Route Guidance Model with Limited Overlap on Freeway Network under Traffic Incidents by Xuan Zhang, Jinjun Tang, Chengcheng Wang, Chao Wang

“…The effectiveness of this method was validated through SUMO simulations, comparing it with alternative route guidance methods, including Yen’s algorithm, A∗ algorithm, and ant colony algorithm. These results show that the proposed method has proven effective in mitigating traffic congestion arising from incidents and performs well in regard to the reliability of the road network under the impact of incidents.…”
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Self-healing mortar using different types, content, and concentrations of bacteria to repair cracks. by Mohamed Ahmed Refat El-Mahdy, Ahmed ELShami, Mohamed Yousry Elshikh, Seleem Saleh Elsayed Ahmad

“…Two concentrations of bacteria, 2× 108 and   2× 109 Colony Forming Units per milliliter, and different percentages of bacteria of cement weight were selected for the study. …”
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First Report on the Emergence of <i>Neopestalotiopsis rosae</i> as a Severe Economic Threat to Strawberry Production in Germany by Tom E. Schierling, Ralf T. Voegele, Abbas El-Hasan

“…Morphological examination of conidia and mycelium revealed key characteristics including the presence of versicolorous median cells, conidial appendages, black spherical conidiomata formation as well as changing colony color and fluffy texture. These properties align with the established descriptions for the species. …”
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Design Optimization of a Multistage Axial Flow Compressor Based on Full-Blade Surface Parameterization and Phased Strategy by Jinxin Cheng, Shengfeng Zhao, Zhaohui Dong, Chengwu Yang

“…The method mainly contains three aspects: full-blade surface parametrization can significantly reduce the number of control variables per blade row and increase the degrees of freedom of the leading edge blade angle compared with the traditional semiblade parametric method; secondly, the artificial bee colony algorithm improved initialization and food source exploration and exploitation mechanism to enhance the global optimization ability and convergence speed, and a distributed optimization system is built on the supercomputing platform based on this method; finally, a phased optimization strategy based on the “synchronous change in multirow blades” is proposed, and expert experience is introduced to achieve a better balance between exploration and exploitation. …”
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Synthesis and Biological Activity of 2-Arylidene-N-(quinolin-6-yl)hydrazine-1-carboxamides by Shengxian Zhao, Yin Cao, Zhenzhen Cui, Jiayun Zhang, Zhixiang Pan, Hongyu Hu

“…According to MTT results, compounds 5k and 5l showed better antiproliferative activities over MCF-7 cell lines with IC50 values of 8.50 and 12.51 μM. Colony formation assay indicated 5k/5l treatment obviously inhibited the growth of MCF-7 cells and 5k/5l-induced cell cycle was arrested in the G2-M phase. …”
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Developmental delay and its associated factors among children of 9 months and of 18 months attending primary health facilities in an urban resettlement area of East Delhi by Bhavana Verma, Pragti Chhabra, Amir K. Maroof, Anju Aggarwal

“…Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted in immunization clinic of two Maternal and Child Welfare (MCW) centres of Nand Nagari, an urban resettlement colony in East Delhi among children of 9 months and 18 months of age. …”
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Route Selection of Multimodal Transport Based on China Railway Transportation by Hui Zhang, Yao Li, Qingpeng Zhang, Dingjun Chen

“…Finally, taking a multimodal transport network in China as an example, an improved ant colony algorithm is used to solve the model and the results verify the rationality of the model.…”
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Chemokine (C-X-C) Ligand 12 Facilitates Trafficking of Donor Spermatogonial Stem Cells by Zhiyv Niu, Shaun M. Goodyear, Mary R. Avarbock, Ralph L. Brinster

“…Silencing of CXCR4 expression in mouse SSCs dramatically reduced the number of donor stem cell-derived colonies, whereas colony morphology and spermatogenesis were comparable to controls. …”
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Microbial Safety of Low Water Activity Foods: Study of Simulated and Durban Household Samples by O. A. Ijabadeniyi, Y. Pillay

“…Spices had the highest number of aerobic bacteria, aerobic spore-formers, anaerobic spore-formers, and S. aureus. Mean aerobic colony counts for nuts and spices were 2.30 log CFU/g and 4.40 log CFU/g, respectively. …”
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Noninvasive Monitoring of Pneumococcal Meningitis and Evaluation of Treatment Efficacy in an Experimental Mouse Model by Jagath L. Kadurugamuwa, Kshitij Modi, Jun Yu, Kevin P. Francis, Carlos Orihuela, Elaine Tuomanen, Anthony F. Purchio, Pamela R. Contag

“…No untreated animal survived beyond 48 hr after induction of infection. Colony counts of infected cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) correlated positively with bioluminescent signals. …”
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Inhibition of GPR68 induces ferroptosis and radiosensitivity in diverse cancer cell types by Leif R. Neitzel, Daniela T. Fuller, Jessica Cornell, Samantha Rea, Carolina de Aguiar Ferreira, Charles H. Williams, Charles C. Hong

“…Moreover, OGM synergized with ionizing radiation to induce lipid peroxidation, a hallmark of ferroptosis, as well as reduce colony size in 2D and 3D cell culture. GPR68 inhibition is not acutely detrimental but increases intracellular free ferrous iron, which is known to trigger reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. …”
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Visfatin/Nampt: An Adipokine with Cardiovascular Impact by Tania Romacho, Carlos F. Sánchez-Ferrer, Concepción Peiró

“…This adipokine was identical to two previously described molecules, namely, pre-B cell colony-enhancing factor (PBEF) and the enzyme nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (Nampt). …”
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Back Analysis of Rock Hydraulic Fracturing by Coupling Numerical Model and Computational Intelligent Technology by Shaojun Li, Hongbo Zhao, Xiating Feng, Quan Jiang, Qiancheng Sun

“…A multioutput support vector machine is used to map the complex, nonlinear relationship between the in situ stress, elastic parameters, and borehole pressure. The artificial bee colony algorithm is applied in back analysis to find the optimal in situ stress and elastic parameters. …”
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A Survey of Nature-Inspired Meta-Heuristic Algorithms in Network Alignment by Anagh Awal, Farsuram Pandit

“…It explores a wide range of nature-inspired algorithms, including genetic algorithms, particle swarm optimization, ant colony optimization, and simulated annealing. The review delves into the underlying principles of each algorithm, their practical applications, and their performance in network alignment tasks. …”
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An Improved Physarum polycephalum Algorithm for the Shortest Path Problem by Xiaoge Zhang, Qing Wang, Andrew Adamatzky, Felix T. S. Chan, Sankaran Mahadevan, Yong Deng

“…We also compare our algorithm with other existing algorithms, including the ant colony optimization algorithm and Dijkstra algorithm.…”
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Quantitative Risk Assessment of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Toxi Infection Associated with the Consumption of Roasted Shrimp (Penaeus monodon) by Arnaud Carter Keinko Takoundjou, Rhoda Nsen Bughe, Abraham Nkoue Tong, Sylvain Leroy Sado Kamdem, Jean Justin Essia-Ngang

“…According to the results, the 90% confidence intervals for minimum and maximum exposures ranged from 15 to 24 colony-forming units per day (cells/day) and from 160 to 228 cells/day, respectively. …”
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Characterization of the growth-inhibitory and apoptosis-inducing activities of a triterpene saponin, securioside B against BAC1.2F5 macrophages by Satoru Yui, Tomoya Kudo, Kazumi Hodono, Yoshihiro Mimaki, Minpei Kuroda, Yutaka Sashida, Masatoshi Yamazaki

“…We previously reported that securiosides A and B, novel triterpene saponins, exerted macrophage-oriented cytotoxicity in the presence of a L-cell-conditioned medium containing macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF), while the compounds did not exhibit an effect on macrophages in the absence of the growth-stimulating factors.…”
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Institutional Analysis of the Integration of Rzeczpospolita Lands in-to the Russian and Austrian Empires by P. A. Barakhvostov

“…The Austrian policy was haracterized by asymmetrical and limited institutional transplantations (only political institutions) to the new province, which turned the region into a virtual inner colony. The meaning of the chosen integration model for the later development of the integrated lands is also discussed.…”
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Assessment of a Biosafety Device to Control Contamination by Airborne Transmission during Orthodontic/Dental Procedures by Josilene Santa Rita de Assis, Aguinaldo Silva Garcez, Hideo Suzuki, Victor Angelo Martins Montalli, Denise Nami Fujii, Michelle Bertini Prouvot, Selly Sayuri Suzuki

“…After 15 minutes of passive aerosol sampling, the dishes were closed and incubated using standard aerobic conditions at 37°C for 48 hours to count colony forming units (CFUs). For the clinical part of the study, a questionnaire was sent to clinicians and patients to understand their perception of orthodontically treat and receive treatment using the barrier. …”
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Optimal Mandatory Lane-Changing Location Planning for CAV Based on Cell Transmission Model by Gao Gao, Zhengfeng Huang, Wei Ji, Pengjun Zheng

“…The constraints include the relation between target CAV lane-changing cell and the corresponding behaviour start time, the updating of the flow, and occupancy for varied cells. We use the Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm to solve the problem. …”
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