Information age demands omnipresence of data. Large data sets are created, maintained and outsourced to the third party experts for data mining. Knowledge and patterns are extracted by using advanced data mining algorithms that assist the decision makers to ensure quick, correct and effective decisions to be made in this world of competition. The outsourcing of these large data sets faces the p...

The present study was designed to evaluate the usefulness of two novel molecular typing methods, amplification of DNA fragments surrounding rare restriction sites (ADSRRS-fingerprinting) and the PCR melting profile (PCR MP), for Staphylococcus aureus strain differentiation. Thirty-seven S. aureus strains isolated from patients with a history of furunculosis were studied. The strains were identi...

With increasing speed, virulence, and sophistication, self-propagating worms continue to pose a serious threat to the safety of the Internet. To effectively identify and defend against self-propagating worms, a critical task is to characterize a worm along multiple dimensions. Content-based fingerprinting is a well-established dimension for worm characterization by deriving the most representat...

The potential of terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) and the detection of operational taxonomic units (OTUs) by capillary electrophoresis (CE) to characterize marine bacterioplankton communities was compared with that of denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). A protocol has been developed to optimize the separation and detection of OTUs between 20 and 1, 632 bp b...

Recently considerable attention has been paid to indoor geolocation using wireless local area networks (WLAN) and wireless personal area networks (WPAN) devices. As more applications using these technologies are emerging in the market, the need for accurate and reliable localization increases. In response to this need, a number of technologies and associated algorithms have been introduced in t...

With increasing speed, virulence, and sophistication, self-propagating worms continue to pose a serious threat to the safety of the Internet. To effectively identify and defend against self-propagating worms, a critical task is to characterize a worm along multiple dimensions. Content-based fingerprinting is a well-established dimension for worm characterization by deriving the most representat...

A diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) is rarely disputed if Mycobacterium tuberculosis is isolated from a clinical specimen; however, specimen contamination may occur (1-3). Identification of TB strain patterns through molecular typing or DNA fingerprinting is a recent advancement in TB laboratory techniques (3-7). CDC's National Tuberculosis Genotyping and Surveillance Network (NTGSN) performs DNA ...

Coding methods for fingerprinting digital information are considered, with the aim of deterring users from copyright violation. A general model for discrete fingerprinting is presented, along with a simple embedding method for text documents. Different types of attacks are discussed, including attacks from colluding pirates. Some preliminary results are derived for random fingerprinting codes. ...

Two highly discriminatory fingerprinting assays, short tandem repeat typing and amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP), were compared to determine the genetic relatedness between 55 isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus obtained from 15 different patients suffering from proven invasive aspergillosis. Both techniques showed that interpatient isolates belonged to different genotypes and that i...

Since the 1960s, biological macromolecules have occupied an increasingly important role in evolutionary and systematic studies. These biological macromolecules, used as sources of molecular characteristics, are proteins and various types of DNA such as a nuclear genome, nuclear ribosomal DNA, mitochondrial genome, and chloroplast genome. Electrophoresis and immunological techniques are used for...