High Frequency Transformer Design and Optimization using Bio-inspired Algorithms by Jeyapradha Ravichandran Banumathy, Rajini Veeraraghavalu

“…Four bio-inspired algorithms, namely Particle swarm optimization (PSO), Whale Optimization algorithm (WOA), Dragonfly Algorithm (DA), and Ant Lion Optimizer (ALO) are used to solve the optimization problem and the results are compared with Genetic algorithm (GA). …”
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Understanding narwhal diving behaviour using Hidden Markov Models with dependent state distributions and long range dependence. by Manh Cuong Ngô, Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen, Susanne Ditlevsen

“…Narwhal diving patterns have not been analysed like this before, but in studies of other whale species, response variables have been assumed independent. …”
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Moving from small science to big science: Social and organizational impediments to large scale data sharing by Meyer, E

“…The data for the paper is drawn from two cases: a systematic study of a humpback whale research project involving federating data about the population and movements of humpbacks in the Pacific Ocean, and observations based on the author’s personal experiences as part of a psychiatric genetics collaboration that has recently become involved in contributing data to a large, shared data repository. …”

Probing the function of 5-HT(1B/1D) receptors in psychiatric patients by Whale, R, Cowen, P

Seascape ecology in the vicinity of a Blake Ridge cold seep by Kellie Johnson, Avery Taylor, Annika Socha, Ellie Barkyoumb, Koichi Nakamura, Carl L. Kaiser, Christopher R. German, Dana R. Yoerger, Cindy Lee Van Dover

“…While seep productivity may support prey fields for deep-diving beaked whales, any relationship between the seeps and whale feeding areas remains intriguing speculation. …”
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Distinct genomic routes underlie transitions to specialised symbiotic lifestyles in deep-sea annelid worms by Giacomo Moggioli, Balig Panossian, Yanan Sun, Daniel Thiel, Francisco M. Martín-Zamora, Martin Tran, Alexander M. Clifford, Shana K. Goffredi, Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova, Gáspár Jékely, Martin Tresguerres, Pei-Yuan Qian, Jian-Wen Qiu, Greg W. Rouse, Lee M. Henry, José M. Martín-Durán

“…Abstract Bacterial symbioses allow annelids to colonise extreme ecological niches, such as hydrothermal vents and whale falls. Yet, the genetic principles sustaining these symbioses remain unclear. …”
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An Introduction of the International Maritime Policy Trend on Underwater Radiated Noise from Shipping by Taehwan Joung, Daejung Hwang, Junggyu Shin

“…In some countries, such as Canada and United States, marine mammals such as whales are severely affected by URN from Ships and Offshore plant facilities. …”
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An Adaptive Joint Operating Parameters Optimization Approach for Active Direct Methanol Fuel Cells by Zhengang Zhao, Dongjie Li, Xiaoping Xu, Dacheng Zhang

“…The optimal combination of operating parameters for the fuel cell is obtained by a whale optimization algorithm (WOA) through the evaluation model. …”
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Evaluation of the performance of a FONN-based MPPT control for a photovoltaic watering system by Hossam Hassan Ammar, Ahmad Taher Azar, Mohamed I. Mahmoud, Raafat Shalaby

“…A Fractional Order MPPT (FO-MPPT) control augmented with Gray Wolf, Anti-lion, and Whale metaheuristic optimizers is proposed and shows capacity to maximize the harvest power for the PV-driven Induction Motor-Pump. …”
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Multi-Objective Energy Management of a Micro-Grid Considering Stochastic Nature of Load and Renewable Energy Resources by Deyaa Ahmed, Mohamed Ebeed, Abdelfatah Ali, Ali S. Alghamdi, Salah Kamel

“…In addition to that, EO is superior to both whale optimization algorithm (WOA) and sine cosine algorithm (SCA) in terms of the reported objective function.…”
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Odontocete detections are linked to oceanographic conditions in the Hawaiian Archipelago by Morgan A. Ziegenhorn, John A. Hildebrand, Erin M. Oleson, Robin W. Baird, Simone Baumann-Pickering

“…Here we make use of long-term passive acoustic monitoring data to examine relationships between eight classes of toothed whales and climate indices, specifically El Niño Southern Oscillation, Pacific Decadal Oscillation, and North Pacific Gyre Oscillation, as well as local surface conditions (temperature, salinity, sea surface height) at two sites in the Hawaiian Archipelago. …”
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How axon and dendrite branching are guided by time, energy, and spatial constraints by Paheli Desai-Chowdhry, Alexander B. Brummer, Van M. Savage

“…We test our predictions for radius scale factors against those extracted from neuronal images, measured for species that range from insects to whales, including data from light and electron microscopy studies. …”
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Acoustic twilight: A year‐long seafloor monitoring unveils phenological patterns in the abyssal soundscape by Tzu‐Hao Lin, Shinsuke Kawagucci

“…These acoustic cues might guide organisms with auditory capabilities toward habitats rich in sinking food debris and whale falls. By elucidating the ecological processes shaping abyssal soundscape dynamics, these findings open new directions for further exploration in deep‐sea chronobiology.…”
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Wind power interval prediction based on variational mode decomposition and the fast gate recurrent unit by Dewang Zhang, Zhichao Zhang, Zhigeng Chen, Yu Zhou, Fuyun Li, Chengquan Chi

“…In this study, a wind interval prediction model based on Variational Mode Decomposition (VMD) and the Fast Gate Recurrent Unit (F-GRU) optimized with an improved whale optimization algorithm (IWOA) is proposed. …”
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Optimal Neural Tracking Control with Metaheuristic Parameter Identification for Uncertain Nonlinear Systems with Disturbances by Roxana Recio-Colmenares, Kelly Joel Gurubel-Tun, Virgilio Zúñiga-Grajeda

“…The optimal parameters of the control law are identified by different nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms, namely: Ant Lion Optimizer, Grey Wolf Optimizer, Harris Hawks Optimization, and Whale Optimization Algorithm. Finally, a highly nonlinear biological system subject to parameter uncertainties and external disturbances (Activated Sludge Model) is proposed to validate the control strategy. …”
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Parameter Extraction of Photovoltaic Module Using Tunicate Swarm Algorithm by Abhishek Sharma, Ankit Dasgotra, Sunil Kumar Tiwari, Abhinav Sharma, Vibhu Jately, Brian Azzopardi

“…The simulation results have been compared with four different, pre-existing optimization algorithms: gravitational search algorithm (GSA), a hybrid of particle swarm optimization and gravitational search algorithm (PSOGSA), sine cosine (SCA), and whale optimization (WOA). The comparison of results broadly demonstrates that the TSA algorithm outperforms the existing optimization algorithms in terms of root mean square error (RMSE) and convergence rate. …”
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Fuzzy controller optimized by the African vultures algorithm for trajectory tracking of a two-link gripping mechanism by Jovanović Radiša Ž., Bugarić Uglješa S., Vesović Mitra V., Perišić Natalija B.

“…The results obtained by this algorithm are compared with the other three new and popular metaheuristic algorithms: the whale optimization, the ant lion optimization and the sine cosine algorithm. …”
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A WOA-based fault parameter mapping model for the secondary systems of intelligent substations by ZHENG Xiang, DU Qiwei, RUAN Lixiang, WANG Haiyuan, ZHOU Kun, WANG Yibo

“…The support vector machine （SVM） is enhanced by introducing a multi-classifier approach， and its parameters are optimized using the whale optimization algorithm （WOA）. By taking equipment status as input and secondary system fault types as output， a mapping relationship is established between the parameters of secondary system equipment of intelligent substations and the operational state. …”
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Social context effects on emotional language: The influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the emotional evaluation of words by Clara Planchuelo, Ana Baciero, José Antonio Hinojosa, Manuel Perea, Jon Andoni Duñabeitia

“…To this aim, we collected new ratings of valence (from unpleasant to pleasant) and arousal (from calm to activated) dimensions for COVID-19-related words (e.g., hospital) and COVID-19-unrelated words (e.g., whale). Subsequently, we compared these scores with those from databases that reported ratings for the same pool of words before the pandemic. …”
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3D visualization processes for recreating and studying organismal form by Duncan J. Irschick, Fredrik Christiansen, Neil Hammerschlag, Johnson Martin, Peter T. Madsen, Jeanette Wyneken, Annabelle Brooks, Adrian Gleiss, Sabrina Fossette, Cameron Siler, Tony Gamble, Frank Fish, Ursula Siebert, Jaymin Patel, Zhan Xu, Evangelos Kalogerakis, Joshua Medina, Atreyi Mukherji, Mark Mandica, Savvas Zotos, Jared Detwiler, Blair Perot, George Lauder

“…We provide examples of these approaches for animals ranging from large whales to lizards and show applications for several areas: Natural history collections; body condition/scaling, bioinspired robotics, computational fluids dynamics (CFD), machine learning, and education. …”
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