PATH-BASED SYSTEMS TO GUIDE SCIENTISTS IN THE MAZE OF BIOLOGICAL DATA SOURCES

2006 ◽  
Vol 04 (05) ◽  
pp. 1069-1095 ◽  
Author(s):  
SARAH COHEN-BOULAKIA ◽  
SUSAN DAVIDSON ◽  
CHRISTINE FROIDEVAUX ◽  
ZOÉ LACROIX ◽  
MARIA-ESTHER VIDAL
Keyword(s):  
Biological Data ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Single Experiment ◽  
Novel Technologies ◽  
Biological Resources ◽  
Wet Lab ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Growing Network ◽  
The Way

Fueled by novel technologies capable of producing massive amounts of data for a single experiment, scientists are faced with an explosion of information which must be rapidly analyzed and combined with other data to form hypotheses and create knowledge. Today, numerous biological questions can be answered without entering a wet lab. Scientific protocols designed to answer these questions can be run entirely on a computer. Biological resources are often complementary, focused on different objects and reflecting various experts' points of view. Exploiting the richness and diversity of these resources is crucial for scientists. However, with the increase of resources, scientists have to face the problem of selecting sources and tools when interpreting their data. In this paper, we analyze the way in which biologists express and implement scientific protocols, and we identify the requirements for a system which can guide scientists in constructing protocols to answer new biological questions. We present two such systems, BioNavigation and BioGuide dedicated to help scientists select resources by following suitable paths within the growing network of interconnected biological resources.

scholarly journals Contextualization of the Bioeconomy Concept through Its Links with Related Concepts and the Challenges Facing Humanity

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7746
Author(s):  
Leire Barañano ◽  
Naroa Garbisu ◽  
Itziar Alkorta ◽  
Andrés Araujo ◽  
Carlos Garbisu
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Economics ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Biological Resources ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
The Core ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Broad Interpretation ◽  
Shed Light

The concept of bioeconomy is a topic of debate, confusion, skepticism, and criticism. Paradoxically, this is not necessarily a negative thing as it is encouraging a fruitful exchange of information, ideas, knowledge, and values, with concomitant beneficial effects on the definition and evolution of the bioeconomy paradigm. At the core of the debate, three points of view coexist: (i) those who support a broad interpretation of the term bioeconomy, through the incorporation of all economic activities based on the production and conversion of renewable biological resources (and organic wastes) into products, including agriculture, livestock, fishing, forestry and similar economic activities that have accompanied humankind for millennia; (ii) those who embrace a much narrower interpretation, reserving the use of the term bioeconomy for new, innovative, and technologically-advanced economic initiatives that result in the generation of high-added-value products and services from the conversion of biological resources; and (iii) those who stand between these two viewpoints. Here, to shed light on this debate, a contextualization of the bioeconomy concept through its links with related concepts (biotechnology, bio-based economy, circular economy, green economy, ecological economics, environmental economics, etc.) and challenges facing humanity today is presented.

scholarly journals AQAID AL-KHAMSINA MENURUT AHLUSSUNNAH WAL JAMA’AH

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adenan Adenan ◽  
Ismet Sari ◽  
Sutan M. Arfierdin Pohan
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Free Association ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
The Way

<p><em>The rise of evil that existed in this period began from free association, abuse of drugs, theft and others. The moral deterioration is very much happening and the way to cope with it is by deepening the science of religion, which is with a lot of scientific knowledge of Tauhid. The science of Tauhid is a science that discusses the attributes of Allah SWT and his Messenger or called Aqaid Al-Khamsina. By studying the science of Tauhid can certainly reduce the number of criminality because by learning the science of Tauhid means a person's behavior will be much better. This research aims to determine the meaning of Aqaid Al-Khamsina and the explanation of each of these qualities. This research is included in Library research.  Primary data sources include the book by Imam Muhammad bin as-Sanusi named Umm al-Barahin, the publisher city of Kediri, the publisher name Santri Salaf Press, in the year 2015 and the book of Sheikh Muhammad Al-Fudholi named Kifayatul Awam, the publisher of Surabaya, the name of publisher Mutiara Ilmu, in the year 2018.  The secondary sources are books related to Aqaid Al-Khamsina, which is a book by Siradjuddin Abbas named I'itiqad Ahlussunnah Wal Jama'ah, a book by Abu Fikri Ihsani called Encyclopedia of Allah, a book by Imam Abil Izz Al-Hanafi named Tahdzib Syarah Aqidah Thahawiyah. In analyzing this research researchers use the Content analysis method (content analysis) is by means of drawing conclusions from several references that have been chosen, compared and combined.  The results of the research obtained is that Aqaid Al-Khamsina is a nature of Allah SWT and its Apostles that if in total there is 50 consisting of 20 mandatory nature of God, 20 impossibly god nature, 1 Jaiz nature, 4 mandatory nature of the Apostle, 4 the odds of the Apostle and 1 character Jaiz apostle. All of our mandatory qualities are known and Imani as the perfection of the creed.</em></p><p><strong><em>Keywords:</em></strong><em> Ahlussunnah Wal Jama'ah, Aqaid Al-Khamsina, Akidah, Tauhid.</em></p>

Solving Queries over Semantically Integrated Biological Data Sources

2004 ◽  
pp. 249-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Francisco Aldana-Montes ◽  
Ismael Navas-Delgado ◽  
María del Mar Roldán-García
Keyword(s):  
Biological Data ◽  
Data Sources

DNA polymorphism of dogs (Canis familiaris L.). I. Origin, distribution of dogs in the light of molecular biological data about their mitochondrial and nuclear genomes

Biomics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 298-308
Author(s):  
D.A. Chemeris ◽  
Yu.R. Giniyatov ◽  
R.R. Garafutdinov ◽  
A.V. Chemeris
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
Dna Polymorphism ◽  
Nuclear Dna ◽  
Canis Familiaris ◽  
Biological Data ◽  
Migration Routes ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Nuclear Genomes ◽  
Biological Methods ◽  
Mtdna Polymorphism

Information is given on the size and organization of the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes of dogs, including information on polymorphisms of some loci used to clarify the phylogenetic relationships of wolves and the first dogs, including hypotheses about the places of domestication of ancient now extinct wolves and the dates of these events. It is noted that the introduction of molecular biological methods in archaeology has allowed to obtain the principally new data on ancient wolves and dogs. Based on mtDNA polymorphism and nuclear DNA polymorphism, migration routes of already domesticated dogs together with humans have been tracked. The previously existing points of view about the origin of the first dogs in Western Europe, as well as in East Asia, have been supplemented in recent years by assumptions about the appearance of the first proto-dogs in Siberia.

Branding, culture, and political ideology: Spanish patriotism as the identity myth of an iconic brand

2020 ◽  
pp. 146954051989997
Author(s):  
Antonio Pineda ◽  
Paloma Sanz-Marcos ◽  
María-Teresa Gordillo-Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Political Ideology ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Iconic Status ◽  
Separatist Movement ◽  
Cultural Branding ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
The Way

The cultural aspects of brands, as well as their consideration as symbols in consumer cultures, are relevant elements of contemporary branding. This research relies on cultural branding as a theoretical framework that explains the role of brands as vessels of ideology. Such a role relates to the fact that brands can simultaneously reflect and smooth societal tensions – that is, the mechanics that turn brands into icons according to the theory of “iconic brands.” This article focuses on the Spanish fashion company Piel de Toro (“Bull Skin”) to illustrate the ideological role of brands, as well as the identity myths they convey to meet consumers’ anxieties. To study the way this brand formulated a patriotic identity myth in the context of the Catalonian separatist movement, Piel de Toro’s “Proudly Spanish” 2017 campaign is analyzed by putting together the brand genealogy method and different data sources. Results shed light on the scope and limits of the brand’s iconic status, and indicate the role of commercial brands as political–ideological actors in contemporary Spanish culture.

scholarly journals Enabling semantic queries across federated bioinformatics databases

Database ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Claudia Sima ◽  
Tarcisio Mendes de Farias ◽  
Erich Zbinden ◽  
Maria Anisimova ◽  
Manuel Gil ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Data Integration ◽  
Heterogeneous Data ◽  
Biological Data ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Biological Knowledge ◽  
Biological Databases ◽  
Semantic Level ◽  
Sparql Endpoint ◽  
Description Framework

Abstract Motivation: Data integration promises to be one of the main catalysts in enabling new insights to be drawn from the wealth of biological data available publicly. However, the heterogeneity of the different data sources, both at the syntactic and the semantic level, still poses significant challenges for achieving interoperability among biological databases. Results: We introduce an ontology-based federated approach for data integration. We applied this approach to three heterogeneous data stores that span different areas of biological knowledge: (i) Bgee, a gene expression relational database; (ii) Orthologous Matrix (OMA), a Hierarchical Data Format 5 orthology DS; and (iii) UniProtKB, a Resource Description Framework (RDF) store containing protein sequence and functional information. To enable federated queries across these sources, we first defined a new semantic model for gene expression called GenEx. We then show how the relational data in Bgee can be expressed as a virtual RDF graph, instantiating GenEx, through dedicated relational-to-RDF mappings. By applying these mappings, Bgee data are now accessible through a public SPARQL endpoint. Similarly, the materialized RDF data of OMA, expressed in terms of the Orthology ontology, is made available in a public SPARQL endpoint. We identified and formally described intersection points (i.e. virtual links) among the three data sources. These allow performing joint queries across the data stores. Finally, we lay the groundwork to enable nontechnical users to benefit from the integrated data, by providing a natural language template-based search interface.

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