In Ireland there is great demand from policy makers and researchers for data on total farm household incomes. Availability of such data is not always as detailed as required. In this document, current farm household statistical data sources as they occur in Ireland are reviewed. Variation in definition, in particular how the farm household is defined may reveal differences in results. The metho...

A number of recent studies showed that digital footprints around built environments, such as geo-located tweets, are promising data sources for characterizing urban land use. However, challenges for achieving this purpose exist due to the volume and unstructured nature of geo-located social media. Previous studies focused on analyzing Twitter data collectively resulting in coarse resolution map...

It is generally thought that the perceptual impact of a brief flash of light is determined by the quantity of photons the flash delivers. This means that only the total quantity of photons is important below a critical duration of about 30-100 ms. Recent findings have challenged this concept and the present work provides additional evidence that it is not correct. The first experiment reported ...

Many of the orthopaedic studies completed within the military come from records-based research. This methodological article will assist researchers in completing such studies by highlighting the experiences and lessons learned from a recent retrospective study on amputees. Specifically, this article provides details on the various data sources available within the military, and how to access th...

MATERIAL AND METHODS We recall the definition of epistasis and extend it for metagenomic biomarkers and then we describe the overview of our method metaBOOST and provide detailed information about each step of metaBOOST. RESULTS We describe the data sources for both simulation studies and real metagenomic datasets. Then, we describe the procedure of simulation studies and provide results for ...

By evaluation of an extensive yield database a biomass yield model [bym] was developed. It is based on site specific yield functions and crop rotation algorithms. In combination with geodata it is possible to calculate regional biomass on the level of municipalities. The conversion to a GIS was performed in Visual Basic for Application (VBA). Exemplary winter rye production for bioethanol in th...

Background and Aim: Numerous efforts over the past century have been performed. Various innovation techniques are increasingly gaining attention and gradually established the foundation of recent significant developments in the world of neurosurgery, among which varied stereotactic neuro-navigation designs and other novel emerging systems are being quotidian developed. This narrative review ai...

In this article we highlight recent developments in computational functional genomics to identify networks of functionally related genes and proteins based on diverse sources of genomic data. Our specific focus is on statistical methods to identify genetic networks. We discuss integrated analysis of microarray datasets, methods to combine heterogeneous data sources, the analysis of high-dimensi...

The debate on the measurement of income, poverty and social exclusion in Europe has increased significantly in recent years. Poverty is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon and, according to the definition used, various measures to assess poverty are calculated and different poverty sizes are obtained. The aim of this work is to make a review of the literature on the most used approaches t...