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Jan 12, 2023Open    AccessArticle

Scan4CFU: Low-cost, open-source bacterial colony tracking over large areas and extended incubation times

Santosh Pandey, Yunsoo Park, Ankita Ankita, Gregory J. Phillips
A hallmark of bacterial populations cultured in vitro is their homogeneity of growth, where the majority of cells display identical growth rate, cell size and content. Recent insights, however, have revealed that even cells growing in exponential growth phase can be heterogeneous with respect to variables typically used to measure cell growth. Bacterial heterogeneity has important implications for how bacteria respond to environmental stresses, such as antibiotics. The phenomenon of antimicrobia...

Ecology  Developmental Biology  Agricultural Engineering  Environmental Sciences  Artificial Intelligence  Biological Engineering  Genomics  Chemical Engineering & Technology  Genetics  Food Science & Technology  Diagnostics  Biological Materials  Electric Engineering  Genetic Engineering  Industrial Engineering  Computer Engineering  Health Policy  Biochemistry  Biodiversity  Bioengineering  Bioinformatics  Biophysics  Biotechnology  Computational Biology  Cell Biology  Infectious Diseases  Immunology  Internal Medicine  Metabolic Sciences  Medical Genetics  Allergy & Clinical Immunology  Zoology  Biological Chemistry  Applied Physics  Taxonomy  Medicinal Chemistry  Agricultural Science  Analytical Chemistry  Mycology  Public Health  Mathematical Biology  Marine Biology  Molecular Biology  Microbiology  Global Health  Parasitology  Plant Science  Translational Medicine  Soil Science  Synthetic Biology  Materials Engineering 

Jan 12, 2023Open    AccessArticle

COVID-19 Testing and Diagnostics: A Review of Commercialized Technologies for Cost, Convenience and Quality of Tests

Ashler Benda, Lukas Zerajic, Ankita Ankita, Erin Cleary, Yunsoo Park, Santosh Pandey
Population-scale and rapid testing for SARS-CoV-2 continues to be a priority for several parts of the world. We revisit the in vitro technology platforms for COVID-19 testing and diagnostics—molecular tests and rapid antigen tests, serology or antibody tests, and tests for the management of COVID-19 patients. Within each category of tests, we review the commercialized testing platforms, their analyzing systems, specimen collection protocols, testing methodologies, supply chain logistics, and rel...

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Sep 23, 2022Open    AccessArticle

Monitoring Sugarcane Growth Phases Based on Satellite Image Analysis (A Case Study in Indramayu and its Surrounding, West Java, Indonesia)

Tri Muji Susantoro, Ketut Wikantika, Agung Budi Harto, Deni Suwardi
This study is intended to examine the growing phases and the harvest of sugarcane crops. The growing phases is analyzed with remote sensing approaches. The remote sensing data employed is Landsat 8. The vegetation indices of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Enhanced Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (ENDVI) are employed to analyze the growing phases and the harvest of sugarcane crops. Field survey was conducted in March and August 2017. The research results shows that March...

Agricultural Science  Computational Biology  Plant Science 

Sep 23, 2022Open    AccessArticle

Stability and Vulnerability of Bird Flocking Behaviour: A Mathematical Analysis

Bayu Erfianto, Intan Muchtadi-Alamsyah
Given a large number of birds in the flock, we mathematically investigate the mechanism the birds move in a collective behavior. We assume that each bird is able to know its position and velocity of other birds within a radius of communication. Thus, to be able to fly in the flock, a bird has to adjust its position and velocity according to his neighbors. For this purpose, first of all, we analyze how the connectedness of the bird interaction network affects the cohesion of the stable bird flock...

Animal Behavior  Zoology  Computational Biology 

Sep 23, 2022Open    AccessArticle

3D Landscape Recording and Modeling of Individual Trees

Shafarina Wahyu Trisyanti, Deni Suwardhi, Agung Budi Harto
The 3D city/landscape model is digital representation of real environment that can be used for planner or landscape architecture in urban development planning. That model’s more focused on building, whereas vegetation model’s also needed for urban planning simulation. This research purposes are to map existing vegetation and to generate individual trees model in some level of details. The research area is campus of ITB Jatinangor and the used data are orthophoto and DSM from UAV-Photogrammetry t...

Computational Biology  Ecology  Environmental Sciences 

Sep 23, 2022Open    AccessArticle

Application of Proteomics to Identify Fertility Markers in Angus Bull Sperm

Naseer A. Kutchy, Sule Dogan, Xiaojun Wang, Einko Topper, Abdullah Kaya, Erdogan Memili
The goal of the study was to ascertain sperm proteins as fertility markers in Angus bull sperm using proteomics and validating the markers through comparative sperm biology between Angus and Holstein bulls for which there are reliable fertility data available. We aimed to determine proteins differentially expressed in sperm from Angus bulls with different fertility phenotypes. Two-dimensional differential gel electrophoresis with mass-spectrometry, functional gene clusters, canonical pathways an...

Zoology  Computational Biology  Developmental Biology 

Sep 23, 2022Open    AccessArticle

In silico Vaccine Design against Dengue Virus Type 2 Envelope Glycoprotein

Muhammad Adnan, Matin Nuhamunada, Lisna Hidayati, Nastiti Wijayanti
Dengue fever is caused by the mosquito-borne virus termed (DENV). However, DENV-2 has been identified as the most prevalent amongst the Indonesian pediatric urban population, in contrast with the other four serotypes. Therefore, it is important to reduce severe infection risk by adopting preventive measures, including through vaccine development. The aim of this study, therefore is to use various in silico tools in the design of epitope-based peptide vaccines (T-cell and B-cell types), based on...

Virology  Biotechnology  Genetics  Computational Biology  Microbiology 

Sep 23, 2022Open    AccessArticle

An Optimization Model for Environmental Ergonomics Assessment in Bioproduction of Food SMEs

Mirwan Ushada, Hani Febri Mustika, Aina Musdholifah, Tsuyoshi Okayama
Environmental ergonomics in bioproduction of food Small Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) become a concern and need to be optimized. An optimization model was developed using a Genetic Algorithm (GA). The weight of an Artificial Neural Network Model was used as a fitness function for GA. The research objectives were: 1) To design an environmental ergonomic assessment system for bioproduction of Food SMEs, 2) To develop an optimization model for environmental ergonomic assessment using a Genetic Al...

Computational Biology  Environmental Sciences 

Sep 23, 2022Open    AccessArticle

Implementation of SExI–FS (Spatially Explicit Individual-based Forest Simulator) Model using UAV Aerial Photo Data Case Study: Jatinangor ITB Campus

Aminah Kastuari, Deni Suwardhi1, Himasari Hanan, Ketut Wikantika, Agung Budi Harto, Riantini Virtriana, Shafarina Wahyu Trisyanti
Landscape architecture affected by interaction between built and natural environment such as vegetation. Nowadays, landscape architects are using 3D city models for simulations, which requires highly dynamic and time-varying attributes. 3D city modelling structure has been standardized by CityGML, although researches that are related to the storing of dynamic data had been conducted for the past years, it has not been supported by any standard until this very moment. In dynamizer, it is added as...

Computational Biology  Ecology  Ecosystem Science 

Jul 29, 2022Open    AccessArticle

Photosynthetic Rate of Lettuce Cultivated on Floating Raft Hydroponic with Controlled Nutrient Solution

Lenni, Herry Suhardiyanto, Kudang Boro Seminar, Radite Praeko Agus Setiawan
Lettuce cultivations in tropical areas are often performed in open field of highlands. Such cultivation practices are often followed by soil erosion. To reduce soil erosion, it is important to shift lettuce cultivation areas to lowlands and to utilize hydroponic system. In such a hydroponic system, photosynthetic rate of the lettuce plants should be evaluated in order to formulate its relation with the cultivation conditions. This study aimed to evaluate the photosynthetic rate of lettuce plants...

Computational Biology  Plant Science 

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