The coalition structure generation problem is a natural abstraction of one of the most important
challenges in multi-agent systems: How can a number of agents divide themselves into …

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a highly pathogenic virus that causes chronic liver diseases in
millions of people globally. In addition to a symptomatic, serologically evident infection, occult …

Occult hepatitis C virus infection (OCI) is a recently identified entity of which the existence
became evident when nucleic acid amplification assays of enhanced sensitivity were …

It is presumed that resolution of hepatitis C, as evidenced by normalization of liver function
tests and disappearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA from serum, as determined by …

The Internet and social media have fuelled enormous interest in social network analysis.
New tools continue to be developed and used to analyse our personal connections, with …

The Shapley value---probably the most important normative payoff division scheme in
coalitional games---has recently been advocated as a useful measure of centrality in networks. …

Background High quality genetic material is an essential pre-requisite when analyzing gene
expression using microarray technology. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) are …

Background & Aims: Infection of the lymphatic system by hepatitis C virus (HCV) appears to
be an intrinsic characteristic of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) and low-level (occult) HCV infection…

The characterization of hepatitis B virus (HBV) quasispecies in different compartments in liver
transplant (LT) recipients may be helpful in optimizing prophylaxis regimens. The aims of …

Woodchuck hepatitis virus (WHV), which is closely related to human hepatitis B virus and is
considered to be principally hepatotropic, invades the host's lymphatic system and persists in …