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The Dynamic Simulation Platform for Chemical Gas Diffusion based on Cloud Computing

Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2017
The toxic chemical gas leakage is a common safety accident in petrochemical enterprises. Once the leakage occurs in the process of storage and transportation, it will cause heavy losses and serious consequences.
Qian Jia
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CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated mutagenesis of the white‐eye gene in the tephritid pest Bactrocera zonata

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Bactrocera zonata is a highly invasive agricultural pest that causes extensive damage to fruit crops. The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), a species‐specific and environmentally friendly pest control method, significantly benefits from the availability of Genetic Sexing Strains (GSSs) that enable efficient mass production of males for sterile ...
Albert Nazarov, Tamir Partosh, Flavia Krsticevic, Dimitris Rallis, Yael Arien, Guy Ostrovsky, Reut Madar Kramer, Eyal Halon, Alfred M. Handler, Simon W. Baxter, Yoav Gazit, Kostas D. Mathiopoulos, Gur Pines, Philippos A. Papathanos   +13 more
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Application of Hybrid Algorithm Based on Ant Colony Optimization and Sparrow Search in UAV Path Planning

International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems
The Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) is a classic problem in combinatorial optimization, aiming to find the shortest path that traverses all cities and eventually returns to the starting point.
Yangyang Tian, Jiaxiang Zhang, Qi Wang, Shanfeng Liu, Zhimin Guo, Huanlong Zhang   +5 more
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Behavioral, Ecological, and Morphological Data Suggest a Close Relationship Between the Ant Colobopsis truncata and the Gall Wasp Aphelonyx cerricola

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Aphelonyx cerricola and the different stages that make this gall colonizable by ants. ABSTRACT Wasps of the family Cynipidae are known to induce galls of a species‐specific morphology, which during senescence provide a refuge for secondary insect fauna, especially ants.
Daniele Giannetti, Diego Gil‐Tapetado, Enrico Schifani, Elia Nalini, Donato A. Grasso, Carlo Polidori   +5 more
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Comparison of Three Sympatric Desert Lizards: Digestive Tract Structure, Digestive Enzyme Activities, Gut Microbiota, and Metabolites

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We performed 16S rDNA sequencing and metabolite profiling for three sympatric lizard species—Teratoscincus roborowskii, Phrynocephalus axillaris, and Eremias roborowskii—and compared their goblet cell and enzyme activities in the digestive tract. Our study suggests that the dietary niche may promote divergence or convergence of microbiota across host ...
Yi Yang, Ziyi Wang, Ruichen Wu
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ALTAA: Analysis of long‐term activity patterns in ant colonies

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Collective behaviours are a fascinating study area due to the emergent properties that can only arise in groups of interacting individuals. However, their quantitative study is often impaired by technical difficulties, creating either low‐quality and sparse data or impractical data amounts, particularly when capturing large groups over long ...
Jinook Oh, Sylvia Cremer
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Genome and transcriptome‐based identification and expression profiling of chemosensory gene families across developmental stages and tissues in Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae)

Insect Molecular Biology, EarlyView.
The first draft genome of Sirex noctilio was produced. Fifteen S. noctilio transcriptomes were sequenced to study chemosensory gene expression patterns. SnocOR16 and SnocSNMP1 displayed tissue‐ and sex‐specific expression patterns. Abstract The Sirex woodwasp (Sirex noctilio; Hymenoptera: Siricidae) is among the most destructive invasive pests ...
Alisa Postma, Leandri Klynsmith, Tuan A. Duong, Jeremy Dean Allison, Werner Smidt, Robert M. Waterhouse, Peter Lesny, Jan Philip Oeyen, Malte Petersen, Sebastian Martin, Shanlin Liu, Xin Zhou, Tanja Ziesmann, Alexander Donath, Christoph Mayer, Bernhard Misof, Oliver Niehuis, Ralph S. Peters, Lars Podsiadlowski, Martin P. A. Coetzee, Fourie Joubert, Bernard Slippers   +21 more
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A genetic algorithm simheuristic for solving the stochastic project portfolio selection problem with portfolio reliability constraints

International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In response to the increasing complexity of modern products, dynamic markets, and intensified competition, project‐based organizations are actively seeking methodologies to efficiently manage their expanding project portfolios. This paper analyzes the project portfolio selection problem in uncertain environments. Despite recent advances in the
Miguel Saiz, David Lopez‐Lopez, Laura Calvet, Angel A. Juan   +3 more
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A hybrid memetic-ant colony optimization algorithm for the home health care problem with time window, synchronization and working time balancing

Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 2019
This paper addresses the routing and scheduling of caregivers in a home health care problem. In order to obtain a valid planning, some skill, time window, and synchronization constraints must be met.
Jérémy Decerle, O. Grunder, A. Hassani, O. Barakat   +3 more
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Collaborative platooning and routing for mixed fleets of electric automated vehicles and conventional trucks

International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.
Abstract The application of automated ground vehicles (AGVs) is well‐established in closed environments such as port terminals, while their operation in open areas remains challenging. In this work, we set out to overcome this limitation by introducing platooning as a transfer mode in heterogeneous vehicle networks.
Nadia Pourmohammad‐Zia, Rudy R. Negenborn, Frederik Schulte   +2 more
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