Objective No current model of consciousness is univocally accepted on either theoretical or
empirical grounds, and the need for a solid unifying framework is evident. Special attention …

The human brain is increasingly seen as a dynamic neural system, the function of which
relies on a diverse set of connections between brain regions. To assess these complex …

Social dilemmas are situations wherein individuals choose between selfish interest and
common good. One example of this is the vaccination dilemma, in which an individual who …

Residing in the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas, β cells contribute to glucose
homeostasis by managing the body's insulin supply. Although it has been acknowledged …

β cells are biologically essential for humans and other vertebrates. Because their
functionality arises from cell-cell interactions, they are also a model system for collective …

Market manipulation is one of the important issues that draw much attention from academia
and industry. Many efforts have been made to detect manipulation in stock market. However …

Physiological and biochemical networks are highly complex, involving thousands of nodes
as well as a hierarchical structure. True network structure is also rarely known. This presents …

Neural information theory represents a fundamental method to model dynamic relations in
biological systems. However, the notion of information, its representation, its content and …

In real systems, some damaged nodes can spontaneously become active again when
recovered from themselves or their active neighbours. However, the spontaneous dynamical …

Non-equilibrium phase transition is always one of the most important issue for complexity
science, since it can reveal physical mechanisms of abundant physical phenomena …