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Diversity-enhanced particle swarm optimization algorithm based on the group b...
Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is a representative swarm intelligence algorithm, which has the drawback of being restricted by premature convergence. To make PSO less likely... -
E-waste legislation in the US: An analysis of the disparate design and result...
Electronic waste management in the US has been characterized as ‘inconsistent’, ‘disparate’, and a ‘patchwork’. While there is currently no federal leadership on the regulation... -
Effects of rearing system (organic and conventional) and breed (Churra and Ca...
The sensory characteristics of suckling lamb meat from 40 animals of the Castellana and Churra breeds from both conventional and organic maternal rearing systems were evaluated... -
An evaluation of materials and methods for vapour measurement of the isotopic...
The development of in situ vapour sampling methods to measure δ2H and δ18O in pore water of deep, unsaturated soil profiles, including mine tailings and waste rock, is required... -
Advanced oxidation processes for waste water treatment: from laboratory-scale...
A process combining three steps has been developed as a tertiary treatment for waste water in order to remove micropollutants not eliminated by a conventional waste water... -
Climate change events in the Bengali migration to the Chittagong Hill Tracts ...
The internal migration of Bengali people to the CHT since the 1970s has been a significant factor in the long-standing ethnopolitical conflict in this region. The prevailing... -
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Objective The aim of the current study is to determine whether baseline serum adiponectin levels predict the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Method The current report... -
Ochratoxin a in breast milk in Morocco: the affecting dietary habits of the l...
The aim of the present study is to evaluate the level of contamination of breast milk (BM) by ochratoxin A, among Moroccan lactating mothers in the city of Rabat, and to... -
Reliability analysis of multicomponent stress–strength reliability from a bat...
In this paper, inference for a multicomponent stress–strength model is studied. When latent strength and stress random variables follow a bathtub-shaped distribution and the... -
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Emergency Departments (ED) are rapidly becoming an important location for initiation of buprenorphine (EDBUP) for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD). Previous... -
Vehicle safety characteristics in vulnerable driver populations
National data suggest drivers who are younger, older, and have lower socioeconomic status (SES) have heightened crash-related injury rates. Ensuring vulnerable drivers are in... -
How much are we losing in not depositing anuran sound recordings in scientifi...
Anuran sound archives allow monitoring populations, studying animal communication, evolution, taxonomy, and natural history, besides evaluating historical events through the... -
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This study focuses on the ability of the adult sound system to reorganise as a result of experience. Participants were exposed to existing and novel syllables in either a... -
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The 2015 Volkswagen Group (VW) diesel emissions scandal has affected no group of individuals more directly than owners of the affected vehicles. Yet to date no research has... -
Initial predictors of skin thickness progression in patients with diffuse cut...
To identify initial parameters that predict worsening of skin thickening in patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) using a multicentre, prospective,... -
Patient preferences and predicted relative uptake for targeted therapies in m...
Objective Ras wild-type metastatic colorectal cancers (mCRC) may be treated with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) or anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)... -
Unravelling the influence of human behaviour on reducing casualties during fl...
Floods are the natural hazards that are causing the most deaths worldwide. Flood early warning systems are one of the most cost-efficient methods to reduce death rates,... -
Microplastics in the soil environment: Occurrence, risks, interactions and fa...
The issue of microplastic pollution emerged from the marine environment, but the terrestrial environment is estimated to receive annually 4–23 times more plastic wastes.... -
The impact of interlock installation on driving behavior and drinking behavio...
There is a substantial body of evidence that the recidivism of impaired-driving offenders is reduced while an ignition interlock device (IID) is on their vehicles. This study... -
Mental transportation mediates nostalgia’s psychological benefits
Nostalgizing confers social, existential, and self-oriented psychological benefits or functions. But how does the experience of nostalgia conduce to these functions? We propose...
