Big data and urban form: a systematic review by Vladan Djokić, Aleksandra Djordjević, Aleksandra Milovanović

“…Abstract The study of urban form as a central interest of architects, planners, and urban designers has faced various challenges over time, affecting the representation of this topic in the research, educational, and practical arenas. Recently, with the actualization of big data, the study of urban form is going under change as well, where these technological advancements present both the great potential for urban form analysis, understanding, modelling, simulation, and even imagination, and a challenge for the profession of architecture and urbanism itself, which must come to grips with the growing field of big data research. …”
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Energy and Reserve Scheduling of Distribution Network in Presence of Electric Vehicle Aggregators: A Decentralized Approach by Atena Tazikeh Lemeski, Reza Ebrahimi, Alireza Zakariazadeh, Keyvan Firuzi

“…The objective function of the proposed approach also includes AGG capability to provide the network with spinning reserve which brings incentive payments. For realistic addressing of the problem, the uncertainties related to EV arrival/departure times and their initial State of Charge (SOC) are simulated via different scenarios. …”
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Photographie et écologie aux États-Unis: l’image à contre-emploi by François Brunet

“…Jackson; b) the work and career of Ansel Adams, envisioned as the paradox of a highly polished style of landscape photography whose classic, mainstream look tended to contradict its underlying conservationist message; c) a series of more recent books and exhibitions (1975-2010), bringing together artistic projects that highlighted deconstructions of classic, iconic landscapes, or examples of the degradation and destruction of natural sites, while maintaining a stylistic taste for spectacular effect and spotless finish that seemed to contradict the artists’ avowed message.…”
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Structure and content of administrative and legal status of the subjects counteracting offenses in the field of entrepreneurial activity by V. M. Vasyliev

“…The notion of a subject of an offense in the sphere of entrepreneurship has been defined: a system of state and non-state agencies, public organizations, social groups and citizens whose activities are focused on eliminating the causes and conditions that give rise to and provoke offenses in the sphere of economic commercial activity (entrepreneurship), preventing these offenses at different stages of incorrect behavior of the participants of relations in the field of entrepreneurship, as well as bringing them to legal liability. Besides, the above subjects have been systematized in this study and their range has been determined. …”
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SP-Loc: A crowdsourcing fingerprint based shop-level indoor localization algorithm integrating shop popularity without the indoor map by Jie Wei, Fang Zhao, Haiyong Luo

“…With the development of indoor localization technology, the location-based services such as product advertising recommendation in the shopping mall attract widespread attention, as precise user location significantly improves the efficiency of advertising push and brings broader profits. However, most of the Wi-Fi-based indoor localization approaches requiring professionals to deploy expensive beacon devices and intensively collect fingerprints in each location grid, which severely limits its extensive promotion. …”
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Adolescents: Contraceptive Knowledge and Use, a Brazilian Study by Divanise S. Correia, Ana C. P. Pontes, Jairo C. Cavalcante, E. Sócrates T. Egito, Eulália M.C. Maia

“…The low use of chemical methods of contraception brings the risk of pregnancy. Since abortion and aborting drugs were incorrectly cited as contraceptive methods, this implies a nonpreventive attitude towards pregnancy.…”
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THE ONLINE COMMUNITY AS A MODERN MARKETING TOOL by Valeriia A. Demirova

“…Today, a growing number of companies recognize the importance of forming and nurturing a community, making communities an essential marketing tool. These communities bring together like-minded individuals around a brand, enabling participants with shared interests, goals, or visions of the situation to interact, share experiences, and receive support. …”
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The Form and Content of Ọbasa’s Weekly Newspaper: The Yorùbá News by Clement Adeniyi Akangbe

“…The inter-dependence of form and content is also examined to bring to the fore the social, cultural, political, and economic values of the maiden Yorùbá Newspaper: The Yorùbá News. …”
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Territoires du productivisme, paysages altérés by Alessandra Marcon

“…The transect combines sensitive experiences, scientific investigation, the collection of testimonials and cartographic research. It brings to the surface the latent tensions and conflicts linked to the alterations affecting the landscape and its inhabitants. …”
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Stolen Ukrainian universities: An invisible russian weapon by Alex Plastun, Serhiy Kozmenko

“…Additionally, it emphasizes the need for Ukrainian authorities and the academic community to engage proactively with global publishing institutions, database owners, and organizations handling publishing ethics to address these challenges. By bringing attention to this “silent war on knowledge”, the paper underscores the urgency of addressing the misuse of stolen academic institutions by Russia to uphold the integrity of global academia and international law.…”
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The Renewal of the Twenty Years in Theater: Revisions Based on The Danton Case by Stanisława Przybyszewska from 2008 by Katarzyna Fazan

“…This makes it possible to bring to the fore not the monumental theater of Leon Schiller, built on Polish Romanticism as a continuation of the freedom tradition, but on a program of rejected – both in the 1930s and during the communist period – leftist ideas, important for socio-cultural progress. …”
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Nestin Forms a Flexible Cytoskeleton by Means of a Huge Tail Domain That Is Reversibly Stretched and Contracted by Weak Forces by Ayana Yamagishi, Rina Tokuoka, Kazuki Imai, Mei Mizusawa, Moe Susaki, Koki Uchida, Saku T. Kijima, Akira Nagasaki, Daijiro Takeshita, Chiaki Yoshikawa, Taro Q. P. Uyeda, Chikashi Nakamura

“…The C-terminus of the NTD bound AFs by bringing the AFM tip modified with the NTD into contact with the AFs on the substrate. …”
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A Rapid Prototyping Environment for Cooperative Advanced Driver Assistance Systems by Kay Massow, Ilja Radusch

“…Its underlying approach is either to bring ideas for cooperative ADAS through the prototyping stage towards plausible candidates for further development or to discard them as quickly as possible. …”
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An in-depth analysis of two common methodologies used to derive hourly solar radiation values from daily ones: pros and cons by Harry D. Kambezidis, Harry D. Kambezidis

“…A universal coefficient of correction is used to further enhance the CPR performance, bringing the CPR-estimated solar radiation very close to the observed one.…”
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Municipal public spending in environmental management: efficiency and determinants by Vanderléia de Souza da Silva, Johan Hendrik Poker Junior, Marco Antonio Milani Filho, Ieda Kanashiro Makiya, Denise Rugani Topke

“…And, with that, promote an increase in the environmental indicator, which consequently can bring improvements in the quality of life of citizens. …”
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Can Occupational Stress be Reduced by Gamification? A Study of Newcomers by Žigimantas Pečiūra

“… Starting a new position often brings significant stress. Amidst the adjustment to a new job, the increasing prevalence of gamification has revealed mixed effects on work-related factors, notably presenting an unclear impact on employee stress levels. …”
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Harnessing natural polymers and nanoparticles: Synergistic scaffold design for improved wound healing by Anitha S, Nandini Robin Nadar, Srividya Shivakumar, Sharma S C, Siddharth P, Surekha Varalakshmi V, Rajesh Lenka, Rajadurai S

“…The incorporation of nanoparticles brings beneficial changes to natural polymers where the antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and mechanical property is improved. …”
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Mitigation of Social Impacts of Alternative Road Development Plans Based on Local Wisdom in West Sumatra, Indonesia by null Priyambodo, Kristian Buditiawan, Agung Budi Irawan, Dendy Setyawan, Herrukmi Septa Rinawati, null Afriyanni, null Momon, Elsa Yolarita, Vivi Ukhwatul Khasanah Masbiran, Imbang Dananjaya

“…SIA helps the community, government, and private sector to better understand and anticipate possible social problems and the changes they bring about as a result of the construction of the bypass Amor road. …”
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Bologna Process: At the Threshold of the Third Decade by Valentin I. Baidenko

“…The paper highlights the need for a complex systematic work related to the development of strategies for the digitalization of education. The paper brings the experience of European universities concerning ethical practices, the fight against corruption in academic environment and educational management, eradication of incorrect citation and plagiarism in scientific researches, including usurpation of authorship. …”
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O PIBID de Ciências Sociais da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso e a formação de professores de Sociologia para a Educação Básica by Francisco Xavier Freire Rodrigues, Edilene da Cruz Silva

“…The main objective of this paper is to discuss the scope and the limitations that the conceptions and practices prevailing in the public schools of basic education and higher education institutions that train teachers, on the one hand, and the factors that influence recruitment for the teaching career, on the other, may bring to the purposes of the recent Institutional Scholarship Program for Initiation into Teaching (PIBID-CAPES). …”
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