Maritime piracy has always posed a constant threat to the peace and security of maritime navigation.The rise of acts of piracy is found to have been caused by several crucial factors such as geographical factor, weak law enforcement, maritime insecurity, economic dislocation and cultural acceptability.Nevertheless, due to the lack of consistency an

Streamflow is often the only variable used to evaluate hydrological models.In a previous international comparison study, eight research groups followed an identical protocol to calibrate 12 hydrological models using observed streamflow of catchments within the Meuse basin.In the current study, we quantify the differences in five states and fluxes o

Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) is a crucial sector in the remanufacturing industry and scheduling of MRO processes is significantly different from conventional manufacturing processes.In this study, we adopted a swarm intelligent KMI algorithm, Ant Colony Optimization (ACO), to solve the scheduling optimization of MRO processes with two bu

Abstract Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a global health challenge.Despite the availability of effective Unframed Historical Photos preventive vaccines, millions of people are at risk of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.Current drug therapies inhibit viral replication, slow the progression of liver fibrosis and reduce infectivity, b