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Practical Applications of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 12th International Conference

  • Presents the latest research on practical applications of computational biology and bioinformatics
  • Includes the outcomes of the 12th International Conference on Practical Applications of Computational Biology & Bioinformatics held in Toledo, Spain, from 20th to 22nd June 2018
  • Discusses applications of computational intelligence with an interdisciplinary character, exploring the interactions between bioinformatics, chemoinformatics, and systems biology

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Table of contents (26 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. A Hybrid of Simple Constrained Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm and Flux Balance Analysis for Enhancing Lactate and Succinate in Escherichia Coli

    • Mei Kie Hon, Mohd Saberi Mohamad, Abdul Hakim Mohamed Salleh, Yee Wen Choon, Muhammad Akmal Remli, Mohd Arfian Ismail et al.
    Pages 1-8
  3. Parameter Estimation of Essential Amino Acids in Arabidopsis thaliana Using Hybrid of Bees Algorithm and Harmony Search

    • Mei Yee Aw, Mohd Saberi Mohamad, Chuii Khim Chong, Safaai Deris, Muhammad Akmal Remli, Mohd Arfian Ismail et al.
    Pages 9-16
  4. In Silico Modeling and Simulation Approach for Apoptosis Caspase Pathways

    • Pedro Pablo González-Pérez, Maura Cárdenas-García
    Pages 17-26
  5. Impact of Genealogical Features in Transthyretin Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy Age of Onset Prediction

    • Maria Pedroto, Alípio Jorge, João Mendes-Moreira, Teresa Coelho
    Pages 35-42
  6. Feature Selection and Polydispersity Characterization for QSPR Modelling: Predicting a Tensile Property

    • Fiorella Cravero, Santiago Schustik, María Jimena Martínez, Carlos D. Barranco, Mónica F. Díaz, Ignacio Ponzoni
    Pages 43-51
  7. Methods of Creating Knowledge Graph by Linking Biological Databases

    • Nazar Zaki, Chandana Tennakoon, Hany Al Ashwal, Alanoud Al Jaberi, Amel Al Ameri
    Pages 52-62
  8. QSAR Modelling for Drug Discovery: Predicting the Activity of LRRK2 Inhibitors for Parkinson’s Disease Using Cheminformatics Approaches

    • Víctor Sebastián-Pérez, María J. Martínez, Carmen Gil, Nuria E. Campillo, Ana Martínez, Ignacio Ponzoni
    Pages 63-70
  9. Improving the Use of Deep Convolutional Neural Networks for the Prediction of Molecular Properties

    • Niclas Ståhl, Göran Falkman, Alexander Karlsson, Gunnar Mathiason, Jonas Boström
    Pages 71-79
  10. An Analysis of Symmetric Words in Human DNA: Adjacent vs Non-adjacent Word Distances

    • Carlos A. C. Bastos, Vera Afreixo, João M. O. S. Rodrigues, Armando J. Pinho
    Pages 80-87
  11. A Bioinformatics Protocol for Quickly Creating Large-Scale Phylogenetic Trees

    • Hugo López-Fernández, Pedro Duque, Sílvia Henriques, Noé Vázquez, Florentino Fdez-Riverola, Cristina P. Vieira et al.
    Pages 88-96
  12. Deep Learning Analysis of Binding Behavior of Virus Displayed Peptides to AuNPs

    • Haebom Lee, Jun Jo, Yong Oh Lee, Korkmaz Zirpel Nuriye, Leon Abelmann
    Pages 97-104
  13. Compression of Amino Acid Sequences

    • Diogo Pratas, Morteza Hosseini, Armando J. Pinho
    Pages 105-113
  14. NET-ASAR: A Tool for DNA Sequence Search Based on Data Compression

    • Manuel Gaspar, Diogo Pratas, Armando J. Pinho
    Pages 114-122
  15. Can an Integrative SNP Approach Substitute Standard Identification in Comprehensive Case/Control Analyses?

    • Anna Papiez, Marcin Skrzypski, Amelia Szymanowska-Narloch, Ewa Jassem, Agnieszka Maciejewska, Ryszard Pawlowski et al.
    Pages 123-130
  16. Simple Pattern-only Heuristics Lead to Fast Subgraph Matching Strategies on Very Large Networks

    • Antonino Aparo, Vincenzo Bonnici, Giovanni Micale, Alfredo Ferro, Dennis Shasha, Alfredo Pulvirenti et al.
    Pages 131-138
  17. In Silico Predictions for Fucoxanthin Production by the Diatom Phaeodactylum Tricornutum

    • Claudia M. Bauer, Paulo Vilaça, Fernanda Ramlov, Eva Regina de Oliveira, Débora Q. Cabral, Caroline Schmitz et al.
    Pages 139-148
  18. EvoPPI: A Web Application to Compare Protein-Protein Interactions (PPIs) from Different Databases and Species

    • Noé Vázquez, Sara Rocha, Hugo López-Fernández, André Torres, Rui Camacho, Florentino Fdez-Riverola et al.
    Pages 149-156
  19. A Review on Metabolomics Data Analysis for Cancer Applications

    • Sara Cardoso, Delora Baptista, Rebeca Santos, Miguel Rocha
    Pages 157-165

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About this book

This book introduces the latest international research in the fields of bioinformatics and computational biology. It includes various studies in the area of machine learning in bioinformatics, systems biology, omics data analysis and mining, biomedical applications and sequences, which were selected by an international committee and presented at the 12th International Conference on Practical Applications of Computational Biology & Bioinformatics held in Toledo in June 2018.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Informática, Universidad de Vigo, Ourense, Spain

    Florentino Fdez-Riverola

  • Faculty of Computing, Department of Software Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia

    Mohd Saberi Mohamad

  • Department de Informática, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal

    Miguel Rocha

  • Departamento de Informática y Automática, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Juan F. De Paz

  • Departamento de Sistemas Informáticos, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain

    Pascual González

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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