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Robustness of self-organised systems to changes in individual level behaviour: an example from real and simulated self-organised snail aggregations
Perfect behaviours that are optimal to the environment an agent operates within rarely exist in real animals or in robotic systems. The costs (be they biological or economic) of building sensors an…
Received 29 October 2009 18:12 UTC; Posted 30 October 2009
Posted to: Biotechnology, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology
Accurate telemonitoring of Parkinson’s disease progression by non-invasive speech tests
Tracking Parkinson’s disease (PD) symptom progression often uses the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS), which requires the patient’s presence in clinic, and time-consuming physical e…
Received 29 October 2009 12:52 UTC; Posted 29 October 2009
Posted to: Neuroscience, Bioinformatics
Voluntary universal testing and treatment is unlikely to lead to HIV elimination: a modeling analysis
Recently Granich et al. at the World Health Organization (WHO) concluded, using mathematical modeling, that HIV epidemics could be eliminated within a decade. They assumed all individuals would be …
Received 29 October 2009 08:46 UTC; Posted 29 October 2009
Posted to: Bioinformatics
Natural Selection In Utero Contributes to the Male Longevity Deficit in Contemporary Human Populations
Much literature invokes natural selection to explain the pervasive deficit in the average lifespan of men compared to women.1 The explanation assumes that mothers, not fathers, provisioned childr…
Received 29 October 2009 07:39 UTC; Posted 29 October 2009
Posted to: Evolutionary Biology
Design of a dynamic model of genes with multiple autonomous regulatory modules by evolution in silico
A new approach to design a dynamic model of genes with multiple autonomous regulatory modules by evolution in silico is proposed. The approach is based on Genetic Algorithms, with new crossover ope…
Received 29 October 2009 00:50 UTC; Posted 29 October 2009
Posted to: Biotechnology, Developmental Biology, Genetics & Genomics, Bioinformatics, Evolutionary Biology
16S rRNA based identification of Aeromonas sp. kumar by constructing phylogenetic tree and identification of regulatory elements from the harmful Red Tide bloom, Gulf of Mannar
A bacterial strain, designated Aeromonas sp. kumar, was isolated from a water sample collected from Red tide Bloom occurred in the region of Gulf of Mannar region, Puthumadam Coast, India and the…
Received 28 October 2009 02:02 UTC; Posted 28 October 2009
Posted to: Ecology, Microbiology, Bioinformatics
Density Functional Study on the Stability and Reactivity of Pt(100) and Pt(111) Surfaces Modified by Ni Atoms
DFT study on the the stability and reactivity of Pt(100) and Pt(111) surfaces modified by nickel UPD monolayer deposition have been carried out. We used the binding energy calculation of bimetal…
Received 28 October 2009 10:52 UTC; Posted 28 October 2009
Posted to: Chemistry
Enzyme activity and dynamics in near-anhydrous conditions
Water is widely assumed to be essential for life 1, although the exact molecular basis of this requirement is unclear 2-4. Water facilitates protein motions 5-9 and although enzyme activity has bee…
Received 21 October 2009 14:13 UTC; Posted 28 October 2009
Posted to: Biotechnology, Chemistry
Comparison of Plasmid yield between L.B. and using Molasses as a medium
During the initial studies I have found that the molasses may be a good alternative to costly L.B media where one can manipulate the C/N ratio as per requirement of cell. Molasses is one of the bes…
Received 24 October 2009 13:28 UTC; Posted 28 October 2009
Posted to: Biotechnology
The Role of Neuregulin 1 in Schizophrenia: A Bioinformatics Approach
Context: Notwithstanding the great number of studies on the etiology and pathophysiology of schizophrenia, both issues remain far from being fully understood. Schizophrenia seems to be related to…
Received 27 October 2009 21:54 UTC; Posted 28 October 2009
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Neuroscience, Bioinformatics
