Published in Journal of Artificial General Intelligence
In 2011, Hibbard suggested an intelligence measure for agents who compete in an adversarial sequence prediction game. We argue that Hibbard’s idea should actually be considered as two separate ideas: first, that the intelligence of such agents can be measured based on the growth rates of the runtimes of the competitors that they defeat; and second,...
Published in Parasite
Metabarcoding is a powerful tool to detect classical, and well-known “long-branch” Microsporidia in environmental samples. Several primer pairs were developed to target these unique microbial parasites, the majority of which remain undetected when using general metabarcoding primers. Most of these Microsporidia-targeting primer pairs amplify fragme...
Published in BIO Web of Conferences
This study investigates the potential of agricultural by-products, rich in lignocellulosic materials, as sustainable food packaging materials to mitigate the environmental issues associated with nonbiodegradable plastics and styrofoam. Starch-based biodegradable food trays were developed using agricultural by-products, including sorghum stalk, rice...
Published in Parasite
Giardia duodenalis is a common enteric parasite in humans and animals. To examine the occurrence and genetic characteristics of Giardia in donkeys in Xinjiang, China, 758 fecal samples from donkeys were collected, and Giardia was screened via PCR at the SSU rRNA gene. A total of 17.0% (129/758) of samples tested positive for Giardia, with the infec...
Published in BIO Web of Conferences
This research was conducted to evaluate the effect of heating temperature on the physical and mechanical characteristics of plybamboo boards as an effort to reduce the use of wood and develop composite products as a wood substitute material. The material used was betung bamboo (Dendrocalamus asper) processed using PVAc adhesive. Hygrothermal treatm...
Published in Parasite
Giardia duodenalis is a common intestinal protozoan that can cause diarrhea and intestinal disease in animals and in humans. However, the prevalence and assemblages of G. duodenalis in pigs from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have not been reported. In this study, a total of 724 fecal samples (201 from nursery pigs, 183 from piglets, 175 from bre...
Published in BIO Web of Conferences
Cellulose is a natural fiber potentially used as a sound absorber material due to its excellent properties, biodegradability, and lower environmental impact than synthetic materials and can be sourced from various plant-based materials, such as wood, Cotton, and Hemp. Which effectively traps and absorbs sound waves. The fibers dissipate the energy ...
Published in BIO Web of Conferences
Nanophytosome from the combination of Merbau wood (Intsia sp.) and Gotu Kola leaves (Centella asiatica) extracts (NMG) have the potential as natural active ingredients of antiaging creams. This study aims to analyze the preference level of creams with the active ingredient of 4% NMG and the additions of essential oils and to test the physicochemica...
Published in Science and Technology for Energy Transition
Greenhouse gas anthropogenic emissions have triggered global warming with increasingly alarming consequences, motivating the development of carbon-free energy systems. Hydrogen is proposed as an environmentally benign energy vector to implement this strategy, but safe and efficient large-scale hydrogen storage technologies are still lacking to deve...
Published in Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate
As part of an effort to observe and study ionospheric disturbances and their effects on radio signals used by Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), alternative low-cost GNSS-based ionospheric scintillation and total electron content (TEC) monitors have been deployed over the American sector. During an inspection of the observations made on 28...
