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Sleep‐trackers in the wild: A faceted taxonomy for information and interaction design

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Consumer‐grade sleep‐tracking technologies (CSTs) have brought sleep into everyday data practices, reframing it from a clinical concern into a site of personal optimization and reflection. Yet existing taxonomies of sleep‐tracking often medicalize users and overlook the complexity of sleep‐tracking technologies. This paper presents SleepTax, a
Sanonda Datta Gupta, Jaime Snyder, John S. Seberger   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of improved methods for the characterisation of organic chemicals emitted into indoor air by building and furnishing products [PDF]

, 2013
A wide range of organic compounds are released from building and furnishing products and these have the potential to adversely affect indoor air quality.
Brown, Veronica M.
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Sampler design for determining the personal exposure level of workers to vapor and mist of benzyl alcohol

Environmental and Occupational Health Practice
Objectives: This study aims to develop and validate a sampler to measure workers’ exposure to the vapor and mist of benzyl alcohol. Methods: Recovery rate, extraction and desorption rates, breakthrough, and storage stability were tested using Slim-J ...
Hiromi Aono, Kumiko Arai, Mariko Ono-Ogasawara, Kenji Yamamuro, Masami Shimada, Takayuki Okada, Toshihiro Kawamoto   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Concentration versus number of particles in the assessment of air pollution with particulate matters

Romanian Journal of Ecology & Environmental Chemistry, 2022
In this paper, an assessment study was performed regarding air pollution with particulate matters including submicron particles. The evaluation of the contamination level was performed at a textile production unit in Pascani, Romania, which produces ...
Valeriu Danciulescu, Andreea Cozea, Elena Bucur, Gheorghita Tanase, Mihai Bratu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Digital diagnostics, biomarkers and therapeutics in an evolving healthcare system: From promise to practice

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Health care is shifting towards a digital‐guided system, integrating digital diagnostics, biomarkers and therapeutics in many care pathways. However, despite rapid technological advancement and preliminary adoption accelerated by the COVID‐19 pandemic, a significant implementation gap persists. This narrative review explores the causes of this
Mees H. P. Stoop, Gertjan J. A. Driessen, Adam F. Cohen, Matthijs D. Kruizinga   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biographies, ontological security and the socio‐spatial politics shaping teachers' mobility in remote Australia

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The global teacher shortage continues to intensify, with disparate impacts across geographic and socio‐economic communities. In Queensland, Australia, where this study originates, post‐COVID teacher shortages have intensified workforce pressures, leaving several regional, rural and remote schools as some of the ‘hardest‐to‐staff’ in the ...
Matthew Readette, Reece Mills, Terri Bourke, Simone White, Martin Mills, Lisa van Leent   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental surveillance monitoring XYZ-La Crosse [PDF]

, 2001
Plan BThere are variety of chemicals in the workplace. These variety of chemicals present variety of hazards. The primary purpose of monitoring air in the work environment is to determine the level of employees exposure to airborne contaminants and to ...
Gono, Charles Saye
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On-Site Deployment of an Air-Liquid-Interphase Device to Assess Health Hazard Potency of Airborne Workplace Contaminants: The Case of 3-D Printers

Frontiers in Toxicology, 2022
Biomonitoring of workers is an approach of evaluating workers’ exposure to chemicals and particulate matter by measuring biomarkers of parent chemicals, their metabolites, and reaction products in workers’ biospecimens.
Boowook Kim, Boowook Kim, Jae Hoon Shin, Hoi Pin Kim, Mi Seong Jo, Hee Sang Kim, Jong Sung Lee, Hong Ku Lee, Hyuk Cheol Kwon, Sung Gu Han, Noeul Kang, Mary Gulumian, Mary Gulumian, Dhimiter Bello, Il Je Yu   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reporting What Matters, or Reporting What Looks Good? Materiality and Balance in Post–Rana Plaza Apparel Sustainability Disclosure

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability reports (SRs) are widely criticized for vague disclosures and selective emphasis on positive outcomes, yet systematic research on two core SR challenges remains limited: materiality (whether disclosed content is relevant) and balance (whether both achievements and challenges are reported).
Mahsa Mohammadrezaei, José Carlos Marques   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

CFD Modeling and Simulation of an Industrial Hall

The Annals of “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati. Fascicle IX, Metallurgy and Materials Science, 2021
The subject of this research is the use of artificial vision techniques to optimize the placement of hot air sources depending on the location of certain equipment in industrial halls operating at low temperatures.
Florin-Bogdan MARIN, Mihaela MARIN
doaj   +1 more source