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Using active noise-cancelling headphones in open-plan offices: No influence on cognitive performance but improvement of perceived privacy and acoustic environment

Frontiers in Built Environment, 2022
High speech intelligibility in open-plan offices and thus a high changing-state character of the acoustic environment have been found to negatively influence cognitive performance.
Benjamin Johannes Mueller, Andreas Liebl, Noemi Herget, Dorina Kohler, Philip Leistner   +4 more
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Open-plan office speech privacy case studies

, 2008
This report gives the results of a number of case studies using the SPMSoft speech privacy measurement software to demonstrate its usefulness for evaluating acoustical conditions in open-plan offices and to illustrate the characteristics of many typical ...
Gover, B. N., Bradley, J. S.
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Bone Mineral Density After Contemporary Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia: A Matched Cross‐Sectional Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Reduced bone mineral density (BMD) has been reported in survivors of childhood and young adult acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL); however, data from cohorts treated with contemporary protocols and including matched controls remain limited.
Karen Schow Jensen, Mette Tiedemann Skipper, Niels Holtum Birkebæk, Kjeld Schmiegelow, Thomas Leth Frandsen, Bente Langdahl, Rikke Beck Jensen, Asger Roer Pedersen, Christian Mølgaard, Liv Andrés‐Jensen, Birgitte Klug Albertsen   +10 more
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Open-Plan Office and Its Impact on Interpersonal Relationships [PDF]

, 2019
In a modern industrialised world, many employees work in an open-plan office environment. Therefore, the effect of the open-plan office on interpersonal relationships and worker wellbeing is important to investigate.
Alsarraj, Hadeal Alaa Taha
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Office soundscape assessment: A model of acoustic environment perception in open-plan offices [PDF]

The soundscape approach has been utilised in recent research for residential environments, but applications to indoor working environments remain limited.
Ali-MacLachlan, Islah, Deuchars, Angus, West, Benjamin   +2 more
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Chemotherapy for Spinal Cord Intramedullary Pediatric Low‐Grade Glioma—A Systematic Literature Review

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric intramedullary low‐grade gliomas (PIMLGGs) are rare neoplasms that present unique clinical and management challenges. Although surgery remains the primary tool for tissue diagnosis and decompression, complete gross‐total resection is frequently unfeasible due to the infiltrative nature of these lesions.
Olga M. Sergeenko, Segev Gabay, Jonathan Roth, Amit Ringel, Rina Dvir, Shlomi Constantini   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating workplace performance through post-occupancy evaluation: a case study of open-plan office buildings in Saudi Arabia

Frontiers in Built Environment
IntroductionOpen-plan office environments are widely implemented in contemporary workplace design due to their potential to enhance collaboration, flexibility, and spatial efficiency.
Saleh Baharetha, I. Alhoutary, Mohammad A. Hassanain, Mohammad A. Hassanain, Miram Ali, Mohamed Salah Ezz, Mohamed Salah Ezz   +6 more
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The effects of auditive and visual settings on perceived restoration likelihood

Noise and Health, 2015
Research has so far paid little attention to how environmental sounds might affect restorative processes. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of auditive and visual stimuli on perceived restoration likelihood and attitudes towards
Helena Jahncke, Karolina Eriksson, Sanna Naula   +2 more
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Integration of Horizontal Light Pipe and Shading Systems in Office Building in the Tropics

Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, 2021
Many high-rise office buildings in the tropics have a full-glazed façade and a deep open-plan space. Without any external shading, the office space has a non-uniform daylight distribution and glare problem.
Feny Elsiana, Sri Nastiti N. Ekasiwi, I Gusti Ngurah Antaryama   +2 more
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Energy and Comfort in Contemporary Open Plan and Traditional Personal Offices

, 2016
Two office layouts with high and low levels of thermal control were compared, respectively traditional cellular and contemporary open plan offices. The traditional Norwegian practice provided every user with control over a window, blinds, door, and the ...
John Brennan, Theodossopoulos, Dimitris Dr, Dimitris Theodossopoulos, Ben Hughes, Sally Shahzad, Hughes, Ben Dr, Brennan, John, Theodossopoulos, Dimitris, Hughes, Ben, Shahzad, Sally Dr, Calautit, John Kaiser, John Kaiser Calautit, Calautit, John Kaiser Dr, Shahzad, Sally, Shahzad, S., Hughes, B., Theodossopoulos, D., Brennan, J., Calautit, J.K.   +18 more
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