Global alignment techniques are either direct or iterative, and can generally be feature-based or intensity-based. Feature-based techniques are usually preceded by an extraction-grouping process that largely limits their usefulness. Many of these techniques are based on feature matching that makes the alignment sensitive to faulty matches. Moreover, intensity-based techniques are sensitive to i...

The effectiveness of various tracers for measurements of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) as a complex chemical mixture is based on the physicochemical properties of four major organic components and their dynamic behavior in indoor environments. For the particulate matter (PM) component and the very volatile organic compounds, emission and ventilation rates are generally the most ...

A wide range of toxicity test methods is used or is being developed for assessing the impact of endocrine-active compounds (EACs) on human health. Interpretation of these data and their quantitative use in human and ecologic risk assessment will be enhanced by the availability of mechanistically based dose-response (MBDR) models to assist low-dose, interspecies, and (italic)in vitro(/italic) to...

Working with Optical Character Recognition for the printed Gurmukhi Script is a challenging task due to the large number of characters, the sophisticated ways in which they combine, and the complicated result. This paper describes a fast and easy to implement algorithm for detection of bold and italic character in Gurmukhi Script. The algorithm works without recognition of actual character and ...

It has been reported (1, 2) that intraperitoneal implantation with two male and two female adult Setaria cervi produces microfilaremia in rats within two weeks and lasts from 54±6 days. When the number of worms implanted is increased, microfilaria appear earlier but the mortality of the host is higher. Complete disappearance of microfilaria from peripheral circulation results after oral and int...

ITALIC! Bacillus thuringiensisis the most widely known microbial pesticide used in agricultural applications. Herein, we report a draft genome sequence of the endophytic bacterium ITALIC! Bacillus thuringiensisstrain KB1, which exhibits antagonism against phytopathogens.

ITALIC! Xylella fastidiosasubsp. ITALIC! fastidiosacauses Pierce's disease of grapevine. Presented here is the draft genome sequence of the Stag's Leap strain, previously used in pathogenicity/virulence assays to evaluate grapevine germplasm bearing Pierce's disease resistance and a phenotypic assessment of knockout mutants to determine gene function.

ITALIC! Aeromicrobium erythreumNRRL B-3381 has a 3,629,239-bp circular genome that has 72% G+C content. There are at least 3,121 coding sequences (CDSs), two rRNA gene operons, and 47 tRNAs. The genome and erythromycin ( ITALIC! ery) biosynthetic gene sequences provide resources for metabolic and combinatorial engineering of polyketides.

The nature of weeds is a complex adaptive, soil-seed communication system. The nature of weedy Setaria life history is an adaptable, changeable system in which complex behaviors emerge when self-similar plant components self-organize into functional traits possessing biological information about spatial structure and temporal behavior. The nature of the weedy Setaria is revealed in the physical...