Extrinsic mortality and senescence: a guide for the perplexed by de Vries, Charlotte, Galipaud, Matthias, Kokko, Hanna

“…The abundance of models and opinions may bewilder those that are new to the field. Here we provide heuristics as well as simple models that outline when the Williams prediction holds, why there is a ‘null model’ where extrinsic mortality does not change the evolution of senescence at all, and why it is also possible to expect the opposite of William’s prediction, where increased extrinsic mortality favours slower senescence. …”
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Venereal Diseases Treatment for Merauke’s Marind (Marind-Anim) Tribe in the Dutch Colonial Period by Rosmaida Sinaga, Hafnita Sari Dewi Lubis, Yushar Tanjung, Lister Eva Simangunsong

“…This study applies historical methods with four stages: heuristics, verification (internal and external criticism), interpretation/explanation and historiography. …”
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Neuroeconomically dissociable forms of mental accounting are altered in a mouse model of diabetes by Chinonso A. Nwakama, Romain Durand-de Cuttoli, Zainab M. Oketokoun, Samantha O. Brown, Jillian E. Haller, Adriana Méndez, Mohammad Jodeiri Farshbaf, Y. Zoe Cho, Sanjana Ahmed, Sophia Leng, Jessica L. Ables, Brian M. Sweis

“…These findings suggest that complex relationships between metabolic dysfunction and dissociable valuation algorithms underlying unique cognitive heuristics and sensitivity to opportunity costs can disrupt distinct computational processes leading to comorbid psychiatric vulnerabilities.…”
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Human-Centered Design of an mHealth Tool for Optimizing HIV Index Testing in Wartime Ukraine: Formative Research Case Study by Nancy Puttkammer, Elizabeth Dunbar, Myroslava Germanovych, Mariia Rosol, Matthew Golden, Anna Hubashova, Vladyslav Fedorchenko, Larisa Hetman, Liudmyla Legkostup, Jan Flowers, Olena Nesterova

“…The study involved 3 steps: formative HCD, including in-depth individual interviews with clients, such as men who have sex with men and people who inject drugs, and internet-based design workshops with HCWs from rural and urban HIV clinics in Chernihiv and Dnipro; software platform assessment and heuristic evaluation, including assessment of open-source mHealth platforms against CASI-Plus requirements, prototype development, and testing of the REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) prototype based on usability heuristics; and usability walk-throughs, including simulated cases with HCWs and clients. …”
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Evaluasi Portal Berita Online pada Aspek Usability Menggunakan Heurtistic Evaluation dan Think Aloud by Putu Tantri Fajarini, Ni Kadek Ayu Wirdiani, I Putu Arya Dharmaadi

“…In this study, an evaluation will be conducted by combining Heuristic Evaluation and Think Aloud techniques. The Heuristic Evaluation technique is used to evaluate the interface using a heuristic questionnaire and Think Aloud is used to evaluate the use of the portal based on the results of verbalizing user input. …”
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A Genetic Algorithm to Minimize the Total Tardiness for M-Machine Permutation Flowshop Problems by Chia-Shin Chung, James Flynn, Walter Rom, Piotr Staliński

“…We also undertake a numerical study comparing GA with an optimal branch and bound algorithm, and various heuristic algorithms including the well known NEH algorithm and a local search heuristic LH. …”
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A New Optimization via Simulation Approach for Dynamic Facility Layout Problem with Budget Constraints by Parham Azimi, Hamid Reza Charmchi

“…The heuristic integrates integer programming and discrete event simulation to address DFLPB. …”
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Algoritma Simulated Annealing untuk Menentukan Rute Kendaraan Heterogen (Studi Kasus) by Andriansyah Andriansyah, Rizky Novatama, Prima Denny Sentia

“…Analitycal method, insertion heuristic algorithm as heuristic method and simulated annealing algorithm as metaheuristic method are the methods used. …”
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Efficient Solution Algorithms for Resource Planning and Scheduling in Seasonal Reservation Systems by Uğur Eliiyi

“…Originality: This study presents the first heuristic approach to solving this significant problem. …”
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Electroencephalography Signal Grouping and Feature Classification Using Harmony Search for BCI by Tae-Ju Lee, Seung-Min Park, Kwee-Bo Sim

“…This paper presents a heuristic method for electroencephalography (EEG) grouping and feature classification using harmony search (HS) for improving the accuracy of the brain-computer interface (BCI) system. …”
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An Efficient Algorithm to Find Broadcast Schedule in Ad Hoc TDMA Networks by Imtiaz Ahmad, Buthaina Al-Kazemi, A. Shoba Das

“…The problem is widely known as NP-complete, and diverse heuristic algorithms were reported to solve this problem recently. …”
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Cross-Layer Throughput Optimization in Cognitive Radio Networks with SINR Constraints by Miao Ma, Danny H. K. Tsang

“…Simulation results show that the heuristic approach performs very well, that is, the solutions obtained by the heuristic are very close to the global optimum obtained via LINGO.…”
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Two Parallel Machines Scheduling with Two-Vehicle Job Delivery to Minimize Makespan by Lisi Cao, Jianhong Hao, Dakui Jiang

“…Thereafter, we develop a polynomial heuristic for this problem, the worst-case ratio of which is bounded by 2.…”
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« A thrust at truth and a lie » : The Crying of Lot 49 ou le langage en quête de vérité by Jean-Yves Pellegrin

“…This denial prompts the reader to turn away from the narrative and look for the heuristic power of the text in language itself. A thrust at truth, the language in Pynchon’s book is indeed pregnant with meaning and always on the verge to blaze out into an epiphanic flash.…”
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Efficient Bounding Schemes for the Two-Center Hybrid Flow Shop Scheduling Problem with Removal Times by Lotfi Hidri, Anis Gharbi, Mohamed Aly Louly

“…The objective is to minimize the maximum completion time (makespan). A heuristic and a lower bound are proposed for this NP-Hard problem. …”
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Bond Graph-Based Modelling and Control of Electromagnetic Levitation System Using Firefly Optimization by Ismail Dif, Naas Dif, Khier Benmahammed

“…To determine the controller parameters, we utilized a meta-heuristic method called Firefly for optimization, thus avoiding the need for trial and error. …”
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A Novel Differential Evolution Invasive Weed Optimization Algorithm for Solving Nonlinear Equations Systems by Yongquan Zhou, Qifang Luo, Huan Chen

“…This paper presents an invasive weed optimization (IWO) algorithm which has population diversity with the heuristic global search of differential evolution (DE) algorithm. …”
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Analysis of the Relationship of Video Text and Urban Image Communication Based on the Calculation Method of Wedge Diffraction in Geometrical Optics by Qi Sun

“…Based on the calculation method of wedge diffraction in geometrical optics, various heuristic uniform diffraction formulas of lossy wedge are compared and analyzed, and a better heuristic formula of uniform diffraction of lossy wedge is given. …”
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Computational complexity when constructing rational plans for program execution in a given field of parallel computers by V. M. Bakanov

“…Scenarios were created by a heuristic approach using a set of Application Programming Interface (API) functions of the developed software system. …”
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Presentating a multi-objective optimization model for resource-constrained project scheduling regarding financial costs, time delays and the reliability function by Saeideh Naderi, Mohsen Vaez-Ghasemi, Farzad Movahedi Sobhani

“…The calculation error between the Exact method and the meta-heuristic method for the three target categories of total cost, time delay, and reliability was calculated based on the obtained results. …”
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