In a Comment, Chen et al. argue that success in behavioural tests — including variants of the Turing test — is evidence of artificial general intelligence (AGI; see E. K. Chen et al. Nature 650, 36–40 ...

Human MAP1LC3B (LC3B) binds proteins involved in autophagy and other cellular processes using a degenerate four-residue short linear motif known as the LC3-interacting region (LIR). Biochemical and ...

The evidence is solid but not definitive, as the conclusions rely on the absence of changes in spatial breadth and would benefit from clearer statistical justification and a more cautious ...

Pain comes from communication between nerves, the spinal cord, and the brain. Pain may be acute, chronic, neuropathic, or nociceptive. Acute pain is sudden and usually linked to injury, then improves ...

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Our appetite for the oil hurts the environment and wildlife. But Gabon hopes to show how to build an industry while protecting its forests. MalaysiaBunches of oil palm fruit harvested by hand are ...

Abstract: Small productive processes (SPPs) have recently emerged as attractive alternatives to contribute to the socio-economic development of communities, primarily in rural contexts. However, SPPs ...

Abstract: A recompressed nested cross approximation (rNCA) based closely on the recent fast nested cross approximation (fNCA) algorithm is formulated in this article. The proposed method builds on ...

It’s a familiar moment in math class—students are asked to solve a problem, and some jump in confidently while others freeze, unsure where to begin. When students don’t yet have a clear mental model ...

This github repository contains the course material for a short-course on approximation theory. I've put this course together primarily to learn the material myself, but have since enjoyed teaching it ...

Objective To estimate the prevalence of Chagas disease, Hansen disease and schistosomiasis among residents of rural productive villages of the São Francisco River Integration Project in Ceará and to ...

Path A series of points joined by straight line segements. Bezier Curve A polynomial curve defined by a list of control points. The curve starts at the first control point and ends at the last one.