Minna J. Hsu

TL;DR: It is shown that minimizing the expected code length implies that the length of a word cannot increase as its frequency increases, which means that the mean code length or duration is significantly small in human language, and also in the behavior of other species in all cases where agreement with the law of brevity has been found.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors have analyzed a case study of community lift irrigation practiced in India and its impact in boosting agricultural productivity and enhancing local food security, which can be adopted for the expansion of biofuel crops that has the potential to eradicate poverty among farming communities if appropriate sustainable development measures are carefully implemented.

TL;DR: It is shown that the vocal repertoire of the Formosan macaque (Macaca cyclopis) conforms to the pattern predicted by the law of brevity, with an inverse relationship found between call duration and rate of utterance.

TL;DR: In this article, the challenges faced in addressing Indigenous-specific concerns in post-disaster reconstruction and community development are explored, and the authors argue that institutional capacity and capacity deficits are components of the risk landscape which require greater attention to diverse cultural values, protocols, and experiences in fostering resilient and inclusive disaster recovery approaches.

TL;DR: The victims of the lockdown have belonged to the economically distressed lower social classes of the Indian caste hierarchy and their sufferings triggered by the long drawn-out lockdown episode are outlined.