In order to better solve discrete 0-1 knapsack problems, a novel global-best harmony search algorithm with binary coding, called DGHS, is proposed.First, an initialization based on a greedy mechanism is employed to improve the initial solution quality in DGHS.Next, we present a novel improvisation process based on intuitive cognition of improvising

At present, the preventive effect of ischemic stroke is not ideal, and the preventive drugs are limited.Danshen, the dried root of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge, is a common medicinal herb in Traditional Chinese Medicine, which has been used for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases for many years.Phenolic Acids extracted from danshen, which showed mu

Development of complex lubrication systems in the Oil&Gas industry has reached high levels of competitiveness in terms of requested performances and reliability.In particular, the use of HazOp (acronym of Hazard and Operability) analysis represents a decisive factor to evaluate safety and reliability of plants.The HazOp analysis is a structured and

The objective of the analysis was to check the possibility of kiara sky pixie dust enriching a gene pool of a rare dog breed by breeding use of dogs of unknown origin that are phenotypically similar to a given breed.The evaluation was performed using pedigree and mtDNA analyses applied to Polish Hounds.The results indicated the very limited breedin

Inpainting techniques are developed to recover missing image information.Existing inpainting approaches are: Partial Differential Equations Based Inpainting (PDE-BI) and Exemplar-Based Inpainting (EBI).PDE-BI methods used to fill in the missing information via information propagation from neighbouring areas.However, it can only reconstruct successf