MUSEUMS OF SCARCITY AND ART DESERTS

Museums of Scarcity and Art Deserts

We review the unwillingness of artistic institutions to engage with their audiences as mirrored in their incapacity to develop meaningful alternatives to art access during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences.An analysis of the pandemic offerings of some of the biggest museums in the world will allow us to identify their perceived

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The Response of Composite Ecosystem Services to Urbanization: From the Perspective of Spatial Relevance and Spatial Spillover

Ecosystems offer a wide array of benefits to support human livelihoods and enhance the quality of life.Quantitative evaluation of ecosystem services (ESs) is crucial for achieving the goal of sustainable development.The Yellow River Basin has a large population, and there are contradictions and conflicts in ecological protection, resource utilizati

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Boundaries control active channel flows

Boundary conditions dictate how fluids, including liquid crystals, flow when pumped through a channel.Can boundary conditions also be used to control internally driven active fluids that generate flows spontaneously? By using numerical simulations and stability analysis we explore how parallel surface anchoring of active agents at the boundaries an

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