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Ancestry.com Old Search vs. New Search Update
Ancestry.com continues to impress me and frustrate me. As an Ancestry.com user, I really appreciate the available databases, the search algorithms, and the communication efforts of Ancestry.com staff. I just wish that there would be more consistency with the Search tables and help functions.
At the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference in Little Rock, the Ancestry.com team said that they want one search experience, but that they are not satisfied with the New Search screen yet, and will work with it some more, and that about 70% of searches are done in New Search now (paraphrased in my notes here).
Experienced users of Ancestry.com understand that there are four available Search screens from the Home Page at http://www.ancestry.com/:
1) "Old" Search -- basic search (from Home Page, has Exact Match check box)):
2) "Old" Search - advanced search (link from Home Page, has Exact Match check boxes):
3) "New" Search - Basic Search (from Home Page, has no Exact Match check box):
4) "New" Search - Advanced Search (link from home page, has Exact Match check boxes):
Shouldn't all of the available Search tables have a check box for Exact Matches? No wonder users of "New" Search are often confused (believe me, when I help my society colleagues, they are really confused sometimes! They are using New Search because it is the default when they log in to Ancestry.com, and they have no clue as to how to change it, or even that there is an "Old" Search).
There is a link to "Advanced Search" on the "Old" Search Home Page down in the right-hand corner of the Search table.
In "New" Search from the Home Page, the Basic Search table says "Advanced" in the upper right-hand corner, but it isn't the Advanced Search table. If you click on the "Advanced" link, then you get the "New" Search Advanced Search table, which includes the "Match all Terms Exactly"check boxes for each item.
The "Old" Search table has a link for "Search Tips" that produces a page with four line items (you have to click on each item to see the content):
* Search Types (Historical Records, Family Trees, Stories & Publications, Photos & Maps)
* Get the most out of your search
* Exact matches only
* Browsing Ancestry.com
Here is a screen shot of the top part of these Search Tips:
However, the "New" Search tables on the Home Page do not provide a link for these "Search Tips." Shouldn't these Search Tips be offered on the Home Page Search table for "New" Search users?
I continue to be frustrated by "New" Search every time I try it. It just seems like it is more "work" than "Old" Search, probably because I always use Exact Matches for my searches (and have to click to "Advanced Search" to use it). I much prefer having the current Search table at the bottom of the Search Matches page in "Old" Search, although the "Hot Key" feature in "New" Search provides an equivalent capability (but my guess is that only a few users actually know about it).
Perhaps my frustration above stems from using the Ancestry.com Home Page (http://www.ancestry.com/) when I go to the web site. Using the "Search" tab in Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/) provides a somewhat different presentation of the Search table, including a "Learning Resources" box on the right of the screen. There is a link for "Show Advanced" on the Basic Search box to go to the Advanced Search box, and "Hide Advanced" on the Advanced Search box. There are also links to "Old Search" and "New Search" on these pages, which are helpful.
How many users click on the "Search" tab when they go into Ancestry.com? Why should they? There is a Search field right on the Home Page screen (assuming that the user has customized their home page to put it at the top - I have, because it's what I want to use first on Ancestry.com).
My recommendations for Ancestry.com (not requested, but offered freely here!) are:
* Make the Search Tables on the Home Page and Search tab similar
* Include an "Exact Matches only" check box on all Search Tables
* Put "Old Search" and "New Search" links on all Search Table pages
* Add the "Search Tips" link to all Search Table pages.
Along these lines, I noted that there will be a Webinar on 14 October for Best Strategies for Searching Ancestry.com on Ancestry.com.
Full disclosure: I am not an employee, contractor or affiliate of Ancestry.com. I am a paid subscriber with a U.S. Deluxe subscription.
Labels: Ancestry.com, Online resources, Search Engines
Currently I am using the older version search engine. I am not one for change. I am use to it and know where everything is. I will read other recommendations such as yours and then maybe try the newer versions once they've worked out the kinks. I appreciate your doing the "leg work" on this. Tina
Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 3:30:00 PM PDT
M. Diane Rogers said...
I am using the new search, probably usually from the home page. I still find it frustrating sometimes too and go back to the old - I was wondering how long it would be there - but sounds as if the Ancestry people don't know themselves.
One other thing I'd like to see is a prominent link to the card catalog on all the search forms.
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Friday, October 9, 2009 at 8:25:00 AM PDT
Geolover said...
Thanks Randy for the new look at the Old and New Search User Interfaces.
I strongly support your suggestions, especially making the link to switch to Old Search available on all search pages.
I use Old Search exclusively. I do not do global searches across the Ancestry platform; rather I search specific databases. I find New Search UI takes too many clicks to get to a specific database, and has too many hidden foibles (such as if you specify a place, and NewSearchUI finds something that matches several other factors in your search parameters, it will exclude the result that does not have a place-field. Hunhhh?). Not to mention the illogical order in which search results are presented, and illogical retrieval of results that is the fault of the many basic indexing methods of the past.
For example, want results regarding State of Delaware? You get databases regarding the Minisink region settlements on the Delaware River (mainly PA and NJ), items on the Lenni-Lenape, the Cumberland River settlements in Tennessee, Ohio land records, pictures of late 19th- to 20th-century NY passenger ships, and myriad other inexplicable 'hits' that may have the first name of the target person.
The core problem is the lack of adequate indexing in many databases (such as key-word rather than surname/firstname). If Ancestry.com were to install a boolean-capable search engine, it would help to exclude the nuttier search-results components.
Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 4:36:00 PM PDT
gsgenealogy said...
Thanks for posting the old vs. new problems. I assume you will tell us more about it on Tuesday at COG in N. county? See you then.
Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 7:24:00 PM PDT
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COVID-19 Vaccine: Moderna Says Early Results Are Promising
By	Caroline Warnock
Updated May 18, 2020 at 3:52pm
Twitter	Moderna
Moderna is an American biotech company that focuses on drug discovery and development based on messenger RNA (mRNA). They have developed a coronavirus vaccine, mRNA-1273, that's showing early signs of success in the first phases of human testing.
On May 18, Moderna released the data for the interim Phase 1 of testing their coronavirus vaccine. The Phase 1 study of the vaccine was led by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The company issued a press release stating that: "these data substantiate our belief that mRNA-1273 has the potential to prevent COVID-19 disease and advance our ability to select a dose for pivotal trials."
Here's what you need to know about the Moderna coronavirus vaccine:
1. Moderna Has Announced Positive Results of the Interim Phase 1 Study
Summary of our SARS-CoV-2 #vaccine (mRNA-1273) interim Phase 1 data. Read more: https://t.co/aIq34ullAh #mRNA pic.twitter.com/BVbYuWTkOy
— Moderna (@moderna_tx) May 18, 2020
The results of the interim first phase study, a small early-stage human trial, were released on May 18. The study showed that the vaccine produced virus-neutralizing antibodies at the levels seen in patients recovered from COVID-19. The early results are based on eight patients who were administered the vaccine in two different doses (25 µg and 100 µg). The samples are not yet available for the other participants.
All participants were given different doses of the vaccine and the study found that there was a dose-dependent increase in their body's immune response. The biotech company also indicated that the vaccine was "generally safe and well tolerated." It indicated only one instance of what's called a grade 3 adverse effect in one participant who experienced redness around the injection site. According to Moderna, "All adverse events have been transient and self-resolving."
Tal Zaks, the Chief Medical Officer at Moderna, said of the results: "These interim Phase 1 data, while early, demonstrate that vaccination with mRNA-1273 elicits an immune response of the magnitude caused by natural infection starting with a dose as low as 25 µg."
2. The Company Has Received FDA Approval to Fast Track the Next Phases of the Study
We are thankful for the support of @BARDA and @RickABright to fund the accelerated development of mRNA-1273, our vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2 https://t.co/Sn20aJVr8Z pic.twitter.com/vP0F9C1MYz
— Moderna (@moderna_tx) April 16, 2020
On May 12, Moderna received the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s Fast Track designation, which will be useful in speeding up the review process of the vaccine. This means that Moderna can proceed to Phase 2 of the study, which will take place soon. The company is also working on its protocol for Phase 3, which it hopes will begin in early summer of 2020.
The Phase 2 study will look at two different dose levels, 50 µg and 100 µg, to ultimately choose the best dose for study. Based on the interim data received from Phase 1, Moderna believes that the Phase 3 study will explore doses between 25 µg and 100 µg, and will begin in July 2020. The company aims to enroll 600 healthy participants in two age groups, 18-55 years and 55 years and older. Each participant will receive a placebo or a specific dose, and they will be followed for 12 months after vaccination.
After receiving Fast Track approval, the Chief Medical Officer for Moderna said: "Fast Track designation underscores the urgent need for a vaccine against the novel coronavirus. As we await the full set of clinical data from the NIAID-led Phase 1 study, we are actively preparing for our Phase 2 and Phase 3 clinical studies to continue learning about the potential of mRNA-1273 to protect against [COVID-19]."
3. U.S. Officials Say a Vaccine Will Take From 12 to 18 Months to Be Deemed Effective & Safe, But Moderna Is Attempting to Shorten the Timeline
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The news that Moderna could begin its Phase 3 trials in July 2020 puts it well ahead of the predicted timeline for a vaccine, which anticipated Phase 3 trials in the fall. The Moderna Chief Executive Officer, Stéphane Bancel, said that if the crucial Phase 3 trial in the summer is successful, they could file a BLA (biologics license application) to get permission to distribute their product in the U.S.
A 12-18 month timeline for a safe and effective vaccine has been frequently mentioned by U.S. officials. However, some experts say that this timeline is too optimistic and a vaccine won't be ready for distribution in this time frame. Dr. Rick Bright, the vaccine scientist who formerly led the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority in the U.S. government spoke to Congress last week. He said, "A lot of optimism is swirling around a 12-to-18-month time frame if everything goes perfectly. We've never seen everything go perfectly. I still think 12 to 18 months is an aggressive schedule, and I think it's going to take longer than that to do so."
However, in an interview with Business Insider, Moderna CEO Bancel said that the vaccine could potentially be ready for emergency use by the fall. Forbes believes that Moderna may be on track to get full approval for the vaccine by next year, putting it ahead of its biotech rivals developing coronavirus vaccines.
4. Moderna Has Partnered With Lonza Group to Increase Their Vaccine Production to 1 Billion Per Year Once Approved
Lonza is working hard to set up manufacturing suites at our facilities in the U.S. and CH for the production of Moderna's mRNA vaccine (mRNA-1273) against the coronavirus. We intend to manufacture the first batches of mRNA-1273 at Lonza U.S. in July 2020. https://t.co/xZzf04qOe0
— Lonza (@LonzaGroup) May 18, 2020
On May 1, Moderna announced a collaboration with Switzerland-based Lonza Group to manufacture the vaccine on a large-scale so that if it gets approved they can produce as many as 1 billion doses a year. Bancel said, "We are investing to scale up manufacturing so we can maximize the number of doses we can produce to help protect as many people as we can from [COVID-19]."
The interim chairman and CEO of Lonza, Albert M. Baehny, issued a statement about the partnership:
Moderna's technology represents a significant opportunity to change the way we protect people against disease. The current pandemic illustrates the need to combine the best science with resilient supply chains that can scale. We are fully committed to leveraging our global network and experience in manufacturing technologies to support Moderna's manufacture of mRNA-1273 as well as collaborating on future Moderna products.
Moderna states that the reason they could develop the vaccine so quickly is because it's an mRNA vaccine, so it's designed using the sequence of the virus and not the virus itself. The timeline on Moderna's website says that the genetic sequence of the COVID-19 virus was shared by Chinese authorities on January 11, and the Moderna vaccine sequence was developed two days later, on January 13.
5. Moderna Is a Biotech Company Using mRNA Science to Create New Classes of Medicines
Team Moderna at today's @Nasdaq opening bell! Another step on our journey as we continue our work to develop new #mRNA therapeutics and vaccines for patients. pic.twitter.com/ldLrQiSifR
— Moderna (@moderna_tx) December 7, 2018
Moderna was founded in 2010 and its mission is to "deliver on the promise of mRNA science to create a new generation of transformative medicines for patients." It believes that messenger RNA (mRNA) can be used to create new types of medicines that can improve patients' lives, and that using mRNA can improve the way medicines are discovered, produced and manufactured.
The medicines developed by Moderna are supposed to help a patient's cells produce the necessary proteins to provide the body with a therapeutic or preventative benefit. Moderna, Inc. (MRNA) is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and its shares spiked as much as 39% after its positive announcement on May 18.
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La barca solar és un element simbòlic de la mitologia egípcia vinculat al cicle diari del Sol i el demiürg, que s'associa amb Ra.
Per als egipcis de l'antiguitat, el cicle perpetu de l'arribada i la posta del Sol és comparable al cicle de la vida i de la mort. Així, cada matí el Sol neix a orient, creix fins al zenit, envelleix cap a occident, i després desapareix en el regne dels morts, la Duat. Aquest viatge diürn, el déu solar, Ra, l'efectua a bord d'una barca anomenada mandyet. L'elecció d'una barca com a mitjà de transport es comprèn fàcilment en una civilització eminentment fluvial on el Nil representa la via principal de comunicació i font primordial d'aliments, gràcies a les fertilitzants crescudes, la irrigació i la pesca.

El periple perpetu de Ra no coneix pausa ni al vespre, al contrari, només comença de nou. És en una altra barca, anomenada mesektet, en què comença el seu periple subterrani, el qual travessa durant les dotze hores de la nit abans de poder renéixer al matí. En el regne dels morts, s'ha d'enfrontar amb les forces del caos, en què el representant més poderós és la serp Apofis. A la barca, és acompanyat per altres divinitats que, com Seth, l'ajuden a lluitar contra el caos.

Els egipcis de l'antiguitat van imaginar que, associant-se amb el déu solar en el moment del seu viatge perpetu a bord de les barques sagrades, les seves ànimes viurien eternament. Així és com el culte funerari va quedar fortament marcat per aquest mite solar. Per això, normalment, les tombes es van construir sobre la riba occidental del Nil, on "mor" el Sol, i en el ritual funerari s'incloïa travessar el riu amb el difunt sobre barques semblants a les del déu solar.

S'han trobat diverses representacions d'aquestes barques en maquetes i aixovars funeraris, la més espectacular és segurament la barca solar de més de 4.500 anys, que es va trobar en un fossar al costat de la Gran Piràmide, el 1954, desmuntada en 1.224 peces. La barca, de més de 43 metres d'eslora, es va tornar a muntar, una feina que va durar una dècada i la col·laboració de diversos experts. Actualment, està exposada en el Museu de la Barca Solar, una construcció al costat sud de la piràmide. S'han trobat quatre fossars més per a barques solars al costat de la piràmide i cinc més al voltant de la piràmide de Kefren.

Vegeu també
 Mitologia egípcia
 Barca solar de Kheops

Referències

Enllaços externs
 La barca solar en el arte del Antiguo Egipto. J. M. Benito Goerlich. Universitat de València.
 Discovery of Cheops' Solar Boat by Kamal el Mallakh, Egypt Antiquity News.
 Extraen las primeras piezas de la segunda barca solar de Keops. National Geographic.

Mitologia egípcia

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