Linguistic variation in Greek papyri: towards a new tool for quantitative study

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Publication, Testing and Visualization with EFES : A tool for all stages of the EpiDoc XML editing process

EpiDoc is a set of recommendations, schema and other tools for the encoding of ancient texts, especially inscriptions and papyri, in TEI XML, that is now used by upwards of a hundred projects around the world, and large numbers of scholars seek training in EpiDoc encoding every year. The EpiDoc Front-End Services tool (EFES) was designed to fill the important need for a publication solution for researchers and editors who have produced EpiDoc encoded texts but do not have access to digital humanities support or a well-funded IT service to produce a publication for them. This paper will discuss the use of EFES not only for final publication, but as a tool in the editing and publication workflow, by editors of inscriptions, papyri and similar texts including those on coins and seals. The edition visualisations, indexes and search interface produced by EFES are able to serve as part of the validation, correction and research apparatus for the author of an epigraphic corpus, iteratively improving the editions long before final publication. As we will argue, this research process is a key component of epigraphic and papyrological editing practice, and studying these needs will help us to further enhance the effectiveness of EFES as a tool. To this end we also plan to add three major functionalities to the EFES toolbox: (1) date visualisation and filter—building on the existing “date slider,” and inspired by partner projects such as Pelagios and Godot; (2) geographic visualization features, again building on Pelagios code, allowing the display of locations within a corpus or from a specific set of search results in a map; (3) export of information and metadata from the corpus as Linked Open Data, following the recommendations of projects such as the Linked Places format, SNAP, Chronontology and Epigraphy.info, to enable the semantic sharing of data within and beyond the field of classical and historical editions. Finally, we will discuss the kinds of collaboration that will be required to bring about desired enhancements to the EFES toolset, especially in this age of research-focussed, short-term funding. Embedding essential infrastructure work of this kind in research applications for specific research and publication projects will almost certainly need to be part of the solution.Peer reviewe

oXygen-TEI Workflow. An Overview

ERC Project ELEPHANTINE "Localizing 4000 Years of Cultural History. Texts and Scripts from Elephantine Island in Egypt" Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Verena Lepper / Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Due to the enormous size of the ELEPHANTINE database and the respective number of special cases for editing texts in TEI format, the ERC-project could contribute to the development of new standards within the international epidoc-Community. For the encoding of the texts "oXygen-TEI Workflow. An Overview" was developed for the concrete project needs

Challenges and Perspectives in Creating a Digital Epigraphy Collection Using TEI XML and Front-end Services

The article presents the main tools and methods applied in the creation of the Telamon database of the ancient Greek inscriptions from Bulgaria encoded in TEI XML. The work so far on the project is reported, the modifications to the existing services are enumerated and some future perspectives are discussed.Peer reviewe

EpiDoC Unit - a clinical research unit open to the rheumatology community

EpiDoC is an epidemiology and outcomes research unit, with a main focus in Rheumatology clinical research but also in other non-communicable chronic diseases. Established in 2016, it is located at NOVA Medical School1 – CEDOC, and integrates the Comprehensive Health Research Center (CHRC)2, a clinical and public health research unit, scored Excellent by Fundação Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT) 2019’s evaluation.publishersversionpublishe

Hands on Workshops. ENCODE report on digital competences, learning outcomes and best practices in teaching and learning

The report presents the results of the feedback and competence questionnaires distributed during workshops/training activities organized by ENCODE or associated partners. These results are useful to identify eventual learning needs, measure the improvement in digital competences and design teaching materials and programmes of next training events. The present analysis is based on data collected by the following events (in chronological order): - the “Epigrafia digitale e EpiDoc Epigrafia greca” Workshop, held by A. Bencivenni and I. Vagionakis within the Greek Epigraphy Class of the MA in Classics/Ancient History/Archaeology of the University of Bologna (October, 12th-14th, 2020) - the “ENCODE Greek and Latin Epigraphy Workshop”, organized by the Department of History and Cultures of the University of Bologna, part of the first Multiplier Event of the ENCODE Project (January, 26th-29th, 2021) - the “EpiDoc Workshop London/Bologna”, organized by G. Bodard (Institute of Classical Studies, University of London) and I. Vagionakis (Department of History and Cultures, University of Bologna), held on April, 12th- 16th, 2021 - the “Edizioni digitali di testi sanscriti: introduzione a xml e tei” Workshop, organized by G. Buriola, M. Franceschini, I. Vagionakis (Department of History and Cultures, University of Bologna), held on April, 26th- 29th, 2021 - the “Linked Open Data for Written Artefacts Intensive Training”, organized by the Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian Studies of the University of Hamburg, part of the second Multiplier Event of the ENCODE project (May, 26th-28th, 2021) - the “Training Workshop Multilingual and Multicultural Digital Infrastructures for Ancient Written Artefacts”, organized by the Department of Ancient History of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, part of the third Multiplier Event (November, 3rd-5th, 2021) - the “ENCODE Winter School Papyrology for non-specialists” organized by the Institut für klassische Philologie of the Julius-Maximilians-Universität of Würzburg, part of the fourth Multiplier Event (February, 14th- 17th, 2022).The ENCODE Project (KA2-2020-1-IT02-KA203-079585) was financed by the European Commission in the framework of the Erasmus+ Strategic partnership for higher education

Food Insecurity Is Associated with Low Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Adverse Health Conditions in Portuguese Adults

Background: Food insecurity is a limited or uncertain access to the adequate food and is a significant public health problem. We aimed to assess determinants of food insecurity and the corresponding health impact in Portugal, a southern European country that faced a severe economic crisis. Methods: Data were derived from the Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases Cohort Study (EpiDoC), a population-based cohort of 10,661 individuals that were representative of the Portuguese adult population and followed since 2011. A cross-sectional analysis of the third wave of evaluation (EpiDoC 3) was performed between 2015 and 2016. Food insecurity was assessed with the household food insecurity psychometric scale. Socioeconomic, demographic, lifestyle, adherence to Mediterranean diet (MD), self-reported non-communicable disease, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) (EQ-5D-3L), physical function (HAQ score), and health resource consumption information was also collected. Results: The estimated proportion of food insecurity was 19.3% among a total of 5,653 participants. Food insecure households had low adherence to the MD (OR = 0.44; 95% IC 0.31-0.62). In addition, diabetes (OR = 1.69; 95% IC 1.20-2.40), rheumatic disease (OR = 1.67; 95% IC 1.07-2.60), and depression symptoms (OR = 1.50; 95% IC 1.09-2.06) were independently associated with food insecurity. On average, food insecure households had a lower HRQoL (OR = 0.18; 95% IC 0.11-0.31) and a higher disability (OR = 2.59; 95% IC 2.04-3.29). A significantly higher proportion of food insecure households reported being hospitalized (OR = 1.57; 95% IC 1.18-2.07) and had more public hospital medical appointments (OR = 1.48; 95% IC 1.12-1.94) in the previous 12 months. Conclusion: We found that food insecurity is highly prevalent in Portugal. Food insecurity was associated with low adherence to the MD, non-communicable chronic diseases, lower quality of life, and higher health resource consumption. Therefore, this study provides valuable insight into the relationship between food security and the diet and health of the population during an economic crisis.publishersversionpublishe

longitudinal analysis of the EpiDoC cohort

Funding The present publication was funded by Fundação Ciência e Tecnologia, IP national support through CHRC (UIDP/04923/2020). NM has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 835577. The content refects the authors’ views only and the Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.BACKGROUND: Nutrition and particularly protein play a role in optimally stimulating muscle protein synthesis and maintaining function. Animal foods are excellent sources of high-quality protein. Therefore, we aimed to determine the association between the consumption of animal foods and mobility limitations in young-old adults. METHODS: The analytic sample was composed of 2860 community-dwelling adults aged 50 and over from a nationally representative longitudinal cohort of Portuguese adults who were followed up to 2.7 years. An animal food intake score was derived from the frequency of consumption of meat, fish, and dairy products. Mobility limitations were defined as the difficulty standing up from a chair, walking, and climbing stairs. To determine the association between animal food intake and mobility limitations mixed effects logistic models were fitted. RESULTS: Associations between quartiles of animal food intake and mobility limitations (for example, for walking outdoors Quartile 4 v Q1: OR: 0.29; 95%CI: 0.15, 0.56) in unadjusted models were present, but there was no difference in the rate of change of mobility limitations over time in unadjusted models. These associations were no longer present when models were adjusted for sociodemographic, lifestyle and health variables. For example, participants in Q4 of animal food intake were not more or less likely to have difficulty climbing stairs than those in Q1 (OR: 0.95; 95%CI: 0.65, 1.38) nor have a different rate of change over time (OR: 0.86; 95%CI: 0.54, 1.37). CONCLUSIONS: No convincing evidence was found to support an effect of animal foods intake measured at baseline on self-reported mobility limitations over a short period of time.publishersversionpublishe

Coptic SCRIPTORIUM:A Corpus, Tools, and Methods for Corpus Linguistics and Computational Historical Research in Ancient Egypt

Coptic, having evolved from the language of the hieroglyphs of the pharaonic era, represents the last phase of the Egyptian language and is pivotal for a wide range of disciplines, such as linguistics, biblical studies, the history of Christianity, Egyptology, and ancient history. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM provides the first open-source technologies for computational and digital research across the disciplines as applied to Egyptian texts. The project is developing a digitized corpus of Coptic texts available in multiple formats and visualizations (including TEI XML), tools to analyze and process the language (e.g., the first Coptic part-of-speech tagger), a database with search and visualization capabilities, and a collaborative platform for scholars to contribute texts and annotations and to conduct research. The technologies and corpus will function as a collaborative environment for digital research by any scholars working in Coptic