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BIOTECHNO 2014, The Sixth International Conference on Bioinformatics, Biocomputational Systems and Biotechnologies

Type: conference

Notes: IARIA Conference.

Editors:
Hesham H. Ali, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA
Pascal Lorenz, Université de Haute Alsace, France

ISSN: 2308-4383

ISBN: 978-1-61208-335-3

Location: Chamonix, France

Dates: from April 20, 2014 to April 24, 2014

Articles: there are 17 articles

Impact of Population Size and Selection within a Customized NSGA-II for Biochemical Optimization Assessed on the Basis of the Average Cuboid Volume Indicator
Susanne Rosenthal and Markus Borschbach
keywords: multi-objective biochemical optimization; population size; average cuboid volume; open source Java tools.

Evaluation of Imputation Methods for Missing Data and Their Effect on the Reliability of Predictive Models
Xiao-Ou Ping, Feipei Lai, Yi-Ju Tseng, Ja-Der Liang, Guan-Tarn Huang, and Pei-Ming Yang
keywords: incomplete data; missing value; predictive model; liver cancer

The Glymphatic System and Alzheimer’s Disease: Possible Connection?
Christina Kyrtsos and John Baras
keywords: Alzheimer’s disease, math model, glymphatic system, LRP1, Aβ clearance

A Framework for Inverse Virtual Screening
Romain Vasseur, Stéphanie Baud, Luiz Angelo Steffenel, Xavier Vigouroux, Laurent Martiny, Michael Krajecki, and Manuel Dauchez
keywords: Protein-Ligand docking; inverse docking; ranking methods; distributed computations; HPC experiments.

The Anti-inflammatory Effects of Laser Acupuncture at ST36 (Zusanli) Acupoint in the Model of Acute Inflammation Induced by Carrageenan in the Paw of Mice
Vanessa Erthal, Maria Fernanda de P. Werner, Cristiane H. Baggio, and Percy Nohama
keywords: Laser acupuncture; inflammation; edema.

Detection of AV Impulse Frequency and Verification of Pacemaker Battery Status
Ivana Galova, Michal Gala, Martin Augustynek, Martin Cerny, and Marek Penhaker
keywords: electrocardiography; single chamber pacemaker; dual chamber pacemaker; pulse width; battery

SymRec - Web Tool for Planned Parenthood and Hormonal Therapy
Michal Gala, Ivana Galova, Zuzana Judakova, and Branko Babusiak
keywords: Basal temperature; cervical mucus; diagnosis of gynecological diseases; hormonal therapy; cervix; planned parenthood; symptothermal method

Patient-centric Data Warehouse Design---An Empirical Study Applied in Diabetes care
Lichin Chen, Chiou-Shiang Wang, I-Ching Wang, Hui-Chu Yu, Hui-Yu Peng, Hui-Chuen Chen, Chia-Hsiun Chang, Tien-Jyun Chang, Yi-Der Jiang, Lee-Ming Chuang, and Feipei Lai
keywords: Data warehouse; diabetes; diabetes self-management education; data integration

Parallel Implementations of Numerical Simulation of the Vascular Solid Tumour Growth Model under the Action of Therapeutic Agents (Chemo- and Antyangiotherapy)
Damian Borys, Krzysztof Psiuk-Maksymowicz, Sebastian Student, and Andrzej Świerniak
keywords: tumour growth model; parallel computations; message passing interface; CUDA

Tracking Action Potentials of Nonlinear Excitable Cells Using Model Predictive Control
Md. Ariful Islam, Abhishek Murthy, Tushar Deshpande, Ezio Bartocci, Scott D. Stoller, Scott A. Smolka, and Radu Grosu
keywords: Biocomputing; Model Predictive Control; Excitable Cells

Magnetic Resonance Angiogram Processing and Modelling of the Cerebral Vascular Network
Krzysztof Psiuk-Maksymowicz, Jaroslaw Smieja, and Damian Borys
keywords: Medical image processing; image segmentation; MRI angiography; cerebral vasculature

Experimental Verification of the Quality of Clusterings Produced by Hard Clustering Algorithms after the Removal of Unstable Data Elements
Wim De Mulder, Zahra Zavareh, Konika Chawla, and Martin Kuiper
keywords: hard clustering; cluster quality; unstable elements; mutual information context; microarray data

Smartphone Application for Post-operative Gastric Patients: Surgery Diary
Jin-Ming Wu, Te-Wei Ho, Xing-Yu Su, Ming-Tsan Lin, and Feipei Lai
keywords: smartphone; application; gastric cancer; surgery

Identification of Short Motifs for Comparing Biological Sequences and Incomplete Genomes
Ramez Mina and Hesham Ali
keywords: sequence comparison; alignment; biological motifs; alrignment-free; k-mers; restriction enzymes; coding sequences; phylogenetic trees

Codifying Primary Protein Structure as Peptides Frequencies Vector An Efficient Alternative Method to Investigate Relationships among Genes and Organisms
Bráulio Couto, Bruna Coimbra, Gabriel Tofani, Gustavo Irffi, Cinthia Rocha, and Marcos dos Santos
keywords: protein sequences; phylogenetics; linear algebra methods

Geometrical Detection of Pathways in Protein Structures Leading Among More Binding Sites
Ondřej Strnad, Vilém Šustr, Barbora Kozlíková, and Jiří Sochor
keywords: protein; ribosome; tunnel; channel; active site; binding site; Voronoi diagram; Delaunay triangulation

Improving Protein Sub-cellular Localization Prediction Through Semi-supervised Learning
Jorge Alberto Jaramillo-Garzón and César Germán castellanos-Domínguez
keywords: Sub-cellular localization, Gene Ontology, Semi-supervised, Support Vector Machines