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New book explores agent-based modeling, multi-agent systems

Carnegie Mellon University
Book Announcement

A new book provides an overview of agent-based modeling (ABM) and multi-agent systems (MAS), emphasizing their significance in understanding complex economic systems. The book’s 14 chapters feature practical examples, applications, and case studies, with a focus on how learning, particularly machine learning, can be integrated into multi-agent systems to enhance the adaptation and behavior of agents in dynamic environments.

Young people are less liberal and courageous than previously thought, study finds

Kaunas University of Technology

A new study by researchers at Kaunas University of Technology reveals that Lithuania’s youngest political generation is becoming more conservative and community-oriented – contrary to the assumption that younger people are always more liberal. Analysing data from 11,199 respondents over a decade, the researchers found that values like security, stability, and tradition have become increasingly important, even among those raised in a free, democratic Lithuania. These insights challenge existing value-change theories and may help educators and policymakers better support young people navigating uncertainty in a rapidly changing world.

Journal: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
Funder: Research Council of Lithuania

Charting a sustainable path: Economic and social drivers of carbon emissions in West Java

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University

In a pioneering study that combines economic and social analysis with environmental insights, researchers are examining the determinants of carbon emissions in West Java, Indonesia. The study, titled "Assessing Economic and Social Determinants of Carbon Emissions Towards Sustainable Development in West Java, Indonesia," is led by Prof. Robert Kurniawan from the Department of Statistical Computing at Polytechnic Statistics STIS and the Department of Population and Environmental Education at the Faculty of Post-Graduate, State University of Jakarta, Indonesia. This research offers a detailed examination of how economic and social factors influence carbon emissions, providing valuable insights for sustainable development.

Journal: Carbon Research

New UMaine research could help lower prescription drug costs

University of Maine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Crucial drugs such as crucial drugs such as statins, antibiotics and HIV inhibitors are among some of the most expensive because they require a chiral center ― a property in which a molecule cannot be superimposed with its mirror image. In a new study, University of Maine researchers explore a new, cost-reducing pathway to produce one of the key building blocks for chiral drugs, (S)-3-hydroxy-γ-butyrolactone (HBL), from glucose at high concentrations and yields. Because glucose can be derived from any lignocellulosic feedstock, this process opens a new door for the sustainable production of HBL.

Journal: Chem
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

When work teams flourish, productivity increases

University of Texas at Austin

Why are some work teams happier and more productive than others? Because their members agree to interact in ways that promote well-being in themselves and others, says James Ritchie-Dunham, clinical associate professor of strategy at Texas McCombs.

Ritchie-Dunham is co-lead of the Leadership for Flourishing project, an ongoing study of well-being in the workplace across 59 countries, and a lead author for the Global Flourishing Study, an interdisciplinary, five-year initiative to survey over 200,000 people across 22 countries and 1 territory on six continents. The study is now gathering a third wave of data. Nature Portfolio published dozens of papers on the first wave in April.

Based on the first two data sets, Ritchie-Dunham discusses what flourishing looks like on the job and what managers can do to foster it.

Journal: Nature Mental Health

New electrical flash method rapidly purifies red mud into strong ceramics, aluminum feedstock

Rice University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of researchers at Rice University has developed a faster and cleaner method for recovering aluminum and removing toxic metals from bauxite residue, or red mud, which is a hazardous by-product of aluminum production. This new technique, published in American Chemical Society Applied Materials and Interfaces Sept. 15, involves a brief electrical pulse lasting under one minute along with a small amount of chlorine gas. If implemented on a larger scale, it could revolutionize global waste management and materials recovery.

Journal: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Funder: Air Force Office of Scientific Research, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Disparities in utilization of uterine fibroid embolization

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this cross-sectional study, uterine fibroid embolization was underutilized with significant disparities across socioeconomic factors. Further efforts are needed to equitably expand access to uterine fibroid embolization across the country.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

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