Distributed networks have received much attention in the last year because of their flexibility and computational performance. The ability to coordinate agents is important in many real-world tasks where it is necessary for agents to exchange information with each other. Synchronization behavior among agents is found in flocking of birds, schooling of fish, and other natural systems. Work has b...

Invasive species cause large economic impacts, have complex environmental impacts (Pimentel 2011) and are now considered to be among the four major threats to biodiversity. This has been recognised by their inclusion in the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity of the Convention on Biological Diversity (Aichi Target 9; UNEP 2011). Combating invasions clearly requires a prioritisation approach, taking...

The traditional assumption within the research literature on human sexually dimorphic traits has been that many sex differences have arisen from intersexual selection. More recently, however, there has been a shift toward the idea that many male features, including male lower-pitched voices and male beard growth, might have arisen predominantly through intrasexual selection: that is, to serve t...

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