Niche construction theory (NCT) is distinctive for being explicit in recognizing environmental modification by organisms—niche construction—and its legacy—ecological inheritance—to be evolutionary processes in their own right. Humans are widely regarded as champion niche constructors, largely as a ...
is octal, and '0x' is hexadecimal. being aware of the radix is crucial when manipulating numbers or converting between different bases in programming. would using a high radix lead to more efficient computation? in theory, using a higher radix could lead to more efficient computation because it...
The term “social niche” is rapidly increasing in usage, particularly in the context of “social niche construction.” But what (if anything) is a social niche? Here, we survey papers that have used the term to uncover commonalities and discrepancies in its definition. We aim to alert resea...
5. Professional Drone ServicesA company that provides professional drone photography and mapping services serves industries like agriculture, construction, and surveying that require aerial data collection. ConclusionNiche marketing is a strategic approach that allows businesses to thrive by serving the unique...
The availability of theadjustable safety razor, once relegated to a niche’ within a niche’, has expanded with a number of new models available over the past few years. How do they work, who is making them, and how well do they perform? Is the adjustable safety razor now finally somethi...
But the evolution of HCI has not stopped with disaggregation, and the entire IT industry is starting toembrace the notion of composable infrastructure. In theory, a composable infrastructure separates all resources into independently scalable and collectively managed components, which can ...
Which animal is the market emulating, and what does each mean? Investing for yourself Retail investors likely won't ever be the dominant force in the stock market. But innovations in trading technology, the many pros of investing for yourself, and easy access to websites such as this oneto...
processes. In principle, these can come apart depending on one’s view of the nature and role of representations and the kind of computational theory one has. Fodor ties them together: “no computation without representation” (1981, p.122). Specifically, for Fodor, cognition is a ...
2012). In this theoretical framework, a relict is then expected to exploit a unique niche, a prediction consistent with some of the adaptive explanations cited above (e.g., Parsons 2005), that relicts can be highly specialized (but inconsistent with relicts as generalists). Therefore, ...
Ecological theory has been used to explain self-emergent regulatory phenomena at the planetary scale. The largest scale of ecological organization is the biosphere: the total sum of ecosystems on the planet. Ecological relations regulate the flux of energy, nutrients, and climate all the way up to...