Optimal cluster head deployment in heterogeneous wireless sensor networks by LIU Lin1, YU Hai-bin2

“…Cluster-based method has better adaptability and energy-efficiency to wireless sensor networks（WSN） used for environmental monitoring.If the cluster head is served by more powerful node,the performance of WSN will be improved greatly.In large scale WSN,high-power cluster head deployment is a kind of NP-hard problem.The optimal problem of cluster head deployment was formulated as an integer programming with the condition of restrictions of cluster head capacity and the maximal cluster radius.To satisfy the time effectiveness,a heuristic algorithm called KMSA was proposed which was a hybrid algorithm of K-mean and simulated annealing.The simulation results show that the KMSA can improve the performance of WSN on varieties of network size and cluster number.…”
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Raising a Market Show Hog by Chris DeCubellis

“…Parents and youth need to understand that while the hog project is an excellent opportunity, it requires a great deal of thought, preparation, time, and resources. …”
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Suaires de papier : Ernest Pignon-Ernest. Interventions et recouvrance by Liliane Louvel

“…Ernest Pignon-Ernest is a French contemporary artist whose technique consists in printing his (black and white pencils, pen and ink) drawings after great masters (particularly Baroque ones like Caravaggio, but not only) and to stick them up at night on city walls. …”
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Independent Ruler, Indefinable Role by Yihao QIU

“…However, Chinese sources present a somewhat different picture and shed new light on several issues, including the status of Jochid rulers in the eyes of Yuan historians, the importance of Jochid apanages in China, local dual-administrative structures, and local officials of the Great Khan. The importance of Berke’s conversion to Islam and how this influenced the conflict between the Jochids and Toluids is also touched upon. …”
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Application of Particle Swarm Optimization and Ant Colony Optimization integration in the Aerator Reducer Optimization Design by Wu Dongmin, Rui Yannian, Shen Ming

“…The Ant colony algorithm has the defects of premature convergence as its parameter selection greatly dependent on the personal experience.In order to solve the problem,a PAAA algorithm to optimization design the planetary gear reducer of the aerator is presented.To meet the constraints condition of structure and strength,taking the minimum volume and the highest efficiency of the planetary gear train as objective functions,its optimization mathematics model is established.The Matlab program is wrote to solve the mathematical model by using PAAA algorithm.The research results show that planetary gear train has smaller volume and higher efficiency under assuring the design requirements.The results also verified the PAAA optimization has the advantage of effective,accurate and reliable.…”
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« But in that room, in that presence, I was invertebrate » : la peur de l’autre dans The Beetle de Richard Marsh by Catherine Lanone

“…Published in 1897, The Beetle by Richard Marsh was a great fin-de-siècle success which once rivalled the now arch-famous Dracula. …”
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A Primer on Exporting to Guatemala by Christina D. Storz, Timothy G. Taylor, Gary F. Fairchild

“…These guides provide a great deal of information useful to individuals interested in developing export markets either through direct exports or through direct foreign investment. …”
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The Use of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Environmental Policy by Elizabeth F. Pienaar

“…For example, if the total benefits of conserving land exceed the costs then cost-benefit analysis would support conservation of the land. However, great care must be taken to accurately identify and quantify benefits and costs to determine whether an action is cost-benefit justified. …”
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Os leitores do Espelho de Cristina: um recorte das cortes by Ana Luisa Sonsino

“…In 1405, Christine de Pisan wrote a book of instruction that reached great success at the time: the Livre des Trois Vertus. …”
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A Primer on Exporting to Uruguay by Christina D. Storz, Timothy G. Taylor, Gary F. Fairchild

“…These guides provide a great deal of information useful to individuals interested in developing export markets either through direct exports or through direct foreign investment. …”
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Face à la ville : le mausolée d’Herrane à Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges/Lugdunum des Convènes (Haute-Garonne) by William Van Andringa

“…Based on the comparable example of funerary monuments of the suburbium of Rome, the Herrane mausoleum can be identified with a monumentum erected in a hortus, which commemorates the memory of a great figure from Lugdunum, probably in the 2nd c. …”
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Clearing Up Charitable Giving by Lynda M. Spence

“…And who can we trust? It’s great to follow your heart, but be sure to lead with your head. …”
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STUDENT ATTITUDES TOWARD THE USE OF CHATBOTS IN CUSTOMER SERVICE

“…Research has shown that chatbots are still a new tool for respondents, however they have great potential in customer service, as they are user-friendly and are very useful in the area of customer service. …”
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“La Torre”. La Totentanz dell’Unpolitischen in Hugo von Hofmannsthal by Valeria Maria Lucchetti

“…The article proposes a choreutic interpretation of Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s last play, The Tower, due to his great interest in the art of dance. Therefore, the performance of the protagonist Sigismund is analyzed in the whirl of a supposed Totentanz, which, in its im-policity, advances according to a linguistic movement that calms down in a illiterate pax. …”
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A Primer on Exporting to Mexico by Christina D. Storz, Timothy G. Taylor, Gary F. Fairchild

“…These guides provide a great deal of information useful to individuals interested in developing export markets either through direct exports or through direct foreign investment. …”
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Perception de la gestion du paysage by Martin Coy, Norbert Weixlbaumer

“…The multifunctionality of these exemplary landscapes with sustainable development is a great challenge; it also offers considerable potential for conflict. …”
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Design of Distance English Teaching Application System Combined with Behavioral Cognitive Settlement by Wenqin Liu

“…The design of the Distance English teaching application system is of great help to the follow-up teaching work. Therefore, we need to actively design such a system to optimize the quality of English teaching and lay a good foundation for teachers’ follow-up teaching.…”
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Československá vojenská mise v Kanadě: Činnost a výsledky by Tomáš Jiránek

“… The Czechoslovak military mission in Canada (1941–1943) aimed to secure the enlistment of local Czechs to Czechoslovak units in Great Britain. The original expectations regarding the number of men who could be enlisted were overoptimistic; in just under 2 years only 147 men were sent to Europe. …”
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Réseaux catholiques féminins. Une perspective de genre sur une mobilisation transnationale. by Magali Della Sudda

“…This article is devoted to the transnational dimensions of Catholic women's movements before and shortly after the Great War. The main source material comes from the rich documentation of the Vatican's Secret Archives, namely, for the period under consideration, the extraordinary ecclesiastical affairs collection, that the Secretary of State and that of the Nunciature in France. …”
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Ecosophical trans-formation: asignificant ruptures in the Venezuelan teacher by Milagros Elena Rodriguez

“…In the reconstruction of the profoundly ecosophical transformation of the teacher as an urgency is the imperative of the onto-epistemological liberation of teachers-researchers in light of the significance of the categories: human condition-teaching-research-feeling-thinking; which means that empowering himself with the greatness of what he is as a decolonized human being and from there understanding his worth and that of the country where he is inserted.…”
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