4°C and beyond: what did this mean for biodiversity in the past by Willis, K, Bennett, K, Bhagwat, S, Birks, H

The rediscovery and reception of Gandhāran art: proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop of the Gandhāra Connections Project, University of Oxford, 24th-26th March, 2021

“…By the end of the century an abundance of sculptures had been accumulated by European soldiers and officials, which constituted the foundations for a new field of scholarship and internationally celebrated museum collections. Both then and since, the understanding of Gandhāran art has been impeded by gaps in documentation, haphazard excavation, forgery, and smuggling of antiquities. …”

Deception, illusion and punishment in classical art and Russian Neoclassical drama by New, KA

“…A rare insight into the Classical myth of the legendary king of the Lapiths is offered by the reverse side of an Etruscan bronze mirror, now preserved in the British Museum. The mirror, depicting the sprawled figure of Ixion, bound by every limb, in an archaic running position, to a wheel, is one of the few extant visual sources, which present the winged instrument of the King’s punishment.…”

Ivory as an important model bio-composite by Vollrath, F, Mi, R, Shah, DU

“…Elephant ivory (which is the most important ivory traded even now) is a dense, multifaceted bone-like material of rather complex 3-dimensional construction and levels of porosity. Museum curators and antiquarians care about these properties of ivory for two reasons: regarding its historical value as material (in the sense of workable substance) and concerning its requirements for preservation and display.…”

Metabolic rates, climate and macroevolution: a case study using Neogene molluscs by Strotz, LC, Saupe, EE, Kimmig, J, Lieberman, BS

“…Species-specific BMRs were calculated by measuring the size range of specimens from museum collections, determining ocean temperature using the HadCM3 global climate model, and deriving values based on relevant equations. …”

Building a DNA barcode reference library for the true butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Peninsula Malaysia: what about the subspecies? by Wilson, J.J., Sing, K.W., Sofian-Azirun, Mohd

“…A new DNA barcode library was constructed with butterflies from the Museum of Zoology, University of Malaya collection. …”
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The family bithyniidae gray, 1857 (Gastropoda: Truncatelloidea) in peninsular Malaysia and Singapore by Ting Hui Ng, Siong kiat tan

“…We review records of the bithyniids from this target region based on literature and museum material to verify species identities, statuses and distribution. …”
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Conservation of plant genetic resources by cryopreservation by Chin, Hoong Fong

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Peranakan Imageries in Malaysian and Singaporean Modern Art, 1980s-2017: Between Gendered Representations and Modern Expressions by Abdullah, Sarena

“…In particular, the hybrid elements of Nyonya culture, including Peranakan kebaya, jewellery, porcelain, embroidery, cuisine and lavish weddings, have been portrayed in books, museum exhibits, tourism brochures and the popular media as unique examples of cultural mixing that promote multi ethnic harmony and can attract tourists to the region (Worden 2003; Hardwick 2008; Teoh 2015). …”
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Sustaining the Malaysian Monarchy’s Heritage: How Should it be Positioned to International Tourists? by Zakariah, Zulaika, Kasim, Azilah, Abdul Razak, Norhanim

“…Respondents were surveyed in July and August 2022, at a museum in Malaysia. Using the Ward method, the clustering analysis identified three clusters, i.e., ‘the royal enthusiast’, ‘the apathetic tourists’, and ‘the inclined royalist’. …”
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Crowd-Sourcing Real-World Human-Robot Dialogue and Teamwork through Online Multiplayer Games by Chernova, Sonia, DePalma, Nicholas Brian, Breazeal, Cynthia Lynn

“…A user study performed at the Boston Museum of Science shows that the autonomous robot exhibits many of the same patterns of behavior that were observed in the online dataset and survey results rate the robot similarly to human partners in several critical measures.…”
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Cyberspace as a memory container by Sun, Meng, M.Arch Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Tuning Into The Planet: Scientists are collecting and archiving soundscapes before they disappear by Gamillo, Elizabeth

“…Collecting and archiving the baseline data of sounds that can be visited and studied, much like preserved specimens in a natural history museum, is crucial before they disappear or change forever. …”
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Design Experiences as Pathways for Embracing Failure by Das, Madhurima, Yang, Maria C

“…These interventions included a failure-themed “speaker seminar” series, a virtual gallery of design mistakes (“mistake museum”), and the introduction of a prototype logger for students to intentionally reflect on each iteration of their own design projects, including what went wrong and what was learned from the iteration. …”
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Wayward as the Minnehaha with her moods of shade and sunshine by Morgan, Susan, 1979-

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Moving fiction : novelists, technology designers, and the art of the exchange by Epstein, Michael, 1969-

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Building a federal ideal : juxtaposition of individual and the state by McCullough, David Scott

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Bringing art to everyday : Media Art Nexus NTU Singapore in review 2016-2018 by Conradi, Ina, Chavez, Mark

“…In 2014, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore’s Museum started the “Art on Campus” initiative with the aim of “bringing art to the people”. …”
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A study exploring the collaborative relationships among Taiwanese fishery scientists by Chen, Chia-Hsiang, Ke, Hao-Ren

“…Methods.Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 27 Taiwanese fishery scientists at the Taiwan Fisheries Research Institute, the Academia Sinica, the National Taiwan University, the National Taiwan Ocean University, and the National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium. Results. The results reveal that intellectual relationships among fishery scientists involve solving research puzzles collaboratively, giving informal comments on colleagues’ work, and seeking professional recognition. …”
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PERANAN TOUR PLANNER TERHADAP KEDATANGAN WISATAWAN KE DAYA TARIK WISATA KOTA YOGYAKARTA by , KENSRIE DIAH AYUNINGTYAS, , Prof. Dr. Marsono, S.U.

“…The tourist attraction diversity in Yogyakarta City divided by several thing that is the culture tourist attraction, the museum tourist attraction, education tourist attraction, tour village and annual events. …”