scholarly journals Significance of anecdotes for historical perspective: black bear predation on sea turtle eggs

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 353-357
Author(s):  
KA Bjorndal
Keyword(s):  
East Coast ◽  
Habitat Degradation ◽  
Black Bear ◽  
Sea Turtle ◽  
Black Bears ◽  
Shifting Baseline ◽  
The Past ◽  
Terrestrial Habitats ◽  
And Function

In his April 2010 TED talk on the shifting baseline syndrome, Daniel Pauly warned us that ‘we transform the world, but we don’t remember it.’ This lapse is the greatest obstacle to understanding and restoring the structure and function of ecosystems transformed by anthropogenic effects over past centuries or even over the past few decades. Historical anecdotes can be a powerful tool to address gaps in our knowledge of the past. I present a case study to demonstrate the use of anecdotes to reveal the extensive predation by black bears Ursus americanus on sea turtle eggs in Florida, USA. Until the late 1800s, bears were major predators on eggs deposited by the large sea turtle aggregations nesting on the east coast of Florida. However, this past source of mortality, and the resulting substantial transport of nutrients from marine to terrestrial habitats via the bears, are largely unknown today. By the early 1900s, the great influx of humans to the east coast of Florida quickly decimated the bear populations by hunting and habitat degradation. Without historical anecdotes, knowledge of the extensive predation by black bears on sea turtle eggs in Florida would have been lost.

Reconciling the marriage of renewables and gas in the Australian energy market

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Joshua Stabler
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Electricity Market ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Energy Markets ◽  
Energy Market ◽  
Rapid Rise ◽  
The Past ◽  
Energy Projects ◽  
East And West

Australian energy markets have been heavily influenced by the rapid rise of renewable energy projects (wind and solar) during the past three years on both the east and west coasts. While the east and west coast wholesale gas prices have followed very different trajectories, the fundamental implications of new competitive zero cost supply to the electricity industry is similar. While primarily focused on the sharper implications on the east coast energy markets, this paper will also investigate the twin case study of Western Australia and investigate the economic case of gas in the very different electricity market of the 2020s.

scholarly journals Perbandingan Rumah Joglo di Jawa Tengah Dalam Lingkup Cagar Budaya (Studi Kasus: Omah UGM dengan nDalem Purwodiningratan)(

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Anugrah Pratama ◽  
Yusuf Affendi Djalari ◽  
Sangayu Ketut Laksemi
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Building Construction ◽  
Historical Building ◽  
The Past ◽  
Deep Meaning ◽  
Class Status ◽  
And Function ◽  
Building Conservation ◽  
Design Construction

<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p><strong></strong><br />Joglo house has a deep meaning and represent Javanese identity. The structure of Joglo’s building for Javanese people is in accordance with the principle of Javanese people’s life, to firmly taking the responsibility of living. In the past, this building was become a symbolic of middle-upper class status in society and destined for living place, cultural art show, assembly hall, and ceremonial events. As the time goes by, there is a change of building function, building construction and ownership. Therefore, there is a need of special attention from government related to the preservation of ancient and historical buildings in accordance with Law No.11 year 2010 regarding cultural heritage. The preservation may include historical building conservation (preservation, restoration, reconstruction and revitalization). Conservation is often to accompanied by the development of design construction, which can give an impact to the change of meaning or identity and function of Joglo house. The switches of function of Joglo house was identified by the author through the case study of Joglo houses in Kotagede Heritage, Yogyakarta and Solo, Surakarta. Joglo house in Kotagede which has been observed by the author was Omah UGM.<br />Meanwhile, Joglo house in Solo, Surakarta was nDalem Purwodiningratan. The development of both Joglo houses was observed in the terms of function, and the shape of building. As a result, the author conclude that both of the Joglo houses have the historical value that deserve to be categorized as cultural heritage and needs to be preserved.</p><p><strong>Abstrak</strong><br />Rumah Joglo memiliki makna dan identitas yang kuat bagi masyarakat jawa. Struktur bangunan rumah Joglo bagi masyarakat jawa sesuai dengan prinsip kehidupan masyarakatnya yaitu tegas dalam menjalani tanggung jawab dalam kehidupan. Di masa lalu, bangunan sebagai simbol status kelas masyarakat menegah ke atas ini diperuntukkan untuk tempat tinggal, kegiatan pementasan, ruang pertemuan, dan acara seremonial. Seiring dengan perkembangan zaman, terjadi perubahan fungsi, konstruksi bangunan serta kepemilikan, sehingga makna dan filosofi rumah Joglo berkurang. Oleh karena itu, diperlukan perhatian khusus dari pemerintah terkait pelestarian bangunan kuno dan bersejarah sesuai dengan UU No. 11 tahun 2010 tentang cagar budaya. Pelestarian ini dapat berupa konservasi bangunan bersejarah (preservasi, restorasi, rekonstruksi maupun revitalisasi). Konservasi seringkali disertai dengan adanya pengembangan kontruksi desain yang dapat berdampak pada perubahan makna/identitas maupun fungsi dari rumah Joglo. Rumah Joglo yang beralih fungsi ini penulis mengidentifikasi melalui studi kasus bangunan rumah Joglo yang berada pada kawasan cagar budaya Kota Gede di Yogyakarta dan Solo, Surakarta. Rumah Joglo di Kota Gede yang diamati penulis adalah Omah UGM</p>

A History of Silences

2017 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 385-409
Author(s):  
Alexandre Vincent
Keyword(s):  
Sound Studies ◽  
Spiritual Life ◽  
Ancient Rome ◽  
The Past ◽  
Religious Law ◽  
Sensory History ◽  
History Of ◽  
Anthropology Of The Senses ◽  
And Function

This paper, grounded in a critical reading of Alain Corbin’s recent History of Silence, proposes a twofold development. The first part is methodological, arguing for the necessity of studying the acoustic phenomena of the past in a way that is distinct from emotion and does not focus solely on conveying experience. The historiography of the notion of “soundscapes,” invented by musicologist Raymond Murray Schafer, is used to assess the contribution of “sound studies,” “sensory history,” and the anthropology of the senses. The heuristic capacities of this notion are emphasized, as is the need to locate it within a coherent topographical and chronological framework. The second section of the article develops a case study based on these methodological prescriptions, focusing on silence in the religious rites of ancient Rome. The acoustic frame of ritual perfection, silentium was also a category of Roman religious law and very far from the quest for interiority and spiritual life that Corbin considers a natural part of silence. An analysis of the nature and function of silence in two different rites, taking the auspices and sacrifice, confirms the need for a thorough and contextualized historical approach to acoustic phenomena: behind a unified terminology lie two radically different acoustic realities.

Osseointegration interface of calcified bone and endosseous implants

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 1096-1097
Author(s):  
K.E. Krizan ◽  
J.E. Laffoon ◽  
M.J. Buckley
Keyword(s):  
Structure And Function ◽  
Titanium Implants ◽  
En Bloc ◽  
Endosseous Implants ◽  
Ultrastructural Studies ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cacodylate Buffer ◽  
One Year ◽  
And Function

With increase use of tissue-integrated prostheses in recent years it is a goal to understand what is happening at the interface between haversion bone and bulk metal. This study uses electron microscopy (EM) techniques to establish parameters for osseointegration (structure and function between bone and nonload-carrying implants) in an animal model. In the past the interface has been evaluated extensively with light microscopy methods. Today researchers are using the EM for ultrastructural studies of the bone tissue and implant responses to an in vivo environment. Under general anesthesia nine adult mongrel dogs received three Brånemark (Nobelpharma) 3.75 × 7 mm titanium implants surgical placed in their left zygomatic arch. After a one year healing period the animals were injected with a routine bone marker (oxytetracycline), euthanized and perfused via aortic cannulation with 3% glutaraldehyde in 0.1M cacodylate buffer pH 7.2. Implants were retrieved en bloc, harvest radiographs made (Fig. 1), and routinely embedded in plastic. Tissue and implants were cut into 300 micron thick wafers, longitudinally to the implant with an Isomet saw and diamond wafering blade [Beuhler] until the center of the implant was reached.

From hard to soft: theory and Neolithic studies in Scotland

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 7-19
Author(s):  
Kenneth Brophy
Keyword(s):  
The Past

The Scottish Theoretical Archaeology Group (STAG) conference organisers expressed some doubts about how far theory has changed, and impacted, archaeological establishment and academia in Scotland. In this paper, I will argue that Scotland is certainly not isolated in a theoretical sense, although in the past, Scottish archaeology could be accused of being theoretically conservative, or at least dependent on ideas and models developed elsewhere. A case-study looking at Neolithic studies will be used to illustrate that despite some recent critical historiographies of the study of the period in Scotland, archaeologists in Scotland and those working with Scottish material have been theoretically innovative and in step with wider paradigm changes. The study of the Neolithic in Scotland, it could be argued, has been shaped by theory more than the study of any other period; we are not isolated, but rather part of wider networks of discourse.

THE URBAN MIGRANT FUTURE DESIRE: A STUDY OF REVERSE MIGRATION IN MALAYSIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 177
Author(s):  
Nur Huzeima Mohd Hussain ◽  
Hugh Byrd ◽  
Nur Azfahani Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Peak Oil ◽  
Population Mobility ◽  
Reverse Migration ◽  
The Past ◽  
Urban Migrants ◽  
Urban Migrant ◽  
Oil Crisis

Globalisation combined with resources of oil and gas has led to an industrial society in Malaysia.  For the past 30 years, rapid urban growth has shifted from 73% rural to 73% urban population. However, the peak oil crisis and economic issues are threatening the growth of urbanisation and influencing the trends of population mobility. This paper documents the beginnings of a reverse migration (urban-to-rural) in Malaysia.  The method adopted case study that involves questionnaires with the urban migrants to establish the desires, definite intentions and reasons for future migration. Based on this data, it predicts a trend and rate of reverse migration in Malaysia. 

Kedudukan dan Fungsi Bahasa dalam Permuseuman

Metahumaniora ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Erlina Zulkifli Mahmud ◽  
Taufik Ampera ◽  
Yuyu Yohana Risagarniwa ◽  
Inu Isnaeni Sidiq
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Communicative Function ◽  
Language Functions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Library Research ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Function ◽  
Museum Guides ◽  
Bahasa Indonesia

Kedudukan dan fungsi bahasa sebagai alat komunikasi manusia mencakup seluruh bidang kehidupan termasuk ilmu pengetahuan antara lain terkait sejarah peradaban manusia; bagaimana manusia mempertahankan hidupnya, bagaimana manusia memperlakukan alam, bagaimana alam menyediakan segala kebutuhan manusia. Apa yang dilakukan manusia saat ini, saat lampau, dan apa yang dilakukan manusia jauh di masa prasejarah, bagaimana kondisi alam di masa-masa tersebut, apa perubahan dan perkembangannya, dapat didokumentasikan melalui bahasa, divisualisasikan kembali, lalu dipajang sebagai salah satu upaya konversai dan preservasi dalam satu institusi yang disebut museum. Penelitian ini membahas kedudukan dan fungsi bahasa dalam permuseuman. Bagaimana kedudukan dan fungsi bahasa dalam permuseuman baik dalam informasi yang disampaikan oleh pemandu wisata museumnya maupun yang terpajang menyertai benda-benda dan gambar-gambar merupakan tujuan dari penelitian ini. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah gabungan antara metode lapangan dan metode literatur. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa secara umum kedudukan bahasa Indonesia berada pada urutan pertama setelah Bahasa Inggris dan keberadaan kedua bahasa dalam permuseuman ini melibatkan dua fungsi utama bahasa, yakni fungsi komunikatif dan fungsi informatif.The existence and function of language  as a medium of communication covers all fields of human life including knowledge, one of them is the history of human civilization; how humans survived, how human utilized nature for their lives, and how nature provides all the necessities for humans. What humans have been doing now, what they have done in the past and far before that in the pre-history time, how the conditions of the nature at those times were and what changes as well as progresses occurred are documented using language, then re-visualized,  displayed as one of conservation and preservation acts in an institution called museum. This research discusess the existence and function of language in museums. How important the existence of a language in museums and what language functions used in museums both in informations given by the museum guides and on the displays accompanying objects and pictures are the aims of this research. The methods used are the combination between field research and library research. The results show that generally the existence of Indonesian language plays more important role than English and both languages have two main functions; communicative function and informative function.     

Conservation and Preservation of Nature Reserves, Monuments andSpecial Architectural or Historic Interest in Nigeria: Towards Promotion of Sustainable Cultural Tourism

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-218
Author(s):  
Francis Chuma Osefoh
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Tourism ◽  
Nature Reserves ◽  
Communication Link ◽  
Built Environments ◽  
Tourist Attraction ◽  
The Past ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Historical Heritage ◽  
Developed Nations

Some of the renowned world tourism countries have special peculiarities in character in terms of their nature reserves and built environments; that made them stand out for their attractions and visits. These qualities range from conservation and preservation of nature reserves, built environments- epoch architectural supports over the years; historical heritage; political; religious; socio-economic; cultural; and  high technology that enhance culture. The virtues of multi- ethnic groups and multi- cultural nature gave Nigeria a rich cultural heritage, and she is blessed with natural wonders, unique wildlife, and a very favorable climate. More often than not less attention and importance are placed over the nature reserves and built environments to the detriment of tourism in lieu of other sectors. Summarily the country lacks the culture of conservation and preservation of her abundant resources to promote cultural tourism. Case study strategy was applied in the research tours with reports of personal experiences, documentaries and analyses of sites visited in Europe and Nigeria were highlighted with references to their attributes in terms of structures and features that made up the sites as relate to culture and attraction.The task in keeping rural, city landscapes and nature reserves alive stands out as the secret of communication link from the past to present and the future; which tourism developed nations reap as benefits for tourist attraction.

Karpophoroi deities and the Attic cult of Ge. Notes on IG II2 4758

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 193-203
Author(s):  
Jenny Wallensten
Keyword(s):  
The Earth ◽  
And Function

Karpophoros, fruit-bearing, is an epithet easily considered as “literary”, i.e., a poetic name with little or no relation to cult. The epigraphic sources, however, clearly show us that gods thus named were offered divine worship. The epithet is found in connection with several deities. Goddesses of agriculture, such as Demeter, and Ge, the Earth, naturally carry this name, but so do Zeus, Dionysos and a goddess known as “The Aiolian”, who was sometimes associated with Agrippina. This paper surveys deities known as karpophoroi and examines what their cult entailed. Its focus is, however, on a brief Acropolis inscription, IG II2 4758, where Ge is honoured as Karpophoros, in accordance with an oracle. The case study provides insights into the Attic cult of Ge, the epithet Karpophoros, as well as the use and function of epithets within Greek dedicatory language.

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