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Noise levels in an urban Asian school environment [PDF]
Noise and Health, 2015 Background noise is known to adversely affect speech perception and speech recognition. High levels of background noise in school classrooms may affect student learning, especially for those pupils who are learning in a second language. The current study aimed to determine the noise level and teacher speech-to-noise ratio (SNR) in Hong Kong classrooms.
McPherson, DB +4 more
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Combining generative adversarial networks with urban noise mapping
Noise MappingUrban traffic noise is associated with the health and living environment quality of residents. As urbanization and population density continually increase, it is vital to understand and predict the impact of urban design behavior on urban traffic noise ...
Chen Junpai, Xiang Qiuya
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The interaction of building energy use, ventilation performance and urban noise under future climate scenarios [PDF]
, 2012 This thesis studies the interaction of building energy use, ventilation performance and urban noise under future climate scenarios, comparing in particular the noise and climatic influences on non-domestic natural ventilation cooling.
Barclay, Michael
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Aircraft Noise: Annoyance, House Prices and Valuation [PDF]
, 2006 “Nobody wants to buy your house. It’s the aircraft noise. You’ll have to reduce the price a lot.” Aircraft noise around airports causes annoyance, and tends to reduce the price of affected properties.
Brooker, Peter
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Noise pollution and annoyance: An urban soundscapes study
Noise and Health, 2015 Since 1972, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared noise as a pollutant. Over the last decades, the quality of the urban environment has attracted the interest of researchers due to the growing urban sprawl, especially in developing countries ...
Karina Mary de Paiva Vianna +2 more
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Territorium: Revista Portuguesa de riscos, prevenção e segurança, 2023 Exposure to noise pollution has escalated to alarming levels and is causing a number of health problems. It leads to interrupted sleep, increasing stage 1 and awake and decreasing REM and deep sleep.
Micaela Cardoso +2 more
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Leveraging Urban Sounds: A Commodity Multi-Microphone Hardware Approach for Sound Recognition
Proceedings, 2019 City noise and sound are measured and processed with the purpose of drawing appropriate government legislation and regulations, ultimately aimed at contributing to a healthier environment for humans. The primary use of urban noise analysis is carried out
Fabrizio Tappero +3 more
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Environmental conditions during hot summer day in Belgrade - interaction of thermal risk and noise pollution [PDF]
Serbian Journal of Electrical Engineering, 2023 In urban environments, people's exposure to harmful ambient conditions and noise represents a particular challenge in the modern world. Global climate change and increasing population density, along with the increasing number of vehicles in ...
Bjelić Miloš +6 more
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Urban noise and arterial hypertension
Vojnosanitetski pregled, 2005 <zakljucak> Rezultati dosadasnjih epidemioloskih studija o vezi saobracajne buke i hipertenzije kontradiktorni su. Znacajan broj istrazivanja ima metodoloske propuste u nedovoljno kontrolisanim pridruzenim faktorima. U epidemioloskim studijama koje su utvrdile statisticki znacajnu pozitivnu povezanost izlaganja saobracajnoj buci i obolevanja od ...
Goran Belojevic +3 more
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Corn plants as temporary acoustic barrier to limit the effects of noise pollution
, 2021 Corn is a cereal imported into Europe from the Americas. It is used for human and animal feed, but there are also industrial uses such as the production of ethanol, of fuel for heating homes, or the production of starch. Corn grows in the summer in areas
Ciaburro G. +2 more
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