With the development of science and technology, the accuracy requirements for solving engineering problems are getting stricter than before.Most structural design optimization problems in civil and mechanical engineering have proven to be the non-deterministic polynomial hard problems.The artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm has been proven to be

Ecological intensification has been proposed as a promising lever for a transition towards more sustainable food systems.Various food systems exist that are based on ecological intensification and may have potential for a sustainability transition.Little is known, however, about their diversity and about how they perform against dominant systems in

Retrieving text embedded within images is a challenging task in real-world settings.Multiple problems such as low-resolution and the orientation of the text can hinder the extraction of information.These problems are common in environments such as Tor Darknet and Child Sexual Abuse images, where text extraction is crucial in the prevention of illeg

Research suggests that the numbers of coaches who Pedal Covers are suffering from burnout symptoms are considerably high among coaches in elite sport.In this study, the authors explore the effects of the coach-athlete working alliance on positive- and negative affect and burnout in a group of high-level coaches.An online survey, consisting of the W

This study aims to investigate the effect of changing skins material on the strength of sandwich plates with circular hole when subjected to mechanical loads.Theoretical, numerical and experimental analyses are done for sandwich plates with hole and with two face sheet materials.Theoretical analysis is performed by using sandwich plate theory which