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Fear, concealment, and time of day interactively predict group size of a common ungulate

open access: yesEcosphere, 2023
Animals commonly form groups with conspecifics. Hypotheses on the drivers of group size often (but not always) pertain to fear of predation and food availability or quality.
Zackary J. Delisle   +2 more
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Decentralized group formation

open access: yesJournal of Internet Services and Applications, 2014
Abstract Imagine a network of entities, being it replica servers aiming to minimize the probability of data loss, players of online team-based games and tournaments, or companies that look into co-branding opportunities. The objective of each entity in any of these scenarios is to find a few suitable partners to help them achieve a shared ...
Anna Chmielowiec   +2 more
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Feedback Loops in Opinion Dynamics of Agent-Based Models with Multiplicative Noise

open access: yesEntropy, 2022
We introduce an agent-based model for co-evolving opinions and social dynamics, under the influence of multiplicative noise. In this model, every agent is characterized by a position in a social space and a continuous opinion state variable.
Nataša Djurdjevac Conrad   +2 more
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From I to We: Group Formation and Linguistic Adaption in an Online Xenophobic Forum

open access: yesJournal of Social and Political Psychology, 2018
Much of identity formation processes nowadays takes place online, indicating that intergroup differentiation may be found in online communities. This paper focuses on identity formation processes in an open online xenophobic, anti-immigrant, discussion ...
Emma A. Bäck   +3 more
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Temperature-Dependent Crystallization Mechanisms of Methylammonium Lead Iodide Perovskite From Different Solvents

open access: yesFrontiers in Energy Research, 2021
Hybrid perovskites are a novel type of semiconductors that show great potential for solution-processed optoelectronic devices. For all applications, the device performance is determined by the quality of the solution-processed perovskite thin films ...
Oleksandra Shargaieva   +6 more
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Stochasticity in social structure and mating system drive extinction risk

open access: yesEcosphere, 2020
As anthropogenic activities continue to threaten species across the globe, many populations have seen dramatic reductions in abundance from historical values.
Damon Leach   +2 more
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A new dynamic approach for grouping learners using a genetic algorithm in social collaborative learning environments [PDF]

open access: yesComputer Science Journal of Moldova
Social media and social networking have spread widely in everyday life, so it is important to use them in collaborative learning. Forming appropriate learning groups is, therefore, an important objective. This paper presents a novel approach based on
Noureddine Gouasmi   +2 more
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Formation of segregated and integrated groups [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Game Theory, 2006
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Fractal Pore and Its Impact on Gas Adsorption Capacity of Outburst Coal: Geological Significance to Coalbed Gas Occurrence and Outburst

open access: yesAdsorption Science & Technology, 2022
Pore structure and methane adsorption of coal reservoir are closely correlated to the coalbed gas occurrence and outburst. Full-scale pore structure and its fractal heterogeneity of coal samples were quantitatively characterized using low-pressure N2 gas
Guangjun Feng   +6 more
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Risk factors associated with house entry of malaria vectors in an area of Burkina Faso with high, persistent malaria transmission and high insecticide resistance

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2021
Background In rural Burkina Faso, the primary malaria vector Anopheles gambiae sensu lato (s.l.) primarily feeds indoors at night. Identification of factors which influence mosquito house entry could lead to development of novel malaria vector control ...
Jean Baptiste Yaro   +12 more
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