A complete and dedicated analytical toolbox for quality control and diagnosis based on subject-related measurements of micro-RNA (miRNA) expressions. The package consists of a set of functions that allow to train, optimize and use a Bayesian classifier that relies on multiplets of measured miRNA expressions. The package also implements the quality control tools required to preprocess input datasets. In addition, the package provides a function to carry out a statistical analysis of miRNA expressions, which can give insights to improve the classifier's performance. The method implemented in the package was first introduced in L. Ricci, V. Del Vescovo, C. Cantaloni, M. Grasso, M. Barbareschi and M. A. Denti, "Statistical analysis of a Bayesian classifier based on the expression of miRNAs", BMC Bioinformatics 16:287, 2015 <doi:10.1186/s12859-015-0715-9>. The package is thoroughly described in M. Castelluzzo, A. Perinelli, S. Detassis, M. A. Denti and L. Ricci, "MiRNA-QC-and-Diagnosis: An R package for diagnosis based on MiRNA expression", SoftwareX 12:100569, 2020 <doi:10.1016/j.softx.2020.100569>. Please cite both these works if you use the package for your analysis. DISCLAIMER: The software in this package is for general research purposes only and is thus provided WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. It is NOT intended to form the basis of clinical decisions. Please refer to the GNU General Public License 3.0 (GPLv3) for further information.

Machine learning method specifically designed for
    pre-miRNA prediction. It takes advantage of unlabeled sequences to improve
    the prediction rates even when there are just a few positive examples, when
    the negative examples are unreliable or are not good representatives of
    its class. Furthermore, the method can automatically search for negative
    examples if the user is unable to provide them. MiRNAss can find a good
    boundary to divide the pre-miRNAs from other groups of sequences; it
    automatically optimizes the threshold that defines the classes boundaries,
    and thus, it is robust to high class imbalance. Each step of the method is
    scalable and can handle large volumes of data.