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Addressing ecological challenges from a quantum computing perspective

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract With increased access to data and the advent of computers, the use of statistical tools and numerical simulations is becoming commonplace for ecologists. These approaches help improve our understanding of ecological phenomena and their underlying mechanisms in increasingly complex environments.
Maxime Clenet, Maxime Dion, F. Guillaume Blanchet   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bottom Up Quotients and Residuals for Tree Languages

, 2015
In this paper, we extend the notion of tree language quotients to bottom-up quotients. Instead of computing the residual of a tree language from top to bottom and producing a list of tree languages, we show how to compute a set of k-ary trees, where k is
Champarnaud, Jean-Marc, Mignot, Ludovic, Ouali-Sebti, Nadia, Ziadi, Djelloul   +3 more
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Using Periodic Matrix Models to Simulate the Effectiveness of Alternative Reintroduction Strategies for Lizards on a Seasonal Tropical Island

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Guam's lizard fauna has been devastated by the invasive brown treesnake, but recent advances in brown treesnake control have opened the possibility of reintroducing native lizards. We simulated different strategies for reintroducing lizards to Guam, comparing the timing and age‐structure of releases.
Jonathan P. Rose, Brian J. Halstead, Melia G. Nafus   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Local Search and the Evolution of World Models

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract An open question regarding how people develop their models of the world is how new candidates are generated for consideration out of infinitely many possibilities. We discuss the role that evolutionary mechanisms play in this process. Specifically, we argue that when it comes to developing a global world model, innovation is necessarily ...
Neil R. Bramley, Bonan Zhao, Tadeg Quillien, Christopher G. Lucas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cost-effectiveness of community health systems strengthening: quality improvement interventions at community level to realise maternal and child health gains in Kenya. [PDF]

BMJ Glob Health, 2021
Kumar MB, Madan JJ, Auguste P, Taegtmeyer M, Otiso L, Ochieng CB, Muturi N, Mgamb E, Barasa E.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A cost–benefit analysis of the implementation and scale‐up of harm reduction interventions in the Australian Capital Territory

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Harm reduction interventions aim to reduce negative consequences of drug use. We aimed to estimate the cost, health impact and economic benefits of current, expanded and new harm reduction interventions for people who use drugs in the Australian Capital Territory.
Anna L. Bowring, Tom Tidhar, Anna Olsen, Christopher Bailie, Kelvin Burke, Rowan Martin‐Hughes, Helen Keane, Paul Dietze, Nick Scott   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cost‐Effectiveness of Venom Immunotherapy in Preventing Severe Bee and Wasp Sting Reactions

Allergy, EarlyView.
This study evaluates the cost‐effectiveness of Hymenoptera venom depot immunotherapy (HVDI) with Alutard SQ compared to adrenaline auto‐injectors (AAIs) in Denmark. The model incorporates both psychological and physiological benefits to estimate quality‐adjusted life years (QALYs).
Gunter Sturm, Maria Beatrice Bilò, Carmen Vidal, Joanna N.G. Oude Elberink, Jochen Schmitt, Andreas Kallsoy Slættanes, Thilo Jakob   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Weaponizing Nature, Naturalizing Violence: Anthropologies of Ecofascism

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT After decades of denial and obstruction, the global Right is increasingly willing to acknowledge that climate change is a threat to lives and lifeways everywhere. Moreover, some seize on the specter of ecological collapse to advance fascistic politics.
Chloe Ahmann, Mona Bhan, Alexandra Coțofană, Radhika Govindrajan, Julia Leser, Zeynep Oguz, Yuka Suzuki, Noah Theriault   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medicine for the Material World

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It is clear that many of the inorganic materials of antiquity have been used both as medicines for human ills and also as agents in technological processes. This paper speculates that there might have been a stronger link between these two functions in the past, based on the concept of “active agents”—materials that are efficacious at curing ...
A. M. Pollard
wiley   +1 more source

‘Clinging Together Against the Dark’: A Pragmatist Reading of Sustainability Conversations

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we present a typology of managers' interpretations of sustainability as ‘narrative fields’ derived from a qualitative multi‐site study and offer a Pragmatist reading of the results. Pragmatism is grounded in an ethic of meliorism, the belief in the possibility of gradually improving the world through human effort and ...
Barry A. Colbert, Elizabeth C. Kurucz
wiley   +1 more source