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On-demand virtual optical network access using 100 Gb/s Ethernet
Our Terabit LAN initiatives attempt to enhance the scalability and utilization of lambda resources. This paper describes bandwidth-on-demand virtualized 100GE access to WDM... -
CDKAM: a taxonomic classification tool using discriminative k-mers and approx...
Abstract Background Current taxonomic classification tools use exact string matching algorithms that are effective to tackle the data from the next generation sequencing... -
Reconfigurable silicon thermo-optical device based on spectral tuning of ring...
A novel tunable and reconfigurable thermo-optical device is theoretically proposed and analyzed in this paper. The device is designed to be entirely compatible with CMOS process... -
McTwo: a two-step feature selection algorithm based on maximal information co...
Abstract Background High-throughput bio-OMIC technologies are producing high-dimension data from bio-samples at an ever increasing rate, whereas the training sample number in a... -
Single chip lidar with discrete beam steering by digital micromirror device
A novel method of beam steering enables a large field of view and reliable single chip light detection and ranging (lidar) by utilizing a mass-produced digital micromirror... -
Cnidaria: fast, reference-free clustering of raw and assembled genome and tra...
Abstract Background Identification of biological specimens is a requirement for a range of applications. Reference-free methods analyse unprocessed sequencing data without... -
Millstone: software for multiplex microbial genome analysis and engineering
Abstract Inexpensive DNA sequencing and advances in genome editing have made computational analysis a major rate-limiting step in adaptive laboratory evolution and microbial... -
Horizontal gene transfer is not a hallmark of the human genome
Abstract Crisp et al. recently reported that 145 human genes have been horizontally transferred from distant species. Here, I re-analyze those genes listed by Crisp et al. as... -
The use of forward scatter to improve retinal vascular imaging with an adapti...
Retinal vascular diseases are a leading cause of blindness and visual disability. The advent of adaptive optics retinal imaging has enabled us to image the retinal vascular at... -
Multifocal optical nanoscopy for big data recording at 30 TB capacity and gig...
The onrushing challenge to store the exponentially increasing amount of information generated each year with sustainable big data techniques has compelled ongoing technical... -
Use of scientific social networking to improve the research strategies of Pub...
Abstract Background Keeping up with journal articles on a daily basis is an important activity of scientists engaged in biomedical research. Usually, journal articles and papers... -
Causes and consequences of individual variation in animal movement
Abstract Animal movement comes in a variety of ‘types’ including small foraging movements, larger one-way dispersive movements, seasonally-predictable round-trip migratory... -
Fast dimension reduction and integrative clustering of multi-omics data using...
Abstract Background One major goal of large-scale cancer omics study is to identify molecular subtypes for more accurate cancer diagnoses and treatments. To deal with... -
Claudin-low-like mouse mammary tumors show distinct transcriptomic patterns u...
Abstract Background Claudin-low breast cancer is a molecular subtype associated with poor prognosis and without targeted treatment options. The claudin-low subtype is defined by... -
FORGe: prioritizing variants for graph genomes
Abstract There is growing interest in using genetic variants to augment the reference genome into a graph genome, with alternative sequences, to improve read alignment accuracy... -
OptiMouse: a comprehensive open source program for reliable detection and ana...
Abstract Background Accurate determination of mouse positions from video data is crucial for various types of behavioral analyses. While detection of body positions is... -
Correction to: Identification of the meiotic toolkit in diatoms and explorati...
Following the publication of this article [1], the authors reported that the link to Additional file 11 linked to the wrong set of data. The correct supplementary data is... -
Digital dissection of the head of the rock dove (Columba livia) using contras...
Abstract The rock dove (or common pigeon), Columba livia, is an important model organism in biological studies, including research focusing on head muscle anatomy, feeding... -
Effectiveness of workplace social distancing measures in reducing influenza t...
Abstract Background Social distancing is one of the community mitigation measures that may be recommended during influenza pandemics. Social distancing can reduce virus... -
Researcher identities and practices inside centres of excellence
Abstract Many science support mechanisms aim to combine excellent research with explicit expectations of societal impact. Temporary research centres such as ‘Centres of...
