Enquêter sur la prostitution en Algérie. Souvenirs de Bou-Saâda by Ferhati Barkahoum

“…Based on personal experience as a researcher working on the margins, the social phenomena of the “tribal” prostitution of the Ouled Naïl in the Algerian Sahara, this field survey explores borders and taboos (prostitution, female celibacy), and some moral uncertainties concerning post-colonial society in Algeria.…”
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Failure Probability Modeling of Miniature DC Motors and Its Application in Fault Diagnosis by Zhiping Xie, Rongchen Zhao, Jiming Zheng, Yancheng Lang

“…This paper proposes a fault diagnosis method for miniature DC motors (MDCMs) in the presence of the uncertainties caused by material and random factors of the production process. …”
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Dynamic Output Feedback Stabilization of Controlled Positive Discrete-Time Systems with Delays by Zhenbo Li, Shuqian Zhu

“…The problem of stabilization by means of dynamic output feedback is studied for discrete-time delayed systems with possible interval uncertainties. The control is under positivity constraint, which means that the resultant closed-loop system must be stable and positive. …”
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Measurement Stand and Methodology for Research of the Off-Body and Body-to-Body Radio Channels in WBANs with Different Diversity Schemes by Slawomir J. Ambroziak

“…Additionally, an evaluation is provided of the standard and expanded uncertainties of the presented measurement stand and methodology. …”
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CaloQVAE: Simulating high-energy particle-calorimeter interactions using hybrid quantum-classical generative models by Sehmimul Hoque, Hao Jia, Abhishek Abhishek, Mojde Fadaie, J. Quetzalcoatl Toledo-Marín, Tiago Vale, Roger G. Melko, Maximilian Swiatlowski, Wojciech T. Fedorko

“…Large amounts of Monte Carlo (MC) simulation will be required to constrain the statistical uncertainties of the simulated datasets below these of the experimental data. …”
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The Red Supergiant Progenitor Luminosity Problem by Emma R. Beasor, Nathan Smith, Jacob E. Jencson

“…Additionally, we find a much larger spread in luminosity derived from single-filter photometry compared to SED-derived luminosities, indicating uncertainties in progenitor luminosities are also underestimated. …”
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Comprehensive benefits evaluation of low impact development using scenario analysis and fuzzy decision approach by Ting Ni, Xiaohong Zhang, Peng Leng, Mark Pelling, Jiuping Xu

“…Abstract The comprehensive benefit evaluation of LID based on multi-criteria decision-making methods faces technical issues such as the uncertainties and vagueness in hybrid information sources, which can affect the overall evaluation results and ranking of alternatives. …”
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Eigen Solution of Neural Networks and Its Application in Prediction and Analysis of Controller Parameters of Grinding Robot in Complex Environments by Shixi Tang, Jinan Gu, Keming Tang, Wei Ding, Zhengyang Shang

“…The robot dynamic model is often rarely known due to various uncertainties such as parametric uncertainties or modeling errors existing in complex environments. …”
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CMIP6 GCMs Projected Future Koppen‐Geiger Climate Zones on a Global Scale by Young Hoon Song, Eun‐Sung Chung, Brian Odhiambo Ayugi

“…This study highlights potential risks by projecting future climate zones based on varying greenhouse gas concentration levels, stressing the importance of using these projections with caution given the inherent uncertainties and limitations of GCMs.…”
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De l’après-ski à l’après-tourisme, une figure de transition pour les Alpes ? by Philippe Bourdeau

“…Yet the world of winter tourism is full of uncertainties connected with climate change and also with evolutions and structural breaks that call into question the development model on which it is based. …”
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Finite-Time Distributed Energy-to-Peak Control for Uncertain Multiagent Systems by Qu Chenggang, Cao Xibin, Hamid Reza Karimi, Zhang Zhuo, Zhang Zexu

“…This paper investigates the finite-time distributed L2–L∞ consensus control problem of multiagent systems with parameter uncertainties. The relative states of neighboring agents are used to construct the control law and some agents know their own states. …”
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From après-ski to après-tourism: the Alps in transition? by Philippe Bourdeau

“…Yet the world of winter tourism is full of uncertainties connected with climate change and also with evolutions and structural breaks that call into question the development model on which it is based. …”
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About big data and digital neo-positivism in history research by Tiago Luís Gil

“…The article hopes to provide ideas for the debate, indicating digital training as the essential condition to orient historians in the face of a sea of ​​uncertainties and algorithms.…”
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Pathways of diffusion of some plants and animals between Asia and the Mediterranean region by Françoise Aubaile

“…Even for the most important and prestigious ones, many uncertainties persist. We cannot claim to resolve them, but we will present what is known to date about some major plants and animals, particularly the Asian ones that arrived in the Mediterranean region, and the other way, the ones that started in the Mediterranean and were diffused in the Far East.…”
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Observer-Based Sliding Mode Control for Stochastic Nonlinear Markovian Jump Systems by Xiaohan Yin, Quanxin Zhu

“…The system under consideration is subject to the mode uncertainties and nonlinear term and disturbance term which are unknown. …”
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La participation communautaire pour définir la ville viable : questionnement sur l’appropriation de l’espace urbain by Éric Duchemin

“…Furthermore, stakeholders should integrate common sense and uncertainties in decision processes to attain an urban sustainability.  …”
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Robust Asymptotical Stability and Stabilization of Fractional-Order Complex-Valued Neural Networks with Delay by Jingjing Zeng, Xujun Yang, Lu Wang, Xiaofeng Chen

“…The robust asymptotical stability and stabilization for a class of fractional-order complex-valued neural networks (FCNNs) with parametric uncertainties and time delay are considered in this paper. …”
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Vilém Slavata a jeho hejtman Hynek Ladislav Vejtmiler z Vejtmile by Josef Hrdlička

“…It explores the officer’s expectations on his arrival at the office as well as the possibilities, certainties and uncertainties the office involved. It also inquires what the master expected from the officer, what his requirements were, what he was willing to tolerate and what behaviour went beyond the limit of the master’s tolerance. …”
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Adaptive Super-Twisting Sliding Mode Control for Mobile Robots Based on High-Gain Observers by Haitao Liu, Jianhao Nie, Jian Sun, Xuehong Tian

“…First, a robust adaptive law is designed to eliminate the influence of parameter uncertainties. Second, a double-power sliding mode surface is designed to improve the response speed of the robot system. …”
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Challenges and ongoing initiatives towards better integrated EU scientific advice by Iordanis Gravanis, Michael Berntgen, Spiros Vamvakas, Pierre Demolis, Paolo Foggi

“…Interaction with other decision makers providing advice along the lifecycle of medicines and other healthcare solutions reduces development uncertainties. The proposal for a new EU pharmaceutical legislation solidifies existing advice mechanisms and creates new avenues for enhanced integration of development support.…”
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