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The Minimum Dwelling Revisited: CIAM's Practical Utopia (1928-31) [PDF]

, 2023
This book provides an intellectual history of the modernist "minimum dwelling", exploring how early modernism saw mass housing as a primary vehicle for achieving the utopian transformation of society.
Kallis, Aristotle
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Dwelling size and usability in London: A study of floor plan data using machine learning [PDF]

, 2022
Based on a dataset of dwelling unit plans (n = 2283) with detailed dimensions derived from open-access plan data using machine learning, this paper analyses the size and usability of dwellings in London.
Jacoby, Sam, Ozer, Seyithan
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Reinterpreting Existenzminimum in Contemporary Affordable Housing Solutions

Urban Planning, 2019
During the housing crisis of the 1920s, the German concept Existenzminimum (minimum dwelling) was developed and applied to the construction of public social housing. It was considered a design laboratory, where research, design, and experimentation would
Sara Brysch
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Psychometric testing of the Fall Risks for Older People in the Community screening tool (FROP-Com screen) for community-dwelling people with stroke.

PLoS ONE, 2020
OBJECTIVE:The Falls Risk for Older People in the Community assessment (FROP-Com) was originally developed using 13 risk factors to identify the fall risks of community-dwelling older people.
Shamay S M Ng, Tai-Wa Liu, Patrick W H Kwong, Ho-Man Choy, Terence Y K Fong, Justine Y C Lee, Yi-Li Tan, Gary Y H Tong, Crystal C Y Wong, Cynthia Y Y Lai, Mimi M Y Tse   +10 more
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Improving centre-based group exercise participation of older adults using the behaviour change wheel

BMJ Open Quality, 2021
An emphasis on active ageing could help to delay the onset of frailty. In Singapore, Senior Activity Centres provide free and guided group exercise sessions for older adults.
Wai Pong Wong, Boon Chong Kwok, Louisa Remedios   +2 more
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Impacts of field margin orientation on populations of soil-dwelling invertebrates in relation to the direction and intensity of field traffic [PDF]

, 2022
Sown field margins are a central part of agri-environmental schemes aiming to improve biodiversity and ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes. Despite the knowledge that key services are delivered by belowground biodiversity, the impacts of field ...
Andrew Mead, Andrew Beadle, Hartwell, G., Léa Carlesso, Lianhai Wu, Samantha M. Cook, Wu, L., Sparkes, D., Carlesso, L., Debbie Sparkes, Graham Hartwell, Phil J. Murray, Mead, A., Karl Ritz, Ritz, K., Murray, P. J., Cook, S. M., Beadle, A.   +17 more
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Performance Optimization LoRa Network by Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm to Determination of the Load Profiles in Dwellings

Energies, 2020
This paper presents a system to improve the performance of the Long Range (LoRa) network using an algorithm derived from the artificial bee colony (ABC), which obtains a minimum packet lost rate (PLR) in the LoRa network and allows to more accurately ...
A. Cano-Ortega, F. Sánchez-Sutil
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Minimum Energy Dwelling (MED) workbook: an investigation of techniques and materials for energy conscious design [PDF]

, 1977
This workbook is based upon information gathered during the design phase of the Minimum Energy Dwelling. The objective of the project, sponsored by the Southern California Gas Co., Department of Energy, and Mission Viejo is to substantially reduce energy

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Origin of δ13C minimum events in thermocline and intermediate waters of the western South Atlantic [PDF]

, 2021
International audienceStable carbon isotopic (δ13C) minimum events have been widely described in marine archives recording the properties of thermocline and intermediate waters during glacial terminations.
Dias, Bruna Borba, Govin, Aline, A. Govin, Lessa, Douglas Villela de Oliveira, Kuhnert, H., Mulitza, Stefan, J.M. Ballalai, B.B. Dias, Albuquerque, A.L.S., Venancio, I.M., T.P. Santos, Portilho-Ramos, R.C., Chiessi, C.M., Venancio, Igor Martins, Nascimento, R.A., A.L.S. Albuquerque, Govin, A., Kuhnert, Henning, Lessa, D., Crivellari, S., S. Mulitza, Santos, T.P., Albuquerque, Ana Luiza, Ballalai, J.M., Mulitza, S., T.M.L. Pinho, Ballalai, João M, Dias, B.B., S. Crivellari, Nascimento, Rodrigo Azevedo, Santos, Thiago, Portilho-Ramos, Rodrigo Costa, Crivellari, Stefano, Pinho, Tainã Marcos Lima, D. Lessa, I.M. Venancio, C.M. Chiessi, R.C. Portilho-Ramos, Chiessi, Cristiano Mazur, H. Kuhnert, Pinho, T.M.L., A. Nascimento   +41 more
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How big is a house? The dimension of contemporary dwelling space [PDF]

, 2022
During recent decades, the attempt to design minimal spaces has become a challenge for architects. This phenomenon is first and foremost a reflection of a society that is liquid, as the philosopher Bauman describes it.
Ronzani, Riccardo
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