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Improving Moth-Flame Optimization Algorithm by using Slime-Mould Algorithm

Tikrit Journal of Pure Science, 2022
The MFO algorithm is one of the modern optimization algorithms based on swarm intelligence, and the SMA algorithm is also one of the latest algorithms in the same field and has the advantages of fast convergence, high convergence accuracy, robust and ...
Sami N. Hussein, Nazar K. Hussein
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Smart, Bio‐Inspired Polymers and Bio‐Based Molecules Modified by Zwitterionic Motifs to Design Next‐Generation Materials for Medical Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Bio‐based and (semi‐)synthetic zwitterion‐modified novel materials and fully synthetic next‐generation alternatives show the importance of material design for different biomedical applications. The zwitterionic character affects the physiochemical behavior of the material and deepens the understanding of chemical interaction mechanisms within the ...
Theresa M. Lutz, Jonas De Breuck, Sahar Salehi, Meike N. Leiske   +3 more
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Animals and Fungi are Each Other's Closest Relatives: Congruent Evidence from Multiple Proteins [PDF]

, 1993
Phylogenetic relationships among plants, animals, and fungi were examined by using sequences from 25 proteins. Four insertions/deletions were found that are shared by two of the three taxonomic groups in question, and all four are uniquely shared by ...
Baldauf, S.L., Palmer, J.D.
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Four New Species of Dictyostelids from Soil Systems in Northern Thailand

Journal of Fungi, 2022
Dictyostelid cellular slime molds (dictyostelids) are ubiquitous microorganisms found in the uppermost layers of most soils. Reports on the species diversity of dictyostelids in Southeast Asia, particularly Thailand, are few in number.
James C. Cavender, Eduardo M. Vadell, Allison L. Perrigo, John C. Landolt, Steven L. Stephenson, Pu Liu   +5 more
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Engineered Protein‐Based Ionic Conductors for Sustainable Energy Storage Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Rational incorporation of charged residues into an engineered, self‐assembling protein scaffold yields solid‐state protein films with outstanding ionic conductivity. Salt‐doping further enhances conductivity, an effect amplified in the engineered variants. These properties enable the material integration into an efficient supercapacitor.
Juan David Cortés‐Ossa, Paolo Blesio, Marcial Fernandez‐Castro, Lisa Almonte, Maxence Fernandez, Mantas Liutkus, Perumal Pandurangan, Carlos Sabater, Aitor Villaverde, Manuel Melle‐Franco, Nurit Ashkenasy, Felipe Jiménez‐Ángeles, M. Carmen Morant‐Miñana, M. Reyes Calvo, Aitziber L. Cortajarena   +14 more
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Diversity of plasmodial slime molds (myxomycetes) in coastal, mountain, and community forests of Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, the Philippines [PDF]

, 2015
No profiling of diversity of myxomycetes has ever been conducted in one of the biodiversity hotspot areas in the Philippine archipelago, and this necessitates a swift survey of myxomycetes in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro. An assessment of diversity of
Anders Priemé, Asker Brejnrod, Inês Nunes, Inês Nunes, Jan Dirk Van Elsas, Joana F. Salles, Samuel Jacquiod, Stephanie D. Jurburg, Stephanie D. Jurburg, Søren J. Sørensen   +9 more
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Miniature Soft Robot With Magnetically Reprogrammable Surgical Functions

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Miniature soft robots have great prospects to revolutionize minimally invasive treatments. Here we present a miniature soft robot, which can be reprogrammed to perform five surgical functionalities with six‐degrees‐of‐freedom motions. This soft robot can prospectively make minimally invasive surgery considerably safer and painless, and enable ...
Chelsea Shan Xian Ng, Yu Xuan Yeoh, Nicholas Yong Wei Foo, Keerthana Radhakrishnan, Guo Zhan Lum   +4 more
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Slime mould solves maze in one pass ... assisted by gradient of chemo-attractants

, 2011
Plasmodium of Physarum polycephalum is a large cell, visible by unaided eye, which exhibits sophisticated patterns of foraging behaviour. The plasmodium's behaviour is well interpreted in terms of computation, where data are spatially extended ...
Adamatzky, Andrew
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Biological activities and chemical compositions of slime tracks and crude exopolysaccharides isolated from plasmodia of Physarum polycephalum and Physarella oblonga

BMC Biotechnology, 2017
Background The myxomycetes derive their common name (slime molds) from the multinucleate trophic stage (plasmodium) in the life cycle, which typically produces a noticeable amount of slimy materials, some of which is normally left behind as a “slime ...
Tuyen T.M Huynh, Trung V. Phung, Steven L. Stephenson, Hanh T.M Tran   +3 more
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The Future of Research in Cognitive Robotics: Foundation Models or Developmental Cognitive Models?

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Research in cognitive robotics founded on principles of developmental psychology and enactive cognitive science would yield what we seek in autonomous robots: the ability to perceive its environment, learn from experience, anticipate the outcome of events, act to pursue goals, and adapt to changing circumstances without resorting to training with ...
David Vernon
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