The genome assembly problem is to generate the original DNA sequence of the organism from a large set of short overlapping fragments. MIRA is an open source assembler based on the Overlap Layout Consensus (OLC) graph model which addresses the assembly problem and is widely used by biologists [1,2]. Like other assemblers MIRA takes a long time to compute the assembly for large number of sequence...

Grapheme-to-phoneme (g2p) conversion, used to estimate the pronunciations of out-of-vocabulary (OOV) words, is a highly important part of recognition systems, as well as text-to-speech systems. The current state-of-the-art approach in g2p conversion is structured learning based on the Margin Infused Relaxed Algorithm (MIRA), which is an online discriminative training method for multiclass class...

We have conducted an optical long-term monitoring survey of the majority of dwarf galaxies in the Local Group, with the Isaac Newton Telescope (INT), to identify the long period variable (LPV) stars. LPV stars vary on timescales of months to years, and reach the largest amplitudes of their brightness variations at optical wavelengths, due to the changing temperature. They trace stellar populati...

Thorough discussion of the previous theoretical works on the pulsation of Long Period Variables leads us to the conclusion that the mode periods predicted by linear models must significantly differ from the reality, and that, if one nevertheless relies upon such a modelling, it is at least necessary to change the mixing length. The hypothesis that the so–derived mode periods be reasonably relia...

Interferometric observations of sixMira-type stars: R Aqr, CIT 3, Cyg,WAql, R Leo, and UOri are reported. All measurements weremade byUCBerkeley’s Infrared Spatial Interferometer (ISI ), which is comprised of three 1.65m telescopes using a heterodyne detection system currently operating at 11.15 m. All data were taken in a nonredundant east-west linear configuration of telescopes, at a variety ...

1 Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, 2 Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, 3 Surgical Robotics Laboratory, Department of Biomechanical Engineering, MIRA – Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, 4 Division of Gastroen...

BACKGROUND Neonatal mortality remains high in rural Nepal. Previous work suggests that local women's groups can effect significant improvement through community mobilisation. The possibility of identification and management of newborn infections by community-based workers has also arisen. METHODS/DESIGN The objective of this trial is to evaluate the effects on newborn health of two community-...

Corresponding author: Nicola Lucio Liberato MD Internal Medicine Ospedale C. Mira Piazzale Volontari del Sangue 27022 Casorate Primo (PV), Italy Phone: +390290040224 Fax: +390290040304 E-mail: lucio_liberato@ ospedali.pavia.it 1 Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera della Provincia di Pavia, Ospedale Civile “Asilo Vittoria”, Mortara (PV), Italy 2 Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera della Pr...