“Positive” Results Increase Down the Hierarchy of the Sciences [PDF]
, 2010 The hypothesis of a Hierarchy of the Sciences with physical sciences at the top, social sciences at the bottom, and biological sciences in-between is nearly 200 years old.
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Deterministic chaos theory and forecasting in Social Sciences. Contribution to the discussion [PDF]
, 2018 Forecasting social phenomena may be hampered in many ways. This is because in nature of these phenomena lies strong and multilateral connection with other social phenomena; but not only – also physical and biological (natural) ones.
Donaj, Łukasz
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A Multiscale Modeling Framework Based on P Systems [PDF]
, 2008 Cellular systems present a highly complex organization at different scales including the molecular, cellular and colony levels. The complexity at each one of these levels is tightly interrelated.
Blakes, Jonathan +4 more
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Top-down reconfiguration of SMA cortical connectivity during action preparation
iScience, 2023 Summary: The Bereitschaftspotential (BP), a scalp potential recorded in humans during action preparation, is characterized by a slow amplitude increase over fronto-central regions as action execution approaches.
Valentina Bianco +4 more
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Ecological Complexity of Coral Recruitment Processes: Effects of Invertebrate Herbivores on Coral Recruitment and Growth Depends Upon Substratum Properties and Coral Species [PDF]
, 2013 Sarah W. Davies, Mikhail V. Matz, Integrative Biology Section, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of AmericaSarah W. Davies, Peter D.
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GPU-powered Simulation Methodologies for Biological Systems [PDF]
EPTCS 130, 2013, pp. 87-91, 2013 The study of biological systems witnessed a pervasive cross-fertilization between experimental investigation and computational methods. This gave rise to the development of new methodologies, able to tackle the complexity of biological systems in a quantitative manner.
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Implementation of environmental recovery training response to biological incidents in a human health degree [PDF]
, 2019 Agents involved in biological incidents and outbreaks of infection can spread easily, so response teams are required to quickly implement a recovery plan to decontaminate and restore the environment impacted by these incidents to minimise public risks. A
Pena, M. A., Pena-Fernandez, A.
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Influence of data sampling methods on the representation of neural spiking activity in vivo
iScience, 2022 Summary: In vivo single-unit recordings distinguish the basal spiking properties of neurons in different experimental settings and disease states. Here, we examined over 300 spike trains recorded from Purkinje cells and cerebellar nuclei neurons to test ...
Meike E. van der Heijden +2 more
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Near-peer teaching and exam results: the acceptability, impact, and assessment outcomes of a novel biological sciences revision programme taught by senior medical students [PDF]
, 2014 YesNear-peer teaching is becoming increasingly popular as a learning methodology. We report the development of a novel near-peer biological sciences revision course and its acceptability and impact on student confidence and exam performance.
Duffy, J. +4 more
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Visualizing lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection in cells and living mice
iScience, 2022 Summary: Mammarenavirus are a large family of enveloped negative-strand RNA viruses that include several agents responsible for severe hemorrhagic fevers.
Yuxi Wen +11 more
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