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CO2 Concentration and Occupants’ Symptoms in Naturally Ventilated Schools in Mediterranean Climate [PDF]

, 2019
A large part of the school building stock in Andalusia lacks ventilation facilities, so that the air renewal of the classrooms is achieved through the building envelope (air infiltration) or the opening of windows.
Acosta García, Ignacio Javier, Campano Laborda, Miguel Ángel, Domínguez Amarillo, Samuel, Fernández-Agüera, Jessica, Sendra, Juan J.   +4 more
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How a Traveling Exhibition on Wasps Altered Public Perceptions

Curator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Media portrays a caricature of the “evil” wasp (a flying insect), perpetuating fears developed at a young age or from individual negative experiences. Because wasps are critically important to nature and our agriculture, it is important to provide some form of education to lessen this fear.
Brenna L. Decker, Molly B. Cannon, Brookelle Peterson, Megan Wilson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association of piano playing with myopia among primary and secondary school students in Shanghai in 2021: a cross-sectional survey

Zhongguo gonggong weisheng
ObjectiveTo investigate the association between piano playing and myopia prevalence, and to analyze the interactive effect of piano playing and outdoor activity time or out-of-class study time on myopia among primary and secondary school students in ...
Yanting YANG, Chunyan LUO, Wenjuan QI, Shuangxiao QU, Shenglei HUANG, Yuting HUANG, Fengyun ZHANG, Dongling YANG   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do Lessons in Nature Boost Subsequent Classroom Engagement? Refueling Students in Flight

Frontiers in Psychology, 2018
Teachers wishing to offer lessons in nature may hold back for fear of leaving students keyed up and unable to concentrate in subsequent, indoor lessons.
Ming Kuo, Matthew H. E. M. Browning, Matthew H. E. M. Browning, Milbert L. Penner   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimal learning spaces: design implications for primary schools [PDF]

, 2009
Review guide of the design evidence for primary ...
Barrett, PS, Zhang, Y
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Walls talk: Microbial biogeography of homes spanning urbanization. [PDF]

, 2016
Westernization has propelled changes in urbanization and architecture, altering our exposure to the outdoor environment from that experienced during most of human evolution.
Blaser, Martin J, Branch, Oralee H, Cavallin, Humberto, Dominguez-Bello, Maria G, Hernandez, Jean N, Knight, Rob, Novoselac, Atila, Paulino, Luciana C, Pereira, Henrique, Pericchi, Luis R, Rios, Rafael, Ruiz-Calderon, Jean F, Song, Se Jin   +12 more
core   +2 more sources

Annual Research Review: Associations of socioeconomic status with cognitive function, language ability, and academic achievement in youth: a systematic review of mechanisms and protective factors

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Volume 66, Issue 4, Page 417-439, April 2025.
Low socioeconomic status (SES) is negatively associated with children's cognitive and academic performance, leading to long‐term educational and economic disparities. In particular, SES is a powerful predictor of executive function (EF), language ability, and academic achievement.
Divyangana Rakesh, Paris Anne Lee, Amruta Gaikwad, Katie A. McLaughlin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Supporting children’s wellbeing through outdoor time: opportunities to integrate consistent outdoor time into the elementary school day

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundTime in nature supports cognitive, psychological, academic, and health benefits. Outdoor time during school can provide young people with equitable access to these benefits, however, there are within-school constraints. Understanding if and how
Amie K. Patchen, Amanda Edwards, Donald A. Rakow, Genevive R. Meredith   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predictors of indoor absolute humidity and estimated effects on influenza virus survival in grade schools

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2013
Background Low absolute humidity (AH) has been associated with increased influenza virus survival and transmissibility and the onset of seasonal influenza outbreaks.
Koep Tyler H, Enders Felicity T, Pierret Chris, Ekker Stephen C, Krageschmidt Dale, Neff Kevin L, Lipsitch Marc, Shaman Jeffrey, Huskins W Charles   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Community as Catalyst for Change: Factors Contributing to US Catholic Sisters Engaging in Environmental Activism

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Much of the activism on environmental issues within the US Catholic Church is not coming from those with institutional power (like bishops and diocesan priests), but rather from sisters, who have no formal power. What factors facilitate sisters’ environmental activism?
Sabrina Danielsen, Ellie Simmons
wiley   +1 more source