Bibliolater 📚📜🖋 @bibliolater@qoto.org
Not a bot, just a rather corpulent male fifty years of age; a very, very slow ignoramus who reads occasionally.
Toots are #humanities, #science, #nonfiction, #book, #map, #chart and #graph related. Some toots containing #videos may also find their way into the timeline.
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Joined Nov 2022
Did you have a #reading goal for 2023? Did you meet it? I did not have a goal; but, I did read quite a few books over 2023. I cannot say how many exactly as I did not keep a written record. Is keeping a record important? Should keeping a record be my #NewYearsResolution for 2024?
#Read #AmReading #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon @bookstodon
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Is it 2024 yet?
#NewYear #NewYears #NewYearsDay
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I miss the days when I could just pick up a printed #book and start #reading. At present I have usually to scratch around for my #reading #spectacles; then I have to locate my #reading light. Once all of these 'measures' have been taken, I can start to #read the #book. Usually by this time my initial enthusiasm for #reading has greatly dissipated.
#Amreading #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon
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I recently bought two journals to use as commonplace books. Once home and eager to use the latest additions I found that the #ink from my fountain pen bleeds straight through to the other side of the page with both journals. To say that I was disappointed would be an understatement.
#Writing #Journal #FountainPen #Writingcommunity @writing
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The true-born Englishman. A satyr. 1701: Defoe, Daniel https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_the-true-born-englishman_defoe-daniel_1701_1 ~via @internetarchive #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon #C18th #18thCentury #Satire #Poem #Poetry #History #England #UK #Britain @bookstodon @poetry
"Here, across five experiments, we present consistent evidence that online search to evaluate the truthfulness of false news articles actually increases the probability of believing them. To shed light on this relationship, we combine survey data with digital trace data collected using a custom browser extension."
Aslett, K., Sanderson, Z., Godel, W. et al. Online searches to evaluate misinformation can increase its perceived veracity. Nature (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06883-y #OpenAccess #OA #Article #Politics #SocialMedia #Online #Search #Misinformation #News #Academia #Academic
"Finally, basing our discussion in part on an examination of the reading marks that Newton left in the surviving copies of Hebrew grammars and lexicons that he owned, we will argue that his interest in Hebrew was not intended to achieve linguistic proficiency but remained limited to particular theological queries of singular concern."
Joalland, M. and Mandelbrote, S. (2016) ‘Isaac Newton learns Hebrew: Samuel Johnson's Nova cubi Hebræi tabella’, Notes and Records: the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science. Royal Society, 70(1), p. 9-21. doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsnr.2015.0055. #Research #Article #Biography #History #Histodon #Histodons #Science #HistSci #C18th #18thCentury #Astronomy #C17th #17thCentury #Hebrew #Language #Languages #EarlyModern @earlymodern @science @histodon @histodons
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Gray's Atlas Map of Europe: Gray, Ormando Willis https://archive.org/details/dr_grays-atlas-map-of-europe-4740016 via @internetarchive #Map #Maps #Atlas #Cartography #Mapstodon #History #Europe #C19th #19thCentury
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Map of the Territory of Alaska (Russian America) Ceded by Russia to the United States: Gray, Ormando Willis https://archive.org/details/dr_map-of-the-territory-of-alaska-russian-america-ceded-by-russia-to-the-uni-3888008 via @internetarchive #Map #Maps #Cartography #Mapstodon #History #US #USA #UnitedStates #America #Alaska #Russia #C19th #19thCentury
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"We designed the Vibrating Ingestible BioElectronic Stimulator (VIBES) pill, an ingestible device that performs luminal vibratory stimulation to activate mechanoreceptors and stroke mucosal receptors, which induces serotonin release and yields a hormonal metabolic response commensurate with a fed state."
Shriya S. Srinivasan et al., A vibrating ingestible bioelectronic stimulator modulates gastric stretch receptors for illusory satiety. Sci. Adv. 9, eadj3003(2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adj3003 #OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #Engineering #Science #STEM #Medicine #Health #Obesity #Academia #Academic @science @engineering
During this #holiday will you be #reading any #NonFiction #book or #books?
#AmReading #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon @bookstodon
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If #reality is so intriguing, why would anyone want to #read #fiction #books?
#NonFiction #Book #AmReading #Reading #Bookstodon @bookstodon
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"Our project is revealing a new perspective on how these sites, contrary to previous assumptions, seem to have played a significant role in the configuration and evolution of trading networks throughout the Roman period."
Quevedo A, Hernández García Jde D, Gutiérrez-Rodríguez M, Moreno-Martín FJ, Mukai T, Capelli C. Impact of trading networks on a small island at the end of Late Antiquity: Isla del Fraile. Antiquity. 2023:1-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.182 #OpenAccess #OA #Research #Journal #Article #Archaeologyy #Anthropology #Archaeodons #Antiquity #Antiquidons #Roman #Trade #History #Spain #Europe @archaeodons @antiquidons
"The authors present new archaeological discoveries from western and northern Mongolia, dating to the fourth and fifth centuries AD, including a wooden frame saddle with horse hide components from Urd Ulaan Uneet and an iron stirrup from Khukh Nuur. Together, these finds suggest that Mongolian groups were early adopters of stirrups and saddles, facilitating the expansion of nomadic hegemony across Eurasia and shaping the conduct of medieval mounted warfare."
Bayarsaikhan J, Turbat T, Bayandelger C, et al. The origins of saddles and riding technology in East Asia: discoveries from the Mongolian Altai. Antiquity. 2023:1-17. doi: https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.172 #OpenAccess #OA #Journal #Article #Mongolia #Eurasia #Medieval #Horses #History #Histodon #Histodons #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Academia #Academic @archaeodons @histodon @histodons
"To address questions about the real appearance of St Anthony, we applied body mass estimation equations to the osteometric measurements taken in 1981, during the public recognition of the Saint’s skeletal remains. Both the biomechanical and the morphometric approach were employed to solve some intrinsic limitations in the equations for body mass estimation from skeletal remains. The estimated body mass was used to assess the physique of the Saint with the body mass index."
Mongillo J, Vescovo G, Bramanti B (2021) Belly fat or bloating? New insights into the physical appearance of St Anthony of Padua. PLOS ONE 16(12): e0260505. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260505 #OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #Science #Academia #Academic @science
Gold-Mining Counties: Bartholomew, J. G. https://archive.org/details/dr_gold-mining-counties-6920146 via @internetarchive #Map #Maps #Cartography #Mapstodon #Atlas #Statistics #Gold #Mining #C20th #20thCentury
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🇺🇸 Map of the United States of America, 1880. : Howland, H.G. https://archive.org/details/dr_map-of-the-united-states-of-america-1880-2709033 via @internetarchive #Map #Maps #Cartography #Mapstodon #US #USA #UnitedStates #America #C19th #19thCentury
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"In this study, we developed a soft robotic model of the right heart that accurately mimics RV biomechanics and hemodynamics, including free wall, septal and valve motion."
Singh, M., Bonnemain, J., Ozturk, C. et al. Robotic right ventricle is a biohybrid platform that simulates right ventricular function in (patho)physiological conditions and intervention. Nat Cardiovasc Res (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44161-023-00387-8 #OpenAccess #OA #Research #Cardiology #Medicine #Health #Bioengineering #Heart #Engineering #ComputerScience #Biotechnology #Robotics #Science #STEM #Academia #Academic @science @engineering
"The present study has highlighted the gene-culture co-migration with the demographic movements that occurred during the past two millennia in Central and East Asia. Additionally, this work contributes to a better understanding of the distribution of immunogenic erythrocyte polymorphisms with a view to improve transfusion safety."
Petit, F., Minnai, F., Chiaroni, J. et al. The radial expansion of the Diego blood group system polymorphisms in Asia: mark of co-migration with the Mongol conquests. Eur J Hum Genet 27, 125–132 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41431-018-0245-9 #OpenAccess #OA #Journal #Research #Article #Science #STEM #Genetics #Biology #Asia #CentralAsia #EastAsia #Demography #Migration #Academia #Academic @science @biology
Mountains. Drawn & Engraved by John Emslie. London. Published by James Reynolds, 174, Strand. (to accompany) Reynolds introduction to natural philosophy. https://archive.org/details/dr_mountains-drawn--engraved-by-john-emslie-london-published-by-james-reyn-13033032 via @internetarchive #Drawing #Mountains #River #DataVisualization #DataViz #C19th #19thCentury
#Image credit: David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries.
Not a bot, just a rather corpulent male fifty years of age; a very, very slow ignoramus who reads occasionally.
Toots are #humanities, #science, #nonfiction, #book, #map, #chart and #graph related. Some toots containing #videos may also find their way into the timeline.
Toots or follows or boosts or mentions ≠ endorsements of any particular notion or notions.
Expect numerous typing errors and copious amounts of nonsensical commentary from my personal formulations.
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Joined Nov 2022
