Calla Cofield Science Writer Digging in the sand might seem like child’s play, but doing it efficiently has stumped many adult engineers. As is often the case, nature has revealed a superior solution: this time in the Atlantic razor clam, which can burrow into and out of sandy ocean bottoms more efficiently than man-made, mechanical anchors. In 2008, Amos Winter, a professor of mechanical engin...

In this paper we show that the application of Occam’s razor to the theory of causal Bayes nets gives us a neat definition of direct causation. In particular we show that Occam’s razor implies Woodward’s (2003) definition of direct causation, provided suitable intervention variables exist and the causal Markov condition (CMC) is satisfied. We also show how Occam’s razor can account for direct ca...

We provide a new representation-independent formulation of Occam’s razor theorem, based on Kolmogorov complexity. This new formulation allows us to: (i) Obtain better sample complexity than both length-based [4] and VC-based [3] versions of Occam’s razor theorem, in many applications; and (ii) Achieve a sharper reverse of Occam’s razor theorem than that of [5]. Specifically, we weaken the assum...

Background a 36-year-old woman, with a history of childhood asthma allergic to house dust mites, noticed one year prior to her arrival at our unit an episode of generalized itching, dyspnea, severe rhinoconjunctivitis and abdominal pain after eating rice with razor shell. After that, she had tolerated rice alone. Razor shell (Ensis ensis) is a common mollusc, which has an elongated fragile and ...

Scientists have long preferred the simplest possible explanation of their data. More recently, a worrying trend to favour unnecessarily complex interpretations has taken hold.

The potential application of a new laser air puff system to assess poultry meat tenderness was investigated. Ninety broilers were deboned at either 1.25, 4, or 24 h postmortem. The raw breast fillets were scanned on a conveyor belt longitudinally by a laser distance sensor to obtain overall shape profiles and scanned again with a pressurized source of air (206.8 kPa). The 2 resulting profiles w...

Abstract Microplastics (MPs) are plastic particles with sizes between <1 m to 5 mm. known contaminate the environment and marine organisms. One type of organism that is often found on east coast city Surabaya Lorjuk, namely bamboo shells or razor clams. Lorjuk seafood as a typical food Surabaya. This study aims determine potential for microplastic pollution in ( Solen sp.) from 3 locations o...