Following the discovery of serious errors in the structure of biomacromolecules, structure validation has become a key topic of research, especially for ligands and non-standard residues. ValidatorDB (freely available at http://ncbr.muni.cz/ValidatorDB) offers a new step in this direction, in the form of a database of validation results for all ligands and non-standard residues from the Protein...

this paper proposes a method for ranking decision making units (dmus) using some of the multiple criteria decision making / multiple attribute decision making          (mcdm /madm) techniques, namely, interval analytic hierarchy process (iahp)          and the technique for order preference by similarity to an ideal solution (topsis).          since the efficiency score of unity is assigned to ...

The protein data bank (PDB) is the largest, most comprehensive, freely available depository of protein structural information, containing more than 37,500 deposited structures. On one hand, the form and the organization of the PDB seems to be perfectly adequate for gathering information from specific protein structures, by using the bibliographic references and the informative remark fields. On...

While reading handwritten text accurately is a difficult task for computers, the conversion of handwritten papers into digital format is necessary for automatic processing. Since most bank checks are handwritten, the number of checks is very high, and manual processing involves significant expenses, many banks are interested in systems that can read check automatically. This paper presents seve...

In this chapter we describe an Italian bank check processing system. The system is made up of several processing modules, including those for data acquisition, image preprocessing, character center detection, character recognition, courtesy amount recognition, and legal amount recognition. The system reads and recognizes (at the character level) the courtesy and the legal amounts separately. Th...

This paper proposes a method for ranking decision making units (DMUs) using some of the multiple criteria decision making / multiple attribute decision making          (MCDM /MADM) techniques, namely, interval analytic hierarchy process (IAHP)          and the technique for order preference by similarity to an ideal solution (TOPSIS).          Since the efficiency score of unity is assigned to ...

In this paper we present a new tempo estimation algorithm which uses a bank of resonating comb filters to determine the dominant periodicity of a musical excerpt. Unlike existing (comb filter based) approaches, we do not use handcrafted features derived from the audio signal, but rather let a recurrent neural network learn an intermediate beat-level representation of the signal and use this inf...

Background: The implementation of automated techniques improves the workflow and quality of immunohematological results. The workflows of our university blood bank were reviewed during the implementation of an automated immunohematological testing system. Methods: Work impact of blood grouping and subgrouping, cross-matching and antibody search using the Immucor Galileo system was compared to t...

Until the rise of electronic means for direct debit, bank cheques have been used as the best form of payment, balancing security and ease of use. Its acceptance and generalized use are result of international agreements that define rules for filling and using it. The fast processing of payments and transactions through safer electronic methods has created the need to reduce its usage over the l...