Ant colony optimization (ACO) is a class of heuristic algorithms proposed to solve optimization problems. The idea was inspired by the behavior of real ants, related to their ability to find the ...
This paper describes an extended formulation for the coupled beam method (CBM). The method is originally developed for elastic bending response analysis of passenger ships with large multi-deck ...
The detention this week of a 5-year-old boy in Minnesota animated protesters in New York City, who faced freezing temperatures. By Christopher MaagWesley Parnell and Olivia Bensimon This is one of ...
Making a perfect lens that produces flawless images has been a dream of lens makers for centuries. In 1873, Ernst Abbe discovered a fundamental 'diffraction limit' in optics: whenever an object is ...
Abstract: The aim of this paper is the accurate and efficient analysis of the electromagnetic scattering by an arbitrary oriented perfectly conducting rectangular plate entirely buried in a lossy half ...
Abstract: Modeling and computing of mutual inductance between solid conductors or coils of rectangular cross section carrying uniform current and parallelepiped magnets of rigid polarization have been ...
There is a moment after a C-Section when quiet hits. The room shifts from high focus to soft hums. You look down and meet a new line on your body. Maybe you feel pride. Perhaps you feel grief. Maybe ...
He stood there, stoic as ever, as my tears crept into the conversation. In his eyes, at least, I was a relatively low-maintenance pregnant patient. But, this was the one outcome I had communicated ...