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Children's rights : how to promote a rights based approach in residential child care [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This paper promotes the use of children's rights in residential childcare. The 4 key principles of the UNCRC are used as tool to safeguard decision-making in Residential ChildCare.
Vrouwenfelder, Evelyn
core   +3 more sources

Interior in Residential Premises That Support Ageing in Place for Older Users

open access: yesJournal of Architectural Sciences and Applications, 2023
One of the effective factors in enabling individuals to age in place and to spend their old age periods more actively and with better quality is the physical environmental characteristics of the dwelling and its immediate surroundings.
Tülay Zorlu, Hande Eyüboğlu
doaj   +1 more source

Using Smart-WiFi Thermostat Data to Improve Prediction of Residential Energy Consumption and Estimation of Savings

open access: yesEnergies, 2021
Energy savings based upon use of smart WiFi thermostats ranging from 10 to 15% have been documented, as new features such as geofencing have been added.
Abdulrahman Alanezi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The AI Classroom: Revolution, Cheat Engine, or the End of Critical Thinking?

open access: yesSanskriti
The rapid proliferation of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPTrepresents a seismic shift for educational paradigms. This article interrogates the multifaceted impact of AI in the classroom, moving beyond the initial
Sayed Mahbub Hasan Amiri   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identification of Environmental and Contextual Driving Factors of Air Conditioning Usage Behaviour in the Sydney Residential Buildings

open access: yesBuildings, 2021
Air conditioning (A/C) is generally responsible for a significant proportion of total building energy consumption. However, occupants’ air conditioning usage patterns are often unrealistically characterised in building energy performance simulation tools,
Bongchan Jeong   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Future of Learning is Hybrid: Exploration of EdTech's Role in Shaping the Post-Pandemic Educational Landscape

open access: yesSociological Education
The global COVID-19 pandemic acted as a profound catalyst, forcing an unprecedented and rapid shift to remote learning and exposing both the potential and the deep-seated vulnerabilities within global education systems.
Sayed Mahbub Hasan Amiri   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Celebrating 20 residential childcare developments from across the world

open access: yesScottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2022
This issue celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care. While the journal has a very important place in residential childcare in Scotland, its readership and contributors are now increasingly global.
Iain Matheson
doaj   +1 more source

Raw fetal PCG dataset contaminated with Mother’s PCGMendeley Data

open access: yesData in Brief
This article presents a dataset of raw fetal phonocardiogram (fPCG) signals that naturally include contamination from maternal heart sounds. Recordings were conducted with eight pregnant participants, most of whom were at 36 weeks or later gestation, and
Tasfia Hasan Faiza   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Safer recruitment practice: audit of exisiting recruitment practices in residential child care [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
In the wake of a number of high profile cases of the abuse of children and young people in residential child care, there have been repeated calls for the improvement of recruitment and selection of residential child care staff.
Davidson, J.C., Kay, H., Kendrick, A.
core   +4 more sources

Design of a Variable Drop Variable refrigerant flow system Experimental Setup Based on Refrigerant Flow Characteristics [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences
The Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) air conditioning system has been extensively applied in modern buildings. To ensure its operational performance and reliability under real-world conditions, it is essential to conduct simulation experiments in ...
Liu Xinyi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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