The Cyprus Institute

About: The Cyprus Institute is a other organization based out in Nicosia, Cyprus. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Aerosol & Environmental science. The organization has 418 authors who have published 1252 publications receiving 32586 citations.

Bringing New Life to Video Narratives for Exploring Cultural Heritage

Abstract: In this paper we present a project of creating a web based interactive encyclopedia of historical knowledge related to the history of the religions, the Bible and the history in general. The main source of information in the project is a film made by the Israel Museum that accompanies the exhibition of the Dead Sea Scrolls the oldest remaining copies of the Bible and extra Biblical documents. The film is describing the life of the members of the ancient community of Qumran that was behind the creation of the Dead Sea Scrolls. In order to annotate the video we developed a data repository for creating and for linking various types of digital information to the video. Data stored in the repository is then used to develop tools for exploring the film and related annotations.

First moment of the flavour octet nucleon parton distribution function using lattice QCD

Abstract: We perform a lattice computation of the flavour octet contribution to the average quark momentum in the nucleon, $$ {\left\langle x\right\rangle}_{\mu^2=4\kern0.5em {\mathrm{GeV}}^2}^{\left((8)\right.} $$ . In particular, we fully take the disconnected contributions into account in our analysis for which we use a generalization of the technique developed in [1]. We investigate systematic effects with particular emphasis on the excited states contamination. We find that in the renormalization free ratio $$ \frac{{\left\langle x\right\rangle}^{(3)}}{{\left\langle x\right\rangle}^{(8)}} $$ (with 〈x〉(3) the non-singlet moment) the excited state contributions cancel to a large extent making this ratio a promising candidate for a comparison to phenomenological analyses. Our final result for this ratio is in agreement with the phenomenological value and we find, including systematic errors, $$ \frac{{\left\langle x\right\rangle}^{(3)}}{{\left\langle x\right\rangle}^{(8)}}=0.39(1)(4) $$ .

Shape analysis techniques for the Ayia Irini case study

Abstract: The typical approach for archaeological analysis is mainly qualitative and, as such, subjective. Even when some measures are reported in the documentation of artefacts, they are often approximate or ambiguous. Conversely, the quantitative approach is based on objective metrics to produce replicable results and, coupled with digital tools, can assist the qualitative analysis in archaeological research with no risk of damage. In this paper, we present a geometric-quantitative approach for the analysis of archaeological finds and the preliminary results of an ongoing joint research project of two doctoral students within the frame of the EU GRAVITATE project.

The Origin of Glass and the First Glass Industries

Abstract: Glass is unique among the archaeological materials of the Late Bronze Age, in its production, use and social meaning. Emerging as a regularly produced substance in the mid-second millennium BCE almost simultaneously in both Mesopotamia and Egypt, we still know surprisingly little about its origin and the organization of production and distribution to the elite workshops shaping it into colourful objects. However, over the past two decades, the combination of trace element chemical analyses of glass and a reassessment of earlier excavated production debris enabled us to made massive progress in our understanding of this industry, as is summarized in this paper.