Wildland Fire Susceptibility Mapping Using Support Vector Regression and Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System-Based Whale Optimization Algorithm and Simulated Annealing by A’kif Al-Fugara, Ali Nouh Mabdeh, Mohammad Ahmadlou, Hamid Reza Pourghasemi, Rida Al-Adamat, Biswajeet Pradhan, Abdel Rahman Al-Shabeeb

“…This study aims to develop and compare four hybrid models using two well-known machine learning models, support vector regression (SVR) and the adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS), as well as two meta-heuristic models, the whale optimization algorithm (WOA) and simulated annealing (SA) to map wildland fires in Jerash Province, Jordan. …”
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Pygmy Blue Whale Home Ranges and Their Overlaps with Indonesian and Australian Marine Protected Areas: Comparison between a-LoCoH and BBMM Methods by Sahri Achmad, Jak Charlotte, Murk Albertinka J., van Lammeren Ron J.

“…This study analysed the home range of pygmy blue whales (PBWs) from western Australia to eastern Indonesia to be able to assess the overlap with current MPAs. …”
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Anatomy, feeding ecology, and ontogeny of a transitional baleen whale: a new genus and species of Eomysticetidae (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Oligocene of New Zealand by Robert W. Boessenecker, R. Ewan Fordyce

“…Isotopic data in concert with preservation of young juveniles suggests the continental shelf of Zealandia was an important calving ground for latitudinally migrating Oligocene baleen whales.…”
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The Self-Stranding Behavior of a Killer Whale (<i>Orcinus orca</i>) in Inner Danish Waters and Considerations concerning Human Interference in Live Strandings by Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup, Charlotte Bie Thøstesen, Kirstin Anderson Hansen, Christian Sonne, Carl Christian Kinze, Lars Mikkelsen, Annika Thomsen, Peter Povlsen, Hanne Lyngholm Larsen, Anne Cathrine Linder, Sussie Pagh

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"Playing the beat": Occurrence of Bio-duck calls in Santos Basin (Brazil) reveals a complex acoustic behaviour for the Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis). by Marcos R Rossi-Santos, Diego Filun, William Soares-Filho, Alexandre D Paro, Leonardo L Wedekin

“…The Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) (AMW) is one of the smallest species among baleen whales, occurring in the southern hemisphere from Antarctica to near the equator, and performing seasonal migrations from polar to tropical waters. …”
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Blowing in the Wind: Using a Consumer Drone for the Collection of Humpback Whale (<em>Megaptera novaeangliae</em>) Blow Samples during the Arctic Polar Nights by Helena Costa, Andrew Rogan, Christopher Zadra, Oddbjørn Larsen, Audun H. Rikardsen, Courtney Waugh

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Estimating reproductive and juvenile survival rates when offspring ages are uncertain: A novel multievent mark‐resight model with beluga whale case study by Gina K. Himes Boor, Tamara L. McGuire, Amanda J. Warlick, Rebecca L. Taylor, Sarah J. Converse, John R. McClung, Amber D. Stephens

Subjects: “…endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale…”
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Quantification by droplet digital PCR and species identification by metabarcoding of environmental (e)DNA from Blainville's beaked whales, with assisted localization from an acoustic array. by Charles Scott Baker, Diane Claridge, Charlotte Dunn, Thomas Fetherston, Dorothy Nevé Baker, Holger Klinck, Debbie Steel

“…Detection and identification of species, subspecies or stocks of whales, dolphins and porpoises at sea remain challenging, particularly for cryptic or elusive species like beaked whales (Family: Ziphiidae). …”
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<i>Koristocetus pescei</i> gen. et sp. nov., a diminutive sperm whale (Cetacea: Odontoceti: Kogiidae) from the late Miocene of Peru by A. Collareta, A. Collareta, O. Lambert, C. de Muizon, M. Urbina, G. Bianucci

“…Among odontocetes, members of the family Kogiidae (pygmy and dwarf sperm whales) are known as small-sized and in many respects enigmatic relatives of the great sperm whale <i>Physeter macrocephalus</i>. …”
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High Arctic “hotspots” for sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) off western and northern Svalbard, Norway, revealed by multi-year Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) by Viivi Pöyhönen, Karolin Thomisch, Kit M. Kovacs, Christian Lydersen, Heidi Ahonen

“…Adult male sperm whales are known to migrate seasonally between nutrient-rich high latitude waters and low latitude breeding grounds. …”
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A Hybrid Model Based on Complete Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition With Adaptive Noise, GRU Network and Whale Optimization Algorithm for Wind Power Prediction by Andi Sheng, Lewei Xie, Yixiang Zhou, Zhen Wang, Yuechao Liu

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A New Hybrid Approach for Short-Term Electric Load Forecasting Applying Support Vector Machine with Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition and Whale Optimization by Tongxiang Liu, Yu Jin, Yuyang Gao

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Cloudlet deployment and task offloading in mobile edge computing using variable-length whale and differential evolution optimization and analytical hierarchical process for decision-making by Daba, Layth Muwafaq Abdulhussein

“…Enabling more optimality and adaptability to the dynamic nature of CDTO, we propose a novel Variable-Length multi-objective Whale optimization Integrated with Differential Evolution designated as VL-WIDE for joint cloudlet deployment and tasks offloading. …”
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Grey-box modelling and fuzzy logic control of a Leader-Follower robot manipulator system: A hybrid Grey Wolf-Whale Optimisation approach by Obadina, Ololade O., Thaha, Mohamed A., Mohamed, Zaharuddin, Shaheed, M. Hasan

“…This study presents the development of a grey-box modelling approach and fuzzy logic control for real time trajectory control of an experimental four degree-of-freedom Leader–Follower​ Robot (LFR) manipulator system using a hybrid optimisation algorithm, known as Grey Wolf Optimiser (GWO) - Whale Optimisation Algorithm (WOA). The approach has advantages in achieving an accurate model of the LFR manipulator system, and together with a better trajectory tracking performance. …”
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Spatial prediction of landslide susceptibility using GIS-based data mining techniques of ANFIS with Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA) and Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO) by Chen, Wei, Hong, Haoyuan, Panahi, Mahdi, Shahabi, Himan, Wang, Yi, Shirzadi, Ataollah, Pirasteh, Saied, Alesheikh, Ali Asghar, Khosravi, Khabat, Panahi, Somayeh, Rezaie, Fatemeh, Li, Shaojun, Jaafari, Abolfazl, Dieu, Tien Bui, Ahmad, Baharin

“…The contribution of this work is to present an integrated landslide modelling framework, in which an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) is combined with the two optimization algorithms of whale optimization algorithm (WOA) and grey wolf optimizer (GWO) at Anyuan County, China. …”
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<i>The Rocky Horror (Picture) Show</i>: a <i>Camp</i> Parody of the Gothic between Mary Shelley, J. B. Priestley and James Whale by Armando Rotondi

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Biologically Important Areas II for cetaceans within U.S. and adjacent waters – Hawaiʻi Region by Michaela A. Kratofil, Annette E. Harnish, Sabre D. Mahaffy, E. Elizabeth Henderson, Amanda L. Bradford, Stephen W. Martin, Barbara A. Lagerquist, Barbara A. Lagerquist, Daniel M. Palacios, Daniel M. Palacios, Erin M. Oleson, Robin W. Baird

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Differential effects of human activity on Hawaiian spinner dolphins in their resting bays by Heather L. Heenehan, Sofie M. Van Parijs, Lars Bejder, Julian A. Tyne, David W. Johnston

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Antecedent description and depiction of the recently described cetacean behaviour of trap/tread-water feeding inferred from a nineteenth-century sighting of a ‘sea monster’ in the... by Robert L. France

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Occurrence of Anisakis physeteris Baylis, 1923 and Pseudoterranova sp. (Nematoda) in Pygmy Sperm Whale Kogia breviceps (De Blainvillei, 1838) (Physeteridae) in Northeastern Coast of Brazil by Cláudia Portes Santos, Liliane Lodi

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