GPU-accelerated Kendall distance computation for large or sparse data.

Background: Current experimental practices typically produce large multidimensional datasets. Distance matrix calculation between elements (e.g.

Hobotnica: exploring molecular signature quality.

A Molecular Features Set (MFS), is a result of a vast diversity of bioinformatics pipelines. The lack of a "gold standard" for most experimental data modalities makes it difficult to provide valid estimation for a particular MFS's quality. Yet, this goal can partially be achieved by analyzing inner-sample Distance Matrices (DM) and their power to distinguish between phenotypes.

HiMoRNA: A Comprehensive Database of Human lncRNAs Involved in Genome-Wide Epigenetic Regulation.

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play an important role in genome regulation. Specifically, many lncRNAs interact with chromatin, recruit epigenetic complexes and in this way affect large-scale gene expression programs. However, the experimental data about lncRNA-chromatin interactions is still limited.

Adaptation of subpopulations of the Norway spruce needle endophyte Lophodermium piceae to the temperature regime.

Lophodermium piceae represents the most common Norway spruce needle endophyte. The aim of this study was to find out whether subpopulations of L. piceae in climatically different environments (in which Norway spruce occurs natively) are adapted to local thermal conditions.

Spectral study of fluorone dyes adsorption on chitosan-based polyelectrolyte complexes.

Polyelectrolyte complexes of the chitosan-chondroitin sulfate and chitosan-hyaluronate polycation-polyanion pairs were synthesized and characterized as potential dye adsorbents at different pH levels. Equilibrium isotherm analysis was applied to investigate the efficiency and the mechanism of the adsorption of fluorone dyes (fluorescein, eosin Y, erythrosin B) on the synthesized complexes. The inefficiency of the fluorescein adsorption was proved by two different quantitative spectroscopic methods.