scholarly journals L’Archivio Fotografico del Museo Egizio di Torino

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beppe Moiso ◽  
Tommaso Montonati
Keyword(s):  
Arabic Text ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Online Platform ◽  
Link Type ◽  
History Of ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

This report provides an overview of the history of the heterogeneous photographic archive of the Museo Egizio in Turin, from its formation to its current organization. Since 2018, a team of the Museo Egizio has been working on a project whose aim is to preserve, digitize, virtually reorganize, and make publicly accessible the ca. 45,000 pictures in the archive. In particular, the team focused on a set of ca. 1500 pictures taken during the archaeological excavations of the Museum in Egypt, between 1903 and 1937. As a result of this work, this material is now accessible on the website Archivio Fotografico del Museo Egizio, an online platform where users can freely consult and download every single picture. ملخص يقدم هذا التقرير لمحة عامة عن تاريخ أرشيف الصور الفوتوغرافية المتنوعة للمتحف المصري في تورينو، منذ تأسيسه وحتى تنيسيقه الحالي. يعمل فريق من المتحف المصري منذ عام 2018 على مشروع يهدف إلى الحفاظ على 45000 صورة تقريباً في أرشيف الصور، ذلك من خلال إعادة تنظيمه وإدخاله في نظام الحاسوب لجعله متاحاً للجمهور. ركّز الفريق، على وجه الخصوص، على مجموعة صور، تضمّ تقريباً 1500 صورة، إلتُقِطَت أثناء حفريات البعثة الأثرية للمتحف في مصر، بين عامي 1903 و 1937. نتيجة لهذا العمل، يمكننا اليوم الإطلاع إلى هذه المواد عبر الموقع الالكتروني Archivio Fotografico del Museo Egizio وهو عبارة عن منصة على الإنترنت حيث يمكن للمستخدمين الرجوع إليها للبحث والدراسة وتنزيل أي صورة بالمجان.

Conservation of Rhodococcus equi (Magnusson 1923) Goodfellow and Alderson 1977 and rejection of Corynebacterium hoagii (Morse 1912) Eberson 1918

2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_1) ◽  
pp. 311-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
George M. Garrity
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Rhodococcus Equi ◽  
International Code ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Zoonotic Pathogen ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Code Of Nomenclature ◽  
History Of ◽  
International Code Of Nomenclature

A recent review of the nomenclatural history of Rhodococcus equi and its heterotypic synonyms reveals a situation in which the strict application of the Rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes have resulted in the renaming of this known zoonotic pathogen, which may be reasonably viewed as a perilous name. This situation can be remedied only by the Judicial Commission rendering an opinion to conserve the name Rhodococcus equi and to reject its earlier heterotypic synonym, Corynebacterium hoagii .

scholarly journals Wound infection caused by Neisseria zoodegmatis, a zoonotic pathogen: a case report

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Merlino ◽  
Timothy Gray ◽  
Rohan Beresford ◽  
Sai Rupa Baskar ◽  
Thomas Gottlieb ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Culture Media ◽  
Clinical History ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Zoonotic Pathogen ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Flight Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Clinical Laboratories ◽  
History Of

The isolation of Neisseria zoodegmatis from a 63-year-old female presenting to the emergency department following a cat bite injury to her right hand is described in this report. N. zoodegmatis , also known as Centers for Disease Control (CDC) group EF-4b, is considered to be a zoonotic pathogen, and is usually associated with dog or cat bites. Despite the potential of this organism to cause serious soft tissue infections, it can be overlooked in routine clinical laboratories due to its slow growth characteristics and when the history of animal bite is not provided to the laboratory. This case highlights the importance of appropriate clinical history provision to the microbiology laboratory to help provide important information about potential pathogens and allow microbiologists to optimize culture and identification methods. The introduction of tools such as matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) into clinical laboratories allows identification and the interpretation of results to be performed within a few minutes of isolation on proper culture media, as opposed to traditional methods, whose slowness may be problematic, as shown in this case report.

In-situ laser ablation Lu–Hf geochronology of garnet across the Western Gneiss Region: Campaign-style dating of metamorphism

2021 ◽  
pp. jgs2021-094
Author(s):  
Renée Tamblyn ◽  
Martin Hand ◽  
Alexander Simpson ◽  
Sarah Gilbert ◽  
Ben Wade ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Laser Ablation ◽  
Ultrahigh Pressure ◽  
Western Gneiss Region ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Geological Processes ◽  
History Of ◽  
Supplementary Material ◽  
Wilson Cycle

The development of in-situ laser ablation Lu–Hf geochronology of apatite, xenotime and garnet has opened avenues to quickly and directly date geological processes. We demonstrate the first use of campaign-style in-situ Lu–Hf geochronology of garnet across the high- to ultrahigh-pressure Western Gneiss Region in Norway. Mafic eclogites from this region have been the focus of much work, and were clearly formed during continental subduction during the Caledonian Orogen. However, abundant quartzofeldspathic and pelitic lithologies record a more complex history, with some preserving polymetamorphic age data, and most containing no indication of high-pressure mineral assemblages formed during subduction. Twenty metapelitic and felsic samples spanning 160 lateral kilometers across the Western Gneiss Region have been analysed using garnet Lu–Hf geochronology. The results reveal Caledonian ages for the majority of the garnets, suggesting some quartzofeldspathic and metapelitic lithologies were reactive and grew garnet during high- to ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism. However, two ultrahigh-pressure eclogite locations, Verpeneset and Fjørtoft, preserve both Caledonian and Neoproterozoic-aged garnets. Despite significant uncertainties on some of the Lu–Hf geochronologic ages, laser ablation Lu–Hf efficiently identifies the polymetamorphic history of parts of the Western Gneiss Region, illustrating the effectiveness of this novel analytical method for rapid mapping of metamorphic ages.Thematic collection: This article is part of the Caledonian Wilson cycle collection available at: https://www.lyellcollection.org/cc/caledonian-wilson-cycleSupplementary material:https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5715453

scholarly journals Intra-abdominal infection with Campylobacter curvus: case report and review of the literature

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick C. K. Tam ◽  
Lex E. X. Leong ◽  
Maria Theodossi ◽  
David L. Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Source Control ◽  
Alcoholic Pancreatitis ◽  
Oral Manifestations ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Oral Infections ◽  
Link Type ◽  
History Of ◽  
Minimal Data ◽  
Intra Abdominal Infection

Background. Campylobacter curvus is a Gram-negative bacteria associated with periodontal disease in humans. Cases of extra-oral manifestations of infection are rare with only six reported cases of extra-oral infection including this report that have been identified in the current literature. Molecular methods are generally used to identify C. curvus while optimal antibiotic choice and duration to treat extra-oral infections for this pathogen is unknown. Case presentation. A 63-year-old male with a background history of alcoholic pancreatitis presented with fever and malaise who was found to have radiological intra-abdominal collections. Drainage of these collections identified C. curvus via matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry with high probability and identification further confirmed by whole-genome sequencing. Antibiotic susceptibility testing to erythromycin and ciprofloxacin of C. curvus was performed using E-test diffusion methods along with investigation for the presence of resistance genes. The patient was treated with intravenous piperacillin-tazobactam followed by ciprofloxacin for 4 weeks total with good clinical recovery. Conclusions. Extra-oral manifestations with the pathogen C. curvus are rare with few cases described in the literature. There is minimal data on susceptibility patterns, optimal antibiotic treatment and duration. Treatment of extraintestinal C. curvus infections in humans should encompass both adequate source control and antibiotic therapy.

scholarly journals Two Late Period Jars with a Hieratic Label from Giza (Turin S. 1954 and S. 1955)

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federica Facchetti ◽  
Susanne Töpfer
Keyword(s):  
Arabic Text ◽  
Late Period ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Material ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

The Museo Egizio in Turin holds numerous artefacts found at Giza during archaeological excavations conducted by Ernesto Schiaparelli in February 1903. Among the material from the Late Period, two clay vases stand out because they carry a hieratic inscription. They were most likely used as containers for remains of the embalming process, stored in one of the so-called “embalming caches” that are found in Late Period funerary contexts. Many vessels with hieratic and Demotic inscriptions have come to light at Giza, Abusir, Saqqara and Thebes, but none that is published bears an inscription similar to that of these two Turin vessels. The aim of this contribution is to draw attention to these objects and their – so far unattested – inscriptions to give researchers working on embalming material and its archaeological context further study material. ملخص هذا البحث الموجز يسلط الضوء على آنيتين متواجدتين في المتحف المصري في تورينو ويبرز عليها الكتابة الهيراطيقية. وجدت أثناء الحفريات الأثرية التي أجراها إرنستو سكياباريللي في الجيزة في شباط/فبراير 1903، على الأرجح من الموقع المسمى بـ "مخبأ التحنيط"، كان شائعاَ في العصر المتأخر ضمن المباني الجنائزية. ظهرت العديد من الأواني عليها نقوش هيراطيقية والديموطيقية في الجيزة وابو صير وسقارة وطيبة، ولكن لا يوجد عليها نقش مماثل لنقوش هاتين الآنيتين.

scholarly journals A Campylobacter integrative and conjugative element with a CRISPR-Cas9 system targeting competing plasmids: a history of plasmid warfare?

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnoud H. M. van Vliet ◽  
Oliver J. Charity ◽  
Mark Reuter
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Campylobacter Coli ◽  
Bacterial Populations ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Microbial Genomes ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Cas9 Protein ◽  
History Of ◽  
Integrative Conjugative Elements ◽  
Integrative And Conjugative Element

Microbial genomes are highly adaptable, with mobile genetic elements (MGEs) such as integrative conjugative elements (ICEs) mediating the dissemination of new genetic information throughout bacterial populations. This is countered by defence mechanisms such as CRISPR-Cas systems, which limit invading MGEs by sequence-specific targeting. Here we report the distribution of the pVir, pTet and PCC42 plasmids and a new 70–129 kb ICE (CampyICE1) in the foodborne bacterial pathogens Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli . CampyICE1 contains a degenerated Type II-C CRISPR system consisting of a sole Cas9 protein, which is distinct from the previously described Cas9 proteins from C. jejuni and C. coli . CampyICE1 is conserved in structure and gene order, containing blocks of genes predicted to be involved in recombination, regulation and conjugation. CampyICE1 was detected in 134/5829 (2.3 %) C . jejuni genomes and 92/1347 (6.8 %) C . coli genomes. Similar ICEs were detected in a number of non-jejuni/coli Campylobacter species, although these lacked a CRISPR-Cas system. CampyICE1 carries three separate short CRISPR spacer arrays containing a combination of 108 unique spacers and 16 spacer-variant families. A total of 69 spacers and 10 spacer-variant families (63.7 %) were predicted to target Campylobacter plasmids. The presence of a functional CampyICE1 Cas9 protein and matching anti-plasmid spacers was associated with the absence of the pVir, pTet and pCC42 plasmids (188/214 genomes, 87.9 %), suggesting that the CampyICE1-encoded CRISPR-Cas has contributed to the exclusion of competing plasmids. In conclusion, the characteristics of the CRISPR-Cas9 system on CampyICE1 suggests a history of plasmid warfare in Campylobacter .

scholarly journals Rediscovering the Nineteenth-Century Display of the Museo Egizio’s “Statuario”

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giorgia Cafici
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
The State ◽  
Early History ◽  
Arabic Text ◽  
State Archive ◽  
Content Type ◽  
History Of ◽  
Shed Light

The article presents the rediscovery and analysis of important documents concerning the early history of the Museo Egizio in Turin, which are currently held in the State Archive in Turin. The study of these papers shed light on a crucial phase in the history of the museum, allowing the author to retrace features of the display of the statue gallery of the Museo Egizio in the 1850s. ملخص يعرض هذا المقال إعادة الكشف ودراسة وثائق مهمة متعلقة بالتاريخ القديم للمتحف المصري في تورينو، تلك الوثائق محفوظة حالياً في أرشيف الدولة في مدينة تورينو. ألقت دراسة هذه الأوراق الضوء على مرحلة مميزة من مراحل تاريخ المتحف، الأمر الذي أتاح للمؤلف استعادة نموزج العرض في قاعة التماثيل للمتحف المصري في الخمسينيات للقرن التاسع عشر.

scholarly journals "Tracking Papyrus and Parchment Paths": A New International Project on Coptic Literature

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Buzi ◽  
Julian Bogdani ◽  
Nathan Carlig ◽  
Maria Chiara Giorda ◽  
Agostino Soldati
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Arabic Text ◽  
Late Antique ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
History Of ◽  
Complete Catalogue ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
The One

The purpose of the new project presented in these pages is to offer an innovative approach to the study of the evolution of Coptic literature and, more specifically, to the corpus of writings produced in Egypt between the third and the late eleventh centuries, and expressed in the different dialects of the Coptic language. Its aim is to provide a new perspective on the cultural landscape of Christian Egypt by interweaving literary, historical, codicological and archaeological data, and producing a series of scholarly tools, till now unavailable, in a digital environment, including an archaeological Atlas of late antique and early mediaeval Coptic literature that will be searchable at different chronological, regional and thematic levels. As part of the above-described research activities and goals, a complete catalogue of the Coptic papyrus codices preserved in the Museo Egizio will be produced, as well as an edition of their titles and scribal subscriptions. The fragmentary codices in question, purchased in Egypt by Bernardino Drovetti in the 1820s, are a unique example of an entire well-preserved late antique institutional library – very likely originally belonging to the cathedral of This/Thinis – reflecting the literary tastes and dogmatic orientations before what can be defined as the ninth-century Coptic book revolution, which significantly changed bookmaking in Christian Egypt. The library of Thi(ni)s is a crucial and transitional instance in the history of Coptic books, which saw on the one hand the creation of new codicological and palaeographical features and on the other the progressive emergence of multiple-text codices. ملخص البحث: الغرض من الدراسة الجديدة التى يتم عرضها فى هذا البحث هو تقديم نهج مبتكراً لدراسة تطور الآدب القبطى، وبشكل أكثر تحديداً إلى مجموعة الكتابات المنتجة فى مصر بين القرن الثالث حتى نهاية القرن الحادى عشر والتى تم التعبير عنها فى لهجات مختلفة للغة القبطية. هدفها هو توفير منظور جديد للمشهد الثقافى فى مصر المسيحية من خلال تداخل البيانات الأدبية والتاريخية والآثرية والكوديكولوجية (دراسة الكتب القديمة)، وإنتاج سلسة من الأدوات العلمية حتى الآن غير متوفرة فى بيئة رقمية من خلال أطلس آثرى لأدب أواخر العصور القديمة والأدب القبطى من العصور الوسطى، والقابلة للبحث علي مختلف المستويات الزمنية والإقليمية والموضوعية. وكجزء من الأنشطة والأهداف البحثية الموصوفة أعلاه سيتم التحقق من فهرس كامل لمخطوطات البردى القبطية المحفوظة بالمتحف المصرى بتورينو، بالإضافة إلى نسخة من عناوينها ومعلومات عن أسم الكاتب ودار النشر والتاريخ الذى نشرت فية . نحن بصدد دراسة سبعة عشر مخطوطة مجزأة والتى تم شراؤها من مصر بواسطة برناردينو دروفيتى عام 1820م، وهى تعد مثال فريد للحفظ الجيد الكامل لمجموعة من الكتب التى تعود إلى أواخر العصور القديمة، من المحتمل أن تنتمى فى الأصل إلى كاتدرائية زيس والتى تعكس الأذواق الأدبية والتوجهات العقائدية قبل ما يمكن تعريفة بأنة القرن التاسع للثورة الكتابية والتى غيَرت بشكل كبير صناعة الكتب فى مصر المسيحية، فإن مكتبة زيس هى مثال حاسم وإنتقالى فى تأريخ الكتب القبطية التى شهدت من جهة خلق ملامح جديدة كوديكولوجية ورقمية وحياتية ومن جهة أخرى ظهور تدريجى للنصوص المركبة التعددية.2

The Age and Paleomagnetism of Jurassic dykes, western Dronning Maud Land: implications for Gondwana breakup

2021 ◽  
pp. SP518-2021-44
Author(s):  
M. A. Morake ◽  
J. N. F. O'Kennedy ◽  
M. W. Knoper ◽  
M. de Kock ◽  
J. D. Kramers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
Ocean Floor ◽  
Falkland Islands ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Palaeomagnetic Data ◽  
History Of ◽  
Dronning Maud Land ◽  
Supplementary Material ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractNew 40Ar/39Ar data from dykes intruded into Sverdrupfjella and Ahlmanryggen, Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, indicate that dyke emplacement commenced at ca. 207 Ma and lasted until ca. 178 Ma. Whereas the ages ascribed to the Karoo-age magmatism contributing to Gondwana breakup are typically inferred as being ca. 182 Ma, the data indicate that ages older than ca.192 Ma in the broader Karoo Province are restricted to western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, indicating the locality where break-up was initiated. Limited palaeomagnetic data from ca. 178-185 Ma dykes combined with published palaeomagnetic data from similar aged dykes in Vestfjella and the Ferrar Province, suggest that Antarctica had already drifted/rifted significantly away from southern Africa from ca. 207 Ma to ca. 180 Ma, earlier than previously thought. The data, if correct, require a re-evaluation of the ages ascribed to ocean-floor anomalies used to constrain reconstructions of Gondwana and may provide insight into the history of microcontinental blocks including the Falkland Islands, Haag nunataks, Ellsworth-Whitmore block and Maurice Ewing Bank.Supplementary material at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5612838

scholarly journals The Turin Papyrus Online Platform (TPOP): An Introduction

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Töpfer
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Material Culture ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
General Public ◽  
Arabic Text ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Online Platform ◽  
Long Term Preservation

In recent years, scholarly communities as well as the general public have been increasingly requesting open access to museum collections, prompting institutions to offer online catalogues, mostly of selected objects, in some cases even of their complete collections. Major Egyptian papyrus collections, however, have so far been extremely slow in adopting this open-access approach. Until recently, this was also true of the Museo Egizio in Turin, which houses one of the largest collections of Egyptian antiquities worldwide. The TPOP project aims to conserve, document, digitize and contextualize hundreds of papyrus manuscripts and thousands of fragments in a newly created online platform. This platform will enable scholars to work collaboratively on the material and will provide a straightforward publication outlet for both the scholarly and the general public. It aims to generate value beyond the mere preservation of material culture. The virtual “restoration” of papyri by digitally reconstructing them and joining fragments online makes possible what physical restoration does not allow, namely, the long-term preservation of written cultural heritage and its accessibility by anyone from anywhere and at any time. ملخص البحث: طلبت المجتمعات الأكاديمية وعامة الناس في السنوات الأخيرة الوصول بحرية إلى المجموعات الخاصة بالمتاحف، مما دفع المؤسسات إلى توفير كتالوجات على الإنترنت معظمها خاصة بعناصر منتقاة لدرجة أن بعضها يعرض المجموعات الكاملة لتلك العناصر في بعض الحالات. على الرغم من ذلك، فإن مجموعات ورق البردي المصرية الرئيسية بطيئة للغاية حتى الآن في تبني نهج الوصول الحر إليها. وهذا ينطبق أيضًا على المتحف المصري في تورينو حتى وقت قريب، والذي يضم واحدة من أكبر مجموعات الآثار المصرية في جميع أنحاء العالم. يهدف مشروع قاعدة بيانات البردي عبر الإنترنت في تورينو "TPOP" إلى حفظ المئات من مخطوطات البردي وآلاف الأجزاء الممزقة وتوثيقها ورقمنتها وفهم سياقها في منصة إلكترونية تم إنشاؤها حديثًا. ستعمل هذه المنصة على تمكين الأكاديميين من العمل بشكل تعاوني على المواد وستوفر منفذًا مباشرًا للمطبوعات لكل من الأكاديميين والعامة. ويهدف المشروع إلى إنشاء قيمة أكبر من مجرد الحفاظ على الثقافة المادية. حيث أنه من شأن "الترميم" الافتراضي للبرديات من خلال إعادة تكوينها رقمياً وجمع أجزاءها عبر الإنترنت أن يجعل ما لم يستطع الترميم المادي توفيره ممكنًا، وهو الحفاظ على التراث الثقافي المكتوب على المدى الطويل وإمكانية الوصول إليه من قبل أي شخص من أي مكان وفي أي وقت.

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