Heart

Sex differences in the prevalence and risk factors for aortic valve calcification in the general population

Background Aortic valve calcification (AVC) is a disease process driven by inflammation and lipid infiltration, serving as a ...
IEEE

A Tri-Stage Cooperative Optimization Algorithm With Q-Learning Mechanism for the Multiobjective Distributed Flexible Job Shop Scheduling With Worker Factors

Abstract: The production process of aluminum profiles is a typical distributed flexible job shop environment. The scheduling problem in distributed systems with worker factors is a complex ...
Wired

Is Craigslist the Last Real Place on the Internet?

The writer and comedian Megan Koester got her first writing job, reviewing internet pornography, from a Craigslist ad she responded to more than 15 years ago. Several years after that, she used the ...
Harvard Medical School

Algorithmic pricing is scary. It doesn't have to be.

Before addressing algorithmic pricing through legislation, we need to clarify exactly which features of it we dislike, argues Noah Giansiracusa in The Boston Globe. He argues that rather than a ...
Frontiers

Deep exploration and precise identification of key risk factors for diabetic peripheral neuropathy using the random forest algorithm

Background: Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is a prevalent and highly disabling complication of diabetes mellitus, associated with markedly increased rates of disability and mortality. Timely ...
IEEE

RSA Cryptanalysis: An Elitist Genetic Algorithm for Integer Factorization

Abstract: The problem of Integer Factorization deals with the disintegration of an integer into prime factors. This has direct applications in cryptanalysis, particularly in breaking the RSA. Lately, ...