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Indoors or Outdoors? An International Exploration of Owner Demographics and Decision Making Associated with Lifestyle of Pet Cats

open access: yesAnimals, 2021
Simple Summary Owners may consider many factors when deciding whether to provide an indoor-only or indoor-outdoor lifestyle for their cats. These include safety, mental and physical health, exposure to parasites or disease, and depredation of wildlife ...
Rae Foreman-Worsley   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Does greenery experienced indoors and outdoors provide an escape and support mental health during the COVID-19 quarantine?

open access: yesEnvironmental Research, 2020
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly changed people's ability to recreate in public green spaces, which is likely to exacerbate the psychological impacts of the pandemic. In the current study, we seek to understand whether greenery can support
A. Dzhambov   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Walking through Algebraic Thinking with Theme-Based (Mobile) Math Trails

open access: yesEducation Sciences, 2022
Tasks are a key resource in the process of teaching and learning mathematics, which is why task design continues to be one of the main research issues in mathematics education. Different settings can influence the principles underlying the formulation of
Ana Barbosa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Instagrammable outdoors – Investigating the sharing of nature experiences through visual social media

open access: yesPeople and Nature, 2021
1. Despite the growing popularity of Instagram as a medium to portray nature and the outdoors, there remains limited research available exploring its influence on people's experiences in nature.
Irma Arts   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Are park availability and satisfaction with neighbourhood parks associated with physical activity and time spent outdoors?

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2021
Background There is substantial scope for enhancing population health through increased park visits and active use of parks; however, a better understanding of factors that influence park visitation is needed.
J. Veitch   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The health benefits of the great outdoors: A systematic review and meta-analysis of greenspace exposure and health outcomes

open access: yesEnvironmental Research, 2018
Background: The health benefits of greenspaces have demanded the attention of policymakers since the 1800s. Although much evidence suggests greenspace exposure is beneficial for health, there exists no systematic review and meta‐analysis to synthesise ...
Caoimhe Twohig-Bennett, A. Jones
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Perovskite Solar Cells go Outdoors: Field Testing and Temperature Effects on Energy Yield

open access: yesAdvanced Energy Materials, 2020
Perovskite solar cells (PSC) have shown that under laboratory conditions they can compete with established photovoltaic technologies. However, controlled laboratory measurements usually performed do not fully resemble operational conditions and field ...
M. Jošt   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Impact of mitigation measures to improve home indoor air quality in Kathmandu, Nepal

open access: yesEnvironmental Research: Health, 2023
Air purifiers (APs) and home sealing are interventions used to help protect U.S. diplomats against particle pollution in the home when working in polluted cities.
Leslie Edwards   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social mechanisms to get people outdoors: bimodal distribution of interest in nature?

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2016
We report results from a post-program survey (n=930) of participants in a non-profit outdoor health program targeted principally at women with families in Australia’s metropolitan cities.
Ralf Christopher Buckley   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

XDMOM: A Real-Time Moving Object Detection System Based on a Dual-Spectrum Camera

open access: yesSensors, 2022
A low-cost and power-efficient video surveillance system, named XDMOM, is developed for real-time moving object detection outdoors or in the wild. The novel system comprises four parts: imaging subsystem, video processing unit, power supply, and alarm ...
Baoquan Shi, Weichen Gu, Xudong Sun
doaj   +1 more source

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