Application of Bat Algorithm for Transport Network Design Problem by Sweta Srivastava, Sudip Kumar Sahana

“…Soft computing techniques like Genetic Algorithms, Ant Colony Optimization, and many other biologically inspired techniques prove to give good results for bilevel problems. …”
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Seven-Spot Ladybird Optimization: A Novel and Efficient Metaheuristic Algorithm for Numerical Optimization by Peng Wang, Zhouquan Zhu, Shuai Huang

“…In this paper, the performance of the SLO is compared with that of the genetic algorithm, particle swarm optimization, and artificial bee colony algorithms by using five numerical benchmark functions with multimodality. …”
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Les archives vivantes des conservations foncières en Algérie by Didier Guignard

“…They were produced by Land Registries, as soon as their creation within the colony, but the institution works on after the independence despite the nationalizations. …”
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La maison de la Harpiste et son décor à Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône) : nouvelles données sur l’occupation tardo-républicaine d’Arelate by Marie-Pierre Rothé, Julien Boislève, Sébastien Barberan

“…Since 2013 the excavations carried out on the site of La Verrerie, situated on the right bank of the river Rhône, completely changed the issue concerning the urban plan and about the transition from the Protohistoric town to the Roman ruled colony set up in 46 or 45 BC, but also the question raised by the import of Italic know-how in Gaul, detected through the plan, architecture and decoration of a house dated to the first half of the 1st c. …”
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O inadmissível roubo da carta de alforria do nagô Pedro Allgayer: a escravidão em uma zona de imigração alemã (RS, séc. XIX) by Paulo Roberto Staudt Moreira, Miquéias Henrique Mugge

“…Starting from a trivial case portrayed in a legal document, our goal is to make this case study an efficient observatory that shows the slave society in the German colony of São Leopoldo in the eighteen hundreds.…”
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Multicriteria Reconfiguration of Distribution Network with Distributed Generation by N. I. Voropai, B. Bat-Undraal

“…Efficient heuristic and multicriteria methods are used to solve the problem including advanced ant colony algorithm for minimum loss reconfiguration of distribution network, the sorting-out algorithm of cell formation for island performing in postemergency network, and the successive concessions method for multicriteria decision making. …”
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Neutropenia and Neutropenic Complications in ABVD Chemotherapy for Hodgkin Lymphoma by Bhanu Vakkalanka, Brian K. Link

“…Various strategies are adopted to counter this commonly encountered problem, including dose modification, use of colony stimulating factors, and prophylactic or therapeutic use of antibiotics. …”
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Les bâtiments de l’abbaye de Cîteaux : bilan et nouvelles données issues des sources comptables, xiie-xve siècle by Coraline Rey

“…Cîteaux Abbey was almost completely destroyed between the French Revolution and the installation of Father Joseph Rey’s penal agricultural colony in 1846. All that remains of the medieval monastery is the gallery of the small cloister, dating from the 13th century, surmounted by the library, built in 1509. …”
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Hyphal Growth in Human Fungal Pathogens and Its Role in Virulence by Alexandra Brand

“…The primary function of hypha formation in these opportunistic pathogens is to invade the substrate they are adhered to, whether biotic or abiotic, but other functions include the directional translocation between host environments, consolidation of the colony, nutrient acquisition and the formation of 3-dimensional matrices. …”
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Florida Beekeeping Management Calendar by James D. Ellis, Mary C. Bammer, William H. Kern Jr.

“… Climate, plant communities, and timing of floral resources differ significantly across Florida, which means that management of European honey bee colonies in Florida differs as well. This 8-page fact sheet written by James D. …”
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UBE2J1 is identified as a novel plasma cell-related gene involved in the prognosis of high-grade serous ovarian cancer by Yunjie Tian, Ruoyu Dong, Yingxia Guan, Ying Wang, Wei Zhao, Jun Zhang, Shan Kang

“…Finally, the effects of key markers on HGSOC cells were evaluated via Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8), Transwell, colony formation, wound healing, immunofluorescence and in vivo tumor growth assays. …”
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Low dose DNA methyltransferase inhibitors potentiate PARP inhibitors in homologous recombination repair deficient tumors by Romain Pacaud, Scott Thomas, Sibapriya Chaudhuri, Ann Lazar, Luika A. Timmerman, Pamela N. Munster

“…We compared therapeutic response features such as RAD51 focus formation, cell cycle fraction alterations, DNA damage accumulation, colony formation, and cell death of these and other cell lines with and without intrinsic BRCA1/2 mutations. …”
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The disinfectant effects of portable ultraviolet light devices and their application to dentures by Kae Harada, Reiya Horinouchi, Mamoru Murakami, Masakazu Isii, Yuji Kamashita, Naohiro Shimotahira, Fumio Suehiro, Yasuhiro Nishi, Hiroshi Murata, Masahiro Nishimura

“…All devices were assessed in agar plate assay, and Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus spread on agar plates and irradiated under two conditions: inoculated surface facing upward and downward. Colony counts were recorded. Devices A and D were tested on C. albicans-contaminated dentures immersed in C. albicans medium, with samples collected before and after irradiation on the mucosal surfaces of the dentures. …”
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Exploring the inhibitory effect and mechanism of isorhamnetin therapy on oral squamous cell carcinoma based on network pharmacology and molecular docking by YU Fangfang, ZHOU Jingjing, YANG Jie, QU Huijuan, HUI Guangyan

“…Iso and core targets were also analyzed through molecular docking and visualization. Colony formation assay and Transwell assay were used to identify the effect of Iso on the proliferation and invasion of Cal-27 cells. …”
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LURAP1L-AS1 long noncoding RNA promotes breast cancer progression and associates with poor prognosis by Radhakrishnan Vishnubalaji, Dania Awata, Nehad M. Alajez

“…Survival analysis of TNBC patients demonstrated a significant association between elevated LURAP1L-AS1 expression and poor clinical outcomes.LURAP1L-AS1 knockdown significantly impaired colony formation and organoid growth of TNBC models, associated with increased apoptosis thus highlighting its role in promoting tumorigenicity. …”
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Comprehensive investigation of matrix metalloproteinases in skin cutaneous melanoma: diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic insights by Lingxia Wu, Chenxiaoxiao Liu, Weicai Hu

“…Functional assays, including cell proliferation, colony formation, and wound healing, were conducted post-MMP7 knockdown using siRNA in A375 cells. …”
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TWIST1 regulates HK2 ubiquitination degradation to promote pancreatic cancer invasion and metastasis by Xinxing Wang, Mingze Ma, Shuai Shao, Xianwen Xu, Chuan Qin, Ruxin Gao, Zhenhai Zhang

“…Immunofluorescence staining and immunoprecipitation analyses were performed to investigate the binding relationship between TWIST1 and HK2. Colony formation and Transwell assays were utilized to evaluate the effects of TWIST1 on cell proliferation, migration, and invasion. …”
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Modulation of Synovial Fluid-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Intra-Articular and Intraosseous Platelet Rich Plasma Administration by Emma Muiños-López, Diego Delgado, Pello Sánchez, Bruno Paiva, Eduardo Anitua, Nicolás Fiz, Beatriz Aizpurua, Jorge Guadilla, Sabino Padilla, Froilán Granero-Moltó, Felipe Prósper, Mikel Sánchez

“…This reduction in MSCs was further confirmed by colony-forming (CFU-F) assay. On the contrary, IA infiltration alone did not cause variations in any of the cellular populations by flow cytometry or CFU-F assay. …”
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Malvidin-3-galactoside from blueberry suppresses the growth and metastasis potential of hepatocellular carcinoma cell Huh-7 by regulating apoptosis and metastases pathways by Jie Lin, Jinlong Tian, Chi Shu, Zhen Cheng, Yunen Liu, Weisheng Wang, Ruihai Liu, Bin Li, Yuehua Wang

“…The results showed that Mv-3-gal inhibited the cell proliferation and colony formation ability, induced cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in a dose-dependent manner. …”
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Raciser la société : un projet administratif pour une société domingoise complexe (1760-1791) by Dominique Rogers

“…Racializing a society: an administrative plan for a complex French colonial society (Saint-Domingue 1760-1791). The author deals with the relevance of the terms « race », « racialization » and « racism » to qualify the processes at work in the colonial society of French Saint-Domingue at the end of the 18th century. …”
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