In 2005, Railsback et al. proposed a very simple model (Stupid Model) that could be implemented within a couple of hours, and later extended to demonstrate the use of common ABM platform functionality. They provided implementations of the model in several agent based modelling platforms, and compared the platforms for ease of implementation of this simple model, and performance. In this paper, ...

Bedau has developed a general set of evolutionary statistics that quantify the adaptive component of evolutionary processes. On the basis of these measures, he has proposed a set of 4 classes of evolutionary system. All artificial life sytems so far looked at fall into the first 3 classes, whereas the biosphere, and possibly the human economy belongs to the 4th class. The challenge to the artif...

The Ecolab is an interactive learning environment constructed with the aim of providing a tool to investigate how software can offer help and support to an individual learner. The design framework is informed by Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) and previous work on face to face tutorial assistance. Three Ecolab versions implement different variations and combinations of design feat...

Bedau has developed a general set of evolutionary statistics that quantify the adaptive component of evolutionary processes. On the basis of these measures, he has proposed a set of 4 classes of evolutionary system. All artificial life sytems so far looked at fall into the first 3 classes, whereas the biosphere, and possibly the human economy belongs to the 4th class. The challenge to the artif...

Grand challenges in global change research and environmental science raise the need for replicated experiments on ecosystems subjected to controlled changes in multiple environmental factors. We designed and developed the Ecolab as a variable climate and atmosphere simulator for multifactor experimentation on natural or artificial ecosystems. The Ecolab integrates atmosphere conditioning techno...

Ecolab and Webworld are both models of evolution produced by adding evolution to ecological equations. They differ primarily in the form of the ecological equations. Both models are self-organised to a state where extinctions balance speciations. However, Ecolab shows evidence of this self-organised state being critical, whereas Webworld does not. This paper examines the self-organised states o...

Biventricular Thrombus and Endomyocardial Fibrosis in Antiphospholipid Syndrome Luiz Flávio Galvão Gonçalves2, Fernanda Maria Silveira Souto1, Fernanda Nascimento Faro1, Joselina Luzia Menezes Oliveira1,2, José Augusto Soares Barreto-Filho1, Antônio Carlos Sobral Sousa1,2 Departamento de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sergipe1; Serviço de Ressonância Cardiovascular e Laboratório de Ecocardio...

The M-Ecolab was developed to provide motivational scaffolding via an on-screen character whose demeanour defended on modelling the learner’s motivational state at interaction time. Motivational modelling was based on three variables: effort, independence and the confidence. A classroom evaluation was conducted to illustrate the effects of motivational scaffolding. Students had an eighty minute...

Having a large selection of probiotics on the pharmaceutical market requires doctors to know all possible biological effects these drugs. Lactobacillus reuteri has antimicrobial action against pathogenic bacterial species, viruses, fungi, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, detoxifying effect, acid resistance, promotes restoration intestinal microbiota. L. B-9448 is one most accessible and eff...