Keeper-Animal Interactions: Differences between the Behaviour of Zoo Animals Affect Stockmanship. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2015 Ward SJ, Melfi V.
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Fostering Dialogue on AI Ethics and Biases Through an Issue‐Based Traveling Exhibition
Curator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Discriminatory algorithms, unauthorized data use, and environmental costs show how artificial intelligence (AI) advancements are tied to larger sociopolitical issues. Through the design and pilot study of AI Dilemmas, an issue‐based traveling exhibition, this qualitative case study explores fostering dialogue on such complex scientific ...
Dagmar Mercedes Heeg, Lucy Avraamidou
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Understanding the Range and Impact of Visitor Experiences at Science Museums
Curator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While the core mission of science museums is to provide engaging learning experiences that promote scientific literacy among the visiting public, attention has recently been focused on the wide range of visitor experiences that surround and support visitor learning.
Jan Packer
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Study of the Aminoglycoside Subsistence Phenotype of Bacteria Residing in the Gut of Humans and Zoo Animals. [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2015 Bello González Tde J +4 more
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Similar or Different? Configurations of Authenticity Across Museum Types
Curator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Authenticity is traditionally regarded as playing a crucial role in museums, science centers, and memorials. However, despite this fact, authenticity has very different meanings in different (institutional) settings. This complicates shared communications across museum practices.
S. Schwan +18 more
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Characterization of Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC398 and mecC-positive CC130 from Zoo Animals in the United Kingdom. [PDF]
Microb Drug Resist, 2017 Bortolami A +6 more
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Animal Teachers: Nonhuman Pedagogy and the Question of Deceit
Educational Theory, EarlyView.Abstract Animals as “teachers” of human children and adults is a recurring theme in children's literature, in anthropological accounts of “feral children,” as well as in contemporary practices of animal‐assisted pedagogy, philosophical research, wildlife documentaries, and popular culture.
Helena Pedersen
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“I teach her at home”: Home learning environments amid resource constraints
Family Relations, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective This study examined how mothers with low incomes think about and enact investments of time and money for their infants and toddlers. Background Infancy and toddlerhood are pivotal years for development. Home learning environments in these earliest years can also set the stage for later home learning environments.
Jill Hoiting, Sarah Halpern‐Meekin
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The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.MRTFs and YAP/TAZ proteins, or mechanosensitive transcriptional cofactors (MRTcoF), regulate common genes associated with cellular contractility and immune cell infiltration. Their differential regulation in response to stiffness is linked to changes in hepatocyte's aspect ratio. MRTFB does not undergo nuclear translocation under these conditions. This
Brenda Selene Torres‐Ortiz +13 more
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