Spatial distribution of Urban land-use in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

GT Jinollo, L Workalemahu… - Urban, Planning and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study underlines the critical function of efficient urban land use planning,
recommending mixed land use for improved city sustainability. The research, which is rooted …

Caregiver perspectives on barriers and facilitators to primary care for autistic adults: A qualitative study

LI Stein Duker, E Goodman… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Primary care is associated with greater access to healthcare services and
improved health outcomes. However, autistic adults report challenges accessing and …

Thermal environment perceptions from a longitudinal study of indoor temperature profiles in inpatient wards

BS Alotaibi, S Lo - Buildings, 2020 - mdpi.com
Inpatient wards in general have cooling systems with a “one-size-fits-all” approach, driven
by a fixed set-point temperature (21–24° C) that is flexible to lower limits down to 18° C or …

Sources and flow of healthcare built environment design evidence

N Wanigarathna, F Sherratt, ADF Price… - … Environment Project and …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose A substantial amount of research argues that built environmental interventions can
improve the outcomes of patients and other users of healthcare facilities, supporting the …

Daylighting and energy performance evaluation of an egg-crate device for hospital building retrofitting in a Mediterranean climate

CM Calama-González, ÁL León-Rodríguez, R Suárez - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Hospital buildings present a significant savings potential in order to meet the objectives of
H2020. The improvement of healthcare built environments contributes to improving the …

Impacts of hospitals users' characteristics on perceptions of the physical environment

N Edris, F Bashir, B Zeleke - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Recently hospital managers and designers become more interested in 'patient centered
design'(PCD) through the integration of patients' perceptions and expectations of the …

A Comprehensive Indoor Environment Dataset from Single-family Houses in the US

SMH Anik, X Gao, N Meng - arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.03771, 2023 - arxiv.org
The paper describes a dataset comprising indoor environmental factors such as
temperature, humidity, air quality, and noise levels. The data was collected from 10 sensing …

Are the physical environments of treatment centres meeting recommendations for patient-centred care? Perceptions of haematological cancer patients

T Clinton-McHarg, C Paul, R Sanson-Fisher… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The physical environment of a treatment centre may impact the well-being of patients and
their perceptions of care. Outpatients with haematological cancer may be in contact with the …

Telepresence Robots for Dynamic, Safety-Critical Environments

S Matsumoto, LD Riek - Companion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Robots are being introduced into dynamic, safety-critical spaces, like emergency
departments (EDs). In EDs, healthcare workers (HCWs) must manage multiple tasks while …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic Architecture and Temporality: Evidence-Based Design for Long-Stay Facilities for Individuals with Severe Intellectual Disabilities and Challenging …

TC Vollmer, G Koppen, C Iovița, L Schießl - Architecture, 2024 - mdpi.com
Since individuals with severe and profound Intellectual Disabilities (IDs) have no concept of
time, it is difficult for them to autonomously maintain daily structures. Those affected are …