Abstract The differential evolution (DE) algorithm has been demonstrated to be the most powerful evolutionary (EA) optimally design water distribution systems (WDSs), but issues such as slow convergence speed, limited exploratory ability, and parameter adjustment remain when used for large-scale WDS optimization. This paper proposes a novel self-adaptation sorting selection-based (SA-SSDE) that...

Fothergill et al., 1997; Wachendorf et al., 2001a). Research in the northeastern USA, however, indicated that White clover (Trifolium repens L.) persists in pastures mainly by white clover may not follow this pattern in a colder stolon growth. Morphologically complex (i.e., highly branched stolons) plants of white clover generally persist longer. We hypothesized climate. White clover plants in ...

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—The growing use of comparative methods to address evolutionary questions has generated an increased need for robust hypotheses of evolutionary relationships for a wide range of organisms. Where a phylogeny exists for a group, often more than one phylogeny will exist for that group, and it is uncommon that the same taxa are in each of the existing trees. The types of data used to generate evolu...

This study investigates variation in how research article (RA) writers position themselves vis-à-vis others through explicit references to the writer and audience. Based on a two-million-word corpus of single-author RAs, considers several variables potentially affecting discourse patterns: language (English; Swedish), regional variety (British; US-American English), discipline (History; Linguis...

The CDK8 and 7dF3 inhibition activity of naphthyridine isoquinoline derivatives have been quantitatively analyzed in terms Dragon descriptors. statistically validated quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models provided rationales to explain the activities these congeners. descriptors identified through CP-MLR analysis for inhibitory highlighted role sum topological distances bet...