Different bee-flower survey methods impact conservation recommendations: comparing citizen science and academic surveys by Jaco J.T.C. Visser, Leon Marshall, Jiří Hadrava, Pieter Vanormelingen, Arthur Dielens, Jean-Marc Molenberg, Nicolas J. Vereecken

“…The bipartite networks differed substantially (compositional difference = 0.86), mainly due to rewiring of bee-flower interactions (0.69). …”
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Characterization of the Differences in Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) Adsorbed on Five Kinds of Microplastics Using Multiple Methods by Xianshu Fu, Xiangliang Pan, Jun Chen, Mingzhou Zhang, Zihong Ye, Xiaoping Yu

“…This paper comparatively assessed the extraction efficiency of DOM from MPs with various solvents by using total organic carbon (TOC), culminating in the development of a sodium pyrophosphate-NaOH solution extraction method optimized for DOM. The morphology, material and environmental medium of microplastics were the three primary factors affecting the adsorption of DOM on microplastics, with the highest enrichment ratio of 1.4–1.8 times for extruded polyethylene microplastics (EPE-MPs) characterized by their porous structure in the flowing water environment. …”
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Metaheuristic Optimization for Robust RSSD-Based UAV Localization with Position Uncertainty by Yuanyuan Zhang, Jiping Li, T. Aaron Gulliver, Huafeng Wu, Guangqian Xie, Xiaojun Mei, Jiangfeng Xian, Weijun Wang, Linian Liang

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Comparison of methods of optimal cut-point selection for biomarkers in diagnostic medicine: a simulation study with application of clinical data in health informatics by Mojtaba Hassanzad, Karimollah Hajian-Tilaki, Zinatossadat Bouzari, Shahla Yazdani

“…This simulation study was aimed to compare five popular methods with application of clinical examples. Results The data of simulation was generated from the 12 configurations of binormal, bigamma, and biexponential pairs with different sample sizes The results showed that the four popular methods of Youden, Euclidean, Product, and Index of Union (IU) yielded identical optimal cut-point under binormal model with homoscedastic. …”
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Variation-Difference Method of Calculation of Layered Rubber-Metal Vibration Isolators Used for Protection of Reinforced Concrete Buildings from Anthropogenic Vibration by D. K. Sizov

“…Further, the article describes the method of implementation of the variational-difference method (VDM) as applied to the solution of the problem of determining the components of the stress-strain state inside a three-dimensional layered vibration isolator with perforations of different sizes having different locations relative to the contour of the vibration isolator, i.e., the solution of the problem of optimizing the three-dimensional shape of the vibration isolator is given.…”
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Spatio-Temporal Graphs in Transportation: Challenges, Optimization, and Prospects by Aleksandr Rakhmangulov, Nikita Osintsev, Pavel Mishkurov

“…This study contributes to the expansion of scientific knowledge about methods of spatio-temporal optimization of transport systems based on bibliometric analysis.…”
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Collaborative optimization of photovoltaic and energy storage devices in urban and rural distribution networks based on the target cascade analysis method by WANG Qiming, XIA Kun, JIAO Pingyang, ZHANG Peijie, DONG Jinlong, LI Peng

“…In this context， a distributed collaborative planning model for PV and energy storage devices in urban and rural distribution networks is proposed， based on the target cascade analysis method. First， the differences in the distribution of PV and energy storage resources and load demands in urban and rural distribution networks are considered， and a collaborative planning model for PV and energy storage devices is established for rural distribution networks and their adjacent urban distribution networks. …”
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Optimization of Sensor Positions and Orientations for Multiple Load Case Scenarios by Wacław Kuś, Waldemar Mucha, Iyasu Tafese Jiregna

“…The method is validated on a numerical model of a composite structure with 1–3 sensors under seven different load cases. …”
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Registration of dermatoscopic images of skin neoplasms and detection of structural differences by A. F. Smalyuk, A. G. Zhukovets, N. M. Trizna

“…A method for correcting the desynchronization of images using the structural similarity index as a similarity metric, and the sinecosine algorithm as an optimization algorithm is proposed. …”
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Effect of Different Factors on Differential Pressure Pre-cooling of White Radish by Shen Jiang, Wu Dongxia, Li Shuai

“…To study the effect of different factors on the differential pressure pre-cooling of white radish, we use the Pearson correlation coefficient and the orthogonal experimental method. …”
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Optimization of the treatment of caries permanent teeth with different degree of enamel resistance beside children with innate unjoining lip and palate by G. G. Ashurov, S. A. Obidov, S. M. Karimov

“…Aim. To select the optimal method for caries treatment of permanent teeth with different degree of enamel cariesresistance in children with innate unjoining lip and palate.   …”
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Optimization design of structural parameters of fan diaphragm coupling under the high torque by SUN Jiaxin, CAI Anwen, HU Weihui, DU Jing, SUN Weiwei, QIN Zhongzheng

“…ObjectiveThe existing research on diaphragm couplings mainly focuses on the mechanical performance of different types of diaphragm couplings and the optimization of diaphragm size and shape through various optimization algorithms. …”
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Optimization Method of Reducing the Differential Settlements of Piled Raft Foundations Based on Pile-to-Pile Interaction Theory by Yunfei Xie, Shichun Chi

“…Two cases with different safety factors that suffer different kinds of surface loads (uniform load and nonuniform load) are used to verify this method. …”
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Optimized methods for the targeted surveillance of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in human stool by Sarah Gallichan, Sally Forrest, Esther Picton-Barlow, Claudia McKeown, Maria Moore, Eva Heinz, Nicholas A. Feasey, Joseph M. Lewis, Fabrice E. Graf

“…This requires us to accurately trace these bacteria between different sources. In this study, we compared different laboratory methods to see which worked best for detecting extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing E. coli, a common cause of urinary tract or bloodstream infections, from human stool samples. …”
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A Synergic Optimization Method for Service Scope and Load Management Technologies of Rural Power Distribution Network by Zishuo HUANG, Yingfang LIU, Xinhe ZHANG, Guixiong HE, Junjie XIONG

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A FAULT DIAGNOSIS METHOD BASED ON IMPROVED ARTIFICAL BEE COLONY OPTIMIZE SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE by WU YinHua, XU QiongYan

“…Aiming at the fact that the fault diagnosis performance of support vector machine（ SVM） highly depends on the parameters selection,a fault diagnosis method based on improved artificial bee colony（ IABC） optimize SVM was proposed. …”
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Presenting a neural network-based hybrid method for ADAS damper optimization in absorption of earthquake energy by Faezeh Nejati, Milad Jiyan

“…Therefore, this research investigates a combined neural network-based method for optimizing Added Damper and Stiffness (ADAS) dampers in steel buildings. …”
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Optimizing Vehicle Placement in the Residual Spaces of Unmarked Parking Areas: A Comparative Study of Heuristic Methods by Mustafa Hüsrevoğlu, Artur Janowski, Ahmet Emin Karkınlı

“…This study investigates the optimal allocation of additional vehicles in spaces left unoccupied around parked cars by comparing seven heuristic optimization algorithms: Particle Swarm Optimization, Artificial Bee Colony, Gray Wolf Optimizer, Harris Hawks Optimizer, Phasor Particle Swarm Optimization, Multi-Population Based Differential Evolution, and the Colony-Based Search Algorithm. …”
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Minimizing the eccentricity between the centers of mass and stiffness of structures with the optimality criterion method in the structural design process by Reza Akbari, Payam Gholbeigi

“…The efficiency and capability of the method has been shown by using three sample structures of different systems. …”
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A Morphological Filtering Method Based on Particle Swarm Optimization for Railway Vehicle Bearing Fault Diagnosis by Yan Huang, Jianhui Lin, Zechao Liu, Chenguang Huang

“…However, the choices of operators and structure elements (SE) are numerous and complicated to determine the best MF solution for different bearing faulty signals. In this paper, the particle swarm optimization (PSO) was introduced to optimize the effect of MF among several classical MF operators and different SE parameters. …”
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