In schools and kindergartens much of education happens in "secondary places" – locations in the territory of the educational institution that are not meant for direct instruction purposes, but where all participants necessarily encounter in their daily ...
Giuseppina Marsico +2 more
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"A pleasurable and illuminating collection that sets out the important implications of accessories and shows how conspicuous consumption and ornamental ostentation aim to secure status and display affiliation. "Ornamentalism" explains how accessories carry heavily laden symbolic and mnemonic significance, given their age, beauty, and value."---Richard ...
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A small intruder. A Medieval marble winged lion from Ravello [PDF]
An image of a 12th century marble winged lion was provocatively included among the slides accompanying a lecture by the author at a recent conference at the American Academy in Rome to illustrate Umberto Scerrato’s work on Islamic archaeology and art ...
Fontana, Maria Vittoria
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Development of functional ectopic compound eyes in scarabaeid beetles by knockdown of orthodenticle [PDF]
Complex traits like limbs, brains, or eyes form through coordinated integration of diverse cell fates across developmental space and time, yet understanding how complexity and integration emerge from uniform, undifferentiated precursor tissues remains ...
Busey, Hannah A. +3 more
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The philosophical Background Of Karang Hasti Ornament Found On The Foundation Of Balinese Hindu Sacred Buildings [PDF]
Karang hasti or karang gajah is one of ornaments on Balinese Hindu shrine’s foundation. This ornament adopts the basic form of elephant head which is clearly represented with the shapes of trunk, ivory, and wide ears.
I Nyoman , Widya Paramadhyaksa
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Amber imitation? Two unusual cases of Pinus resin-coated beads in Iberian Late Prehistory (3rd and 2nd millennia BC) [PDF]
A group of beads from the artificial cave of La Molina (Lora de Estepa, Sevilla) and Cova del Gegant (Sitges, Barcelona) were made from a biogenic raw material and intentionally covered by a layer of resin.
Avilés Escaño, Miguel Ángel +5 more
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Marugame Udon An Analysis of Tenant and Stand-alone Restaurant [PDF]
Nowadays, food is being used to spread and exchange the culture of a nation. In Indonesia, particularly in big cities such as Jakarta and Bandung, there are many specialty restaurants that offer an international menu representing the image of a country ...
Handoyo, A. D. (Andreas ) +2 more
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'Palaeoshellomics’ reveals the use of freshwater mother-of-pearl in prehistory
The extensive use of mollusc shell as a versatile raw material is testament to its importance in prehistoric times. The consistent choice of certain species for different purposes, including the making of ornaments, is a direct representation of how ...
Jorune Sakalauskaite +20 more
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Abstract Three cheers for Tukey for pointing out why we should no longer use the word “ornamentals” (HortScience 22:9, Feb. 1987) to describe landscape plants, with their many functional uses that transcend the merely ornamental. Some of us have been uncomfortable with the word for a long time.
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