A group is said to be self-similar provided it admits a faithful state-closed representation on some regular m -tree and the transitive additionally induces action first level of tree. standard approach for constructing has been by way single virtual endomorphism in question. Recently, was shown that this when applied restricted wreath product Z ? could not produce representations any ? 2 (see ...

We have investigated the similarities and differences in the computed dynamic fluctuations exhibited by six members of a protein fold family with a coarse-grained Gaussian network model. Specifically, we consider the cofactor binding fragment of CysB; the lysine/arginine/ornithine-binding protein (LAO); the enzyme porphobilinogen deaminase (PBGD); the ribose-binding protein (RBP); the N-termina...

To design diverse combinatorial libraries or to select diverse compounds to augment a screening collection, computational chemists frequently reject compounds that are > or =0.85 similar to one already chosen for the combinatorial library or in the screening set. Using Daylight fingerprints, this report shows that for IC(50) values determined as a follow-up to 115 high-throughput screening assa...

Hypothesis generation, a crucial initial step for making scientific discoveries, relies on prior knowledge, experience and intuition. Chance connections made between seemingly unrelated concepts sometimes turn out to be fruitful. A key goal in text mining is to assist in this process by automatically discovering a small set of interesting hypotheses from a suitable text collection. We focus on ...

Recent methodological developments building on partial least squares (PLS) techniques and related ideas have significantly contributed to bridging the gap between factor-based and composite-based structural equation modeling (SEM) methods. PLS-SEM is extensively used in the field of e-collaboration, as well as in many other fields where multivariate statistical analyses are employed. We compare...

This paper presents the first version of our platform for automatically building the structure of a video sequence. The first application uses semi-automatic tools based only on image analysis for building interactive videos: decomposing the video into shots, extracting and tracking objects within each shot and linking occurrences of similar objects among the shots. The second application provi...

We consider two problems in the design and operation of energy-efficient buildings. The first is the prediction of energy consumption of a building from that of similar buildings in its geographical neighborhood. The second problem concerns the localization of faults in building sub-systems with a focus on faults that lead to anomalous energy consumption. For both problems, we propose algorithm...