Words and phrases referring to information are now used in many scientific and nonscientific academic disciplines and in many forms of engineering. This chapter suggests that this is a result of increasingly wide-spread, though often implicit, acknowledgement that besides matter and energy the universe contains information (including information about matter, energy and information) and many of...

The brown algae are an interesting group of organisms from several points of view. They are the dominant organisms in many coastal ecosystems, where they often form large, underwater forests. They also have an unusual evolutionary history, being members of the stramenopiles, which are very distantly related to well-studied animal and green plant models. As a consequence of this history, brown a...

Ecoimmunology utilizes techniques from traditionally laboratory-based disciplines--for example, immunology, genomics, proteomics, neuroendocrinology, and cell biology--to reveal how the immune systems of wild organisms both shape and respond to ecological and evolutionary pressures. Immunological phenotypes are embedded within a mechanistic pathway leading from genotype through physiology to sh...

Based on the stimulus–organism–response (S–O–R) theory, this study attempts to investigate how use of 360-degree virtual mountain walking tours can motivate audiences’ intention take a real in mountains. The survey results from 320 samples after watching video reveal positive influence vividness (stimulus) presence, emotional involvement, flow state, and enjoyment (organism), leading tourism (r...

Pandemi COVID-19 memperparah kerawanan pangan di pusat-pusat perkotaan karena terganggunya rantai pasokan pangan. Urban farming dinilai menjadi solusi yang baik untuk memperbaiki kondisi tersebut. Namun, terjadi kesenjangan keterlibatan wanita dalam kegiatan urban farming. Jadi, studi ini bertujuan menjelaskan mekanisme psikologi keputusan partisipasi aktif Kampung Ramanuju Baru, Cilegon dengan...