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Can we Trust Untargeted Metabolomics: Results of the Metabo-ring Initiative, a Large-scale Multi-instruments Inter-laboratoire Study

2013

This work was presented at the 6th Journée Scientifique du Réseau Français de Métabolomique et Fluxomique, Nantes, May 2012 and at the 8th International Conference of the Metabolomics Society, Washington, June 2012This work was presented at the 6th Journée Scientifique du Réseau Français de Métabolomique et Fluxomique, Nantes, May 2012 and at the 8th International Conference of the Metabolomics Society, Washington, June 2012; The metabo-ring initiative brought together five nuclear magnetic resonance instruments (NMR) and 11different mass spectrometers with the objective of assessing the reliability of untargeted metabolomics approaches in obtaining comparable metabolomics profiles. This wa…

A mathematical method for determining genome divergence and species delineation using AFLP.

2002

The delineation of bacterial species is presently achieved using direct DNA-DNA relatedness studies of whole genomes. It would be helpful to obtain the same genomically based delineation by indirect methods, provided that descriptions of individual genome composition of bacterial genomes are obtained and included in species descriptions. The amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) technique could provide the necessary data if the nucleotides involved in restriction and amplification are fundamental to the description of genomic divergences. Firstly, in order to verify that AFLP analysis permits a realistic exploration of bacterial genome composition, the strong correspondence between …

Impact of a new bio-pesticide produced by Paenibacillus sp. strain B2 on the genetic structure and density of soil bacterial communities

2007

The effect of paenimyxin, a new biopesticide produced by Paenibacillus sp. strain B2, on the density of soil bacterial communities was assessed by colony counting and by 16S rDNA and nirK quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Paenimyxin had a negative effect on the bacterial colony-forming unit (CFU) number, which was significantly reduced 2 and 4 days after treatment. The effect of paenimyxin on cultivatable bacteria was negligible 7 days after treatment. Approximately 107 16S rDNA sequences per gram of soil (dry weight) were detected by quantitative PCR in all samples. Paenimyxin did not affect the quantification of 16S rDNA or of the denitrifying bacterial community. In addition,…

New chemiometric technique applied to traceability of Sicilian honey of Sulla (Hedysarum coronarium L.)

The consumers have an increasing interest about food traceability with respect to safety, quality and typicality issues. Food traceability is an important issue in food safety and quality control, with impacts on food security, its quantity and overall availability. Furthermore, the possibility of tracing the origin of foodstuff is assuming an increasingly important role at the legislative level, as a tool that may allow to prove on product authenticity and to control adulteration. So, establish systems to trace food products through specified stages of production, processing and distribution play a key role also to ensure food safety. In the last years, several of analytical techniques hav…

Radio frequency fingerprinting for outdoor user equipment localization

2017

The recent advancements in cellular mobile technology and smart phone usage have opened opportunities for researchers and commercial companies to develop ubiquitous low cost localization systems. Radio frequency (RF) fingerprinting is a popular positioning technique which uses radio signal strength (RSS) values from already existing infrastructures to provide satisfactory user positioning accuracy in indoor and densely built outdoor urban areas where Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal is poor and hard to reach. However a major requirement for the RF fingerprinting to maintain good localization accuracy is the collection and updating of large training database. The Minimization…

Just lip prints? No: there could be something else

2004

Is It Possible to Produce Certified Hazelnut Plant Material in Sicily? Identification and Recovery of Nebrodi Genetic Resources, in vitro Establishme…

2021

Eight Sicilian cultivars of hazelnut (Corylus avellanaL.), namely-Curcia, Nociara Collica, Panottara Collica, Panottara Galati Grande, Parrinara, Panottara Baratta Piccola, Enzo, and Rossa Galvagno, registered into the Italian Cultivar Register of fruit tree species in 2017 were selected from Nebrodi area and establishedin vitro. The aim of the work was to carry out the sanitation of the cultivars and get virus-free plants from the most important viral pathogen threat, theapple mosaic virus. Virus-free plant material is essential for the production of certified plants from Sicilian hazelnut cultivars, complying the CE (cat. CAC) quality and the technical standards established in 2017 for vo…

Selaimen sormenjälkitunnistamisen torjunta käyttöjärjestelmäavusteisella virtualisoinnilla

2017

Selaimen sormenjälkitunnistaminen mahdollistaa käyttäjien seurannan käyttäjien yksityisyyttä luokkaavasti. Tutkielmassa selvitetään voidaanko käyttöjärjestelmäavusteisilla virtualisointiteknologioilla vastata selaimen sormenjälkitunnistamisen torjunnan asettamiin haasteisiin. Tutkielmassa havaittiin neljä eri haastetta selaimen sormenjälkitunnistamisen torjunnalle. Tutkielma keskittyy Linux-kernelin tukemiin käyttöjärjestelmäavusteisiin virtualisointiteknologiohin, jotka mahdollistavat ohjelmistokonttien toteuttamisen. Preventing browser fingerprinting using operating system level virtualization. Browser fingerprinting enables tracking of users in a way that violates users' privacy. In this…

Cluster-Based RF Fingerprint Positioning Using LTE and WLAN Outdoor Signals

2015

In this paper we evaluate user-equipment (UE) positioning performance of three cluster-based RF fingerprinting methods using LTE and WLAN signals. Real-life LTE and WLAN data were collected for the evaluation purpose using consumer cellular-mobile handset utilizing ‘Nemo Handy’ drive test software tool. Test results of cluster-based methods were compared to the conventional grid-based RF fingerprinting. The cluster-based methods do not require grid-cell layout and training signature formation as compared to the gridbased method. They utilize LTE cell-ID searching technique to reduce the search space for clustering operation. Thus UE position estimation is done in short time with less comput…

An efficient cluster-based outdoor user positioning using LTE and WLAN signal strengths

2015

In this paper we propose a novel cluster-based RF fingerprinting method for outdoor user-equipment (UE) positioning using both LTE and WLAN signals. It uses a simple cost effective agglomerative hierarchical clustering with Davies-Bouldin criterion to select the optimal cluster number. The positioning method does not require training signature formation prior to UE position estimation phase. It is capable of reducing the search space for clustering operation by using LTE cell-ID searching criteria. This enables the method to estimate UE positioning in short time with less computational expense. To validate the cluster-based positioning real-time field measurements were collected using readi…