History of the Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor occurrence in Slovenia

Museum visitors and non-visitors in Germany: A representative survey

Recommandations pour la pratique clinique

This study aims to describe: 1) the history of the establishment of the Al-qur'an History Museum and its development to date, 2) what collections are in the Al-qur'an History Museum, 3) the use of the Al-qur'an History Museum as a historical sources. The main purpose of this research is to find out exactly how useful the collection of manuscripts which are the treasures of Islam is as a material for historical research and learning. This study uses a qualitative method with a descriptive approach. Informants in this study were the head of the museum, academic researchers, students. Data was collected through observation, interviews, and documentation. The results showed: (1) The history of the establishment of the Al-qur'an History Museum was motivated by anxiety and a lack of concern for Islamic artifacts in North Sumatra. So departing from this statement and the basis of ignorance, historian Ichwan Azhari tries to prove the existence of these Islamic artifacts through a long journey in finding them by tracing every area in North Sumatra. (2) The use of the Mushaf collections in the History Museum of Al-Quran in North Sumatra as a historical source for researchers can be seen from the use of these historical sources as the primary (primary) source and has the main goal of improving previous research. The collections in the museum make a major contribution to research so that a fact of Islamic treasures can be revealed.

The environment of the Andean Puna Plateau is mostly characterized by the dominance of evaporative processes due to aridity. Since the intermittent runoff lacks the morphodynamic competence to generate the present day landscape, authors have usually considered that the Puna landscape is a remnant feature of the Miocene arid-climate persistence. Then, a Quaternary-sensu lato-age was assigned to salars, alluvial fans and other geomorphologies. We present evidences from the endorheic depression of Guayatayoc-Salinas Grandes (GSG) located at 3,400 m a.s.l. in the eastern border of northen Puna. The basin includes a saline playa domain in the north (Guayatayoc Playa Lake) and a salt pan in the southern part (Salinas Grandes). We have identified two dissimilar processes originating the subdivision of the GSG depression. The characterization of those processes included sedimentological and geomorphological observations, as well as chronologies using luminescence and radiocarbon. Evidences reveal the development of a saline-lacustrine water body that is associated with the Last Glacial Maximum. During the Late Pleistocene and until ~13.8 cal kyr BP, lake shores were modelled in the front of distal-alluvial fans, the sedimentary aggradation was widespread, and associated with kaolinitic-clay accumulation, inyoite, and the formation of peat-deposits. An environmental change towards aridity occurred after 13.8 cal kyr BP, and wetter conditions returned during the early to middle Holocene, around 9 cal kyr BP. Then, incisive river dynamics accompanied the establishment of a playa lake, with montmorillonitic-fine sediments and ulexite generation during later Holocene. The subdivision of the GSG depression onset by the two following processes: 1. the topographic decoupling, that is associated with Las Burras's alluvial fan aggradation during Pleistocene; 2. the lacustrine regression phase at 13.8 cal kyr BP. Therefore, Guayatayoc and Salinas Grandes are saline systems functioning as a playa lake and a salt pan, respectively, since the Holocene, due to environmental constraints.

The peregrination of Alcide d’Orbigny's Foraminifera Collection at the Museum of Natural History, Paris: From the creation of a Palaeontology chair to the advent of Micropalaeontology

In this article, environmental and climate practices in science and natural history museums in Türkiye are presented and discussed. While environmental and climate problems are global issues, they have local roots. As environmental issues are related to human activities and museums play a societal role, it is important to examine practices and approaches of museums in relation to the environment. Operations and practices of natural history and science museums in Türkiye, including educational activities, are important elements in communicating the risks of vulnerable environmental issue. This study outlines the environmental practices of the science and natural history museums of Türkiye which are commonly accepted as reliable providers of information to engage with audiences for action towards environmental challenges. Documentary research was conducted for the study. When the environmental practices and approaches are reviewed, it is seen that natural history museums function basically as research areas. Still, they have public education roles and organize educational activities about natural history, biodiversity and environment. While public education is one of the roles of natural history museums besides their conventional functions like collecting, conserving, researching and exhibiting, science centers are institutions dedicated to public education. Since science centers are mostly supported by municipalities, it can be said that they operate in a more sustainable and holistic way. Also, it is seen that their environmental reach-out programs offer a wider range. Based on data, we claim that collaboration with municipalities has an effect on the environmental activities and perspectives of museums. Also, climate-context works encourage museum community to make interdisciplinary works across the world. By presenting the current environmental and climate practices in natural history and science museums in Türkiye, it is aimed that the article can provide collaboration among institutions and advance the discussions among museums in the context of environment and climate.

This article examines the conflict between Israel and Palestine, one of the most complex and sensitive issues in modern history, through a retrospective analysis focused on historical sources, political dynamics, and the influence of international factors. For nearly 8 decades, this conflict has caused great international tensions and has sparked intense debates on international law and interventions to resolve it. The article focuses on the most influential events starting from the Ottoman Empire period, the beginnings of Jewish immigration, and the historical, political, and social developments that have led to the shaping of the current conflict. Key points include the declaration of the state of Israel, the Arab-Israeli wars, the Palestinian intifadas, and peace efforts such as the Oslo Accords. The period after 2000 is particularly addressed, analyzing the division between Hamas and Fatah, the successive conflicts in the Gaza Strip, and the deepening humanitarian crisis. The article aims to analyze the role of the international community and international law mechanisms in the efforts to resolve this conflict. Emphasis is placed on the role of the international community, highlighting the US support for Israel, the diplomatic efforts of the European Union and the contribution of international organizations to peace processes and the protection of human rights. Through a retrospective and comparative analysis, the complexity of the factors that fuel the conflict and the major challenges that hinder the possibilities for achieving lasting peace are highlighted. Through the analysis of historical, legal and political sources, this article aims to provide a deeper understanding of the nature of the conflict and to identify the main challenges and opportunities for achieving a lasting solution. In conclusion, it is emphasized that military conflicts and partial agreements have failed to provide a complete solution. Only a comprehensive process, which respects the right to self-determination and guarantees security for both peoples, can bring about lasting peace. The article suggests possibilities for a new international engagement and more effective diplomacy that could bring about a "long-term solution" accepted by both sides. Received: 20 April 2025 / Accepted: 2 June 2025 / Published: 25 June 2025

Prof. Arthur Looss (1861-1923) was a prolific German parasitologist, who, among other things, authored descriptions of 22 new species of nematodes and 115 new species of trematodes. After his death, his collection (including type material) was split between several institutions: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington (USA), Natural History Museum in Berlin and the Natural History Museum in Leipzig (Germany), Gothenburg Museum of Natural History and Swedish Museum of Natural History (Sweden). Here we revise all type specimens of nematodes from the A. Looss collection that are currently preserved in the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Strongylus subtilis, Sclerostomum edentatum, S. vulgare, Cyathostomum labratum, C. coronatum, C. bicoronatum, C. calicatum, C. alveatum, C. catinatum, C. nassatum, C. radiatum, C. elongatum, C. auriculatum, Triodontus minor, T. serratus, C. labiatum and Uncinaria polaris), designate and describe lectotypes wherever deemed necessary and provide catalogue access numbers to all type materials. We also revise all notes and drawings associated with new species that A. Looss described and provide previously unpublished pencilled sketches and ink print-ready drawings of some of these species (Strongylus subtilis, Cyathostomum poculatum, C. radiatum, C. elongatum, C. calicatum, C. auriculatum, Triodontus serratus, Trichostrongylus vitrinus and possibly Necator africanus).

The evolution of a great mind: the life and work of Darwin

The aim of the article is to explore the life and professional path of Paulina Tikhonova, a botanist and head of the Kherson Natural History Museum, during the difficult period of formation of the museum network in the early 1920s to early 1930s. The importance of the research is due to the need to create a complete history of the museum science in Ukraine through a series of studies on the history of individual museums, their managers and employees. The source base of this article is a complex of discovered archival materials on the history of museums of the Kherson region. These materials are stored in the Central State Archives of Supreme Bodies of Power and Government of Ukraine in the fund P 166 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (1920–1946 People’s Commissariat of Education of the UkrSSR). The history of the Kherson Natural History Museum dates back to 1899, when the Natural History Museum of the Kherson Governorate Zemstvo was established. The Kherson Museum of Natural History is one of the 152 state-registered museums and one of the 10 natural history museums in the Soviet museum network. The article describes the stages of Paulina Tikhonova’s education from primary education to getting higher education in Odessa. The biography and the main stages of her professional growth are shown, the professional transformation from the head of the visual instruments workshop of the Bender Zemstvo, the instructor for the production of visual natural instruments of the Kherson Governorate Zemstvo, assistant of the Kherson Polytechnic Institute, and teacher of the Kherson Institute of Public Education to the head of the Kherson Natural History Museum. Scientific expeditions in the territories of the Kherson region became the main source of enrichment of the museum’s collection. Among them were trips to Dovhyi and Kruglyi islands, to Yahorlyk Bay, and the Kinburn Spit. Besides, in the article the structure of the Kherson Museum of Natural History is considered, the quantitative and qualitative composition of the collection is clarified, ways of its enrichment and other topics are considered. Regular working relations with local educational establishments and leading scientific institutions and individual researchers are reflected.

ABSTRACTNatural history museums function as pedagogical showrooms for science. They operate within the contemporary framework of the biological sciences—presented as secular, value‐free, and devoid of social influence. However, I argue the practice of preserving and displaying bodies carries not only an epistemological lineage but also an ontological one. In this paper, I consider the function of preserved bodies in both Catholicism and natural history museums, exploring correlations in their respective developments, methods of collection, documentation, and presentation, as well as the contexts of relationality between human people and nonhuman dead bodies. Through this examination, I argue that, much like the fragmentary remains of saints, these reconstructed nonhuman bodies manifest a new kind of relic, weaving together the past and present through their own special powers of resurrection, reconstitution, and miraculous healing through the engagement with materiality.

This study aims to investigate visitor perception on the interactive digital exhibits (IDE) for learning cultural heritage and history. It further identifies possible ways IDE may help in order to improve visitor learning experience during their visit to historical and cultural heritage institutions. Four related institutions were selected in this study: Taman Tamadun Islam (TTI) and Architectural Museum Malaysia (AMM) which display architectural wonders of past civilizations by means of large replicas; as well as National Museum (NM) and Museum of History and Ethnography (MHE) which are dedicated to safeguarding and preserving the national heritage and history. TTI and NM have adequate general information technology infrastructure and digital exhibits are installed in their exhibition halls. AMM and MHE have less digital exhibits and most exhibits consist of a mixture of posters, artefacts, and replica. During this study, a survey was conducted by means of interview with 311 respondents who are also visitors to these four institutions. The findings of this study suggest most visitors perceived the use of IDE in general will allow easy access to information on national history and cultural heritage. They recommended IDE to be used as interpretation methods in order to make national history and cultural heritage more attractive. Interestingly, when it comes to available exhibition techniques, visitors vary their preferences on IDE over traditional means of exhibits according to the nature of these institutions. These findings reflect that museum visitors welcome the use of IDE and nevertheless appreciate the aesthetic values of real artefacts.

Natural history collections and museums made their appearance in the Ottoman in late 19th century through various attempts to build collections through field excursions, donations and exchanges among researchers, individuals and institutions around the world. Among them, the Imperial Medical School of the Ottoman Empire, schools of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) and other American educational groups and French colleges stand out with their vast collections from various parts of the Ottoman Empire and beyond. While these museums were created and built by eminent curators and researchers, a considerable amount of work was carried out by uncredited staff and the students. The history of these museums was often obscured by catastrophic events such as the great fires in Istanbul, the passing of the curators and other administrators and, particularly, the devastating effects of the First World War. However, long-lasting commercial science objects networks and the establishment of global natural history collections and museums are still operational today, supported by scientific exchange between other countries and the Ottoman Empire during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Drawing an outline of the history of the natural history collections of the Ottoman Empire can shed light on the evolution of both the naturalistic movement within the Ottoman society and an embryonic scientific network around the Middle East and the rest of the world.

The article examines in detail the aspects of preservation, restoration, and revitalization of historical and architectural heritage sites on the example of the functioning of the «Kyiv Fortress» National Historical and Architectural Museum. All aspects of the activity of the «Kyiv Fortress» National Historical and Architectural Museum on the maintenance and use of the territories and buildings of the museum in the past, from the time of the Kyiv Fortress to the present day are considered. In particular, the main directions of the museum's work are covered: The historical role of the Kyiv Fortress as one of the city-forming factors; Defensive use of the complex during its existence and in our time; The modern role of the complex as a cultural and educational institution; Modern role of the complex as a tourist and recreational facility; Research activities in the field of fortification. This article is a program publication that precedes the publication of a series of articles on scientific analysis of methods and techniques for the restoration of individual structural elements of stone and earth fortifications. Subsequent publications will also consider in detail the design features of the creation, restoration, and maintenance of territories and buildings of the «Kyiv Fortress» National Historical and Architectural Museum. There is also a series of local lore publications on architectural and fortification monuments of Kyiv and Kyiv region - territories and buildings of Kyiv fortified district, unfinished transport tunnels under the Dnieper (so-called Stalin tunnels), Cold War megalithic structures such as «Duga» radar station, etc.

Sceloporus adleri, a new species founded on 41 specimens, is related to the geographically adjacent species S. formosus, and is presumably limited to the Sierra Madre del Sur, Guerrero, Mexico. This Sierra appears to possess sufficient biotic endemism to justify recognition as a distinctive biotic province. Among specimens secured in Guerrero, Mexico, by Kraig Adler and his group during the winter of 1969, are 12 of a remarkably colorful species of Sceloporus cryptically related to S. formosus Wiegmann. Several other specimens of the same species had been secured by Adler earlier in the same area, and an additional series was secured for us in 1972 by David M. Dennis. We name this population Sceloporus adleri sp. nov. Holotype.-University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ) 131689, a male, taken at Asoleadero, Guerrero, Mexico, 2520 m, on 17 December 1969, by Kraig Adler, David M. Dennis and David H. Snyder. Field no. MN 4466. Paratypes.-Forty, all from Guerrero, including UMMZ 126282 (5, field nos. IJ 1522-6), Cerro Teotepec (ca. 125 km by road W Xochipala), 3300-3400 m., 10 August 1964, Theodore J. Cohn and Jean Cohn; UMMZ 130134 (6, field nos. GH 9264-7, 9270-1), between Puerto Chico and Asoleadero, 2550-2600 m, 13-14 June 1964, Kraig Adler, Guy G. Musser and James H. Brown; Colorado University Museum (CUM) 50651-3, 5 km E Escalerillo, 2460 m, 20 December 1972, David M. Dennis, David H. Snyder, Mike Silvey, Don F. Harker; Field Museum of Natural History 191335-6, U.S. National Museum (USNM) 193236, University of Illinois Museum of Natural History 93532, all topoparatypes, 16 December 1969; Kansas University Museum of Natural History (KUMNH) 143612, CUM 46010, Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) 129779, Brigham Young Univ. Mus. 40188, American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) 108211, California Academy of Science 133089, all topoparatypes, 17 December 1969; British Museum (Natural History) 1971.1856, ca. 3km (by road) E Puerto Gallo, 2740 m, 19 December 1969; CUM 50636-50, 2415 m; all topoparatypes, 19 December 1972, David M. Dennis, David H. Snyder, Mike Silvey, Don F. Harker. Twenty (USNM, KUMNH, CUM 46010, 50639-42, 50644, 50646-7, 50649, 50652, MCZ, AMNH, UMMZ field nos. 1522-3, 1526, 9264-5, 9270) are males; all others (20) are females. Collectors are Kraig Adler, David M. Dennis and David H. Snyder, unless otherwise noted. Definition.-A Sceloporus of the formosus group, distinguished from other members by the following combination of characters: mean dorsal scales 38.4; mean ventral scales 49.4; mean scales around midbody 43.7; mean femoral pores 13.3; mean scales between femoral pore series 12.8; median frontonasal in contact with lateral frontonasals; supraoculars generally not distinctly wider than long and generally not in contact with median head scales; scales on posterior surface of thigh relatively small; an incomplete, posteriorly light-bordered black nuchal collar; a pair of dorsolateral light stripes (obscure in large males); tan to dark brown dorsally in *Present address: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA.