An Improved Hierarchical Genetic Algorithm for Sheet Cutting Scheduling with Process Constraints by Yunqing Rao, Dezhong Qi, Jinling Li

“…A mathematical model for this problem is presented, an improved hierarchical genetic algorithm (ant colony—hierarchical genetic algorithm) is developed for better solution, and a hierarchical coding method is used based on the characteristics of the problem. …”
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Antimicrobial Effectiveness of Endodontic Irrigants Against E. Faecalis: An In vitro Study by Ajay Chhabra, B. Saravana Prathap, KP Ramya, Priyanka Yadav, Himani Mehra, Sona J. Parvathy, Gayatree Nayak

“…Method: E. faecalis isolates were exposed to different irrigants, with bacterial colony counts measured at various intervals using the spread plate method. …”
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Collective Awareness and Lyrical Poetry: The Emergence of Creole Literary Culture in the Archipelago of São Tomé and Príncipe by Ewa A. Łukaszyk

“… The problem discussed in the article is the emergence of the autonomous literary system on the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, a former Portuguese slave emporium, as well as coffee and cocoa producing colony. Several concurrent narrations concerning the emergence of the Santomense literary system are presented. …”
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A Group Mining Method for Big Data on Distributed Vehicle Trajectories in WAN by Jie Yang, Xiaoping Li, Dandan Wang, Jia Wang

“…A distributed parallel clustering method MCR-ACA is proposed by integrating the ant colony algorithm with the computing framework Map-Combine-Reduce for mining groups with the same or similar features from big data on vehicle trajectories stored in Wide Area Network. …”
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Religious Symbolism and Political Resistance: Navalny’s Martyr Narrative in the Russian Opposition by Nadezhda Beliakova, Zhanna Timofeeva

“…The death of Russian dissident Alexey Navalny in a far-northern colony after three years of imprisonment was declared a martyrdom by the Russian opposition, reflecting the sentiments of a part of Russian society. …”
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Severe Agranulocytosis following Simultaneous Administration of Chlorpromazine and Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole in a Patient with Sepsis: A Possible Toxic Combination by Anil Jha, Hassan Ghoz, Nicholas James

“…Patient was managed by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor; however, the time to neutrophil recovery was delayed when compared to the average reported time published by previous studies. …”
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Solving “Antenna Array Thinning Problem” Using Genetic Algorithm by Rajashree Jain, G. S. Mani

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Rank-Based Ant System via the Relative Position in a Local Hierarchy by Tomoko Sakiyama, Kotaro Uneme, Ikuo Arizono

“…ASrank has been proposed as an improved version of the ant colony optimisation (ACO) model. However, ASrank includes behaviours that do not exist in the actual biological system and fall into a local solution. …”
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Dynamic Model Identification for 6-DOF Industrial Robots by Li Ding, Hongtao Wu, Yu Yao, Yuxuan Yang

“…Relevant data is sampled while the robot is tracking optimal trajectories that excite the system. The artificial bee colony algorithm is introduced to estimate the unknown parameters. …”
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‘Poor little princess’: Queen Victoria’s Court as a Site of Imperial Conquest by Chandrica Barua

“…Queen Victoria’s royal court, within which Gouramma’s material and ephemeral presence is articulated, was fashioned as a sanctuary from the ‘savage’ and ‘primitive’ colony of Gouramma’s past. In this unique instantiation of imperial conquest founded upon care and rehabilitation, we are prompted to rethink not only the colonial civilizational agenda but also the contentious intimacies amongst the Empire and its colonies. …”
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The involvement of Elf5 in regulating keratinocyte proliferation and differentiation processes in skin. by Anhua Hu, Maximilian E Pickup, Maryam A Lawal, Hetal J Patel, Mohammed I Ahmed

“…Expressional and functional analysis using RT-qPCR, western blot and colony forming assays, revealed that Elf5 plays an important role in regulating keratinocyte proliferation and differentiation processes as well as potentially determining cell fate by regulating the stem/progenitor cell populations in skin and HFs. …”
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circICMT upregulates and suppresses the malignant behavior of bladder cancer by Xin Luo, FangMei Xie, Guoqiang Qin, Ge Zou, Xu Lu, Chaofeng Zhang, Zeping Han, Ying Zhao, Xiaoyu Song, WenFeng Luo, Yongsheng Li, JinHua He, Jian Shen

“…Its biological effects were detected through wound healing experiments, colony formation experiments, CCK-8 experiments and xenogeneic tumorigenesis experiments. …”
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ONC213: a novel strategy to resensitize resistant AML cells to venetoclax through induction of mitochondrial stress by Jenna L. Carter, Yongwei Su, Eman T. Al-Antary, Jianlei Zhao, Xinan Qiao, Guan Wang, Holly Edwards, Lisa Polin, Juiwanna Kushner, Sijana H. Dzinic, Kathryn White, Steven A. Buck, Maik Hüttemann, Joshua E. Allen, Varun V. Prabhu, Jay Yang, Jeffrey W. Taub, Yubin Ge

“…The combination significantly reduced colony formation capacity of primary AML progenitors compared to the control and either treatment alone. …”
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NOX4 modulates breast cancer progression through cancer cell metabolic reprogramming and CD8+ T cell antitumor activity by Yingying Xiong, Yiming Weng, Shan Zhu, Jian Qin, Jia Feng, Xiaopeng Jing, Chao Luo, Wei Gong, Rui Sun, Min Peng

“…In vitro assays (cell proliferation, colony formation, wound healing, and Seahorse metabolic analyses) and in vivo orthotopic tumor studies assessed the impact of NOX4 loss. …”
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Molecular Mechanisms of Synergistic Effect of PRIMA‐1met and Oxaliplatin in Colorectal Cancer With Different p53 Status by Xiao‐lan Li, Jianbiao Zhou, Nicole Xin‐Ning Tang, Yi Chai, Meng Zhou, Ai‐di Gao, Zhong‐kai Lu, Han Min

“…We also employed wound healing assay and colony formation assay to determine the effect of L‐OHP, PRIMA‐1met and their combination. …”
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Unveiling the role of ASPP1 in cancer progression: pan-cancer bioinformatics and experimental validation in colorectal cancer by Keyuan Xiao, Xiang Li, Ihsan Ullah, Wenqing Hu, Kaiqiang Wang, Fan Yang, Chengyu Yang, Chunqi Feng, Liang Zong, Xinghua Li

“…In vitro assays with colorectal cancer cell lines revealed significantly lower ASPP1 expression levels compared to normal colon cells (HCM460), and ASPP1 overexpression experiments showed a marked reduction in colorectal cancer cell proliferation, colony formation, invasion, and migration abilities. …”
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Intervening Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Progression by Cell Membrane Coated Platycodin D via Regulating Hsa-miR-1246/FUT9/GSK3β Pathway by Zheng S, Xie Z, Zhou Z, Wang S, Xin Y, Lin J, Cheng K, Lu T, Qi R, Guo Y

“…Furthermore, a homologous cell membrane-based PD delivery system was established to improve the biosafety and efficacy of PD in vivo.Results: Hsa-miR-1246 was upregulated by PD treatment, and functional experiments demonstrated that the miR-1246-mimic enhanced PD’s suppressive effects on NSCLC cell proliferation, colony formation, migration, and invasion, while the miR-1246-inhibitor abrogated these effects. …”
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Trajectoire mémorielle entre continuités et ruptures : l'exemple de la communauté grecque à Marseille au XIXe siècle by Michel Calapodis

“…During this period, the sociological bonds between the different Greeks suggest a nuclear and an individual-based colony. The wave of new-comers from the Island of Chios precipitated some major changes in the Marseille Greek's social morphology: these individuals, members of the historic leading class (Archons) indeed turned their individual itineraries into a social crystallization process which helped them develop multiple belonging relationships. …”
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A Dynamic Multistage Hybrid Swarm Intelligence Optimization Algorithm for Function Optimization by Daqing Wu, Jianguo Zheng

“…The DM-PSO-ABC combined the exploration capabilities of the dynamic multiswarm particle swarm optimizer (PSO) and the stochastic exploitation of the cooperative artificial bee colony algorithm (CABC) for solving the function optimization. …”
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Optimizing the Synthesis of Novel Calcium Carbonate/Cobalt Oxide Nanocomposite With Highest Antifungal Activity by Nima Fallahnia, Mohammad Salmani Mobarakeh, Hasti Sarabikia, Mohsen Safaei

“…Thus, nine experimental designs using the Taguchi technique were utilized to discover the greatest combination of parameters for antifungal activity. The colony-forming unit (CFU) method was used to test the produced nanocomposites’ antifungal properties against C. albicans. …”
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