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Experimental investigation of ventilation efficiency in a dentistry surgical room [PDF]

, 2016
As a response to the need to provide an acceptable thermal comfort and air quality in indoor environments, various ventilation performance indicators were developed over the years.
Aziz, Cao, Cao, Gan., Haw, He, Irwin, Janssen, Kim, La Gennusa, Li, Lin, Lü., Mao, Moon, Novoselac, Qian, Sulaiman, Tian, Tomasi, van Hooff, von Grabe, Walker, Wang, Wang, Wilson   +25 more
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Smart Closed‐Loop Systems in Personalized Healthcare: Advances and Outlook

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A smart closed‐loop e‐textile integrates multimodal sensing, onboard processing, wireless communication, and wearable power to enable real‐time physiological/biochemical monitoring and feedback‐controlled therapy. ABSTRACT Smart textiles represent a revolutionary frontier in healthcare, seamlessly blending fabric and advanced technologies to create ...
Safoora Khosravi, Sang Won Lee, Mohammad Abrar Uddin, Sina Hassanpoor, Neha Suvindran, Katherine Le, Harun Arkaz, Harishkumar Narayana, Saeid Soltanian, Danial Khorsandi, Negar Hosseinzadeh Kouchehbaghi, Taeil Kim, Yangzhi Zhu   +12 more
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A Systematic Review on the Studies of Thermal Comfort in Urban Residential Buildings in China

Energies
There have been fruitful publications on thermal comfort of urban residential buildings in China. However, there is a lack of reviews on this topic to perform a comprehensive analysis and find opportunities to meet occupants’ thermal comfort needs while ...
Yaolin Lin, Pengju Chen, Wei Yang, Xiancun Hu, Lin Tian   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Economic Model-Based Predictive Control to Manage the Users' Thermal Comfort in a Building [PDF]

, 2017
The goal of maintaining users' thermal comfort conditions in indoor environments may require complex regulation procedures and a proper energy management. This problem is being widely analyzed, since it has a direct effect on users' productivity.
Antonio Ruano, Camacho, Castilla, Fanger, José Álvarez, María Castilla, Orosa, Yaser Alamin   +7 more
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Fabric‐Based Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton Gloves: Advancements and Challenges

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights interdisciplinary technological advances in fabric‐based robotic gloves, focusing on progress in design, fabrication, actuation, sensing, control, and power and energy requirements. It also addresses performance testing and validation, including biomechanical, strength, functional, user experience, and durability assessments, to ...
Ayse Feyza Yilmaz, Gökhan Ince, Ozgur Atalay   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Comparative Study of Indoor Thermal Comfort in Traditional and Contemporary Houses in Erbil’s Hot–Dry Climate

Architecture
Contemporary housing design practices in Erbil’s hot–dry climate remain understudied with respect to indoor thermal comfort performance. This study evaluates indoor thermal comfort in traditional and contemporary dwellings in Erbil, Iraq, a hot–dry ...
Shilan Tariq Ibrahim, Hardi K. Abdullah
doaj   +1 more source

Estimating Smart Wi-Fi Thermostat-Enabled Thermal Comfort Control Savings for Any Residence

Clean Technologies, 2021
Nowadays, most indoor cooling control strategies are based solely on the dry-bulb temperature, which is not close to a guarantee of thermal comfort of occupants.
Abdulelah D. Alhamayani, Qiancheng Sun, Kevin P. Hallinan   +2 more
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Application of an indoor greenhouse in the energy and thermal comfort performance in a kindergarten school building in the South of Portugal in winter conditions [PDF]

, 2008
In this work a numerical model, which simulates the buildings thermal response and evaluates the indoor environment comfort, in transient conditions, is used in the application of an indoor greenhouse in the energy and thermal comfort performance in a ...
Conceição, E. Z. E., Lopes, M. C., Lucio, M. M. J. R.   +2 more
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Photovoltaic Glazing: Analysis of Thermal Behavior and Indoor Comfort

Energy Procedia, 2013
AbstractThe integration of photovoltaic systems into buildings is one of the best ways to exploit effectively solar energy and to realize the distributed generation inside urban and suburban environmental. BIPV can be installed in a wide variety of applications such as skylights, roofing, walls and windows but, glazing is perhaps the most promising ...
TINA, Giuseppe Marco, GAGLIANO, Antonio, NOCERA, FRANCESCO, Patania F.   +3 more
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Adaptive Carbon Nanotube Patches for Versatile Electronic Textiles and Wind‐Harvesting Applications

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
An adhesion‐tunable electronic textile patch based on a carbon nanotube/paraffin composite is presented, enabling direct, adhesive‐free integration with fabrics. Pressure‐responsive bonding allows reversible or permanent attachment on demand.
Seokwon Joo, Yang‐Hu Park, Da‐Seul Kim, Ju‐Hyung Kim, Yoon‐Kyu Song   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source