The domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori, is of high commercial importance as a silk producer and is also widely used for implementation of basic and applied research. It is important to understand its genome organization using molecular markers for genetic studies and for breeding purposes. In this study, a genetic linkage map using 204 amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers was d...

This paper proposes an Art Modified Single Linkage Clustering approach (ART-MOD-SLC) to solve cell formation problems in Cellular Manufacturing. In this study, an ART1 network is integrated with Modified Single Linkage Clustering (MOD-SLC) to solve cell formation problems. The Percentage of Exceptional Elements (PE), Machine Utilization (MU), Grouping Efficiency (GE) and Grouping Efficacy (GC) ...

We present a mathematically precise formulation of total linkage disequilibrium between multiple loci as the deviation from probabilistic independence and provide explicit formulas for all higher-order terms of linkage disequilibrium, thereby combining J. Dausset et al.'s 1978 definition of linkage disequilibrium with H. Geiringer's 1944 approach. We recursively decompose higher-order linkage d...

STABLISHING the existence of linkage between genes at two loci is a E distinct problem from estimating map-distance once genes are known to be linked. This paper considers two questions that concern linkage detection in organisms with genetically analyzable tetrads. First, what criterion is best for establishing linkage when tetrad segregations are analyzedl? And second, what are the advantages...

Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) (OMIM %193000), a common cause of childhood renal failure, is strongly influenced by hereditary factors. Familial VUR most closely conforms to autosomal-dominant inheritance, but because of variable penetrance and expressivity, large multigenerational pedigrees tractable to linkage analysis have been difficult to ascertain. A single genome-wide study of familial VUR ...

We present two new arm exoskeletons based on a pantograph linkage. The can support tool or load held in the hand of up to 9 kg. linkage follows geometry user’s upper and forearm, supports mass with any orientation. downward force weight is supported by fulcrum near shoulder balanced countering behind back. Passive exoskeleton, which uses gas spring mechanism supply force, an Active exoskeleton ...

This paper discusses the categorization of Quranic chapters by major phases of Prophet Mohammad’s messengership using machine learning algorithms. First, the chapters were categorized by places of revelation using Support Vector Machine and naïve Bayesian classifiers separately, and their results were compared to each other, as well as to the existing traditional Islamic and western orientalist...

Greedily seriating objects one by one is implicitly employed in many heuristic clustering procedures, which can be described in terms of a linkage function measuring entity-to-set dissimilarities. A well-known clustering technique, single linkage clustering, can be considered as an example of the seriation procedures (actually, based on the minimum spanning tree construction) leading to the glo...

In this paper, we present a hierarchical clustering algorithm of the large text datasets using Locality-Sensitive Hashing (LSH). The main idea of the LSH is to “hash” items several times, in such a way that similar items are more likely to be hashed to the same bucket than dissimilar are. The main drawback of the conventional hierarchical algorithms is a large time complexity (e.g. Single Linka...