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GVC: efficient random access compression for gene sequence variations
BackgroundIn recent years, advances in high-throughput sequencing technologies have enabled the use of genomic information in many fields, such as...
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CMIC: an efficient quality score compressor with random access functionality
BackgroundOver the past few decades, the emergence and maturation of new technologies have substantially reduced the cost of genome sequencing. As a...
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FASTAFS: file system virtualisation of random access compressed FASTA files
BackgroundThe FASTA file format, used to store polymeric sequence data, has become a bioinformatics file standard used for decades. The relatively...
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Persistent memory as an effective alternative to random access memory in metagenome assembly
BackgroundThe assembly of metagenomes decomposes members of complex microbe communities and allows the characterization of these genomes without...
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Random Forest
In this chapter, another machine learning algorithm called Random Forest will be considered. As data-driven performance analysis in sports is...
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Welfare benefits associated with access to agricultural extension services in Nigeria
Improving the agricultural productivity and welfare of rural farming households is important for many governments, especially in low- and...
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A method for estimating physical and economic food access at high spatial resolution
Physical and economic access to food vary spatially. Methods to map that variability at high levels of spatial detail over large areas are scarce,...
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Modeling the biological growth with a random logistic differential equation
We modeled biological growth using a random differential equation (RDE), where the initial condition is a random variable, and the growth rate is a...
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Fast optical recording of neuronal activity by three-dimensional custom-access serial holography
Optical recording of neuronal activity in three-dimensional (3D) brain circuits at cellular and millisecond resolution in vivo is essential for...
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Cattle access to small streams increases concentrations of Escherichia coli in bed sediments
Small streams dominate the hydrological network within Europe. In many regions, these waterbodies drain large areas of agricultural land and are...
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Application of item response theory modelling to measure an aggregate food security access score
Food security measurement is of paramount importance as it guides governance, policy formulation and intervention projects targeting and monitoring...
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The effect of data balancing approaches on the prediction of metabolic syndrome using non-invasive parameters based on random forest
BackgroundMetabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of metabolic abnormalities (including obesity, insulin resistance, hypertension, and dyslipidemia),...
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Evaluation of network-guided random forest for disease gene discovery
BackgroundGene network information is believed to be beneficial for disease module and pathway identification, but has not been explicitly utilized...
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AM fungi reduce grass–legume competition by increasing nutrient access
AimsMixed communities of plant species with different functional traits or microbial associations can more fully utilize soil nutrient pools....
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Did the COVID-19 pandemic influence access to green spaces? Results of a literature review during the first year of pandemic
ContextThe restrictions imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the relationship between humans and their environment. The studies...
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Delayed access to feed early post-hatch affects the development and maturation of gastrointestinal tract microbiota in broiler chickens
BackgroundThe first two weeks of post-hatch (PH) growth in broilers (meat-type birds) are critical for gut development and microbiota colonization....
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Fixed- and Random-Effects Models
Deciding whether to use a fixed-effect modelMeta-analysisfixed-effect model or a random-effects model is a primary decision an analyst must make when...
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How does access to water at different life-stages affect male investment in reproduction and survival?
Holometabolous insects have four distinct life-stages – eggs, larvae, pupae and adults. Active resource acquisition generally occurs during either or...
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Characterization of tropical forests at community level: combining spectral, phenological, structural datasets using random forest algorithm
Since the inception of satellite remote sensing as a technology, characterization of forests has been one of its major applications. Characterization...
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HiCmapTools: a tool to access HiC contact maps
BackgroundWith the development of HiC technology, more and more HiC sequencing data have been produced. Although there are dozens of packages that...
