Abstract: In this paper, circular area movement optimization (CAMO), a novel global search algorithm, and its hybridization with the pattern search method (PSM) are proposed to solve the multimodal ...

Fluorine is critical for biomedicine. This element can help drug compounds be more potent and last longer in the body, and its radioactive isotope, fluorine-18, powers medical imaging techniques such ...

Chatter can be a funny thing around the pool each winter. The chatter likely has already caught wind that Catherine Eagar comes to Chagrin Falls this year for her sophomore campaign from Utah. What ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - A new addition to the C.C. Antoine Park in Allendale opened Thursday, November 13 with a ribbon cutting ceremony. City leaders joined together along with direct descendants of ...

Wisconsin school districts are adopting varied AI policies, from embracing multiple platforms to authorizing only specific uses. Schools are teaching students to use AI responsibly, using methods like ...

A new 1.75-mile family-friendly trail, the Elk Meadow Trail, will open to the public on Oct. 11. The expansion increases the natural area's trail system to about 20 miles. A foothills property the ...

Introduction: As an important ecological barrier and major water source in the upper reaches of the Yangtze and Pearl Rivers, the Zhongshan District, Guizhou Province, Southwest China, is of great ...

MIDDLEBURY, N.Y. (WIVB) — This week’s hike is at the Carlton Hill Multiple Use Area in Middlebury, Wyoming County. It’s 2,500 acres are managed by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

ORINDA – The East Bay Municipal Utility District’s newest $325 million addition to the Orinda Water Treatment Plant centers around a high-tech plan to use ultraviolet light as the primary ...

GENENSEE COUNTY, MI – Nurses at Henry Ford Health Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc Township could soon be going on strike following failed collective bargaining efforts. Meanwhile, a Genesee County ...