Abstract Depolymerisation of kraft lignin under hydrothermal conditions was investigated at short residence times (1–12 min) with glycerol being used as a capping agent. The weight average molecular ( M w ) the products decreased within first minute time, inter-unit ether linkages breaking accordingly. Furthermore, product fractions increasing times, while char yield increased. Short thus appea...

ADVANTAGES OF UNPREDICTABLE MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS: RANDOMIZED POLICIES FOR SINGLE AGENTS AND AGENT-TEAMS In adversarial settings, action randomization can effectively deteriorate an opponent’s capability to predict and exploit an agent’s or an agent team’s policies. Unfortunately, little attention has been paid to intentional randomization of agents’ policies in single-agent or decentralized (PO)M...

Drops can self-organize in two-dimensional (2D) microchannels to form ordered arrangements. Design of microchannels that result in a particular pattern of drops for a specific purpose is difficult and nonintuitive due to the inherent complexity of the drop dynamics. We address the problem of understanding the arrangement of composite drops inside a microchannel. A multiagent modeling strategy t...

Theorists since Marx, Bourdieu, and DiMaggio have asked how individual choices on cultural preference interact with collective social network structure. The rise of media in today’s communication landscape motivates us to take a closer look at the involved dynamics. We designed an agent-based model explore different behavioral principles for choice communicative affiliation affect (1) consumpti...

Mechanistic investigations on the previously reported reduction of B-alkylcatecholboranes in the presence of methanol led to the disclosure of a new mechanism involving catechol as a reducing agent. More than just revising the mechanism of this reaction, we disclose here the surprising role of catechol, a chain breaking antioxidant, which becomes a source of hydrogen atoms in an efficient radic...