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Edward Gibbon and the Mode of History
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Bioacoustic classification of Hainan gibbon call types using deep learning
… endangered primate known as the Hainan gibbon Nomascus hainanus. Many species, including the Hainan gibbon, are at high risk of extinction due to many factors such as unsustainable hunting, climate change, and deforestation. The Hainan gibbons live in social groups and the ability to …
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History and Technique of Operation of the Mark G.K. Gibbon Type Pump-Oxygenator
The evolution of heart surgery has been difficult and has spread over centuries. Yet only within the past twenty years have congenital abnormalities of the great vessels been successfully treated surgically. Except for traumatic lesions of the heart, significant sustained progress in the treatment …
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Javan Gibbon (Hylobates moloch) Non-Vocal Social Communication and Gesture Use With Conspecifics
I explored gestures used by captive Javan gibbons (<em>Hylobates moloch</em>) at the Gibbon Conservation Center (Santa Clarita, CA). I hypothesized that a sender gibbon’s gesture modality would vary with the recipient gibbon’s attentional state and the sender would be equally likely to use all …
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Acoustic Analysis of Nomascus Gibbon Songs as a Potential Measure of Current Health Status
… is vital to the rehabilitation process. Gibbons offer a unique challenge, as they are notoriously difficult to follow through the forest, but their duets offer a non-invasive window into their lives. The aim of this project is to create a method that will evaluate the health of …
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An Interdisciplinary Examination and Assessment of Current Conservation Initiatives for Javan Gibbons (Hylobates moloch)
… with the primary goal of contributing to Javan gibbon conservation initiatives: first, I conducted a literature review and used published data along with the computer simulation program, VORTEX, to create an updated Population Viability Analysis illustrating the long-term population viability of …
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Family Dynamics in Eastern Hoolock (Hoolock leuconedys), Javan (Hylobates moloch), Pileated (H. pileatus) and Northern White-Cheeked Gibbons (Nomascus leucogenys) at the Gibbon Conservation Center
… July 7, 2016, I studied the family dynamics of 5 gibbon groups from 4 species: hoolock (<em>Hoolock leuconedys</em>), Javan (<em>Hylobates moloch</em>), pileated (<em>H. pileatus</em>) and northern white-cheeked (<em>Nomascus leucogenys</em>) gibbons housed at the Gibbon Conservation Center (GCC) …
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Comparisons of Captive Gibbons’ (Hylobatidae) Intrapair Behaviors Indicative of the Pair Bond
I aimed to better understand captive gibbons’ pair bonds by studying behaviors that may indicate the relationship’s quality. I completed this research at The Gibbon Conservation Center (GCC) in Santa Clarita, California and observed four species: eastern hoolock (<em>Hoolock leuconedys</em>), Javan …
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Spatial distribution and density of the Lar gibbon Hylobates lar and Siamang Symphalangus syndactylus in relation to canopy structure and disturbance in a lowland dipterocarp forest, Sumatra.
… of habitat suitability for the two sympatric gibbon species, the lar gibbon Hylobates lar, and the siamang Symphalangus syndactylus. The field study was conducted from 1st March to 1st August 2016 within the Sikundur region of the Gunung Leuser National Park, North Sumatra, where both large …
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The Activity Budgets of Captive Javan Gibbons (<i>Hylobates moloch</i>) and their Response to Visitor Presence or Absence
… captive animals in zoos and sanctuaries. Javan gibbons (<em>Hylobates moloch</em>) are endangered, and healthy captive populations are important to the species’ conservation. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of visitor presence on the activity budgets of captive Javan gibbons. …
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Strukturelle und funktionale Analyse des DAZL1-Locus in Mammalia
… mit genomischer DNA von Mensch, Gibbon, Callithrix jacchus, Maus und Rind durchgeführt. Die Homologie der genomischen DAZL1-Region ist in Altweltaffen und Mensch größer als in Neuweltaffen. Die Anzahl der Schnittstellen für BamHI, EcoRI, EcoRV und HindIII hat im Verlauf der …
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Soundscapes of Sumatra: an analysis of the susceptibility of vocal fauna to ecological edge effects within a historically disturbed lowland forest, Sumatra, Indonesia.
… the diversity of vocal fauna and two endangered gibbon species Hylobates lar and Symphalangus syndactylus to the variations in microclimate forest structure and anthropogenic disturbance. With the aim of understanding the impacts of edge effects in degraded forests and highlighting the key …
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Group density estimates for lar gibbons (Hylobates lar) and siamangs (Symphalangus syndactylus) and the quantitative analysis of the vegetative characteristics of the Sikundur field site.
… critical problems for arboreal animals, such as gibbons and siamangs. Gibbons and siamangs!are arboreal primates, dependent on closed continuous canopies for feeding and travelling. Apart from information from the Sabangau Catchment in central Kalimantan, there is very limited data available for …
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The Characterization of Several Intestinal Spirochetes of Animal Origin
… spirochetes from a pig, dog, mouse, opossum, and gibbon on the basis of structural and selected biochemical characters, (2) to evaluate these properties using numerical taxonomy in order to provide more information for the classification of such agents, and (3) to further characterize the swine …
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Performing the Canadian "Mosaic": Juliette Gauthier, Florence Glenn, and the CPR Festivals of Quebec City
… musical and cultural history, John Murray Gibbon and Marius Barbeau. Based on Anglocentric concerns for a unique Canadian identity and corresponding school of composition, the festivals served as points of contact between many artists and performers, including Juliette Gauthier and Florence …
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Why we sing : an ode to our musical origins
… of music. Music is treated as a homolog for gibbon song, as a co-evolver with language, as a sexually selected adaptation and as a cultural artifact that elicits universally reaching, culturally exclusive emotional responses from listeners.
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