Documenting a Historic Mounted Fin Whale Skeleton in Preparation for a Move—A Case Study at the Museu de Ciencies Naturals de Barcelona

In 2009, the Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona launched a new permanent exhibit that included removal and restoration of a landmark piece, a fin whale skeleton, and complete redesign of its assembly structure. In this paper we present the process and results of documenting the piece before the dismantling procedure. A graphic record was created as part of the restoration process, which secondarily served as an important source of information for designing the new mounting system. A detailed visual examination of the skeleton revealed problems in the preservation of the bone. The results of the preparatory examinations proved useful for planning a new preventive conservation program for the piece in its new location.

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Literature is not part of written language: that is, at least, if writing is not the simple graphic record of speech. Writing is prior to speech and perhaps even to language. For a language is possible only through implicit but constitutive reference to the impossibility of going beyond itself to establish itself in another language that would provide it with meaning. A language can only be established in itself, in the circular return to its own code. This law of language can be expressed by the formula: no metalanguage....

Optimalizace odhodové vzdálenosti pro test přesnosti hodu na cíl u mládeže věkové kategorie 11–14 let

Throw accuracy is not being currently quite developed within school PE lessons; it is being developed only as part of skills of a particular sports discipline. Th is shortcoming may stem from the lack of a suitable test assessing this skill. In the literature we have seen only three throw accuracy tests intended for school youngsters (Bös 2001, Mecner 1975, Měkota; Blahuš 1983). Th ese tests consist of a few repeated series of throws, failing to distinguish a throwing distance for boys and girls and even age groups, and requiring a rather complicated graphic record of successful target hits that cannot be assessed easily and quickly during a PE lesson. Th e purpose of the study is to create a test of measuring throw accuracy at a target eliminating the aforementioned shortcomings. Th e optimisation of a throwing distance is based on the condition of a normal Gaussian distribution of data related to individual throwing distances, and on the condition that an average number of target hits within a concrete throwing distance will be close to 7.5 target hits. To assess the importance of the diff erence of the observed throwing distances one-factor ANOVA (One Way Analysis of Variance) was used. Th e assessed group consisted of 105 boys and 114 girls of three randomly selected schools in Ostrava between 11 and 14 years old. Th ree throwing distances were determined (boys 6; 8; 10 m, girls 3.5; 5.5; 7.5 m) in combination with a vertical round target of 0.7 m in diameter. Th e tested person used an overarm throwing technique and made 20 throws for each throwing distance. Th e test score was the number of the target hits from the 6th - 20th throw (training: 1st -5th throw). Th e optimum throwing distances were identifi ed for the accuracy test of a target throw for boys of the 11-12 year category (6 m), 13-14 year category (8 m), for girls of the 11-12 year category (5.5 m), 13-14 year category (7.5 m) while using a target of 0.7 m in diameter.

A Facies Approach to the Stratigraphic Analysis of Late Wisconsinan Sediments in the Portal Creek Area, Jasper National Park, Alberta

ABSTRACT Glacial diamictons described and sampled during regional stratigraphie studies in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada, are categorized using a facies approach. The classification scheme is based on objective field criteria but it is designed to ultimately aid in genetic interpretations of the described deposits which are required for meaningful stratigraphie correlations. The utility of the facies approach in solving stratigraphie problems is tested by the analysis of a complex sequence of glacial diamictons in the Portal Creek area. Genetic interpretations placed on the facies were supported by general agreement between theoretical and observed facies sequences, and proved useful in solving stratigraphie problems. Stratigraphic and provenance studies in the Portal Creek region reveal three major sediment packages of distinct provenance indicating that three separate glacial episodes may have occurred. However, an environment analysis of the deposits shows that the oldest two groups of sediment probably were deposited during the same episode. Changes in till provenance are believed to be the result of fluctuations in the dominance of two confluent glaciers originating in different valleys. The facies analysis supports the stratigraphie evidence that the third sedimentary package was deposited in a distinct glacial episode at a significantly later time than the underlying deposits. Although stratigraphie correlations with dated sediments are tentative, both glacial events recorded in the Portal Creek strati-graphic record are presumed to be Late Wisconsinan in age.

Finger Dynamography

The movements of the MP and PIP joints occur together and enable the fingers to acquire different postures. A graphic record of these movements gives an idea of the working space of the fingers. Normally, the tracing forms the shape of a quadrangle with almost parallel sides. If muscle paralysis occurs or joints are diseased, the shape of the quadrangle—the “working space”—becomes distorted. Different patterns of distortion are seen with different finger problems. “Finger dynamography” is a simple bedside procedure requiring only a goniometer. If supplemented with additional data on pinch and grip strengths and sensibility, it gives a pictorial record which is easy to interpret and can be used for documentation.

Palatography and myo-functional therapy

The purpose of this article is to report on the use of a rather simple method of palatography to supplement clinical inspection in the evaluation of swallowing patterns. This method allows inspection of contact zones made by the tongue against the palatal and dental structures during deglutition. The procedures of direct palatography used in this study were simple, inexpensive, and graphically revealed differences between normal swallowing and tongue thrust swallowing patterns in a manner consistent with clinical evaluation expectancies. These data reveal that direct palatography can be used clinically to support the myo-functional clinician in establishing an accurate evaluation of tongue thrust. Direct palatography also constitutes a graphic record of contact zones between the tongue and the dental-palatal structures during swallowing. [article excerpts]

A computerized echoencephalograph

✓ A new echoencephalograph is described which automates the measurement of midline shifts. A built-in digital computer identifies echo patterns, performs all calculations, and indicates midline shift directly in millimeters, allowing a graphic record to be made of many, rapid, individual echo determinations.