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Horizontal Light Pipe System for Daylight Optimization in Deep-Plan Library Spaces in a Tropical Climate

Journal of Daylighting
Deep-plan spaces, such as a library reading area, typically suffer from poor daylight penetration to the core, which reduces visual comfort and increases dependence on artificial lighting.
Ridwan Noor, Md Ashikur Rahman Joarder
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Optimizing daylight in west-facing facades for LEED V4.1 compliance using metaheuristic approach. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2023
Son PVH, Huyen VTB.
europepmc   +1 more source

Communication, Language and Autonomy [PDF]

, 2009
In my contribution I want to describe a notion of autonomy in social terms namely in discursive practices. I already presented autonomy as grounded on the Sellarsian “metaphor” of the game of giving and asking for reasons reinterpreted by Robert ...
Giovagnoli, Raffaela
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(Un)threading Rhythms: On Affect and Vibe in a Rave

Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Toronto, raves arise across large nightclubs, DIY venues and outdoors, despite changing regulations that have further arranged and narrowed their possibility in the past 4 years. Following a rave in Toronto, this work explores ways that potentialities and affects emerge in a single night, through my entry of taking part in dancing and ...
Tatiana Yunadi
wiley   +1 more source

Children’s Independent Mobility: an international comparison and recommendations for action [PDF]

, 2015
This report is the latest in a series looking at the personal mobility and travel patterns of children. The first was published in 1971, looking at children’s mobility in England.
Bicket, M., Bicket, M., Elliott, B., Elliott, B., Fagan-Watson, B., Fagan-Watson, B., Fagan-Watson, B., Fagan-Watson, B., Hillman, M., Hillman, M., Mocca, E., Mocca, E., Shaw, B., Shaw, B.   +13 more
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Place Matters at Work: A Systematic Review of Workplace Attachment and Environmental Factors

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The topic of workplace attachment has garnered significant attention in academic studies since the early 2010s. However, due to its inherently interdisciplinary scope, research on workplace attachment remains notably fragmented and lacks cohesion, resulting in numerous unresolved questions.
Rubinia Celeste Bonfanti, Nicolò Billeci, Silvia Platania, Stefano Ruggieri   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

From barriers to benefits: A personalized sleep intervention enhances sleep duration and emotional health in chronic short sleepers

British Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This pilot study evaluated a personalized sleep intervention incorporating motivational interviewing techniques to address sleep barriers, along with tailored sleep hygiene and extension for chronic short sleepers. Eleven university students completed a 14‐day sequential intervention (baseline, sleep hygiene and a combined phase adding 90‐min ...
Wei Wang, Ho Yin Derek Ma, Ming Ming Chiu, Shu Fai Cheung, C. Harry Hui, Mark Lawrence Wong, Janet Hui‐wen Hsiao, Rong Wei Sun, Yeuk Ching Lam, Akira Basa Okabe, Chin Ho Chan, Esther Yuet Ying Lau   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Longing for the light: darkness, dislocation and spaces of exile [PDF]

, 2012
There have been many studies of light and this paper acknowledges all of the scholarship that goes before, however, this is not a study of light but a study of how light defines perceived identity and how our relationship to it in turn defines our own ...
Hall, Mark
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Polarized effects of adenosine on blood–brain barrier integrity: Tightening from the luminal and opening from the abluminal side

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Background and Purpose Adenosine as a signalling molecule modifies blood–brain barrier (BBB) tightness in pathological conditions. Our aim was to investigate the direct and polarized effects of adenosine on the BBB using co‐culture and in vivo models. Experimental Approach The expression of adenosine receptors was measured by qRT‐PCR.
András Harazin, Gabriela Hurtado‐Alvarado, Lilla Barna, Arturo Contis‐Montes de Oca, Rocío Ruíz‐Manzano, Krisztián Laczi, András Kincses, Gergő Porkoláb, Gang Chen, Beatriz Gómez‐González, Mária A. Deli   +10 more
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Operational phase assessment and design modifications for enhancing building energy efficiency towards carbon neutrality in tropical climates

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
Achieving carbon neutrality in tropical climates necessitates a critical balance between daylight utilization and solar heat gain control, which is particularly acute for the existing building stock. While energy standards for new constructions are vital,
Ting Way Lim, Yuttana Tongtuam, Nawit Ongsavangchai   +2 more
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