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How is the Accelerated Cure Project repository different from other repositories?

Accelerated Cure Project - Repository FAQ
While other sample repositories do exist, few are specific to MS. Few have a large number of samples. Many do not have sufficient medical records to back up the diagnosis of the condition being studied. Rarely is any significant epidemiological data available on the donors. Many are established for a single purpose and are not useful to people in another discipline (e.g., samples are collected for genetics, but are not useful for other purposes).

How is Accelerated Cure Project and the repository funded?

Accelerated Cure Project - Repository FAQ
Accelerated Cure Project and the repository are funded primarily by individual donors, particularly those personally affected by MS. A portion of our funding also comes from corporate sponsors and private foundations. Gifts are solicited and raised through annual written appeals, company and volunteer-driven fundraising events (such as our annual scavenger hunt), foundation grant requests, and personal interactions with donors.

How is your sample repository different than other repositories?

Accelerated Cure Project - FAQs
There are other sample repositories out there. Few are specific to MS. Few have a large number of samples. Many do not have sufficient medical records to back up the diagnosis of the condition being studied. Rarely is any epidemiological data available on the donors. Many are collected for a single purpose and are not useful to people in another discipline (e.g. collected for genetics, useless for toxicology). Not all repositories are shared outside of the labs that created them.

How is DSpace different from other digital repositories?

FAQ: DSpace: MIT Libraries
Unlike many other repositories, DSpace addresses the myriad issues inherent in a multi-disciplinary archive, including: DSpace has a flexible storage and retrieval architecture adaptable to multiple data formats and distinct research disciplines. Each content community has a customized user portal that promotes a user environment closely matching that community’s practices and terminology.

My project moved to a new repository. What should I do?

Ohloh Frequently Asked Questions
If it's possible, the best solution is to import all of the history from the old repository into the new repository, preserving a continuous timeline of ongoing development. If you can't do this, Ohloh does support multiple repositories per project. In this case, all of the activity from both repositories will be combined to make a single report.

What is the Boston Cure Project?

Accelerated Cure Project - FAQs
The Boston Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis is a national nonprofit dedicated to curing MS by determining its causes. Founded in 2001 it began formally branching out nationally in 2005 under the umbrella name Accelerated Cure Project for MS, with the Boston Cure Project as the national headquarters and New England Affiliate.

Is there a way to affiliate my repository with other OAI-PMH conformant repositories?

Open Archives Initiative FAQ
Data providers may be aware of other OAI-PMH conformant repositories; one example is a data provider that is a member of a group or community of affiliated data providers. In such cases, the friends container in the Identify response may be used by repositories to list confederate repositories. This provides an automatic way for harvesters to discover other repositories that may be of interest.

Is there a cure?

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance: Frequently Asked Qu...
No, there is not yet a cure for depression or bipolar disorder. But research is underway to determine the exact cause of these illnesses, to develop better treatments and eventually a cure. Click here to learn more about current research.

How is this Shape Repository connected to the AIM@SHAPE project?

Aim@Shape Project - Shape Repository
The AIM@SHAPE Shape Repository is a key component of the e-Science framework of tools and services for modeling, processing, and interpreting digital shapes, developed within the AIM@SHAPE project. top

How do I use a HepForge project's Subversion repository?

HepForge > Documentation > FAQ - CEDAR
First, see the documentation in the user guide. If your confusion is about SVN in general rather than HepForge SVN specifically, then the SVN book is your first port of call. If you want to use Subversion directly, then you have the choice of using the anonymous read-only system over HTTP or the full read-write system via SSH. To use the full permissions system you will need to have a HepForge shell account and be a registered developer on the relevant project.

What will not be accelerated?

NetRockets.com - FAQs
Although FastRocket is able to compress many different types of online data, there are a few which cannot be accelerated:

Are there other such repositories?

University Libraries and Office of the Chief Information Off...
Yes, there are many institutions that have established digital repositories for the same reason we have. Several university libraries that were part of the initial Dspace Federation with the Ohio State University Libraries were, Cambridge University, Columbia University, University of Calgary, Cornell, MIT, University of Oregon, University of Toronto, University of Rochester , University of Washington, University of Edinburgh and many more.

How is EPEL different from other third party repositories for RHEL and derivatives?

EPEL/FAQ - Fedora Project Wiki
EPEL packages are in most cases built or derived from the equivalent ones in Fedora repository and maintained by the same people. It has also been improved through peer reviews, testing and feedback from end users. EPEL adheres to the well documented Fedora Packaging guidelines, which RHEL has started following. This ensures good integration. EPEL is purely a complimentary add-on repository and does not replace packages in RHEL or layered products.
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