scholarly journals The Preparation and Distribution of Machine-Readable Astrometric Data

1986 ◽  
Vol 109 ◽  
pp. 739-748
Author(s):  
Wayne H. Warren
Keyword(s):  
Data Structure ◽  
Data Center ◽  
Development Work ◽  
Data Archive ◽  
Current Development ◽  
Storage Efficiency ◽  
Astronomical Data ◽  
History Of ◽  
Machine Readable ◽  
Astrometric Data

The acquisition, preparation and distribution of machine-readable astrometric data by the Astronomical Data Center (ADC) are described. Examples of certain general changes in data structure and format to improve compatability with other computers and software processing systems and to increase storage efficiency are discussed, as are the present data archive and request history of the ADC. Current development work in the areas of astrometric and positional catalogs is described.

From the history of the development of electronic dictionaries: foreign and domestic experience

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-12
Author(s):  
O. Y. Balalaieva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Activity ◽  
Current Level ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Advanced Search ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Promising Area ◽  
History Of ◽  
Machine Readable ◽  
Everyday Communication ◽  
Educational Professional

The purpose of the article is to study the dynamics of electronic dictionaries development abroad and in Ukraine using methods of analysis of scientific sources, comparison, generalization and systematization. Electronic dictionaries have been found to be a relatively new phenomenon in the lexicographic market, evolving from machine-readable dictionaries, exact copies of paper editions to complex digital lexicographic systems with a powerful arsenal of functions over the decades. The stages of development of autonomous and online dictionaries are described. Electronic dictionaries due to the advanced search capabilities, speed, simplicity, ease of use, accessibility and compactness have gained popularity among a wide range of users. Today they are used in many spheres of human activity – scientific, educational, professional, everyday communication. However, the analysis of the current level of development of Ukrainian electronic resources indicates a shortage of electronic dictionaries both common and terminological vocabulary. The lack of electronic dictionaries is due to a number of objective problems, both practical and theoretical, that is why research in the field of domestic computer lexicography is a promising area of further research.

scholarly journals Astronomical phenomena in Dresden codex

2013 ◽  
pp. 53-64
Author(s):  
V. Böhm ◽  
B. Böhm ◽  
J. Klokocník ◽  
J. Vondrák ◽  
J. Kostelecký
Keyword(s):  
Historical Data ◽  
Large Uncertainty ◽  
Astronomical Data ◽  
Julian Date ◽  
History Of ◽  
Solar Eclipses ◽  
Dresden Codex ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between Maya and our calendar is expressed by a coefficient known as ?correlation? which is a number of days that we have to add to the Mayan Long Count date to get Julian Date used in astronomy. There is surprisingly large uncertainty in the value of the correlation, yielding a shift between both calendars (and thus between the history of Maya and of our world) to typically several hundred years. There are more than 50 diverse values of the correlation, some of them derived from historical, other by astronomical data. We test here (among others) the well established Goodman-Mart?nez-Thompson correlation (GMT), based on historical data, and the B?hms? one (B&B), based on astronomical data decoded from the Dresden Codex (DC); this correlation differs by about +104 years from the GMT. In our previous works we used several astronomical phenomena as recorded in the DC for a check. We clearly demonstrated that (i) the GMT was not capable to predict these phenomena that really happened in nature and (ii) that the GMT predicts them on the days when they did not occur. The phenomena used till now in the test are, however, short-periodic and the test then may suffer from ambiguity. Therefore, we add long-periodic astronomical phenomena, decoded successfully from the DC, to the testing. These are (i) a synchrony of Venusian heliacal risings with the solar eclipses, (ii) a synchrony of Venus and Mars conjunctions with the eclipses, (iii) conjunctions of Jupiter and Saturn repeated in a rare way, and (iv) a synchrony of synodic and sideric periods of Mercury with the tropical year. Based on our analysis, we find that the B&B correlation yields the best agreement with the astronomical phenomena observed by the Maya. Therefore we recommend to reject the GMT and support the B&B correlation.

Evolution of the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute (KOERI) Seismic Network and the Data Center Facilities as a Primary Node of EIDA

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Musavver Didem Cambaz ◽  
Mehmet Özer ◽  
Yavuz Güneş ◽  
Tuğçe Ergün ◽  
Zafer Öğütcü ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Center ◽  
Strong Motion ◽  
Seismic Network ◽  
Data Archive ◽  
Seismic Stations ◽  
Earthquake Research ◽  
Earthquake Research Institute ◽  
Research Facilities ◽  
Research Institute

Abstract As the earliest institute in Turkey dedicated to locating, recording, and archiving earthquakes in the region, the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute (KOERI) has a long history in seismic observation, which dates back to the installation of its first seismometers soon after the devastating Istanbul earthquake of 10 July 1894. For over a century, since the deployment of its first seismometer, the KOERI seismic network has grown steadily in time. In this article, we present the KOERI seismic network facilities as a data center for the seismological community, providing data and services through the European Integrated Data Archive (EIDA) and the Rapid Raw Strong-Motion (RRSM) database, both integrated in the Observatories and Research Facilities for European Seismology (ORFEUS). The objective of this article is to provide an overview of the KOERI seismic services within ORFEUS and to introduce some of the procedures that allow to check the health of the seismic network and the quality of the data recorded at KOERI seismic stations, which are shared through EIDA and RRSM.

The National Data Center and the Rise of the Data Double

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 627-636
Author(s):  
Dan Bouk
Keyword(s):  
Life Insurance ◽  
Data Center ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
National Data ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
American Economy

A mid-1960s proposal to create a National Data Center has long been recognized as a turning point in the history of privacy and surveillance. This article shows that the story of the center also demonstrates how bureaucrats and researchers interested in managing the American economy came to value personal data stored as “data doubles,” especially the cards and files generated to represent individuals within the Social Security bureaucracy. The article argues that the United States welfare state, modeled after corporate life insurance, created vast databanks of data doubles that later became attractive to economic researchers and government planners. This story can be understood as helping to usher in our present age of personal data, one in which data doubles have become not only commodities, but the basis for a new capitalism. This essay is part of a special issue entitled Histories of Data and the Database edited by Soraya de Chadarevian and Theodore M. Porter.

Incremental History of the Congenital Heart Surgeons’ Society (2014-2018)

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 668-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constantine Mavroudis ◽  
James K. Kirklin ◽  
William M. DeCampli
Keyword(s):  
Data Center ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Heart Surgery ◽  
Historical Review ◽  
World Journal ◽  
Congenital Heart Surgery ◽  
Executive Council ◽  
Citation Score ◽  
Official Organ ◽  
History Of

The history of the first 41 years of the Congenital Heart Surgeons Society (CHSS) was recorded in 2015 which chronicled the metamorphosis of a small informal meeting into a mature organization with bylaws, officers, committees, funded research, the Kirklin-Ashburn Fellowship, and a vision to become the premier organization of congenital heart surgery in North America. Chief among these transformations was the implementation and development of the CHSS Data Center. Member participation, fellowship education, and significant outcomes research have been the hallmark of the CHSS. This incremental historical review highlights continued CHSS sentinel advances. Fifty-three CHSS Data Center manuscripts have been published. Citation scores (number of literature citations that each manuscript has accrued) have been collated and analyzed by cohort study. The average citation score for all manuscripts was 75.4 ± 76.3 (range: 1-333). The Kirklin/Ashburn Fellowship continues to thrive with academic achievements and generous contributions to the endowment. The World Journal of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery has been adopted as the official organ of the CHSS. A Past President’s Dinner has been inaugurated serving as a senior advisory committee to the Executive Council. Toronto Work Weekends continue. Congenital Heart Surgeons Society growth has accrued to 159 active members and 82 institutional members. Future considerations include the size, content, and duration of the annual meeting; the potential for increased membership; and political penetrance into national cardiothoracic governing organizations regarding committee appointments, executive council representation, and education initiatives. Congenital Heart Surgeons Society has achieved numerous advances during this incremental period.

Offshore subsea engineering

1978 ◽  
Vol 290 (1366) ◽  
pp. 99-111 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Development Work ◽  
Current Development ◽  
Well Completion ◽  
And Control

As a result of years of research and development work on subsea completions, manifolds and flowlines, followed by field installations in relatively shallow and calm waters, a number of well completion and flowline laying and connecting methods are available and operational. The installation methods are basically diverless and control and maintenance are achieved by sophisticated systems; likewise the floating offshore terminals such as the E.L.S.B.M. and the Spar have been designed, built and put into operation. Although these systems were meant to be installed mainly in deeper waters, say beyond 210 m where diver access and the use of conventional techniques would become rather limited for technical and economic reasons, it is now evident that many fields in shallower waters can be more economically and efficiently developed or complemented by the use of deepwater techniques. Current development work concentrates on the design and evaluation of multibore production risers, floating production platforms and pipelaying and repair.

Music as Shared Space in Mennonite Development Work in Chad

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Dueck
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Development Work ◽  
Primary Mode ◽  
Shared Space ◽  
Western Development ◽  
Musical Practices ◽  
African Churches ◽  
History Of ◽  
Development Agencies

This chapter highlights negotiations of meanings a Western church worker encountered in a Chadian congregation. For many mainline churches, “missions agencies,” focused on proselytization, are not the sole or even primary mode of outreach; “development agencies,” focused on local economic and social development, complement them. These two types of agencies are tied, through institutional memories in Western and African churches, to the cultural, including musical, practices of missions. The chapter retells the story of a Western development worker who frames her role as “learner” but finds she is understood as missionary “teacher” and is asked to teach and not learn music. Music is a persistent indicator of a history of missionary interactions between Chadian and Western Christians that lends meanings to and constrains present-day transnational interactions between them; it can provide a shared space of practice that is not contiguous with the “meanings” of the music under discussion.

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