1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792185703321

Autore

Kershnar Stephen

Titolo

Desert and virtue [[electronic resource] ] : a theory of intrinsic value / / Stephen Kershnar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2010

ISBN

0-7391-3938-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (168 p.)

Disciplina

121/.8

Soggetti

Virtue

Values

Reward (Ethics)

Character

Ethics

Responsibility

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-147) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A theory of intrinsic value -- The geometry of desert -- The time of intrinsic value -- The momentary theory of desert -- Desert and the principle of universality -- The ground of desert -- The building-block theory of virtue -- Virtuous attitudes -- Desert and responsibility.

Sommario/riassunto

Desert and Virtue: A Theory of Intrinsic Value presents a comprehensive examination of desert and what makes people deserve things. Stephen Kershnar demonstrates how desert relates to virtue, good deeds, moral responsibility, and personal change and growth through the life process. He persuasively argues that desert is a function that relates well-being, intrinsic value, and a 'ground,' which is defined as a person's character or act.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830082603321

Titolo

Analysis of microarray data : a network-based approach / / edited by Frank Emmert-Streib and Matthias Dehmer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Weinheim, [Germany] : , : Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-281-94703-2

9786611947033

3-527-62281-0

3-527-62282-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (440 p.)

Disciplina

572.8636

Soggetti

DNA microarrays

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Analysis of Microarray Data; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction to DNA Microarrays; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 The Genome is an Information Scaffold; 1.1.2 Gene Expression is Detected by Hybridization; 1.1.2.1 Hybridization is Used to Measure Gene Expression; 1.1.2.2 Microarrays Provide a New Twist to an Old Technique; 1.2 Types of Arrays; 1.2.1 Spotted Microarrays; 1.2.2 Affymetrix GeneChips; 1.2.2.1 Other In Situ Synthesis Platforms; 1.2.2.2 Uses of Microarrays; 1.3 Array Content; 1.3.1 ESTs Are the First View; 1.3.1.1 Probe Design; 1.4 Normalization and Scaling

1.4.1 Be Unbiased, Be Complete1.4.2 Sequence Counts; References; 2 Comparative Analysis of Clustering Methods for Microarray Data; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Measuring Distance Between Genes or Clusters; 2.3 Network Models; 2.3.1 Boolean Network; 2.3.2 Coexpression Network; 2.3.3 Bayesian Network; 2.3.4 Co-Occurrence Network; 2.4 Network Constrained Clustering Method; 2.4.1 Extract the Giant Connected Component; 2.4.2 Compute "Network Constrained Distance Matrix"; 2.5 Network Constrained Clustering Results; 2.5.1 Yeast Galactose Metabolism Pathway; 2.5.2 Retinal Gene Expression Data



2.5.3 Mouse Segmentation Clock Data2.6 Discussion and Conclusion; References; 3 Finding Verified Edges in Genetic/Gene Networks: Bilayer Verification for Network Recovery in the Presence of Hidden Confounders; 3.1 Introduction: Gene and Genetic Networks; 3.2 Background and Prior Theory; 3.2.1 Motivation; 3.2.2 Bayesian Networks Theory; 3.2.2.1 d-Separation at Colliders; 3.2.2.2 Placing Genetic Tests Within the Bayesian Network Framework; 3.2.3 Learning Network Structure from Observed Conditional Independencies; 3.2.4 Prior Work: The PC Algorithm; 3.2.4.1 PC Algorithm

3.5 Results and Further Application3.5.1 Estimating α False-Positive Rates for the v-Structure Test; 3.5.2 Learning an Aortic Lesion Network; 3.5.3 Further Utilizing Networks: Assigning Functional Roles to Genes; 3.5.4 Future Work; References; 4 Computational Inference of Biological Causal Networks - Analysis of Therapeutic Compound Effects; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Basic Theory of Bayesian Networks; 4.2.1 Bayesian Scoring Metrics; 4.2.2 Heuristic Search Methods; 4.2.3 Inference Score; 4.3 Methods; 4.3.1 Experimental Design; 4.3.2 Tissue Contamination; 4.3.3 Gene List Prefiltering

4.3.4 Outlier Removal

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the first to focus on the application of mathematical networks for analyzing microarray data. This method goes well beyond the standard clustering methods traditionally used. From the contents:* Understanding and Preprocessing Microarray Data* Clustering of Microarray Data* Reconstruction of the Yeast Cell Cycle by Partial Correlations of Higher Order* Bilayer Verification Algorithm* Probabilistic Boolean Networks as Models for Gene Regulation* Estimating Transcriptional Regulatory Networks by a Bayesian Network* Analysis of Therapeutic Compound Eff