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Design Optimization Approach for Residential Outdoor Environments Based on Seasonal Variations in Local Thermal Perception

Buildings
Outdoor thermal environments significantly influence residents’ outdoor activities, yet current urban design often lacks sufficient attention to thermal comfort, and existing design methods remain inadequate.
Yikai Yan, Qingqin Wang, Haizhu Zhou, Yanan Song   +3 more
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Education in HCI Outdoors: A Diary Study Approach

Proceedings of the 6th Annual Symposium on HCI Education
To assist students and educators in more deeply grasping user technology needs in busy outdoor settings, we recommend using diary study assignments adapted from social science and humancomputer interaction (HCI) research. This suggestion is based on insights that the field of HCI has expanded from computer use in controlled, indoor environments to ...
Jixiang Fan, Morva Saaty, D. Scott McCrickard   +2 more
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Mobility-oriented measurements of people's exposure to outdoor artificial light at night (ALAN) and the uncertain geographic context problem (UGCoP).

PLoS ONE
Advanced nighttime light (NTL) remote sensing techniques enable the large-scope epidemiological investigations of people's exposure to outdoor artificial light at night (ALAN) and its health effects.
Yang Liu, Mei-Po Kwan
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Experimental investigation of Fe3O4 nano-oil and outdoor temperature effects on a 5-ton R22 vapor compression chiller performance

Scientific Reports
Nanofluids have demonstrated significant potential to improve the efficiency of heat transfer systems, particularly in refrigeration applications. This study experimentally investigates the effects of Fe3O4 nanoparticles (0.15% mass fraction) dispersed ...
Mahdi Mohseni, Amir Hossein Fathollahi
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Association between weekend catch-up outdoor duration and prevalence of myopia: evidence from a cross-sectional, multi-center study in China

BMC Public Health
Background This study aimed at investigating the relationship between the weekend catch-up outdoor duration (WCOD) and prevalence of myopia among students in China.
Lu Ye, Ying Wang, Ying Sun, Wu-jun Li, Guo-yun Zhang, Wen-jun Wang, Mei-xia Ren, Jun-cheng Gao, Guan-chen Liu, Yi-ming Guo, Juan Huang, Xin-xin Lu, Jie Min, Tuan-zheng Ran, Si-xuan Li, Zi-tong He, Qi-ya Jing, Pei-quan Wang, Liu-qing Qu, Yan-qi Yang, Pan Ge, Jian Zhang, Mo-qi Lv, Dang-xia Zhou   +23 more
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Discovering spatiotemporal patterns of human outdoor activities with crowdsourced trajectory data

Geo-spatial Information Science
The growing emphasis on human physical and mental well-being has led to a surge in outdoor activities, underscoring the need to explore outdoor activity patterns.
Ju Peng, Jianbo Tang, Min Deng, Huimin Liu, Zhiyuan Hu, Xingxiang Jiang, Jianbing Xiang, Xia Ning, Wenzhe Zhao   +8 more
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Outdoor Nature Study [PDF]

The American Naturalist, 1899
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Outdoor physical activity in traditional and newly designed preschools: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health
Background Outdoor time and play are crucial for children’s learning and development, impacting various physical, cognitive, and social aspects of their well-being and socio-emotional growth.
Andreas Fröberg, Therese Eskilsson, Annika Manni, Jonas Markström   +3 more
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The ODELIA study on Noise Limits for Outdoor Machinery

, 2016
In the ODELIA study for the European Commission an assessment of the outdoor equipment noise directive 2000/14/EC and its amendment 2005/88/EC has been performed. The directive requires noise marking for 57 types of equipment used outdoors, and sets noise limits for 22 of these.
Michael Dittrich, Eleonora Carletti, George Spellerberg   +2 more
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Dreams and Reality in the Outdoors : A study of lifestyle marketing in the outdoor industry in Sweden

, 2006
Much of what is on sale on the shelves of outdoor shops today will mainly be used in the less extreme environment of our “urban jungle”. The red or navy anoraks of days past have been replaced by stylish, lightweight and high-tech pieces of clothing in exotic materials and colors that may never set foot on top of a mountain.
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