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The Origin of Fleas and the Genesis of Plague [PDF]
, 2015 Human history has been riddled by diseases spread by flea vectors including the bubonic plague. Recently, Madagascar has documented more than 100 cases.
Gillen, Alan L.
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The public domain vs. the museum: the limits of copyright and reproductions of two-dimensional works of art [PDF]
, 2014 The problem of museums and public institutions handling reproductions of works in their collections is not only a legal question but also one of museum ethics. Public museums are committed to spreading knowledge and to making their collections accessible.
Petri, Grischka
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A quantitative examination of the impact of featured articles in Wikipedia [PDF]
, 2011 This paper presents a quantitative examination of the impact of the presentation of featured articles as quality content in the main page of several Wikipedia editions.
González-Barahona, Jesus M. +3 more
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The Role of Entscheider in the Asylum Procedure: A Legal and Ethical Analysis [PDF]
, 2019 In this article we examine the role of Entscheider (decision-makers) in the German asylum procedure, both legally and ethical. As the responsibility for deciding on asylum applications lies exclusively with them, their significance for the German asylum ...
Kleinschmidt, Nicolas, Krüger, Jessica
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New Phytologist, EarlyView.Summary Evidence for the ongoing biodiversity crisis rests on assessment of a small fraction of described species, with major knowledge gaps for most organisms, including plants. Here, we highlight how digitised herbarium specimens can be used to accelerate and improve estimates of recent and ongoing plant extinctions.
Aelys M. Humphreys +4 more
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21st-century scholarship and Wikipedia [PDF]
, 2012 Wikipedia, the world’s fifth most-used Web site, is a good illustration of the growing credibility of online resources. In his article in Ariadne earlier this year, “Wikipedia: Reflections on Use and Academic Acceptance”, Brian Whalley described the ...
Thomas, Amber
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"Enlisting 'Vertues Noble & Excelent': Behavior, Credit, and Knowledge Organization in the Social Edition" [PDF]
, 2015 A part of the special issue of DHQ on feminisms and digital humanities, this paper takes as its starting place Greg Crane’s exhortation that there is a "need to shift from lone editorials and monumental editions to editors ...
Alyssa Arbuckle +2 more
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What Does Intarsia Say? Materiality and Spirituality in the Urbino Studiolo☆
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Upon entering the Urbino studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro, the visitor is struck by a material‐charged environment. Surprisingly, only a few scholars have addressed one prominent aspect of the decorative scheme, namely, the feature of intarsia as a medium. Even so, it remains on the sidelines of the discussion.
Matan Aviel
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Hybrid, 2022 Participative projects in the cultural domain require the development and preservation of a functional and dynamic community of contributors. This paper studies the community organisation activities in the Wikimedia movement, especially the Wiki Loves ...
Antonin Segault
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Education Unleashed: Participatory Culture, Education, and Innovation in Second Life [PDF]
, 2008 Part of the Volume on the Ecology of Games: Connecting Youth, Games, and LearningWhile virtual worlds share common technologies and audiences with games, they possess many unique characteristics. Particularly when compared to massively multiplayer online
Cory Ondrejka
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