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A note on the integrality gap of the configuration LP for restricted Santa Claus

In the restricted Santa Claus problem we are given resources R and players P. Every resource j is an element of R. has a value v(j) and every player i is an element of P desires a set of resources R(i). We are interested in distributing the resources to pl ...

ELSEVIER2020

Insights gained from a comprehensive all-against-all transcription factor binding motif benchmarking study

Giovanna Ambrosini, Philipp Bucher, Romain Fernand Pietro Groux

BackgroundPositional weight matrix (PWM) is a de facto standard model to describe transcription factor (TF) DNA binding specificities. PWMs inferred from in vivo or in vitro data are stored in many databases and used in a plethora of biological application ...

2020

Using Modern Conservation Tools for Innovative Management of Coral Reefs: The MANACO Consortium

Anders Meibom, Stéphane Joost, Oliver Michele Selmoni, Véronique Berteaux-Lecellier

Coral reefs are under threat and innovative management strategies are urgently required. However, discoveries from innovative fields of coral reef research are rarely transposed in practical conservation actions. This is mainly due to the difficulties in k ...

2020

DUBS: A Framework for Developing Directory of Useful Benchmarking Sets for Virtual Screening

Guillaume André Jean Fraux

Benchmarking is a crucial step in evaluating virtual screening methods for drug discovery. One major issue that arises among benchmarking data sets is a lack of a standardized format for representing the protein and ligand structures used to benchmark the ...

2020

Responses of reef bioindicators to recent temperature anomalies in distinct areas of the North Ari and Rasdhoo atolls (Maldives)

Arthur Adams, Aurélie Angéloz, Anaël Lehmann

Assessments of reef sediments in the North Ari Atoll (Maldives) were conducted in 2015 and 2018 on reefs of three islands with different management strategies: community, resort, and uninhabited. Indices applied were the Foraminifera in Reef Assessment and ...

2020

Historical dynamics of ecosystem services and land management policies in Switzerland

Jérôme Chenal, Martí Bosch Padrós, Stéphanie Aline Hasler, Rémi Jaligot

Ecosystem services (ES) are dynamic over space and time. Understanding and quantifying spatio-temporal trade-offs and synergies among multiples ES, as well identifying the drivers of change provides an opportunity to make the link between ecosystems, polic ...

2019

PROGRESS TOWARDS THE RESOURCE REVOLUTION

Based on the key outputs of the WRF 2017 conference and the work performed during and after the review process in 2018 we are proud to announce this book entitled ‘Progress Towards the Resource Revolution’ which presents innovations and approaches that sup ...

World Resources Forum2019

Environmental Flows Determination and Monitoring with Hydraulic Habitat Models-Pushing the Boundaries of Habitat Models Application

Mikolaj Stanislaw Adamczyk, Piotr Parasiewicz

Hydraulic habitat simulation models were designed for the quantitative determination of environmental flows that consider the needs of aquatic fauna in rivers and streams. In the past 50 years, the modeling techniques were significantly developed, but expe ...

2019

New resource assessment characterization factors for rare earth elements: applied in NdFeB permanent magnet case study

Jérôme Payet

Purpose Rare earth elements (REEs) are among the most critical raw materials with a high supply risk. Despite their criticality, REEs are not covered by any resource Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) Methods. The main purpose of the current study is to t ...

2019

Transforming scholarship in the archives through handwritten text recognition Transkribus as a case study

Frédéric Kaplan, Sofia Ares Oliveira

Purpose An overview of the current use of handwritten text recognition (HTR) on archival manuscript material, as provided by the EU H2020 funded Transkribus platform. It explains HTR, demonstrates Transkribus, gives examples of use cases, highlights the af ...

EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD2019

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