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Gene Ontology annotation of the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae
(2009-02-19)
Background
Magnaporthe oryzae, the causal agent of blast disease of rice, is the most destructive disease of rice worldwide. The genome of this fungal pathogen has been sequenced and an automated annotation has recently ...
A framework for evaluating epidemic forecasts
(2017-05-15)
Abstract
Background
Over the past few decades, numerous forecasting methods have been proposed in the field of epidemic forecasting. Such methods can be classified into different ...
User-elicited dual-hand interactions for manipulating 3D objects in virtual reality environments
(2018-10-29)
Abstract
Virtual reality technologies (VR) have advanced rapidly in the last few years. Prime examples include the Oculus RIFT and HTC Vive that are both head-worn/mounted displays (HMDs). VR HMDs enable a ...
Predicting network modules of cell cycle regulators using relative protein abundance statistics
(2017-02-28)
Abstract
Background
Parameter estimation in systems biology is typically done by enforcing experimental observations through an objective function as the parameter space of a ...
Rohingya Refugee Crisis and Forest Cover Change in Teknaf, Bangladesh
(MDPI, 2018-04-30)
Following a targeted campaign of violence by Myanmar military, police, and local militias, more than half a million Rohingya refugees have fled to neighboring Bangladesh since August 2017, joining thousands of others living ...
Effects of price discount on consumers’ perceptions of savings, quality, and value for apparel products: mediating effect of price discount affect
(2018-02-15)
Abstract
Extending the price–quality–value model (Monroe and Krishnan in The perception of merchandise and store quality 209–232, 1985) and means-end model (Zeithaml in J Mark 52:2–22, 1988), we developed a ...
Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea within biofilters of a commercial recirculating marine aquaculture system
(2018-02-10)
Abstract
While biofilters are widely used to metabolize ammonia and other wastes in marine recirculating aquaculture systems, the ammonia-oxidizing bacterial and archaeal communities have not been characterized ...
Substitution of amino acid residue V1213 in the helicase domain of the genotype 3 hepatitis E virus reduces virus replication
(2018-02-08)
Abstract
Background
Genotype 3 hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is generally associated with mild disease. However, recently eight genotype 3 HEV isolates were identified ...
Summary results of the 2014-2015 DARPA Chikungunya challenge
(2018-05-30)
Abstract
Background: Emerging pathogens such as Zika, chikungunya, Ebola, and dengue viruses are serious threats to national and global health security. Accurate forecasts of emerging epidemics and their ...