Homoploid speciation generates species without a change in chromosome number via introgressive hybridization and has been considered rare in animals. Heliconius butterflies exhibit bright aposematic color patterns that ...

One of the major research topics in the supply chain management field is the multi-depot vehicle routing problem with time windows (m-VRPTW). It aims to designing a set of minimum-cost routes for a vehicle fleet servicing ...

The aim of this study was to develop a novel, simple and fast route to prepare ZnO nanorods (NRs) -Au nanoparticles (NPs) hybrids directly supported on a substrate to be used in gas sensor devices. The ZnO NRs were promptly ...

The Vehicle Routing Problem with Loading Constraints (VRPLC) is strongly related to real life applications in distribution logistics. It addresses the simultaneous loading and routing of vehicles, which are two crucial ...

A simple and versatile route for the preparation of self-adhesive, corrosion-resistant and photochromic hybrid coatings is presented in this paper. The coatings are based on aliphatic poly(dimethylsiloxane)-derived ...

The effect of chitosan addition on the structure and drug release properties of ureasil-polyethylene oxide (U-PEO) hybrid materials was examined. The hybrids and the blends were prepared by the sol-gel route and their ...

The capacitated location routing problem (CLRP) integrates a facility location problem with a multi-depot vehicle routing problem. We consider the CLRP with stochastic demands, whose specific values are only revealed upon ...