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From Broken Windows to Perceived Routine Activities: Examining Impacts of Environmental Interventions on Perceived Safety of Urban Alleys

Frontiers in Psychology, 2018
In high-density cities around the world, alleys are common but neglected spaces that are perceived as unsafe. While cities have invested resources in environmental interventions to improve safety in urban allies, it is not clear how these interventions ...
Bin Jiang, Bin Jiang, Cecilia Nga Sze Mak, Hua Zhong, Linda Larsen, Christopher John Webster   +5 more
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Food on demand delivery service: from hospitality to hospital – trialling a proof of concept in a specialist children’s hospital

BMJ Open Quality
Objectives Hospital food influences experiences and outcomes of care, and optimising nutrition for hospitalised children is universally recognised as important for recovery.
Jo Wray, Andrew Taylor, Geralyn Oldham, Paul Gough, Brittany Rothman, Charlotte Bexson, Rudi Keyser   +6 more
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Mindfulness Training in High-Demand Cohorts Alters Resting-State Electroencephalography: An Exploratory Investigation of Individual Alpha Frequency, Aperiodic 1/f Activity, and Microstates

Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science
Background: Mindfulness training (MT) programs have demonstrated utility as cognitive training tools, but there is little consensus on the neurophysiological processes that may underlie its benefits.
Chloe A. Dziego, Anthony P. Zanesco, Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, Matthias Schlesewsky, Elizabeth A. Stanley, Amishi P. Jha   +5 more
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Virtual Research Environments

Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2010
The article reviews the book "Virtual Research Environments: From Portals to Science Gateways," by Robert Allan.
Phoebe Ayers
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Designing and Inhabiting Virtual Environments - Humanization of Virtual Environments [PDF]

AR: Arhitektura, Raziskave, 2012
Špela Verovšek, Matevž Juvančič
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Construction of virtual environment for endoscopy

Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems, 2003
In this paper, a technique is presented for CT image analysis and visualization of the bronchial airways. The technique provides a non-invasive way to examine the interior of the bronchial tubes and to detect various properties of the tubes such as abnormal morphology caused by foreign objects stuck in the airways or some other disease.
Sven Loncaric, Tomislav Markovinovic, Tomislav Petrovic, Darije Ramljak, Erich Sorantin   +4 more
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Applying constrained virtual environments to serious games for heritage

International Journal of Serious Games, 2019
Virtual environments are an important aspect of serious games for heritage. However navigable three-dimensional (3D) environments can be costly and resource-intensive to create and for users to run. In this paper, we propose an alternative approach using
Laurence Hanes, Robert Stone
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Distributed Interoperable Virtual Environments

CLEI Electronic Journal, 2018
This paper discusses the implementation of three types of network support based on distributed virtual environment communication models using World2World toolkit, CORBA platform, and its CORBA Event Service as well. These supports encompass an integrated
Felicio Vanderlei Deriggi Jr., Massakuni Kubo, Ant Sementille, Simone Santos Casolli, Claudio Kirner   +4 more
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Virtual Environments for the Treatment of Claustrophobia

International Journal of Virtual Reality, 1998
Virtual Reality (VR) is a new technology that is having a great impact on various areas of health science. The use of VR is of special interest in the treatment of psychological disorders. Reasonable data exist on the effectiveness of this technology in the treatment of different anxiety disorders.
Cristina Botella, Soledad Quero, Concepción Perpiñá, Rosa María Baños, Mariano Alcañiz, José Antonio Lozano 0002, A. Rey   +6 more
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Camera Stabilization in 360° Videos and Its Impact on Cyber Sickness, Environmental Perceptions, and Psychophysiological Responses to a Simulated Nature Walk: A Single-Blinded Randomized Trial

Frontiers in Psychology, 2019
Immersive virtual environments (IVEs) technology has emerged as a valuable tool to environmental psychology research in general, and specifically to studies of human–nature interactions.
Sigbjørn Litleskare, Giovanna Calogiuri
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