The new field of synthetic genetics has made significant advances during the past four years, both to create artificial and modified nucleic acids, and to investigate their structural and functional properties. This rapid progress promises to improve our understanding of the origins and fundamental basis of life, and to enhance the application of this knowledge in the search for new therapeutic...

Several epigenomic marks are available for predicting enhancers, but the integration of these marks continues to be a challenge. Three statistical models – a hidden Markov model, a support vector machine, and logistic regression – were implemented to integrate the data and better understand these enhancer marks, both in terms of their correlation with each other and their power to predict enhan...

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In implementing the integrated pest management mango (Mangifera indica L.) program using weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina F.) as a major component in the Northern Territory of Australia, we received a number of questions from farmers and extension officers asking whether weaver ant marks reduce internal fruit quality and induce fruit rot, which is economically important. However, this issue h...

BACKGROUND Nearly 18,000 candidates securing 60% and above marks in Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) examination contest for admission in Medical Colleges, in Punjab, Pakistan by sitting in the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) each summer. This cross-sectional study was conducted to identify patterns related to demographic, economic and educational backgrounds, over a two-year-pe...

Buda Mendes/Getty Images For decades the Marques de Sapucai Sambadrome has been home of Rio Janeiro’s …