A Quantitative Analysis of Superimpositions in the Rock Art of the Coso Range, California

1979 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 546-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus F. Wellmann
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
New Information ◽  
Subject Categories ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
Visual Support ◽  
Design Motifs ◽  
Game Animals

All superimpositions encountered in a sample of 106 panels of proto-Shoshonean petroglyphs in the Coso Range (T22S-R40E). California, were quantitatively analyzed. The relative numbers of superimpositions in three of the nine subject categories (patterned-body anthropomorphs, other humans, and boat-shaped sheep) were higher than expected. Some designs (other humans, boat-shaped sheep, medicine bags) formed the overlying elements significantly more often, and others (patterned-body anthropomorphs, other elements) were seen more frequently as underlying subjects. Boat-shaped sheep and patterned-body humans constituted the most commonly encountered pairs of motifs linked in superimpositions; the high incidence of this particular linkage provides visual support for the postulated occurrence of a late intensification of ritual activities designed to help increase the supply of game animals. The data also contribute some new information about the possible iconographic roles of two controversial design motifs, the “shields” and the “medicine bags.”

scholarly journals El abrigo de Melgar : nuevas apreciaciones cronológicas sobre las pinturas esquemáticas del núcleo de Quesada (Jaén)

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Gabriel López Payer ◽  
Miguel Soria Lerma
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Copper Age ◽  
Rock Shelter ◽  
New Information ◽  
Península Ibérica

En este artículo se presenta el Abrigo del Melgar (Sierra de Quesada), el cual contiene una serie de pinturas que aportan nuevos datos con relación a la cronología y el significado del arte rupestre esquemático del Sudeste de la Península Ibérica. Se sitúa la realización de estas representaciones en la Edad del Cobre, y se intenta precisar la cronología de la estación dentro del núcleo de Quesada.This article concerns the Melgar rock shelter (Quesada Mountain Range), which contains a series oí paintings that provides new Information about the chronology and meaning of schematic rock art in the Southeast of the Iberian Península. The achievement of these pictures it's dated in the Copper Age, and the chronology of the station has been tried to fix within the Quesada group.

scholarly journals New information content in RNA base pairing deduced from quantitative analysis of high-resolution structures

Methods ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilma K. Olson ◽  
Mauricio Esguerra ◽  
Yurong Xin ◽  
Xiang-Jun Lu
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Information Content ◽  
Base Pairing ◽  
New Information

Drawing Upon the Past: Temporal Ontology and Mythological Ideology in South-central Californian Rock Art

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Rock Art ◽  
Narrative Structure ◽  
Relational Ontology ◽  
Central California ◽  
Temporal Ontology ◽  
The Past ◽  
South Central ◽  
New Information ◽  
Indigenous Society

The increasing influence of New Animism is providing useful ways of interpreting rock art as well as ways to move beyond generalizing models based upon Cartesian principles. However, the increasing attention to animism runs the risk of simply replacing one generalization with another. To avoid the pitfalls of generalization, this article sets out to explore the ways in which relational ontology may have been communicated throughout indigenous society in a specific case study from south-central California. To do this requires adopting a ‘third space’ approach (Porr & Bell 2011) to detail the didactic and pedagogical narrative roles of rock art and mythology in south-central California. Paraphrasing Bird-David (2006), the goal is to understand how an animistic epistemology is enacted into an institutionalized way of knowing. To do this, I look closely at new information on rock-art chronology in conjunction with mythological narratives. It is suggested that the vibrant pictographs of the region drew upon ontological notions of the past embodied at specific places in the landscape and that the narrative structure of myth helps inform our understanding of the narrative structure of rock-art composition. This provides an appreciation of indigenous perceptions of time, which in turn shows that mythology was a template for human institutions while explaining rock art as another ontological institution that was part-and-parcel of relational ideologies associated with ‘delayed-return’ complex societies of south-central California.

Dating Tom Ketchum: The Role of Chronometric Determinations in Rock Art Analysis

1993 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary M. Farrell ◽  
Jeffery F. Burton
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometer ◽  
Radiocarbon Dating ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Social Differences ◽  
Accelerator Mass Spectrometer ◽  
Art Analysis ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Game Animals

Rock art analysis has been used both to provide insight into prehistoric symbolism and ceremony, and to measure prehistoric interaction and communication. But chronological control, essential to distinguishing functional or social differences from temporal differences, has been difficult to establish. No one method of dating has yet proven completely reliable or applicable. Accelerator mass spectrometer radiocarbon dating, at the Tom Ketchum Cave pictograph site in southeastern Arizona, provides one of the first examples of direct independent dating of rock art. The dates suggest the pictographs may have been created during a time when subsistence patterns were shifting from Archaic hunter and gatherer traditions to more agriculture-based subsistence. The Tom Ketchum Cave artists broke from the abstract style more common in the region to represent game animals and hunters, perhaps to ensure success in a disappearing way of life.

scholarly journals On the Methodology of Studying Palimpsests in Rock Art: The Case of the Shalabolino Rock Art Site, Krasnoyarsk Territory

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-102
Author(s):  
L. V. Zotkina
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Macro Level ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Relative Chronology ◽  
New Information ◽  
Minusinsk Basin

This paper addresses the main problems in assessing the stratigraphy of superimpositions in rock art. When a petroglyph is overlain by one or several others, this may provide important information not only about single images but also about entire stylistic traditions. Existing methods used for evaluating the relative chronology of the parts of petroglyphic palimpsests are discussed, and a new approach is proposed, combining high-resolution three-dimensional visualization at the macro-level with traceological analysis. We focus on the characteristics of the pecked surface in the area outside the palimpsest and that in the overlap zone. The comparison of these parts makes it possible to reveal the traceologically informative features in the palimpsest areas, indicating the sequence of superimposed petroglyphs. This approach is instantiated by the analysis of one of the palimpsests in the Shalabolino rock gallery, the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Images representing various stylistic traditions are found in complicated stratigraphic relations. The sequence of three main fi gures (bear, bull, and elk) in this multilayered composition has been reconstructed. The results of the analysis cannot be used as an argument for attributing these petroglyphs to vastly different chronological periods. Rather, they provide new information relevant to the debate around the age of the Angara and Minusinsk petroglyphic styles in the Minusinsk Basin.

Asymmetric Information, Mediation, and Conflict Management

2006 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. Rauchhaus
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Asymmetric Information ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Theoretic Model ◽  
New Information ◽  
Effective Form ◽  
Game Theoretic ◽  
Game Theoretic Model

This article examines mediation in conflicts using both a game-theoretic model and a quantitative analysis. The game-theoretic model suggests that mediator effectiveness rests primarily on the ability of third parties to provide critical information about the disputants’ reservation points. The empirical analysis finds that mediation that targets asymmetric information is a highly effective form of conflict management. Moreover, the results suggest that mediation outperforms other forms of third-party intervention, including those that entail coercion. Both the model and quantitative analysis indicate that impartial mediators will generally outperform biased ones. Along with providing new information on conflict management, the quantitative analysis also has broader implications for IR theory. The results provide empirical support for the rationalist claim that asymmetric information is one of the root causes of war.

Assessment of Intubation in Croup and Epiglottitis

1982 ◽  
Vol 91 (4) ◽  
pp. 403-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
John J. Zulliger ◽  
David E. Schuller ◽  
Thomas P. Beach ◽  
John P. Garvin ◽  
Herbert G. Birck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Airway Management ◽  
Airway Obstruction ◽  
Nasotracheal Intubation ◽  
Acute Epiglottitis ◽  
Tube Size ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
New Information ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
Delayed Complications ◽  
Expiratory Flow Rates

Nasotracheal intubation for the management of airway obstruction in acute epiglottitis has become a well-received practice. However, the same technique has not received widespread support in laryngotracheobronchitis. The purpose of this study was to update the series of nasotracheal intubations in croup and epiglottitis from Columbus Children's Hospital with the specific intent to evaluate its effectiveness. All patients were evaluated for any immediate and delayed complications. Delayed complications were evaluated using parent interviews and measuring expiratory flow rates. This study of 45 children intubated for epiglottitis and 83 intubations for croup reconfirms the earlier report from this institution about its safety in both conditions. However, it has identified a subset of the croup patients who are definitely at risk to develop complications of the technique. In those children under 1 year of age, a disturbingly high incidence of subglottic stenosis was identified and this appeared to be related to the patient's age, tube size, serial intubations (dilatations), and duration of intubation. Suggested guidelines for airway management in the light of the new information are presented.

COVID-19 Ontologies and their Application in Medical Sciences: Reviewing BioPortal

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omid Yousefianzadeh ◽  
Abolfazl Taheri
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Biomedical Ontology ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Huge Amount ◽  
Information Tools ◽  
Medical Centers ◽  
New Information ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
The World ◽  
Support Decision Making

The high incidence of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the resulting increase in data and information in this area have led medical centers to use different methods to manage them due to the huge amount of information. One of the best ways to avoid confusion in documenting and managing health information is to use new information tools such as ontology. Researchers have used a tool around the world since the late 1990s to support decision-making in various fields. In this regard, the National Center for Biomedical Ontology has established a medical ontology database called BioPortal. In the present research, published ontologies in the field of Covid-19 in this database have been explored.

scholarly journals Survey of Freshly Harvested Oat Grains from Southern Brazil Reveals High Incidence of Type B Trichothecenes and Associated Fusarium Species

Toxins ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 855
Author(s):  
Mariana Pinheiro ◽  
Caio H. T. Iwase ◽  
Bruno G. Bertozzi ◽  
Elem T. S. Caramês ◽  
Lorena Carnielli-Queiroz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fungal Diversity ◽  
Fusarium Species ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
Fusarium Sambucinum ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Type B ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
New Information ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
Mycotoxin Analysis

The current study investigated the fungal diversity in freshly harvested oat samples from the two largest production regions in Brazil, Paraná (PR) and Rio Grande do Sul (RS), focusing primarily on the Fusarium genus and the presence of type B trichothecenes. The majority of the isolates belonged to the Fusarium sambucinum species complex, and were identified as F. graminearum sensu stricto (s.s.), F. meridionale, and F. poae. In the RS region, F. poae was the most frequent fungus, while F. graminearum s.s. was the most frequent in the PR region. The F. graminearum s.s. isolates were 15-ADON genotype, while F. meridionale and F. poae were NIV genotype. Mycotoxin analysis revealed that 92% and 100% of the samples from PR and RS were contaminated with type B trichothecenes, respectively. Oat grains from PR were predominantly contaminated with DON, whereas NIV was predominant in oats from RS. Twenty-four percent of the samples were contaminated with DON at levels higher than Brazilian regulations. Co-contamination of DON, its derivatives, and NIV was observed in 84% and 57.7% of the samples from PR and RS, respectively. The results provide new information on Fusarium contamination in Brazilian oats, highlighting the importance of further studies on mycotoxins.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document