A Firefly Colony and Its Fuzzy Approach for Server Consolidation and Virtual Machine Placement in Cloud Datacenters by Boominathan Perumal, Aramudhan Murugaiyan

“…In this paper, we propose to apply firefly colony and fuzzy firefly colony optimization algorithms to solve two key issues of datacenters, namely, server consolidation and multiobjective virtual machine placement problem. …”
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Emigration Raids by Slave-Making Ants: A Rapid-Transit System for Colony Relocation (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Ellen C. Kwait, Howard Topoff

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BEYOND ENERGY: THE ROLE OF COLONIAL LEGACY IN THE EFFECT OF INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY ON RENEWABLE ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN WEST AFRICA by Musa Ilias Biala, Ololade Mistura Aromasodun

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El núcleo de la élite colonial de Santiago de Guatemala: un bloque cohesivo by Silvia Casasola

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Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for Fresh Food Distribution without Quality Loss by Delivery Route Optimization by Sapna Katiyar, Rijwan Khan, Santosh Kumar

“…Results show that this research provides an efficient approach, i.e., artificial bee colony algorithm for fresh food distribution in time window without penalty and food quality loss.…”
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MyVivarium: A cloud-based lab animal colony management application with realtime ambient sensing by Robinson Vidva, Mir Abbas Raza, Jaswant Prabhakaran, Ayesha Sheikh, Alaina Sharp, Hayden Ott, Amelia Moore, Christopher Fleisher, Hailey Netherton, Evan Goldstein, Pothitos M. Pitychoutis, Tam V. Nguyen, Aaron Sathyanesan

“…Management of research-animal colonies is vital for lab productivity in preclinical research. …”
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Transimperial Sociology: A Peripheral Dictatorship at the Centre of Late Colonial Social-Scientific Cooperation Between Empires by Ágoas Frederico

“…This text presents a thick description of Portuguese colonial science policy and diplomacy during the era of decolonization with a focus on the social sciences. …”
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Investigation on the Inversion of the Atmospheric Duct Using the Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm Based on Opposition-Based Learning by Chao Yang, Jian-Ke Zhang, Li-Xin Guo

“…The artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm is a recently introduced optimization method in the research field of swarm intelligence. …”
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Sämi Ludwig, Resurrecting the First Great American Play: Imperial Politics and Colonial Ambitions in Frontier Detroit by Emeline Jouve

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A moisture differential technique for extraction and maintenance of imported fire ant colonies under laboratory conditions by Farhan Mahmood Shah, Ikhlas A. Khan, Abbas Ali

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A Novel Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for Large Scale QoS-Based Service Selection Problem by Changsheng Zhang, Hao Yin, Bin Zhang

“…To tackle the large scale QoS-based service selection problem, a novel efficient clustering guided ant colony service selection algorithm called CASS is proposed in this paper. …”
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Representations of the First Colonial “Civil War” in Victoria’s Reign: the Canadian Rebellions in the English Press (1837–1838) by Françoise Lejeune

“…This article examines the various representations circulating in the British press of an unexpected and peculiar occurrence: a “civil war” which took place in the white colonies of Canada in 1837–38. In fact, the terms used to refer to the event varied according to the sources. …”
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La pauvreté urbaine à Mexico : une approche de la diversité des colonies populaires by Antonine Ribardière, Jean-François Valette

“…Today, the link between poverty and popular colony needs to be revisited. From the 2010 population census, we offer an updated picture of the socio-spatial forms of poverty in Mexico City. …”
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Reversing the biblical tide: what Kuruman teaches London about mission in a post-colonial era by S. de Gruchy

“…The essay then pursues the argument by showing how over the thirty years of CWM’s life there continues to be the development of a biblical vision for mission that takes seriously the perspectives of the post-colonial world. …”
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First discoveries of colonies of the rare ant species Camponotus tergestinus Müller, 1921 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in situ by Gregor Bračko

“… The rare ant species Camponotus tergestinus Müller, 1921 has so far been reported from few central and southern European localities, but none of its colonies have ever been recorded in situ. In 2016 and 2017, two colonies were found at Lipica (SW Slovenia), the first nesting on Quercus pubescens at the height of 3.2 m, the second on Q. cerris at the height of 2.2 m. …”
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Octodon degus laboratory colony management principles and methods for behavioral analysis for Alzheimer’s disease neuroscience research by B. Maximiliano Garduño, Todd C. Holmes, Todd C. Holmes, Robert M. J. Deacon, Xiangmin Xu, Xiangmin Xu, Xiangmin Xu, Patricia Cogram, Patricia Cogram

“…Here we introduce major principles and ethological considerations of colony management and husbandry. We provide clear instructions on laboratory practices necessary for maintaining a healthy and robust colony of degus for Alzheimer’s disease neuroscience research towards conducting reproducible studies. …”
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DECOLONIALITY OF KNOWLEDGE AND INTERCULTURAL “DAHLEZ” by N. T. Nurulla-Khodzhaeva

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Investigations on Beekeeping and Breeding of <i>Apis cerana</i> in China by Xinying Qu, Xinru Zhang, Guiqian Zhang, Hanrong Qin, Huixia Zhang, Huiyu Tian, Xiao Chen

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Optimized Path Planning and Scheduling in Robotic Mobile Fulfillment Systems Using Ant Colony Optimization and Streamlit Visualization by Isam Sadeq Rasham

“…Methodology: This research introduces a new optimization model for RMFS selection which integrates reinforcement learning with Ant Colony Optimization (ACO). Specifically, a real gym environment was created to perform the order assignment and training in the way of robotic movement. …”
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Feature Selection Method Based on Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm and Support Vector Machines for Medical Datasets Classification by Mustafa Serter Uzer, Nihat Yilmaz, Onur Inan

“…This paper offers a hybrid approach that uses the artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm for feature selection and support vector machines for classification. …”
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