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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Moshe Levy, Andrew W. Lo
Summary: Hamilton's rule quantifies the concept of inclusive fitness and kin selection into a simple algebraic relationship, and evidence consistent with this rule is found in many animal species. Experimental economics techniques offer a way to examine the applicability of this rule in human decision-making.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Review
Physiology
Masayo Soma
Summary: The division of cognitive processing between the two hemispheres of the brain causes lateralized eye use in various behavioral contexts. Visual lateralization in mating birds shows surprising heterogeneity among different species, possibly influenced by differences in altricial vs. precocial development. Future research can further explore this topic from evolutionary and behavioral perspectives.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Pieter van den Berg, Siyuan Liu, Tom Wenseleers, Jianlei Zhang
Summary: Misrepresentation in cooperative behavior is common and detrimental to future cooperation. The effects of misrepresentation on cooperation outcomes are amplified by the possibility of building a personal reputation in China, but not in the USA.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Jesus Gonzalez, Julio Ortega, Juan Jose Escobar, Miguel Damas
Summary: This paper introduces two hypotheses and explores the method of using lexicographic optimization algorithm and a new fitness function for feature selection in classification. Experimental results show that the proposed approach performs well on multiple datasets and achieves good results compared to other methods.
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Biology
Kalyani Z. Twyman, Andy Gardner
Summary: This article investigates how kin selection drives the evolution of dormancy and how dormancy modulates the evolution of altruism. The study finds that kin selection favors dormancy as a means of reducing competition between relatives, and when individuals can adjust their dormancy behavior based on local density, there is more dormancy in high-density neighborhoods and a corresponding 'constant non-dormant principle'.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Review
Genetics & Heredity
Jianzhi Zhang
Summary: Genomics, a interdisciplinary field of biology, has revolutionized various subdisciplines of life sciences by providing large amount of data, introducing high-throughput technologies, and offering new approaches to biology. In this review, the author describes what they have learned from genomics, mainly focusing on variation, interaction, and selection, which are central topics in evolutionary biology. The author expects that the most important contributions of genomics to evolutionary biology in the future will include providing genome sequences of almost all known species on Earth, facilitating high-throughput phenotyping of natural variants and mutants, and assisting in the determination of causality in evolutionary processes using experimental evolution.
GENOMICS PROTEOMICS & BIOINFORMATICS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Eugene W. Mathes
Summary: The research aimed to test the hypothesis that moral development and social evolution progress together, with individuals' moral reasoning evolving from self-interest to universal ethical principles as social organization expands. The study found a correlation between individuals' moral reasoning stages and their intended investment targets, from self to global social organizations.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Bowen Liao, Yangxincan Li, Wei Liu, Xianjun Gao, Mingwei Wang
Summary: In this paper, a feature selection method based on discarding-recovering and co-evolution mechanisms is proposed to obtain effective feature combinations in hyperspectral imaging datasets. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method performs well on three public datasets, achieving an overall accuracy of 92.07%, 92.36%, and 98.01%, respectively, and obtaining the number of selected features between 15% and 25% of the total.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xiang Wei, Ariuna Taivan, Gang Hua
Summary: This study examined the interaction between travel preference and travel consumption from the perspectives of traditional and behavioral economics. It found that travel preference has a positive impact on travel consumption through the mediating role of travel demand, both for domestic and outbound travel. These findings confirm the relevance of tourists' preferences as a good predictor of travel consumption among Chinese travelers.
Article
Fisheries
Yangzhen Li, Yuanri Hu, Peng Cheng
Summary: This study revealed the genetic basis of blind-side hypermelanosis in Chinese tongue sole by using co-expression network analysis. The key modules and hub genes associated with pigmentation were identified, as well as the adaptive markers related to growth, reproduction, and immunity.
Article
Economics
Catherine C. Eckel, Rick K. Wilson, Sora Youn
Summary: This study examines giving behavior towards in-group and out-group members in the third-party dictator game. The results show that the type of group, whether real or artificial, has an impact on individuals' allocation decisions.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Edwin J. C. van Leeuwen, Sarah E. DeTroy, Stephan P. Kaufhold, Clara Dubois, Sebastian Schutte, Josep Call, Daniel B. M. Haun
Summary: Chimpanzees in the wild exhibit cooperative behavior, with individuals from neighboring communities providing resources to group members at personal cost. The level of prosocial behavior varies across different groups. During a resource-donation experiment, chimpanzees showed an increase in prosocial behavior over time, with more socially tolerant groups being more prosocial.
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Michal K. Tomczyk, Milosz Kadzinski
Summary: Interactive algorithms are introduced for identifying consensus solutions to multiple objective optimization problems by co-evolving two populations, with experiments confirming their practical usefulness and competitiveness through dynamic resource allocation.
INFORMATION SCIENCES
(2022)
Review
Biology
Adam Bode, Liisa Kuula
Summary: Romantic love is a highly studied topic, and this article summarizes the research findings on the association between romantic love and sleep variations. It explains how people in love may experience changes in their sleep and discusses the potential evolutionary purposes behind these variations. The article concludes by suggesting future research directions in this area.
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Le Yan, Jianjun Chen, Qi Li, Jiafa Mao, Weiguo Sheng
Summary: Preserving an appropriate population diversity is critical for the performance of evolutionary algorithms. In this paper, a Co-evolutionary niching strategy (CoEN) is proposed to dynamically evolve appropriate niching methods and incorporate them into differential evolution (DE) to maintain population diversity. Extensive testing on benchmark functions from CEC2019 and CEC2014 demonstrates the significance of the proposed CoEN, showing that incorporating CoEN allows the resulting DE to achieve better or competitive performance compared to related algorithms.
Article
Ecology
Simon Rabaa, Robert Wilken, Sylvie Geisendorf
Summary: Energy efficiency measures are crucial for combating climate change, but rebound effects may undermine their effectiveness. This study finds that prior energy efficiency behavior does not hinder subsequent climate-friendly behavior, which is determined by individual demographics and environmental attitudes.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
James R. Meldrum, Patricia A. Champ, Hannah Brenkert-Smith, Christopher M. Barth, Abby E. McConnell, Carolyn Wagner, Colleen Donovan
Summary: This study reassessed a previous study using a richer dataset and found that individuals with lower incomes are less likely to participate in cost-sharing programs, and even if they do participate, they contribute a lower share. This indicates potential economic equity concerns.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Daniel Rueb
Summary: This paper examines the distributional effects of the European Commission's Fit-for-55 package at the household level in seven EU countries and finds that a household-size specific lump-sum refund can mitigate the negative distributional effects of a carbon tax and reduce overall inequality.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Correction
Ecology
Anke Jacksohn, Miguel Angel Tovar Reanos, Frank Pothen, Katrin Rehdanz
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Pierre Chiaverina, Sophie Drogue, Florence Jacquet
Summary: This study investigates the impact of farmers' participation in different short food supply chains (SFSCs) on synthetic pesticide use and crop yields. The findings show that farmers who sell part of their crops through direct-to-consumer channels use significantly fewer synthetic pesticides compared to those who sell through long food supply chains. However, there is no evidence that farmers involved in direct-to-retailer channels use significantly fewer synthetic pesticides. Additionally, there is no indication that SFSC participation affects crop yields.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Kangyin Dong, Yang Liu, Jianda Wang, Xiucheng Dong
Summary: This study uses the generalized method of moments (GMM) model to explore the relationship between the digital economy and energy vulnerability in 110 economies. The findings suggest that the digital economy effectively reduces energy vulnerability, with digital infrastructure and social impact being the main contributors. Furthermore, the digital economy helps upgrade the industrial structure and financial development level, thereby reducing energy vulnerability. Additionally, the negative impact of the digital economy on energy vulnerability is more significant in regions with higher income levels.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Romain Espinosa, Nicolas Treich
Summary: This study examines a simple model of consumption of animals with altruistic behavior towards animals. The model reveals a public good issue, where the market equilibrium leads to low quality and excessive quantity of animal lives when they are not worth living. The implications of the findings and the significance of the modeling choices for future economic research on animal welfare are discussed.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Arianna Buratto, Lorenzo Lotti
Summary: Finding ways to steer consumers towards vegetarian and plant-based meals is important for reducing the environmental impact of diets. In this study, we investigated the use of nudges in restaurants to increase sales of vegetarian and plant-based dishes. We found that removing symbols for these dishes increased sales, while adding a low emissions symbol had no effect. However, when the nudge was made transparent through a statement, sales significantly increased. These findings support the use of nudges as cost-effective interventions to address unsustainable food consumption in the hospitality sector.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Emmanuel Paroissien, Timothy K. M. Beatty, Antoine Nebout
Summary: This article provides empirical evidence that the opportunity cost of time explains the frequency of household food waste. The study found that proxies for the opportunity cost of time were positively correlated with the probability of reporting wasting food.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Jefim Vogel, Gauthier Guerin, Daniel W. O'Neill, Julia K. Steinberger
Summary: This study explores the vulnerability of livelihoods to a reduction in economic output and introduces a novel analytic framework to describe their relationship. The study finds that the vulnerability is not inevitable but arises from insecurity in wage labor, adequate incomes, and pensions. These conditions are primarily due to profit maximization and neoliberal welfare and labor policies. The study identifies a range of interventions to overcome this vulnerability and make stringent environmental policies socially sustainable and politically palatable.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Franziska Dorn, Simone Maxand, Thomas Kneib
Summary: Understanding the interconnected nature of rising carbon emissions and income inequality is crucial to achieve social and ecological sustainability. The distributional copula model used in this study uncovers complex interdependencies that standard linear regression techniques might hide.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Darius Corbier, Frederic Gonand
Summary: The article investigates the macroeconomic channels of transmission of the low-carbon transition in two official scenarios for the French power system under different oil price scenarios. The results show that technical progress and substitution mechanisms can drive the decarbonization of the economy and growth, with energy demand and durable goods demand being the main transmission channels.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Gloria Amaris, Stepan Vesely, Stephane Hess, Christian A. Klockner
Summary: The study of human behavior is crucial for the development of policies for sustainability. It is important to consider the possibility of spillover effects in mathematical models, as exposure to related choices can influence subsequent behavior. Our study demonstrates the existence of these spillover effects and showcases the effectiveness of discrete choice models.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Sonia Almeida Neves, Antonio Cardoso Marques, Leonardo Batista de sa Lopes
Summary: This paper investigates the impact of European Union regulations on e-waste exports. The findings suggest that taxation is ineffective in reducing e-waste exports and may even increase them. Additionally, high dependence on foreign raw materials and sub-standard waste collection systems contribute to the increase in e-waste exports. Therefore, investing in e-waste collection facilities can better utilize the valuable resources in this waste.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Gregor Semieniuk
Summary: Efforts to decouple economic growth from resource use and negative environmental impacts have yielded inconclusive results, partially due to the uncertainties in historical measurement arising from definitional changes to GDP. This study examines the impact of GDP vintages on decoupling results and finds that a significant number of countries switch between relative decoupling and recoupling, and that GDP vintages also affect environmental Kuznets curve results and the decline in global energy intensity. The inconsistencies in economic measurement introduce ambiguity into historical decoupling evidence and model projections into the future.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)