Novel Optimized Support Vector Regression Networks for Estimating Fresh and Hardened Characteristics of SCC by Babak Naeim, Ali Javadzade Khiavi, Parisa Dolatimehr, Behnam Sadaghat

“…Fly ash-containing concrete has only been the subject of a small amount of research focused on forecasting the hardened concrete qualities. …”
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Hierarchizing multi-scale environmental effects on agricultural pest population dynamics: a case study on the annual onset of Bactrocera dorsalis population growth in Senegalese or... by Caumette, Cécile, Diatta, Paterne, Piry, Sylvain, Chapuis, Marie-Pierre, Faye, Emile, Sigrist, Fabio, Martin, Olivier, Papaïx, Julien, Brévault, Thierry, Berthier, Karine

“…In this study, we developed an ecoinformatics approach to unravel the multi-scale environmental conditions that lead to the early re-infestation of mango orchards by a major pest in Senegal, the oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis (BD). We gathered abundance data from a three-year monitoring conducted in 69 mango orchards as well as environmental data (i.e. orchard management, landscape structure and weather variability) across a range of spatial scales. …”
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Searching for a common host: parasitoids of Lema daturaphila on Datura stramonium in Central Mexico by Carol Estefanía Villanueva-Hernández, Juan Núñez-Farfán

“…Results We found six parasitoid fly and wasp species that are new records for Mexico or the host. …”
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