The butterfly optimization algorithm (BOA) is a novel meta-heuristic algorithm, inspired by the intelligence foraging performance of butterflies. aim current research to minimize energy consumption an office building in Seattle using BOA. A heat transfer model was modeled EnergyPluse software and annual demand computed. two-way coupling established between takes into account non-linear interact...

Ecotourism, to be successful, must promote sustainable development by establishing a durable productive base that allows local inhabitants and ecotourist service providers to enjoy rising standards of living. An ecotourist project must incorporate the social dimensions of productive organization and environmental conservation. Based on the experience of the overwintering reserves of the Monarch...

Defensive fluids obtained from the Garden Tiger, Scarlet Tiger and Burnet Moths and from the Monarch Butterfly and the Seven-Spot Ladybird Beetle, haemolymphs taken from the wasp, the Burying Beetle and the Rat Flea, and fluids from the eggs of the Garden Tiger, Gypsy Moth and Oak Eggar Moth were examined in the electron microscope after negative staining. Except for the ladybird all the defens...

Science has shown its increased vulnerability because of two recent high-profile articles published in major journals on corn produced through biotechnology: a laboratory report suggesting profound consequences to monarch butterfly populations due to Bt corn pollen and a report suggesting transgenic introgression into Mexican maize. While both studies have been widely regarded as having flawed ...

We present a 15,314 bp mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) sequence from monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico. The complete mitogenome was generated by next generation sequencing techniques and was reconstructed by iterative assembly of reads from a metagenomic study of pooled butterfly gut DNA. The mitogenome codes for 13 putative protein coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, the large and small r...

The first observations of the Monarch butterfly ( Danaus plexippus ) in Iberia date from 1886, although breeding records emerged almost a century later: 1960 Spain, 1980s–1990s Madeira and Azores, 2003 mainland Portugal. We reviewed history colonisation insular Portugal by its hostplants Gomphocarpus fruticosus , G. physocarpus Asclepias curassavica ). also compiled available historical recent ...

The classification of high dimensional gene expression/ microarray data always plays an important role in various disease diagnoses and drug discovery. To avoid the curse dimensionality, selection most influential genes remains a challenging task for researchers machine learning field. As extraction features by bio-inspired algorithm is non-deterministic polynomial-time (NP-Hard) task, possibil...

Abstract Arrhythmias are variations in the heartbeat rhythm that occur frequently a human's life. These arrhythmias can result potentially deadly consequences, putting one's life danger. As result, detection and classification of is an important issue cardiac diagnostics. Electrocardiogram one easiest ways to diagnose heart disease but complexities due noise present it. This research introduced...

Fluid-feeding Lepidoptera use an elongated proboscis, conventionally modeled as a drinking straw, to feed from pools and films of liquid. Using the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus), we show that the inherent structural features of the lepidopteran proboscis contradict the basic assumptions of the drinking-straw model. By experimentally characterizing permeability and flow in the p...