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Visual comfort assessment of daylit and sunlit areas: A longitudinal field survey in classrooms in Kashan, Iran [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Visual comfort in schools enhances not only health and wellbeing, but also satisfaction and therefore learning and visual performance. This research aims at testing students’ evaluations on visual comfort through questionnaires in daylit and non-daylit ...
Korsavi, Sepideh S.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Autoclaved Peanuts Exhibit Reduced Immunoglobulin E Binding and Improved Oral Tolerability

open access: yesAllergy, EarlyView.
This study evaluates the effects of heat and pressure autoclaving on peanut proteins, IgE binding, and oral tolerability. Heat and pressure autoclaving breaks down peanut proteins and allergens, contributing to reduced peanut‐specific IgE binding. Autoclaved peanuts are associated with decreased skin test reactivity and greater oral tolerability in ...
Casey G. Cohen   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing neural networks to investigate relationships between lighting quality and lighting glare indices [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The present work compares the ability of the two most used glare indices, the Daylight Glare Probability (DGP) and the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) Glare Index (CGI), using Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) and Artificial Neural ...
Mohamed Yacine, Saadi   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Mapping of Brain Functions and Spatial Luminance Distributions as Innovative Tools for Assessing Discomfort Glare in the Built Environment

open access: yesEnquiry: The ARCC Journal of Architectural Research, 2007
A series of "proof-of-concept" projects are set out aimed at bringing together built environment researchers attempting to understand what constitutes ‘comfortable’ space and neuroscientists investigating the functional characteristics of the human brain.
Peter Raynham   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Assessment of the Spatial Comfort at the Open Piazza of Baiturrahman Mosque, Banda Aceh, Indonesia

open access: yesAceh International Journal of Science and Technology, 2020
The Baiturrahman Grand Mosque is well-known as the identity of Banda Aceh town, Indonesia. The extensive renovation was carried out in 2015 to the Mosque, presenting an open piazza coated with glossy white marble replacing the previous greeneries and ...
Laina Hilma Sari   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Surprise and the singular plural

open access: yesAmerican Ethnologist, EarlyView.
Abstract Bodymind diversity, disability scholars argue, contributes to community and to ideals of human flourishing. Phenomenologists like Nancy and Arendt, meanwhile, foreground our human pluralism. But what does it mean to inhabit (and invent) a plural “we” across significant bodily difference? And why is the experience of surprise important to it? A
Cheryl Mattingly
wiley   +1 more source

A review of daylighting strategies in schools: state of the art and expected future trends [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The study of daylight conditions within educational buildings has been a topic of interest since the nineteenth century in western countries, and European ones in particular.
Costanzo, Vincenzo   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Optimization Control Strategy for Transition Season Blinds Balancing Daylighting, Thermal Discomfort, and Energy Efficiency

open access: yesEnergies
Natural lighting in office buildings is often affected by excessive solar heat gain and discomfort glare, and the transitional seasons are no exception.
Guipan Wang, Ying Yu, Chenfei Zhang
doaj   +1 more source

Randomized Clinical Trial on the Efficacy and Side Effects of Tropicamide and Phenylephrine in Mydriasis for Ophthalmoscopy

open access: yesJournal of Optometry, 2010
Purpose: To compare the efficacy and side effects of two combinations of tropicamide and phenylephrine as mydriatics for ophthalmoscopy. Methods: In this prospective randomized controlled trial, 51 Chinese outpatients were randomized to receive topical ...
Philip T.H. Lam   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Congenital aniridia: European COST action ANIRIDIA‐NET guidelines for diagnosis, management and care

open access: yesActa Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Congenital aniridia is a rare ocular disorder affecting the majority of eye structures and can be associated with systemic manifestations. The main visible phenotypic characteristic is the partial or complete absence of the iris; however, foveal hypoplasia is a more frequent and reliable clinical sign. Other ocular comorbidities are associated
Davide Romano   +26 more
wiley   +1 more source

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