A talk at the Urban Science workshop at the Puget Sound Regional Council July 20 2014 organized by the Northwest Institute for Advanced Computing, a joint effort between Pacific Northwest National Labs and the University of Washington.
Mining and Understanding Activities and Resources on the WebStefan Dietze
Research Seminar at KMRC Tübingen, Germany, on mining and understanding of Web acivities and resources through knowledge discovery and machine learning approaches.
LinuxCon 2010 Education Mini-Summit: The State of Open Data in Educationcomputercolin
A call for more, open data in education so we can foster innovative applications, better tools for teaching, and tons of interesting applications we haven't even thought of.
Human-Machine Collaboration in Networked Information SystemsMüller-Birn Claudia
Over the past decade, computers and networks have become increasingly ubiquitous. They have a central role in how we work, communicate, and learn. In this talk, I introduce the concept of human-machine collaboration and show how networked information systems enable coupled relationships between humans and machines. I will take four perspectives on this coupled relationships: how we can design, analyze, develop and also extend them. The presented approaches contribute to the research field of networked socio-technical information systems. By unfolding design parameters of these systems, we can develop adaptive networked information systems that, in the future, can reduce the friction between humans and machines to a point where they become a natural extension of our human experience.
A talk at the Urban Science workshop at the Puget Sound Regional Council July 20 2014 organized by the Northwest Institute for Advanced Computing, a joint effort between Pacific Northwest National Labs and the University of Washington.
Mining and Understanding Activities and Resources on the WebStefan Dietze
Research Seminar at KMRC Tübingen, Germany, on mining and understanding of Web acivities and resources through knowledge discovery and machine learning approaches.
LinuxCon 2010 Education Mini-Summit: The State of Open Data in Educationcomputercolin
A call for more, open data in education so we can foster innovative applications, better tools for teaching, and tons of interesting applications we haven't even thought of.
Human-Machine Collaboration in Networked Information SystemsMüller-Birn Claudia
Over the past decade, computers and networks have become increasingly ubiquitous. They have a central role in how we work, communicate, and learn. In this talk, I introduce the concept of human-machine collaboration and show how networked information systems enable coupled relationships between humans and machines. I will take four perspectives on this coupled relationships: how we can design, analyze, develop and also extend them. The presented approaches contribute to the research field of networked socio-technical information systems. By unfolding design parameters of these systems, we can develop adaptive networked information systems that, in the future, can reduce the friction between humans and machines to a point where they become a natural extension of our human experience.
A 25 minute talk from a panel on big data curricula at JSM 2013
http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2013/onlineprogram/ActivityDetails.cfm?SessionID=208664
Research data spring: streamlining depositJisc RDM
The research data spring project "Streamlining deposit: an OJS to repository plugin" slides for the third sandpit workshop. Project led by Ernesto Priego of City University London.
In this session, I will review the literature on virtual communities of practice and wikis in emergency medicine. I will propose a new model for knowledge translation to link emergency physicians from across Canada in the creation of a novel open-source and free database of shared resources that can be reused and adapted to local contexts. Finally, I will provide a glimpse of a new era in knowledge translation in the era of the Semantic Web.
Learning Objectives
1- Learn how communities of practice and wikis can support clinical practice in emergency medicine
2- Learn how a database of open-source and free knowledge tools could support your ED
3- Learn about the evolution of knowledge translation in the era of the of the Semantic Web
"Open Science, Open Data" training for participants of Software Writing Skills for Your Research - Workshop for Proficient, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, December 16, 2015
A 25 minute talk from a panel on big data curricula at JSM 2013
http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2013/onlineprogram/ActivityDetails.cfm?SessionID=208664
Research data spring: streamlining depositJisc RDM
The research data spring project "Streamlining deposit: an OJS to repository plugin" slides for the third sandpit workshop. Project led by Ernesto Priego of City University London.
In this session, I will review the literature on virtual communities of practice and wikis in emergency medicine. I will propose a new model for knowledge translation to link emergency physicians from across Canada in the creation of a novel open-source and free database of shared resources that can be reused and adapted to local contexts. Finally, I will provide a glimpse of a new era in knowledge translation in the era of the Semantic Web.
Learning Objectives
1- Learn how communities of practice and wikis can support clinical practice in emergency medicine
2- Learn how a database of open-source and free knowledge tools could support your ED
3- Learn about the evolution of knowledge translation in the era of the of the Semantic Web
"Open Science, Open Data" training for participants of Software Writing Skills for Your Research - Workshop for Proficient, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, December 16, 2015
Dr. Pedro Barroso Chinea - Patogenia de la Enfermedad de ParkínsonCIBICAN - ULL
Presentación del Dr. Pedro Barroso Chinea, investigador contratad por el CIBICAN - Universidad de La Laguna gracias al Proyecto Europeo IMBRAIN, en relación a los resultados alcanzados durante la ejecución del mismo y los planes de futuro. La misma se presentó durante las Jornadas IMBRAIN llevadas a cabo el 13 de Octubre de 2015 en la Sección de Física en la Universidad de La Laguna
MAR - Registro Internacional de Navios GreciaGarcia
Conoce el Registro Iinternacional de Navios de Madeira.
Visita nuestra cuenta de Twitter @eccoconsulting y no pierdas detalles
Visita www.efficientconsulting-co.com
Una herramienta para mediadores de seguros sobre riesgos K&R (Secuestro y Extorsión).
UN MERCADO EN EVOLUCIÓN
Existen muchas formas de extorsión,diferentes en su naturaleza y complejidad. Por lo general, su objetivo son las personas o los productos, procesos, sistemas de TI, propiedad intelectual o industrial y otros activos fundamentales de una compañía.
WZ high head slurry pump brochure
Centrifugal slurry pump
High chrome alloy slurry pump
Head head high efficiency slurry pump
Heavy duty slurry pump
Shijiazhuang Aier Machinery Co., Ltd
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A primeira edição de 2015 da Revista Caixa Empresas, publicada com o Diário Económico de 23 de janeiro.
Em destaque a entrevista com Nuno Fernandes Thomaz, vice presidente do Grupo Caixa.
HAIX Climbers are linesmans boots used througout the power and telecommunications industry with waterproof leather uppers, Gore-Tex membrane (waterproof and air permeable), vibram sole, cambrelle lined and steel toe cap with rubber guard. HAIX Climbers are available in sizes 6 to 13.
Para compañeros y amigos maestros que quieran conocer mi pueblo: Luesia . Mi agradecimiento a Julio Garde, José Antonio Calvo, José Alegre, Asociación Cultural Fayanás...
QuickBlox is a proprietary set of client-server solutions that allows you to build more
powerful, engaging and secure mobile apps.
QuickBlox is essential to run mobile
apps at professional scale. It is cloud-hosted with Amazon Web Services which means it is
reliable and scalable.
DMPTool Webinar Series 1: Introduction to DMPTool Carly Strasser
Slides from DMPTool Webinar Series 1: Introduction to DMPTool, given 28 May 2013. Recording available at http://www.cdlib.org/services/uc3/uc3webinars.html
There are many online and in-person courses available for librarians to learn about research data management, data analysis, and visualization, but after you have taken a course, how do you go about applying what you have learned? While it is possible to just start offering classes and consultations, your service will have a better chance of becoming relevant if you consider stakeholders and review your institutional environment. This lecture will give you some ideas to get started with data services at your institution.
Research Data Management in the Humanities and Social SciencesCelia Emmelhainz
This two-part presentation for librarians reviews basic concepts and concerns with research data management, and is targeted to those working with humanists and social scientists. You are free to re-use and modify with attribution.
Dataverse in the Universe of Data by Christine L. Borgmandatascienceiqss
Data repositories are much more than "black boxes" where data go in but may never come out. Rather, they are situated in communities, with contributors, users, reusers, and repository staff who may engage actively or passively with participants. This talk will explore the roles that Dataverse plays – or could play – in individual communities.
Workshop session given at the Institutional Web Management Workshop 2012 (IWMW 2012) event held at the University of Edinburgh on 18th - 20th June 2012.
Data management overview and UC3 tools for IASSIST 2014Carly Strasser
Presentation to introduce current landscape of data management and UC3 tools and services that support data sharing. For IASSIST in Toronto, 5 June 2014.
Data Management for Mountain Observatories WorkshopCarly Strasser
Keynote presentation for 2014 Mountain Observatories Workshop, 16 July 2014.
Abstract:
While methods for collecting data are well taught, there is less emphasis on managing the resulting data effectively. New mandates, announcements, memos, and requirements from agencies and publishers are emerging that encourage better data management, data sharing, and data preservation. Scientists with good management skills will be able to maximize the productivity of their own research, effectively and efficiently share their data with the community, and benefit from the re-use of their data by others. I will offer an overview of data management landscape - discussing recent events, resources, and new directions for data stewardship. I will also cover best practices for data management, which will facilitate data sharing and reuse, and introduce tools researchers can use to help in their data stewardship endeavours.
Webinar presented on December 5, 2012, by Joan Starr and Perry Willett of CDL/UC3, and Lisa Federer and Claudia Horning from UCLA. Part of the ACRL Digital Curation Interest (DCIG) Group Webinar Series.
Slides | Research data literacy and the libraryColleen DeLory
Slides from the Dec. 8, 2016 Library Connect webinar "Research data literacy and the library" with Sarah Wright, Christian Lauersen and Anita de Waard. See the full webinar at: http://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/library-connect-webinars?commid=226043
Slides | Research data literacy and the libraryLibrary_Connect
Slides from the Dec. 8, 2016 Library Connect webinar "Research data literacy and the library" with Christian Lauersen, Sarah J. Wright and Anita de Waard. See the full webinar at: http://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/library-connect-webinars?commid=226043
Funders and publishers have something in common: for better or worse, we have the ability to influence the behavior of researchers. This talk will focus on what both groups can do to improve research now and in the future.
ESA Ignite talk on UC3 Dash platform for data sharingCarly Strasser
Ignite talk (20 slides / 15 seconds per slide) for ESA 2014 meeting in Sacramento, CA 12 August 2014. On the Dash platform for helping researchers manage and share their data via institutional repositories
Libraries & Research Data Management for CO Alliance of Resrch LibrariesCarly Strasser
Keynote presentation for the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries 2014 Research Data Management Conference, 11 July 2014. Focuses on why data management and sharing is important, and the role of libraries.
Open Science for Australian Institute of Marine Science WorkshopCarly Strasser
*Please excuse the typos :)
Presentation on open science and open data for the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) workshop on "Raising your research profile using research data". 18 June 2014.
Data Publication for UC Davis Publish or PerishCarly Strasser
Intro presentation for panel on going beyond publishing journal articles. UC Davis "Publish or Perish?" Event, 13 Feb 2014. Sorry about missing gradient on some of slides!
October 18, 2013 @ Kennedy Library, Data Studio, Cal Poly. We hear about all things “open” these days: open access, open source, open data, open science, et cetera. But what does it really mean for how we do science? How are things changing, and what are the implications for individual researchers?
Cal Poly - Data Management: Who knew it was a hot topic?Carly Strasser
October 17, 2013 @ Robert E. Kennedy Library, Data Studio, California Polytechnic State University.
New mandates, announcements, memos, and requirements are emerging that encourage better data management, data sharing, and data preservation. In this presentation, data curation specialist Carly Strasser, PhD, offers a lay of the data management land by discussing recent events, resources, and new directions for data stewardship.
Cal Poly - Data Management and the DMPToolCarly Strasser
October 17, 2013 @ Robert E. Kennedy Library, Data Studio, California Polytechnic State University.
Many funders now require researchers to submit a Data Management Plan alongside their project proposals. The DMPTool is a free, online wizard that helps you create a data management plan specific to your project, and provides you with links and resources for ensuring your plan is successful.
Cal Poly - Data Management for ResearchersCarly Strasser
October 17, 2013 @ 1 Robert E. Kennedy Library, Data Studio, California Polytechnic State University.
Researchers rarely learn about good data management practices. Instead we develop our own systems that are often unintelligible to others. In this talk, Strasser, PhD, will focus on the common mistakes that scientists make and how to avoid them. She will provide best practices for data management, which will facilitate data sharing and reuse, and introduce tools you can use.
This pdf is about the Schizophrenia.
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Richard's aventures in two entangled wonderlandsRichard Gill
Since the loophole-free Bell experiments of 2020 and the Nobel prizes in physics of 2022, critics of Bell's work have retreated to the fortress of super-determinism. Now, super-determinism is a derogatory word - it just means "determinism". Palmer, Hance and Hossenfelder argue that quantum mechanics and determinism are not incompatible, using a sophisticated mathematical construction based on a subtle thinning of allowed states and measurements in quantum mechanics, such that what is left appears to make Bell's argument fail, without altering the empirical predictions of quantum mechanics. I think however that it is a smoke screen, and the slogan "lost in math" comes to my mind. I will discuss some other recent disproofs of Bell's theorem using the language of causality based on causal graphs. Causal thinking is also central to law and justice. I will mention surprising connections to my work on serial killer nurse cases, in particular the Dutch case of Lucia de Berk and the current UK case of Lucy Letby.
Slide 1: Title Slide
Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Slide 2: Introduction to Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Definition: Extrachromosomal inheritance refers to the transmission of genetic material that is not found within the nucleus.
Key Components: Involves genes located in mitochondria, chloroplasts, and plasmids.
Slide 3: Mitochondrial Inheritance
Mitochondria: Organelles responsible for energy production.
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA): Circular DNA molecule found in mitochondria.
Inheritance Pattern: Maternally inherited, meaning it is passed from mothers to all their offspring.
Diseases: Examples include Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) and mitochondrial myopathy.
Slide 4: Chloroplast Inheritance
Chloroplasts: Organelles responsible for photosynthesis in plants.
Chloroplast DNA (cpDNA): Circular DNA molecule found in chloroplasts.
Inheritance Pattern: Often maternally inherited in most plants, but can vary in some species.
Examples: Variegation in plants, where leaf color patterns are determined by chloroplast DNA.
Slide 5: Plasmid Inheritance
Plasmids: Small, circular DNA molecules found in bacteria and some eukaryotes.
Features: Can carry antibiotic resistance genes and can be transferred between cells through processes like conjugation.
Significance: Important in biotechnology for gene cloning and genetic engineering.
Slide 6: Mechanisms of Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Non-Mendelian Patterns: Do not follow Mendel’s laws of inheritance.
Cytoplasmic Segregation: During cell division, organelles like mitochondria and chloroplasts are randomly distributed to daughter cells.
Heteroplasmy: Presence of more than one type of organellar genome within a cell, leading to variation in expression.
Slide 7: Examples of Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Four O’clock Plant (Mirabilis jalapa): Shows variegated leaves due to different cpDNA in leaf cells.
Petite Mutants in Yeast: Result from mutations in mitochondrial DNA affecting respiration.
Slide 8: Importance of Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Evolution: Provides insight into the evolution of eukaryotic cells.
Medicine: Understanding mitochondrial inheritance helps in diagnosing and treating mitochondrial diseases.
Agriculture: Chloroplast inheritance can be used in plant breeding and genetic modification.
Slide 9: Recent Research and Advances
Gene Editing: Techniques like CRISPR-Cas9 are being used to edit mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA.
Therapies: Development of mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT) for preventing mitochondrial diseases.
Slide 10: Conclusion
Summary: Extrachromosomal inheritance involves the transmission of genetic material outside the nucleus and plays a crucial role in genetics, medicine, and biotechnology.
Future Directions: Continued research and technological advancements hold promise for new treatments and applications.
Slide 11: Questions and Discussion
Invite Audience: Open the floor for any questions or further discussion on the topic.
A brief information about the SCOP protein database used in bioinformatics.
The Structural Classification of Proteins (SCOP) database is a comprehensive and authoritative resource for the structural and evolutionary relationships of proteins. It provides a detailed and curated classification of protein structures, grouping them into families, superfamilies, and folds based on their structural and sequence similarities.
Multi-source connectivity as the driver of solar wind variability in the heli...Sérgio Sacani
The ambient solar wind that flls the heliosphere originates from multiple
sources in the solar corona and is highly structured. It is often described
as high-speed, relatively homogeneous, plasma streams from coronal
holes and slow-speed, highly variable, streams whose source regions are
under debate. A key goal of ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter mission is to identify
solar wind sources and understand what drives the complexity seen in the
heliosphere. By combining magnetic feld modelling and spectroscopic
techniques with high-resolution observations and measurements, we show
that the solar wind variability detected in situ by Solar Orbiter in March
2022 is driven by spatio-temporal changes in the magnetic connectivity to
multiple sources in the solar atmosphere. The magnetic feld footpoints
connected to the spacecraft moved from the boundaries of a coronal hole
to one active region (12961) and then across to another region (12957). This
is refected in the in situ measurements, which show the transition from fast
to highly Alfvénic then to slow solar wind that is disrupted by the arrival of
a coronal mass ejection. Our results describe solar wind variability at 0.5 au
but are applicable to near-Earth observatories.
Observation of Io’s Resurfacing via Plume Deposition Using Ground-based Adapt...Sérgio Sacani
Since volcanic activity was first discovered on Io from Voyager images in 1979, changes
on Io’s surface have been monitored from both spacecraft and ground-based telescopes.
Here, we present the highest spatial resolution images of Io ever obtained from a groundbased telescope. These images, acquired by the SHARK-VIS instrument on the Large
Binocular Telescope, show evidence of a major resurfacing event on Io’s trailing hemisphere. When compared to the most recent spacecraft images, the SHARK-VIS images
show that a plume deposit from a powerful eruption at Pillan Patera has covered part
of the long-lived Pele plume deposit. Although this type of resurfacing event may be common on Io, few have been detected due to the rarity of spacecraft visits and the previously low spatial resolution available from Earth-based telescopes. The SHARK-VIS instrument ushers in a new era of high resolution imaging of Io’s surface using adaptive
optics at visible wavelengths.
Deep Behavioral Phenotyping in Systems Neuroscience for Functional Atlasing a...Ana Luísa Pinho
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) provides means to characterize brain activations in response to behavior. However, cognitive neuroscience has been limited to group-level effects referring to the performance of specific tasks. To obtain the functional profile of elementary cognitive mechanisms, the combination of brain responses to many tasks is required. Yet, to date, both structural atlases and parcellation-based activations do not fully account for cognitive function and still present several limitations. Further, they do not adapt overall to individual characteristics. In this talk, I will give an account of deep-behavioral phenotyping strategies, namely data-driven methods in large task-fMRI datasets, to optimize functional brain-data collection and improve inference of effects-of-interest related to mental processes. Key to this approach is the employment of fast multi-functional paradigms rich on features that can be well parametrized and, consequently, facilitate the creation of psycho-physiological constructs to be modelled with imaging data. Particular emphasis will be given to music stimuli when studying high-order cognitive mechanisms, due to their ecological nature and quality to enable complex behavior compounded by discrete entities. I will also discuss how deep-behavioral phenotyping and individualized models applied to neuroimaging data can better account for the subject-specific organization of domain-general cognitive systems in the human brain. Finally, the accumulation of functional brain signatures brings the possibility to clarify relationships among tasks and create a univocal link between brain systems and mental functions through: (1) the development of ontologies proposing an organization of cognitive processes; and (2) brain-network taxonomies describing functional specialization. To this end, tools to improve commensurability in cognitive science are necessary, such as public repositories, ontology-based platforms and automated meta-analysis tools. I will thus discuss some brain-atlasing resources currently under development, and their applicability in cognitive as well as clinical neuroscience.
Unveiling the Energy Potential of Marshmallow Deposits.pdf
Research Life Cycle for GeoData 2014
1. The Research
Data Life Cycle
From Flickr by Velo Steve
Carly Strasser
California Digital Library
GeoData
18 June 2014
2. Why don’t people
share data?
Is data management
being taught?
Do attitudes about
sharing differ
among disciplines?
What role can
libraries play in data
education?
How can we promote storing
data in repositories?
What barriers to sharing
can we eliminate?
NSF funded DataNet Project
Office of Cyberinfrastructure
22. … “Federal agencies investing in research
and development (more than $100 million
in annual expenditures) must have clear
and coordinated policies for increasing
public access to research products.”
Feb
2013
23. From
Calisphere,
Courtesy
of
UC
Riverside,
California
Museum
of
Photography
What do
researchers
think?
24. They don’t know about policies.
John
Kratz,
CLIR/DLF
Postdoc
at
CDL
25. They aren’t taught data management.
Quality control and quality assurance
The proper way to name computer files
Types of files and software to use
Metadata generation Workflows
Protecting data
Databases and data archiving
Data re-use
Meta-analysis
Data sharing
Reproducibility
Notebook protocols (lab or field)
Strasser
&
Hampton
2013.
“Undergraduates
&
Ecological
Data
Management
Training
in
the
US”.
DOI:10.1890/ES12-‐00139.1
26. 0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
BAS
RU
In Curriculum?
They aren’t taught data management.
27. No
one
reads
it
anyway.
It’s
an
unfunded
mandate.
I
wrote
it
the
night
before.
They aren’t concerned.
28. What does success look like?
DMPs…
• are flexible
• are useful and used
• result in easily discoverable data
• linked to open data
• are created in partnership with institutional service
providers
• are used as a/n (automated) compliance tool
• are part of the workflow of research
• include digital and non-digital materials (where
relevant)
29. “Community-driven”
But what if community
doesn’t care (yet)?
“Generic, work for everyone”
But community-specific
standards
39. From
Flickr
by
iowa_spirit_walker
• Cost
• Confusion about
standards
• Lack of training
• Fear of lost rights or
benefits
• No incentives
40.
41. Data are being
recognized as first class
products of research
From Flickr by Richard Moross
NSF bio-sketches can include data
Data Publication
Data Citation
48. What does “data
publication” mean?
1. Available
2. Citable
3. Trustworthy*
Data
are
*peer reviewed?
certified?
Props to Sarah Callaghan & colleagues
49. Available | Citable | Trustworthy
Publish means to “make public”.
You should not have to email the author.
The data doesn’t have to be open access.
“Email me!”
CC-0 on web
50. Simple case…
Data citations should be in reference list.
Five-element citation: author, year, title,
publisher, identifier
Available | Citable | Trustworthy
Boettiger C, Dushoff J, Weitz JS (2009). Data from: Fluctuation domains in
adaptive evolution. Theoretical Population Biology. Published in Dryad.
doi:10.5061/dryad.j8n0p7vc
51. More complicated…
Deep data citation: what if you want to
cite a subset?
Dynamic data: how to create a reliable
citation when a dataset is changing?
Available | Citable | Trustworthy
52. Technical VS. Scientific
Sometimes consider
impact and/or novelty
Guidelines provided
Available | Citable | Trustworthy
From Flickr by Percival Lowell
53. 1. Data as supplemental material
Data published alongside a traditional journal article.
Available + citable. Review varies.
Potential issues with long-term availability.
What does a data
publication look like?
From Flickr by subsetsum
54. 2. Data paper:
Data + descriptive “data paper”
Most require data be in a trusted repository.
All have a component of peer review.
Examples:
• Standalone journals: Nature Scientific Data, Geoscience Data
Journal, Ecological Archives
• Journals that publish data papers: GigaScience, F1000 Research,
Internet Archaeology
What does a data
publication look like?
From Flickr by subsetsum
55. 3. Standalone data
Data published without a related journal article.
Rich metadata (structured or unstructured)
Examples:
• Open Context
• NASA PDS Peer Review Data
• figshare (but no validation)
What does a data
publication look like?
From Flickr by subsetsum
60. Repositories
for data
General content
Non-institutional
Publishers/for-profits
Other
Institutional
Discipline-specific
Repository choices…
61. Institutional
Discipline-specific
• All data associated
with a paper
• Tells a story
• Clearinghouse for
researcher’s works
• Some of data for a
given paper
• Discoverable
• Integrated systems
• Collection policies
?
Both
Which should a
researcher use?
Which is more
important?
Depends
Repository choices…
62. Simplify data deposit for
UC researchers
Branded for campus
Merritt underneath the hood