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Evidence that flocking behavior is rewarded by singing, flock mates, and mu opioid receptors in the nucleus accumbens. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE
It has been proposed that social groups are maintained both by reward resulting from positive social interactions and by the reduction of a negative state that would otherwise be caused by social separation.
Alyse N Maksimoski   +3 more
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Indigenous chicken production in Fiji Islands: knowledge, constraints and opportunities [PDF]

open access: yesAnimal Bioscience, 2022
Objective The objective of the study was to understand and document socio-economic characteristics, production parameters, challenges and management practices used by Fijian households which keep indigenous chickens.
Titus Jairus Zindove   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Land body ecologies: The London hub

open access: yesJournal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning, 2023
This photo essay and accompanying text visualize and represent the work that was based in London, UK of a collective project called Land Body Ecologies (LBE), a global transdisciplinary network exploring the deep interconnections of mental health and ...
Ilan Kelman   +10 more
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Application of the Tomtit Flock Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithm to the Optimal Discrete Time Deterministic Dynamical Control Problem

open access: yesAlgorithms, 2022
A new bio-inspired method for optimizing the objective function on a parallelepiped set of admissible solutions is proposed. It uses a model of the behavior of tomtits during the search for food.
Andrei V. Panteleev, Anna A. Kolessa
doaj   +1 more source

Analyzing and Visualizing Spatiotemporal Patterns of El Niño Teleconnections Using Attribute Trajectories

open access: yesAtmosphere, 2021
El Niño influences the global climate through teleconnections that are not constant in space and time. In order to study and visualize the spatiotemporal patterns of the El Niño teleconnections, a new method inspired by the concept of attribute ...
Long Zhang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The pastor as spiritual mediator between God and the congregation: Corruptions of the relationships of the ‘under-shepherd’, the ‘flock’ and the ‘chief shepherd’ in a Zambian context and their implications for spiritual maturity

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021
This article examined an ecclesiology that has led to the administrative and spiritual subjugation of members of local assemblies as God’s will and modus operandi under the New Covenant.
Misheck Nyirenda
doaj   +1 more source

Richir, Tarkowskij und die Zone der Affektivität

open access: yesSíntesis. Revista de Filosofía, 2023
The object of investigation is a systematic comparison between Marc Richir’s phenomenology of affectivity and Andrei Tarkovsky’s conception of film as a living image of time, illustrated by the work “Stalker”.
Philip Flock
doaj   +1 more source

Micah’s shepherd-king (Mi 2:12–13): An ethical model for reversing oppression in leadership praxis

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2020
The exposition attempts to use Micah’s metaphor of shepherd-king (Mi 2:12–13) as a heuristic ethical model for reversing oppression and violence in leadership praxis.
Blessing O. Boloje
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Formation Size on Flocking Formation Performance for the Goal Reach Problem

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2022
Flocking is one of the swarm tasks inspired by animal behavior. A flock involves multiple agents aiming to achieve a goal while maintaining certain characteristics of their formation. In nature, flocks vary in size.
Sarab AlMuhaideb   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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