Comportamiento del pequeño empresario de Mérida Venezuela ante la oferta china by Alibeth Abreu de León, Dorys Coromoto Paredes, Mariencris Méndez

“…Este artículo forma parte de un proyecto de investigación sobre el comportamiento del peque- ño empresario merideño ante la oferta china, fue realizado en el municipio Libertador del estado Mérida, Venezuela, durante el primer trimestre del año 2012. …”
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Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of the Caribbean Crazy Ant, Nylanderia (=Paratrechina) pubens (Forel) by Dawn Calibeo, Faith Oi

“… Incidents of Caribbean crazy ant infestations are on the rise! These highly active ants are annoying to residents and pets. …”
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An Efficient Tourism Path Approach Based on Improved Ant Colony Optimization in Hilly Areas by Mohamed A. Damos, Wenbo Xu, Jun Zhu, Ali Ahmed, Abdolraheem Khader

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First Record of Trophobiotic Interaction between a Ponerine Ant and a Cicadelid Bug by Thadeu Sobral Souza, Ronaldo B. Francini

“…The interactions of the ant Odontomachus bauri with nymphs of the sap-sucking bug Xedreota tuberculata (Cicadellidae: Ledrinae) were studied on Sipanea aff. …”
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A Hybrid Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for Multi-Compartment Vehicle Routing Problem by Ning Guo, Bin Qian, Rong Hu, Huai P. Jin, Feng H. Xiang

“…In this paper, an improved hybrid ant colony optimization algorithm (IHACO) is proposed to minimize the total mileage of the MCVRP. …”
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Educar para la paz, una necesidad urgente ante entornos de violencias by Iván Arrazola Cortés, Dolores del Carmen Chinas Salazar, Francisco Javier Lozano Martínez

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Improved ant colony algorithm based cloud computing user task scheduling algorithm by Sining LUO, Hualong WANG, Hongyu LI, Wei PENG

“…In recent years,with the development of power information,more and more power applications and tasks are deployed in the cloud.Because of the dynamic heterogeneity of cloud resources and power applications,it is a challenge in the cloud computing system to realize resource division and task scheduling.Power applications need to be able to achieve a rapid response and minimum completion time,and schedulers should consider the load of each cloud computing node to ensure the reliability of cloud computing.A task scheduling algorithm based on the algorithm of improving an ant colony was proposed to solve the problem of task scheduling in virtual machines.Through the improvement of the standard ant colony algorithm,the task scheduling time was reduced and load balancing was realized while minimizing the overall completion time.The results show that the algorithm can shorten the task scheduling time and realize the load balancing of cloud nodes,which provides technical basis for the optimization of power cloud computing.…”
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Source Distance has No Effect on Load Size in the Leaf-Cutting Ant, Atta Cephalotes by James K. Wetterer

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FAACOSE: A Fast Adaptive Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for Detecting SNP Epistasis by Lin Yuan, Chang-An Yuan, De-Shuang Huang

“…In this paper, we present a unified fast framework integrating adaptive ant colony optimization algorithm with multiobjective functions for detecting SNP epistasis in GWAS datasets. …”
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Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) by Laura Collins, Rudolph H. Scheffrahn

“…EENY-195/IN352: Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) (ufl.edu) …”
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Structural Damage Detection Based on Modal Parameters Using Continuous Ant Colony Optimization by Aditi Majumdar, Bharadwaj Nanda, Dipak Kumar Maiti, Damodar Maity

“…An inverse problem is formulated to minimize the objective function, defined in terms of discrepancy between the vibration data identified by modal testing and those computed from analytical model, which then solved to locate and assess the structural damage using continuous ant colony optimization algorithm. The damage is formulated as stiffness reduction factor. …”
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An efficient load balancing algorithm for virtual machine allocation based on ant colony optimization by Peng Xu, Guimin He, Zhenhao Li, Zhongbao Zhang

“…Specifically, we customize the ant colony optimization in the context of virtual machine allocation and introduce an improved physical machine selection strategy to the basic ant colony optimization in order to prevent the premature convergence or falling into the local optima. …”
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An Evaluation of MAPIA in Michigan as an Ante-Mortem Supplemental Test for Use in Suspect Tuberculosis Cattle by Scott D. Fitzgerald, Heather A. Grodi, John B. Kaneene

“…The objective of this study was to make use of bovine tuberculosis suspect cattle from the state of Michigan to validate a multiantigen print immunoassay for use on sera to serve as an improved supplementary ante-mortem test to increase specificity of current tuberculosis testing methods. …”
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White-Footed Ant, Technomyrmex albipes (Fr. Smith) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) by Jack Warner, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, Brian Cabrera

“… The white-footed ant, Technomyrmex albipes (Fr. Smith) has been making news in Florida over the last few years as a pest ant of major importance. …”
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The Optimization of Path Planning for Express Delivery Based on Clone Adaptive Ant Colony Optimization by Yao Zhang, Yan Liu, Chaoqun Li, Yang Liu, Jie Zhou

“…This study proposes a new express delivery path planning method based on a clone adaptive ant colony optimization (CAACO) to find suboptimal solutions. …”
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Experiencia de una niña de nueve años ante la separación parental by Diana E. Hernández-Hernández, Patricia Trujano-Ruiz

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Trail Patterns and Movement of Workers Among Nests in the Ant Formica Obscuripes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Kevin M. O'Neill

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Studies on Arizona Ants (3) the Habits of Pogonomyrmex Huachucanus Wheeler and a Description of the Sexual Castes by Wm. S. Creighton

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Black fungi and ants: a genomic comparison of species inhabiting carton nests versus domatia by Yu Quan, Nickolas Menezes da Silva, Bruna Jacomel Favoreto de Souza Lima, Sybren de Hoog, Vania Aparecida Vicente, Veronika Mayer, Yingqian Kang, Dongmei Shi

“…Abstract Some members of Chaetothyriales, an order containing potential agents of opportunistic infections in humans, have a natural habitat in nests of tropical arboreal ants. In these black fungi, two types of ant symbiosis are known, i.e. occurrence in domatia inside living plants, or as components of carton constructions made of ant-chewed plant tissue. …”
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Tree-Dwelling Ants: Contrasting Two Brazilian Cerrado Plant Species without Extrafloral Nectaries by Jonas Maravalhas, Jacques H. C. Delabie, Rafael G. Macedo, Helena C. Morais

“…Ants dominate vegetation stratum, exploiting resources like extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) and insect honeydew. …”
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