scholarly journals Author-sourced capture of pathway knowledge in computable form using Biofactoid

eLife ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey V Wong ◽  
Max Franz ◽  
Metin Can Siper ◽  
Dylan Fong ◽  
Funda Durupinar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Full Advantage ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Computational Analysis ◽  
Chemical Compounds ◽  
Knowledge Sources ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
Machine Readable

Making the knowledge contained in scientific papers machine-readable and formally computable would allow researchers to take full advantage of this information by enabling integration with other knowledge sources to support data analysis and interpretation. Here we describe Biofactoid, a web-based platform that allows scientists to specify networks of interactions between genes, their products, and chemical compounds, and then translates this information into a representation suitable for computational analysis, search and discovery. We also report the results of a pilot study to encourage the wide adoption of Biofactoid by the scientific community.

The scientific bibliography of Roberto Lawley (1818–1881) and his contribution to the study of fossil sharks

2006 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-281
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Manganelli ◽  
Andrea Benocci ◽  
Valeriano Spadini
Keyword(s):  
New Taxa ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Main Interest ◽  
Private Collection ◽  
Scientific Papers

Roberto Massimo Lawley (1818–1881) was a non-academic naturalist who made a major contribution to the Tuscan scientific community of his time. He was involved in the foundation of two societies (Società Italiana di Malacologia, 1874–1899; Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, 1874–today) and a publishing house (Biblioteca Malacologica Italiana). He first devoted himself to malacology, but Neogene fossil fishes became his main interest. Over the years, he gathered a huge private collection of fossils and produced 18 scientific papers, dealing mainly with fossil sharks. Subsequent revisers criticized his approach to fossil taxa: their observations were generally sound, but they failed to fully recognize Lawley's scientific merits. His scientific papers, new taxa established by him and eponymys are given in the Appendix.

Awareness of the preventive measures against Covid -19 spread among small shop owners

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽  
pp. 1144-1150
Author(s):  
Muralidharan V A ◽  
Gheena S
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Small Shop ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Covid -19 is an infectious disease caused by the newly discovered strain of coronavirus. As there is no vaccine discovered, the only way to prevent the spread is through following the practice of social isolation. But prolonged isolation may also lead to psychological stress and problems. The objective of the survey was to assess the knowledge and awareness of preventive measures against Covid 19 amongst small shop owners. A web-based cross-sectional study was conducted amongst the small shop owners.  A structured questionnaire comprising 15-17 questions had been put forth to assess the Covid 19 related knowledge and perception. The shopkeepers were contacted telephonically and responses recorded. The data analysis was performed using IBM SPSS statistics. Although the majority of the population had a positive perception about the preventive measures against the Covid spread, 36% of the shopkeepers were not aware of the preventive measures against the Covid spread. This study found optimal knowledge and perception of the preventive measures against Covid spread among the shopkeepers but misinformation and misunderstanding still prevailing. The shopkeepers are crucial in the prevention of the spread of Covid 19 and educating them might aid us in the fight against Covid- 19. 

scholarly journals biotoolsSchema: a formalized schema for bioinformatics software description

GigaScience ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Ison ◽  
Hans Ienasescu ◽  
Emil Rydza ◽  
Piotr Chmura ◽  
Kristoffer Rapacki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Community ◽  
Life Science ◽  
Technical Information ◽  
Heterogeneous Data ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
Data Intensive ◽  
Research Software ◽  
Bioinformatics Software ◽  
Scientific Context ◽  
Machine Readable

Abstract Background Life scientists routinely face massive and heterogeneous data analysis tasks and must find and access the most suitable databases or software in a jungle of web-accessible resources. The diversity of information used to describe life-scientific digital resources presents an obstacle to their utilization. Although several standardization efforts are emerging, no information schema has been sufficiently detailed to enable uniform semantic and syntactic description—and cataloguing—of bioinformatics resources. Findings Here we describe biotoolsSchema, a formalized information model that balances the needs of conciseness for rapid adoption against the provision of rich technical information and scientific context. biotoolsSchema results from a series of community-driven workshops and is deployed in the bio.tools registry, providing the scientific community with >17,000 machine-readable and human-understandable descriptions of software and other digital life-science resources. We compare our approach to related initiatives and provide alignments to foster interoperability and reusability. Conclusions biotoolsSchema supports the formalized, rigorous, and consistent specification of the syntax and semantics of bioinformatics resources, and enables cataloguing efforts such as bio.tools that help scientists to find, comprehend, and compare resources. The use of biotoolsSchema in bio.tools promotes the FAIRness of research software, a key element of open and reproducible developments for data-intensive sciences.

The Penn State Heart Assistant: A pilot study of a web-based intervention to improve self-care of heart failure patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 292-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Lloyd ◽  
Harleah Buck ◽  
Andrew Foy ◽  
Sara Black ◽  
Antony Pinter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Heart Failure Patients ◽  
Penn State

Estimating visual difference between reproduction gamuts: moving our pilot study from the lab to online delivery

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (29) ◽  
pp. 317-322
Author(s):  
Gregory High ◽  
Peter Nussbaum ◽  
Phil Green
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Magnitude Estimation ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Online Delivery ◽  
Visual Difference

Images reproduced for different output devices are known to be limited in the range of colours that can be reproduced. It is accepted that reproductions made with different print processes, and on different substrates, will not match, although the overall reproduction appearance can be optimized using an output rendering. However, the question remains: how different are they visually? This paper reports on a pilot study that tests whether visual difference can be reduced to a single dimensional scale using magnitude estimation. Subject to recent Covid restrictions, the experiment was moved from the lab to an online delivery. We compare the two methods of delivery: in-person under controlled viewing conditions, and online via a web-based interface where viewing conditions are unknown.

Improvement of web-based data acquisition and management system for GOSAT validation lidar data analysis

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Okumura ◽  
Shoichiro Takubo ◽  
Takeru Kawasaki ◽  
Indra Nugraha Abdullah ◽  
Osamu Uchino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Data Acquisition ◽  
Management System ◽  
Lidar Data ◽  
Web Based

Association of Arm Position and Playing Time with Prevalence of Complaints of the Arm, Neck, and/or Shoulder (CANS) in Amateur Musicians: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study Among University Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura M Kok ◽  
Bionka MA Huisstede ◽  
Taco J Douglas ◽  
Rob GHH Nelissen
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Musical Instrument ◽  
Left Shoulder ◽  
Additional Risk Factor ◽  
Musculoskeletal Complaints ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Arm Position ◽  
Amateur Musicians ◽  
Playing Time

OBJECTIVE: In addition to known risk factors for musculoskeletal complaints in the general population, playing a musical instrument is an additional risk factor. In this pilot study, the prevalence of musculoskeletal complaints in student amateur musicians and their relation with playing posture and playing time were evaluated. METHODS: A cross-sectional web-based survey among amateur musicians studying at a Dutch university. RESULTS: 162 amateur musicians were included in this pilot study (response rate 17.6%). 46.9% of these amateur musicians played with an elevated arm position. Presence of complaints of the arm, neck and/or shoulder (CANS) was not statistically significantly related to arm position, except for complaints in the left shoulder with an elevated left arm position compared to neutral left arm position (OR 6.7, CI 95% 2.2–20.8) The number of hours playing per week did not significantly contribute to CANS (OR 1.0, CI 95% 0.95–1.17). CONCLUSIONS: In this pilot study among student amateur musicians, the occurrence of CANS was not significantly related to arm position, except for musicians playing with an elevated left arm position, which was associated with complaints of the left shoulder (OR 6.7). The number of hours playing per week did not significantly contribute to CANS in this group of musicians.

Web-Based Resources for Enhancing Dietary Data Analysis: What We Eat In America, NHANES

2006 ◽  
Vol 106 (8) ◽  
pp. A81
Author(s):  
Jaspreet Ahuja ◽  
Nancy Raper ◽  
Cecilia Wilkinson Enns ◽  
Randy LaComb
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Dietary Data
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