Provenance Research Articles

Documenting provenance in noncomputational workflows: Research process models based on geobiology fieldwork in Yellowstone National Park

A comprehensive record of research data provenance is essential for the successful curation, management, and reuse of data over time. However, creating such detailed metadata can be onerous, and there are few structured methods for doing so. In this case study of data curation in support of geobiology research conducted at Yellowstone National Park, we describe a method of “Research Process Modeling” for documenting noncomputational data provenance in a structured yet flexible way. The method combines systems analysis techniques to model research activities, the World Wide Web Consortium Provenance (PROV) ontology to illustrate relationships between data products, and simple inventory methods to account for research processes and data products. It also supports collaborative data curation between information professionals and researchers, and is therefore a significant step toward producing more useable and interpretable research data. We demonstrate how this method describes data provenance more robustly than “flat” metadata alone and fills a critical gap in the documentation of provenance for field‐based and noncomputational workflows. We discuss potential applications of this approach to other research domains.

Advancing interoperability of geospatial data provenance on the web: Gap analysis and strategies

Geospatial data provenance is a fundamental issue in distributing spatial information on the Web. In the geoinformatics domain, provenance is often referred to as lineage. While the ISO 19115 lineage model is used widely in spatial data infrastructures, W3C has recommended the W3C provenance (PROV) data model for capturing and sharing provenance information on the Web. The use of these two separate efforts needs to be harmonized so that geospatial information does not remain an isolated area on the Web. Motivated by several domain use cases, we synthesize a list of provenance questions and analyze gaps between the two models in addressing these questions. Our strategy is to enrich W3C PROV with domain semantics from the ISO 19115 lineage model by suggesting ways to bridge them. A semantic mapping between the ISO lineage model and the W3C PROV model is formalized, and key issues involved are discussed. Use cases illustrate the applicability of the approach.

Observaciones sobre la <em>uetus translatio</em> del <em>De insomniis</em> aristotélico y su reelaboración por Guillermo de Moerbeke

Tras un breve análisis de los principales rasgos lingüisticos que caracterizan la uetus translatio del De insomniis aristotélico, en el que se incluye una colación del oxoniense Bodleian Library, Digby 103, se afianza la posible proveniencia y ubicación estemática de su modelo griego, prestándose atención a los nuevos detalles codicológicos observados en el Vat. Gr. 253 y el Marc. Gr. 214. Se reexaminan los argumentos de Drossaart Lulofs en torno a la autoría de la noua translatio, así como algunas de las preferencias linguisticas y léxicas que ofrece la revisión realizada por Guillermo de Moerbeke.

The Black Alpine Pig : Rescue and Breeding

All breeds not meeting the new standards of performance disappeared. This was especially with pigs. Until recently everybody was convinced of the total loss of all autochthonous Alpine pig breeds! But in 2013 representatives of the Veterinary Faculty at Parma University found in a School Farm one last group of Valtellina pigs (also called Grison pig). The Alpine Network Pro Patrimonio Montano* continued the breed and found after extensive search tours two other relict groups to include and avoid inbreeding. The three provenances form today a “gene pool”, representing all alpine pig breeds. Three years after, there are again 73 breeding animals in 27 breeding groups in three countries. Earlier the black and spotted Alpine pigs were spread in the mountains of central and south-eastern Alpine regions from Switzerland to northwest Slovenia. Yet, no scientific data are available, but studies are currently undertaken.

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It is extraordinary that 100 years after the work of Karl Landsteiner (1900) on blood grouping, the scene is different and numerous studies have been carried out on association of blood groups with diseases. METHODS In order to add to the existing knowledge on the subject, we studied 150 normal healthy subjects (Medical students) to find out the probable relationship between Blood groups and gender with bleeding time & clotting time. Blood group determination was done by mixing the sample of blood with antisera A and B and Anti D antisera and was confirmed by looking for clumping of RBCs under the microscope. Bleeding time was estimated by Duke Method and clotting time was estimated by capillary tube method. RESULTS In our study, we observed that the O blood group individuals are having greater bleeding time and clotting time than the non O blood group individuals. Females had more bleeding time and clotting time than males. CONCLUSION So, through this research, the fact that there is a Gender based difference in the Bleeding time and Clotting time is pro ven. The relationship between bleeding time and clotting time with the blood groups was also studied.

Growth performance of Dalbergia sissoo provenances of Nepal and Pakistan

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Preliminary findings on provenance trial of Azadirachta indica in Western Terai, Nepal

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Provenance dependency path pattern mining algorithm based on grammar induction

Provenance dependency path pattern mining algorithm based on grammar induction

New findings about the provenance of deposits of the Kroměříž Formation

New findings about the provenance of deposits of the Kroměříž Formation

Provenance analysis of Pinghu Formation in Xihu sag

Provenance analysis of Pinghu Formation in Xihu sag

Occurrence of REE Mineralization in the Layered Gabbros of Phenai Mata Igneous Complex, Gujarat, India

Among the magmatic rocks, carbonatites are known to possess the highest concentration of rare earth elements (ΣREE = 72-15,515 ppm), and they have the best REE mineral resourses. Rare earth deposits in igneous rocks have been grouped into five distinct categories differing in the provenance and evolution of magma and in the rock types hosting mineralization, viz.: (i) carbonatites, (ii) peralkaline silica-undersaturated rocks, (iii) peralkaline granites and pegmatites, (iv) pegmatites associated with sub- to metaluminous granites, and (v) Fe oxide- phosphate deposits. Occurrence of REE minerals in rocks other than those mentioned above, especially mafic and ultramafic rocks is scantily documented; only recently, they were looked upon as hosts of REE-mineralization.

REVIEW OF MICROFOSSIL-BEARING CLASTS WITHIN LATE MESOZOIC STRATA IN EAST ASIA: STAGED DENUDATION OF MID-MESOZOIC ACCRETIONARY COMPLEXES

Late Mesozoic neritic-continental strata of East Asia show intercalations of conglomerates including microfossil-bearing clasts. Some clasts are presumed to have originated in mid-Mesozoic accretionary complexes (ACs) of East Asia. Microfossils ( e.g ., radiolaria, conodonts) in these clasts can provide age constraints. Relationships between rock facies and age in sequences of the mid-Mesozoic ACs have been clarified in previous studies; therefore, the rock facies and the age of the clasts offer a clue about denudation history and provenance of the mid-Mesozoic ACs. This study compiles previous studies of microfossil-bearing clasts within the Late Mesozoic in the Outer and Inner Zone of Southwest Japan and in the Gyeongsang Supergroup in the southeastern Korean Peninsula. The compilation, at present, recognizes three denudation stages (Stages A, B, and C) of the mid-Mesozoic accretionary complexes. Stage A (Oxfordian-Hauterivian) is characterized by an initial and narrow denudation. The denudation of the mid-Mesozoic ACs started at some point in this stage, but it was of limited extent. Stage B (Barremian-early Albian) is characterized by wide denudation: the mid-Mesozoic ACs became largely exposed. Afterwards, some younger geologic bodies of the mid-Mesozoic ACs, which were structurally underlying, were exposed and denuded. Stage C (late Albian–) is characterized by denudation of almost all the mid-Mesozoic accretionary complexes. This denudational evolution might be related to some tectonic and igneous events in East Asia, such as the uplift of the Tetori Group in late Hauterivian-early Barremian and the initiation of the granitic magmatic activity in middle Albian.

Smartphones to Access to Patient Data in Hospital Settings: Authentication Solutions for Shared Devices.

Although mobile devices become more and more common in clinicians' hands, transforming them into an institutional tool to access electronic health record information at the patient's bedside still raises many questions. One of these questions is the provenance of mobile devices when these are deployed at an institutional level. Some advocate the use of personal devices, known as BYOD, for its lower cost, others favor the use of institutional devices which allow a standardization of the development, deployment and support processes. The financial disadvantage of institutional devices could be reduced by sharing devices between several care-providers. The problem with this solution is the authentication management. Indeed, smartphones are defined for individual use and do not efficiently manage multiple identities on a single device. In this article we present the outcome of a Delphi study aiming at identifying an authentication strategy that combines security and acceptable usability in order to share a pool of devices in a medical ward.

Rhetoric and Style in Leopold Sedar Senghor’s “New York”

Although the nature, provenance, or function of rhetoric has been a subject of much interest and criticisms for centuries, there is no doubt that Senghor’s life experience has taught him the value of rhetoric in any persuasive discourse. Furthermore, Senghor employs classical1 and modern rhetoric in order to meet his personal and poetic objectives. In this essay, we shall discuss the poem “New York”, not only because it addresses racial issues and other injustices which are pertinent to Negritude, but because the poem illustrates Senghor’s remarkable ability to employ classical and modern rhetoric in his discourse.

The Mediterranean shipwreck of April 18 2015: challenges in the postmortem examination of the victims

Background and Aims. On the 18th of April 2015, one of the largest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean sea occurred with around 800 gone missing. Among European indifference and inactivity, the Italian Government created a task force, through the will of the Commissioner’s Office of Missing Persons, the Italian Navy, the Prefecture of Siracusa, the Police, the Military Red Cross and the University of Milano flanked by the Universities of Catania, Palermo and Messina and other 10 Universities for the recovery and the identification of these victims in a challenging scenario where collection of post-mortem and ante-mortem data is very difficult respectively because of the conditions of the bodies and the political situation of the countries of provenance of the victims as well as the dispersal of their relatives and loved ones all over the world. According to the DVI protocols, identification relies mainly upon primary (genetic, fingerprint, teeth) criteria, but previous experience on the Lampedusa disaster has proven that such criteria may not guarantee high success rates. Personal descriptors of faces (ante-mortem photographs) are becoming more and more important. Materials and Methods. Since July 2015, 69 body bags bodies have been recovered around the wreck e and 458 body bags inside the boat; these were recovered by the Italian Navy and brought to a Naval area near Siracusa where a morgue was set up. Here PM examination on all bodies was performed and a biological profile was created through detailed pathological, anthropological odontological and radiological examination of the remains along with sampling for DNA analysis. 3D scans of the face or crania also were performed. Results. Preservation of the bodies varied from decomposed bodies, partial skeletonization of the extremities to complete skeletonization (with lack of the skull). Over 550 bodies were recovered along with many commingled remains. Preservation of bodies varied from partial skeletonization of the extremities (41%) to complete skeletonization (23%). All bodies so far belong to males. Conclusions. The humanitarian disposition of countries, politicians and scientists is a fundamental prerequisite for identifying victims of these disasters. Because of the difference in type of AM data available in such cases, autopsy procotols and identification strategies may need to vary.

Revista História Unisinos: balanço do quadriênio 2013-2016, desafios e perspectivas

O texto apresenta um balanco da Historia Unisinos referente ao quadrienio 2013-2016, a fim de estabelecer um diagnostico da situacao da revista no periodo. Entre os dados construidos, podemos elencar: numero de manuscritos publicados e sua proveniencia; vinculos institucionais dos autores; tempos medios entre submissao, aceitacao e publicacao, e indice de endogenia. Junto a esse levantamento, sao trazidas informacoes relevantes, que dao conta das recentes modificacoes de sua politica editorial, tendo em vista os atuais desafios postos pelo sistema de publicacoes cientificas no pais, bem como o atendimento das diretrizes estabelecidas pela area de Historia da CAPES nos ultimos anos. O objetivo desse artigo e contribuir para o debate acerca das condicoes de producao e, principalmente, de circulacao do conhecimento cientifico no campo disciplinar da historia, buscando oferecer subsidios para a construcao de politicas especificas futuras. Palavras-chave: Historia Unisinos , revista, politica editorial, diagnostico, avaliacao.

The crystal structure of mineral fibres: 1. Chrysotile

This work reports the result s of the structural study of three representative chrysotile samples of different provenance (Canadian UICC, and Italian Balangero and Valmalenco) . Chemical composition was determined using EMPA and TG data. An innovative wet cryo-milling procedure was used to powder the resistant-to-abrasion chrysotile fibres. X-ray powder diffraction patterns were collected using both conventional and non-conventional sources. Collected data were used for Rietveld structural refinements and results were compared with available literature data. The three samples display similar structure models, although small differences were detected in the position of the oxygen atoms. Both the structural refinements and spectroscopic investigations confirms that Fe 2+ and Fe 3+ atoms in chrysotile are located in the octahedral cavities only, substituting for Mg 2+ . Regarding the atom coordinates, UICC chrysotile is the more similar to the model reported by Falini et al. (2004). About the lattice parameters, the Valmalenco chrysotile is the more similar, if compared with the Balangero and UICC, to both the model proposed by Whittaker (1956a,b) and Falini et al. (2004) . This work is intended as a basis for subsequent studies aimed at understanding the potential toxicity of these mineral fibres.

Landscape construction in southern Sardinia in the 4th Millennium BC: an approach using clay procurement

Landscape is constructed through the diverse activities of individuals in the environment that surrounds them. In this article, we address the role that coastal and lagoonal areas played in the way in which the human communities that inhabited southern Sardinia during the Final Neolithic constructed their landscape. To this end, we approach how individuals managed the mineral raw materials available in these locations and constructed taskspaces embedded in the landscape. We studied the provenance of the clays used to make diverse types of artifacts (i.e., pottery, coatings on architectural structures and loom weights) using optical microscopy based on thin-section analysis. In addition, microfossils present in the samples have been identified. The link of these archaeological materials with certain sedimentary deposits from the surrounding area enables us to suggest a close interrelationship and knowledge exchange between different technologies with respect to the possibilities of the diverse resources available in the environment and the elements that formed the landscape of these communities. Thus, the preference to exploit raw materials from lagoonal and coastal areas demonstrates that these environments became a reference point in the construction of landscape and identity in these communities.

On Provenance and the Long Lives of Antiquities

On Provenance and the Long Lives of Antiquities

Response to Responses on “What We Talk About When We Talk About Provenance”

Response to Responses on “What We Talk About When We Talk About Provenance”