Efforts to identify loci underlying complex traits generally assume that most genetic variance is additive. This is despite the fact that non-additive genetic effects, such as epistatic interactions and developmental noise, are also likely to make important contributions to the phenotypic variability. Analyses beyond additivity require additional care in the design and collection of data, and i...

Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) is a phthalic acid ester and is widely used in polymeric products to make them more flexible. DBP is found in almost every plastic material and is believed to be persistent in the environment. Various analytical methods have been used to measure DBP in different matrices. Considering the ubiquitous nature of DBP, the most important challenge in DBP analyses is the contam...

An analytical method for predicting elastic–plastic stress distribution in a cylindrical pressure vessel has been presented. The vessel material was a ceramic/metal functionally graded material, i.e. a particle–reinforcement composite. It was assumed that the material’s plastic deformation follows an isotropic strain-hardening rule based on the von-Mises yield criterion, and that the vessel was...

Five years ago I proposed a common database approach for transaction processing and analytical systems using a columnar in-memory database, disputing the common belief that column stores are not suitable for transactional workloads. Today, the concept has been widely adopted in academia and industry and it is proven that it is feasible to run analytical queries on large data sets directly on a ...

methods allplex gi-virus assay was developed to detect pathogens causing viral gastroenteritis, one of the major diseases caused by rna viruses. this one-step multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction (pcr) based on the mudt technique permits simultaneous amplification and detection of target nucleic acids of norovirus gi, norovirus gii, rotavirus a, adenovirus f, astrovirus, and sapovirus ...

As big data and multi-omics analyses are becoming mainstream, computational proficiency and literacy are essential skills in a biologist’s tool kit. All “omics” studies require computational biology: the implementation of analyses requires programming skills, while experimental design and interpretation require a solid understanding of the analytical approach. While academic cores, commercial s...

This paper describes an application model that couples Analytical Hierarchy Process(AHP) and fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method , which named Fuzzy-AHP(FAHP). AHP has its own superiority in computing index weight and comparing index in the same row than at classifying level. While fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method is good at classifying level. Taking into account their respective advanta...