Enhanced Ex Vivo Expansion of Human Hematopoietic Progenitors on Native and Spin Coated Acellular Matrices Prepared from Bone Marrow Stromal Cells by Samiksha Wasnik, Suma Kantipudi, Mark A. Kirkland, Gopal Pande

“…Lineage-specific expansion of HSPC, grown on these substrates, was evaluated by immunophenotypic (flow cytometry) and functional (colony forming) assays. Our results show that the most efficient expansion of lineage-specific HSPC occurred on spin coated ACM. …”
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Search Rate and Functional Response of a Eusocial Insect (Oecophylla longinoda) in a Tanzanian Mango Orchard by Thora Samsø Fast, Jørgen Aagaard Axelsen, Gina Kier Lynegaard, Maulid Mwatawala, Joachim Offenberg

“…The results presented here are probably the first attempt to identify the functional response type of a colony of living predatory eusocial insects.…”
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Q-learning Based Meta-Heuristics for Scheduling Bi-Objective Surgery Problems with Setup Time by Ruixue Zhang, Hui Yu, Adam Slowik, Kaizhou Gao

“…Among all the compared algorithms, the improved artificial bee colony (ABC) with Q-learning based local search has the best competitiveness.…”
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Analysis of Intelligent Transportation System Application Based on Internet of Things and Big Data Technology under the Background of Information Society by Di Wang, Weijing Xu, Xuesong Jia

“…The advantages and disadvantages of genetic algorithm and heuristic algorithm are analyzed, and ant colony algorithm is used for further optimization. …”
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An Intrusion Detection System Based on Deep Learning and Metaheuristic Algorithm for IOT by Bahman Sanjabi, Mahmood Ahmadi

“…In this paper, a method is presented that uses meta-heuristic algorithms such as genetic algorithm, particle swarm optimization, artificial bee colony and gray wolf to find the optimal hyperparameters for the deep learning network and the intrusion detection system is created based on these hyperparameters. …”
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CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND PECULIARITGIES OF THE 1987 CONSTITUTION by A. N. Pankov

“…The article analyzes the stages of constitutional development of the Philippines, the principles and characteristics of the various constitutional acts adopted in the American colonial period and after the country's legal independence. …”
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Behavioral Differentiation and Ovarian Development of Unmated Gynes, Queens, and Workers of Ectatomma vizottoi Almeida 1987 (Formicidae, Ectatomminae) by Alexsandro Santana Vieira, Wedson Desidério Fernandes, William Fernando Antonialli-Junior

“…Despite the presence of several breeding queens in the colony, functional monogyny was the rule.…”
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Different Meta-Heuristic Optimized Radial Basis Function Neural Network Models for Short-Term Power Consumption Forecasting by Dhivagar Shanmugam, V Ramana

“…These optimizers include Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO), Advanced Gray Wolf Optimization (AGWO), Moth-Flame Optimization Algorithm (MFO), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Multi-Verse Optimizer (MVO), and Artificial Bee Colony (ABC). The results indicate that the RBF combined with AGWO performs optimally and shows lower error values compared to other optimizers. …”
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Residential Building Duration Prediction Based on Mean Clustering and Neural Network by Fanrong Ji, Yunquan Nan, Aifang Wei, Peiyan Fan, Zhaoyuan Luo, Xiaoqing Song

“…To enhance the predictive accuracy of the GA-BP neural network model, this research utilized an artificial bee colony (ABC)-improved K-means clustering algorithm to categorize 111 experimental datasets and 33 new datasets. …”
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Airway Inflammation and the Pathogenesis of Asthma by Paul M O'Byrne

“…Also, these inflammatory cells can produce proinflammatory cytokines, such as granulocytc-macrophage colony-stimulating factor. interleukin (IL) 3 and IL-5, which may promote continuing inflammation in the airways. …”
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Do Routine Preoperative and Intraoperative Urine Cultures Benefit Pediatric Vesicoureteral Reflux Surgery? by Daniel R. Hettel, Bradley C. Gill, Audrey C. Rhee

“…A positive culture was defined as >50,000 colony forming units of a single organism. Results. …”
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Adhesion-independent synergy of monocytes and endothelial cells in cytokine production: regulation of IL-6 and GM–CSF production by PAF by C. Lacasse, S. Turcotte, D. Gingras, M. Rola-Pleszczynski

“…Co-Cultures of monocytes (MO) and endothelial cells (EC) were studied for their capacity to synergize in the production of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM–CSF), two cytokines potentially important in vascular physiopathology. …”
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Sequential Load Transport in Grass-Cutting Ants (Atta vollenweideri): Maximization of Plant Delivery Rate or Improved Information Transfer? by Jacqueline Röschard, Flavio Roces

“…To distinguish between these two competing hypotheses, standardized paper fragments that differed either in size or in quality were presented to workers of a field colony, and sequential transport was quantified. Neither an increase in fragment mass nor in fragment length influenced the occurrence of transport chains. …”
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The quality of the white pickled cheese in konva region by Saliha Altın, O Cenap Tekinşen

“…Fatty types cheese samples were randomly collected three times by monthly intervals. The average colony forming unit of aerobic mesophilic microorganisms, coliform bacteria. …”
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Hyperexcitability in Spinal WDR Neurons following Experimental Disc Herniation Is Associated with Upregulation of Fractalkine and Its Receptor in Nucleus Pulposus and the Dorsal Ro... by Daniel Pitz Jacobsen, Aurora Moen, Fred Haugen, Johannes Gjerstad

“…In the NP tissue, the expression of interleukin-1β (IL-1β), colony stimulating factor 1 (Csf1), fractalkine (CX3CL1), and the fractalkine receptor CX3CR1 was increased. …”
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A Two-Stage Chance Constrained Approach with Application to Stochastic Intermodal Service Network Design Problems by Yi Zhao, Qingwan Xue, Zhichao Cao, Xi Zhang

“…A hybrid heuristic algorithm, incorporating sample average approximation and ant colony optimisation, is employed to solve this model. …”
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Inhibitory effect of taspine derivative TAD1822-7 on tumor cell growth and angiogenesis via suppression of EphrinB2 and related signaling pathways by Liu Rui, Yu Runze, Cui Yuxin, Fan Mengying, Wang Bo, Zhang Yanmin

“…The obtained data showed that TAD1822-7 decreased Bel-7402 cell viability and colony formation ability and suppressed cell migration. …”
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Hyodeoxycholic acid inhibits colorectal cancer proliferation through the FXR/EREG/EGFR axis by Qiang Pang, Shansong Huang, Xiaodong Li, Jiaqing Cao

“…Nonetheless, the antitumor effects and molecular pathways of HDCA in CRC remain largely unexplored.MethodsIn this study, we investigated how HDCA influences the growth potential of CRC cells using techniques such as flow cytometry, Edu assay, CCK-8, colony formation assay, Western blot analysis, and animal experiments.ResultsIt was found that HDCA treatment of CRC cells was able to significantly inhibit the proliferative capacity of the cells. …”
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Profile of Candida bloodstream infections among blood culture-positive patients at a tertiary care hospital by S. Shreya, K. Sandhya Bhat

“…Candida isolates were identified by their colony morphology, germ tube test, growth character on CHROMagar Candida, and carbohydrate fermentation tests. …”
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