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Edward Charles Pelham-Clinton (1920-1988)
An obituary is given of E.C. Pelham-Clinton (1920-88), best known as co-author (with J.A. Campbell in 1960) of a taxonomic revision of the British Culicoides. A bibliography of his publications is appended.Shaw, Mark R ; Agassiz, D J L
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Fellows remembered: Peter Woodman
Sheridan, J A
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Parasitoid communities: their size, structure and development
In this chapter the authors first consider the literature on host-parasitoid associations and its limitations. They then review ideas that have been applied to the study of parasitoid communities. The authors develop a system of categorizing parasitoids, based on a fundamental dichotomy in their biology, which allows them to make...Askew, R R ; Shaw, Mark R
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White-billed Diver: new first Scottish record
McGowan, R Y
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For the public, with the public, by the public – George Wilson and the Edinburgh Industrial University Museum
University museums have played a significant role in the development of science and engineering knowledge for a long time. The first professorship of technology at Edinburgh University was synonymous with the position of curator of the university’s newly founded Industrial Museum. The unique approach of George Wilson, who held the...Staubermann, Klaus
science, technology, public engagement, and university museum
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Seeking eternity: 5,000 years of ancient Egyptian burial
While the ancient Egyptians’ hope for eternal life remained constant, their burial practices were ever-changing. Dr Margaret Maitland, senior curator at National Museums Scotland, charts the remarkable changes in Egyptian tombs and the extraordinary objects that filled them…Maitland, Margaret
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Lamps for Robert Rowat 1902
The National Museum of Scotland reopened on the 29th July. Amongst the 832 objects featuring in Window on the World, a vast installation occupying the south wall of the Grand Gallery, are three lanterns designed by Mackintosh for 14 Kingsborough Gardens, Glasgow.Jackson, Stephen
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National Museums Scotland
Next of Kin's flexible design allowed it to tour Scotland and unearth stories about the first world warSohn-Rethel, Jo
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A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group
The main task of the IUCN SSC Cat Specialist Group is the continuous review of the conservation status of all cat species and subspecies according to The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species process. A critical subject in this task is the systematic classification of the cat family, the Felidae....Kitchener, Andrew C ; Breitenmoser-Würsten, C ; Eizirik, E ; Gentry, A ; Werdelin, Lars …
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The 11th Duke and Duchess of Hamilton and France
Evans, Godfrey
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Molecular phylogeny of Cotesia Cameron, 1891(Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae)parasitoids associated with Melitaeini butterflies (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Melitaeini)
Phylogenetic relationships among Cotesia Cameron (Braconidae) species parasitising Melitaeini butterflies were examined using DNA sequence data (mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I and NADH1 dehydrogenase genes, nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer region) as well as 12 microsatellite loci. Molecular data were available from ostensibly six species of Cotesia from 16...Kankare, M. ; Shaw, Mark R
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The Hymenoptera associated with spiders in Europe
The Hymenoptera known to be obligatory parasitoids or predators of spiders or their eggs in Europe form a rather diverse assemblage. Their biologies are briefly reviewed; known host associations are summarized for each genus; and a key is given to the genera of Hymenoptera (other than Pompilidae) involved.Fitton, M G ; Shaw, Mark R ; Austin, A D
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Bringing museums to life with science
Clare Meakin, science engagement manager for National Museums Scotland, on why the organisation is on tour teaching science and technology to pupilsMeakin, Clare
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Recent finds from Strageath Roman fort
Recent finds from the Roman fort complex at Strageath are described, including cavalry harness fittings, a sword hilt guard of Piggott’s Group IV, and an unusual enamelled pin. Selected older finds are reviewed, with consideration of the influence of indigenous traditions on the material culture of the garrisons, the manufacturing...Hunter, Fraser
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Review of R.Cleal and A.MacSween (eds.), Grooved ware in Britain and Ireland
This collection of fourteen papers (plus Introduction and Gazetteer) arose from a Neolithic Studies Group seminar that took place on a memorably eventful and frosty day in February 1994. As one of the speakers and subsequent contributors to the volume, my comments are those of an active participant in the...Sheridan, J A
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Me and my research: shrouded in mystery
Maitland, Margaret
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The Hugh Miller Museum in 1902
Taylor, Michael A
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The curious case of the Norrie's Law hoard fakes
Experts working at National Museums Scotland have uncovered a mysterious tale of stolen treasure and deception associated with two of the items in the Norrie's Law Pictish silver hoardGoldberg, D Martin
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A second winter for Andricus
Shaw, Mark R
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Bronze Age pottery. In P R J Duffy, Excavations at Dunure Road, Ayrshire: a Bronze Age cist cemetery and standing stone, 94-100
In March 2005, excavations were undertaken by Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD) at the Craig Tara Holiday Park, Dunure Road, Ayr in advance of proposed development. Two main archaeological sites were examined. The first, a flat cist cemetery covered by an earthen mound, comprised 23 separate burial features of...Sheridan, J A
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Reared parasitic Hymenoptera: a plea
Shaw, Mark R
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Inspiration from the latest Scottish fossil finds
Panciroli, Elsa
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The third modern British record of Brachymeria tibialis (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) reared from Zygaena filipendulae (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae)
We wish to place on record the rearing of a single female specimen of Brachymeria tibialis (Walker) on 13 July 2009 from a cocoon of Zygaena filipendulae (L.) collected on 5 June 2009 by one of us (RC) at Denbies Landbarn, Surrey, TQ 135499, a National Trust chalk downland site....Shaw, Mark R ; Comont, R ; McCracken, M ; Hesketh, H ; Roy, H …
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Oronsay's sculptural heritage
A team consisting of an archaeologist, David Caldwell, a scientist, Susy Kirk, and two geologists, Simon Howard and Nigel Ruckley, report on a project re-examining the medieval stone carvings at Oronsay Priory.Caldwell, David H ; Kirk, Susy ; Howard, Simon ; Ruckley, Nigel
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Influences of host feeding-niche and foodplant type on generalist and specialist parasitoids
Parasitoids of 185 British herbivorous insect species were classified as being koinobionts (tending to be specialists) or idiobionts (potential generalists) to examine the influences of host feeding-niche and food plant type on the numbers of parasitoid species attacking individual host species. The majority of parasitoid species of exophytic (internally feeding)...Hawkins, B A ; Askew, R R ; Shaw, Mark R
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The Mummy reviewed by an Egyptologist: ‘Tom Cruise’s Late Egyptian is passable’
Dr Dan Potter, an Egyptologist and Assistant Curator at National Museums Scotland, gives his thoughts on Tom Cruise’s widely panned foray into Egyptian mythology.Potter, Dan
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Were 'Non-Local' Medallions of the Valerianic Dynasty struck at the Mint of Viminacium?
In the most recently published comprehensive survey of the coinage of the Valerianic dynasty (AD 253-368), the late Professor Robert Göbl attributed just two unique bronze medallions to the mint of Viminacium, on the river Danube in modern Serbia. Both bear on the obverse the bust of an unnamed young...Holmes, N M McQ.
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Rodger Waterston
Shaw, Mark R
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Herina lugubris (Meigen) (Diptera, Ulidiidae) discovered in south-east Scotland
While recording insects on 13 September 2015 in a long-abandoned railway cutting near Longnewton, in the Scottish Borders (NT5826, V.C. 80) a single male ulidiid fly was swept from tall herb-rich vegetation. Later examination revealed it to be Herina lugubris (Meigen, 1826).Bland, K P ; Horsfield, David
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1.000.000 visitors in four months!
Tate, Jim ; McClean, Lynn
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Early Navigation Instruments in Scotland
Morrison-Low, A D
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Solving a silver jigsaw: a new hoard of Roman hacksilver from Fife
Recently discovered in Fife, the Dairsie Hoard represents the earliest-known evidence found outside the empire for Roman use of hacksilver to secure their frontiers.Hunter, Fraser
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Afrephialtes cicatricosa (Ratzeburg) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae), an unexpected addition to the Irish fauna
This parasitic wasp is added to the Irish list based on specimens reared from the Red-tipped Clearwing moth Synathedon formicaeformis collected at Glengarriff, Co. Cork by E.S.A. Baynes in 1953. The specimens had been determined initially as Exeristes (=Mesocentrus) roborator. The paper reviews the status of the two parasites and...O'Connor, J P ; Shaw, Mark R
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International network of scholars to explore the role of silver in Early Medieval Europe
A major grant awarded to National Museums Scotland will allow historians to explore the role that silver played in the emergence of the Early Medieval kingdoms of Europe.Blackwell, Alice
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Voxpop: what is the future for Blockbuster exhibitions?
Fears have been raised that the UK's leading museums may be unable to stage the major exhibitions that attract visitors from all over the world if there is a no-deal Brexit.Huxtable, Sally-Anne
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First records of the pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps, in Scotland
The pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps, is a poorly known cetacean species, which has been recorded rarely in the British Isles (Leaper and Evans, 2008). It is an oceanic species that inhabits tropical to warmer temperate waters worldwide (Caldwell and Caldwell, 1989). In the North Atlantic it strands reasonably commonly...Kitchener, Andrew C ; Herman, Jeremy S ; Reid, R J ; Anderson, N
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The Rezillo's Fender Precision bass guitar, 1970s
From the days of the dancehalls to the emergence of pop in an explosion of colour in the 60s, through the 70s and New Wave, Rip It Up will feature global stars and independent local heroes from pop's early days right up to today’s outstanding newcomers. Artists and bands to...Allen, Stephen
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Cocoon silk chemistry in parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea)and their hosts
Bulk amino acid compositions of larval cocoon silks of 24 species of ichneumonoid parasitic wasps, representing 13 subfamilies that kill the host in a larval or prepupal stage, are compared with those of their hosts to test the hypothesis that amino acid compositions of major protein products should, in certain...Quicke, D. L. J. ; Shaw, Mark R
Cotesia, energetics, Lepidoptera, and amino acids
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Insect parasitoids. RESL Workshop, 21 October 1988
Shaw, Mark R
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The Great Eight!: the National War Museum of Scotland
Watt, Patrick
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John Napier and the Power of Ten
Phillipson, Tacye
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