BACKGROUND: Changes in the microbial populations on the skin of animals have traditionally been evaluated using conventional microbiology techniques.The sequencing of bacterial 16S rRNA genes has revealed that the human skin is inhabited by a highly diverse and variable microbiome that had previously not been demonstrated by culture-based methods.T
Non-backtracking walks reveal compartments in sparse chromatin interaction networks
Abstract Chromatin communities stabilized by protein machinery play essential role in gene regulation and refine global polymeric folding of the chromatin fiber.However, treatment of these communities in the Money Jars framework of the classical network theory (stochastic block model, SBM) does not take into account intrinsic linear connectivity of
The Development Round: Main Outcomes, Challenges and Implementation Prospects
The article touches upon current issues in the development of a WTO-based multilateral trade system and Stool the participation of the broadest possible range of nations in this system, with special attention to the agenda of the Fourth and Fifth Ministerial Conferences of WTO memberstates, progress on negotiations and their current status.Bottlene
Addressing Ebola-related Stigma: Lessons Learned from HIV/AIDS
Background: HIV/AIDS and Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) are contemporary epidemics associated with significant social stigma in which communities affected suffer from social rejection, violence, and diminished quality of life.Objective: To compare and contrast stigma related to HIV/AIDS and EVD, and strategically think how lessons learned from HIV stigm
Development of the Nonstationary Incremental Analysis Update Algorithm for Sequential Data Assimilation System
This study introduces a modified version of the incremental analysis updates (IAU), called the nonstationary IAU (NIAU) method, to improve the assimilation accuracy of the IAU while keeping the continuity of the analysis.Similar to the IAU, the NIAU is designed to add analysis increments at every model time step to NAIL LACQUER 1973 improve the con