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Habitability Models for Astrobiology

open access: yesAstrobiology, 2021
Habitability has been generally defined as the capability of an environment to support life. Ecologists have been using Habitat Suitability Models (HSMs) for more than four decades to study the habitability of Earth from local to global scales ...
Justin Filiberto   +2 more
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Quantitative Habitability

Astrobiology, 2007
A framework is proposed for a quantitative approach to studying habitability. Considerations of environmental supply and organismal demand of energy lead to the conclusions that power units are most appropriate and that the units for habitability become watts per organism.
Everett Shock
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Good Habits, Bad Habits

Scientific American, 2014
The article discusses research by the authors and others into the neurophysiological basis of habit formation, focusing on the role of brain circuits in the striatum and neocortex. Topics include the positive and negative aspects of habitual behavior, details of research into neurons' role in habits, and the potential development of drugs and ...
Ann M, Graybiel, Kyle S, Smith
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Habiter, habitant, habitat

VST - Vie sociale et traitements, 2008
Dans le denouement d’un telefilm « en costumes » diffuse sur France 2 en decembre 2009, Louis-Dominique Bourguignon, alias Cartouche, « bandit magnifique » du temps de la Regence, echappe miraculeusement – au regard de ce que nous dit l’Histoire – au supplice de la roue pour s’en aller couler des jours paisibles dans les « Indes »...
Philippe Averlant, Richard Sabatier
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Out of habit

Synthese, 2020
This paper argues that habits, just like beliefs, can guide intentional action. To do this, a variety of real-life cases where a person acts habitually but contrary to her beliefs are discussed. The cases serve as dissociations showing that intentional agency is possible without doxastic guidance.
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Deep Habits

Review of Economic Studies, 2006
This paper generalizes the standard habit-formation model to an environment in which agents form habits over individual varieties of goods as opposed to over a composite consumption good. We refer to this preference specification as 'deep habit formation'. Under deep habits, the demand function faced by individual producers depends on past sales.
Ravn, Morten   +2 more
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Habitability for a connected, unequal and changing world [PDF]

open access: yesGlobal Environmental Change
As global climate change intensifies, the question of what makes a place habitable or uninhabitable is critical, particularly in the context of a potential future climate outside the realm of lived experience, and the possible concurrent redistribution ...
Harald Sterly   +2 more
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Habitat, habitation, habiter

Diversité, 2015
De quoi parlons-nous lorsqu’on aborde la « question du logement » ? De la taille de l’appartement, du statut des résidants, de l’architecture de l’immeuble, de la charge poétique du pavillon et de son jardin ? Les mots sont lourds de sens et chacun d’eux connaît des évolutions, des interprétations, des modes et des disgrâces. Attardons-nous sur trois d’
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Habitat, habitation, habiter

Informations sociales, 2005
Résumé Dans la série de termes désignant le chez-soi, l’auteur en retient trois à partir du verbe habiter. C’est un mot riche car il déborde le fait d’être logé pour l’être qui en est le sujet. Le philosophe Henri Lefebvre introduira cette notion dans la sociologie urbaine française.
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Habit cough

Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 2009
To review habit cough and its treatments to raise awareness of this condition as a potential cause of chronic cough.Relevant articles and references published between January 1, 1962, and April 30, 2008, were found through a PubMed search using the following keywords: habit cough, psychogenic cough, chronic cough, and tic cough.All key relevant ...
Srinivasan, Ramanuja, Pramod, Kelkar
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