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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La población indígena en el nordeste del espacio rioplatense según la mirada de los gobernadores en la primera mitad del siglo XVII by María Laura Salinas

“…El texto indaga sobre la comunicación política rioplatense en el período colonial temprano, verificando si la situación marginal de estos territorios repercutió en dicha comunicación y en la toma de decisiones, el rol de los agentes de la monarquía –representados por la figura de los gobernadores– y sus actuaciones respecto a una población de dimensiones considerables. …”
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Ideology and Political Orientation of Intellectuals from Koto Gadang 1930-1950: A Prosopography by Nazra Cahyani Endah Regita, Herwandi Herwandi, Nopriyasman Nopriyasman

“…Chalid Salim's writings criticizing the colonial government led to him being arrested and imprisoned, in his actions to defend the workers. …”
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Cleptobiosis in Social Insects by Michael D. Breed, Chelsea Cook, Michelle O. Krasnec

“…We conclude with a comment on how cleptobiosis can increase the risk of disease or parasite spread among colonies of social insects.…”
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Quantifying Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Solar Radiation over the Northeast China Based on ACO-BPNN Model and Intensity Analysis by Xiangqian Li, Zhijun Tong, Enliang Guo, Xiaolong Luo

“…In this study, a new backpropagation neural network (BPNN) model optimized with an Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm was developed to generate the ACO-BPNN model, which had demonstrated superior performance for simulating solar radiation compared to traditional BPNN modelling, for Northeast China. …”
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“Somos o que comemos!”: Uma reflexão da política de cuidado ecofeminista plasmada na prática da agroecologia by Luísa de Pinho Valle

“…Este sistema econômico, que perpetua lógicas de poder, sociopolítico e econômico, originadas no sistema patriarcal e na ideologia colonial, está a levar-nos à destruição irreversível na escala planetária. …”
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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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Clozapine-Induced Late Agranulocytosis and Severe Neutropenia Complicated with Streptococcus pneumonia, Venous Thromboembolism, and Allergic Vasculitis in Treatment-Resistant Femal... by Christina Voulgari, Raphael Giannas, Georgios Paterakis, Anna Kanellou, Nikolaos Anagnostopoulos, Stamata Pagoni

“…She achieved full remission on granulocyte-colony stimulating factor and specific antibiotic treatment. …”
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Control of Cryptococcus Gattii Biofilms by an Ethanolic Extract of Cochlospermum Regium (Schrank) Pilger Leaves by Adriana A. Almeida-Apolonio, Wellinton J. Cupozak-Pinheiro, Vagner M. Berres, Fabiana G. S. Dantas, Terezinha I. E. Svidzinski, Kelly M. P. Oliveira, Marilene R. Chang

“…The antibiofilm activity of the extract was evaluated in 96-well polystyrene microplates, and the biofilms were quantified by counting colony forming units. The extract showed antifungal activity at concentrations of 62.5 to 250 μg/mL and when the extract was evaluated in combination with fluconazole, C. gattii was inhibited at sub-MIC levels. …”
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Pesticides in Honeybee Products—Determination of Pesticides in Bee Pollen, Propolis, and Royal Jelly from Polish Apiary by Agata Swiatly-Blaszkiewicz, Agnieszka Klupczynska-Gabryszak, Eliza Matuszewska-Mach, Joanna Matysiak, Everaldo Attard, Dariusz Kowalczyk, Aleksandra Adamkiewicz, Bogumiła Kupcewicz, Jan Matysiak

“…The presence of pesticides in HBPs can provide new data on the risk related to the use of pesticides and their role in bee colony losses. Moreover, the degree of contamination of HBPs can lower their quality, weaken their beneficial properties, and, in consequence, may endanger human health. …”
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Icon Design For Artifact Collection Classification At The Sri Baduga Museum, Bandung by Martha Tisna Ginanjar Putri, Iis Purnengsih, Winny Gunari Widya Wardani, Nazwa Vina Ayudyasari, Andaru Raisya Hartono

“…The Museum has ten classifications of historical artifacts from Sundanese, starting from prehistoric times to the colonial era. However, the classification has not had visual signs. …”
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Banda Bekali and local knowledge in flood management: 100 years of social and environmental interaction in Padang City by Handrian Ginting Jonson, Afrida, Arifin Zainal

“…In response, the Dutch East Indies colonial government constructed the Banda Bekali canal system to mitigate flood risks. …”
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Child-Right-ing: Going Beyond Innocence to Realize the Rights of Undocumented Migrant Children through Struggles for the Rights of All Children by Jacob Lind

“…In this article, I first analyze the limitations of children’s rights as rooted in understandings of children as ‘innocent’ human ‘becomings’ and the colonial legacy and paradoxical character of rights. …”
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Diversity of Species and Behavior of Hymenopteran Parasitoids of Ants: A Review by Jean-Paul Lachaud, Gabriela Pérez-Lachaud

“…Based on their abundance and success in attacking ants, some parasitoid wasps like diapriids and eucharitids seem excellent potential models to explore how parasitoids impact ant colony demography, population biology, and ant community structure. …”
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Evaluation of the Cytotoxic Effects of CAM Therapies: An In Vitro Study in Normal Kidney Cell Lines by Shagun Arora, Chanderdeep Tandon, Simran Tandon

“…The parameters chosen for the study were based on antiproliferative and cytotoxic effects on normal, kidney epithelial cells (NRK-52E). The MTT assay, colony formation assay, DNA fragmentation, and differential staining using AO/EB, following treatment with either 5-FU or CAM therapies, were performed. …”
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Copper strontium phosphate glasses with high antimicrobial efficacy by Roman Golovchak, Bohdan Mahlovanyi, Yaroslav Shpotyuk, Malgorzata Kus-Liskiewicz, Julia Kozianska, Renata Zadrag-Tecza, Grzegorz Zagula, Malgorzata Trzyna-Sowa, Andriy Kovalskiy, Agnieszka Gala-Bladzinska, Jozef Cebulski

“…The glass powders demonstrate strong antibacterial efficacy with a concentration of only a few mg/mL, sufficient to eradicate the entire bacterial colonies within 24 h. Bulk surfaces of these glasses inhibit bacterial growth and release low, non-toxic levels of their constituent elements into simulated body fluid. …”
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A Review of "The Challenge of Modernity, the Quest for Authenticity in the Arab World " by Ahmad Biglari, Ebrahim Barzegar

“…The author has analyzed the notion of intellectuals in the Muslim world since the beginning of facing with two layers of the Western modern civilization, the colonial and technological progress. He tried to analyze Arab and Muslim scholars' exposure to the problem of tradition-modernity through showing how they deal with the Islamic and Arabic heritages. …”
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A comparative study of replicative properties of antitumor recombinant vaccinia viruses on human glioblastoma cell culture U87 and monkey kidney cell culture CV-1 by R. A. Maksyutov, I. V. Kolosova, T. V. Tregubchak, I. A. Razumov, S. N. Shchelkunov

“…In this study, we compared the replicative properties of ten variants of vaccinia virus (the strain LIVP of VACV) using human glioblastoma cell culture; some of these viruses have additional genes, such as the gene encoding granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor, gene encoding apoptosis-inducing protein TRAIL and gene encoding green fluorescent protein. …”
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Screening of Fungi from Oil Palm Rhizosphere in Peat Soils and the Potential as Biological Agents against Ganoderma boninense by Fifi Puspita, Isna Rahma Dini, Dermala Sari

“…The parameters observed were macroscopic characteristics of fungi from oil palm rhizosphere, disease severity index, fungus inhibition power from oil palm rhizosphere to G. boninense, colony diameter and growth rate of high antagonist rhizosphere fungus, hyperparasitic type of fungus from rhizosphere of oil palm plant with G. boninense and the morphological characteristics of fungi from high antagonist rhizosphere in macroscopic and microscopic. …”
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OCH Ameliorates Bone Marrow Failure in Mice via Downregulation of T-Bet Expression by Xiaohong Qiao, Xiaotian Xie, Wei Shi, Jinqing Tang, Yuexia Shao, Fuxing Li

“…In addition, OCH treatment increased NKT cell fractions of bone marrow and the colonies of CFU-GM. In conclusion, treatment of OCH prior to the induction of BMF could prevent the incidence of BMF possibly through downregulating T-bet expression leading to the transition of immune response from Th1 to Th2, suggesting OCH might be a new therapeutic approach in the treatment of BMF or AA.…”
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