We detail our work on evaluating and selecting a network of related ontologies for caracterising information relevant to the epidemiological domain. Instead of defning a new ontology from scratc, we propose a Network of Epidemiology-Related Ontologies (NERO), whic can be combined to form the core of semantic models in epidemic forecasting infrastructures. Departing from the metadata model of Ep...

The present research studied Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeasts isolated from Nero d'Avola grapes, collected in different areas of the Sicily region. RAPD-PCR analysis with M13 primer was used for preliminary discrimination among 341 S. cerevisiae isolates. Inoculated fermentations with S. cerevisiae strains, exhibiting different RAPD-PCR fingerprinting, revealed the impact of selected strains on ...

The genetic structure of the “Badda” common bean cultivated at Polizzi Generosa, a village of Sicily (Palermo, Italy), was investigated using biochemical and molecular markers. Seed storage protein analysis by using SDS-PAGE, confirmed the attribution to the Andean gene pool. Simple Sequence Repeats (SSR) (or microsatellite) molecular markers provided useful information on genetic variation and...

In this study, a Mexican Hat Wavelet scalogram neural genetic network approach is proposed for signal classification. The Wavelet Scalogram network uses a Levenberg-Marquardt multilayer feedforward neural network-genetic algorithm hybrid structure, and its input layer constitutes the feature extraction part, whereas the hidden layer and output layer constitute the signal classification part. Fr...

The aim of this research is to improve an existing low-cost and simple but consistent culturing technique for measuring the adsorption of grape skin pigments on yeasts, comprising: (i) growing yeasts in Petri dishes on chromogenic grape-skin-based medium, (ii) photographing the yeast biomass, (iii) measuring its red, green, and blue colour components, and (iv) performing the statistical analysi...

The preservation of epidemiological information is challenging in several aspects, since this is both a data-intensive and multidisciplinary subject, with large amounts of data spanning several domains of knowledge. We present, as a case study, the Epidemic Marketplace (EM), a platform dedicated to the preservation of epidemiological resources. To ensure integrity of the data, the EM uses a met...

The choice of image on the dust-jacket of this book is as inspired as its contents: a graffito sketch bearing an uncanny resemblance to Nero (complete with nose-hairs) from a taberna excavated in the SW substructures of the Domus Tiberiana. Its reproduction has been stripped of the later scribbles that encroach on the neck and the back of the head; indeed, it is reproduced in splendid isolation...

Problem statement: As the Variable Bit Rate (VBR) is high in MPEG, the video experienced long delay and unexpected data loss. In wireless channel, due to noise and interference of other signals transmission rate cannot be predicted. Approach: In this paper we proposed an intelligent fuzzy logic controller for transmission of Moving Picture Expert Group (MPEG-4) video signals over wireless chann...