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Metaheuristic design of feedforward neural networks: A review of two decades of research
(2017)Engineering Applications of Artificial IntelligenceOver the past two decades, the feedforward neural network (FNN) optimization has been a key interest among the researchers and practitioners of multiple disciplines. The FNN optimization is often viewed from the various perspectives: the optimization of weights, network architecture, activation nodes, learning parameters, learning environment, etc. Researchers adopted such different viewpoints mainly to improve the FNN's generalization ...Journal Article -
H. pylori-Induced DNA Strand Breaks Are Introduced by Nucleotide Excision Repair Endonucleases and Promote NF-kappaB Target Gene Expression
(2015)Cell ReportsThe human bacterial pathogen Helicobacter pylori exhibits genotoxic properties that promote gastric carcinogenesis. H. pylori introduces DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) in epithelial cells that trigger host cell DNA repair efforts. Here, we show that H. pylori-induced DSBs are repaired via error-prone, potentially mutagenic non-homologous end-joining. A genome-wide screen for factors contributing to DSB induction revealed a critical role ...Journal Article -
Global outsourcing of carbon emissions 1995–2009: A reassessment
(2019)Environmental Science & PolicyIncreasing global production fragmentation allows for outsourcing of emissions, which may undermine national climate policies. Researchers focusing on the gap between consumption-based and production-based emissions have concluded that developed countries are systematically outsourcing emissions to developing countries. However, asymmetries in emissions embodied in trade may emerge due to differences in carbon intensity of energy and ...Journal Article -
Decoupling or delusion? Measuring emissions displacement in foreign trade
(2018)Global Environmental ChangeIn a world where climate goals are global but action remains firmly in the hands of states, reliable methods are needed to ensure that emissions reductions on a national level are not offset by carbon leakage. Appropriate indicators are needed to help policy makers set accurate targets for the carbon balance of their foreign trade and monitor the development of trade in a meaningful way. This paper proposes a new displacement indicator – ...Journal Article -
The Nobel Memorial Prize for William D. Nordhaus
(2019)The Scandinavian Journal of EconomicsWilliam D. Nordhaus and Paul M. Romer received the 2018 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. This paper surveys Nordhaus’ contributions on “integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis”, for which he was recognized with this Prize.Journal Article -
OCTP: A Tool for On-the-Fly Calculation of Transport Properties of Fluids with the Order-n Algorithm in LAMMPS
(2019)Journal of Chemical Information and ModelingWe present a new plugin for LAMMPS for on-the-fly computation of transport properties (OCTP) in equilibrium molecular dynamics. OCTP computes the self- and Maxwell–Stefan diffusivities, bulk and shear viscosities, and thermal conductivities of pure fluids and mixtures in a single simulation. OCTP is the first implementation in LAMMPS that uses the Einstein relations combined with the order-n algorithm for the efficient sampling of dynamic ...Journal Article -
Plant diversity moderates drought stress in grasslands: Implications from a large real-world study on 13C natural abundances
(2016)Science of The Total EnvironmentLand-use change and intensification play a key role in the current biodiversity crisis. The resulting species loss can have severe effects on ecosystem functions and services, thereby increasing ecosystem vulnerability to climate change. We explored whether land-use intensification (i.e. fertilization intensity), plant diversity and other potentially confounding environmental factors may be significantly related to water use (i.e. drought ...Journal Article -
Collaboration-Type Identification in Educational Datasets
(2014)Journal of Educational Data MiningIdentifying collaboration between learners in a course is an important challenge in education for two reasons: First, depending on the courses’ rules, collaboration can be considered a form of cheating. Second, it helps one to more accurately evaluate each learner’s competence. While such collaboration identification is already challenging in traditional classroom settings consisting of a small number of learners, the problem is greatly ...Journal Article -
Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 in south-west France 2016–2017: A modeling study of control strategies
(2019)EpidemicsIn the winter 2016–2017 the largest epidemic of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) ever recorded in the European Union spread to all 28 member states. France was hit particularly hard and reported a total of 484 infected premises (IPs) by March 2017. We developed a mathematical model to analyze the spatiotemporal evolution of the epidemic and evaluate the impact of control strategies. We estimated that farms rearing ducks were on ...Journal Article -
Surfing on the hype waves or drilling deep for knowledge? A perspective from industry
(2018)InfozineJournal Article