The American West: A New Interpretive History

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INTRODUCTION Scales have long been known in fossil and recent amphibians, and a considerable volume of literature has been published on amphibian scales. Among the recent amphibians, the caecilians (Apoda., Gymnophiona) are characterized by the presence of scales in many genera, and these have been studied and described by various authors. Among the fossil forms, scales have been recognized in ...

European Universities : An Interpretive History

Steinmueller are gratefully acknowledge.

The History of Renaissance Cartography: Interpretive Essays

The chemotherapy of leprosy: an interpretive history.

The introduction of effective antimicrobial treatment for leprosy, first with the sulphones by Faget in 1943, was the major scientific development of the twentieth century to actually alter disease course and provide patients reason to hope. Initially promin and solapsone, injectable sulphones, were utilised, but these injectables were soon abandoned for oral dapsone which had the additional ad...

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Molecular and morphological data were used to derive a phylogenetic hypothesis for the Eurylaimides, an Old World bird group now known to be distributed pantropically, and to investigate the evolution and biogeography of the group. Phylogenetic results indicated that the Eurylaimides consist of two monophyletic groups, the pittas (Pittidae) and the broadbills (Eurylaimidae sensu lato), and that...