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Designing a good indoor environment is necessary for its health effects on the users. Therefore, the assessment of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) should include analysis of objective measures and architectural assessment as well as users' comfort ...
Abubaker Hassan Ali Alkabashi +1 more
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In an era of rapid urbanization, smart cities leverage technologies like AI and IoT to enhance sustainability and optimize resource usage. However, integrating these innovations raises concerns about preserving cultural identities, especially within ...
Reem Sultan +3 more
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Smart Home Adoption: The Impact of User Characteristics and Differences in Perception of Benefits
Despite the various benefits offered by smart homes, they have not yet been widely adopted by mainstream users. This study was designed to identify user perceptions in the association between smart home service preference and adoption and to identify ...
Soojung Chang, Kyeongsook Nam
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The Emergence of Interior Architecture
Less than a century has passed since the creation or at least the use of the term interior architecture. Although interior architecture had existed before and was considered an inseparable part of architectural work, some developments and changes became the basis for the formation of interior architecture and, as a result, its appearance independently ...
Maryam Darbandi +2 more
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‘Sense of Place’ in Virtual Design Studio (VDS): A Review
Physical design studio (PDS) and live critique sessions are essential elements in design school pedagogy. It enables students to construct their socio-spatial ability through creativity and rationality in a simultaneous way.
Astrid Kusumowidagdo, Rani Prihatmanti
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Distance education is an education model in which learning resources and learners are far from each other in terms of time and space. Distance education started by mail in the past and continues through internet technologies today. As a result of the global Covid-19 epidemic, the use of the distance education model is gaining importance.
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Nanoporous silica-based protocells at multiple scales for designs of life and nanomedicine. [PDF]
Various protocell models have been constructed de novo with the bottom-up approach. Here we describe a silica-based protocell composed of a nanoporous amorphous silica core encapsulated within a lipid bilayer built by self-assembly that provides for ...
Brinker, C Jeffrey +3 more
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Impact of the Syrian crisis on the socio-spatial transformation of Eastern Amman, Jordan
Amman, the capital of Jordan, has been subjected to incremental spatial transformation under the pressure of the emerging migration of various refugees since the beginning of the Syrian conflict (2011–present).
Raed Salem Al-Tal +1 more
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Design and Simulation of Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine for Urban Environment [PDF]
This work presents the modelling of a small-scale vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT), designed to integrate wind-based power generation into an urban environment and reduce grid reliance.
Muttumthala Neha Lyka +3 more
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Exploring the Sustainable Values of Smart Homes to Strengthen Adoption
Despite numerous benefits and developments, smart home technology has not been widely adopted by mainstream users. The purpose of this study is to suggest user-centered smart home design strategies to promote smart home adoption.
Soojung Chang, Kyeongsook Nam
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