My first experiences of Japan were so early in life that they are hazy in my memory.My neighbours in São Paulo City, a sprawling megalopolis in Brazil, were Japanese migrants.I was seven or eight when I first saw their festivals and performance presentations from my parents’ bedroom window.I remember my awe at their colourful costumes, masks and
Abstract Background MicroRNA (miRNA), which is short non-coding RNA, plays a pivotal role in the regulation of many biological processes and affects the stability and/or translation of mRNA.Recently, machine learning algorithms were developed to predict potential miRNA targets.Most of these methods are robust but are not sensitive to redundant or i
Architectural heritage is a historic and artistic property which has to be protected, preserved, restored and must be shown to the public.Modern tools like 3D laser scanners are more and more used in heritage documentation.Most of the time, the 3D laser scanner is completed by a digital camera which is used to enrich the accurate geometric informat
The Revivals of the Jagiellonian Idea: Political and Normative Contexts The article has two major aims.First, it provides a short analysis of three Cookies revivals of the Jagiellonian idea which took place in the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries in different historical and political circumstances.Second, it locates these revivals within the