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The effect of classroom size and ceiling height on college students’ learning performance using virtual reality technology

open access: yesScientific Reports
The physical characteristics of classrooms can significantly impact the physical and mental health as well as the learning performance of college students.
Yalin Zhang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Towards a Circular Mashrabiya in Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review, Evidence Mapping, and Material Screening of Recycled Construction and Demolition Waste Pathways

open access: yesBuildings
Saudi Arabia’s expanding construction sector and increasing generation of construction and demolition (C&D) waste create a need to explore higher-value architectural applications for recovered materials while supporting culturally responsive and climate ...
Sabrina Noca, Silvia Mazzetto
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainability in Software Architecture: A Systematic Mapping Study

open access: yes2022 48th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA), 2022
Sustainability is an increasingly-studied topic in software engineering in general, and in software architecture in particular. There are already a number of secondary studies addressing sustainability in software engineering, but no such study focusing explicitly on software architecture.
Vasilios Andrikopoulos   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

The human gut microbiome across the life course

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Despite significant individual variation and continuous change throughout life, the human gut microbiome follows some life stage‐specific trends. This article provides a brief overview of how gut microbiome composition shifts across different phases of life. Created in BioRender. Özkurt, E. (2026) https://BioRender.com/8q4nrnc.
Alise J. Ponsero   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study on the effects of traffic noise and spring water sound at different sound pressure levels on brain dynamic activity

open access: yesScientific Reports
The correlation between sound and psychophysiological health is complex. This study explores effects of various sound pressure levels (SPLs) on psychophysiological responses, utilizing dynamic features of neural activity.
Nan Zhang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Mashrabiya in Islamic Public Architecture: A Comparative Analysis of Forms and Meanings Across Different Contexts

open access: yesHeritage
The mashrabiya is a key element that characterizes Islamic architecture, and in recent years it has been reintroduced into public building designs, partially due to its strong symbolic significance.
Silvia Mazzetto, Sabrina Noca
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating the Color Preferences for Elderly Depression in the United Arab Emirates

open access: yesBuildings, 2022
The elderly are more prone to develop depression from physical, psychological, and economic changes, and 25.7% of the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) elderly population suffer from depression.
Chuloh Jung   +3 more
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Design for Sustainable Architecture and Environments [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability: Annual Review, 2008
This paper describes some of the research outcomes of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project partly funded by Department of Trade and Industry, UK. One of the aims of the project is to plan and develop designs for a range of autonomous eco-buildings through research into autonomous eco-building systems and techniques in order to identify best ...
Behzad Sodagar   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Design and analysis strategies for robust microbiome ageing research

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The gut microbiome changes with age and associates with age‐related morbidity and mortality, establishing it as a potential biomarker and intervention target for ageing. Realising this potential requires methodological rigour, yet distinguishing biological signals from methodological artefacts remains challenging across cohorts. This review provides an
Mark Olenik   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of visual and textural characteristics of street walls on stress recovery

open access: yesScientific Reports
Rapid urbanization increases psychological stress among pedestrians, potentially heightening mental health disorders. This study examines the role of street walls' visual and textural characteristics in stress recovery, using Qingdao as a case study ...
Nan Zhang, Lin Zhao, Jin Shi, Weijun Gao
doaj   +1 more source

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