Ammodendron persicum (Bunge & Boiss.)is a desert shrub specie which grows on some sand dunes and sandy areas of South Khorasan and Sistan-va-Baluchestan provinces in east of Iran. Low distribution and narrow ecological range have put this species under threat. In order to evaluate the possibility of long-term preservation of A. persicum seeds in cryogenic conditions (-196°C), the seeds of speci...

In Belgium, many institutions have a lot of information stored on analogue carriers. This information is likely to get lost if no digitized copy of the information is stored for the long term. Long-term preservation is subjected to many risks. Overcoming those risks starts with describing the data thoroughly. The metadata needed for long-term preservation are descriptive metadata to search and ...

ARCHIVER and Pre-Commercial Procurement funding has enabled small to medium enterprises (SMEs) innovate deliver new services for EOSC. Within the framework of pre-commercial procurement tender, between December 2020 August 2021, three commercial consortia competed innovative, prototype solutions long-term data preservation. Two them were selected continue with pilot phase research-ready preserv...

The long term preservation is a responsibility to share with other organizations, even adopting different preservation methods and tools. The overcoming of the interoperability issues, by means of the achievement of a flawless exchange of digital assets to preserve, enables the feasibility of applying distributed digital preservation policies. The Archives Ready To AIP Transmission a PREMIS Bas...

A growing amount of digital objects is designated for long term preservation a time scale during which technologies, formats and communities are very likely to change. Specialized approaches, models and technologies are needed to guarantee the long-term understandability of the preserved data. Maintaining the authenticity (trustworthiness) and provenance (history of creation, ownership, accesse...

BACKGROUND Techniques to preserve the sub-valvular apparatus in order to reduce morbidity and mortality following mitral valve replacement have been frequently reported. However, it is uncertain what impact sub-valvular apparatus preservation techniques have on long-term outcomes following mitral valve replacement. This study investigated the effect of sub-valvular apparatus preservation on lon...