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A technical framework to describe occupant behavior for building energy simulations [PDF]
Green buildings that fail to meet expected design performance criteria indicate that technology alone does not guarantee high performance. Human influences are quite often simplified and ignored in the design, construction, and operation of buildings ...
Hong, Tianzhen, Turner, William JN
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ABSTRACT Electronic devices are increasingly used to support self‐management in adults with type 1 diabetes (T1DM). However, understanding patient perceptions and lived experiences is essential to ensure effectiveness, equitable accessibility, and sustained acceptance.
Vanesa Alcántara‐Porcuna +2 more
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Slow Death and Key Workers: The Ordinary Crisis of Waste Work During the COVID‐19 Pandemic
Short Abstract This article examines the experiences of waste workers in Glasgow during the COVID‐19 pandemic to show how the everyday operations of the UK waste industry push bodies and infrastructures towards collapse. Drawing on interviews with waste workers, and Lauren Berlant's concepts of ‘slow death’ and the ‘crisis ordinary’, it argues that ...
Thom Davies +5 more
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ABSTRACT This paper presents a close‐hearing analysis of Forest 404, a transmedial audio drama that was released to BBC Sounds in 2019. Despite the drama's eco‐dystopian critique of teleological ‘progress’ narratives (that enable and perpetuate the destruction of the natural world), I argue that the series ultimately propagates a sense of inevitability
Matilda Jones
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Adverse Events of Saffron (Crocus sativus L.): Systematic Review of Current Evidence
ABSTRACT Background Crocus sativus L., commonly known as saffron, is a widely used spice with a rich history of culinary and medicinal applications. This systematic review aims to compile human data from studies on monopreparations of C. sativus, including stigma powder and other extracts, to evaluate their safety.
Fatemeh Sadat Hasheminasab +3 more
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Reimagining Inclusivity in Literacy Education for African Immigrant Adolescents
ABSTRACT This study explored how an Afrocentric literacy workshop can reimagine inclusivity in literacy education for African immigrant adolescents. Drawing on Afrocentricity and Transnational Identity Theory, I facilitated a 10‐week virtual literacy workshop with six African immigrant high school students from Nigeria.
Olumide Ajayi
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OPTIMIZATION STUDY OF VISUAL COMFORT AND DAYLIGHT AVAILABILITY AT CADL ITB
One way to reduce energy consumption in buildings is to use daylighting. However, daylight can cause visual discomfort in the form of glare. Center of Art, Design, and Language (CADL) Institut Teknologi Bandung is a building that has windows on west and ...
SIREGAR Mhd. Akbar Anthony +3 more
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Acting authentically: Using play to cultivate authentic interrelating in role performance
Summary Research is increasingly demonstrating that authenticity and human connection are fundamental and interrelated human needs. However, organizational roles often constrain authenticity and connection in workplace interactions, especially roles that are highly scripted.
Lyndon E. Garrett
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A safe, transparent, invisible flickering transparent white OLED (TrWOLED) platform is developed for therapeutic 40 Hz brain stimulation. By utilizing chromatic modulation, this device delivers effective gamma frequency brain entrainment while eliminating visual fatigue.
Younghun Jung +2 more
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Vision and Reading Difficulties Part 4: Coloured filters - how do they work? [PDF]
This article is the fourth in a series of five about vision and reading difficulties. The first article provided a general overview and the second covered conventional optometric correlates of reading difficulties (e.g. binocular vision problems).
Allen, Peter M +2 more
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