Typical problems in bioinformatics involve large discrete datasets. Therefore, in order to apply statistical methods in such domains, it is important to develop efficient algorithms suitable for discrete data. The minimum description length (MDL) principle is a theoretically well-founded, general framework for performing statistical inference. The mathematical formalization of MDL is based on t...

This paper describes our approach to modeling computing infrastructures. Our main contribution is the Infrastructure and Network Description Language (INDL) ontology. The aim of INDL is to provide technology independent descriptions of computing infrastructures, including the physical resources as well as their network infrastructure. INDL also provides the necessary vocabulary to describe virt...

Aim: Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lymphadenitis (NML), which occurs in 1.2 per 100,000 children, is very rare. And those which emerge at the anterior cervical portion and infiltrate deep into the neck are even more rare. Generally, this disorder is uncommon existed near the thyroid gland. We report here a case of NML mimicking a thyroid tumor and infiltrating into the deep part of the anterior ...

New media literacy (NML) skills are regarded as crucial for the 21st century. However, there is limited research on factors affecting NML skills. A robust model was built exploring antecedents of NML. The incorporated epistemological beliefs and social use purposes. Individuals` purposes were found to have an effect about information. Further, interactional communicational makes more sophistica...

JCB • VOLUME 181 • NUMBER 5 • 2008 714 rDNA si lencing saves starving cel ls H istone methylation at ribosomal genes saves cells when sugar is in short supply, say Akiko Murayama, Junn Yanagisawa (University of Tsukuba, Japan), and colleagues. The team identifi es multiple parts of the machinery that links energy levels to epigenetics. Ribosome biogenesis demands lots of energy, and rDNA transc...

This study examined the laterality of the supporting leg in postural stability during a one-leg stance test on an unstable moving platform and its practice effect. 30 male university students were evaluated using the omnidirection stability index (OSI) during a one-leg stance test on an unstable moving platform (three trials). The leg used when kicking a ball was defined as the manipulation leg...

We exploit the Minimum Description Length (MDL) principle as a model selection technique for Bernoulli distributions and compare several types of MDL codes. We first present a simplistic crude two-part MDL code and a Normalized Maximum Likelihood (NML) code. We then focus on the enumerative two-part crude MDL code, suggest a Bayesian interpretation for finite size data samples, and exhibit a st...

In 1998 the Time and Frequency (TF) project of the CSIR National Metrology Laboratory (CSIR-NML) had to decide on its replacement strategy for the Allan Osborne and Associates (AOA) TTR5 and TTR5A single channel Global Positioning System (GPS) timing receivers. These receivers would have stopped working at the GPS week rollover, which occurred on 22 August 1999 at 0h Universal Coordinated Time ...

We propose a novel normal mode multiple time stepping Langevin dynamics integrator called NML. The aim is to approximate the kinetics or thermodynamics of a biomolecule by a reduced model based on a normal mode decomposition of the dynamical space. Our basis set uses the eigenvectors of a mass reweighted Hessian matrix calculated with a biomolecular force field. This particular choice has the a...