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Evaluation Model of Specific Indoor Environment Overall Comfort Based on Effective-Function Method

Energies, 2017
The indoor overall environmental comfort of part limited spaces is studied in this paper. The operative temperature, illumination, and noise intensity are used as objective parameters in order to evaluate the thermal, luminous, and acoustic environment ...
Tieming Guo, Songtao Hu, Guodan Liu
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Method of satisfaction based on-board acoustic comfort classification and its applications

Acta Acustica
Acoustic comfort is an important factor that passengers and crew usually consider for their on-board wellness. The classification is an efficient way to show the level of acoustic comfort on board.
Zhao Huanqi, Chen Kean, Li Hao, Luo Jianfeng, Dang Jie   +4 more
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MANAGING THE ACOUSTIC CLIMATE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS – A NEW APPROACH [PDF]

Management Systems in Production Engineering, 2013
The paper presents a new approach to shaping acoustic comfort as a process of managing the acoustic environment in urbanised areas. The research in this area focuses on the psychoacoustic aspect of shaping acoustic comfort in an urban environment.
Waldemar PASZKOWSKI
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Polymer Substrates for Flexible Sensors: Advances and Contributions to Smart Agriculture

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes recent advances in polymer‐based flexible sensors for smart agriculture, focusing on polymer substrate design, interface engineering, and applications in soil, plant, animal, aquaculture, and post‐harvest monitoring.
Yihui Li, Zhangzheng Xiao, Zheng Yan, Adnan Raza Altaf, Qun Song, Dingding Yao, Afshan Sohail, Yixin Wang, Wenxiu Ma, Shanjun Li, Yaohui Chen, Peiwen Liu, Kai Zhang   +12 more
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Influence of Contextual Factors on Soundscape in Urban Open Spaces

Applied Sciences, 2018
The acoustic environment in urban open spaces has played a key role for users. This study analyzed the different effects of contextual factors, including shop openness, season, and commercial function, on the soundscape in two typical commercial ...
Xiaolong Zhao, Shilun Zhang, Qi Meng, Jian Kang   +3 more
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Artificial Intelligence‐Assisted Workflow for Transmission Electron Microscopy: From Data Analysis Automation to Materials Knowledge Unveiling

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
AI‐Assisted Workflow for (Scanning) Transmission Electron Microscopy: From Data Analysis Automation to Materials Knowledge Unveiling. Abstract (Scanning) transmission electron microscopy ((S)TEM) has significantly advanced materials science but faces challenges in correlating precise atomic structure information with the functional properties of ...
Marc Botifoll, Ivan Pinto‐Huguet, Enzo Rotunno, Thomas Galvani, Catalina Coll, Payam Habibzadeh Kavkani, Maria Chiara Spadaro, Yann‐Michel Niquet, Martin Børstad Eriksen, Sara Martí‐Sánchez, Georgios Katsaros, Giordano Scappucci, Peter Krogstrup, Giovanni Isella, Andreu Cabot, Gonzalo Merino, Pablo Ordejón, Stephan Roche, Vincenzo Grillo, Jordi Arbiol   +19 more
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Effects of interactions between thermal and acoustic environments on subjective comfort evaluations in outdoor public spaces

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
In this study, five outdoor open areas were selected as the study sites to investigate the effects of thermal and acoustic environments, physical activity levels, and pleasantness on evaluations of the thermal and acoustic comfort in outdoor open spaces.
Dahu Lin, Tingjun Li, Zilin Chen, Lei Li
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Physics-Informed Transformer Framework for Indoor Acoustic Comfort Optimization in Buildings

Applied Sciences
Improving indoor acoustic comfort in buildings remains challenging for conventional acoustic design methods because they often rely on empirical formulas, static databases, and limited adaptability to dynamic environmental changes.
Shiyao Hou, Hongyan Liu, Yanping Lu, Junghee Lee, Dandan Wang, Hanwen Zhang   +5 more
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Self‐Assembled Inorganic Nanomembrane Tubes: Rolled‐Up Piezoelectrics for Microacoustic Wave‐Based Actuators and Sensors

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This study demonstrates a self‐assembly process to generate free‐standing piezoelectric nanomembranes, forming ultracompact microtubular acoustic wave sensors and actuators. The miniaturized 3D piezoelectric platform reported in this work can be applied in telecommunication, energy harvesting, and acoustofluidics. Moreover, the 3D self‐assembly can add
Raphaël C. L‐M. Doineau, Christian N. Saggau, Stefan Baunack, Thomas Gemming, Yara Abdelaal, Robert Weser, Oliver G. Schmidt, Hagen Schmidt, Andreas Winkler, Mariana Medina‐Sánchez   +9 more
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Comprehensive evaluation of public comfort on street roads considering the combined effects of thermal and acoustic environments

Discover Cities
The development and high population in urban areas contribute to environmental pollution. Countermeasures have been separately implemented for each type of pollution. However, public comfort in urban areas is influenced by multiple factors. Therefore, we
Yasuhiro Shimazaki, Jihui Yuan, Masaki Tajima   +2 more
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