We tested a rule-based semantic parser in the BEL statement extraction task of BioCreative V Track4 challenge. While the system achieved an overall F-measure of 21.29% with gold standard entities, it achieved a very low performance of 13.86% with the entities extracted by ensemble of NER systems on test data set. For relation extraction, the system achieved a F-measure of 65.13% on test data se...

Survey of several forms of updating, with a practical illustrative example. We study several updating (conditioning) schemes that emerge naturally from a common scenario to provide some insights into their meaning. Updating is a subtle operation and there is no single method, no single 'good' rule. The choice of the appropriate rule must always be given due consideration. Planchet (1989) presen...

With recent advances in the areas of knowledge engineering and information extraction, the task of linking textual mentions of named entities to corresponding ones in a knowledge base has received much attention. The rich, structured information in state-of-the-art knowledge bases can be leveraged to facilitate this task. Although recent approaches achieve satisfactory accuracy results, they ty...

BACKGROUND Reduced expression of tripartite motif-containing 3 (TRIM3) has been reported to be involved in the pathogenesis of human glioblastoma. In our previous research, we found that TRIM3 expression was markedly reduced in human primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissues and that low TRIM3 expression was associated with short survival of HCC patients. However, the role of TRIM3 in live...

A novel superstring-inspired gravitational theory in four spacetime dimensions is proposed as a sum of the modified $(R+\alpha R^2)$ gravity motivated by Starobinsky inflation and Bel-Robinson-tensor-squared term eleven-dimensional M-theory dimensionally reduced to dimensions. The Starobinsky-Bel-Robinson action has only two parameters, which makes it suitable for verifiable physical applicatio...

A novel lectin has been isolated from the fruiting bodies of the common edible mushroom Boletus edulis (king bolete, penny bun, porcino or cep) by affinity chromatography on a chitin column. We propose for the lectin the name BEL (B. edulis lectin). BEL inhibits selectively the proliferation of several malignant cell lines and binds the neoplastic cell-specific T-antigen disaccharide, Galβ1-3Ga...

A new anticancer ligustrazine derivative, 3β-hydroxyolea-12-en-28-oic acid- 3,5,6-trimethylpyrazin-2-methylester (T-OA, C38H58O3N2), was previously reported. It was synthesized via conjugating hepatoprotective and anticancer ingredients of traditional Chinese medicine. We found that T-OA exerted its anticancer activity by preventing the expression of nuclear transcription factor NF-κB/p65 and C...