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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def initialize(dirs):
 """Initialize the biolite database to load provenance information. """

    if biolite and dirs.get("work"):
        base_dir = utils.safe_makedir(os.path.join(dirs["work"], "provenance"))
        p_db = os.path.join(base_dir, "biolite.db")
        biolite.config.resources["database"] = p_db
        biolite.database.connect()