In this paper, we describe a stochastic algorithm to solve sudoku puzzles. Our method consists in computing probabilities for each symbol of each cell updated at each step of the algorithm using estimation of distributions algorithms (EDA). This update is done using the empirical estimators of these probabilities for a fraction of the best puzzles according to a cost function. We develop also s...

The present part of the series provides miscellaneous new records 15 taxa vascular plants from Hungary. New chorological are provided here: Androsace maxima, Helminthia echioides and Hypericum elegans for ‘Közép-Tisza-vidék’, is also to ‘Duna-sík’, Aphanes arvensis Medicago rigidula in ‘Hajdúság’, Bolboschoenus maritimus Putnok Hills Sajó Valley, Draba muralis Mátra Mts, Eriochloa villosa a ali...

The article by Zhang and Grabowski (2004) provides important data relevant to two questions: (a) Did the Nursing Home Reform Act (NHRA) of 1987 result in improved quality of care and staffing levels? and (b) How do staffing data generated by nursing homes (NHs) associate with three quality measures? Zhang and Grabowski (2004) used a sophisticated analytical approach and unique longitudinal seco...

The p r i n c i p a l c h a r a c t e r i s t i c o f t h e RESEDA sys tem i s b e i n g a b l e t o q u e s t i o n a n h i s t o r i c a l d a t a base a b o u t t h e c a u s a l r e l a t i o n s h i p s w h i c h may e x i s t be tween d i f f e r e n t a t t e s t e d f a c t s i n t h e d a t a b a s e , b u t w h i c h a r e n o t e x p l i c i t l y r e c o r d e d . I n o r d e r t o ...

Reseda odorata L. has long been used in traditional Asian medicine for the treatment of diseases associated with oxidative injury and acute inflammation, such as endotoxemia, acute lung injury, acute myocardial infarction and hepatitis. Luteolin, the main component of Reseda odorata L., which is also widely found in many natural herbs and vege-tables, has been shown to induce heme oxygenase-1 (...

Rhazya stricta is a unique medicinal plant source for many indole alkaloids, non-alkaloids, flavonoids, triterpenes and other unknown molecules with tremendous potential for therapeutic applications against many diseases. In the present article, we generated computational data on predictive properties and activity across two key therapeutic areas of cancer and obesity, and corresponding cheminf...

Examples of atypical structure the embryonic apparatus indicator plants in Donbas are highlighted. Many years experience conducting phytoindication experiments (1998–2022) made it possible to identify accounting sites with contrasting geochemical characteristics and monodominant ingredient pollution. Registered abnormalities considered as variants extreme structural polymorphism natural flora u...