Justin Werfel, Donald E. Ingber, and Yaneer Bar-Yam New England Complex Systems Institute, 238 Main Street, Suite 319, Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA...

This study determined the effect of fermentation on drying characteristics trifoliate yam varieties (white, yellow and deep-yellow yam). Thin layer method was adopted using oven dry at constant temperature 700C with air velocity 2.35 m s-1 relative humidity 35%. The unfermented samples shoed lower values than fermented samples. Trifoliate Yam A, B C (A= Deep-Yellow, B= White, C= Yellow) were -0...

Here we report the whole-genome sequences of three endophytic bacteria, Enterobacter sp. strain DC1, Enterobacter sp. strain DC3, and Enterobacter sp. strain DC4, from root tubers of the yellow yam plant, Dioscorea cayenensis. Preliminary analyses suggest that the genomes of the three bacteria contain genes involved in acetoin and indole-3-acetic acid metabolism.

Reassortment of genetic segments between and within influenza B lineages (Victoria and Yamagata) has been shown to generate novel reassortants with unique genetic characteristics. Based on hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) genes, recent surveillance study has identified reassortment properties in B/Phuket/3073/2013-like virus, which is currently used in the WHO-recommended influenza vac...

We introduce the York Abstract Machine (YAM) for implementing the graph programming language GP and, potentially, other graph transformation languages. The advantages of an abstract machine over a direct interpreter for graph transformation rules are better efficiency, use as a common target for compiling both future versions of GP and other languages, and portability of GP programs to differen...

A study was conducted to investigate the influence of planting methods and tuber weight on growth and yield of local yam cultivars obtained by the minisett technique from white yam (D. rotundata) in Gabon. Trials were carried out in 2014 and 2015 at the experimental ground of the Higher National Institute of Agronomy and Biotechnology, under natural conditions of lightness, temperature and rela...