Analysis of Determinants of Economic Efficiency in Honey Production in Horo Guduru Zone, Ethiopia: Stochastic Dual Cost Frontier Model Approach by Tolesa Tesema, Megersa Adugna

“…Additionally, since farmers in the study area spend their time guarding the honey from damage by ants and monkeys, labor that utilizes technology must be made available in the study area.…”
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Behavior of Paussus favieri (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Paussini): A Myrmecophilous Beetle Associated with Pheidole pallidula (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) by Emanuela Maurizi, Simone Fattorini, Wendy Moore, Andrea Di Giulio

“…Several specimens of the myrmecophilous beetle Paussus favieri were reared in ant nests of Pheidole pallidula. Their interactions were recorded and all behaviors observed are described. …”
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Image Texture Analysis and Edge Detection Algorithm Based on Anisotropic Diffusion Equation by Xiaoqin Li

“…The algorithm is improved by initial position optimization, dynamic adjustment of parameters, and adaptive selection of thresholds so that the ants can search along the real edges. Experiments show that the improved algorithm for image edge detection can obtain more complete edges and better detection results. …”
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Comparison of arthropod communities between high and low input maize farms in Mexico by E. del-Val, E. Ramírez, M. Astier

“…Predators, particularly ants, were more abundant in low-input sites. Herbivory levels were similar in all fields, with an average of 18% of leaf area lost per plant. …”
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Bio-Inspired Polarization Compass for Solar Azimuth Prediction Under Clear and Cloudy Sky Conditions by Devyansh Agarwal, Ben Potter, Jawad Yaseen Siddiqui, Yahia M. M. Antar, Muhammad Zulfiker Alam

“…Sunlight becomes partially polarized due to Rayleigh scattering while passing through the atmosphere. Many insects such as ants and beetles utilize the polarization information of skylight for navigation. …”
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Impact of Different Land-Use Systems on Soil Physicochemical Properties and Macrofauna Abundance in the Humid Tropics of Cameroon by Lawrence Tatanah Nanganoa, Justin Nambangia Okolle, Valentine Missi, Jacques Roberto Tueche, Lewis Dopgima Levai, Jetro Nkengafac Njukeng

“…It also showed a strong significant negative correlation between BD and ants population (r = −0.8828) and between soil pH and number of earthworms (r = −0.9072). …”
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Identifikasi Hama dan Penyakit Pada Tanaman Anggrek Bulan (Phalaenopsis amabilis) by Ari Monawati, Desi Rhomadhoni, Nur Rokhimah Hanik

“…Pests on the Phalaenopsis amabilis Moon Orchid plant are found that very often attack such as ants, snails, grasshoppers, mealybugs, mites and caterpillars. …”
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Unexpected species diversity in the understanding of selenium-containing soil invertebrates by Bin Mao, XiangLiang Fang, HongLing Lei, YunLi Xiao, Yue Fu

“…Unexpectedly, certain species, such as the Formicidae (ants, e.g., Odontomachus troglodytes), the Noctuidae (e.g., Diarsia rosaria), and the annelid Haplotaxida Perionyx excavates, exhibit a strong positive association with Se, indicating a high level of Se tolerance among the native species. …”
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Characterization of the Beekeeping Value Chain: Challenges, Perceptions, Limitations, and Opportunities for Beekeepers in Kayonza District, Rwanda by Borden Mushonga, Landouard Hategekimana, Gervais Habarugira, Erick Kandiwa, Alaster Samkange, Basiamisi Victor Ernest Segwagwe

“…The hive pests encountered were hive beetles (25%), small black ants (19%), wax moths (12%), lizards (8%), termites (7%), birds (6%), mites (3%), and mice (2%). …”
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Differences in abundance of Thaumatotibia leucotreta and its natural enemies between organic and conventionally farmed citrus ecosystems by Luke Cousins, Mellissa Peyper, Tamryn Marsberg, Sean Moore, Martin Hill

“…Organic orchards had a mean of 7.3 (± 0.6, standard error (SE)) distinct predatory species per trap whereas in conventional orchards 3.9 (± 0.4) species were recorded per trap. Ants, rove beetles, pseudoscorpions and crickets were significantly more abundant in organic orchards. …”
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Metamorphic testing of named entity recognition systems: A case study by Yezi Xu, Zhi Quan Zhou, Xiaoxia Zhang, Jing Wang, Mingyue Jiang

“…The authors conduct a case study with Litigant, an industrial NER system of the Ant Group, and show that MT can effectively detect real‐life bugs in the absence of an ideal oracle. …”
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Impact of type 2 diabetes mellitus on results in the animal naming test in patients with and without liver cirrhosis. by Eva Maria Schleicher, Julia Tuchscher, Matthias Weber, Peter Robert Galle, Marcus-Alexander Wörns, Simon Johannes Gairing, Christian Labenz

“…The simplified Animal Naming Test (S-ANT1) has been established for detecting minimal HE (MHE). …”
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Improved AC-GA based data association method for multi-target tracking by YUAN Dong-hui1, LIU Da-you1, SHEN Shi-qun1

“…An AC-GADA（ant colony-genetic algorithm data association） algorithm was proposed to deal with the data as-sociation problem for multi-target tracking.This algorithm designed difference pheromone for each ant and improved global pheromone increment model,and combined crossover and mutation strategy with fitness of population model in or-der to improve rate of convergence and avoid the appearance of local extremum.The comparison with ACDA（ant colony data association） and JPAD（joint pobabilistic data association） proved its efficiency and superiority.…”
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Characterization and Modelling of Multiscale Natural Fractures in Shale Reservoirs: A Case Study from a Block in the Southern Sichuan Basin by Shaohua Gai, Ailin Jia, Yunsheng Wei, Ruohan Liu

“…The fracture intensity is obtained by the correlation between ant tracking attributes and fracture density in borehole. …”
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Management modes and effects analysis of strengthening the volunteer’s normalized nucleic acid sampling (加强志愿者常态化核酸采样的管理方法与效果) by HAN Chunying (韩春英), YOU Chenggang (尤诚刚), PAN Meili (潘美丽), JIANG Yuting (蒋玉婷), XU Yiwen (徐伊雯), LU Weijie (陆玮婕), XIA Hui (夏卉), CHEN Haiyan (陈海燕), HUANG Ying (黄莹), GU Yuanlu (顾元露), CHEN Huiying (陈慧颖), ZHANG Qi (张琪), LI Xu (李旭), WU Weina (吴维娜), SHEN Xiaojie (沈晓洁), ZHOU Yi (周毅), ZHANG Xian (张宪), LI Qin (李琴)

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Building a High-Performance Graph Storage on Top of Tree-Structured Key-Value Stores by Heng Lin, Zhiyong Wang, Shipeng Qi, Xiaowei Zhu, Chuntao Hong, Wenguang Chen, Yingwei Luo

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The underpinning of the evaluation of aerobic endurance based on methods established in the late 20th century: A systematic review by Igor Beretić, Dušan Stupar, Romana Romanov

“…Authors note that the parameters based on which AnT is determined are expressed in different units of measure (m/min, km/h, ml/kg/min) so that AnT, as such, does not only represent the measure of aerobic endurance but also the measure of maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) and mechanical efficiency. …”
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Process Optimization in Sea Ports: Integrating Sustainability and Efficiency Through a Novel Mathematical Model by Maria Teresa Pereira, Nuno Rocha, Francisco Gomes Silva, Miguel Ângelo Lellis Moreira, Yusuf Ozden Altinkaya, Marisa João Pereira

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BASED ON IMPROVED ACO WELDING JOINT OPTIMIZATION ANALYSIS by ZHANG ShengYue, QING Li, FENG QiuXia, ZHANG YuDong

“…Weldingand Matlab simulation platform,the introduction of the constraint factors and improved pheromone update rule,to improve the traditional ant colony algorithm,in order to improve the update efficiency of pheromone of ant colony algorithm,and enhance the path of the algorithm in the continuous space search ability. …”
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Evaluating Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Ultrasound by Togay Evrin, Semih Korkut, Leyla Ozturk Sonmez, Lukasz Szarpak, Burak Katipoglu, Jacek Smereka, Ramazan Guven, Evrim Eylem Akpinar

“…FEV1 was strongly correlated with Lung Sil R, Lung Sil L, Ant B-Mode R, and Ant M-Mode R (r = 0.963, P<0.001; r = 0.956, P<0.001; r = 0.953, P<0.001; and r = 0.917, and P<0.001, respectively). …”
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