Operatic Productions in the Netherlands, 1886–1995: from Printed Annals to Searchable Performance Data

Abstract This data paper accompanies the database Operatic productions in the Netherlands, an open dataset containing details on over five thousand opera productions in the Netherlands between 1885 and 1995 extracted from the Annalen van de Nederlandse Opera-gezelschappen (Annals of the Opera Companies in the Netherlands), which appeared in book form in 1996. These data give an extremely rich account of the performance history of operatic works and the personnel involved in their production. Since the original publication lacks a critical introduction, the authors have attempted to reconstruct the origins and systematics of the collection. They also discuss the attributes of the data and the basic data structure in order to give users relevant information to use and restructure the data for their interests. The data structure and metadata classifications are based on an inventory of the classifications used in existing performing arts databases across Europe. This facilitates future connections to other relevant performing arts datasets. The transfer of the Annals into a relational database finally brings out their full research potential.

Download Full-text

Haemostatic Parameters and Lifestyle Factors in Elderly Men in Italy and The Netherlands

Thrombosis and Haemostasis ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1650592 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 76 (03) ◽

pp. 411-416 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Fransje C H Bijnen ◽

Edith J M Feskens ◽

Simona Giampaoli ◽

Alessandro Menotti ◽

Flaminio Fidanza ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Use ◽

The Netherlands ◽

Antithrombin Iii ◽

Lifestyle Factors ◽

Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time ◽

Factor Vii ◽

Fat Intake ◽

Factor X ◽

Elderly Men ◽

History Of

SummaryThe association between plasma fibrinogen, factor VII, factor X, activated partial thromboplastin time, antithrombin III and the lifestyle factors cigarette smoking, alcohol use, fat intake and physical activity was assessed in 802 men aged 70-90 years in Zutphen (The Netherlands), Montegiorgio and Crevalcore (Italy).Smoking was positively associated with fibrinogen, also after adjustment for other lifestyle factors, age, use of anticoagulants and aspirin like drugs, body mass index, and history of myocardial infarction. Alcohol use was associated with increased levels of factor X and decreased levels of antithrombin III. Fat intake was positively associated with antithrombin III. Between cohorts, considerable differences were observed in levels of haemostatic parameters and the lifestyle factors. Compared to the mediterranean cohorts the Zutphen cohort showed the highest levels of fibrinogen and factor VII. Differences in lifestyle factors could, however, not explain differences between cohorts in levels of any of the haemostatic parameters, despite the observed associations between lifestyle factors and haemostatic parameters.

Download Full-text

The Beauty of Korean Traditional Court Performing Arts, a Historical Approach to Court Festive Dance: Son Seon-suk. The History of Korean Court Dance. Seoul: Bogosa, 2017.

National Gugak Center ◽

10.29028/jngc.2017.36.391 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 36 ◽

pp. 391-406

Author(s):

BangSong Song ◽

Keyword(s):

Performing Arts ◽

Historical Approach ◽

Court Dance ◽

History Of

Download Full-text

The use of a Domain Ontology for the Management of Essential Hypertension (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.25427 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Emma Chavez ◽

Vanessa Perez ◽

Angélica Urrutia

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Essential Hypertension ◽

Medical History ◽

Medical Records ◽

Medical Training ◽

Relevant Information ◽

Domain Ontology ◽

Free Text ◽

Snomed Ct ◽

History Of

BACKGROUND : Currently, hypertension is one of the diseases with greater risk of mortality in the world. Particularly in Chile, 90% of the population with this disease has idiopathic or essential hypertension. Essential hypertension is characterized by high blood pressure rates and it´s cause is unknown, which means that every patient might requires a different treatment, depending on their history and symptoms. Different data, such as history, symptoms, exams, etc., are generated for each patient suffering from the disease. This data is presented in the patient’s medical record, in no order, making it difficult to search for relevant information. Therefore, there is a need for a common, unified vocabulary of the terms that adequately represent the diseased, making searching within the domain more effective. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to develop a domain ontology for essential hypertension , therefore arranging the more significant data within the domain as tool for medical training or to support physicians’ decision making will be provided. METHODS The terms used for the ontology were extracted from the medical history of de-identified medical records, of patients with essential hypertension. The Snomed-CT’ collection of medical terms, and clinical guidelines to control the disease were also used. Methontology was used for the design, classes definition and their hierarchy, as well as relationships between concepts and instances. Three criteria were used to validate the ontology, which also helped to measure its quality. Tests were run with a dataset to verify that the tool was created according to the requirements. RESULTS An ontology of 310 instances classified into 37 classes was developed. From these, 4 super classes and 30 relationships were obtained. In the dataset tests, 100% correct and coherent answers were obtained for quality tests (3). CONCLUSIONS The development of this ontology provides a tool for physicians, specialists, and students, among others, that can be incorporated into clinical systems to support decision making regarding essential hypertension. Nevertheless, more instances should be incorporated into the ontology by carrying out further searched in the medical history or free text sections of the medical records of patients with this disease.

Download Full-text

Performing the Mass in B Minor in an Age of Choices

10.1093/oso/9780190881054.003.0001 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Daniel R. Melamed

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

Johann Sebastian Bach ◽

Point Of View ◽

Performance History ◽

History Of ◽

Compositional History

Every performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’'s Mass in B Minor makes choices. The work’s compositional history and the nature of the sources that transmit it require performers to make decisions about its musical text and about the performing forces used in its realization. The Mass’s editorial history reflects deeply ideological views about Bach’s composition and how it should sound, not just objective reporting on the piece, with consequences for performances that follow specific editions. Things left unspecified by the composer need to be filled in, and every decision—including the choice to add nothing to Bach’s text—represents an interpretation. And the long performance history of the Mass offers a range of possibilities, reflecting a tension between the performance of a work like the Mass in Bach’s time and the tradition inherited from the nineteenth century. Every performance thus represents a point of view about the piece; —there are no neutral performances.

Download Full-text

Handbook of Electrogastrography

10.1093/oso/9780195147889.001.0001 ◽

2003 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Electrical Activity ◽

Neuromuscular Disorders ◽

Relevant Information ◽

Cellular Level ◽

Clinical Practices ◽

Physiological Basis ◽

Gastric Dysrhythmias ◽

History Of ◽

Major Section ◽

Cells Of Cajal

The Handbook of Electrogastrography is the first textbook dedicated to reviewing the physiology of gastric myelectrical activity and the measurement of this electrical activity with electrodes placed on the abdominal surface - the electrogastrogram. The Handbook is divided into three major sections. The first section (Chapters 1-3) focuses on the history of electrogastrography, electrical activity of the interstitial cells of Cajal, the cells from which gastric electrical rhythmicity emanates. The cellular level of gastric electrical rhythmicity provides an understanding of the physiological basis of the electrogastrogram signal. The second major section of the book (Chapters 4-6) incorporates the practical aspects of recording a high quality electrogastrogram and approaches to the analysis of the electrogastrogram using visual inspection and computer techniques. This section focuses on the authors' combined experience of examining EGG recordings for more than sixty years. From this rich research and clinical experience, the clinical application of EGG recordings in an approach to patients with unexplained nausea and vomiting is described. Neuromuscular disorders of the stomach involving gastric dysrhythmias are reviewed. The third major section of the book (Chapters 7-9) comprises many examples of gastric dysrythmias ranging from bradygastrias to tachygastrias and mixed dysrythmias. Current understanding of the mechanisms of gastric dysrhythmias is reviewed. Artifacts in the EGG signal, which may be confused with gastric dysrhythmias, are also presented. The Handbook of Electrogastrography will be a valuable reference for physicians interested in recording gastric electrical activity in clinical practices or in clinical research. Gastroenterologists, internists, psychologists and others with an interest in gastric myoelectrical events will also find extensive and relevant information for recording and interpreting EGGs in the Handbook.

Download Full-text

Livestreaming from the bedroom: Performing intimacy through domestic space on Twitch

Convergence The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies ◽

10.1177/1354856520978324 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 135485652097832

Author(s):

Bonnie ‘Bo’ Ruberg ◽

Daniel Lark

Keyword(s):

Digital Media ◽

Video Game ◽

Performing Arts ◽

Domestic Space ◽

Domestic Spaces ◽

Affective Labor ◽

Wide Range ◽

History Of ◽

Media Form ◽

Cultural Connotations

This article looks at the appearance of domestic spaces on the popular livestreaming platform Twitch.tv, with a focus on livestreams that appear to be shot in streamers’ bedrooms. Many Twitch streamers broadcast from their homes, making domestic space central to questions of placemaking for this rapidly growing digital media form. Within the home, bedrooms merit particular attention because they carry particular cultural connotations; they are associated with intimacy, embodiment, and erotics. Drawing from observations of gaming and nongaming streams, we map where bedrooms do and do not appear on Twitch. We locate the majority of bedrooms in categories that foreground connections between streamers and viewers, like Just Chatting, Music & Performing Arts, and autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR). By contrast, across a wide range of video game genres, bedrooms remain largely absent from gaming streams. The presence of bedrooms on Twitch also breaks down along gender lines, with women streaming being far more likely to broadcast from their bedrooms than men. Here, we build from existing research on both livestreaming and digital placemaking to argue for an understanding of place on Twitch as fundamentally performative. This performance is inherently gendered and bound up with the affective labor of streaming. In addition, we demonstrate how the bedroom, even when it does not appear on screen, can be understood as a ‘structuring logic’ of placemaking on Twitch. Given the history of livestreaming, which grows out of women’s experiments with online ‘lifecasting’, the bedroom sets expectations for the type of spatial and emotional access a stream is imagined to offer viewers. In this sense, the absence of bedrooms in gaming streams can be understood as a disavowal of intimate domestic space: an attempt by predominantly male streamers to distance themselves from the implicit parallels between livestreaming and practices like webcam modeling.

Download Full-text