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Colliding bodies optimization: A novel meta-heuristic method by Kaveh, A., Mahdavi, V.R.

“…•A new meta-heuristic algorithm is presented, so-called Colliding Bodies Optimization (CBO).•This algorithm is based on one-dimensional collisions between…”
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Colliding Bodies Optimization method for optimum design of truss structures with continuous variables by Kaveh, A., Mahdavi, V.R.

“…•A simple optimization algorithm is presented for weight optimal design of trusses.•Colliding Bodies Optimization (CBO) is based on one-dimensional collisions…”
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Colliding Bodies Optimization method for optimum discrete design of truss structures by Kaveh, A., Mahdavi, V.R.

“…•A new meta-heuristic algorithm is presented for discrete optimization of truss structures.•This algorithm is called Colliding Bodies Optimization based on…”
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Colliding-Bodies Optimization for Truss Optimization with Multiple Frequency Constraints by Kaveh, A, Mahdavi, V. R

“…AbstractThis paper focuses on the introduction of a recently developed meta-heuristic algorithm, which is called colliding bodies optimization (CBO), and its…”
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Two-dimensional colliding bodies algorithm for optimal design of truss structures by Kaveh, A., Mahdavi, V.R.

“…•A new version of the CBO algorithm is presented for optimization of truss structures.•For improving the performance of the standard CBO, a memory is added to…”
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Optimal design of truss structures using a new optimization algorithm based on global sensitivity analysis by Kaveh, A., Mahdavi, V.R.

“…Global sensitivity analysis (GSA) has been widely used to investigate the sensitivity of the model output with respect to its input parameters. In this paper a…”
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Colliding bodies optimization for size and topology optimization of truss structures by Kaveh, A., Mahdavi, V.R.

“…This paper presents the application of a recently developed meta-heuristic algorithm, called Colliding Bodies Optimization (CBO), for size and topology…”
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Optimal domain decomposition using Colliding Bodies Optimization and k-median method by Kaveh, A., Mahdavi, V.R.

“…An efficient approach is presented for optimal domain decomposition of finite element meshes in conjunction with k-median method and a meta-heuristic…”
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Lethal and Demographic Impact of Chlorpyrifos and Spinosad on the Ectoparasitoid Habrobracon hebetor (Say) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) by Mahdavi, V, Saber, M, Rafiee-Dastjerdi, H, Kamita, S G

“…The appropriate use of biological agents and chemical compounds is necessary to establish successful integrated pest management (IPM) programs. Thus, the…”
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Shape optimization of arch dams under earthquake loading using meta-heuristic algorithms by Kaveh, A., Mahdavi, V. R.

“…This paper presents efficiency of three meta-heuristic algorithms for large-scale shape optimization of double curvature arch dams under seismic loading…”
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Enhanced Two-Dimensional CBO Algorithm for Design of Grillage Systems by Kaveh, A., Asadi, P., Mahdavi, V. R.

“…Two-Dimensional Colliding Bodies Optimization (2D-CBO) is a new meta-heuristic algorithm based on two-dimensional collision laws. In this algorithm, like…”
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Molecular basis of cardiac performance: plasticity of the myocardium generated through protein isoform switches by NADAL-GINARD, B, MAHDAVI, V

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Protooncogene Induction and Reprogramming of Cardiac Gene Expression Produced by Pressure Overload by Izumo, Seigo, Nadal-Ginard, Bernardo, Mahdavi, Vijak

“…Hypertrophy, an increase in cell size without cell division, is a fundamental adaptive process employed by postmitotic cardiac and skeletal muscle cells…”
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Human myocyte-specific enhancer factor 2 comprises a group of tissue-restricted MADS box transcription factors by YIE-TEH YU, BREITBART, R. E, SMOOT, L. B, LEE, Y, MAHDAVI, V, NADAL-GINARD, B

“…The MEF2 site is an essential element of muscle enhancers and promoters that is bound by a nuclear activity found, so far, only in muscle and required for…”
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A hybrid CBO–PSO algorithm for optimal design of truss structures with dynamic constraints by Kaveh, A., Mahdavi, V.R.

“…•A new hybrid CBO–PSO algorithm is presented by adding positive properties of the PSO algorithm to the CBO.•The CBO is a recently developed meta-heuristic…”
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A retinoic acid-responsive element in the apolipoprotein AI gene distinguishes between two different retinoic acid response pathways by ROTTMAN, J. N, WIDOM, R. L, NADAL-GINARD, B, MAHDAVI, V, KARATHANASIS, S. K

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Myocyte-specific enhancer factor 2 and thyroid hormone receptor associate and synergistically activate the alpha-cardiac myosin heavy-chain gene by Lee, Youngsook, Nadal-Ginard, Bernardo, Mahdavi, Vijak, Izumo, Seigo

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A MyoD1-independent muscle-specific enhancer controls the expression of the beta-myosin heavy chain gene in skeletal and cardiac muscle cells by Thompson, W.R., Nadal-Ginard, B., Mahdavi, V.

“…The beta-cardiac myosin heavy chain is the major contractile protein expressed in two sarcomeric muscles of distinct embryologic origins, the ventricular…”
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Myosin heavy chain messenger RNA and protein isoform transitions during cardiac hypertrophy: interaction between hemodynamic and thyroid hormone-induced signals by IZUMO, S, LOMPRE, A.-M, MATSUOKA, R, KOREN, G, SCHWARTZ, K, NADAL-GINARD, B, VIJAK MAHDAVI

“…Expression of the cardiac myosin isozymes is regulated during development, by hormonal stimuli and hemodynamic load. In this study, the levels of expression of…”
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A new method for modification of ground motions using wavelet transform and enhanced colliding bodies optimization by Kaveh, A., Mahdavi, V.R.

“…[Display omitted] •A robust algorithm is presented for spectral matching of ground motions utilizing the wavelet transform and the enhanced colliding bodies…”
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