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Challenges in Creating a Disaster Resilient Built Environment [PDF]

, 2014
With the increase in occurrences of high impact disasters, the concept of risk reduction and resilience is widely recognised. Recent disasters have highlighted the exposure of urban cities to natural disasters and emphasised the need of making cities ...
AFP, Albrito, Bosher, Dainty, Dubbeling, Georgieva, Godschalk, Haigh, Haigh, Kapucu, Kreimer, Malalgoda, Malalgoda, Mannakkara, Manyena, Manyena, McAllister, Neil, O’Keefe, Pelling, PWC, Quarantelli, UN ESCAP, AIT, UN-ISDR, UN-ISDR, UN-ISDR, Voogd, Wamsler   +27 more
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The role of virtual reality in built environment education [PDF]

, 2008
This study builds upon previous research on the integration of Virtual Reality (VR) within the built environment curriculum and aims to investigate the role of VR and three-dimensional (3D) computer modelling on learning and teaching in a school of the ...
Alvarado R. G., Ausburn L. J., Denscombe M., Horne M., Knight P., Mantovani F., Stone R.   +6 more
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Target detection distances under different road lighting intensities

European Transport Research Review, 2017
Purpose Road lighting illuminates road surface and surrounding areas of objects on a road, while car headlights illuminate vertical objects on a road. The goal of the study was to investigate the interaction between road lighting and car headlights at ...
Sanaz Bozorg Chenani, Matti T. Vaaja, Matti Kurkela, Iisakki Kosonen, Tapio Luttinen   +4 more
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An interactive multimedia learning environment for VLSI built with COSMOS [PDF]

, 2002
This paper presents Bigger Bits, an interactive multimedia learning environment that teaches students about VLSI within the context of computer electronics. The system was built with COSMOS (Content Oriented semantic Modelling Overlay Scheme), which is a
Agius, HW, Angelides, MC
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Assessment of thermal comfort at the building level: Evaluation of aggregation methods with a Danish case study of a campus building [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
Six methods for aggregating local thermal comfort scores in six offices to a single global score are investigated. using data collected by the building management system in a campus building of Aalborg University.
Melgaard Simon P., Marszal-Pomianowska Anna, Petit Samuel, Rohde Lasse, Johra Hicham, Jensen L. Rasmus, Heiselberg Per K.   +6 more
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New Technologies for the Prevention of Excavation Damages

Geoforum Perspektiv, 2020
Inaccurate and even lack of documentation is the main cause of excavation damage in Denmark. A pipe excavation is most often an expensive and time-consuming affair, and therefore both pipe owners and excavators strive to avoid it as much as possible ...
Lasse Hedegaard Hansen, Simon Swanström Wyke, Torbjørn Mandahl Pedersen, Erik Kjems   +3 more
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The state of logistics: Research priorities for sustained improvement

Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 2008
The importance of logistics and supply chain management for the South African economy was re-emphasised by the findings of the CSIR’s third annual State of Logistics Survey.
Esbeth van Dyk, Hans Ittman, Mario Marais, Isabel Mayar, Emma Maspero   +4 more
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Built environment and health [PDF]

Preventive Medicine, 2008
In the last decade, there has been a growing research interest in the influence of the built environment on physical activity and diet. This research is generally based on an ecological model of health behaviors, and conceptualizes the built environment at a variety of levels- from properties of individual rooms to features of urban or regional ...
David, Berrigan, Robin A, McKinnon
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Deployable structures in the built environment [PDF]

, 2015
The occurrence of natural disasters has been on the increase for the last decade. One of the most prominent incidences has been the occurrence of floods which has been experienced in developing and developed countries.
Umweni, OJ
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Sickle Cell Disease Is an Inherent Risk for Asthma in a Sibling Comparison Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Sickle cell disease (SCD) and asthma share a complex relationship. Although estimates vary, asthma prevalence in children with SCD is believed to be comparable to or higher than the general population. Determining whether SCD confers an increased risk for asthma remains challenging due to overlapping symptoms and the ...
Suhei C. Zuleta De Bernardis, Okeleji Olayinka, Mariam Z. Quraishi, Lakshmi V. Srivaths, Deborah L. Brown, Neethu M. Menon, Ricardo A. Mosquera, Ashwin P. Patel, James M. Stark, Aravind Yadav   +9 more
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