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A Comparative Study on Cooling Period Thermal Comfort Assessment in Modern Open Office Landscape in Estonia

open access: yesAtmosphere, 2020
Local thermal comfort and draught rate has been studied widely. There has been more meaningful research performed in controlled boundary condition situations than in actual work environments involving occupants.
Martin Kiil   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Small Depth Quantum Circuits [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Small depth quantum circuits have proved to be unexpectedly powerful in comparison to their classical counterparts. We survey some of the recent work on this and present some open problems.National Security Agency; Advanced Research and Development ...
Bera, Debajyoti   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Two steps are better than one: improving gene editing to treat cancer

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, 2022
Gene editing enables scientists to make precise changes to the genome of an organism using the cell’s own ability to repair damaged DNA using a supplied DNA template.
Francesca Minter
doaj   +1 more source

Commissioning the Acoustical Performance of an Open Office Space Following the Latest Healthy Building Standard: A Case Study

open access: yesAcoustics, 2019
Healthy building design guides are cogent and necessary. While elements that contribute to healthy buildings are multifactorial, the perception of sound versus noise is subjective and difficult to operationalize.
Amy A. Kim   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Open-plan office noise is stressful: multimodal stress detection in a simulated work environment

open access: yesJournal of Management & Organization, 2021
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-2019)-induced changes in the workplace present a timely opportunity for human resource management practitioners to consider and remediate the deleterious effects of noise, a commonly cited complaint of employees ...
E. J. Sander   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Enhancing the quality of open and distance learning in China through the identification and development of learning design skills and competencies [PDF]

open access: yesAAOU Journal, 2021
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify staff skills and competencies on which Chinese open universities should focus their professional development activities in order to enhance the quality of open and distance learning (ODL) in China ...
Tom Olney, Chenxi Li, Juan Luo
doaj   +1 more source

Elimination of Excessive Noise at the Open Office Workplace

open access: yesResearch Papers Faculty of Materials Science and Technology Slovak University of Technology, 2019
Open-plan office is a distraction to employee performance. According to a study by Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, working in a noisy office with ringtones, business conversations and office equipment sounds can lead to heart disease, because workplace ...
P. Čekan   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

CCD Image-Based Pixel-Level Identification Model for Pavement Cracks Under Complex Noises Using Artificial Intelligence

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2023
Existing manual detection methods have limitations, particularly for pavement cracks in complex backgrounds, which are manifested in low recognition accuracy, high misjudgment rate, and long time-consuming.
Fei Song   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Comparison of Psychological and Work Outcomes in Open-Plan and Cellular Office Designs: A Systematic Review

open access: yes, 2021
A high percentage of information-based work is now conducted in open-plan offices as opposed to traditional cellular offices. In this systematic review, we compare health, work, and social outcomes as well as employee outcomes for workers in the two ...
Olivia James   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Assessment of Noise Effect on Employee Comfort in an Open-Plan Office: Validation of an Assessment Questionnaire

open access: yesJournal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology, 2021
Article Info Background: Today, open-plan offices are among the most common work environments. Although the noise in these environments is usually below the standard level, it is one of the critical annoyance factors due to the nature of the mental work.
Mohammad Javad Sheikhmozafari   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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