Connecting Authors and Repositories Through SWORD

4th International Conference on Open RepositoriesThis presentation was part of the session : Conference PresentationsDate: 2009-06-04 10:30 AM – 12:00 PMBy incorporating SWORD support into an add-in for Microsoft Word, it is now possible for authors to deposit articles to Information Repositories directly from their word processor. Furthermore, in order to simplify and make the submission process as transparent as possible, the SWORD related information can be incorporated into template files, so that all that is required from authors is to click a button. Additionally, since templates can incorporate semantic information, articles can be validated against the template as part of the submission process, enabling authors to correct errors prior to submission, which should result in a higher level of metadata and compliance of the content submitted to repositories. Also, through the add-in, author metadata can be gathered in a largely automated fashion, reducing duplication in data entry and author aggravation

Validation of phosphor thermometry for industrial surface temperature measurements

Surface temperature measurements are required by the aerospace and automotive industries to guarantee high-quality products and optimize production processes. Accurate and reliable measurement of surface temperature is very challenging in an industrial environment. Surface contact probes are widely used but poorly characterized, while non-contact infrared thermometry is severely hampered by the unknown emissivity of the surface and by problems caused by stray radiation from the background. An alternative approach to the above techniques is phosphor thermometry, used here in a hybrid contact/non-contact approach. In this work, the development of a lifetime-based phosphor thermometer, its application to industrial surface temperature measurement and its validation are reported in a metrologically sound manner. The phosphor thermometer was initially calibrated by contact on a reference calibrator system at the Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica to provide SI traceability to the measurements at the industrial level; the system was later validated by exploiting a metal phase-change method. The robustness of the approach against a strong radiative background was also investigated. A comprehensive uncertainty analysis was carried out, resulting in an expanded uncertainty (k  =  2) lower than 1.4 °C over the temperature range from the ambient to 450 °C. The phosphor-based thermometer was then tested at industrial manufacturing premises to measure the surface temperature of aluminium alloy billets during the pre-heating phase before forging. The phosphor-based approach was compared with radiation and contact thermometry in both static and dynamic measurement conditions. The experimental results proved that phosphor thermometry, besides being a valid alternative to conventional techniques, may offer better performance in an industrial setting

On the publication and pagination of Ameghino's (1894) taxonomy of Santacrucian mammals

DURING the course of our research on the paleobiology and systematics ofmammalian remains of the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentine Patagonia,we becameaware of differences in the early literature dealing with Santacrucian (late Early Miocene) mammals. Although literature errors are not uncommon, they are often only an inconvenience. However, in this case it involves an article in which numerous taxa were erected, so that particular attention must be paid to the circumstances of its publication. The article in question is Florentino Ameghino?s (1894a, b) Énumération synoptique des espèces de mammifères fossiles des formations éocènes de Patagonie. This article was published formally in 1893 in the Boletín de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Córdoba and also in 1894, with identical title and text but different pagination, as an offprint.Fil: De Iuliis, Gerardo. University of Toronto; Canadá. Royal Ontario Museum; CanadáFil: Fernicola, Juan Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”; ArgentinaFil: Racco, Augusto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”; Argentin

A wireless reference node to provide self-calibration capability to wireless sensors networks

Wireless sensors networks (WSNs) are constantly expanding their application field, from simple two-state measurements (e.g., on/off, proximity detection, etc.) to distributed many-parameter measurements. Commercial WSNs offer a wide range of functions and performance with sensors sometimes achieving accuracy comparable with desktop instrumentation. However, the advantage of using such sensors for in-situ monitoring is often offset by the need of partially dismantling the network at the time of periodic network nodes calibration. As a result, new reference standards suitable for automatic and in-situ calibration of such sensors networks are needed in order to reduce the calibration cost, the inherent inefficiency and the logistic problems of a laboratory calibration, further exploiting the communication capabilities of a WSN. This work discusses the development of a wireless reference node (WRN) for the measuring of environment quantity such as air temperature (T) and relative humidity (RH). The module was developed for accurate measurements of additional environmentrelated quantities whose principle is based on a capacitive sensing mechanism (e.g. pressure, air-flow, moisture, etc…). The WRN performance was investigated in the temperature range from 0 °C to 40 °C and in the relative humidity range from 10 %rh to about 90 %rh for its potential use as a transfer standard for automatic in-situ calibrations. Some of novelties here reported were patented and are now available to upgrade a basic WSN with an automatic in-situ calibration capability

Incorporating Semantics and Metadata as Part of the Article Authoring Process

The ongoing shift in the delivery of publications, and in the consumption of content, from print to digital presents an opportunity to streamline the publishing workflow and to optimize the authoring process with digital content as the primary output, including the capture of semantics and metadata as part of authoring and the preservation of this data to the archival copy of the document. In addition to the shift in how content is delivered and consumed, a significant development in the last few years has been the release of new versions of word processors with native file formats based on XML. The use of XML in the authoring file format, combined with extensibility in its content model, will enable a greater level of content semantics and metadata to be expressed directly by authors. The level of interoperability enabled by XML-based word processing file formats will make it possible to preserve the semantics and metadata as documents go through the submission and review process, make it through the publishing workflow and are ultimately archived, likely also in an XML based format. This article describes the design considerations and possible benefits of the Article Authoring Add-in for Word 2007 to the scholarly publishing community, in particular for workflows focused on the production of documents for digital delivery and consumption, as well as for the XML based archival of publications. The second Beta release of the add-in is available as a free download (http://research.microsoft.com/authoring), and it is currently being evaluated by the scholarly publishing community, with the involvement of publishers, archives, information repositories, and early adopters. In addition to facilitating the creation of structured documents, and enabling semantics and metadata to be more easily captured during authoring, the add-in provides the ability to open and save files from Word 2007 into the XML format defined by the National Center for Biotechnology Information of the National Library of Medicine. The add-in extends the file format used by Word 2007, as well as its user interface, to tailor the authoring experience for the different audiences involved in the publishing workflow. As the add-in is adopted across multiple publications, authors will benefit from a consistent baseline experience, simplifying the authoring process and enabling a shift towards emphasising the expression of semantics over presentation by authors

A New Species of Neoglyptatelus (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) from the Late Miocene of Uruguay Provides New Insights on the Evolution of the Dorsal Armor in Cingulates

The genus Neoglyptatelus Carlini, Vizcaíno and Scillato-Yané has been considered a member of Glyptatelinae, a group encompassing the purportedly basal-most glyptodonts. It is up to now represented by two species from Colombia: Neoglyptatelus originalis Carlini, Vizcaíno and Scillato-Yané, from the middle Miocene (a carapace fragment, isolated osteoderms and postcranial bones), and Neoglyptatelus sincelejanus Villarroel and Clavijo, from the middle or late Miocene (a partial carapace and a caudal armor). More scarce material assigned to this genus was recovered from the late Miocene of Uruguay and Brazil. In this article, we describe a new species, Neoglyptatelus uruguayensis, from the late Miocene Camacho Formation, Uruguay, based on an almost complete carapace and several postcranial bones. We conducted a phylogenetic analysis based on 167 morphological characters (23 new ones and 144 from previous analysis) scored for 19 taxa, encompassing some of the best known glyptodontid genera, one pampathere and four armadillos (including the enigmatic genus Pachyarmatherium Downing and White). In the most parsimonious tree that was obtained, Neoglyptatelus forms a clade with Pachyarmatherium (Pachyarmatheriidae), which is the sister group of the glyptodonts + pampatheres clade; consequently, it is not a glyptodont, as previously believed. This result, together with the known stratigraphic and geographic distribution of Neoglyptatelus and Pachyarmatherium, suggests that this new cingulate clade originated in South America and that Pachyarmatherium reached North America during the Plio--Pleistocene. The carapace of Neoglyptatelus and Pachyarmatherium comprises pelvic and scapular shields overlapping each other without separate intervening transverse mobile bands, an arrangement that differentiates both genera from the remaining cingulates.Fil: Fernicola, Juan Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Luján; ArgentinaFil: Rinderknecht, Andrés. Museo Nacional de Historia Natural; UruguayFil: Jones, Washington. Museo Nacional de Historia Natural; UruguayFil: Vizcaíno, Sergio Fabián. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Paleontología Vertebrados; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Porpino, Kleberson de Oliveira. Universidade Do Estado Do Rio Grande Do Norte; Brasi

Cingulados (Mammalia, Xenarthra) de la formación Santa Cruz (Mioceno temprano-medio) del Río Santa Cruz, Patagonia Argentina

En 1887 Carlos Ameghino llevó a cabo la expedición más importante que prospectó las localidades ubicadas a lo largo del Río Santa Cruz. Los fósiles recolectados le permitieron a su hermano Florentino erigir más de 100 especies de vertebrados. Este conjunto faunístico sería reconocido mundialmente como la Edad Mamífero Santacrucense (Mioceno Temprano–Medio). En los últimos años un grupo interdisciplinario del Museo de La Plata, el Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” (Argentina) y la Duke University (USA) realizó expediciones a las localidades del Río Santa Cruz incluyendo Barrancas Blancas, Segundas Barrancas Blancas y Yaten Huageno. En esta contribución presentamos una lista taxonómica de los cingulados sustentada en la gran cantidad de especímenes recolectados en las expediciones arriba mencionadas. En Barrancas Blancas registramos los armadillos Peltephilus pumilus Ameghino, Stenotatus patagonicus Ameghino, Proeutatus oenophorus Ameghino, Prozaedyus proximus Ameghino y Stegotherium tessellatum Ameghino y los glyptodontes Cochlops muricatus Ameghino y Eucinepeltus sp. Ameghino. En Segundas Barrancas Blancas no registramos St. tessellatum y en Yaten Huageno no se registraron St. tessellatum, P. pumilus y Eucinepeltus sp. El análisis comparativo entre esta composición faunística y las registradas para la Formación Santa Cruz en otras áreas ubicadas al oeste y al este del Río Santa Cruz, permite reconocer pequeñas diferencias faunísticas que, en forma preliminar, sugieren diferencias ambientales entre las regiones evaluadas.In 1887 Carlos Ameghino carried out the earliest extensive exploration of the fossiliferous localities along the Río Santa Cruz (Patagonia). His brother Florentino erected more than 100 vertebrate species based on the remains that Carlos recovered. The faunal assemblage eventually came to be recognized as the Santacrucian South American Land Mammal Age (Early-Middle Miocene). Over the past several years, an interdisciplinary group from the Museo de La Plata, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” (Argentina), and Duke University (USA) revisited the Río Santa Cruz localities, including Barrancas Blancas, Segundas Barrancas Blancas, and Yaten Huageno. This contribution presents a taxonomic list of cingulates based on the abundant material recovered during these expeditions. In Barrancas Blancas, we recorded the armadillos Peltephilus pumilus Ameghino, Stenotatus patagonicus Ameghino, Proeutatus oenophorus Ameghino, Prozaedyus proximus Ameghino, and Stegotherium tessellatum Ameghino, and the glyptodonts Cochlops muricatus Ameghino and Eucinepeltus sp. Ameghino. We did not record St. tessellatum in Segundas Barrancas Blancas and St. tessellatum, P. pumilus and Eucinepeltus sp. in Yaten Huageno. The comparative analysis between the faunal composition of the Santa Cruz Formation in the Río Santa Cruz and other areas to the west and the east reveals minor differences that, preliminarily, suggest environmental differences between the analyzed regions.Fil: Fernicola, Juan Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Luján; Argentina. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas; ArgentinaFil: Vizcaíno, Sergio Fabián. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Paleontología Vertebrados; Argentina. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentin

Tefrocronología y avances para una reconstrucción paleoclimática del Holoceno Medio en la Región Norte del Uruguay

En el presente trabajo se presenta un conjunto de resultados obtenidos a partir del estudio de los depósitos de cenizas volcánicas localizados en la zona norte de la República Oriental del Uruguay. Dichos depósitos, descriptos anteriormente en investigaciones tendientes a la construcción de modelos paleoecológicos y culturales evolutivos regionales, no contaban para ese entonces con cronologías radiocarbónicas de referencias confiables. Por lo tanto, determinados procesos o evidencias de amplia expresión regional, tales como el registro de erupciones volcánicas, fueron consideradas sincrónicas, a los fines de establecer correlaciones entre Formaciones litoestratigráficas de Brasil, Uruguay y Argentina. Sin embargo, a partir de la revisión bibliográfica correspondiente, la obtención de nuevos fechados radiocarbónicos y del estudio del material volcanoclástico presente en las terrazas fluviales del Río Uruguay y afluentes, se construye la primera secuencia tefrocronológica para el Holoceno del norte de Uruguay. La misma, testimonia la ocurrencia de eventos volcánicos, acaecidos en la zona andina, en diferentes momentos de la historia holocénica. Asimismo, el reconocimiento de algunas de las propiedades geoquímicas y físico texturales de los bancos de cenizas, nos permiten proponer el estudio de los depósitos volcánicos presentes en Uruguay como una herramienta metodológica más, a la hora de intentar reconstruir los escenarios ambientales que explotaron los grupos prehistóricos del área. Las virtudes que ofrecen los estudios tefrocronológicos para las ciencias estratigráficas y litoestratigráficas del Cuaternario, cuentan con un amplio reconocimiento a nivel mundial; sin embargo, las utilidades quebrindan en cuanto a la capacidad de preservación del registro paleoecológico, recientemente está siendo explotado a nivel regional. En este sentido el presente estudio correlaciona la información obtenida con los modelos de evolución climática para el Holoceno generados para el Este de Uruguay a efectos de avanzar en la reconstrucción del escenario prehistórico explotados por los grupos humanos que poblaron la región.Fil: Castiñeira La Torre, Carola. Universidad de La República (Uruguay)Fil: Fernicola, Juan Carlos. Universidad de La República (Uruguay