Association mapping, a high-resolution method for mapping quantitative trait loci based on linkage disequilibrium, holds great promise for the dissection of complex genetic traits. The recent assembly and characterization of maize association mapping panels, development of improved statistical methods, and successful association of candidate genes have begun to realize the power of candidate-ge...

Much of the research in semantic integration has reduced the problem to ontology integration – two software applications can be integrated by specifying the semantic mappings between their respective ontologies. However, few applications in practice have explicitly specified ontologies, and even when they do, the ontologies are not fully axiomatized (that is, there exist intended interpretation...

The advancement of next-generation sequencing technologies in conjunction with new bioinformatics tools enabled fine-tuning of sequence-based, high-resolution mapping strategies for complex genomes. Although genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) provides a large number of markers, its application for association mapping and genomics-assisted breeding is limited by a large proportion of missing data pe...

desertification is specific phenomenon of arid, semi-arid, dry sub humid regions. this phenomenon has a high rate in developing countries such as iran. the main objective of this research was calibration of imdpa model in abuzeidabad (kashan) region with emphasis on land criteria. imdpa model, introduced by iranian researchers to assess desertification intensity in iran. before application, the...

Mobile mapping has been the subject of significant research and development by several research teams over the past decade. A mobile mapping system consists mainly of a moving platform, navigation sensors, and mapping sensors. The mobile platform may be a land vehicle, a vessel, or an aircraft. Generally, the navigation sensors, such as GPS (Global Positioning System) receivers, vehicle wheel s...

we prove a strong convergence result for a sequence generated by halpern's type iteration for approximating a common fixed point of a countable family of quasi-lipschitzian mappings in a real hilbert space. consequently, we apply our results to the problem of finding a common fixed point of asymptotically nonexpansive mappings, an equilibrium problem, and a variational inequality problem for co...

Let P be a cone in a Hilbert space H, A : P → 2 be an accretive mapping (equivalently, −A be a dissipative mapping) and T : P → P be a nonexpansive mapping. In this paper, some fixed point theorems for mappings of the type −A+T are established. As an application, we utilize the results presented in this paper to study the existence problem of solutions for some kind of nonlinear integral equati...

Background Myocardial tissue characterization using T2* relaxation mapping techniques is an emerging application of clinical cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging. The increase in microscopic susceptibility at higher magnetic field strengths renders myocardial T2* mapping at ultrahigh magnetic fields conceptually appealing. This work demonstrates the feasibility of myocardial T2* imaging at...

In this paper we show that metric regularity and strong metric regularity of a set-valued mapping imply convergence of inexact iterative methods for solving a generalized equation associated with this mapping. To accomplish this, we first focus on the question how these properties are preserved under changes of the mapping and the reference point. As an application, we consider discrete approxi...

This paper explores the role of knowledge mapping in electronic government. It begins by outlining the rationale for knowledge mapping. It then reviews different conceptualisations of knowledge maps. These include concept, competency and process based maps. Then, it illustrates the application of these maps in a series of examples from the Australian government websites. The paper concludes by ...