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Augmenting In-house and Vendor-supplied MARC records: Automating Batch Derive of ETD Records by XSLT
No full textRecently, the cataloging department at Michigan State University Libraries was asked to catalog all 8000 full-text MSU ETDs in ProQuest. Since deriving MARC records by inserting appropriate MARC fields and pasting persistent URL from ProQuest database one at a time would be a very time-consuming process, an automated “batch-derive” process using XSLT was developed. This process selected and merged data from existing in-house print thesis records and ProQuest-created ETD records by matching various elements in the two record sets. Multi-step matching was called for since there was no common unique identifier among the two record sets and there were inconsistencies in data entry. Through this automated process, the cataloging department was able to incorporate data correction and customization into the batch process, and to insert persistent URLs into corresponding records in a fraction of time required for the manual process. Besides presenting the workflow and the design of the process itself, this presentation will also discusses quality issues in both in-house and ProQuest records, explain why ProQuest records were not loaded directly, the difficulties encountered during the implementation, the limitations of this batch process, and possible adaptation of this process for other copy and original cataloging activities.
Keywords: ETD, XSLT, batch derive, vendor record
Summary of MARC
No full text"MARC is a label attached to an increasing variety of formats
containing machine- readable cataloging information. However, MARC
is first and foremost a format for interchange of bibliographic
information, and BNB MARC and MARC II derive from the proposed
''USA Standard for a Format for Bibliographic Information Interchange
on Magnetic Tape.""
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should have the capability of generating a standard communication
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The ‘Galilean Style in Science’ and the Inconsistency of Linguistic Theorising
No full textChomsky’s principle of epistemological tolerance says that in theoretical linguistics contradictions between the data and the hypotheses may be temporarily tolerated in order to protect the explanatory power of the theory. The paper raises the following problem: What kinds of contradictions may be tolerated between the data and the hypotheses in theoretical linguistics? First a model of paraconsistent logic is introduced which differentiates between week and strong contradiction. As a second step, a case study is carried out which exemplifies that the principle of epistemological tolerance may be interpreted as the tolerance of week contradiction. The third step of the argumentation focuses on another case study which exemplifies that the principle of epistemological tolerance must not be interpreted as the tolerance of strong contradiction. The reason for the latter insight is the unreliability and the uncertainty of introspective data. From this finding the author draws the conclusion that it is the integration of different data types that may lead to the improvement of current theoretical linguistics and that the integration of different data types requires a novel methodology which, for the time being, is not available
TLT-1 regulates leukocyte activation and controls inflammatory response during polymicrobial sepsis
No full textLe récepteur TREM-1 (Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid cells-1) joue un rôle crucial dans la mise en place du sepsis en amplifiant la réponse immunitaire de l'hôte. TLT-1 (TREM-Like Transcript-1) appartient à la famille des récepteurs TREMs, est exprimé exclusivement sur les plaquettes activées et est connu pour faciliter l'agrégation plaquettaire en liant le fibrinogène. Ces travaux montrent qu'une forme soluble de TLT-1 est impliquée dans la régulation de l'inflammation au cours du sepsis en modulant l'activation leucocytaire et le dialogue plaquette-neutrophile. Un peptide de 17 acides aminés issu de sa portion extracellulaire est porteur de cette activité par compétition avec le ligand de TREM-1. Alors que l'administration tant précoce que tardive de LR17 au cours du sepsis expérimental murin augmentait la survie, les animaux KO TLT-1 étaient hautement susceptibles à l'infection. Nous avons identifié ici un récepteur soluble libéré au cours de l'activation plaquettaire comme un potentiel régulateur de la réaction inflammatoire au cours du sepsis, ouvrant ainsi de nouvelles perspectives thérapeutiquesThe Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid cells-1 (TREM-1) plays a crucial role during the onset of sepsis by amplifying the host immune response. The TREM-Like Transcript-1 (TLT-1) belongs to the TREM family, is selectively expressed on activated platelets, and is known to facilitate platelet aggregation through binding to fibrinogen. Here we show that a soluble form of TLT-1 is implicated in the regulation of inflammation during sepsis by dampening leukocytes activation and modulating platelet-neutrophil crosstalk. A 17-aa sequence of the TLT-1 extracellular domain (LR17) is responsible for this activity through competition with the TREM-1 ligand. While early or late LR17 treatment of septic mice improves survival, treml-1-/- animals are highly susceptible to polymicrobial infection. The present findings identify platelet derived sTLT-1 as a potent endogenous regulator of sepsis associated inflammation and open new therapeutic perspective
What the experts think : fast bowling expertise acquisition and talent development
No full textFor applied sport scientists charged with developing talented performers an essential requirement is to identify components contributing to the development and maintenance of expertise. Previous qualitative analysis has revealed several psychological (e.g., mental focus, goal-setting and selfevaluation), socio-cultural (e.g. community and family support, cultural influence), physical (e.g., strength, height) and environmental (e.g., access to facilities and climate) constraints on successful Olympian development (Abbott et al., 2005). Open-ended interviews with expert athletes and/or expert coaches have been used to reveal competencies of elite performers to derive factors associated with success (Durand-Bush et al., 2002). However, the influence of these factors is likely to be sport-specific due to different task constraints and the changing nature of the performer-environment relationship through practice, coaching and competing (Vaeyens et al., 2008). So far, only one study on expertise acquisition in cricket has been undertaken. Weissensteiner, et al. (2009) found that development of expertise in cricket batting in Australia may be facilitated by early unstructured play (i.e. ‘backyard cricket’), a wide range of sport experience during development, and early exposure to playing with seniors
PROGRAMACIÓN AVANZADA CON DERIVE®. APLICACIONES AL ÁLGEBRA LINEAL
No full textIn this Article, the Author builds up a set of procedures that allow the solution of six usual problems of great importance in Linear Algebra and its applications. Taking advantages of DERIVE® computational Algebra programs and sorne ideas offered by sorne demonstrative methods, the Author reachs a perfect balance between synthesis and efficienc
PROGRAMACIÓN AVANZADA CON DERIVE®. APLICACIONES AL ÁLGEBRA LINEAL
No full textIn this Article, the Author builds up a set of procedures that allow the solution of six usual problems of great importance in Linear Algebra and its applications. Taking advantages of DERIVE® computational Algebra programs and sorne ideas offered by sorne demonstrative methods, the Author reachs a perfect balance between synthesis and efficienc
Reduced modeling of transitional exact coherent states in shear flow
No full textIn parallel shear flows, the lower branch solution follows simple streamwise dynamics. A decomposition of this solution into Fourier modes in this direction yields modes whose amplitudes scale with inverse powers of the Reynolds number. We use this scaling to derive a reduced model for exact coherent structures in general parallel shear flows. The reduced model is regularized by retaining higher order viscous terms. Both lower branch and upper branch solutions are captured and studied
Experimental application of a dynamic observer to capture and predict the dynamics of a flat-plate boundary layer
No full textThe recent approach, proposed by Guzman-Inigo et al. \cite{GuzmanInigo2014}, using System Identification to derive a Reduced Order Model from snapshots of a flow is applied to a transitional boundary layer growing over a flat-plate. It is shown that such an approach can indeed be applied to experimental PIV snapshots. Using a proper learning dataset and a proper local sensor, it is shown that the evolution of boundary layer can be properly estimated from the time evolution of the local probe and with no more than ten POD modes for the Reduced Order Model. The influence of the various parameters on the efficiency of the system identification technique is discussed
Turbulent plane Couette flow with wall-transpiration
No full textIn the present abstract, DNS results obtained for turbulent plane Couette flow with wall-normal transpiration velocity are presented. Important equations valid in such a flow are derived, describing the total shear stress and the relation between the friction velocities at the lower and upper wall. These expressions are of importance, as there are neither experimental nor DNS data to compare with. Equally important, we derive a center region and a viscous sublayer velocity scaling for the suction wall, which were both validated using the DNS data
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