Academic Articles & Research Papers

Protecting Autonomy of Rohingya Women in Sexual and Reproductive Health Interventions

Photo by Sébastien Goldberg on Unsplash ABSTRACT Rohingya women face challenges that ought to be acknowledged and addressed to ensure that when they seek health care, they can act autonomously and decide freely among available options. ...

Development and Fit Assessment of Functional Garment for Traditional Birth Attendants in Lagos State

The study developed and assessed the fit of functional garments for traditional birth attendants in Lagos State. Five research questions guided the study. The study adopted a mixed- method research design that comprises a descriptive surv...

Formation of supporting points for production growth based on diversification of the regional industry

The article describes production opportunities based on diversification of industry in Khorezm region and ways to form “growth points” in economic sectors of the region. Taking these circumstances into account, “growth points” aimed at the ...

Energy characterization of residential and office buildings in a tropical location

Governments have established regulations to reduce energy consumption and polluting gas emissions from buildings. In Colombia, the government issued Resolution 0549 in 2015, a regulation that imposed savings percentages on different types o...

Ways to benefit from the Environmental Design legacies of Jordan's heritage homes interior spaces

The geographical nature of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is distinguished by its environmental diversity and its climatic conditions, in addition to the richness and diversity of cultural legacies that appear clearly in the spaces interio...

Analysis and optimal design of low frequency road noise based on new energy MPV vehicle

Low-frequency road noise is a primary contributor to in-cabin noise and directly affects overall vehicle comfort. With the rapid development of electric vehicles, this issue has attracted increasing attention from the automotive industry. T...

DETERMINATION OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY OPERATORS’ OPINIONS ABOUT THE CABIN COMFORT IN ESKİŞEHİR

Comfort has a great importance in the interior design of tractor and agricultural machinery cabins. Operators are exposed to muscoskeletal system disorders since they spend long time periods during the day in these vehicles. There is a few ...

Research on the Cooling and Humidifying Effects of <em>Cinnamomum camphora</em> Roadside Plantings in Wuhan and Optimization of Thermal Comfort

Street trees in high-density urban areas play a crucial role in mitigating the urban heat island effect and enhancing spatial thermal comfort. However, the cooling and humidifying effects of street trees are influenced by complex factors su...

Digital Twin-based Framework for Heat Stress Calculation

According to the KNMI Klimaatsignaal&rsquo;21, the average surface temperature in The Netherlands has increased by 2.3&deg;C between 1901 and 2020. Moreover, The Netherlands is also experiencing more frequent and intense heatwaves. Urban de...

Maxillary Resection Prosthesis Retained by Telescopic Crowns and a Rotational Latching Mechanism: A Case Report

Context: Prosthetic rehabilitation of acquired maxillary defects with Maxillary Resection Prostheses (MRPs) remains biomechanically challenging, particularly in partially edentulous patients, where conventional clasp-retained designs often ...

Generation X, Y and Z values in Ukraine

The paper presents findings of a survey into values of different generations conducted by Academy DTEK jointly with hh.ua|grc During two months of 2019 we polled 2,182 visitors of the Ukrainian Job portal hh.ua|grc (both job seekers and emp...

Professional self-realization of disabled persons in an urban environment

The article is a review of the part of the research conducted in the framework of the grant of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research “Urban well-being of people with disabilities”. The immediate subject of the article is professional se...

Reducing Health Anxiety in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Using Video Testimonials: Pilot Assessment of a Video Intervention

BackgroundHealth anxiety has many damaging effects on patients with chronic illness. Physicians are often unable to alleviate concerns related to living with a disease that has an impact on daily life, and unregulated websites can overrepre...

Engaging Older Adults to Guide the Development of Passive Home Health Monitoring to Support Aging in Place

By 2050, most adults aged 65 and older in the United States will want to age independently at home, a goal that will strain healthcare resources. Adults aged 50 and older (N = 112) were recruited for study participation between 2018 and 202...

Impact of early life exposure to heat and cold on linguistic development in two-year-old children: findings from the ELFE cohort study

Abstract Background A number of negative developmental outcomes in response to extreme temperature have been documented. Yet, to our knowledge, environmental research has left the question of the effect of temperature on human neurodevelopm...

SOCIAL SCIENCES AND MEDICINE

Medicine, as both science and art, relies on a spectrum of knowledge to inform patient care and, by extension, to deliver that care and set health care policy. The research essential to create that knowledge comes from a wide range of scien...

Exploring a Novel Material and Approach in 3D-Printed Wrist-Hand Orthoses

This article proposes the integration of two novel aspects into the production of 3D-printed customized wrist-hand orthoses. One aspect involves the material, particularly Colorfabb varioShore thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) filament with ...

Innovations in repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: a review of clinical evidence and patient-reported outcomes for ExoTMS

IntroductionTranscranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive neuromodulation technique with demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of multiple psychiatric and neurological disorders. ExoTMS represents an evolution in TMS system des...

Socially intelligent robots: dimensions of human–robot interaction

Social intelligence in robots has a quite recent history in artificial intelligence and robotics. However, it has become increasingly apparent that social and interactive skills are necessary requirements in many application areas and conte...

Tetracaine hydrochloride gel delays and reduces catheter-related bladder discomfort after transurethral resection: a randomized controlled trial.