Protein interaction data exists in a number of repositories. Each repository has its own data format, molecule identifier and supplementary information. Michigan Molecular Interactions (MiMI) assists scientists searching through this overwhelming amount of protein interaction data. MiMI gathers data from well-known protein interaction databases and deep-merges the information. Utilizing an iden...

John Tsotsos asked his AI students to work on having an AI solve a jigsaw puzzle, though it is NP-complete. Instead of looking at a real puzzle, this paper considers a randomly generated puzzle with a planted solution whose probability of piece connection is set so that each piece connects to Θ( √ ǫn) pieces but with 1 − Θ( ǫ √ n ) probability the planted solution is unique. As expected, the re...

The Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe ( INSPIRE; http:// inspire .jrc .ec . europa .eu) is a European Union (EU) directive that aims to provide a legal framework to share environmental spatial data among public sector organizations across Europe and to facilitate public access to data. To meet these goals, INSPIRE’s organization is analogous to a layer cake in which each layer is...

Based on our experience, we believe that games, competition and teamwork offer a pleasant and active way of learning. This is much more efficient when the learner has a smile on his face, when he is astonished and curious about next levels and finds the game sufficiently challenging and fun to try again. Our application proposal has the purpose of implementing an e-Learning platform for improvi...

Under global change, how biological diversity and ecosystem services are maintained in time is a fundamental question. Ecologists have long argued about multiple mechanisms by which local biodiversity might control the temporal stability of properties. Accumulating theories empirical evidence suggest that, together with different population community parameters, these largely operate through di...

After four years of research within the PLANETS project and two years of KEEP the jigsaw puzzle of emulation becomes a more complete picture. Emulation strategies are now seen as a viable complement to migration. A conceptual and theoretical groundwork has already been laid out, e.g. proper definition and selection of suitable emulators. However, integration into preservation frameworks and add...

There was only a jigsaw puzzle of dry ground; A shroud of unfinished power lines dangling in silence. Shadow cows wandered over broken fence pieces, prodding memories of grass. I asked a hungry man, Where is the beautiful land I came to see? This is her legacy, he told me sadly. The legend you seek is dead. She was once virgin bride to the world. Her dowry was a sea of zebra. Her wildebeest thu...

We present a new technique to produce composite images called Puzzle Image Mosaic (PIM). The method is inspired by Jigsaw Image Mosaic (JIM), where image tiles of arbitrary shape are used to compose the final picture. The JIM approach leads to impressive results, but the required computation time is high. We propose an algorithm that produces good results in lower time. The technique takes adva...

Over the past 10 years, the increase in comprehension of the mechanisms behind acne has been truly exponential. Starting with the ethnological work of Cordain, accelerated by the epidemiological work of Adebamowo, supported by the clinical trials of Smith and Mann, Kwon, DiLandro and others, the interface of diet and acne is coming into focus. Melnik now presents an exceptional pair of papers t...