Jenny Corbett

Ying Xu

Since the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC) of 1997–98 large current account surpluses have accumulated in the countries of Asia and the Pacific with corresponding deficits elsewhere. The sharp plunge in global trade volumes during the global financial crisis has highlighted the need for ‘rebalancing’–focussing more on domestic sources of economic growth than on exports in some Asian economies. One key objective of the book is to elucidate the economic structures and policies that give rise to current account surpluses and imbalances and consider what policy adjustments could change them. Another objective is to show the link between financial systems, financial integration and the transmission of economic shocks between countries. The book offers new dimensions to understand ‘rebalancing’ and provides alternative and arguably more fundamental solutions to address imbalances. Rather than focusing on exchange rate misalignment, this book begins from the premise that the imbalances are a macroeconomic problem that reflects a mismatch between savings and investment in the surplus countries. Then, it examines exchange rate policies adopted by countries in the region and finds that part of the explanation for their currency strategy lies in their perceived need to build foreign exchange reserves to provide a buffer in case of instabilities. The book examines whether there are other possibilities for countries to insure against economic volatility by more actively and openly engaging with international capital markets. The studies show that closer financial integration, involving more open financial markets, with well-chosen partners, would be welfare-improving and should reduce the need for the counter-productive, self-insurance policies that result in foreign exchange accumulation.

Rebalancing Economies in Financially Integrating East Asia

Peter Markstein

This volume contains about 40 papers covering many of the latest developments in the fast-growing field of bioinformatics. The contributions span a wide range of topics, including computational genomics and genetics, protein function and computational proteomics, the transcriptome, structural bioinformatics, microarray data analysis, motif identification, biological pathways and systems, and biomedical applications. There are also abstracts from the keynote addresses and invited talks. The papers cover not only theoretical aspects of bioinformatics but also delve into the application of new methods, with input from computation, engineering and biology disciplines. This multidisciplinary approach to bioinformatics gives these proceedings a unique viewpoint of the field. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: Exploring the Ocean''s Microbes: Sequencing the Seven Seas (122 KB). Contents: Exploring the Ocean''s Microbes: Sequencing the Seven Seas (M E Frazier et al.); Protein Network Comparative Genomics (T Ideker); Bioinformatics at Microsoft Research (S Mercer); Protein Fold Recognition Using Gradient Boost Algorithm (F Jiao et al.); Efficient Annotation of Non-Coding RNA Structures Including Pseudoknots via Automated Filters (C Liu et al.); Efficient Generalized Matrix Approximations for Biomarker Discovery and Visualization in Gene Expression Data (W Li et al.); Sorting Genomes by Translocations and Deletions (X Qi et al.); Detection of Cleavage Sites for HIV-1 Protease in Native Proteins (L You); Identifying Biological Pathways via Phase Decomposition and Profile Extraction (Y Zhang & Z Deng); Complexity and Scoring Function of MS/MS Peptide De Novo Sequencing (C Xu & B Ma); Simulating In Vitro Epithelial Morphogenesis in Multiple Environments (M R Grant et al.); and other papers. Readership: Research and application community in bioinformatics, systems biology, medicine, pharmacology and biotechnology. A useful reference for graduate researchers in bioinformatics and computational biology.

CSB2006 Conference Proceedings, Stanford CA, 14-18 August 2006

Computational Systems Bioinformatics

This volume contains about 40 papers covering many of the latest developments in the fast-growing field of bioinformatics. The contributions span a wide range of topics, including computational genomics and genetics, protein function and computational proteomics, the transcriptome, structural bioinformatics, microarray data analysis, motif identification, biological pathways and systems, and biomedical applications. There are also abstracts from the keynote addresses and invited talks. The papers cover not only theoretical aspects of bioinformatics but also delve into the application of new methods, with input from computation, engineering and biology disciplines. This multidisciplinary approach to bioinformatics gives these proceedings a unique viewpoint of the field. Contents:Exploring the Ocean's Microbes: Sequencing the Seven Seas (M E Frazier et al.)Protein Network Comparative Genomics (T Ideker)Bioinformatics at Microsoft Research (S Mercer)Protein Fold Recognition Using Gradient Boost Algorithm (F Jiao et al.)Efficient Annotation of Non-Coding RNA Structures Including Pseudoknots via Automated Filters (C Liu et al.)Efficient Generalized Matrix Approximations for Biomarker Discovery and Visualization in Gene Expression Data (W Li et al.)Sorting Genomes by Translocations and Deletions (X Qi et al.)Detection of Cleavage Sites for HIV-1 Protease in Native Proteins (L You)Identifying Biological Pathways via Phase Decomposition and Profile Extraction (Y Zhang & Z Deng)Complexity and Scoring Function of MS/MS Peptide De Novo Sequencing (C Xu & B Ma)Simulating In Vitro Epithelial Morphogenesis in Multiple Environments (M R Grant et al.)and other papers Readership: Research and application community in bioinformatics, systems biology, medicine, pharmacology and biotechnology. A useful reference for graduate researchers in bioinformatics and computational biology. Keywords:Bioinformatics;Computational Biology;Genomics;Proteomics;Structural Biology;Biological Pathways;Phylogenetics;Systems BiologyKey Features:The CSB meetings accepts only the highest quality research paper, with a paper-acceptance rate of below 20%The CSB meeting represents an unique bioinformatics conference in which papers blend bioinformatic tool development with in silico biologyCSB meetings have become one of the most well attended bioinformatics conferencesCSB proceedings are indexed by Medline

CSB2007 Conference Proceedings, Volume 6, University of California, San Diego, 13-17 August 2007

Dong Xu

Jie Liang

Volume One of this two-volume sequence focuses on the basic characterization of known protein structures, and structure prediction from protein sequence information. Eleven chapters survey of the field, covering key topics in modeling, force fields, classification, computational methods, and structure prediction. Each chapter is a self contained review covering definition of the problem and historical perspective; mathematical formulation; computational methods and algorithms; performance results; existing software; strengths, pitfalls, challenges, and future research.

Volume 1: Basic Characterization

Computational Methods for Protein Structure Prediction and Modeling

This volume contains about 40 papers covering many of the latest developments in the fast-growing field of bioinformatics. The contributions span a wide range of topics, including computational genomics and genetics, protein function and computational proteomics, the transcriptome, structural bioinformatics, microarray data analysis, motif identification, biological pathways and systems, and biomedical applications. Abstracts from the keynote addresses and invited talks are also included. The papers not only cover theoretical aspects of bioinformatics but also delve into the application of new methods, with input from computation, engineering and biology disciplines. This multidisciplinary approach to bioinformatics gives these proceedings a unique viewpoint of the field. Contents: Learning Predictive Models of Gene Regulation (C Leslie)Algorithms for Selecting Breakpoint Locations to Optimize Diversity in Protein Engineering by Site-Directed Protein Recombination (W Zheng et al.)Cancer Molecular Pattern Discovery by Subspace Consensus Kernel Classification (X Han)Transcriptional Profiling of Definitive Endoderm Derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells (H Liu et al.)A Markov Model Based Analysis of Stochastic Biochemical Systems (P Ghosh et al.)Clustering of Main Orthologs for Multiple Genomes (Z Fu & T Jiang)Extraction, Quantification and Visualization of Protein Pockets (X Zhang & C Bajaj)Consensus Contact Prediction by Linear Programming (X Gao et al.)An Active Visual Search Interface for Medline (W Xuan et al.)Exact and Heuristic Algorithms for Weighted Cluster Editing (S Rahmann et al.)Reconcilation with Non-binary Species Trees (B Vernot et al.)and other papers Readership: Research and application community in bioinformatics, systems biology, medicine, pharmacology and biotechnology. Graduate researchers in bioinformatics and computational biology. Keywords:Bioinformatics;Computational Biology;Genomics;Proteomics;Structural Biology;Biological Pathways;Phylogenetics;Systems BiologyKey Features:The CSB meetings accept only the highest-quality research papers, with a paper-acceptance rate of below 20%The CSB meetings represent a unique bioinformatics conference in which papers blend bioinformatic tool development with in silico biologyCSB meetings have become one of the most well-attended bioinformatics conferencesCSB proceedings are indexed by Medline

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