The present paper deals with the concept of antiresonance in multiple cracked beams and application for multi-crack identification. First, governing equations antiresonant frequency are conducted used both computing frequencies versus crack parameters measuring-loading colocation identifying cracks by measured frequencies. Then, a procedure is proposed identification cantilever beam based on so...

Time * * 1 Time syncro _colocation ... Figure 3 Context Ontology The concept space is a generalisation of a concrete space or an abstract space. A concrete space is defined by an actual physical location, e.g., a room number at a certain address. An abstract space has a name (e.g., Victoria Hospital) and aggregates one or more concrete spaces. There exists (and extensible) set of spatial relati...

A visual object can be conceived of as comprising a number of features bound together by their joint spatial location. We investigate the question of whether the spatial location is automatically bound to the features or whether the two are separable, using a previously developed paradigm whereby memory is disrupted by a visual suffix. Participants were shown a sample array of four colored shap...

Members of dispersed work teams may be located geographically in a variety of configurations. In fully-dispersed teams, each member resides in a unique location, whereas partially-dispersed teams are composed of some colocated and some distant members. Configurations in which team members are divided into geographically-distinct subgroups may create faultline dynamics, characterized by disrupti...

Research into computer support for colocated small group meetings has not delivered any significant benefit in spite of significant investment and decades of research. We suggest that the focus has been on the wrong problem. Each time a process is enacted in small group work it will different (even if only slightly different) due to the situational context. Therefore the process for supporting ...

On-going debates rage over the to what extent spatial proximity, on the one hand, versus global interactions on the other hand, affect economic development. Spatial proximity of networks and firms with their partners are claimed as important for a number of phenomena, including firm survival, innovativeness and regional economic development. However, while some theories stress the importance of...

This article reports the findings of a longitudinal study of temporary virtual teams and explores the role of behavior control on trust decline. We conducted an experiment involving 51 temporary virtual teams. Half of the teams were required to comply with behavior control mechanisms traditionally used in colocated teams. Their counterparts were allowed to self-direct. Cynthia Beath was the acc...