Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods are well-known Monte Carlo methodologies, widely used in different fields for statistical inference and stochastic optimization. The Multiple Try Metropolis (MTM) algorithm is an extension of the standard Metropolis-Hastings (MH) algorithm in which the next state of the chain is chosen among a set of candidates, according to certain weights. The Particle ...

Marriage is one of the closest and longest relationships in people’s lives. However, not everyone finds happiness a marital relationship. In recent years, rapid development social economy transformation structure have impacted on traditional marriage relationship China. The stability modern family has encountered severe challenges divorce rate increased year by year. This makes research into fa...

This demonstration presents an XML framework for metadata interchange. REPOX has two goals: to be a means for libraries and other cultural institutions to provide OAI-PMH access to their metadata records, independently of their original format, with a tool that is easy to install, use and deploy; and to be used as an aggregator of OAI-PMH Data Sources. The records are stored internally in XML a...

Many institutions grant access to their metadata repositories via the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). However, this protocol has two significant drawbacks: it does not make its resources accessible via dereferencable URIs, and it provides only restricted means of selective access to metadata. The OAI2LOD Server handles these shortcomings by republishing meta...

Depression is a devastating disorder, affecting approximately 17 million persons within the United States. The manifestation of depressive phenomena is a complex, dynamic, biopsychosocial process involving lifespan and cultural aspects. Unless appropriately treated, depression persists over time having a significant negative effect on life and increasing the risk of suicide. Psychiatric mental ...

4-Hydroxyphenylmethylene hydantoin (PMH, 1), isolated from the Red Sea sponge Hemimycale arabica, and delta-tocotrienol (3), isolated from the tocotrienol-rich fraction of palm oil, are important antimetastatic and antiproliferative natural products that proved effective against metastatic prostate and breast cancers, respectively. New fluorescent derivatives of PMH (2) and delta-tocotrienol (4...

This paper describes a distributed registry of XML Schemas in which a central facility uses the Open Archives Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) as a communication mechanism between registrars and parties that need to remain up-to-date regarding registration, updating and deregistration of those Schemas. This novel application of the OAI-PMH is described in the context of registration o...

Research Paper Purpose: To make CDS/ISIS databases OAI-Compliant Design/Methodology/Approach: One of the biggest obstacles for information dissemination to a user community is that many digital libraries or bibliographic databases use heterogeneous technologies that inhibit interoperability. The Open Archives Initiative (OAI) addresses interoperability by using a framework to facilitate the dis...