Most recent submissions
Organising metabolic networks: cycles in flux distributions
Metabolic networks are among the most widely studied biological systems. The topology and interconnections of metabolic reactions have been well described for many species, but are not sufficient t…
Received 02 November 2009 16:01 UTC; Posted 02 November 2009
Posted to: Bioinformatics
Comparative semiempirical, ab initio, and DFT study on the thermodynamic properties of linear and branched PFSA/Fs, PFCA/Fs, and perhydroalkyl sulfonic acids, alkanes, and alcohols
A systematic and comprehensive semiempirical, Hartree-Fock (HF) ab initio, and B3LYP density functional theory (DFT) study was conducted on the relative thermodynamic properties of various linear a…
Received 31 October 2009 17:11 UTC; Posted 02 November 2009
Posted to: Chemistry, Earth & Environment
Theoretical Investigation on Electronic Properties of Topological Materials: Moebius Nanographite and Conjugated Polymers
1. Topological materials: Moebius nanographite and conjugated polymers2. Magnetic domain wall states [1] vs. helical magmetic order in nanographite [2]3. Static polarizability α and the f…
Received 02 November 2009 13:05 UTC; Posted 02 November 2009
Posted to: Chemistry
Roman roads: The hierarchical endosymbiosis of cognitive modules
Serial endosymbiosis theory provides a unifying paradigm for examining the interaction of cognitive modules at vastly different scales of biological, social, and cultural organization. A trivial bu…
Received 22 October 2009 16:47 UTC; Posted 02 November 2009
Posted to: Ecology, Neuroscience, Earth & Environment, Evolutionary Biology
Application of space technology to the design of sustainable settlements in hot deserts: Bioregenerative life support systems
Water scarcity in hot deserts, which cover about one-fifth of the Earth’s land area, along with rapid expansion of hot deserts into arable lands is one of the key global environmental problems. Thi…
Received 31 October 2009 00:00 UTC; Posted 02 November 2009
Posted to: Earth & Environment
Study of Echinoids of Gurpi formation, Iran
In order to detailed study of Echinoids, some samples are collected from Brown limestone member of Seimare from Gurpi Formation with 213 meter thickness which located in the vicinity of Ilam provin…
Received 01 November 2009 17:58 UTC; Posted 02 November 2009
Posted to: Earth & Environment, Evolutionary Biology
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
