This chapter reports on the findings of a research project aimed at investigating the actual thermal environment of the housing of older occupants (aged 65 or over) in South Australia. The study documented their thermal preferences and behaviours during hot and cold weather and relationships to their …

Na bijna twintig jaar War on Terror en het uitvoeren van de tweede hoofdtaak zijn krijgsmachten zich aan het heroriënteren. Het omarmen van het traditionele interstatelijke conflict, de conceptuele comfort zone, ligt voor de hand. Maar het huidige en toekomstige dreigingsbeeld gaat eerder uit van …

CC-BY   Dit artikel is overgenomen van https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurorobotics There is a growing international interest in developing soft wearable robotic devices to improve mobility and daily life autonomy as well as for rehabilitation purposes. Usability, comfort and acceptance of such …

Animal welfare is a multidimensional phenomenon and currently its on-farm assessment requires complex, multidimensional frameworks involving farm audits which are time-consuming, infrequent and expensive. The core principle of precision agriculture is to use sensor technologies to improve the efficiency …

Introduction of PhD Research project

Ageing brings about physiological changes that affect people’s thermal sensitivity and thermoregulation. The majority of older Australians prefer to age in place and modifications to the home environment are often required to accommodate the occupants as they age and possibly become frail. However, modifications …

Research demonstrated a large variety regarding effects of light (e.g. health, performance, or comfort effects). Since human health is related to each individual separately, the lighting conditions around these individuals should be analysed individually as well. This paper provides, based on a literature …

Presentation for participants CIRRE 2018 Groningen

How to validate a questionaire that will be used in a quantitative research, relation with Cronbach Alpha and Kuder-Richardson

Presentation and guidelines for Research Project Indoor Comfort Index for IFM students