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Event generator to construct cross sections for the multiphonon excitation of a set of collective vibrational modes
(American Physical Society, 2010-03)
The construction of differential cross sections as a function of excitation energy for systems with a collection of low- and high-lying intrinsic vibrational modes has been attempted in the past. A prescription is proposed ...
Finding back Carlos Berg’s fish specimens: Naturalist preparation and collection management in object biography and conservation
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2019-07)
Carlos Berg (1843–1902) was one of the most important zoologists in South America, and a key figure in the development of the collections and organisation of the former Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires (macn). Responsible ...
“I Have Apostatized”: Self-Narratives of Catholic Apostasy as Resources for Collective Mobilization in Argentina
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022-02)
Since 2009, the Collective Apostasy Campaign in Argentina has mobilized some people who are opposed to the political interference of the Catholic Church through the formal act of apostatizing. The politicization of sexual ...
3D imaging system for the digitization of the Argentine museums collections
(Lexis, 2018-02)
3D images are increasingly used in the documentation of Cultural Heritage. The Laboratory of Laser Ablation of the Centro de Investigaciones Ópticas, Argentina, is carrying out a 3D digitization project of the collections ...
Collective Action, Regime of Capitalist Accumulation, and Emotions
(Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro Argentino de Información Científica y Tecnológica, 2016-12)
Curatorial Assessment and Status of the General Collection of Membracoidea and Cercopoidea (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadomorpha) of the Museo de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2019-04-18)
Biological collections kept by museums have more than a public education value, and offer unique opportunities for taxonomic studies and a continued value to the study of biodiversity. The Museo de La Plata (MLP), Buenos ...
Collective action: Experimental evidence
(Academic Press Inc., 2016-09)
We conducted a laboratory experiment to test the comparative statics predictions of a new approach to collective action games based on the method of stability sets. We find robust support for the main theoretical predictions. ...
The importance of individual variation in the dynamics of animal collective movements
(The Royal Society, 2018-03-26)
Animal collective movements are a key example of a system where we aim to understand the link between two clearly defined levels of organization: the individual and the group. Initial models investigating collective movements ...
Amphibian abnormalities: historical records of museum collection in Tucuman province, Argentina
(British Herpetological Society, 2013-10)
We analyze patterns of abnormalities in anurans from Tucumán, Argentina, deposited in the Fundación Miguel Lillo collection. We examined 1651 specimens collected from 1940 to 2010. Overall abnormality prevalence was 4.4% ...
A Natural Science Museum as a Resource for Teaching and Learning
(Medwin Publishers, 2021-03)
Nowadays, museums are conceived as places of educational value; they enable areas to promote learning related to specific topics, and they allow visitors to understand and interpret their environment, among other potentialities. ...