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The Collective Power of Bacteria as a Blueprint for Emergent Intelligence

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Small cells, powerful collectives. Bacteria demonstrate how sophisticated behaviors can emerge from many simple individuals working together. We explore the remarkable world of bacterial communities and the mechanisms that underpin their complex emergent behaviors, enabling impressive adaptability, robustness, and responsiveness to changing ...
Johanna A. Blee, Thomas E. Gorochowski, Sabine Hauert   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social system design methodology for transitioning to a new social structure - a holistic urban living lab approach to the well-being city. [PDF]

Front Sociol, 2023
Kimura A, Haraguchi H, Yamauchi Y, Matsuura K.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Towards Human‐Centered Intelligent Inhabitable Spaces: A Review

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This review introduces Robot‐Rooms as a new category of architectural‐scale robots that do not operate within a space but actively form and reconfigure the space around their occupants. Drawing from robotics, HCI, architecture, and the arts, an interdisciplinary framework is proposed that maps the enabling technologies and integration challenges ...
Nithesh Kumar, Ge Lv, Keith E. Green, Ian D. Walker   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Firm turnover under asymmetric information: Tanzania's agro‐dealer sector

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We study firm turnover (i.e., entry and exit) and its consumer implications in a market characterized by asymmetric information. Using a three‐round census of agro‐dealers in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, we document annual firm entry and exit rates of 33% and 17%, respectively.
Alix Naugler, Hope Michelson, Sarah Janzen, Christopher Magomba   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating Local Food Policies and Spatial Planning to Enhance Food Systems and Rural–Urban Links: A Living Lab Experiment

Land
The development of synergies between rural and urban areas is one of the EU’s objectives to contribute to smart and inclusive growth. Effective governance of rural–urban links is essential for balanced development but often lacks policy coherence.
Francesca Galli, Sabrina Arcuri, Giovanni Belletti, Andrea Marescotti, Michele Moretti, Massimo Rovai   +5 more
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Linking community structure and climate vulnerability in desert plant assemblages of southern California

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Desert plant assemblages in southern California provide an opportunity to link patterns of community structure with climate‐driven vulnerability in a rapidly changing environment. California sustains an exceptionally diverse flora of approximately 4300 plant species, with 31% identified as endemic.
Hector Zumbado‐Ulate, Luis E. Barrios, Danelle A. Baronia, G. Darrel Jenerette, Lynn C. Sweet   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A framework for analyzing the role of living labs in smart cities: insights from a case study in Japan

Discover Sustainability
Living labs integrated into smart city development offer promising strategies for citizen engagement and participatory urban planning. This study introduces a comprehensive framework for quantitatively analyzing living labs' impact on citizens ...
Jooho Park, Kentaro Watanabe, Fumiya Akasaka, Sayaka Fujii   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exposure to heat waves and drought improves subsequent leaf heat tolerance for five oak species in southern California

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Given the threats of climate change, we investigated the impact of high temperatures separately and in combination with reduced soil water on leaf heat tolerance for five oaks (Fagaceae) with overlapping ranges in southern California, USA: Quercus agrifolia and Q. chrysolepis (evergreen species), Q. douglasii and Q.
Casey D. Wisely, G. Olivia Plumb, Mira N. Ranganath, Emily Dolida, Ishan Ashford, Graham Luethe, Tim Thibault, Gretchen B. North   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

City lab as a platform for implementing urban innovation. The role of companies

International Entrepreneurship Review, 2018
This article has two aims. The first one is to show city lab as a specific innovation management platform in urban areas, whereas the other is to present the reasons why companies should get involved in it.
Piotr Kopyciński
doaj  

Urban oasis living lab: a hybrid approach to climate-resilient urban agriculture in Beirut

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities
IntroductionAs cities face increasing resource constraints, environmental pressures, and food-system vulnerabilities, urban agriculture is gaining recognition as a practical approach to enhancing climate resilience and sustainability. However, many urban
Christelle Bou Harb, Hiba Salameh, Lina Jaber, Lina Jaber, Diana Marroush, Shady K. Hamadeh, Shady K. Hamadeh   +6 more
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