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Sanajeh indicus micro Computed Tomography (CT) data
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- Creator:
- Wilson Mantilla, Jeffrey A.
- Description:
- This collection includes computed tomography (CT) scans of the cranial remains of Sanajeh indicus, a Late Cretaceous snake from Gujarat, India. In addition to the holotype (described by Wilson et al., 2010), a referred specimen (Zaher et al., 2022) has been collected from Dholi Dungri. The holotype includes a 'cranial block' (GSI/GC/2903) and the referred specimen also includes a partial skull (GSI/GC/DD4). Both holotypic and referred specimens are housed in Geological Survey of India Palaeontology Division, Central Region in Nagpur, India. For assistance with access, please contact Dhananjay Mohabey ( dinomohabey@yahoo.com) or Bandana Samant ( bandanabhu@gmail.com). Casts of selected elements of Sanajeh indicus are available at the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology.
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning and University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
- Description:
- The Michigan–Mellon Project on the Egalitarian Metropolis supported several impactful programs and initiatives. These collaborative projects developed through several mediums, primarily: faculty and student-led research, public-engaged scholarship, and community-led place-based projects. Explore each project below! Original website at https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/egalitarianmetropolis/.
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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Division of Birds
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- Creator:
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- Description:
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Division of Birds
- Discipline:
- Science
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Division of Fishes
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- Creator:
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- Description:
- Division of Fishes
- Discipline:
- Science
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Division of Reptiles and Amphibians
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- Creator:
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- Description:
- The Division of Reptiles and Amphibians maintains a collection that is worldwide in scope. The research collections contain over 200,000 catalogued lots representing approximately 435,000 individual specimens.
- Discipline:
- Science
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Division of Mammals
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- Creator:
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- Description:
- The Division of Mammals at the Museum of Zoology was established in 1837, and has grown steadily to its current size, with over 150,000 specimens. An important feature of the mammal collection at the Museum of Zoology is our emphasis on non-traditional specimens.
- Discipline:
- Science
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University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
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- Creator:
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- Description:
- The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ) is the center for the study of animal diversity on campus, focusing on the evolutionary origins of the planet’s animal species, the genetic information they contain and the communities and ecosystems they help form. Now an integral part of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB), the UMMZ houses world-class collections, containing more than 15 million specimens, span almost 200 years of regional and global biodiversity studies and that support a multi-faceted Departmental research and teaching program.
- Discipline:
- Science
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Novel Sensors for Autonomous Vehicle Perception
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- Creator:
- Skinner, Katherine A, Vasudevan, Ram, Ramanagopal, Manikandasriram S, Ravi, Radhika, Buchan, Austin D, and Carmichael, Spencer
- Description:
- The Novel Sensors for Autonomous Vehicle Perception Collection of datasets are sequences collected with an autonomous vehicle platform including data from novel sensors. The dataset collection platform is a Ford Fusion vehicle with a roof-mounted novel sensing suite, which specifically consists of forward-facing stereo uncooled thermal cameras (FLIR 40640U050-6PAAX), event cameras (iniVation DVXplorer), monochrome cameras (FLIR BFS-PGE-16S2M), and RGB cameras (FLIR BFS-PGE-50S5C) time synchronized with ground truth poses from a high precision navigation system. Sequences include ~8 km routes, driven repeatedly under varying lighting conditions and/or opposing viewpoints. Further information and resources are available on the project website: https://umautobots.github.io/nsavp
- Keyword:
- novel sensing, perception, autonomous vehicles, thermal sensing, neuromorphic imaging, and event cameras
- Citation to related publication:
- https://umautobots.github.io/nsavp, https://github.com/umautobots/nsavp_tools, and https://sites.google.com/umich.edu/novelsensors2023
- Discipline:
- Engineering
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- Creator:
- Lockhart, Nancy
- Description:
- GRAND is a five-year, cluster randomized controlled trial. The study is registered on ClinicalTrials.gov, [ID#: NCT04033003] and is a collaboration between University of Michigan in the United States and the Dodowa Health Research Center in Ghana. and The study setting for GRAND is four districts (Akwapim North, Yilo Krobo, Nsawam-Adoagyiri, and Lower Manya Krobo) within the Eastern Region of Ghana. Health facilities were selected based the number ANC registrants per month and average gestational age of women at registration in each facility. Facilities were then matched based on facility type, district, and number of monthly ANC registrants.
- Keyword:
- Antenatal care, Ghana, and Maternal health
- Discipline:
- Health Sciences and International Studies
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CT Data of UMMP VP 68409, Plesiadapis gingerichi (holotype)
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- University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology and CTEES
- Description:
- Five CT scans of dental elements (see metadata for individual scans for additional information)
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Towne, Aaron
- Description:
- This database contains six datasets intended to aid in the conception, training, demonstration, evaluation, and comparison of reduced-complexity models for fluid mechanics. The six datasets are: large-eddy-simulation data for a turbulent jet, direct-numerical-simulation data for a zero-pressure-gradient turbulent boundary layer, particle-image-velocimetry data for the same boundary layer, direct-numerical-simulation data for laminar stationary and pitching flat-plate airfoils, particle-image-velocimetry and force data for an airfoil encountering a gust, and large-eddy-simulation data for the separated, turbulent flow over an airfoil. All data are stored within hdf5 files, and each dataset additionally contains a README file and a Matlab script showing how the data can be read and manipulated. Since all datafiles use the hdf5 format, they can alternatively be read within virtually any other programing environment. An example.zip file included for each dataset provides an entry point for users. The database is an initiative of the AIAA Discussion Group on Reduced-Complexity Modeling and is detailed in the paper listed below. For each dataset, the paper introduces the flow setup and computational or experimental methods, describes the available data, and provide an example of how these data can be used for reduced-complexity modeling. All users should cite this paper as well as appropriate primary sources contained therein. Towne, A., Dawson, S., Brès, G. A., Lozano-Durán, A., Saxton-Fox, T., Parthasarthy, A., Biler, H., Jones, A. R., Yeh, C.-A., Patel, H., Taira, K. (2022). A database for reduced-complexity modeling of fluid flows. AIAA Journal 61(7): 2867-2892.
- Keyword:
- fluid dynamics, reduced-complexity models, and data-driven models
- Discipline:
- Engineering and Science
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Mali flora images
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- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey G.
- Description:
- These images of plants, in nature or as fresh or dried specimens, were made in conjunction with research on languages of the Dogon and Bozo families, along with the isolated language Bangime, in Central Mali between 2006 and 2023. (See also the work "Dogon and Bangime flora terms from central Mali (2023)" in Deep Blue Data: https://doi.org/10.7302/34vf-jk03. The late Pierre Poilecot of CNRS (Montpellier, France) provided invaluable help in the early days. However, I am responsible for the determinations (including taxonomic updates), and I am not a professional botanist. The images range from poor to excellent technical quality. They may be of use for two purposes: a) acquiring a basic knowledge of the flora of the area, for newcomers; b) as vouchers for the determinations in my lexical spreadsheets on the various languages. While the main burst of taxonomic changes due to molecular studies has probably leveled off as of 2023, some revisions at all levels (family, genus, species) will occur over time. The African Flowering Plant Database at url https://africanplantdatabase.ch is especially useful for updates/synonymies at the species level, but tends to lag behind on revisions at the family level., Each "work" for flowering plants in this collection has the title "Mali flora images X" where X is the name of a botanical family. Users who enter at the collection level should search by family (from Acanthacaceae to Zypɣophyllaceae). Large families Poaceae, Malvaceae, and Fabaceae are divided into two or more works, but they will all show up in search results for the family. There is one work for non-flowering plants with title "Mali aa fern fungus lichen images"., Within each work, the individual images have file names like these: fl_Amaranthaceae_Celosia_trigyna_Beni_10_2011_fl_50035_JH.JPG fl_Lamiaceae_Hoslundia_opposita_Barato_09_2021_piripirinaw_03_fol_fr_JH.JPG fl_Zygophyllaceae_Tribulus_terrestris_Sevare_patch_50672_JH.tif fl_Fabaceae_Caesalpinioideae_mimosoid_Vachellia_(or_Acacia)_nilotica fuwON_1_Barato_09_2021_entire_JH.JPG They begin with "fl" for flora, the family, the genus, and the species epithet. For Fabaceae, the subfamily and if relevant "mimosoid" (part of subfamily Caesalpinioideae) precedes the genus. These items are separated by underlines (important to note if searching for a genus-species binomial). The remaining items were mostly for my own use. They may include a location (on which see the following paragraph), the date, a crude representation (without IPA symbols or diacritics) of a native name, a five-digit code for my use, a photo number like "2" for the same plant, "JH" to indicate that the image was taken by me or by a member of a project I directed, jpg or occasionally tif for forrmat, and an indicator of what part of the plant is shown: entire, bark, fl[ower], fol[iage], lf (leaf), fr[uit], tr[unk], br[anch], th[orn]. File names can be quite long especially for Fabaceae because of the subfamily names. In lists of files under such works, the file name may be shown in abbreviated form (with ellipsis ...) so that the genus and species terms may not be visible. The only way to find files for a particular species is by searching for that species. Alternatively, all of the files in a work can be downloaded in zip form and users can then see complete file names. The readme's for each work list the included species. , Most of the locations indicated are in the Dogon-speaking area, which includes cliffs, high plateaus, inselbergs, sandy plains, seasonal rivers, and small ponds. Dogon locations include Beni, Tupere, Ségué, Bendiely, Dianwely, Anda, Walo, and Tongo Tongo, among others. The inselbergs and adjoining plains of the montane Songhay are represented mainly by Hombori and Kikara. The Niger and Bani river zone from Mopti to Segou, a mainly Bozo-speaking area that features seasonal floodplains, is represented mainly by Djenne, Barato, and Kolongo. , and Some of these plants are featured in documentary-style videos. There are two collections of such videos from Mali in Deep Blue Data: Mali documentary videos from 2023 - https://doi.org/10.7302/4851-2c52 Central Mali documentary videos - https://doi.org/10.7302/4jg9-j095 Additional flora-related videos from Mali may be archived at a later date. Some fauna images may also be archived at a later date. The various Mali collections (flora, videos) will be paralleled in time by comparable collections for southwestern Burkina Faso, and small collections for north-central Côte d'Ivoire, all in Deep Blue Data.
- Keyword:
- flora and Central Mali
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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Central Mali geography photos
User Collection
- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey G.
- Description:
- This is a collection of photos of villages located primarily in Central Mali. These photos are primarily of Dogon villages, but there are village photos of other nearby ethnicities, including Bangande, Fulbe, Tuareg, Songay, and Bozo.These photos were taken to document the villages Professor Jeffrey Heath worked in and people he worked with while documenting languages throughout the region. For interactive geographical maps involving these villages see: http://dogonlanguages.org/geography.cfm.
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- Jamsay, Bangime, Tamashek, Ampari, Bannkan Tey, Ben Tey, Atlantic Fulfulde, Bunoge, Dogul Dom, Donno So, Mombo, Najamba-Kindige, Nanga, Penange, Tebul Ure, Tengou-Togo, Tiranige, Tommo So, Toro So, Tomo Kan, Toro Tegu, Yanda Dom, Moore, Bozo Jenama, Manding Bambara, Fulankiriya, Humburi Senni, Dogon, Fulbe, Bozo, Songhay, Tuareg, and Bangande
- Citation to related publication:
- www.dogonlanguages.org, http://dogonlanguages.org/geography.cfm, and http://dogonlanguages.org/sources/gpsdogonspreadsheetforllmap
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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Burkina Faso documentary videos
User Collection
- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey G.
- Description:
- This is a collection of mostly short documentary-style videos related to linguistic fieldwork in southwestern Burkina Faso. The initial batch consists of videos produced in 2023, and others will be added. Versions of some of these videos overdubbed in native languages will also be produced for local consumption in Burkina. Most of the videos document everyday practical activities; some also feature useful native plants and insects. This collection is parallel to collections of videos from neighboring Mali: see "Central Mali documentary videos" (with documentaries produced up to 2018) and "Mali documentary videos from 2023 on" for the newer ones. A small collection from north-central Côte d'Ivoire is also in the works. Within each collection, the videos are organized into "works" based on the general type of activity documented.
- Keyword:
- Burkina Faso and documentary videos
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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Mali documentary videos from 2023
User Collection
- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey G.
- Description:
- Each "work" in this collection is a set of documentary-style videos in mp4 (m4v) format. The initial (2023) set of works is as follows: "farming and plant gathering (Mali mp4)", "construction and boatbuilding (Mali mp4)", "fishing (Mali mp4)", "food and beverage preparation (Mali mp4)", metalwork and woodwork (Mali mp4)", "cultural events (Mali mp4)", "firearms and gunpowder (Mali mp4)", "pottery (Mali mp4)", and "weaving and dyeing (Mali mp4)". Funding: National Science Foundation, Documenting Endangered Languages program. The readme's for each work give further details. Additional works with new videos may be added in the future. See also the Deep Blue Data collections "Burkina Faso documentary videos" and "Central Mali documentary videos". The latter contains Mali videos archived in 2018.
- Keyword:
- Mali and documentary videos
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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Bozo languages of Mali (spreadsheets, media)
User Collection
- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey G.
- Description:
- This collection will archive lexical spreadsheets, audio files, geographic information, images, and videos that complement the reference grammars in pdf and docx form in the collection “Bozo languages of Mali (documents)” that are archived in Deep Blue Documents ( https://dx.doi.org/10.7302/6632). See the “readme” for that collection and the introductory material in the reference grammars for general information about the languages and the fieldwork., The initial material archived in the present collection consists of audio files. They are recordings of narratives, interviews, and conversations. Some of them have been transcribed and are presented as appendices in the reference grammars. Others have not been transcribed; they are presented here in the hope that they can eventually be transcribed or at least listened to by native speakers. If the author is able to transcribe some of them in the future, the transcriptions will be added here (and to the Deep Blue Documents collection)., Many of the recordings, as well as most of the images and videos to be added to this collection, have been made by project assistant Minkailou Djiguiba. He has courageously traveled into Bozo-speaking zones, some of which are highly insecure, to do this work. In addition, he has been instrumental in recruiting and transporting Bozo speakers to the author’s base in Bobo Dioulasso where much of the grammatical and lexical work has been done., and The author’s fieldwork is supported by grant PD-1941828 (2020-2024) from the National Science Foundation, Documenting Endangered Languages program, which is also supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
- Keyword:
- Bozo, Jenaama, Cliffs, Kelenga, Tigemaxo, and Tiéyaxo
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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Central Mali documentary videos
User Collection
- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey G.
- Description:
- Short documentary videos of practical activities and cultural events of Dogon, Fulbe, Songhay, and Bangande ethnic groups of eastern Central Mali. The videos were byproducts of linguistic research on the local language. They are presented here in three formats: wmv, avi, and either qt or mov. See the "readme" files in each work for a summary of the videos in it. and The footage was shot with various digital cameras. The oldest videos (2010 and one or two from 2011) were edited using iMovie. The later videos were edited using AVS editing software. Several of the 2010 videos, referred to as "compilations," are simple sequences of short clips that combine to illustrate a complex activity such as extracting oil from nuts. The later videos are in more flowing documentary form with overlaid titles in English. In some cases, vocabulary from the relevant native language is included in the titles.
- Keyword:
- Mali and Dogon
- Citation to related publication:
- www.dogonlanguages.org
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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ABC Baby Study
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- Creator:
- Lumeng, Julie C
- Description:
- The primary goal of this project was to identify domains of infant eating behavior and their trajectories over the first year of life. A convenience sample of 284 mother-infant dyads was recruited and enrolled from communities within a 1-hour driving distance of Ann Arbor, Michigan, via social media; flyers in outpatient pediatric clinics and community settings; and targeted outreach by telephone, email, and mail to pregnant women and mothers of newborn infants receiving care within the University of Michigan health system between October 2015 and February 2019. The planned sample size was based on a priori power calculations anticipating 3-5 eating behavior factors, each with 3 different trajectories, providing 81% power to detect a 10% or more change in the likelihood of exhibiting one of an anticipated 3 trajectory patterns of infant growth; the ultimate sample size of 284 was based on feasibility related to recruitment and retention. , The study included a repeated-measures, within-participant experimental design embedded within a longitudinal observational cohort study. The goal was to examine the development of infant eating behavior longitudinally at ages 0.5, 2, 4, 6, 9 and 12 months based on data collected from questionnaires, eating behavior experiments, and anthropometry via home visits by trained research staff. The study was described to participants as seeking to understand infant eating behavior and interactions between mothers and babies in the first year after birth. Inclusion criteria were gestational age of 37.0 to 42.0 weeks, weight appropriate for gestational age, no significant perinatal or neonatal complications, biological mother was the legal and custodial guardian, and infant’s having had consumed 2 oz or more in 1 feeding from an artificial nipple at least once per week. Exclusion criteria were mother not fluent in English; mother younger than 18 years; infant medical problems or diagnosis affecting current or future eating, growth, or development; or child protective services involvement. Mothers provided written informed consent for themselves and their infants. The study was approved by the University of Michigan institutional review board. To facilitate recruitment, dyads could be enrolled at 1 of 3 age points up to and including age 4 months; data collected at enrollment are referred to as baseline. , and Mothers responded to questionnaires on demographics, psychosocial stress, perinatal history, feeding behaviors and practices, sleep, their own eating behaviors, infant temperament, their own and the infant’s diet, and infant eating behaviors. Maternal and infant anthropometry was measured by trained research assistants. Mother-infant dyads participated in protocols designed to measure infant response to sucrose, infant ability to delay gratification, infant response to a challenging feeding, the relative reinforcing value of food, eating in the absence of hunger, capacity for regulation of energy intake in response to more frequent feedings and in response to increased caloric density, and response to novel and familiar foods. Maternal feeding behaviors were also coded from video. Biological samples included infant stool and maternal breastmilk.
- Keyword:
- infant, eating, weight gain, and sucking
- Discipline:
- Health Sciences
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Projekti Arkeologjik i Shkodrës (PASH)
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- Creator:
- Galaty, Michael
- Description:
- The data presented here were collected in the course of archaeological survey and excavation in the region of Shkodër in northern Albania, carried out between 2010 and 2014, with a follow-up visit in 2016. The Projekti Arkeologjik i Shkodrës (PASH) was co-directed by Michael L. Galaty (University of Michigan) and Lorenc Bejko (University of Tirana) and was sponsored by the United States National Science Foundation (NSF BCS1220016), The University of Tirana, Millsaps College, Mississippi State University, and the University of Michigan. The data presented here accompany a two-volume research report, published by the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology Press (Galaty and Bejko 2023) - Volume 1 ( https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.12201317) and Volume 2 ( https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.12208577)., The county (Alb. qarqe) of Shkodër is located in northern Albania. It is bordered to the south by the Adriatic Sea and to the northwest by the country of Montenegro. The counties of Lezhë and Kukës are situated to the south and east, respectively. Shkodër Lake is situated along the border with Montenegro. It is the largest freshwater lake in the Balkans. The city of Shkodër is the fifth largest in Albania. It was founded in the Bronze Age and became a Roman colony in 168 BC, following the Illyrian Wars. Several major rivers intersect at Shkodër, including the Buna, which exits Shkodër Lake, the Drin, and the Kir. The latter two rivers flow from the Bjeshkët e Nemuna, the Albanian Alps, and provide access across the mountains, to the Balkan interior, including metal-rich Kosovo. Several very important ancient sites are located to the south of Shkodër, close to the Adriatic coast: Lezhë (ancient Lissus), Apollonia, and Durrës (ancient Epidamnus, Dyrrachium under the Romans). The latter two cities were Greek colonies, founded during the Archaic period. All three became Roman colonies., and PASH was designed to investigate shifts, through time, in Shkodër towards increased social stratification and hierarchy. These shifts commenced during prehistory and are marked by two dramatic changes in the regional landscape: new settlement in defensible “hillforts” and burial in rock and earth mounds. We wondered what factors – environment, settlement, status, conflict, subsistence, trade, migration – might have allowed or encouraged these changes.
- Keyword:
- archaeology
- Discipline:
- Science and Humanities
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Radionuclide PET/CT, SPECT/CT, and Contours Collection
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- Creator:
- Van, Benjamin and Dewaraja, Yuni
- Description:
- Interest in quantitative imaging of Y-90 and Lu-177 is growing due to their increased use as minimally invasive treatments for primary and metastatic tumors such as HCC and NETs. Accurate quantification of the 3D activity distribution for voxel-level dosimetry requires SPECT/CT and PET/CT imaging. This collection provides research access to anonymized PET/CT and SPECT/CT scans along with the relevant lesion/organ contours taken from University of Michigan clinical research studies of selected patients undergoing radionuclide treatments. All patients signed an informed consent to participate in the research studies. See the readme in each dataset for information on use and citation of this data.
- Discipline:
- Health Sciences
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Vani Region Archaeological Survey
User Collection
- Creator:
- Ratte, Christopher and Mokrisova, Jana
- Description:
- The data presented here were collected in the course of an archaeological survey of the region around Vani in the Republic of Georgia, carried out between 2009 and 2011, with follow-up visits in 2014 and 2017. The survey was sponsored by the University of Michigan, the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, and the Otar Lordkipanidze Institute of Archaeological Research in Tbilisi. , The archaeological site of Vani lies in the territory of ancient Colchis, a triangular area bordered by the Black Sea to the west and by the greater and lesser Caucasus Mountains to the north and south – famous in Greek legend as the land of the Golden Fleece and the home of Medea. Vani itself is situated approximately 70 km inland, in the foothills of the lesser Caucasus. A regional culture recognizable on the evidence of distinctive traditions of pottery and metalworking and the appearance of a network of relatively large settlements had emerged in Colchis by the late second and early first millennia BC. , Vani is one of the most extensively studied archaeological sites in Colchis. Excavations have revealed a continuous occupation sequence extending from the 8th to the 1st centuries B.C. Especially notable are the rich and unusual graves of the Classical period (6th-4th centuries), the monumental stone architecture of the Hellenistic period (3rd to 1st centuries), especially fortifications enclosing an area of approximately 6 ha, and the extensive evidence for interaction with the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds, including not only commercial and luxury imports (Greek transport amphorae, fine bronze and silver utensils from both the Greek world and Persia), but also local production of bronze sculpture and one long Greek bronze inscription., In spite of the richness of the site, however, important questions about its purpose and function over time remain unresolved. How extensive was the ancient settlement? Was Vani an isolated stronghold, a regional population center, a sanctuary, or a combination of two or all three? How does it compare with other sites in Colchis? In addition to ongoing research at Vani itself, regional survey provides an obvious approach to some of these questions. In previous years, examination of a number of outlying sites had already yielded remains extending in date from the Early Bronze Age to the mediaeval period., and The purpose of the regional survey project begun in 2009 was to integrate existing knowledge about Vani and environs into the kind of technological and conceptual framework characteristic of contemporary American survey archaeology. Of particular importance was the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) as an organizational and analytical tool, and of geophysical prospection both in the immediate environs of Vani and at regional sites. Like all regional surveys, our project recorded evidence of all periods, from prehistory to the present day, but we were particularly interested in questions having to do with the increasing social complexity of Colchis in the mid- and later 1st millennium BC – when Greek explorers began to establish colonies on the Black Sea coast of Georgia, and the Persian empire pushed up against the mountains of the Caucasus. What was the nature of Colchian society in this period? How was it affected by interaction with the larger Greek, Persian, and Pontic worlds? And how can regional survey at Vani and throughout Colchis help us to address these questions?
- Keyword:
- Classical Archaeology, Fortifications, Churches, Sanctuaries, Quarries, Modern Settlements, Settlements, and Burials
- Discipline:
- Humanities
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Stray Finds
User Collection
- Creator:
- Vani Archaeological Survey
- Description:
- Stray finds documented by the Vani Archaeological Survey
- Keyword:
- Stray Find
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Settlements
User Collection
- Creator:
- Vani Archaeological Survey
- Description:
- Settlements documented by the Vani Archaeological Survey
- Keyword:
- Settlement
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Sanctuaries
User Collection
- Creator:
- Vani Archaeological Survey
- Description:
- Sanctuaries documented by the Vani Archaeological Survey
- Keyword:
- Sanctuary
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Roman
User Collection
- Creator:
- Vani Archaeological Survey
- Description:
- Roman activity documented by the Vani Archaeological Survey
- Keyword:
- Roman
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Reported Finds
User Collection
- Creator:
- Vani Archaeological Survey
- Description:
- Reported finds in the region as documented by the Vani Archaeological Survey
- Keyword:
- Reported Find
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Quarries
User Collection
- Creator:
- Vani Archaeological Survey
- Description:
- Quarries documented by the Vani Archaeological Survey
- Keyword:
- Quarry
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Previous Excavations
User Collection
- Creator:
- Vani Archaeological Survey
- Description:
- Previous excavations in the region as documented by the Vani Archaeological Survey
- Keyword:
- Previous Excavation
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Modern Settlement
User Collection
- Creator:
- Vani Archaeological Survey
- Description:
- Modern settlements documented by the Vani Archaeological Survey
- Keyword:
- Modern Settlement
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Modern
User Collection
- Creator:
- Vani Archaeological Survey
- Description:
- Modern activity documented by the Vani Archaeological Survey
- Keyword:
- Modern
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Mediaeval
User Collection
- Creator:
- Vani Archaeological Survey
- Description:
- Mediaeval activity documented by the Vani Archaeological Survey
- Keyword:
- Mediaeval
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Late Roman
User Collection
- Creator:
- Vani Archaeological Survey
- Description:
- Late Roman activity documented by the Vani Archaeological Survey
- Keyword:
- Late Roman
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Late Hellenistic (mid-3rd-mid-1st cent. BCE)
User Collection
- Creator:
- Vani Archaeological Survey
- Description:
- Late Hellenistic activity documented by the Vani Archaeological Survey
- Keyword:
- Late Hellenistic
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Late Bronze Age
User Collection
- Creator:
- Vani Archaeological Survey
- Description:
- Late Bronze Age activity documented by the Vani Archaeological Survey
- Keyword:
- Late Bronze Age
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Iron Age (8th-7th cent. BCE)
User Collection
- Creator:
- Vani Archaeological Survey
- Description:
- Iron Age activity documented by the Vani Archaeological Survey
- Keyword:
- Iron Age
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Hoards
User Collection
- Creator:
- Vani Archaeological Survey
- Description:
- Hoards documented by the Vani Archaeological Survey
- Keyword:
- Hoard
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Hellenistic
User Collection
- Creator:
- Vani Archaeological Survey
- Description:
- Hellenistic activity documented by the Vani Archaeological Survey
- Keyword:
- Hellenistic
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Fortifications
User Collection
- Creator:
- Vani Archaeological Survey
- Description:
- Fortifications documented by the Vani Archaeological Survey
- Keyword:
- Fortification
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Early Mediaeval
User Collection
- Creator:
- Vani Archaeological Survey
- Description:
- Early Mediaeval activity documented by the Vani Archaeological Survey
- Keyword:
- Early Mediaeval
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Early Hellenistic (mid-4th-mid-3rd cent. BCE)
User Collection
- Creator:
- Vani Archaeological Survey
- Description:
- Early Hellenistic activity documented by the Vani Archaeological Survey
- Keyword:
- Early Hellenistic
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Early Bronze Age
User Collection
- Creator:
- Vani Archaeological Survey
- Description:
- Early Bronze Age activity documented by the Vani Archaeological Survey
- Keyword:
- Early Bronze Age
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Classical (6th-4th cent. BCE)
User Collection
- Creator:
- Vani Archaeological Survey
- Description:
- Classical activity documented by the Vani Archaeological Survey
- Keyword:
- Classical
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Churches
User Collection
- Creator:
- Vani Archaeological Survey
- Description:
- Churches documented by the Vani Archaeological Survey
- Keyword:
- Church
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Burials
User Collection
- Creator:
- Vani Archaeological Survey
- Description:
- Burials documented by the Vani Archaeological Survey
- Keyword:
- Burial
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1st Millennium BCE
User Collection
- Creator:
- Vani Archaeological Survey
- Description:
- 1st millennium BCE activity documented by the Vani Archaeological Survey
- Keyword:
- 1st Millennium BCE
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16th-17th cent. CE
User Collection
- Creator:
- Vani Archaeological Survey
- Description:
- 16th-17th cent. CE activity documented by the Vani Archaeological Survey
- Keyword:
- 16th-17th cent. CE
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Resources for Training Machine Learning Algorithms Using CAM6 Simple Physics Packages
User Collection
- Creator:
- Limon, Garrett
- Description:
- The collection contains the code and the data used to train machine learning algorithms to emulate simplified physical parameterizations within the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM6). CAM6 is the atmospheric general circulation model (GCM) within the Community Earth System Model (CESM) framework, developed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). GCMs are made up of a dynamical core, responsible for the geophysical fluid flow calculations, and physical parameterization schemes, which estimate various unresolved processes. Simple physics schemes were used to train both random forests and neural networks in the interest of exploring the feasibility of machine learning techniques being used in conjunction with the dynamical core for improved efficiency of future climate and weather models. The results of the research show that various physical forcing tendencies and precipitation rates can be effectively emulated by the machine learning models.
- Keyword:
- Machine Learning, Climate Modeling, and Physics Emulators
- Discipline:
- Science and Engineering
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Realm 3: Tumulus Excavations
User Collection
- Creator:
- Galaty, Michael
- Description:
- The PASH Data Collection is comprised of Five data “realms”: 1) Survey and site data, 2) Settlement excavations, 3) Tumulus (burial mound) survey and excavations, 4) Artifact analysis, and 5) Geological data. All databases, field notebooks, unit and profile drawings, photographs, photo descriptions, radiocarbon dates, and geophysical survey data related to the tumuli excavations have been made available in PASH Deep Blue Data Realm 3., Total size of all files: approximately 2 gigabytes Chapter(s) linked to: Eight Abbreviations: “T” = tumulus, as in T099; “S” = site, as in S006, The excavation methods employed by PASH at tumuli replicate those employed at settlements. Natural stratigraphy was followed where possible, and arbitrary stratigraphic levels were defined when necessary. Arbitrary stratigraphic levels at tumuli often exceeded the 10 cm interval used at settlements, due to the large number of large rocks that needed to be removed. Due to the numerous rocks, not all mound fill was screened; rather, we screened every third bucket through quarter-inch mesh. By contrast, all soil from features was screened. Soil was sampled for flotation and water screening from every level and feature, but unlike samples from settlements, it has not been processed and analyzed. Each tumulus, being roughly circular, was divided into quadrants along the cardinal directions, and 1-m baulks between quadrants were defined. Quadrants were excavated separately by level. Sometimes quadrants were excavated concurrently. Tumulus unit/level/feature designations are therefore preceded by tumulus (T000) and quadrant (Q000) numbers. Artifact provenience was recorded down to levels and features, with important in situ artifacts sometimes being mapped into level/feature drawings along x-y-z axes. Strata and artifacts were measured cm below surface using a dumpy level. All levels and features were drawn and photographed, individually and by quadrant. , In each mound we followed natural stratigraphy whenever and wherever possible. However, given the steep downward curves of many strata, following the slopes of mound surfaces, this was not always possible. Thus, it is likely that some levels combine artifacts from different mound strata. To control partially for this difficulty, quadrant levels were often subdivided into separate units on the interior or the exterior of mounds (designated “collections units” or CUs). Mound and grave architecture, when present, was left in place until fully defined and documented and then removed if necessary. Baulks were drawn in profile and photographed and removed en masse at the end of each excavation., and Prior to excavation, all mounds surveyed in Shtoj and Shkrel were mapped and fully documented. The state of preservation (present day and projected into the future) of each mound was recorded (from poor to excellent, and from fully safe to critically endangered). Given that so many mounds in both regions were already damaged or had been destroyed, or were actively threatened, we decided to excavate mounds that were (1) already completely removed (T-085), (2) damaged by agricultural activities (T-052), (3) going to be removed by a landowner (despite legal prohibitions) (T-088), and (4) previously looted or excavated (T-099). We did not want to excavate seemingly intact, undamaged mounds. Our tumulus excavations can therefore be aptly described as “rescue” excavations.
- Keyword:
- archaeology
- Discipline:
- Science and Humanities
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Realm 2: Settlement Excavations
User Collection
- Creator:
- Galaty, Michael
- Description:
- The PASH Data Collection is comprised of Five data “realms”: 1) Survey and site data, 2) Settlement excavations, 3) Tumulus (burial mound) survey and excavations, 4) Artifact analysis, and 5) Geological data. All databases, field notebooks, unit and profile drawings, photographs, photo descriptions, radiocarbon dates, and geophysical survey data related to the settlement excavations have been made available in PASH Realm 2. and The excavations we conducted at Kodër Boks, Zagorë, and Gajtan were designed to gather as much data as possible, as quickly as possible. They were composed of test pits (“units,” i.e., sondages), primarily 1x1 m in size, occasionally larger, positioned based on the results of field surveys and systematic surface collections of artifacts, but also with reference to prior excavations (at Zagorë and Gajtan) and geophysical data (collected at Gajtan). Excavations followed natural stratigraphy where possible; when such strata were not present, we excavated in 10-cm arbitrary levels. Artifact provenience was recorded down to levels and features, with important in situ artifacts sometimes being mapped into level/feature drawings along x-y-z axes. When identified, archaeological features (e.g., pits, floors, walls, etc.) were excavated separately from levels. Excavators organized forms and accompanying journal entries by “level” and “feature” for each unit. Each level and feature was drawn and photographed. Artifacts were bagged together by level and type. Radiocarbon samples were wrapped in tin foil and bagged separately. Soil samples were taken from each level using the “pinch” method. Upon completion, a profile wall of each unit was photographed, and, in some cases, drawn. Artifacts (with the exception of metal) were washed in water, dried on racks in the sun, and sorted and labeled in the PASH field laboratory. They were analyzed in preliminary fashion first in the field by PASH staff and later by experts.
- Keyword:
- archaeology
- Discipline:
- Science and Humanities
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Realm 4: Artifact Analysis
User Collection
- Creator:
- Galaty, Michael
- Description:
- The PASH Data Collection is comprised of Five data “realms”: 1) Survey and site data, 2) Settlement excavations, 3) Tumulus (burial mound) survey and excavations, 4) Artifact analysis, and 5) Geological data. All databases, drawings, photographs, photo descriptions, radiocarbon dates, and analytical data related to artifacts, ecofacts, and human remains have been made available in PASH Deep Blue Data Realm 4. Each artifact dataset will include all or some of the following: - Database files: CSV, Excel, PDF, Word; - Photos: Jpeg; - Drawings: PDF Total size of all files: approximately 10 gigabytes. See individual records or readme for linked chapters. and All artifacts found in the course of survey and excavation were brought to a museum facility in Shkodër (at the Hotel Meteor, on the Shkodër-Koplik road). They were cleaned, labeled, drawn, photographed, and described. Artifact descriptions were entered into one of three databases: pottery, chipped stone, and small finds. Each artifact was assigned a unique identifying number containing locational information. Pottery numbers typically begin with a tract or other collection unit (e.g., grid square in a site-surface collection) identifier, followed by a sequence number if more than one potsherd or ceramic was located in a tract or unit. Lithics and other small finds were assigned a GT number (GT-001, GT-002, etc.; GT being the Albanian acronym for Small Find). During a study season held in December 2014, artifacts were analyzed in more detail by specialists, each of whom produced a lengthier description of pottery, chipped stone, or small finds. A subset of ceramic and groundstone samples was retained for petrographic and chemical analysis. Finally, all seeds and wood charcoal recovered through flotation and all animal bones were analyzed. Human remains from Tumulus 99 were subjected to Strontium-isotope and aDNA analysis.
- Keyword:
- archaeology
- Discipline:
- Humanities and Science
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Realm 1: Field Survey and Site Collections
User Collection
- Creator:
- Galaty, Michael
- Description:
- The PASH Data Collection is comprised of Five data “realms”: 1) Survey and site data, 2) Settlement excavations, 3) Tumulus (burial mound) survey and excavations, 4) Artifact analysis, and 5) Geological data. All databases, field notebooks, paper maps, GIS files, photographs, and photo descriptions related to the intensive survey, of tracts and tumuli, and the collection of sites have been made available in PASH Deep Blue Data Realm 1 (this sub-collection)., Over the course of five years, 11 field teams (Teams A–K) surveyed 2530 tracts in Shkrel and Shtoj, covering 16.1 km2. Survey data were eventually collapsed into six geographic zones (1–6). All tracts were surveyed using standard Mediterranean survey methods. For each tract (recorded consecutively by team letter and a number, e.g. A-001, A-002, etc.), surveyors walked at 15-m intervals and counted all tile/brick, ceramic fragments, and small finds. We conducted a full-coverage survey, meaning that all land forms—including fields, hills, and terraces—in each survey zone were surveyed, unless the landowner objected or the vegetation was so dense as to render survey impossible. Each tract was photographed and a GPS point at the center of the tract was obtained. Photos and photo descriptions were maintained in separate databases by each team. Information about tracts was recorded by hand in notebooks by team leaders. This included data about a tract’s soil, geology, ground cover (plants growing in the tract, crops planted in the field), associated structures, associated archaeological features (including tumuli), informant testimony, visibility, and, most critically, artifact counts. , and Realm 1 is divided into two sub-collections: Survey Data and Site Data. Both sub-collections are organized by data type. Survey data includes Tract photos and Photologs, Survey maps, Spatial data files, and a Collection Unit (CU) survey database. Site Data includes the Site database, Site documentation, Site photos and Photologs, and Spatial data files.
- Keyword:
- archaeology
- Discipline:
- Science and Humanities
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Realm 5: Geological Data
User Collection
- Creator:
- Galaty, Michael
- Description:
- The PASH Data Collection is comprised of Five data “realms”: 1) Survey and site data, 2) Settlement excavations, 3) Tumulus (burial mound) survey and excavations, 4) Artifact analysis, and 5) Geological data. All of the geological data from cores and auger holes have been made available in PASH Deep Blue Data Realm 5. , Much of the work conducted by PASH took place on a geomorphic feature we call the Shtoj alluvial fan. Geological research was done along the distal margins of the Shtoj alluvial fan in the fringing freshwater wetlands of Shkodër Lake. Field reconnaissance in 2010 consisted of drilling twelve 5-cm diameter auger holes across the fan to a maximum depth of 4.8 m. A composite sediment sample was collected every 0.3 m during drilling. Between 2012 and 2014, sediment cores were taken at four wetland locations on the southeastern shore of Shkodër Lake. North-south trending core locations were selected following results of samples collected during the 2010 reconnaissance and are 1 km east of the Shkodër Lake shoreline. Twenty-two cores, ranging in length from 0.24 m to 0.87 m, were taken from four sites using a 6.3-cm diameter polycarbonate piston corer. , and (See readme in Geological Data record for full documentation; Chapter linked to: Chapter Two).
- Keyword:
- archaeology
- Discipline:
- Science and Humanities
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SHIFDR: Sub-metered HVAC Implemented For Demand Response
User Collection
- Creator:
- Lin, Austin and Mathieu, Johanna
- Description:
- The Sub-metered HVAC Implemented for Demand Response (SHIFDR) dataset is a massive dataset that captures the response of individual commercial building HVAC system components to demand response events. The dataset includes device-level power consumption during demand response events as well as during normal operation. We have organized the data into subsets, with each subset containing data from buildings in different parts of the world. Kindly refer to the README file within each subsection for specific information about how data is organized. Please reach out if you have data that you would like to share, find any mistakes in the data, or have any questions. We are always trying to improve SHIFDR.
- Discipline:
- Engineering
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Zagorë
User Collection
- Creator:
- Galaty, Michael
- Description:
- The following works contain the databases, field notebooks, unit and profile drawings, photographs, photo descriptions, radiocarbon dates, and geophysical survey data related to the Zagorë settlement excavation.
- Keyword:
- archaeology
- Discipline:
- Science and Humanities
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Gajtan
User Collection
- Creator:
- Galaty, Michael
- Description:
- The following works contain the databases, field notebooks, unit and profile drawings, photographs, photo descriptions, radiocarbon dates, and geophysical survey data related to the Gajtan settlement excavation.
- Keyword:
- archaeology
- Discipline:
- Science and Humanities
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Kodër Boks
User Collection
- Creator:
- Galaty, Michael
- Description:
- The following works contain the databases, field notebooks, unit and profile drawings, photographs, photo descriptions, radiocarbon dates, and geophysical survey data related to the Kodër Boks settlement excavation.
- Keyword:
- archaeology
- Discipline:
- Humanities and Science
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Survey Data
User Collection
- Creator:
- Galaty, Michael
- Description:
- All databases, field notebooks, paper maps, GIS files, photographs, and photo descriptions related to the intensive survey, of tracts and tumuli, and the collection of sites have been made available in PASH Deep Blue Data Realm 1. The data are broadly organized by team (A-K). The surveyed land was divided up into “tracts”. Tracts are labeled with team letter and a consecutive number: e.g., A-001, A-002, B-003, C-122, D-035.
- Keyword:
- Archaeology
- Discipline:
- Science
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Site Data
User Collection
- Creator:
- Galaty, Michael
- Description:
- This sub-collection includes Photographs and Photologs of the sites, a Site Database with information collected and observed about the site and Site documentation. Documentation consists of PDFs of scans of miscellaneous documents related to a particular site, including maps, wall drawings, original notes, etc. Data are organized according to site number: S001, S002, etc. There are 17 sites in total.
- Keyword:
- archaeology
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Sun, Hu
- Description:
- Complete Global Total Electron Content Database based on the VISTA Algorithm
- Keyword:
- Total Electron Content, Matrix Completion, VISTA, Spherical Harmonics, and Spatial-Temporal Smoothing
- Discipline:
- Engineering
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F3UEL: Flaring & Fossil Fuels: Uncovering Emissions & Losses
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- Creator:
- Kort, Eric and Plant, Genevieve
- Description:
- Fossil energy production, processing, flaring, and transmission all can harm climate and air quality by emitting greenhouse gases and air pollutants. Studies now show that onshore oil and gas production emit much more methane than what is inventoried, and that local air quality impacts can be significant, however, natural gas flaring and offshore systems have been largely overlooked. The F3UEL (Flaring & Fossil Fuels: Uncovering Emissions & Losses) project aims to address these gaps by improving our understanding of offshore emissions, characterizing how flares behave in the real world, identifying what portion of the offshore system is responsible for emissions, and determining how such systems can be monitored. Spanning three years (2020-2022), the project employed an aircraft platform to measure including both greenhouse gas and air quality measurements. To sample the largest regions of current and potential future offshore production and flaring, airborne measurements targeted the Gulf of Mexico, offshore California and Alaska, the Bakken Formation (North Dakota) and the Permian and Eagle Ford Basins (Texas). Data provided here includes the airborne measurements collected using Scientific Aviation’s Mooney aircraft platform, equipped with spectroscopic instrumentation to measure methane, carbon dioxide, water vapor, nitrous oxide, and nitrogen oxide, in addition to meteorological variables such as wind speed and direction. Data products from our analysis of these airborne measurements are also provided, including estimated flare destruction removal efficiency for the Bakken, Eagle Ford, and Permian basins. Each data file is in .csv format and is accompanied by a readme file with further information and descriptors of the variables included. All users should cite the papers and datasets provided in the readme files for each individual dataset. Website: https://graham.umich.edu/f3uel This project is funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation with additional support from the Environmental Defense Fund, Scientific Aviation, and University of Michigan (College of Engineering, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering; Graham Sustainability Institute).
- Keyword:
- offshore oil & gas, flaring, methane, Nitrogen oxides, natural gas flaring, and oil & gas
- Discipline:
- Science
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Mound survey
User Collection
- Creator:
- Galaty, Michael
- Description:
- TBD
- Keyword:
- archaeology
- Discipline:
- Humanities and Social Sciences
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Preterm Birth
User Collection- Creator:
- Betsy Foxman
- Description:
- This collection has been retired as of Sept 28. 2020 and replaced with the "Preterm Birth" work listed below.
- Discipline:
- Health Sciences
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Transmission of Oral microbiome and Sequencing
User Collection
- Creator:
- Lee, Kyu Han
- Description:
- De-identified participant data from household transmission study of influenza in Nicaragua Oligotype count table and taxonomic classifications
- Keyword:
- Influenza and Microbiome
- Discipline:
- Health Sciences
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- Creator:
- Yan, Xiang (Jacob), Clarke, Phillipa J., Okullo, Dolorence, Goodspeed, Robert, Data Driven Detroit, Gomez-Lopez, Iris N., and Veinot, Tiffany C
- Description:
- This collection was produced as part of the project, “A ‘Big Data’ Approach to Understanding Neighborhood Effects in Chronic Illness Disparities.” The Investigators for the project are Tiffany Veinot, Veronica Berrocal, Phillipa Clarke, Robert Goodspeed, Daniel Romero, and VG Vinod Vydiswaran from the University of Michigan. The study took place from 2015-2016, with funding from the University of Michigan’s Social Sciences Annual Institute, MCubed, and the Sloan and Moore Foundations. Contact: Tiffany Veinot, MLS, PhD Office: 3443 North Quad Phone: 734/615-8281 Email: tveinot@umich.edu MCubed project page: https://mcubed.umich.edu/projects/%E2%80%9Cbig-data%E2%80%9D-approach-understanding-neighborhood-effects-chronic-illness-disparities
- Keyword:
- Food Environment, Health Status, Employment, Health Care Resources, Neighborhood Safety, Healthcare Utilization, Transportation, Census tract level, Information and Education Environment, Spatial Measures, Detroit, Active Living Resources, Social Environment, Demographics, Community Health, Housing, and student-friendly
- Discipline:
- Social Sciences
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Appendices for "Regulation of Müller Stem Cell Properties: Insights From a Zebrafish Model"
User Collection
- Creator:
- Sifuentes, Christopher J
- Description:
- Appendix1: Differential expression data for zebrafish regeneration and mouse degeneration models. Appendix2: Gene ontology data for zebrafish regeneration and mouse degeneration models. Appendix3: Pathway data for zebrafish regeneration and mouse degeneration models. Appendix4: Differential expression data and genes within linked peaks for mi2004 mutants. Appendix5: Gene ontology data for mi2004 mutants. Appendix6: Pathway data for mi2004 mutants. Appendix7: Linkage plots for mi2004 mutants. Appendix8: Inverse PCR and genome-walking data.
- Keyword:
- Müller glia, zebrafish, regeneration, stem cell, and photoreceptor
- Citation to related publication:
- Sifuentes, C. J. (2016). Regulation of Müller glial stem cell properties: Insights from a zebrafish model (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/135939
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Bangime language (Mali) audio files
User Collection
- Creator:
- Heath, Jeffrey
- Description:
- Audio files for Bangime language (genetic isolate, eastern Mali)
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- Creator:
- Sun, Xin, Zhang, Kehui, Marks, Rebecca, Karas, Zachary, Eggleston, Rachel, Nickerson, Nia , Yu, Chi-Lin, Wagley, Neelima, Hu, Xiaosu, Caruso, Valeria, Tardif, Twila, Satterfield, Teresa, Chou, Tai-Li, Kovelman, Ioulia, and Hernandez, Isabel
- Description:
- In a broad sense, this project explores morphological and phonological processing in English monolinguals and two bilingual populations, Chinese-English and Spanish-English, using a battery of standardized and self-developed behavioral measures, as well as fNIRS neuroimaging. (T1=NEW PARTICIPANTES -TESTED BEHAVIORAL AND fNIRS-, T2= RETURNING PARTICIPANTS -JUST TESTED WITH BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENTS)
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Hatch, Nan E.
- Description:
- Craniosynostosis is the premature fusion of cranial bones. The goal of this study was to determine if delivery of recombinant tissue nonspecific alkaline phosphatase (TNAP) could prevent or diminish the severity of craniosynostosis in a C57BL/6 FGFR2C342Y/+ model of neonatal onset craniosynostosis or a BALB/c FGFR2C342Y/+ model of postnatal onset craniosynostosis. Mice were injected with a lentivirus encoding a mineral targeted form of TNAP immediately after birth. Cranial bone fusion as well as cranial bone volume, mineral content and density were assessed by micro computed tomography. Craniofacial shape was measured with calipers., Alkaline phosphatase, alanine amino transferase (ALT) and aspartate amino transferase (AST) activity levels were measured in serum. Neonatal delivery of TNAP diminished craniosynostosis severity from 94% suture obliteration in vehicle treated mice to 67% suture obliteration in treated mice, p<0.02) and the incidence of malocclusion from 82.4% to 34.7% (p<0.03), with no effect on cranial bone in C57BL/6 FGFR2C342Y/+ mice. In contrast, treatment with TNAP improved cranial bone volume (p< 0.01), density (p< 0.01) and mineral content (p< 0.01) but had no effect on craniosynostosis or malocclusion in BALB/c FGFR2C342Y/+ mice. , These results indicate that post-natal recombinant TNAP enzyme therapy diminishes craniosynostosis severity in the C57BL/6 FGFR2C342Y/+ neonatal onset mouse model of Crouzon syndrome, and that effects of exogenous TNAP are genetic background dependent., and Included in this collection is one set of images representing the C57BL/6 FGFR2C342Y/+ model of neonatal onset craniosynostosis, and one for the BALB/c FGFR2C342Y/+ model of postnatal onset craniosynostosis
- Keyword:
- craniofacial, bone, craniosynostosis, FGFR2, TNAP, mouse model, and development
- Discipline:
- Health Sciences
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- Creator:
- MacEachern, Mark
- Description:
- This collection contains literature searches for published evidence syntheses in the health sciences.
- Keyword:
- health sciences, evidence syntheses, systematic reviews, scoping reviews, and literature searches
- Discipline:
- Health Sciences
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Biologically Inspired Robotics and Dynamical Systems (BIRDS) Lab
User Collection
- Creator:
- Revzen, Shai
- Description:
- Professor Revzen and his team at the Biologically Inspired Robotics and Dynamical Systems (BIRDS) Lab are working on discovering, modeling, and reproducing the strategies animals use when interacting with physical objects. This work consists of collaboration with biomechanists to analyze experimental data, developing new mathematical tools for modeling and estimation of model parameters, and construction of robots which employ the new principles.
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Figueroa, Carlos A., Computational Vascular Biomechanics Lab, University of Michigan, and et al.
- Description:
- This collection concerns the CRIMSON (CardiovasculaR Integrated Modelling and SimulatiON) software environment. CRIMSON provides a powerful, customizable and user-friendly system for performing three-dimensional and reduced-order computational haemodynamics studies via a pipeline which involves: 1) segmenting vascular structures from medical images; 2) constructing analytic arterial and venous geometric models; 3) performing finite element mesh generation; 4) designing, and 5) applying boundary conditions; 6) running incompressible Navier-Stokes simulations of blood flow with fluid-structure interaction capabilities; and 7) post-processing and visualizing the results, including velocity, pressure and wall shear stress fields. , The minimum specifications to run CRIMSON are: Any AMD64 CPU (note: Intel Core i series are AMD64), Windows (only tested on Windows 10 but might work on Windows 7), 8 GB of RAM , If you are running non-trivial models you will want to have: Quad core CPU or higher, Solid state drive for storing data, Windows, 16 GB of RAM, Dedicated discrete GPU for rendering models. , and Software in this collection is a snapshot; please visit https://github.com/carthurs/CRIMSONGUI & www.crimson.software for more general information and the most up to date version of the software.
- Keyword:
- Blood Flow Simulation, Patient-specific, Open-source Software, Image-based simulation, Cardiovascular Medical Image, Segmentation, and Finite Element Simulation
- Citation to related publication:
- CRIMSON: An Open-Source Software Framework for Cardiovascular Integrated Modelling and Simulation C.J. Arthurs, R. Khlebnikov, A. Melville, et al. bioRxiv 2020.10.14.339960; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.14.339960
- Discipline:
- Health Sciences and Engineering
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Lu-177 DOTATATE Anonymized Patient Datasets
User Collection
- Creator:
- Dewaraja, Yuni K and Van, Benjamin J
- Description:
- This collection is comprised of a number of works that collectively represent the imaging studies and information necessary for dosimetric analysis of a patient treated with Lutathera. All works may be used as standalone datasets or in conjunction with the others in this collection depending on the analysis performed. Files are stored using the DICOM standard widely accepted for storage and transmission of medical images and related information. All patient private information has been anonymized using MIM commercial software (MIM Software Inc.). Data from 2 patients, referred to as patient 4 and patient 6, has been provided in this collection and is divided among 6 works as outlined below:, 1) Pre-Therapy Diagnostic Images. Description: Patient diagnostic scans performed prior to Lutathera treatment. Used for identifying lesions and measuring progression. Note that the date of the baseline scan may be several months before the Lutathera treatment and changes in the anatomy are possible. Files: (1) Ga68 Dotatate PET/CT, Either: (1) MRI, (1) standalone diagnostic CT, 2) Planar Whole Body Scans. Description: Planar whole body Lu-177 scans taken at 4 time points within a week after treatment. Two views (Anterior and Posterior) and 3 energy windows (one main window at 208 keV and 2 adjacent scatter windows) are available for each time point. The units of this image is counts. Energy window information, acquisition data/time and duration can be found in DICOM header. Files: (6) individual images at each time point (24 total images per patient) , 3) SPECT/CT Scans. Description: Lu-177 SPECT/CT scans at 4 time points within a week after treatment (same time points as the planar scans). Images were acquired on a Siemens Intevo system and reconstructed using xSPECT Quant. The units of this image is Bq/mL. Information on the reconstruction, acquisition date/time, duration, Lu-177 administration time and activity can be found in the DICOM header. Files: (1) Folder with reconstructed SPECT slices per time point (4 folders total per patient), (1) Folder containing co-registered CT slices per time point (4 folders total per patient), 4) Lesion and Organ Volumes of Interest. Description: DICOM RT structure files containing organ and lesion volumes of interest (VOI) that were defined on the CT of the scan1 SPECT/CT in 3). Organs were defined using semi-automatic tools (atlas based and CNN-based) while lesions were defined manually by a radiologist guided by baseline scans. Only lesions >2 cc were defined. Files: (1) File containing organ contours, (1) File containing lesion contours, 5) Time Integrated Activity Maps. Description: A DICOM file containing the time-integrated activity map over all 4 time points within a week after treatment. This combines the SPECT/CT scans provided in 3) into a single integrated activity map. This map was generated via the MIM MRT Dosimetry package: The 4 time points were registered to the reference SPECT scan (time point 1) using a contour intensity based SPECT alignment and the voxel-level time-activity data was fit using exponential functions. Voxel-level integration was performed to generate the TIA map. The units of this image is Bq/mL * sec. Files: (1) Folder with Time-integrated activity image per patient, and 6) Projection Data and CT based Attenuation Coefficient Maps. Description: SPECT projection data for each of the 4 Lutathera scans taken within a week after treatment is provided in 3 forms: unaltered, Siemens [Reformatted], and Siemens [Advanced]. The difference between the Projections and the [Advanced] Projections is that the [Advanced] consists of uncorrected raw projection data and the other the corrected projection data (e.g. camera uniformity corrections). The [Advanced] projections are used in xSPECT reconstruction (where all corrections are done during the reconstruction), while the other is used in Flash 3D reconstruction. CT-based attenuation coefficient maps (mumaps) are provided for each of the 4 scans taken within a week after treatment. Two methods are provided for each mumap: xSPECT and F3D as the matrix size is different for the 2 cases (256 x 256 for xSPECT and 128 x 128 for Flash3D). Files: (3) Folders containing raw SPECT projections, (2) Folders containing CT attenuation coefficient maps (mumaps)
- Keyword:
- Lu-177, Lutathera, Dosimetry, Radionuclide, and CTMRIPET
- Discipline:
- Health Sciences
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Defect patterns on the curved surface of fish retinae suggest a mechanism of cone mosaic formation
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- Creator:
- Nunley, Hayden, Nagashima, Mikiko, Martin, Kamirah, Lorenzo Gonzalez, Alcides, Suzuki, Sachihiro C., Norton, Declan A., Wong, Rachel O. L., Raymond, Pamela A., and Lubensky, David K.
- Description:
- The outer epithelial layer of zebrafish retinae contains a crystalline array of cone photoreceptors, called the cone mosaic. As this mosaic grows by mitotic addition of new photoreceptors at the rim of the hemispheric retina, topological defects, called “Y-Junctions”, form to maintain approximately constant cell spacing. The generation of topological defects due to growth on a curved surface is a distinct feature of the cone mosaic not seen in other well-studied biological patterns like the R8 photoreceptor array in the _ Drosophila compound eye. Since defects can provide insight into cell-cell interactions responsible for pattern formation, here we characterize the arrangement of cones in individual Y-Junction cores (see Set of images for Figures 1 and 2 and 6 and Supplementary Figure 7) as well as the spatial distribution of Y-junctions across entire retinae (see Dataset for analyzing spatial distribution of Y-junctions in flat-mounted retinae). We find that for individual Y-junctions, the distribution of cones near the core corresponds closely to structures observed in physical crystals (see Set of images for Figures 1 and 2 and 6 and Supplementary Figure 7). In addition, Y-Junctions are organized into lines, called grain boundaries, from the retinal center to the periphery (see Dataset for analyzing spatial distribution of Y-junctions in flat-mounted retinae and Dataset for measuring tendency of Y-junctions to line up into grain boundaries during incorporation into retinae). In physical crystals, regardless of the initial distribution of defects, defects can coalesce into grain boundaries via the mobility of individual particles. By imaging in live fish, we demonstrate that grain boundaries in the cone mosaic instead appear during initial mosaic formation, without requiring defect motion (see Dataset for measuring tendency of Y-junctions to line up into grain boundaries during incorporation into retinae and Dataset for analyzing Y-junction motion in live fish retinae). Motivated by this observation, we show that a computational model of repulsive cell-cell interactions generates a mosaic with grain boundaries (see Code and example simulations of phase-field crystal model (for cone mosaic formation)). In contrast to paradigmatic models of fate specification in mostly motionless cell packings (see Code and accompanying input data for simulating lateral inhibition on motionless cell packing), this finding emphasizes the role of cell motion, guided by cell-cell interactions during differentiation, in forming biological crystals. Such a route to the formation of regular patterns may be especially valuable in situations, like growth on a curved surface, where the resulting long-ranged, elastic, effective interactions between defects can help to group them into grain boundaries.
- Keyword:
- zebrafish cone mosaic, lattice vectors, topological defects, tissue patterning, grain boundaries, lateral inhibition, photoconversion, phase-field crystal model, and defect motion
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Huang, Cheng MI
- Description:
- This collection contains a hierarchy of test problems for turbulent reacting flow simulations. It is meant to provide a testbed to build reduced model for relevant challenging reacting flow problems using different methods. In addition, this collection also serves to engage a broad community of experts in computational science and the field of engineering to address certain challenges in constructing reduced models for reacting flow simulations. All the datasets in this collection were generated under the Air Force Center of Excellence on Multi-Fidelity Modeling of Rocket Combustion Dynamics and the goal of the center is to advance the state-of-the-art in Reduced Order Models (ROMs) and enable efficient and accurate prediction of instabilities in liquid fueled rocket combustion systems.
- Discipline:
- Engineering
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S’Urachi Site-Based Archaeological Survey
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- Creator:
- Gosner, Linda R.
- Description:
- This data was produced by the site-based archaeological survey at the nuraghe S'Urachi in west-central Sardinia (San Vero Milis, Oristano, Sardinia). The survey was carried out from 2015-2017 as a part of the ongoing Progetto S'Urachi, an archaeological project that aims to understand daily life around the monumental Bronze Age tower of S'Urachi during the later occupation of the landscape over the course of the 1st millennium BCE.
- Keyword:
- Mediterranean archaeology, Sardinia, Archaeological Survey, Excavation, and Classical Archaeology
- Discipline:
- Social Sciences
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- Creator:
- Wang, Yi and Hendy, Ingrid
- Description:
- This collection represents various raw data and analysis of cores extracted during the January 2009 mission of the research vessel Sproul in the Santa Barbara Basin., Cores included: box core SPR0901-04BC, box core SPR0901-unnamed, and Kasten core SPR0901-03KC. Core photos, physical properties and magnetic susceptibility from the multisensor track (MST), and the scanning X-ray fluorescence (XRF) data are included in the collection., and Cruise DOI: 10.7284/901089 This research is funded by NSF-OCE 0752093.
- Keyword:
- Santa Barbara Basin, Southern California, core photos, physical properties, scanning XRF, SPR0901, and Earth Science
- Discipline:
- Science
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Estimates of the water balance of the Laurentian Great Lakes using the Large Lakes Statistical Water Balance Model (L2SWBM)
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- Creator:
- Smith, Joeseph P., Fry, Lauren M., Do, Hong X., and Gronewold, Andrew D.
- Description:
- This collection contains estimates of the water balance of the Laurentian Great Lakes that were produced by the Large Lakes Statistical Water Balance Model (L2SWBM). Each data set has a different configuration and was used as the supplementary for a published peer-reviewed article (see "Citations to related material" section in the metadata of individual data sets). The key variables that were estimated by the L2SWBM are (1) over-lake precipitation, (2) over-lake evaporation, (3) lateral runoff, (4) connecting-channel outflows, (5) diversions, and (6) predictive changes in lake storage. and Contact: Andrew Gronewold Office: 4040 Dana Phone: (734) 764-6286 Email: drewgron@umich.edu
- Keyword:
- Great Lakes water levels, statistical inference, water balance, data assimilation, Great Lakes, Laurentian, Machine learning, Bayesian, and Network
- Citation to related publication:
- Smith, J. P., & Gronewold, A. D. (2017). Development and analysis of a Bayesian water balance model for large lake systems. arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.10161., Gronewold, A. D., Smith, J. P., Read, L., & Crooks, J. L. (2020). Reconciling the water balance of large lake systems. Advances in Water Resources, 103505., and Do, H.X., Smith, J., Fry, L.M., and Gronewold, A.D., Seventy-year long record of monthly water balance estimates for Earth’s largest lake system (under revision)
- Discipline:
- Science and Engineering
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R/V Melville Core Retrieval Campaign (MV0811), November 2008
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- Creator:
- Wang, Yi and Hendy, Ingrid
- Description:
- This collection represents various raw data and analysis of cores extracted during the November 2008 mission of R/V Melville in the Santa Barbara Basin., The core included is the jumbo piston core MV0811-14JC. Core photos, physical properties and magnetic susceptibility from the multisensor track (MST), and the scanning X-ray fluorescence (XRF) data are included in the collection., and Cruise DOI: 10.7284/903459 The research is funded by NSF OCE-1304327.
- Keyword:
- Santa Barbara Basin, Southern California, core photos, physical properties, scanning XRF, MV0811, and Earth Science
- Discipline:
- Science
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TCC Engine Collection
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- Creator:
- Schiffmann, Philipp, Reuss, David L, and Sick, Volker
- Description:
- This Collection is a compilation of data measured in the TCC engine at the University of Michigan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Quantitative Laser Diagnostics Laboratory. The posted Work Deposits are never changed. However, this collection will be expanded with additional Work Deposits as new experimental data become available. The intent of the collection is to provide a comprehensive experimental data set from the TCC-III engine, for fundamental discovery research on in-cylinder flow and spark-ignited combustion. Also, to enable in-depth support for CFD development and validation. The collection includes data files of in-cylinder flowvelocity and flame imaging, as well as engine and system geometry needed to set up 1-D and CFD simulations. and README for TCCIII_Collection: https://umich.box.com/v/Collection-README-rev20180202
- Keyword:
- internal combustion engine, TCC III engine, optical engine, CFD validation data, motored engine, turbulence in engines, cyclic variability, laser imaging data, particle image velocimetry, PIV, in-cylinder flow, and OH chemiluminescence
- Citation to related publication:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.2516/ogst/2015028 and http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468087417720558
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