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A comparison of methods for excluding light from stems to evaluate stem photosynthesis
Abstract Premise A comparison of methods using different materials to exclude light from stems to prevent stem CO2 exchange (i.e., photosynthesis), without affecting stem conductance to water vapor, surface temperature, and relative humidity, was conducted on stems of avocado trees in California.
Nadia A. Valverdi +4 more
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In seventeenth‐century Cartagena de Indias, a portcity in today's Colombia, enslaved Africans recently disembarked from the Middle Passage faced a Jesuit‐designed multisensory catechesis. The process involved listening to translations of the Christian doctrine delivered by African interpreter‐catechists enslaved by the Jesuits, often in conjunction ...
Larissa Brewer‐García +1 more
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Tinamous are the only members of Palaeognathae (a clade containing giant flightless birds such as the ostrich) that are capable of flight. We utilized contrast enhanced micro CT scanning to explore in detail the musculoskeletal anatomy of the flight apparatus of the Andean tinamou, Nothoprocta pentlandii.
Klara E. Widrig +2 more
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Color induction in the restoration of architecture in historic city centers
Abstract In the restoration of historic facades, specialists need to tackle the problem of colors applied to the ornamental elements that appear different on a facade than if they were isolated, because the colors of the surrounding surfaces influence them through color induction.
Juan Serra +3 more
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Mitografía y manipulación iconográfica de la muerte de Cleopatra en la pintura occidental
Cleopatra es una de las figuras históricas que más repercusión y fama posterior han tenido, y uno de los temas más recurrentes en toda la pintura occidental. El episodio de su suicidio, supuestamente en manos de un áspid, cobró un gran protagonismo en la
A. Valtierra
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Abstract Subduction of bathymetric anomalies (e.g., an active ridge) can alter the morphology of subducted slabs and their coupling to surface processes. A natural laboratory to study these effects is the subduction of the Oceanic Chilean Ridge beneath the South American plate, which led to the formation of the Patagonian slab window. Its formation and
Xuesong Ding +2 more
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Between the Museum and the Street: Roberto Matta's Works in Chile during the Unidad Popular
This article seeks to contribute to the study of the work Roberto Matta made in Chile in the early 1970s by focusing on a series of painted arpilleras made at Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes and El primer gol del pueblo chileno, a mural created in collaboration with the muralist group Brigada Ramona Parra.
Paulina Caro Troncoso
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La digitalización mediante escáner de luz estructurada ha demostrado su utilidad para la conservación-restauración de colecciones de modelos anatómicos didácticos.
Óscar Hernández-Muñoz +2 more
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Micro-arquitecturas “al romano” en la pintura de Pedro Berruguete
Diversos fragmentos arquitectónicos representados en la pintura de Pedro Berruguete revelan un conocimiento de formas y composiciones del arte italiano que estuvieron vigentes durante el Quattrocento en la arquitectura y en la talla decorativa, tanto en ...
María José Redondo Cantera
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Abstract Aesthetic and moral evaluations engage appetitive and defensive emotions. While the role played by pleasure in positive aesthetic and moral judgements has been extensively researched, little is known about how defensive emotions influence negative aesthetic and moral judgements.
Alejandro Dorado +3 more
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