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Torgovnick, Marianna, Penelope Bodry-Sanders, and Edward Rice. "Stuffed Animals." Transition, no. 54 (1991): 58. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2934902.
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Turner, Stephanie S. "Relocating “Stuffed” Animals." Humanimalia 4, no. 2 (February 4, 2013): 1–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.52537/humanimalia.9991.
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This essay focuses on the remediating effects of photography of natural history museum taxidermy. How do these works refigure the apparent verisimilitude of taxidermied animals and their realistic diorama “habitats”? And how do they implicate viewers? Applying historian and curator Rachel Poliquin’s typology of taxidermy to a number of examples, I show how the “talkative thingness” of taxidermied animals — their tendency to signify in excess of their materiality — is expressed in the overlapping descriptive, biographical, cautionary, and experiential aspects of a number of contemporary photographers of natural history museum taxidermies.
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Labbate, Lawrence A., and David M. Benedek. "Bedside Stuffed Animals and Borderline Personality." Psychological Reports 79, no. 2 (October 1996): 624–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1996.79.2.624.
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We explored the relationship between psychiatric diagnosis and the presence of stuffed animals at the bedside in a population of adult female psychiatric inpatients. One of the authors made approximately weekly surveys of the wardrooms of adult psychiatric inpatients over twelve months for the presence of displayed stuffed animals. The observer was blind to the diagnosis of 80% of the patients, and the study or its hypothesis was not known to other physicians. The discharge diagnoses of patients displaying stuffed animals were recorded and compared with those of the ward population in general. Among 36 female patients who displayed stuffed animals in their rooms, Borderline Personality Disorder was diagnosed in 22 (61%) of these patients. Of 447 adult female patients admitted to the same unit over the same period, only 17% were noted to be diagnosed Borderline Personality Disorder. Stuffed animals as a bedside clinical clue may suggest evaluation for Borderline Personality Disorder.
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Long, Julia. "Portable Pets: Live and Apparently Live Animals in Fashion, 1880–1925." Costume 43, no. 1 (June 1, 2009): 109–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/174963009x419755.
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In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, well-dressed women around the world embraced the emerging trend of animal-bedecked styles. Both live and stuffed animals were lavishly featured in daily ensembles, and the beauty of the natural world was assimilated into the world of fashion. This paper will examine this trend and its various avenues, looking specifically at the incorporation of live and stuffed animals into dress, the popularity of taxidermy, and the methods of reanimating dead creatures. The paper also takes into account the dual underlying reasons for this trend: the pervasive interest in the natural world and the special affinity women had for animals.
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BORONETSKAYA, O. I. "70TH ANNIVERSARY OF E.F.LISKUN ANIMAL SCIENCE MUSEUM." Izvestiâ Timirâzevskoj selʹskohozâjstvennoj akademii, no. 3 (2020): 165–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.26897/0021-342x-2020-3-165-172.
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The E.F. Liskun Animal Science Museum celebrates its 70th anniversary. The paper outlines its history, development and today’s life. The museum houses numerous collections of stuffed animals. The exposition tells about the history of the development of animal science, the domestication of farm animals, breed formation and the formation of modern domestic livestock and poultry population.
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Lytvynenko, Roman. "Ungulate’s Hide in the Bronze Age Kurgans: Sacrifice or Psychopomp." Stratum plus. Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology, no. 2 (April 30, 2022): 105–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.55086/sp222105137.
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Among the features of the burial rite of many Bronze Age kurgan cultures in Eastern Europe, there is one interesting common feature, when the deceased is accompanied by the ritual remains of hoofed animals, which are archaeologically recorded in the form of skulls and the lower parts of the limbs. Following M. P. Gryaznov (1977), the term “animal’s hide” or “stuffed animal” was assigned to these ritual objects, which were placed in burials to substitute the whole animals by the pars pro toto principle. In the Early Bronze Age, the main area of the use of ritual animals in the funerary ritual was the Lower Kuban region, where from a quarter to a third of the burials of the Novotitorovskaya and East-Azov Catacomb Grave cultures were accompanied by hides of small cattle. During the Middle Bronze Age, this burial practice significantly expanded its range and is found in all catacomb cultures of the Don basin and the steppe Ciscaucasia, with its greatest manifestation in the Seversky Donets basin. In the post-Catacomb period, the tradition of using of animal hides and stuffed animals in the funerary rite was preserved only in the Dnieper-Don Babino Culture. In the Late Bronze Age, this practice was unevenly represented in the Srubnaya cultural region, most massively in the Dnieper-Don region. Archaeological contexts, together with ethnographic, folklore and mythological analogies, allow us to interpret the ritual remains of ungulates as the animal–psychopomp that accompanied the soul of the deceased to the afterlife.
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Jia, Jia. "Contemplating Stuffed Animals and Chocolate at a Seminar." Qualitative Inquiry 11, no. 5 (October 2005): 663–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077800405276808.
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Wen, Bin, and Jing Yang. "Preventive Protection Research and Restoration of Stuffed Animals." Museum 7, no. 2 (April 1, 2023): 128–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.3724/2096-1715.2023.007.002.128.
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Barlow, M. Rose, Lisa DeMarni Cromer, Hannah Prairie Caron, and Jennifer J. Freyd. "Comparison of normative and diagnosed dissociation on attachment to companion animals and stuffed animals." Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy 4, no. 5 (September 2012): 501–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0028134.
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Hunt, Rebecca L., Helen Whiteside, and Susanne Prankel. "Effects of Environmental Enrichment on Dog Behaviour: Pilot Study." Animals 12, no. 2 (January 7, 2022): 141. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12020141.
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Environmental enrichment (EE) can be used to enhance the environment of various animals. The aim of this pilot study was to determine the effects of seven EE activities (Bonding, Bubble machine, Conspecific play, Interactive toy, Playhouse, Stuffed food toy and Tug play) on dog behaviour, pre- and post-EE for dogs housed in an office environment during training as part of an assistance dog training programme. EE activities resulted in a significant increase in the frequency of relaxation behaviours (p < 0.01) and a significant reduction in alert (p < 0.01) and stress behaviours (p = 0.02). Results suggest various benefits of the different activities with Conspecific Play and Playhouse activities having the greatest overall positive behaviour change when compared to the other activities. The food-based EE activities (Interactive toy and Stuffed food toy) had the least behaviour change of all the activities provided. Findings will be of interest to pet owners, animal rescue centres, dog trainers and working dog organisations.
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Hankin, Fred M., and John V. Hogikyan. "Stuffed animals as an unusual cause of childhood `constriction band' syndrome." Injury 30, no. 5 (June 1999): 369–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0020-1383(99)00082-0.
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Barlow, M. Rose, Cory Anne Hutchinson, Kelsy Newton, Tess Grover, and Lindsey Ward. "Childhood Neglect, Attachment to Companion Animals, and Stuffed Animals as Attachment Objects in Women and Men." Anthrozoös 25, no. 1 (March 2012): 111–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.2752/175303712x13240472427159.
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MacKenzie, Ann Haley. "Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads — The Culture and Evolution of Natural History Museums." American Biology Teacher 65, no. 8 (October 2003): 636–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1662/0002-7685(2003)065[0636:br]2.0.co;2.
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BABE, KENNETH S., LARRY G. ARLIAN, DAVID D. HAGAMAN, JACQUELINE S. DIPPOLD, and SAMUEL R. MARNEY. "Evaluation of House Dust Mite (Dermatophagoides farinaeandD. pteronyssinus) Reduction Techniques for Stuffed Animals." Pediatric Asthma, Allergy & Immunology 10, no. 3 (January 1996): 139–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/pai.1996.10.139.
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JAFFE, STEVEN L., and KATHERINE FRANCH. "The Use of Stuffed Animals by Hospitalized Adolescents: An Area for Psychodynamic Exploration." Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry 25, no. 4 (July 1986): 569–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0002-7138(10)60019-2.
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Marcos, Ricardo, Sónia Macedo, Macamen de Vega, and Pablo Payo-Puente. "The Use of Simulation Models and Student-Owned Animals for Teaching Clinical Examination Procedures in Veterinary Medicine." Veterinary Sciences 10, no. 3 (March 4, 2023): 193. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci10030193.
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Clinical examination procedures (CEPs) are cornerstone clinical skills for veterinary practitioners, being taught in all veterinary faculties. CEPs include innocuous procedures that are well tolerated by animals as well as more distressful and less tolerated ones. In a classical approach, institutional animals are used to teach and practice CEPs. Two hundred and thirty-one undergraduate students from four consecutive years were assigned to two groups that used institutional animals only (AO) or a combination of students’ owned animals and simulation models (model–animal, MA) to teach and practice CEPs. This latter comprised stuffed teddy dogs, eye and ear models made of molding silicone, as well as skin models. The learning outcome of each system was compared through questionnaires (throughout classes and at the end of course), grades, and pass rates in objectively structured clinical examinations. Most veterinary students had their own animals, being easy to have a dog per group of two students in class. All the students’ owned animals adapted well to this environment. The interest in the practical activities with the simulation models was comparable to that exhibited in the classical AO system. Students reported to learn more with the MA system than with the AO, while the interest on the subjects and the relevance were appraised similarly in both systems. No differences existed in the final grades and pass rates. The MA system was effective for learning CEPs. Beyond animal welfare advantages, this system increased the out-of-school training and had financial saving benefits, being a valuable option for the teaching and training of CEPs.
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Stern, Theodore A., and Rachel Lipson Glick. "Significance of Stuffed Animals at the Bedside and What They Can Reveal About Patients." Psychosomatics 34, no. 6 (November 1993): 519–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0033-3182(93)71827-7.
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Carson, Henry J., and Stanley G. Eilers. "Letter to the Editor-Stuffed Toy Animals as Transitional Objects in an Adult Suicide." Journal of Forensic Sciences 54, no. 1 (January 2009): 238. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00946.x.
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Ugnivenko, A. M., and L. A. Koropets. "INFLUENCE OF BULL’S BODY TYPES AND MEAT FORMS EXPRESSION ON THEIR SEXUAL ACTIVITY." Animal Science and Food Technology 12, no. 1 (March 2021): 56–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.31548/animal2021.01.056.
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In beef cattle breeding, the reproductive capacity of bulls significantly affects the economic efficiency of production. Selection for the meat productivity can negatively affect the ability of bulls to reproduce, so it is necessary to consider the risks of such a connection when selecting them. The study determined the rate of manifestation of Ukrainian beef breed bulls sexual reflexes of different body types and severity of meat forms. According to the type of body structure of bulls divided into two groups: large (high and long-bodied) and compact (low and short-bodied). The distribution performed using the growth index. The severity of meat forms of bulls was determined at 15 months of age on a 60-point scale. The animals on meat forms divided into two groups compared with the average score of experimental bulls. The degree of sexual activity manifestation assessed by the duration of sexual reflexes from bringing the bools to the stuffed animal to the mating attempt. According to the manifestation of libido, animals divided into three groups: active – mating attempt to cage from 10 to 60 seconds, moderate – from 60 to 120 seconds and slow – the time before the mating attempt lasted more than 120 seconds. Subsequently, in experimental bulls recorded the duration of productive use period, the number of leads to the stuffed animal and mating attempts to it and the number of received and rejected ejaculates. It found that the tendency of the distribution of active moderate and slow manifestation of sexual reflexes in bulls of different body types and development of meat forms is similar. In bulls of different groups, moderate sexual activity most often observed, but specific tendencies observed within the groups. The share of high sexual activity was higher in compact bulls compared to large coeval animals. Among animals grouped by the development of meat forms, the share of high sexual activity higher in bulls with better expressed meat forms. In the future, large bulls tend to increase the duration of productive use, predominate in the share of mating attempt and are characterized by a decrease in the share of ejaculate culling. Bulls with better meat forms tend to increase the duration of productive use due to their higher breeding value in terms of meat productivity. No difference was found in the proportion of mating attempts and the percentage of culled ejaculates between animals with different manifestations of meat forms. The obtained results prove that for intensive use at a young age more suitable bulls of compact type, and in adulthood more effective large sires. Better development of meat forms somewhat reduces the sexual activity of young bulls. At a more mature age, the results of the use of bulls are practically unaffected by meat forms.
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Ugnivenko, A. M., and L. A. Koropets. "INFLUENCE OF BULL’S BODY TYPES AND MEAT FORMS EXPRESSION ON THEIR SEXUAL ACTIVITY." Animal Science and Food Technology 12, no. 1 (March 2021): 56–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.31548/animal2021.01.056.
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In beef cattle breeding, the reproductive capacity of bulls significantly affects the economic efficiency of production. Selection for the meat productivity can negatively affect the ability of bulls to reproduce, so it is necessary to consider the risks of such a connection when selecting them. The study determined the rate of manifestation of Ukrainian beef breed bulls sexual reflexes of different body types and severity of meat forms. According to the type of body structure of bulls divided into two groups: large (high and long-bodied) and compact (low and short-bodied). The distribution performed using the growth index. The severity of meat forms of bulls was determined at 15 months of age on a 60-point scale. The animals on meat forms divided into two groups compared with the average score of experimental bulls. The degree of sexual activity manifestation assessed by the duration of sexual reflexes from bringing the bools to the stuffed animal to the mating attempt. According to the manifestation of libido, animals divided into three groups: active – mating attempt to cage from 10 to 60 seconds, moderate – from 60 to 120 seconds and slow – the time before the mating attempt lasted more than 120 seconds. Subsequently, in experimental bulls recorded the duration of productive use period, the number of leads to the stuffed animal and mating attempts to it and the number of received and rejected ejaculates. It found that the tendency of the distribution of active moderate and slow manifestation of sexual reflexes in bulls of different body types and development of meat forms is similar. In bulls of different groups, moderate sexual activity most often observed, but specific tendencies observed within the groups. The share of high sexual activity was higher in compact bulls compared to large coeval animals. Among animals grouped by the development of meat forms, the share of high sexual activity higher in bulls with better expressed meat forms. In the future, large bulls tend to increase the duration of productive use, predominate in the share of mating attempt and are characterized by a decrease in the share of ejaculate culling. Bulls with better meat forms tend to increase the duration of productive use due to their higher breeding value in terms of meat productivity. No difference was found in the proportion of mating attempts and the percentage of culled ejaculates between animals with different manifestations of meat forms. The obtained results prove that for intensive use at a young age more suitable bulls of compact type, and in adulthood more effective large sires. Better development of meat forms somewhat reduces the sexual activity of young bulls. At a more mature age, the results of the use of bulls are practically unaffected by meat forms.
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Robison, Andrew. "Curatorial Reflections on Print Rooms and Libraries." RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage 8, no. 1 (March 1, 2007): 35–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/rbm.8.1.274.
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The general relationship between libraries and museums is simply too broad a subject for me to wrestle with, although I am very glad that Gerald Beasley in his article in this issue has done such an excellent job of it. I intend, therefore, to focus on something more immediately relevant to my position, namely the relationship between libraries and museum collections of prints, or print rooms. That relationship, as you might expect, is a very close one. Whatever else libraries may collect—from musical instruments to eyeglasses to stuffed animals to other artifacts—and whatever else print rooms may have . . .
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Kolesnikov, V. V., D. P. Strelnikov, and N. S. Sukhanova. "The method of trophy assessment of capercaillies." Agricultural Science Euro-North-East 20, no. 5 (October 21, 2019): 508–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.30766/2072-9081.2019.20.5.508-516.
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The capercaillie as one of the most important hunting objects in Russia has not yet been included in the list of esti-mated hunting trophies due to the lack of an acceptable assessment methodology. The aim of the work is to develop a method for assessing the trophy advantages of a capercaillie. The objects of the study were morphological indicators which expressed the size and the age of the birds caught. The study involved 39 stuffed animals of capercaillie, 47 carcasses of freshly caught birds and 105 skulls from research collections. Measurement of taxidermy products (stuffed animals and museum carcasses) gives inaccurate information about the fowl caught. It is preferable to use the skull of a male capercaillie as a trophy. In the system of the International Council for the Hunting and Preservation of the Wildlife (CIC) the traditional measurements of the skull are the maximum length and width. In trophy animals, the scull size sufficiently reflects the sum of these indicators, therefore they are chosen for trophy assessment. For capercaillie, the correlation of similar pro-meters with body weight was not so close r = 0.489. In authors’ opinion, the assessment method should include the size of the interorbital space as an addi-tional parameter. This measurement is used in methods for determining the age of capercaillies caught. The formula for scoring is the product of the interorbital space by the sum of the maximum length and width of the skull. The correlation coeffi-cient between the trophy rating by this formula and the bird weight in this study is rm = 0.931, and the trophy rating and age rv = 0.920. The intervals of the final points for awarding the medals are: bronze 55-59.99 points, silver 60-64.99, gold more than 65 points. This assessment system was successfully tested at two exhibitions of hunting trophies held in the Kirov region in 2017, and was approved by expert commissions.
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Rakotonirina, Berthin, and Andrew Cooke. "Sea turtles of Madagascar – their status, exploitation and conservation." Oryx 28, no. 1 (January 1994): 51–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0030605300028295.
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Five species of sea turtles are known from Madagascar's coastal waters. Fishermen on the western and south-western coasts take green turtle Chelonia mydas, loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta and olive ridley Lepidochelys olivacea for their meat. The hawksbill turtle Eretmochelys imbricata is taken mainly for its shell and for making stuffed specimens while the leatherback Dermochelys coriacea is seldom caught. Anecdotal evidence of fishermen and dealers in turtle products, measurement of captured animals and personal observations of the authors all point to declines in numbers and average size for green and hawksbill turtles, coupled with marked declines in nesting rates for these and the olive ridley.
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Enright, Kelly. "Exhibiting Extinction: Martha and the Monument, Two Modes of Remembering Nature." Cultural Studies Review 25, no. 1 (September 25, 2019): 154–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/csr.v25i1.6404.
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Whether stuffed remains in a museum case, inscribed tombstone, or stone wall perched on a cliff, memorials to extinct animals are timestamps representing human-animal relationships at particular moments in time. This essay analyzes the rhetoric and imagery of historical extinctions as seen in these memorials to understand the ways people struggled to understand the loss. Through examination of memorials to extinct species in U.S. museums, parks, and zoos my research has revealed a continuous struggle to identify the personhood of animals, define human-animal interactions, and locate human responsibility for environmental change.
While each memorial mimics remembrance practices used for humans and human events, they differ in their acknowledgement of the individuality and the agency of its extinction which, in turn, often denies agency to the animal. Steeped as they are in Romantic-era notions of wildness, these memorials can be read as parables of environmentalism, but in their conceptualization of the animal, they instruct us in the varieties of human-animal interactions and representations within the environmental movement at different times and places, making them more complex spaces than their simplicity suggests. While memorials present only a slice of the story, the memories they create and reinforce become part of the cultural ways of dealing with extinction that is often more popular and more poignant than historical narratives documenting their declines. At its core, my research adds to the literature on constructions of Nature in American culture by connecting 19th-century declension narratives with 20th-century extinctions, and problematizes the American ideology of abundance.
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Horn, Gabriel, Johan J. Bolhuis, and Neil G. Hampton. "Induction and Development of a Filial Predisposition in the Chick." Behaviour 132, no. 5-6 (1995): 451–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853995x00667.
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AbstractFilial preferences in young domestic chicks, Gallus gallus domesticus, are influenced by at least two systems: one involved in learning about stimuli to which the animals are exposed, and the other a predisposition to approach stimuli resembling conspecifics. The predisposition is manifest in dark-reared chicks as an emerging preference for a rotating, stuffed jungle fowl over a rotating red box. In previous studies, 24 h-old visually naive chicks were placed in running wheels for 2 h. Throughout this time the chicks were in darkness. A significant preference for the stuffed fowl was found 24 h, but not 2 h later. In the present study it was shown that the predisposition becomes manifest at 10 h (Experiment la) and 5 h (Experiment 1 b) after either placement in running wheels, or after the chicks had been trained by exposure to a rotating red box. In Experiment 2 it was shown that placement in running wheels was not necessary for the predisposition to emerge. However, handling the birds was sufficient for the induction of a significant preference, expressed 5 h later. Exposure to a maternal call for 2 h (Experiment 3) was also sufficient to induce the development of the visual predisposition 24 h later. These results show that a visual predisposition to approach certain stimuli becomes manifest in dark-reared chicks between 2 and 5 h after the experience of handling, and that exposure to a maternal call is also sufficient to induce this predisposition.
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Lellis-Santos, Camilo, Gisele Giannocco, and Maria Tereza Nunes. "The case of thyroid hormones: how to learn physiology by solving a detective case." Advances in Physiology Education 35, no. 2 (June 2011): 219–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/advan.00135.2010.
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Thyroid diseases are prevalent among endocrine disorders, and careful evaluation of patients' symptoms is a very important part in their diagnosis. Developing new pedagogical strategies, such as problem-based learning (PBL), is extremely important to stimulate and encourage medical and biomedical students to learn thyroid physiology and identify the signs and symptoms of thyroid dysfunction. The present study aimed to create a new pedagogical approach to build deep knowledge about hypo-/hyperthyroidism by proposing a hands-on activity based on a detective case, using alternative materials in place of laboratory animals. After receiving a description of a criminal story involving changes in thyroid hormone economy, students collected data from clues, such as body weight, mesenteric vascularization, visceral fat, heart and thyroid size, heart rate, and thyroid-stimulating hormone serum concentration to solve the case. Nevertheless, there was one missing clue for each panel of data. Four different materials were proposed to perform the same practical lesson. Animals, pictures, small stuffed toy rats, and illustrations were all effective to promote learning, and the detective case context was considered by students as inviting and stimulating. The activity can be easily performed independently of the institution's purchasing power. The practical lesson stimulated the scientific method of data collection and organization, discussion, and review of thyroid hormone actions to solve the case. Hence, this activity provides a new strategy and alternative materials to teach without animal euthanization.
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Shao, Yun-Long, and Yi-Huang Shih. "The effects of interactive electronic picture books on young children’s oral expression skills." International Journal of Education and Practice 12, no. 2 (March 15, 2024): 312–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.18488/61.v12i2.3680.
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The application of interactive electronic picture books can strengthen young children’s reading comprehension skills. Interactive electronic picture books that involve interaction with sensors, with the interaction integrated into the story, should be developed to enhance children’s reading experience and improve their oral expression skills. Interactive electronic picture books that involved children manipulating stuffed animals containing sensors that provided feedback were developed for this study. Visual, auditory, and tactile stimuli can be used to create an interactive feedback system. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with teachers, who gave their opinions regarding the curriculum of their preschool. The results indicate that the intuitiveness of the system helped improve the children’s reading experience, strengthened their motivation to read, and improved their cognitive abilities. In addition, interactive electronic picture books were found to improve the children’s oral expression skills.
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Pripon, Liviu Răzvan. "Natural Object or Element of an Artwork? Case Study: Artists, Artworks and Exhibitions in Cluj, Romania." Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Philosophia 65, Special Issue (November 20, 2020): 159–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.24193/subbphil.2020.spiss.12.
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"Natural object or element of an artwork? Case Study: Artists, Artworks and Exhibitions in Cluj, Romania. In this article, we discuss the relationship between art and natural objects such as stuffed animals, skins, bones, dried plants or minerals and their aesthetical value from their position as artworks or elements of an artwork. In Cluj, between 2017 and 2019, artworks and exhibitions which integrate this type of practices and natural history materiality flourished. We aim to compose an inventory that could contribute to the archive of local art events, artworks, and artists in order to serve further analysis of local specificity, which could eventually find relevance in the theoretic approaches of art. In conclusion, we underline some of the theoretical approaches of the dynamics of natural object’s values and of the procedures established by organizations such as museums and galleries. Keywords: art galleries, art museums, natural history museums, natural object, BioArt"
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Fedotova, A. A. "Bison bonasus bonasus as a museum exhibit in the 18th – early 20th centuries." Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 322, no. 2 (June 25, 2018): 160–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2018.322.2.160.
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The paper discusses the Białowieża bison (Bison bonasus bonasus) as a museum exhibit in the 18th – early 20th centuries, basing on the analysis of archival documents, mainly from St. Petersburg. One of the last remnants of extinct megafauna once roaming through Europe, by the Early Modern time it had been eliminated in the most part of its previous range. In the 16th–18th century, it had the status of a natural curiosity and an exclusively royal game. In the 18th century, the carcasses of the European bison from the imperial menageries went into the cabinets of curiosities where they became the objects of study for naturalists. By the late 18th century, the last population of the European lowland bison had survived in Białowieża Primeval Forest, which became a part of the Russian Empire with the Third partition of Poland. The attention of the Imperial family, which preserved the system of protection of the European bison and the forest where they lived, ensured the survival of the species till WWI. The development of zoology and zoological collections provided a new status to the Białowieża bison – the status of a valuable gift of the Russian Tsar to a scientific community. To receive such a precious gift, a scientific community had to use its diplomatic and bureaucratic channels, to recruit a naturalist willing to travel to Białowieża, to organize a hunt, to process the skin and bones, and finally, to deliver this massive package to a museum. Nevertheless, throughout the second half of the 19th century, most requests made by European and Russian naturalists were granted and the majority of zoological museums received the European bison from Białowieża, either in form of a stuffed animal, a skeleton, or at least a skull. The transformation of the 17–18th century Kunstkammern into research zoological institutions and the development of taxidermy went in parallel with the transformation of the European bison as a museum exhibit. Stuffed animals became anatomically accurate; new expositions included habitat groups, and some institutions amassed extensive collections for comparative study. The presence of the European bison almost in every major European museum made them well known for wider public. In 1919, the last Białowieża bison was killed in the wild, but the popularity of this species helped the restitution of the animal. Nowadays, the “old” specimens are of interest not only from a historical point of view, but also as a source of samples for genetic research.
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Golem, Devon, Kaitlyn M. Eck, Colleen L. Delaney, Rashel L. Clark, Karla P. Shelnutt, Melissa D. Olfert, and Carol Byrd-Bredbenner. "“My stuffed animals help me”: the importance, barriers, and strategies for adequate sleep behaviors of school-age children and parents." Sleep Health 5, no. 2 (April 2019): 152–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2018.11.003.
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McIvor, Guillam E., Victoria E. Lee, and Alex Thornton. "Testing social learning of anti-predator responses in juvenile jackdaws: the importance of accounting for levels of agitation." Royal Society Open Science 5, no. 1 (January 2018): 171571. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171571.
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Social learning is often assumed to help young animals respond appropriately to potential threats in the environment. We brought wild, juvenile jackdaws briefly into captivity to test whether short exposures to conspecific vocalizations are sufficient to promote anti-predator learning. Individuals were presented with one of two models—a stuffed fox representing a genuine threat, or a toy elephant simulating a novel predator. Following an initial baseline presentation, juveniles were trained by pairing models with either adult mobbing calls, indicating danger, or contact calls suggesting no danger. In a final test phase with no playbacks, birds appeared to have habituated to the elephant, regardless of training, but responses to the fox remained high throughout, suggesting juveniles already recognized it as a predator before the experiment began. Training with mobbing calls did seem to generate elevated escape responses, but this was likely to be a carry-over effect of the playback in the previous trial. Overall, we found little evidence for social learning. Instead, individuals' responses were mainly driven by their level of agitation immediately preceding each presentation. These results highlight the importance of accounting for agitation in studies of anti-predator learning, and whenever animals are held in captivity for short periods.
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Martinyuk, Irina. "THE WORK OF RESEARCHS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION BIOTECHNOLOGY OF THE NAAN INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL BREEDING IN DEVELOPING THE SPHERE OF PIG REVIVAL." Scientific and Technical Bulletin of the Institute of Animal Science NAAS of Ukraine, no. 128 (2022): 118–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.32900/2312-8402-2022-128-118-130.
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The scientific contribution of Researchs of the laboratory of artificial fecundation of farm animals of the Institute of Animal Sciences NAAS (now the Department of reproduction biotechnology of farm animals) in the development of artificial fecundation was analyzed as a method of large-scale breeding in the national livestock breeding. The work of Researchs on the development of industry fundamental and applied research on the study of the physiology of pig reproduction was presented. The development of the Laboratory of Boar Reproduction has been examined from the moment of its existence up to the present time. The scientific research of the laboratory Researchs during the postwar years were covered aiming at the integration of the method of artificial fecundation into the farms of the country. Research T.M. Kozenko suggested glucose-citrate-yolk medium for dilution and storage of boar semen (1950). The treasury of his inventions were included wooden stuffed pigs, an artificial vagina for obtaining semen from boars, a glass device for sow fecundation, etc. The contribution of Professor I. V. Smirnov to the development of biotechnological science has been evaluated. His name related to the development of the method of long-term semen storage, improvement of techniques and technology of artificial fecundation, the development of the bases of reproductive biology of farm animals. The researches made by the Research were the catalyst for developing the methods of freezing and long-term storage of sperm of begetters by the Researchs of the Laboratory of Biology of Reproduction and Artificial Fecundation of Farm Animals Serdyuk S. I. and Belikov A. A. (1972). The priority developments of the employees of the Laboratory of Boar Reproduction headed by Prof. S. I. Serdiuk, Doctor of Veterinary Sciences, were outlined. They carried out complex researches concerning reproduction and artificial fecundation of pigs, namely quality estimation of boar semen using optical standard, deep freezing of boar semen in liquid nitrogen at -196ºС. There were developed and integrated into practice devices for artificial fecundation of pigs POS-5, system of artificial fecundation of pigs on large specialized complexes. The Researchs of the laboratory have enriched the national science with new progressive developments, introduced progressive methods of reproduction in breeding farms of Ukraine.
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Gleason, Tracy R. "Imaginary companions and peer acceptance." International Journal of Behavioral Development 28, no. 3 (May 2004): 204–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01650250344000415.
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Early research on imaginary companions suggests that children who create them do so to compensate for poor social relationships. Consequently, the peer acceptance of children with imaginary companions was compared to that of their peers. Sociometrics were conducted on 88 preschool-aged children; 11 had invisible companions, 16 had personified objects (e.g., stuffed animals animated by the child) and 65 had no imaginary companion. The three groups were compared on positive and negative nominations, social preference, social impact, and total number of reciprocal friends. Given the positive correlation between pretend play and social competence, fantasy predisposition was used as a covariate. The groups did not differ on number of positive nominations by peers, total number of reciprocal friends, or social preference scores. However, compared to their peers, children with personified objects had higher social impact scores, largely as a result of negative nominations. Attention is thus called to the differences between personified object and invisible imaginary companions, and to the underlying social cognition that may be involved in their creation.
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Henning, Michelle. "ANTHROPOMORPHIC TAXIDERMY AND THE DEATH OF NATURE: THE CURIOUS ART OF HERMANN PLOUCQUET, WALTER POTTER, AND CHARLES WATERTON." Victorian Literature and Culture 35, no. 2 (June 29, 2007): 663–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1060150307051704.
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MR. POTTER'S MUSEUM OF CURIOSITIESwas a small Victorian museum that contained unique anthropomorphic tableaux made by the taxidermist Walter Potter (1835–1918). Its glass cases were crammed with small “stuffed” or “mounted” animals, such as birds, squirrels, rats, weasels, and rabbits, wearing miniature clothes and placed in models of the human settings of Potter's time. They play sports, get married, fill schoolrooms and clubs, but they also illustrate well known sayings, rhymes, and rural myths. From the 1860s the tableaux were displayed in Bramber, Sussex, in the southeast of England. In 1972 the Museum was sold and relocated to Brighton and two years later to Arundel, in Sussex. In 1985 it was sold again and moved to the Jamaica Inn – a Daphne du Maurier inspired tourist attraction on the edge of the bleak Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. The collection was finally dispersed in an auction sale in 2003. This sale attracted some media attention and several campaigns attempted to preserve the museum intact. The artist Damien Hirst claimed he had offered to buy the entire collection, but the auction went ahead (Hirst). Hirst was perhaps only the most high profile of those campaigning to keep Potter's collection together. Nevertheless, at the time it seemed hardly surprising that this unusual museum stood more chance of being rescued by an artist whose work often uses animal corpses to speak of mortality and the processes of preservation and decay, than it did of being bought by any public museum.
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Péquignot, A. "The rhinoceros (fl. 1770–1793) of King Louis XV and its horns." Archives of Natural History 40, no. 2 (October 2013): 213–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/anh.2013.0169.
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While receiving remarkable animals as presents was a common practice among European monarchs, the rhinoceros of Louis XV (Rhinoceros unicornis) became one of the most famous. The live male Indian rhinoceros was a gift to the King from Jean-Baptiste Chevalier, French governor of Chandannagar in West Bengal. It left Calcutta on 22 December 1769, and arrived in the port of Lorient, Brittany, six months later on 11 June 1770. From there it was transported to the royal menagerie in Versailles, which had been built in response to increasing interest in zoology and Louis XIV's passion for the exotic, in 1664. When the rhinoceros died in 1793, having been in captivity in France for more than 20 years, its skeleton and stuffed hide were preserved and have been held since then in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. Here it remains on exhibition as an almost three-hundred year old relic of R. unicornis, an invaluable source for museum studies and the history of taxidermy. Why the original horn of this rhinoceros was replaced by a much longer one, and why, in turn, this was replaced by a short one is discussed.
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Pakula, Lawrence C. "Consultation with the Specialist." Pediatrics In Review 15, no. 9 (September 1, 1994): 366–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/pir.15.9.366.
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A variety of children's behaviors are distressing to parents and often very difficult to manage. These can include biting, temper tantrums, breath-holding spells, and hitting. Biting Biting often is the first behavior that provokes major concern and a demand for solutions. The same child who might be excused for hitting may well end up isolated from peers and at risk of being barred from child care for biting. The situation is aggravated by increased parental fears of infection (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, hepatitis, tetanus, rabies). The initial biting episode often occurs when the child is teething, with parents being the first bitten; they mistakenly may think it is a cute game. A typical scenario is when one child wants the toy of another and bites in frustration. Many parents do not respond until the possibility of penalties that affect them arise. All adults must be encouraged to have a rule that interrupts the behavior with a strong "No, we never bite people because it hurts them," which can be extended to include pets and stuffed animals. With children in this age group, longer, more complex explanations only provide additional attention and reward behavior that you are trying to stop. Interruption and prevention before the biting occurs is important.
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Kunets, Victoria, Oleksandr Tsereniuk, Oleksiy Sushko, Volodymyr Shablia, and Oleksandr Chalyi. "Development of research in the field of artificial insemination of pigs in the context of the activity of institute of animal science NAAS (the second half of the XX-th – the beginning of the XXI-th century) (review)." Pig breeding the interdepartmental subject scientific digest, no. 77-78 (December 15, 2022): 34–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.37143//0371-4365-2022-77-78-03.
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Goal. To determine the role and place of Institute of Animal Science of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences in the achievements of domestic zootechnical science on the problems of artificial insemination of pigs in the second half of the 20th and the first quarter of the 21st century and show the contribution of individuals to the process of developing methodical and methodological foundations for the development of branch research work. To identify the dynamics of changes in priority scientific directions, the level of improvement of technology and equipment for artificial insemination of agricultural animals. To outline the main technological methods of artificial insemination of pigs, the use of which made it possible to receive high fertilization and prolificacy of animals. Methods. General scientific (typology, classification, analysis and synthesis, abstract-logical) and interdisciplinary (structural-systemic approach), historical (problematic-chronological, descriptive, source and historical analysis and synthesis) are applied. The results. The achievements of scientists of Institute of Animal Science of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences in the field of artificial insemination of pigs include: a system of organizing the reproduction of pigs in the specialized farms; the method of determining the concentration of boar sperm; the method of rational dosing of boar sperm according to the amount of sperm in a volumetric dose; method of long-term storage of boar sperm at low temperatures; method of increasing the intensity of use of sows in the conditions of the large pig farms; aseptic method of taking sperm from boars; glucosecitrate-chelate-yolk medium (HCCH-U) and glucose-citrate-chelate-phosphate-yolk medium (HCCHPH) for diluting and storing boar sperm at a temperature of 6-0 ºС; technology of aseptic selection, processing and packaging of boar sperm; method of training boars to sit on a stuffed animal (phantom); the method of rational dosing of boar sperm using an artificial vagina; mode of continuous long-term use of adult boars; special installation for diluting and packing sperm URRS-2; device POS-5 for deep introduction of sperm into the cervix of a pig (developed and improved); thermos "Kharkiv-TS-3" for storing and transporting sperm; artificial vagina models; scheme of artificial insemination for the large pig farms; point of artificial insemination; method of deep freezing and long-term storage of sperm of boars; a set of devices for laser processing of sperm, etc. Conclusions. The evolution of scientific opinion on the relevant topic at Institute of Animal Science of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences took place over 90 years - from initial experiments to the development of methods of freezing and long-term storage of sperm of boars, as well as the development of effective protective environments and technical means for the implementation of new technologies. Key words: scientific developments, artificial insemination, history, pig breeding, scientists, Institute of Animal Science NAAS, Ukraine.
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Kunets, Victoria, Oleksandr Tsereniuk, Alexey Sushko, Vladimir Shablia, and Oleksandr Chalyi. "DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION OF PIGS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ACTIVITY OF INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE NAAS (the second half of the XX-th – the beginning of the XXI-th century) (review)." Pig breeding the interdepartmental subject scientific digest, no. 77-78 (December 15, 2022): 34–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.37143/0371-4365-2022-77-78-03.
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Goal. To determine the role and place of Institute of Animal Science of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences in the achievements of domestic zootechnical science on the problems of artificial insemination of pigs in the second half of the 20th and the first quarter of the 21st century and show the contribution of individuals to the process of developing methodical and methodological foundations for the development of branch research work. To identify the dynamics of changes in priority scientific directions, the level of improvement of technology and equipment for artificial insemination of agricultural animals. To outline the main technological methods of artificial insemination of pigs, the use of which made it possible to receive high fertilization and prolificacy of animals. Methods. General scientific (typology, classification, analysis and synthesis, abstract-logical) and interdisciplinary (structural-systemic approach), historical (problematic-chronological, descriptive, source and historical analysis and synthesis) are applied. The results. The achievements of scientists of Institute of Animal Science of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences in the field of artificial insemination of pigs include: a system of organizing the reproduction of pigs in the specialized farms; the method of determining the concentration of boar sperm; the method of rational dosing of boar sperm according to the amount of sperm in a volumetric dose; method of long-term storage of boar sperm at low temperatures; method of increasing the intensity of use of sows in the conditions of the large pig farms; aseptic method of taking sperm from boars; glucosecitrate-chelate-yolk medium (HCCH-U) and glucose-citrate-chelate-phosphate-yolk medium (HCCHPH) for diluting and storing boar sperm at a temperature of 6-0 ºС; technology of aseptic selection, processing and packaging of boar sperm; method of training boars to sit on a stuffed animal (phantom); the method of rational dosing of boar sperm using an artificial vagina; mode of continuous long-term use of adult boars; special installation for diluting and packing sperm URRS-2; device POS-5 for deep introduction of sperm into the cervix of a pig (developed and improved); thermos "Kharkiv-TS-3" for storing and transporting sperm; artificial vagina models; scheme of artificial insemination for the large pig farms; point of artificial insemination; method of deep freezing and long-term storage of sperm of boars; a set of devices for laser processing of sperm, etc. Conclusions. The evolution of scientific opinion on the relevant topic at Institute of Animal Science of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences took place over 90 years - from initial experiments to the development of methods of freezing and long-term storage of sperm of boars, as well as the development of effective protective environments and technical means for the implementation of new technologies. Key words: scientific developments, artificial insemination, history, pig breeding, scientists, Institute of Animal Science NAAS, Ukraine.
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Zagorodniuk, Igor. "Theodosius Dobrzhansky’s scientific work in Kyiv: key milestones and colleagues (a story of one photograph)." Novitates Theriologicae, no. 12 (June 16, 2021): 380–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.53452/nt1262.
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Details of the development of studies, the circle of communication and the subsequent fate of colleagues of Th. Dobrzhansky during his work in Kyiv in 1920–1924 are considered. Information is given on the stages of professional growth and affiliations of the young scientist (5 key positions) and his main scientific achievements during his work in Kyiv (5 positions), which became the basis for further rise to worldwide recognition. The only known collective photo of the Kyiv period is analysed in detail with attention to the location and colleagues showed on the photo. The photo was unambiguously taken in the Zoological Laboratory of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. This is evidenced by the details of the entourage and comparison of images of stuffed animals in the photo of 1924 and 1902. Detailed information is given about each of Dobrzhansky’s colleagues showed in the photo: M. Greze, S. Ivanov, Y. Kerkis, L. Kossa¬kovsky, O. Lebedev, M. Levitt, and G. Shpet. With the exception of Dobrzhansky, Prof. Lebedev and M. Greze, the team in the photo can be identified as a group of zoologists, most of whom just planned to became or already were students. Among Dobrzhansky’s students or junior colleagues, only Y. Horoshchenko is absent in the photo. All of them remained in contact with Dobrzhansky after his departure to Petrograd and New York.
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Benson, Keith R. "Stephen T. Asma. Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads: The Culture and Evolution of Natural History Museums. xv+302 pp., illus., index. Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. $30." Isis 94, no. 4 (December 2003): 688–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/386401.
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Sartakova, Anna V. "THE HISTORY AND MODERN STATE OF THE MUSEUM INSTITUTIONS OF THE SPECIALLY PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS OF THE TRANS-BAIKAL TERRITORY." Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Kul'turologiya i iskusstvovedenie, no. 39 (2020): 273–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.17223/22220836/39/25.
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The article is devoted to the history of the establishment of museum institutions of specially pro-tected natural territories in the Trans-Baikal Territory. At the beginning of the article the author notes that the museum business for specially protected natural areas is a traditional direction of educational work in Russia, including in the Trans-Baikal Territory. On the basis of field materials, the author gives the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of these institutions in the special natural territo-ries of the Trans-Baikal Territory, determine the purpose, tasks and the special role of the museums and visiting centers of the nature reserves in preserving, interpreting and popularizing also historical sites, the cultural material heritage. Moreover, the article presents information about the peculiarities of the organization of museum institutions of nature reserves and national parks of this region. In addi-tion, the authors use specific examples of actualizing the natural heritage through its museumification. Besides, the author emphasizes that the uniqueness of the museum business of the reserved areas of the Trans-Baikal Territory is expressed in the unified information visit center “Specially Protected Natural Territories of Transbaikalia”, established in 2012, located in Chita. It provides all information to tou-rists about all nature protection zones of the region, as well as conducts various activities for the for-mation of ecological culture. The author draws our attention to the fact that today many exhibits of specially protected natural areas have stopped demonstrating taxidermy exhibits, because stuffed animals have a negative impact on people, causing negative associations related to the killing of the animal, so many visitor centers replaced with mock-ups. One of the important positive qualities of museums and visiting centers of specially protected natural territories is their ability not only to satisfy the recreational needs of visi-tors, but also to have a significant educational potential. Despite the fact that today the protected natu-ral areas of the region under discussion do not have museums recreating or creating new ones, they suggest perspective plans for the departments of environmental education. In conclusion, the nature of museums and visiting centers in nature reserves are presented, both positive and problematic moments in their formation and activities are indicated.
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ALBERTI, SAMUEL J. M. M. "STEPHEN T. ASMA, Stuffed Animals & Pickled Heads: The Culture and Evolution of Natural History Museums. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. Pp. xv+302. ISBN 0-19-513050-2. £22.99, $30.00 (hardback)." British Journal for the History of Science 36, no. 2 (June 2003): 236–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007087403245040.
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Shulepov, A. V., M. I. Shperling, Yu V. Yurkevich, N. V. Shperling, and L. V. Minaeva. "Systemic inflammatory response in rats with explosive wound." Fundamental and Clinical Medicine 7, no. 3 (September 30, 2022): 8–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.23946/2500-0764-2022-7-3-8-16.
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Aim. To evaluate the temporal changes in circulating cytokines rallying systemic inflammatory response after a blast injury.Material and Methods. Experiments were performed on 60 male Wistar rats (50 rats with blast-related soft tissue injury of the thigh and 10 intact rats). Blast injury was modeled under general anaesthesia using grater firecrackers stuffed with a pyrotechnic mixture. After 3, 7, 14 and 28 days post injury, we carried out a gross examination of the wound and its drainage, measured wound area, assessed local oedema severity, and evaluated serum potassium, myoglobin TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, and IL-10.Results. Three to seven days post injury, therewas abundant serous and purulent exudate and pronounced local edema without considerable changes in the wound area. Serum myoglobin and potassium were raised 2.2-2.6-fold and 1.3-fold, respectively (p < 0.05); in addition, we documented the elevation of a major pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-1β. Fourteen days post injury, wound area reduced by 24%, (p < 0.05) along with the decreased wound drainage and local edema of the injured area. Although the levels of serum myoglobin and pro-inflammatory cytokines (in particularIL-6) lowered, they were still significantly higher as compared with the intact rats. Twenty eight days post injury, fibrosis has been completed, epithelialization occurred and only a small scab remained on the wound surface. Yet, serum IL-1β still was 1.3-fold higher than in the intact animals (p < 0.05), albeit IL-6 and TNF-α returned to the reference values. The concentration of anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 reached its maximum values relative to the control (3.9-fold, p < 0.05) to the 14th day post injury that was followed by a considerable reduction (though not reaching the reference values) by the period of scar formation.Conclusion. Blast injury in rats is accompanied by a dysregulated balance between pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines throughout all regeneration phases.
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Nelson, Roger D. "For Brenda Dunne, Fond Memories and Deep Respect." Journal of Scientific Exploration 36, no. 2 (August 22, 2022): 448–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.31275/20222657.
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In early 1980, I answered a circumspect ad in the Chronicle of Higher Education looking for a “cognitive scientist interested in the lesser-known aspects of perception.” After some correspondence, I traveled from northern Vermont to Princeton to interview for a job that would, as I learned, touch on truly rarefied aspects of consciousness. By “accident,” I encountered Brenda walking down the hallway toward Bob Jahn's office, where I was headed for an interview, recognizing her though we had never met. It was quite a first impression—she was wearing a long flowing green dress and looked magical, and needless to say, obviously memorable. She was then and always a notable presence. The Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) lab was taking shape in the basement of Princeton University's School of Engineering, and from the beginning it had an unusually human quality because Brenda saw how important being at ease would be for people willing to try our experiments. She made the lab comfortable and home-like, installing the great orange couch with all its stuffed animals in PEAR's living room, and Comforto the Incredible chairs to coddle our operators as they attempted improbable tasks like intending that our Random Event Generator (REG) should produce high (or low) numbers on demand, or attempting to add some order (negentropy) to the Random Mechanical Cascade (RMC) or the big and beautiful but randomly arhythmic Native American drum. More important by far than the furniture was Brenda's presence in the lab. She was warm and genuinely interested in the people who came by, and many of them became long-term friends. Her easy confidence about the phenomena we studied was infectious, and that probably accounted for a large part of the success we had in demonstrating that the improbable could happen, and the impossible, too, though it might take longer. Brenda was clear that our studies were of phenomena, not people, and she invited the folks we called operators to relax and have fun with the experiments. She set a tone of collaboration, and rather than telling people how to work their will on the REG, she asked what they thought and felt. Some of the lab's most instructive findings come from what they had to say. Typically, our operators told us it was a matter of developing a relationship with the machine. “I began to feel loving connection.” Then the scores would climb.
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Kawasaki, Chisa, and Kensuke Ishikawa. "Effect of holding a stuffed animal on mood state." Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association 83 (September 11, 2019): 1D—029–1D—029. http://dx.doi.org/10.4992/pacjpa.83.0_1d-029.
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Sklyarenko, S. L. "Legislative Protection of Birds of Prey and Strengthening the Fight Against Their Illegal Traffic in Kazakhstan." Raptors Conservation, no. 2 (2023): 186–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.19074/1814-8654-2023-2-186-190.
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The fauna of birds of prey in Kazakhstan includes 40 species, 15 species are included in the “List of rare and endangered species of animals” (Red Book of the Republic of Kazakhstan). According to the Law “On the Protection, Reproduction and Use of Wildlife” (Article 15), the taking of individuals of rare and endangered species from nature is allowed in exceptional cases by decision of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, for: 1) breeding in specially created conditions for scientific, reproduction, commercial purposes, as well as for subsequent release into the environment; 2) development of national hunting; 3) scientific research; 4) selection. At least in the last 10 years, no permits have been issued for the for the rare birds of prey species to be taken from nature. None of the species of birds of prey is included in either the “List of valuable species of animals that are objects of hunting and fishing”, or the “List of animal species, the number of which is subject to regulation...”, that is, permits for their production are not issued on a regular basis. Under Kazakh law, taking birds of prey (as well as other animals) without a permit is illegal and punishable either under the Code of Administrative Offenses (AC) or the Criminal Code (CC). In the case of the “Red Books”, Article 339 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan punishes “Illegal procurement, acquisition, storage, sale, import, export, transfer, transportation, or destruction of rare and endangered species of plants or animals, their parts or derivatives, including species, the treatment of which is regulated by international treaties of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as plants or animals on which a ban on the use, their parts or derivatives has been introduced, as well as the destruction of their habitats....». Punishment, depending on the damage, the presence of a criminal group, etc., generally ranges from a fine of up to three thousand MCI (minimum calculated indicators; for 2023, 1 MCI = 3,450 tenge, or about 7.5 US dollars) to 12 years in prison. For “ordinary” species, Art. 337 “Illegal hunting”, which includes only illegal obtaining or destruction, with punishment options from a fine of up to three thousand MCI to imprisonment for up to 10 years. Without signs of a criminally punishable act, Art. 382 of the AC “Violation of the requirements for the use of wildlife and hunting rules”, according to which they can either be limited to a warning, or impose (on individuals) a fine of up to 70 MCI, or deprive the right to hunt for up to 2 years. In any case, in addition the damages shall be recovered, as determined by the document “Amounts of compensation for damage caused by violation of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of protection, reproduction and use of wildlife”. The range of rates of claims by species is from 5 to 700 MCI. The current rates for 2023 are not always logical and justified and need to be improved. The keeping of birds of prey in captivity (except for those temporarily imported for up to 3 months) is regulated by the “Rules for keeping records and registration of birds of prey used in hunting”, which provide for their mandatory registration and tagging with the issuance of a “bird of prey passport”. Passports are issued by the Republican Association of Public Associations of Hunters and Hunting Entities; the process of legalization of birds is not sufficiently controlled, there is no centralized database even for rare species. Illegal hunting can be divided into: 1) non-commercial capture for national hunting within the country, including the keeping of birds for photographing with tourists, etc.; 2) shooting for fun and for stuffed animals; 3) commercial capture and export, primarily to Arab countries, including transit (for example, Gyrfalcons Falco rusticolus from Russia). For national hunting, Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) are mainly used (Red Data Book), for which no permits have been issued for at least the last 30 years. The legalization of birds on hand took place in 2004; cases of using birds from breeding centers are rare. At all festivals etc. at least half of the eagles are 1–3 years old, it means withdrawal from nature weakly covered by “passports”. If we follow the letter of the law, then not only the commercial use of Golden Eagles, but also the Kazakh national hunting with birds of prey will be practically destroyed. It is necessary to create an opportunity to legally obtain Golden Eagles for hunting (about 10 birds per year), and then start implementing the law. For other types of illegal taking, only sufficient awareness of the regulatory authorities is required, the need for which is closely related to the implementation of the provisions of CITES – the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. All birds of prey are included in the CITES Appendices, so their import and export from the country is regulated by a package of relevant regulations. At the same time, with the exception of the above-mentioned “Rules for accounting and registration...”, not a single regulatory document for direct use of any interested department has a clear requirement for birds to have non-removable rings (tags). This requirement exists only in the Environmental Code (Article 259), which is not used in direct work at the border. For the effective application of CITES provisions, it is necessary to coordinate the activities of the relevant departments and inform them (training, manuals, etc.) with regular staff development, refine the regulatory framework, ensure the examination of CITES objects and the maintenance of seized live animals. Since 2014, ACBK, with the support of various donors, the Administrative and Scientific CITES authorities in the Republic of Kazakhstan, has been implementing projects to assist government agencies in curbing illegal traffic in wildlife, including training sniffer dogs (including searching for falcons), training seminars for representatives of customs, border service, police (in total, about 90 people were trained). A manual on the application of CITES in the Republic of Kazakhstan has been developed.
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Timmreck, Thomas C. "Creative Health Education and the Healthy Stuffed Animal/Muppet Adventure." Journal of Health Education 25, no. 2 (April 1994): 114–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10556699.1994.10603016.
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Mirni Lamid, Agustono, Ika Agustin Handyani,. "Pemberian Probiotik Pada Pengolahan Limbah Udang Yang Dimasak Dengan Tekanan Tinggi Terhadap Kandungan Protein Kasar Dan serat Kasar." Jurnal Ilmiah Perikanan dan Kelautan 1, no. 1 (January 27, 2019): 73. http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/jipk.v1i1.11701.
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Abstract Feed is one of the factors determines the success of a fish farm. Feed-quality feed stuffs that require high quality also, which still rely on imports, especially fish meal and soybean oilcake. Effort to reduce dependence on import of feed stuff is searching for alternative feed stuffs that the quality is quite good, cheap, easily obtained and can reduce cost of production. One of the feed stuff as an alternative source of animal protein feed that need to be examined is the prawn waste. Prawn waste meal enough potential to be used as fish feed with a crude protein content 45.29% and 17.59% crude fiber was alternative feed stuff for fish meal. The usage of prawn waste as a feed stuff should be through the handling and processing to further improve the nutrient value of waste. Prawn waste processing in this research consists of two ways, that is waste cooking prawn on the high pressure (100 kpa), and conducted fermentation by using probiotic. The existence of microorganisms activity during the fermentation process will cause changes of feed stuffs either through physically and chemicals. Probiotic is a microbe colony that is rich in celulolytic, lignolytic and proteolytic bacteria. The aim of this research is to know the influence probiotic on the prawn waste cooked with high pressure to increase the protein content and to decrease the crude fiber content. Method as used in the research is experimental method. Experiment design that used at research is Completely Randomized Design with 4 treatments and replicates 5 times. To get the data is conducted procsimat analysis on the crude protein content and crude fibers from each experimental unit. That result data analyzed with the Analysis of Varian continued with Duncan’s Multiple Range Test. The results of research is known that dosaged probiotic at process of prawn waste cooked fermentation not different to crude protein contents of the waste cook fermented prawn. Crude fiber content of the waste cook fermented prawn using probiotik (P1, P2, P3) has decreased if compared with waste cooking fermented prawn without using probiotic (P0)
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Pongrácz, Péter, and Vilmos Altbäcker. "Ontogeny of the responses of European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) to aerial and ground predators." Canadian Journal of Zoology 78, no. 4 (April 2, 2000): 655–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z99-237.
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The responses of adult (6-9 months old) and young (5-8 weeks old) rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) to their natural predators were tested. The aims of our experiments were to investigate whether (i) inexperienced rabbits would avoid a stuffed goshawk but not a non-bird-like control object and (ii) adult rabbits would behave differently toward an aerial and a terrestrial predator model on their first encounter, and (iii) to compare the inherited antipredator behaviour of adult and young rabbits toward the two types of predators. We tested only naïve rabbits and used a stuffed goshawk and fox as predators. Our results showed that under controlled laboratory conditions (i) a stuffed predator could elicit avoidance behaviour in rabbits without previous experience with predators; (ii) adult rabbits behaved differently toward the stuffed fox and goshawk; (iii) the behaviour of young rabbits was less differentiated, and their "quantitative" response developed into the adults' well-structured defensive behaviour without any experience with predators.
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Писарев, Александр Александрович. "IMAGERY OF TAXIDERMY IN SCIENCE MUSEUMS: FROM SYSTEMATICS OF SPECIES TO SYSTEMATICITY OF VIOLENCE AND POSTHUMANIST NATURE." ΠΡΑΞΗMΑ. Journal of Visual Semiotics, no. 2(24) (July 27, 2020): 91–130. http://dx.doi.org/10.23951/2312-7899-2020-2-91-130.
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Статья посвящена изменениям образности таксидермических объектов в музеях естественной истории. На ряде случаев прослеживаются связи этих изменений с трансформациями сети разнородных элементов – научных теорий и парадигм, музея, национальной политики, моральных представлений. Таксидермический объект понимается как объект науки, обладающий собственной материальностью и историей, музей – как пространство репрезентации природы, научных категорий и морально- политических идей. Таксидермия входит в музей естественной истории в XVIII веке ценой стирания своей художественности и искусственности в пользу объективной репрезентации «самой» природы. В контексте географических открытий и колониальных завоеваний чучела позволяли решить проблему удаленного во времени и пространстве наблюдения. Благодаря натурализации удается превратить чучело, теперь анонимное и стандартизированное, в воплощение таксона линнеевской систематики, неотделимой от соображений государственного управления ресурсами. Эта сцепка проявлялась в организации пространства экспозиции. В XIX веке с изменением принципа систематики, разработкой идеи организма в таксидермическую экспозицию через диорамы и биологические группы вводится измерение жизни. На конкретном примере демонстрируется использование таксидермических диорам в качестве инструмента морально-политической субъективации индивидов. В середине XX века наступает упадок таксидермии. Актуальная наука меняется и уходит из музеев естественной истории, разрушается колониальная система, критически переосмысливается отношение к колониальному наследию и животным, развиваются кинотехника и телевидение. Чучела становятся нежеланными артефактами жестокой политики и эстетики прежней эпохи и в большей степени объектами критических исследований и истории науки, чем науки. Музеи же, теряя финансирование и посетителей, оказываются в дважды противоречивом положении. Во-первых, между антиисторической натурализирующей научностью и историчностью денатурализованных экспонатов. Во-вторых, между неоднозначными эстетикой и историей таксидермии и изменившимся моральным порядком. Помимо других способов они пытаются разрешить эти противоречия путем переинтерпретации таксидермической экспозиции в рамках экологической повестки и при помощи точечных материально-дискурсивных вмешательств, превращающих чучела в аллегории вымирания и поврежденной природы. Этот ход позволяет удержаться в границах естественно-научного дискурса, одновременно обращаясь к моральному чувству посетителя. Однако при этом он воспроизводит мифологему «золотого века», основанную на противопоставлении природы и культуры, естественного и искусственного. На этом фоне выделяются другие траектории чучел в музее. Во-первых, художественные интервенции на территории музея, обращающиеся к таксидермии и шире архиву естественной истории. В таких случаях музей делегирует художникам право критической рефлексии по поводу научной идеологии и власти. Приводится ряд примеров таких интервенций. Во-вторых, таксидермические коллекции новых типов, изначально создаваемые не как плод объективирующего и систематизирующего подхода науки, а как проявление систематичности насилия и новой природы, безразличной к упомянутым выше оппозициям. Такая таксидермия может стать инструментом осмысления новой природы в эпоху, столь неудачно названную антропоценом, и рабочим объектом постгуманистической образности. The article is devoted to the transformations of the imagery of taxidermic objects in natural history museums. By examining several cases these transformations are linked to changes in a network of heterogeneous contexts - scientific theories and paradigms, the role of the museum, national politics, and public morals. While discussing the topic a taxidermic object is understood as an object of science with its own materiality and history and science museum is considered as a space for the representation of nature, scientific categories, and moral and political ideas, and as an instrument of collective empiricism. The history of taxidermy in a museum is the history of erasing its artistry and artificiality in favor of an objective representation of nature “itself". This naturalization makes it possible to turn the stuffed animal, now anonymous and standardized, into a taxon of Linnaean taxonomy, inseparable from considerations of public resource management. The consequences of such entry into the museum for the visual nature of taxidermy are written out. Next, we consider the change in taxonomy in the XIX century and the introduction of the idea of life in taxidermic exposition through dioramas and biological groups. A concrete example demonstrates the use of taxidermic dioramas as a tool for moral and political transformation of individuals through the aura-like experience of nature. In the middle of the XX century, the decline of taxidermy begins. Due to the withdrawal of up-to-date science from natural history museums, changes in politics, collective imagination, and the ethics of dealing with colonial heritage and nature, museums are losing funding and visitors and are gradually shifting to the periphery of culture. It is shown that they find themselves in a twice contradictory position between their own anti-historical and naturalizing scientific nature and the historicity of denaturalized exhibits, between the ambiguous aesthetics, history of taxidermy and the changed moral order. Museums tried to resolve these contradictions and return to the current culture by including in the communication about the environmental agenda and the environmental reinterpretation of taxidermy exposition with the help of occasional material and discursive interventions that turn stuffed animals into allegories of extinction. This move allows them to stay within the boundaries of the natural science discourse of preservation species diversity, while simultaneously appealing to the moral sense of the visitor and influencing the collective sensibility. At the same time, it reproduces the mythologem of the "golden age", based on the opposition between nature and culture, natural and artificial. Thus, these contradictions are not completely resolved. The first possible way further are artistic interventions on the territory of the museum, in which the Museum delegates to artists the right of critical reflection on scientific ideology and power. A number of examples of such interventions are provided and analyzed. The second way are new taxidermy collections, initially created not as a result of the objectifying approach of science, but as a manifestation of systematic violence and a new nature, indifferent to the above-mentioned oppositions. Such taxidermy can become a tool for understanding the new nature in an era so aptly called the anthropocene, and a working object of posthumanistic imagery.