Species are the currency of most biodiversity studies. However, many shortfalls and biases remain in our estimates, preventing a comprehensive understanding eco-evolutionary processes that have shaped currently available on Earth. Biased estimates also jeopardize effective implementation data-driven conservation strategies, ultimately leading to loss. Here, we delve into concept Latitudinal Tax...

While empirical rock fragmentation models are easy to parameterize for blast design, they usually prone errors, resulting in less accurate fragment size prediction. Among other shortfalls, these may be unable accurately account the nonlinear relationship that exists between input and output parameters. Machine learning (ML) algorithms potentially able better relationship. To this end, we assess...

In the traditional framework, social welfare functions depend on the mean income and on the income inequality. An alternative illfare framework has been developed to take into account the disutility of unfavorable variables. The illfare level is assumed to increase with the inequality of the distribution. In some social and economic fields, such as those related to employment, health, education...