Similarity search of time series can be efficiently handled through a multi-resolution representation scheme which offers the possibility to use pre-computed distances that are calculated and stored at indexing time and then utilized at query time together with filters in the form of exclusion conditions which speed up the search. In this paper we introduce a new multi-resolution representation ...

On Bjørnøya, the exhumed crest of the Stappen High, the lower Permian (Cisuralian) Hambergfjellet Formation represents the only exposed part of the Bjarmeland Group carbonate platform, which occurs widely elsewhere in the subsurface of the Barents Shelf. A complex stratigraphic architecture has earlier been noted for the Hambergfjellet Formation and thickness estimates range from c. 50 to more than ...

To each linear code C over a finite field we associate the matroid M(C) of its parity check matrix. For any matroid M one can define its generalized Hamming weights, and if a matroid is associated to such a parity check matrix, and thus of type M(C) , these weights are the same as those of the code C . In our main result we show how the weights d1,…,dk of a matroid M are determined by the N -graded ...

We present a fully analytic approach to calculate infrared (IR) and Raman spectra of molecules embedded in complex molecular environments modeled using the fragment-based polarizable embedding (PE) model. We provide the theory for the calculation of analytic second-order geometric derivatives of molecular energies and first-order geometric derivatives of electric dipole moments and dipole–dipole ...

In recent years, social network providers has become one of the largest industries in the world. These networks created a new arena for sharing information over the Internet, and thus changed the way people interact with each other. Hundreds of millions of social network users are updating statuses and sending messages to each other every day. These interactions produce vast amounts of social data. ...

Data from consumer-based devices for collecting personal health-related data could be useful in diagnostics and treatment. This requires a flexible and scalable software and system architecture to handle the data. This study examines the existing mSpider platform, addresses shortcomings in security and development, and suggests a full risk analysis, a more loosely coupled component- based system for ...

Background: Social media are becoming mainstream in the health domain. Despite the large volume of accurate and trustworthy health information available on social media platforms, finding good-quality health information can be difficult. Misleading health information can often be popular (eg, antivaccination videos) and therefore highly rated by general search engines. We believe that community ...

Modern technology has provided people with ease of living but at the same time has given birth to the problems of equally modern nature. For instance, high reliance on private transportation has resulted in unintended consequences such as high level of air pollution and congestion in urban cities. Another main disadvantage that is often overlooked is related to the rise of several noncommunicable ...

A thorough lithological investigation of deep sea sediment core HH13-100GC has been undertaken, in order to investigate the climate and oceanographic fluctuations of the last glacial epoch. The cause of Heinrich events has remained an enigma ever since the discovery of Heinrich layers in the North Atlantic in the 1980s. Through a combination of XRF and X-ray imagery, geotechnical property investigation, ...

The video games industry is now one of the biggest entertainment industries in the world. Forb es magazine estimates that the video game industry will sell games for 70 billion dollars by the end of 2015, and the biggest growth is in the mobile market. While most of the video game industry is creating games strictly for entertainment purp oses, there is a growing demand for games that can b e ...