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Dimitris Tsaparis Yorgos Mertzanis Alexander Triantafyllidis 《Journal of Natural History》2015,49(5-8):393-410
The brown bear (Ursus arctos) in Greece is considered endangered but little is known about the genetic status and the exact size of local populations. Non-invasive genetic sampling was used in this study to investigate the genetic diversity and genetic structure of the brown bear population in the Kastoria region (northwest Macedonia, Greece) and to estimate its population size. Estimation of demographic parameters was based on innovative, well-evaluated methods that can provide estimates from a single sampling session. DNA was extracted from hairs, scat and blood samples and subsequent amplification of 10 microsatellite loci allowed the identification of a minimum number of 75 living bears in the study area while the mark–recapture-based analysis resulted in a point estimation of 219 individuals. Relatively high diversity values, lack of heterozygosity deficiency as well as estimated effective population size, support the Kastoria bear population having good conservation status. 相似文献
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We investigate the optimal structure of dynamic regression models used in multivariate time series prediction and propose a scheme to form the lagged variable structure called Backward‐in‐Time Selection (BTS), which takes into account feedback and multicollinearity, often present in multivariate time series. We compare BTS to other known methods, also in conjunction with regularization techniques used for the estimation of model parameters, namely principal components, partial least squares and ridge regression estimation. The predictive efficiency of the different models is assessed by means of Monte Carlo simulations for different settings of feedback and multicollinearity. The results show that BTS has consistently good prediction performance, while other popular methods have varying and often inferior performance. The prediction performance of BTS was also found the best when tested on human electroencephalograms of an epileptic seizure, and for the prediction of returns of indices of world financial markets.Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 相似文献
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A Critical Assessment of Project Management Methods with Respect to Electronic Government Implementation Challenges 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
Demetrios Sarantis Steve Smithson Yannis Charalabidis Dimitris Askounis 《Systemic Practice and Action Research》2010,23(4):301-321
In taking forward both the Government Modernization and the Civil Service Reform agendas, renewed emphasis is being placed
on project management approaches and techniques for achieving objectives more effectively and efficiently. After elaborating
on specific electronic government project implementation challenges and giving an overview of state-of-the-art project management
approaches, the paper examines the weaknesses of three commonly used methods in the light of the e-Government project challenges.
The analysis identifies gaps in the methods, contributing to a better understanding of the factors that lead to success or
failure. The resolution of such methodological limitations could lead to the enhancement of project management methods when
applied to future projects. 相似文献
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Oncogene-induced senescence is part of the tumorigenesis barrier imposed by DNA damage checkpoints 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Bartkova J Rezaei N Liontos M Karakaidos P Kletsas D Issaeva N Vassiliou LV Kolettas E Niforou K Zoumpourlis VC Takaoka M Nakagawa H Tort F Fugger K Johansson F Sehested M Andersen CL Dyrskjot L Ørntoft T Lukas J Kittas C Helleday T Halazonetis TD Bartek J Gorgoulis VG 《Nature》2006,444(7119):633-637
Recent studies have indicated the existence of tumorigenesis barriers that slow or inhibit the progression of preneoplastic lesions to neoplasia. One such barrier involves DNA replication stress, which leads to activation of the DNA damage checkpoint and thereby to apoptosis or cell cycle arrest, whereas a second barrier is mediated by oncogene-induced senescence. The relationship between these two barriers, if any, has not been elucidated. Here we show that oncogene-induced senescence is associated with signs of DNA replication stress, including prematurely terminated DNA replication forks and DNA double-strand breaks. Inhibiting the DNA double-strand break response kinase ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) suppressed the induction of senescence and in a mouse model led to increased tumour size and invasiveness. Analysis of human precancerous lesions further indicated that DNA damage and senescence markers cosegregate closely. Thus, senescence in human preneoplastic lesions is a manifestation of oncogene-induced DNA replication stress and, together with apoptosis, provides a barrier to malignant progression. 相似文献
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In this paper we propose Granger (non‐)causality tests based on a VAR model allowing for time‐varying coefficients. The functional form of the time‐varying coefficients is a logistic smooth transition autoregressive (LSTAR) model using time as the transition variable. The model allows for testing Granger non‐causality when the VAR is subject to a smooth break in the coefficients of the Granger causal variables. The proposed test then is applied to the money–output relationship using quarterly US data for the period 1952:2–2002:4. We find that causality from money to output becomes stronger after 1978:4 and the model is shown to have a good out‐of‐sample forecasting performance for output relative to a linear VAR model. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 相似文献
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It is widely believed that for many optimization problems, no algorithm is substantially more efficient than exhaustive search. This means that finding optimal solutions for many practical problems is completely beyond any current or projected computational capacity. To understand the origin of this extreme 'hardness', computer scientists, mathematicians and physicists have been investigating for two decades a connection between computational complexity and phase transitions in random instances of constraint satisfaction problems. Here we present a mathematically rigorous method for locating such phase transitions. Our method works by analysing the distribution of distances between pairs of solutions as constraints are added. By identifying critical behaviour in the evolution of this distribution, we can pinpoint the threshold location for a number of problems, including the two most-studied ones: random k-SAT and random graph colouring. Our results prove that the heuristic predictions of statistical physics in this context are essentially correct. Moreover, we establish that random instances of constraint satisfaction problems have solutions well beyond the reach of any analysed algorithm. 相似文献
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In this paper, we forecast EU area inflation with many predictors using time‐varying parameter models. The facts that time‐varying parameter models are parameter rich and the time span of our data is relatively short motivate a desire for shrinkage. In constant coefficient regression models, the Bayesian Lasso is gaining increasing popularity as an effective tool for achieving such shrinkage. In this paper, we develop econometric methods for using the Bayesian Lasso with time‐varying parameter models. Our approach allows for the coefficient on each predictor to be: (i) time varying; (ii) constant over time; or (iii) shrunk to zero. The econometric methodology decides automatically to which category each coefficient belongs. Our empirical results indicate the benefits of such an approach. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 相似文献
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Activation of the DNA damage checkpoint and genomic instability in human precancerous lesions 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
Gorgoulis VG Vassiliou LV Karakaidos P Zacharatos P Kotsinas A Liloglou T Venere M Ditullio RA Kastrinakis NG Levy B Kletsas D Yoneta A Herlyn M Kittas C Halazonetis TD 《Nature》2005,434(7035):907-913
DNA damage checkpoint genes, such as p53, are frequently mutated in human cancer, but the selective pressure for their inactivation remains elusive. We analysed a panel of human lung hyperplasias, all of which retained wild-type p53 genes and had no signs of gross chromosomal instability, and found signs of a DNA damage response, including histone H2AX and Chk2 phosphorylation, p53 accumulation, focal staining of p53 binding protein 1 (53BP1) and apoptosis. Progression to carcinoma was associated with p53 or 53BP1 inactivation and decreased apoptosis. A DNA damage response was also observed in dysplastic nevi and in human skin xenografts, in which hyperplasia was induced by overexpression of growth factors. Both lung and experimentally-induced skin hyperplasias showed allelic imbalance at loci that are prone to DNA double-strand break formation when DNA replication is compromised (common fragile sites). We propose that, from its earliest stages, cancer development is associated with DNA replication stress, which leads to DNA double-strand breaks, genomic instability and selective pressure for p53 mutations. 相似文献
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