Wild

The “wild”, 12 layers of screen printed art work on Stonehenge fine art paper, is started from the research with the Booth Library Source. The research was about how Degas created marks as a painter and printmaker. Degas was using rough and bold marks when he painted but still kept delicate sense of creating various textures of the subjects such as hair, ballet skirt, skin and natural objects rather than too much focusing on reality within his works. Dancer Taking a Bow (The Star) (c. 1878) and Dancers in Pink (c. 1948) are good examples. However, when it comes to the drawings or printmaking, Degas was tend to use abstract marks or less complex shapes and suggest the subject in his artworks. Les Monotypes, 1948 and Effet d\u27automne dans la montagne (Autumn Effect) (c. 1890) are great examples. It is exquisite how he used rough, abstract while still viewers might tell what he is trying to show. After research, mimicking his mark-making style and incorporating it were the first step to create unique work, specially, the lines that he used on his works. Dancer Onstage with a Bouquet (c. 1876) and Wheatfield and Green Hill (c. 1890-1892) were the sources that mostly used as reference at first step, considering about mark-making style for art work “wild”. Each layers were separated by color first, and then, by textures. China markers, acrylic painting, brush, mylar film, rubylith, tracing paper, opaque pens and sand paper were used create marks and textures.https://thekeep.eiu.edu/lib_awards_2019_docs/1007/thumbnail.jp

Wild

The “wild”, 12 layers of screen printed art work on Stonehenge fine art paper, is started from the research with the Booth Library Source. The research was about how Degas created marks as a painter and printmaker. Degas was using rough and bold marks when he painted but still kept delicate sense of creating various textures of the subjects such as hair, ballet skirt, skin and natural objects rather than too much focusing on reality within his works. Dancer Taking a Bow (The Star) (c. 1878) and Dancers in Pink (c. 1948) are good examples. However, when it comes to the drawings or printmaking, Degas was tend to use abstract marks or less complex shapes and suggest the subject in his artworks. Les Monotypes, 1948 and Effet d\u27automne dans la montagne (Autumn Effect) (c. 1890) are great examples. It is exquisite how he used rough, abstract while still viewers might tell what he is trying to show. After research, mimicking his mark-making style and incorporating it were the first step to create unique work, specially, the lines that he used on his works. Dancer Onstage with a Bouquet (c. 1876) and Wheatfield and Green Hill (c. 1890-1892) were the sources that mostly used as reference at first step, considering about mark-making style for art work “wild”. Each layers were separated by color first, and then, by textures. China markers, acrylic painting, brush, mylar film, rubylith, tracing paper, opaque pens and sand paper were used create marks and textures.https://thekeep.eiu.edu/lib_awards_2019_docs/1007/thumbnail.jp

Text mining and social network analysis of data curation literature

In support of data-intensive research and inquiry, data curation has been recognized as an emerging field of study and practice. The field has evolved rapidly, but knowledge structure and themes of diverse research on data curation is unclear. The purpose of this study is to identify important descriptors, major research themes, and their inter-relationships in the field of data curation. This study employs co-word analysis to map the conceptual space of the field of data curation in terms of topical clusters and frequencies. For this, the most frequently occurring words and phrases in journal articles’ titles were identified. Then the co-occurrences of those words and phrases were analyzed and visualized using social network analysis. It is anticipated that this study will be helpful in setting the research direction and subjects of researchers in the field of data curation

The evolution of data workforce requirements in science and engineering libraries

As data-intensive science has emerged, researchers are expected to discover, collect, process, analyze, archive, and share data in their everyday lives and the need for developing proficiency with research data has been recognized. It has been asserted that information professionals in the fields of science and engineering who have supported researchers through a variety of activities are well positioned to assist and meet such needs. This study applied a text mining approach to investigate changes in the requirements for information professionals in science and engineering, with a particular focus on duties and responsibilities to support research data stewardship. Position advertisements posted in the Association of College & Research Libraries’ Science and Technology Section Discussion List from 2010 to 2014 were collected and analyzed

A Study of the Intellectual Structure of Community Archives

Community archives have gained renewed attention as an emerging archival movement. The goal of this study is to map the intellectual structure of community-centric archival research during the 2000-2017 period. To identify and visualize the relationships between topics within the subject areas, we analyzed the co-occurrence index and network structures of keywords derived from titles, abstracts, and author-provided keywords in peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings in the field of community archives

Why Are the Frequently Reported Delay Factors in Construction Projects Recurring?: A Qualitative Study

Since a construction project involves a huge amount of resources, delays in construction have an unfavorable impact on all stakeholders. Due to the large-scale, specialization, and complexity of construction projects, construction delays are reported globally. Previous quantitative studies mainly through questionnaires have focused on identifying delay factors. However, the identified delay factors show little difference regardless of time and region, thus, a more fundamental study on the root causes of the delay is needed. Therefore, this study intends to discuss in depth the causes of delay factors identified in previous studies from professionals’ point of view. According to the interview with the experts, schedule delays are caused by factors such as short initial construction periods, errors in design documents, and rework. The effect of construction delays includes not only work quality degradation and increased risk of workplace accidents, but also the professional ethical dilemma of managers. The experts mention that the construction delay can be alleviated with basic measures such as estimating spare construction period, reviewing design documents before work, and thorough quality control. This paper helps in understanding of the identified construction delays and can provide valuable insights in formulating effective strategies to avoid delays in construction projects

Cell Condensation Triggers the Differentiation of Osteoblast Precursor Cells to Osteocyte-Like Cells

Though the three-dimensional (3D) in vitro culture system has received attention as a powerful tool for conducting biological research, in vitro bone formation and osteocyte differentiation studies have mostly been based on results obtained using two-dimensional (2D) culture systems. Here, we introduced a rotatory culture system to fabricate 3D spheroids, using mouse osteoblast precursor cells. These spheroids, incubated for 2 days without chemical induction by osteogenic supplements, exhibited notably up-regulated osteocyte marker levels; osteoblast marker levels were down-regulated, as compared to those of the conventional 2D monolayer model. The cell condensation achieved with the 3D spheroid structure triggered a greater level of differentiation of osteoblast precursor cells into osteocyte-like cells than that observed during chemical induction. Our study might imply that osteoblasts proliferate and become condensed at the targeted bone remodeling site, because of which osteoblasts achieved the capability to differentiate into osteocytes in vivo