Our ability to simultaneously measure the expression levels of thousands of genes in biological samples is providing important new opportunities for improving the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of common diseases. However, new technologies such as DNA microarrays are generating new challenges for variable selection and statistical modeling. In response to these challenges, a genetic progr...

The present paper deals with the study of continuous interval data by means of suitable Principal Component Analyses (PCA). Statistical units described by interval data can be assumed as special cases of Symbolic Objects (SO) (Diday, 1987). In Symbolic Data Analysis (SDA), these data are represented as hypercubes. In the present paper, we propose some extensions of the PCA with the aim of repre...

The Design Metrics research team has been evaluating design documentation and calculating a number of design metrics. Design metrics are obtained from the artifacts available in the design stage of the software life cycle. Until recently the Design Metrics research team has hand calculated and recorded these metrics. A Software Design Analyzer (SDA) has been written to automate some of these ca...

We decompose factors affecting China’s energy-related air pollutant (NOx, PM2.5, and SO2) emission changes into different effects using structural decomposition analysis (SDA). We find that, from 2005 to 2012, investment increased NOx, PM2.5, and SO2 emissions by 14.04, 7.82 and 15.59 Mt respectively, and consumption increased these emissions by 11.09, 7.98, and 12.09 Mt respectively. Export an...

The distribution of vasopressin-immunoreactive fibers in the forebrain of male and female gerbils was studied, focusing on the lateral septum and the sexually dimorphic area (SDA) found at the border between the medial preoptic area and the anterior hypothalamus. To study hormonal influences on the densities of these fibers, some animals of each sex were gonadectomized or gonadectomized and giv...

The data descriptions of the units are called "symbolic" when they are more complex than standard ones due to the fact that they contain internal variation and are structured. Symbolic data arise from many sources, for instance in order to summarise huge Relational Data Bases by their underlying concepts. "Extracting knowledge" means getting explanatory results, that why, "symbolic objects" are...

As a less-developed province that has been chosen to be part of a low-carbon pilot project, Yunnan faces the challenge of maintaining rapid economic growth while reducing CO2 emissions. Understanding the drivers behind CO2 emission changes can help decouple economic growth from CO2 emissions. However, previous studies on the drivers of CO2 emissions in less-developed regions that focus on both ...

We quantified the specific dynamic action (SDA) resulting from the ingestion of various meal types in Burmese pythons (Python molurus) at 30 degrees C. Each snake was fed a series of experimental meals consisting of amino acid mixtures, simple proteins, simple or complex carbohydrates, or lipids as well as meals of whole animal tissue (chicken breast, beef suet, and mouse). Rates of oxygen cons...

Dietary supplementation of stearidonic acid (SDA; 18:4n-3) has been considered a possible strategy to increase n-3 unsaturated fatty acid content in ruminant products; however, little is known about its metabolism in the rumen. In vitro batch incubations were carried out with bovine ruminal digesta to investigate the metabolism of SDA and its biohydrogenation products. Incubation mixtures (4.5 ...