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Passive acoustic monitoring for the estimation of density of the singing lemur (Indri indri)

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) was applied to estimate the density of indri (Indri indri) in the Maromizaha tropical forest by adapting a density‐estimation framework originally developed for marine environments. Using a network of autonomous recorders and GLMMs incorporating directional and environmental covariates, we estimated detection ...
Valeria Ferrario, Marco Gamba, Daria Valente, Walter Cristiano, Filippo Carugati, Chiara De Gregorio, Valeria Torti, Olivier Friard, Jonah Ratsimbazafy, Cristina Giacoma, Achaz von Hardenberg   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Public Space Users’ Soundscape Evaluations in Relation to Their Activities. An Amsterdam-Based Study

Frontiers in Psychology, 2018
Understanding the relationship between people and their soundscapes in an urban context of innumerable and diverse sensory stimulations is a difficult endeavor.
Edda Bild, Karin Pfeffer, Matt Coler, Ori Rubin, Luca Bertolini   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Active Indoor Soundscape Design: A Case Study of Ceramic Passive Amplifiers. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022
Li F, Xiang J, Li T, Shen D, Li T.
europepmc   +1 more source

Doing Item Reviewing in and Through Interaction: What It Takes to Problematize and Revise a Language Test Item

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study brings an interactional perspective to item reviewing (IR) as one of the critical language test construction stages by using conversation analysis. Drawing on video recordings of IR sessions in an English preparatory school at the tertiary level, it examines how EFL teachers problematize and revise syllabus‐based language test items
Hümeyra Can, Çiler Hatipoğlu
wiley   +1 more source

Designing Virtual Soundscapes for Alzheimer's Disease Care

CoRR, 2019
Sound environment is a prime source of conscious and unconscious information which allows listeners to place themselves, to communicate, to feel, to remember. The author describes the process of designing a new audio interactive apparatus for Alzheimer's care, in the context of an active multidisciplinary research project led by the author in ...
openaire   +3 more sources

The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Act 2024

Noise Mapping
The Welsh Government’s policy on noise and soundscape is underpinned by two key pieces of legislation: the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015, and the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Act 2024.
McVay Martin
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the impact of landscape context on soundscape quality in multifunctional urban open spaces

Journal of Urban Management
This study demonstrates the critical role of landscape contextual factors in shaping the acoustic environment and investigates their influences on soundscape quality of microscale functional open spaces in densely populated cities.
Minqi Lin, Chi Kwan Chau, Huiying (Cynthia) Hou, Shiu Keung Tang, Wai Kit Chung, Ho Man Yu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Emerging Resistance in the Digital Transformation of Public Transport: Older Passengers With Dementia and Experiences of Ecobiographical Disruption

Information Systems Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The digital transformation of public transport is prone to resistance. Among the discontents of such transformation, older people and those living with cognitive impairments are repeatedly identified. Stereotypes assuming their innate resistance to technological change are widespread, but research shows that older people with dementia can have
James Rupert Fletcher
wiley   +1 more source

Triangulation as a tool in soundscape research

, 2023
Triangulating information is an essential practice in soundscape studies, and the application of this analysis tool has important implications for soundscape data collection and theory development.
Botteldooren, Dick, Aletta, Francesco, De Coensel, Bert, Kang, Jian   +3 more
core   +1 more source

The Influence of Soundscapes and Visual Landscape Evaluation in Taoist Temples on Spatial Worship Experience

Buildings
This study investigates the soundscape of Taoist temples and its influence on visitors’ worship experiences, integrating auditory perception, visual landscape evaluation, and emotional and experiential responses into a comprehensive analytical framework.
Yue Shan, Dongxu Zhang, Wenjie Ma, Ying Xiong, Xinyi Chen, Yifan Wu, Zixia Wang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source