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Where is the theoretical basis for understanding and measuring the environment for physical activity? [PDF]

, 2008
Researchers are beginning to explore environmental correlates to further the fi eld of physical activity research. Before interventions and experimental investigations can be undertaken, it is necessary to identify specific environmental features that ...
Wright, A, N. Mutrie, Lowry, R. G., Lowry, Ruth, Nelson, N. M., Nelson, NM, Mutrie, N, Mutrie, N., Wright, Annemarie, Lowry, Ruth G., N.M. Nelson, A. Wright, Mutrie, Nanette, Lowry, RG, R.G. Lowry, Nelson, Norah M., Wright, A., Lowry, R. G.; id_orcid   +17 more
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Factors Influencing Seating Preferences in Semi-Outdoor Learning Spaces at Tropical Universities

Buildings, 2023
Semi-outdoor learning spaces are becoming increasingly popular with both students and teachers at tropical universities; however, some of the seats are always vacant.
Yiqi Tao, Fangyuan Zhao, Meixinyu Xue, Boya Jiang, Stephen Siu Yu Lau, Ling Zhang   +5 more
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Senior Housing as a Living Environment That Supports Well-Being in Old Age

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Background: In different parts of the world new models of senior housing have rapidly appeared, which indicates that existing housing and care models are not fulfilling the hopes and needs of current and new generations of older people.Material and ...
Outi Hannele Jolanki, Outi Hannele Jolanki   +1 more
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Spatially varying associations between the built environment and older adults' propensity to walk

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
Population aging has become a severe issue facing most nations and areas worldwide—with Hong Kong being no exception. For older adults, walking is among the most well-liked travel modes, boosting their overall health and wellbeing.
Chunmei Yang, Xianglong Tang, Linchuan Yang   +2 more
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The phenomenon of diversity and the effective response to the physical environment: the formation of old traditional markets (Suq)

Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage, 2023
Many cities worldwide take pride in their traditional markets. This research aims to verify the importance of lessons learned from old traditional markets, characterized by the effective response to their physical environment. This main aim leads to many
Kabila Faris Hmood, Jawdat Goussous
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Wandering and the Physical Environment

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias®, 2010
Background/Rationale: Guided by the need-driven dementia-compromised behavior (NDB) model, this study examined influences of the physical environment on wandering behavior. Methods: Using a descriptive, cross-sectional design, 122 wanderers from 28 long-term care (LTC) facilities were videotaped 10 to 12 times; data on wandering ...
Algase, Donna, Beattie, Elizabeth, Antonakos, Cathy, Beel-Bates, Cynthia, Yao, Lan   +4 more
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Creating a suitable physical environment at the institutions of higher education considering the needs of students with disabilities / Aukštųjų mokyklų fizinės aplinkos pritaikymas neįgaliųjų reikmėms

Mokslas: Lietuvos Ateitis, 2011
The main purpose of this work is to develop a model for meas­uring the suitability of a physical environment at the institu­tions of higher education considering the needs of students with disabilities.
Dalė Pilipavičiūtė, Gintautas Ambrasas   +1 more
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Environmental and anthropogenic drivers of watercress (Nasturtium officinale) communities in char-lands and water channels across the Swat River Basin: implication for conservation planning

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
Recent anthropogenic sources and excess usage have immensely threatened the communities and habitat ecology of this region’s medicinally and economically significant crops.
Nasrullah Khan, Rafi Ullah, Mohammad K. Okla, Mostafa A. Abdel-Maksoud, Ibrahim A. Saleh, Hashem A. Abu-Harirah, Tareq Nayef AlRamadneh, Hamada AbdElgawad   +7 more
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Problems of the Physical Environment [PDF]

Public Health Reports (1896-1970), 1961
NOTWITHSTANDING our current international preoccupation with adventures in space, the environment requiring man's primary attention is the earth and its atmosphere. The land on which he builds and the soil which produces his food are no less important than when earthly time began. Water and air are still essential throughout every moment of life.
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After the Move to a New Campus—Effects on Students’ Satisfaction with the Physical and Learning Environment

Education Sciences, 2020
Few empirical studies in higher education consider the importance of the physical environment on students’ satisfaction with the learning environment. The present study first examined the effects of a move to a new campus on students’ satisfaction with ...
Andreia P. Costa, Georges Steffgen
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