State of the Art in Automated Operational Modal Identification: Algorithms, Applications, and Future Perspectives by Hasan Mostafaei, Mahdi Ghamami

“…Among these, SSI stands out as one of the most effective time-domain methods due to its robustness in handling noisy environments and closely spaced modes. This review examines SSI-based algorithms, covering essential components such as system identification, noise mode elimination, stabilization diagram interpretation, and clustering techniques for mode identification. …”
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INTENSE PULSED LIGHT (IPL) – TREATMENT STRATEGY FOR MEIBOMIAN GLAND DYSFUNCTION by Monika Dimitrova, Irina Kuneva

“…Each patient received two procedures spaced two weeks apart. Tear breakup time (TBUT) and Schirmer's test were evaluated at baseline and two weeks following the final treatment. …”
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Applying System Dynamics of Discrete Supported Track to Analyze the Rail Corrugation Causation on Curved Urban Railway Tracks by Xianxian Yin, Xiukun Wei, Haichao Zheng

“…It is also found that shortwave corrugation develops more rapidly, and adjusting the support stiffness or sleeper spacing leads to fluctuations in the corrugation wavelength and its wear rate.…”
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Falling Back in Love with Trans-Inclusive Feminism: Canadian Creative Artists Re-Story Death and Choose Transformation by Devon Harvey

“…Rooted in Canadian author Kai Cheng Thom’s reckoning with the shortcomings of trans-exclusionary feminist thought, and informed by Chinua Achebe’s conceptualization of re-storying, this article explores how <i>I Hope We Choose Love</i> and <i>Falling Back in Love with Being Human</i> by Kai Cheng Thom, <i>Death Threat</i> by Canadian creatives Vivek Shraya and Ness Lee, and comics from <i>Assigned Male</i> by trans activist and Canadian comic artist Sophie Labelle re-story “necessary” trans death to orient queer death spaces around a trans-for-trans (t4t) praxis of narrativization. …”
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Turistas en la Grand Place de Bruselas by María García

“…Tourists at the Grand Place in Brussels One of the features characteristic of urban tourism is its spatial selectivity: tourist gaze and activities are gathered on a series of spaces whose landscape is transformed by the influx of visitors. …”
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FOR A SOCIOLOGY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN by Francesco Vespasiano

“…The article shows the important commitment of the leaders of the different world religions in generating spaces for encounters and dialogue between cultural diversities that cannot be analyzed within the paradigm of confrontation but require to be understood within the paradigm of confrontation and responsible coexistence. …”
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Factors associated with decision-making on fertility among rural women in the central district of Tamil Nadu by Geetha Jeganathan, Sampath kumar Srinivasan, Senthilkumar Ramasamy, Pitchaimani Govindharaj

“…In decision-making on the usage of contraception, 25%, 27% and 27% of their decision were taken by themselves, their spouse, and both the participants and their spouse respectively. In spacing of childbirth, 53% took decisions concurrently with their husband. …”
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Predictor-Based CACC Design for Heterogeneous Vehicles With Distinct Input Delays by Amirhossein Samii, Nikolaos Bekiaris-Liberis

“…The design achieves individual vehicle stability, string stability, and zero, steady-state speed/spacing tracking errors, relying on a nominal, constant time headway (CTH)-type CACC design that achieves these specifications when all actuators&#x2019; delays are zero. …”
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Turistas en la Grand Place de Bruselas by María García

“…Tourists at the Grand Place in Brussels One of the features characteristic of urban tourism is its spatial selectivity: tourist gaze and activities are gathered on a series of spaces whose landscape is transformed by the influx of visitors. …”
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Geoelectrical Characterization of Aquifer Precincts in Parts of Lapai, North Central Nigeria by MT Tsepav, SI Ibrahim, FA Bayegun

“…Fifteen (15) VES points were occupied using G41 Geotron Resistivity meter with electrode spacing varying from 10m to 150m while a global positioning system (GPS) tracking device was used to locate the VES points. …”
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From fitness trackers to medical devices: wearable technologies by Zhi Zhou

“…An application has been developed for its usage in scenarios where data collection is applied to smart spaces, aiming at its usage in firefighting and sports. …”
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Crisscross Moss Growth Optimization: An Enhanced Bio-Inspired Algorithm for Global Production and Optimization by Tong Yue, Tao Li

“…Global optimization problems, prevalent across scientific and engineering disciplines, necessitate efficient algorithms for navigating complex, high-dimensional search spaces. Drawing inspiration from the resilient and adaptive growth strategies of moss colonies, the moss growth optimization (MGO) algorithm presents a promising biomimetic approach to these challenges. …”
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The trend of urban environment quality as an importaut factorof migration processes by V. Yu. Novikov

“…In addition, the health-improving effect of favorable living conditions is felt on a subconscious level, positively charging people with new energy, improving their mood and maintains their tone on a high emotional level.Improving the comfort of the living environment in addition to improved housing conditions provides for the improvement of infrastructure, a significant transformation of the surrounding landscaped areas, as well as socially significant public urban spaces that harmoniously complement the natural resource potential of settlements.All this in a complex influences on the positive public mood of society and helps to increase the competitive advantages of specific cities in the fight for human capital, affecting also the migration preferences of modern people.…”
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Investigation of the Aerodynamic Characteristics of Platoon Vehicles Based on Ahmed Body by Jianbin Luo, Ke Mi, Dongli Tan, Zhiqing Zhang, Mingsen Li, Jun Qing, Huiqiong Huang

“…In this paper, the aerodynamic characteristics of two vehicles and three vehicles in the platoon under different vehicle spacings have been explored in detail. Firstly, the realizable k-ε model was used to verify the numerical method based on a single 35° Ahmed body. …”
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Sound Source Omnidirectional Positioning Calibration Method Based on Microphone Observation Angle by Xu Yang, Hongyan Xing, Xinyuan Ji

“…Appropriately increasing the spacing of the array will have a better calibration effect in an actual complex experimental environment.…”
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Queers non blanc·hes en France by Najwa Ouguerram-Magot

“…How can we explain the under-representation of queers of color in our queer activist spaces ? Are racialized people destined to be eternally taken for straight without a clear statement of their non-heterosexuality ? …”
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Effect of Fe Doping on Photocatalytic Dye-Degradation and Antibacterial Activity of SnO2 Nanoparticles by T. Preethi, K. Senthil, M. P. Pachamuthu, R. Balakrishnaraja, B. Sundaravel, N. Geetha, Stefano Bellucci

“…The values of interplanar spacing (d-value) calculated from the HRTEM lattice are consistent with the XRD results. …”
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L’urbanité de l’héritage industriel by Zeila Tesoriere, Renzo Lecardane

“…At the heart of urban dynamics over the past few decades, the reconversion of riverside and port spaces in cities of the western world is associated with the deindustrialisation of these sites, often situated near historic city centres. …”
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Research on Enterprise Competitive Information Management Based on Co-Occurrence Analysis by Peng Wu, Ran Feng

“…Innovative research competitive information for enterprises based on URL co-occurrence analysis in this thesis effectively makes up for current inadequacy due to link data source lack, and it expands new spaces for competitive information research of enterprises; it is also in research in this thesis that analysis result based on non-Jaccard data is far better than analysis result based on Jaccard data when multidimensional scaling analysis is conducted; analysis result based on non-Jaccard data and analysis result based on Jaccard data uncover competitive information of related enterprises when social network analysis is conducted, and above conclusions in this thesis are all verified and analyzed through example data.…”
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CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT HOSTEL BUILDING ON CAMPUSES OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES IN NORTH-CENTRAL NIGERIA by Anita Dzikwi ADAMU, Winston SHAKANTU

“…The walls, floors and ceilings of the most of enclosed spaces such as the bedrooms, kitchens and washrooms are in various degrees of deterioration. …”
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