Unearthing time-honored examples of nature-based solutions

Wound pain: revisiting a time-honored strategy.

Polynomial odes: examples, solutions, properties

ABSTRACT. Let P be a polynomial from R → R and D ∈ R. I will consider the properties of the class of ODEs Y ′ = P (y) ; Y (0) = D and their solutions. The solution space to these ODEs form a proper subspace of the analytic functions with ODEs. They have many interesting algebraic and topological properties. I will present efficient methods for generating the power series solutions to these poly...

Characterisation of Nature-Based Solutions for the Built Environment

Nature has provided humankind with food, fuel, and shelter throughout evolutionary history. However, in contemporary cities, many natural landscapes have become degraded and replaced with impermeable hard surfaces (e.g., roads, paving, car parks and buildings). The reversal of this trend is dynamic, complex and still in its infancy. There are many facets of urban greening initiatives involving ...

Nature that Breeds Solutions

For at least half a century now, the field of natural computing has grown in popularity. This popularity is largely driven by the successful use of nature-inspired approaches, such as evolutionary algorithms, artificial neural networks, swarm intelligence algorithms, artificial immune systems and many others, in solving various problems. These techniques have proven their important role on many...

Unearthing modified RNAs

in cells. To explore this landscape further, Kowtoniuk et al. have developed chemical profiling methods to identify RNA–small molecule conjugates occurring in cells. The two different approaches used both apply chemical cleavage conditions to a fraction of total cellular RNA from the bacteria Escherichia coli and Streptomyces venezuelae. The resulting small-molecule fractions were then analyzed...