Preference-based expensive multi-objective optimization without using an ideal point by Peipei Zhao, Liping Wang, Qicang Qiu

“…Abstract As a decision maker is not always interested in the entire Pareto front, a natural idea is to take into account user preferences in computationally expensive multi-objective optimization to focus on searching the preferred region. …”
Get full text

Versatility of the Burkholderia cepacia complex for the biosynthesis of exopolysaccharides: a comparative structural investigation. by Bruno Cuzzi, Yury Herasimenka, Alba Silipo, Rosa Lanzetta, Gianfranco Liut, Roberto Rizzo, Paola Cescutti

“…Comparison of exopolysaccharides obtained from cultures on agar plates with those extracted from biofilms on cellulose membranes showed important differences, thus suggesting that extrapolating data from non-biofilm conditions might not always be applicable.…”
Get full text

The Ambivalent Identity of Eighteenth-Century London Clubs as a Prelude to Victorian Clublife by Valérie Capdeville

“…From the late seventeenth century to Victorian times, gentlemen’s clubs have always oscillated between norm and dissidence. The ambivalent identity of London clubs can be highlighted through some of their main paradoxes and inherent tensions such as integration/exclusion or publicity/privacy. …”
Get full text

Evaluating the Copies of Şikârî’s Karamannâme by Mizan Coşkun Özgür

“…Karamannâme contains an understanding that focuses on and always justifies the Karamanids while criticizing the Ottomans, and predominantly features the relations and struggles between the Ottoman Empire and the Karamanids. …”
Get full text

MODERN APPROACHES TO PATOGENESIS AND PROGNOSIS OF CNS HYPOXIC-ISCHEMIC LESION OUTCOMES IN PERINATAL PERIOD by D. V. Blinov

“…Accurate evaluation of degree of CNS perinatal hypoxic-ischemic disorders with routine methods of clinical, instrumental and laboratory investigations is not always possible. Perinatal hypoxic-ischemic CNS disorders are always associated with hematoencephalic barrier transparency disorders and with release of neurospecific proteins in blood flow. …”
Get full text

Election of Honorary Members of the Russian Mineralogical Society from 1917 to 1937 by Ivan Yu. Matveev

“…Honorary membership has always been one of the forms of membership in a scientific organization, and the Russian Mineralogical Society was no exception. …”
Get full text

APPLICATION OF VIRTUAL REALITY TO THE ENHANCEMENT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SPORTS FOR HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS. A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW by Milena Kuleva

“…Virtual reality is frequently associated with entertainment for adolescents. This is not always the case, however. Military, medicine, education, and architecture could all benefit from virtual reality, and in these fields, with complete confidence, sports and physical activity could also be added. …”
Get full text

Industry or relevant market? EMFA and two different perspectives on newspaper concentration by Heikki Hellman, Mikko Grönlund, Katja Lehtisaari, Tuomas Ranti

“…The article argues that both perspectives are necessary to understand the concentration process, as industry concentration always has market effects and market concentration always has democratic effects. …”
Get full text

Visit of the Romanian Delegation to Sultan Abdulmejid (1860) and Dimitrie Bolintineanu's Narratives of the Ottoman Country by Mariana Budu

“…Especially the West has always wondered about Eastern civilization, and the East has always wondered about Western civilization. …”
Get full text

A Robust Control Strategy for Landing an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle on a Vertically Moving Platform by Carlos Aguilar-Ibanez, Miguel S. Suarez-Castanon, Octavio Gutierrez-Frias, Jose de Jesus Rubio, Jesus A. Meda-Campana

“…To assure that the aircraft is always above the platform, we include a repulsive force that only works in a small vicinity of the platform. …”
Get full text

A Different Path to the Same Old Question: Why Should Cartels be Criminalised? by Nuno Castro Marques

“…The conclusion is that cartel and bid rigging conducts always infringe the entire set of legal interests that is or may be defended by competition laws and always do so with high intensity. …”
Get full text

Epidemiological Typing of Moraxella Catarrhalis by Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis by Susan M Davison, Donald E Low, Rene H Cruz, Danielle Beaulieu, Shelley R Scriver

“…Conversely, strains that demonstrated the same pfge pattern did not always demonstrate the same rea pattern or hybridization pattern. …”
Get full text

Outlier Detection Method in Linear Regression Based on Sum of Arithmetic Progression by K. K. L. B. Adikaram, M. A. Hussein, M. Effenberger, T. Becker

“…For an arithmetic progression (a series without outliers) with n elements, the ratio (R) of the sum of the minimum and the maximum elements and the sum of all elements is always 2/n:(0,1]. R≠2/n always implies the existence of outliers. …”
Get full text

A universal color curve for roasted arabica coffee by Laudia Anokye-Bempah, Timothy Styczynski, William D. Ristenpart, Irwin R. Donis-González

“…We show that despite the dramatic differences in roast profiles and coffee origins, the bean color always maps onto a “universal roasted coffee color curve” when plotted in the L*a*b* color space. …”
Get full text

System Non-Linearities Induced by Skyhook Dampers by Mehdi Ahmadian, Brian Reichert, Xubin Song

“…The peaks at higher frequencies, however, are not desirable – although always present – because they introduce corresponding peaks in the system response that can cause ancillary vibration problems. …”
Get full text

Argumentation of Gender Equality in the Interpretation of Jilbab Verse by Amina Wadud's Perspective by Eko Zulfikar, Abdul Mustaqim

“…This is based on the historical fact that the verse is always associated with the command for women to veil and distinguish between free and enslaved person women during the jahiliyah period. …”
Get full text

Tuberculosis of the urinary tract and male genitalia — a diagnostic challenge for the family practitioner by Amir D. Zarrabi, Chris F. Heyns

“…HIV-positive individuals are at greater risk of acquiring TB, and patients with confirmed or suspected UGTB should always be tested for HIV infection. Medical treatment of UGTB requires combination anti-TB drug therapy for at least six months. …”
Get full text

Threats of Rentierism in the Political Development of the Islamic Republic of Iran by Said Baghkhani, Majid Kaffashi, soroush Fathi, Mehrdad Navabakhsh

“…Iran’s economy has relied on oil wealth for many years, and that oil economy has always had some functions in the country’s development path. …”
Get full text

Positive and Negative Lessons from Hidden Curriculum at a Philippine State University by Louie Giray, Ma. Kasandra Christina Asuncion, Jelomil Edem, Daxjhed Louis Gumalin, Jomarie Jacob, Sheila May Lucero

“…Conclusion – Where groups of people study, such as in the university setting, hidden curricula will always exist, as in the social environment always manifests a certain hidden curriculum. …”
Get full text

Journal of Festive Studies Issue 8 Call for Papers by Journal of Festive Studies Editorial Team Elliott

“…In addition to our guest-edited section described below, we always welcome submissions on a rolling basis, with no deadline for consideration. …”
Get full text