A SPECTRUM OF FREE SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR PROCESSING THE VCF VARIANT CALL FORMAT: VCFLIB, BIO-VCF, CYVCF2, HTS-NIM AND SLIVAR.

A spectrum of free software tools for processing the VCF variant call format: vcflib, bio-vcf, cyvcf2, hts-nim and slivar.

Since its introduction in 2011 the variant call format (VCF) has been widely adopted for processing DNA and RNA variants in practically all population studies-as well as in somatic and germline mutation studies.The VCF format can represent single nucleotide variants, multi-nucleotide earthbath facial wipes variants, insertions and deletions, and si

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Detection of Illicit Drugs by Trained Honeybees (Apis mellifera).

Illegal drugs exacerbate global social challenges such as substance addiction, mental health issues and violent crime.Police and customs officials often rely on specially-trained sniffer dogs, which act as sensitive biological detectors to find concealed illegal drugs.However, the here dog "alert" is no longer sufficient evidence to allow a search

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Refugee Camp Monitoring and Environmental Change Assessment of Kutupalong, Bangladesh, Based on Radar Imagery of Sentinel-1 and ALOS-2

Approximately one million refugees of the Rohingya minority population in Myanmar crossed the border to Bangladesh on 25 August 2017, seeking shelter from systematic oppression and persecution.This led to a dramatic expansion of the Kutupalong refugee camp within a couple of months and a decrease of vegetation in the surrounding forests.As many hum

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