scholarly journals Museum collections reveal that Buff-breasted Sandpipers (Calidris subruficollis) maintained mtDNA variability despite large population declines during the past 135 years

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 1197-1208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zachary T. Lounsberry ◽  
Juliana B. Almeida ◽  
Richard B. Lanctot ◽  
Joseph R. Liebezeit ◽  
Brett K. Sandercock ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Large Population ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
Population Declines ◽  
The Past ◽  
Mtdna Variability

scholarly journals Financial Options Used for Financing Selected Public Investments in Three Washington State Communities, 1930-1965

1972 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-190
Author(s):  
Nelson L. Bills
Keyword(s):  
Population Growth ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Washington State ◽  
Urban Residents ◽  
Population Declines ◽  
Small Communities ◽  
The Past ◽  
Public Investments ◽  
Financial Options ◽  
Community Growth

The past few decades have seen significant absolute and relative increases in numbers of urban residents. The process of city or community growth, however, has been exceedingly uneven in the sense that only a proportion of those villages and towns that stood on the threshold of urbanization and sustained population growth have emerged as cities. Some communities have experienced dramatic population increases while others have barely sustained themselves in terms of population, or at best have realized modest population gains. Finally, significant numbers of small communities have been faced with relatively large population declines.

scholarly journals Museum Collections as a Reflection of Cultural Landscape: the Interpretation of Collective Memory

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oskar Habjanič ◽  
Verena Perko
Keyword(s):  
Collective Memory ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Political Identity ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
The Past ◽  
Social Tasks ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Private Collections

The article deals with the relationship between the local community, museum collections, collective memory and the cultural landscape. The ICOM Code of Museum Ethics defines a museum collection as a cultural and natural heritage of the communities from which they have been derived. The collections, especially in regional museums, are inextricably linked to the community. The cultural landscape can be read also as a bridge between the society and natural environment. The cultural landscape is vitally connected with a national, regional, local, ethnic, religious or political identity. Furthermore, the cultural landscape is a reflection of the community's activities. Therefore, private collections are the foundation of the collective memory and empower museums for important social tasks. They offer an opportunity for multilayered interpretation of the past and give a possibility for museums to work on the inclusion of vulnerable groups. The collections could be a mediator and unique tool for recovering of the “broken” memory. In this way certain tragic past events, ignored or only bigotedly mentioned by history, can be re-evaluated.

Two new species of Megophrys Kuhl & van Hasselt (Amphibia: Megophryidae), from western Thailand and southern Cambodia

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2734 (1) ◽  
pp. 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
STEPHEN MAHONY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Historical Collections ◽  
The Past ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Tak Province ◽  
Respective Type

Two new species of the genus Megophrys are described from historical collections presented by Malcolm A. Smith to The Natural History Museum, London, in the early twentieth century. These specimens were previously misidentified as Megophrys parva, a widespread Asian species apparently comprised of a species complex. Megophrys damrei sp. nov., from the Bokor Plateau in the Cardamom Mountains of southern Cambodia and Megophrys takensis sp. nov., from Ban Pa Che, Tak Province, in western Thailand, are herein distinguished morphologically from all congeners from their respective and neighbouring countries. These, or further specimens representing either species, do not appear to have been reported on by other authors in the past and the conservation status of the two new species remains to be assessed. An attempt to locate both species at and near their respective type localities was successful for Megophrys takensis sp. nov., allowing the documentation of observations in the wild and live colouration. This study highlights the importance of examining historical museum collections often overlooked in recent decades by modern taxonomists.

Evidence from Chinese Medical Journals on Current Population Policy

1969 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 137-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leo A. Orleans
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Population Policy ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Good Thing ◽  
Medical Journals ◽  
The Past ◽  
Initial Decision ◽  
Current Population ◽  
Short Statement ◽  
Magazine Articles

China's bitter population dilemma is clearly summarized in just one short statement from the People's Daily: “We insist on family planning, but generally speaking we think it is a good thing to have a large population.” For the past two decades China's population policy has been shrouded in secrecy, has been expressed only through Communist polemic and has suffered from apparent indecision and consequent vacillations. Official thinking on this subject is almost never expressed in direct statements and proclamations. It must be gleaned from casual remarks by Chinese leaders, from newspaper and magazine articles and official radio broadcasts, which usually discuss implementation but omit reference to the initial decision, and from visitors to China who describe the visible signs that suggest a particular policy is currently in effect.

Walking in the Shadows of Archaeologists Past: Researching Museum Collections and Associated Records to Elucidate past Lifeways

2000 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-106
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Crowell
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Field Data ◽  
Smithsonian Institution ◽  
The State ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
The Past ◽  
Private Collections

Researching museum collections and associated field data, in addition to consulting modern scientific studies, can provide a great deal of information about the presence and nature of archaeological sites in a locale. This article was developed based upon collections research conducted for prehistoric archaeological sites in Washington, D.C., using the collections of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, and other repositories. The state of collections varies widely. Some collectors gathered only perfect completed tools and other objects, while others collected these materials and debitage. The state of documentation ranges from complete and exacting with precision rivaling modern-day to non-existent. The importance of examining museum collections and private collections, where available, cannot be downplayed. Sometimes they possess the only clues remaining regarding certain practices which occurred in the past and can provide information not otherwise available to the researcher.

scholarly journals Adolescent Reproductive Health: The Role of Agency and Autonomy

2003 ◽  
Vol 42 (4II) ◽  
pp. 569-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azeema Faizunnisa ◽  
Minhaj Ul Haque
Keyword(s):  
Large Population ◽  
Fertility Transition ◽  
Significant Decline ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Population Pyramid ◽  
The Past ◽  
Adolescent Reproductive Health ◽  
Age Range

The world is experiencing the largest cohort of adolescents in its history, and there are about 1 billion youngsters in this age group, most of whom belong to the developing countries. Worldwide, the adolescent age group is gaining prominence for researchers, policy-makers and donors. This issue is more important for Pakistan where about one-third of 150 million Pakistanis are in the age range of 10-24 years [Pakistan Census Organisation (2001)]. In Pakistan, the fertility transition has just begun [Sathar and Casterline (1998)], and we will have the largest cohort of young people in next five years. With a TFR of 4.1 which represents a significant decline in fertility in the past two decades for about two children [Pakistan (2003)], still we have a large population base. Nearly 33 percent of the population is aged 10-24, and ready to enter marriage and childbearing. Adolescents represents as a “bulge” in the population pyramid of Pakistan that will have serious implications at a variety of levels.

scholarly journals El-Hibeh: reconstructing the past in virtual realtiy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristian D. Howald
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Point Cloud ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
The Past ◽  
Digital Reconstruction ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Historical Sites

There is a desire to push for innovation in the field of archaeology. Technologies like photogrammetry, point cloud scans, and additive printing are being utilized to document historical sites to cataloguing entire museum collections. The breadth of my research focuses on how Virtual Reality can be used as a tool to preserve the past and build new knowledge for our future. During this examination, questions arise around an object’s authenticity, as Aura, and whether or not this is a transferable attribute from something with materiality to something with no physicality, such as a digital reconstruction.

scholarly journals Howling from the past: historical phylogeography and diversity losses in European grey wolves

2018 ◽  
Vol 285 (1884) ◽  
pp. 20181148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christophe Dufresnes ◽  
Christian Miquel ◽  
Nadège Remollino ◽  
François Biollaz ◽  
Nicolas Salamin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
Anthropogenic Factors ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Grey Wolf ◽  
Population Declines ◽  
The Past ◽  
Genetic Bottlenecks ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Western Palaearctic ◽  
Genetic Signatures

Genetic bottlenecks resulting from human-induced population declines make alarming symbols for the irreversible loss of our natural legacy worldwide. The grey wolf ( Canis lupus ) is an iconic example of extreme declines driven by anthropogenic factors. Here, we assessed the genetic signatures of 150 years of wolf persecution throughout the Western Palaearctic by high-throughput mitochondrial DNA sequencing of historical specimens in an unprecedented spatio-temporal framework. Despite Late Pleistocene bottlenecks, we show that historical genetic variation had remained high throughout Europe until the last several hundred years. In Western Europe, where wolves nearly got fully exterminated, diversity dramatically collapsed at the turn of the twentieth century and recolonization from few homogeneous relict populations induced drastic shifts of genetic composition. By contrast, little genetic displacement and steady levels of diversity were maintained in Eastern European regions, where human persecution had lesser effects on wolf demography. By comparing prehistoric, historic and modern patterns of genetic diversity, our study hence traces the timeframe and the active human role in the decline of the grey wolf, an emblematic yet controversial animal which symbolizes the complex relationship between human societies and nature conservation.

scholarly journals El-Hibeh: reconstructing the past in virtual realtiy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristian D. Howald
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Point Cloud ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
The Past ◽  
Digital Reconstruction ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Historical Sites

There is a desire to push for innovation in the field of archaeology. Technologies like photogrammetry, point cloud scans, and additive printing are being utilized to document historical sites to cataloguing entire museum collections. The breadth of my research focuses on how Virtual Reality can be used as a tool to preserve the past and build new knowledge for our future. During this examination, questions arise around an object’s authenticity, as Aura, and whether or not this is a transferable attribute from something with materiality to something with no physicality, such as a digital reconstruction.

Museum Collections and Their Legacies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindy Allen
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous People ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
Cultural Patrimony ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
New Meanings ◽  
Nuanced Understanding

Museums continue to be cast as anachronistic—‘weary’, ‘tired’, and ‘out of touch’—trophy houses embedded in the colonial past, with object collections considered hollow remnants of that past. This article contests this notion and reveals how museums have emerged over the past fifty years as active field sites where Indigenous communities, scholars, artists, and artisans in the Pacific have been and are engaging with their cultural patrimony. This approach has seen new meanings and readings of, and new life breathed into, these collections in ways never imagined or anticipated. The museum is a space where differing epistemologies have engaged, conflicted, and negotiated, enabling the reshaping and recovery of meanings within the things held in collections; a process that sits at the centre of the current decolonizing discourse. For Indigenous people, these museum holdings are a unique and tangible link to the past that can perhaps be found only in memory. This article provides a nuanced understanding of the complexities associated with museum collections and their enduring legacies realized through the engagement of Indigenous people with their cultural patrimony.

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