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Jarrett E. K. Byrnes, Fabian Roger, Robert Bagchi
In ecology, multifunctionality measures the simultaneous provision of multiple ecosystem functions. If species diversity describes the variety of species that together build the ecosystem, multifunctionality attempts to describe the variety of functions these species perform. A range of methods have been proposed to…
Andrew Flynn, Oliver Heilmann, Daniel Köglmayr, Vassilios A. Tsachouridis + 2 more
'Vassilios A. Tsachouridis' 'Christoph Räth' 'Andreas Amann'] Abstract—Multifunctional neural networks are capable of performing more than one task without changing any network connections. In this paper we explore the performance of a continuous-time, leaky-integrator, and next-generation 'reservoir computer' (RC)…
Andrew Flynn, Vassilios A. Tsachouridis, Andreas Amann
Multifunctional biological neural networks exploit multistability in order to perform multiple tasks without changing any network properties. Enabling artificial neural networks (ANNs) to obtain certain multistabilities in order to perform several tasks, where each task is related to a particular attractor in the…
Swarnendu Mandal, Kazuyuki Aihara
Multifunctionality is ubiquitous in biological neurons. Several studies have translated the concept to artificial neural networks as well. Recently, multifunctionality in reservoir computing (RC) has gained the widespread attention of researchers. Multistable dynamics of the reservoir can be configured to capture…
Bridget E. White, Mark J. Hovenden, Leon A. Barmuta
The diversity-functioning relationship is a pillar of ecology. Two significant concepts have emerged from this relationship: redundancy, the asymptotic relationship between diversity and functioning, and multifunctionality, a monotonic relationship between diversity and multiple functions occurring simultaneously.…
Friedrich Scherzinger, Martin Schädler, Thomas Reitz, Rui Yin + 10 more
'Harald Auge' 'Ines Merbach' 'Christiane Roscher' 'W Stanley Harpole' 'Evgenia Blagodatskaya' 'Julia Siebert' 'Marcel Ciobanu' 'Fabian Marder' 'Nico Eisenhauer' 'Martin Quaas'] The currently dominant types of land management are threatening the multifunctionality of ecosystems, which is vital for human well-being.…
Caroline Daniel, Oscar Godoy, Noémie A. Pichon, Mathis Gheno + 1 more
Linking the processes determining species coexistence and effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning is important for a mechanistic understanding of how species loss impacts ecosystems^1^. There are good theoretical reasons to expect stably coexisting communities to deliver higher ecosystem functioning, as niche…
Zhouwen Ma, Jing Wu, Lan Li, Qingping Zhou + 1 more
Litter has been shown to alter the structure and functions of grassland ecosystems, and a knowledge of the effects of litter is essential for understanding the dynamics of ecosystem multifunctionality. However, relatively little is known about the effects of plant litter on ecosystem multifunctionality in alpine…
Jacob Morra, Andrew Flynn, Andreas Amann, Mark Daley
—Multifunctionality describes the capacity for a neural network to perform multiple mutually exclusive tasks without altering its network connections; and is an emerging area of interest in the reservoir computing machine learning paradigm. Multifunctionality has been observed in the brains of humans and other animals…
Ludovico Musenich, Daniele Origo, Filippo Gallina, Markus J. Buehler + 1 more
'Flavia Libonati'] Diatoms have been described as "nanometer-born lithographers" because of their ability to create sophisticated three-dimensional amorphous silica exoskeletons. The hierarchical architecture of these structures provides diatoms with mechanical protection and the ability to filter, float, and…
Xuechen Yang, Wenzheng Song, Xue Yang, Tianxue Yang + 7 more
'Chengliang Wang' 'Junqin Li' 'Shangzhi Zhong' 'Qi Jiang' 'Lu-Jun Li' 'Wei Sun'] It is known that the dynamics of multiple ecosystem functions (i. e., multifunctionality) are positively associated with microbial diversity and/or biodiversity. However, how the relationship between microbial species affects ecosystem…
Friedrich Scherzinger, Martin Schädler, Thomas Reitz, Rui Yin + 10 more
Anthropogenic activity is threatening ecosystem multifunctionality, i.e. the ability of ecosystems to provide multiple functions and services which are vital for human well-being. Here we assess how multifunctionality of agroecosystems in Central Germany depends on land-use type and climate change. Our analysis…
Catarina S. C. Martins, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Ramesha H. Jayaramaiah, Jun-Tao Wang + 5 more
Grasslands are integral to maintaining biodiversity and key ecosystem services under climate change. Plant and soil biodiversity, and their interactions, support the provision of multiple ecosystem functions (multifunctionality). However, whether plant and soil biodiversity explain unique, or shared, contributions to…
Zhuo Li, Xiaowei Liu, Minghui Zhang, Fu Xing + 3 more
'Panayiotis Dimitrakopoulos' 'Baorong Lu'] Simple Summary Understanding relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functions is important in the context of global plant diversity loss. We evaluated the relationships between soil bacterial and fungal diversity, rare microbial taxa, and soil multifunctionality in a…
Olga Ferlian, Nico Eisenhauer, Michael Bonkowski, Marcel Ciobanu + 10 more
Global change alters abiotic and biotic conditions across the globe with unprecedented consequences for the functional integrity of affected ecosystems. However, most studies addressing global-change impacts focus on a very limited number of environmental variables, taxa, and ecosystem functions. Evidence is mounting…
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Traditional biocatalytic cascades typically require discrete enzymes for each synthetic step. Here, we report unprecedented trifunctional imine reductases (IRED) that conduct three sequential transformations—alkene reduction, intramolecular reductive amination, and imine reduction—all within a single catalytic cycle.…
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Shaping supramolecular hydrogels formed using low molecular weight gelators (LMWGs) into architecturally complex and multifunctional materials is a significant challenge. Here, we introduce a strategy to mechanically twist multiple 1D supramolecular gel filaments (gel noodles) into robust, multifunctional, and…
Shannon Bonke, Giovanni Trezza, Luca Bergamasco, Hongwei Song + 4 more
The sunlight-driven reduction of CO2 into fuels and platform chemicals is a promising approach to enable a circular economy. However, established optimisation approaches are poorly suited to multi-variable multi-metric photocatalytic systems because they aim to optimise one performance metric while sacrificing the…
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Discovery-oriented research is a fundamental pursuit in chemical and materials science, especially when objective-free or purpose-ambiguous exploration can yield unexpected novel compounds or materials. Recently, data-driven objective-free exploration methods have emerged to support such discovery in materials science.…
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Curried functions provide a systematic way of transforming multi-argument functions into nested singleargument functions. This transformation allows partial application and supports many central principles of functional programming. Their extension, called curried 𝑘-ary functions, naturally generalizes the familiar…
Mudasir Ahmad Yatoo, Jhalak Gupta, Faiza Habib, Akram Alfantazi + 2 more
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have emerged as a versatile class of porous materials with enormous potential for various applications, including energy storage devices. In this review, we present a comprehensive analysis of the recent advancements and applications of MOFs in the field of energy storage. We begin by…