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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"Annoyance"”.
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Annoyance caused by railway vibration and noise in buildings
This thesis is concerned with the annoyance caused by railway-induced building vibration and railway noise. A review of previous studies was conducted to examine current knowledge. The review enabled identification of areas in which there was insufficient information on which to base a prediction …
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Objective Predictor metric of Annoyance for Hydraulic Engine Mount Cavitation
… this issue, an objective predictor metric of annoyance was developed. The model was developed by comparing psychoacoustic metrics to subjective ratings by means of regression analysis. Once the psychoacoustic metrics were chosen multiple regression analysis was used to develop the predictor …
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Road Traffic Noise - Factors modifying its relation to annoyance and cardiovascular disease
Traffic noise causes annoyance and sleep disturbance and has been linked with several other adverse effects on life quality and health, including increased risk of hypertension and myocardial infarction. Conservative estimates assume that at least one million healthy life years are lost every year …
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An interactive approach for the minimization of annoyance due to aircraft noise
… research is concerned with the minimization of annoyance due to aircraft noise to airport communities. The approach developed is an interactive one which permits interaction with the Decision Maker. The immediate vicinity of an airport is divided into several areas based on population and …
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A Song Of Confusion And Annoyance: Kant On The Beauty Of Absolute Music
Kant's evaluation of music in the Critique of Judgement stands as a blemish on an otherwise appealing system of judgments of beauty and of assigning aesthetic worth. In order to resolve this tension, I will present an argument in three parts. First, I will delve further into Kantian judgments of …
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Investigation of Community Annoyance as Invoked by a High School Stadium and a Train Horn Proximal to Residentially Zoned Homes
… predictable schedule was found to have a slight annoyance on its surrounding community. In contrast, a train horn blow at a residential intersection was investigated. This sound was unpredictable and could occur at any time. Residents in this community were found to have a moderate level of …
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Human response to railway vibration in residential environments : exposure-response relationships and modifying factors
ror understanding me wide variation in annoyance reactions, i^esuiisinvestigations made on factors coming into play when consideringThis thesis aims to contribute to the knowledge of human response to vibration inresidential environments and identify factors of primary importance whenconsidering …
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Tilting at Windmills: The power of expectations to influence symptom reporting by people exposed to wind turbine sound
… a pathway for symptom reporting and noise annoyance in community settings. It was a further aim to explore whether creating more positive expectations about wind farm sound has the potential to alleviate symptom reporting and annoyance reactions in wind farm communities. Method: Research …
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Community response to railway-induced building vibration
… 24 hour recording of building vibration. Annoyance caused by railway-induced building vibration, and the factors affecting annoyance, were investigated in a social survey. Of a sample of 720 adults living within 100 metres of railway lines in Scotland, 459 were interviewed; 160 of these …
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Temporal Dynamics of Heat Pain Sensations
… pain, burning, sharp, stinging, cutting, and annoyance evoked by two types (static, dynamic) of repeated prolonged noxious heat stimuli. The salient hypotheses were: 1) Burning sensations have a different temporal profile compared with sharp and other related qualities, 2) The temporal …
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Evaluation of medical alarm sounds
… volunteers rated each alarm sound in terms of annoyance and urgency factor. Statistically significant correlation was found between the urgency rating and the annoyance rating of the alarm sounds.
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Tranquillity by design - Architectural and landscape interventions to improve the soundscape quality in urban areas exposed to aircraft noise
… suggests that the level of aircraft noise annoyance people experience is equally dependent on the level of disturbance induced by the sound and individuals’ perceived level of their own ability to cope with and control it. Traditionally, noise prediction models are used to determine the …
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Race and local governance : theoretical reflections and examination of two case studies in the United Kingdom and South Africa: or #who said we weren't interested in justice, equality, democracy and freedom?'; emancipation in the ushering dusk of Black politics as White boys try to switch off the Enlightenment
… is intended to be a digressive statement of annoyance/anger, condensation of the research's core theoretical themes, continuation of a theoretical project started in the '70s, an indication of areas that require further work, and thus, as that solidary prosaism would have it, …
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Feeding activity, a study of control measures, and a survey of black fly pests (Dipterai Simuliidae) of horses in Virginia
… of female black flies may cause considerable annoyance to saddle horses. Horses under attack become head-shy and difficult to manage, posing a potential hazard to riders. Stabling horses offers a means of protection against black fly feeding, but most horse owners cannot or will not stable …
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Aircraft noise modeling of dispersed flight tracks and metrics for assessing impacts
… overflights, metrics for understanding the annoyance mechanism were necessary. The metric Nx, which is a count of the number of overflights above the A-weighted maximum sound level (L[subscript A,max]) of xdB during the day and (x-10)dB during the night, was investigated. The metric Nx …
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A Study of Plato's Cratylus
… correct. The dialogue is a source of annoyance to many commentators because it does not take a clear position on the central question. At times, it argues that language is conventional, and, at other times, defends the view that language is natural. This lack of commitment has led to a …
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Environmental coping in a public setting
… as any behavioral or cognitive attempt to reduce annoyance resulting from bothersome environmental conditions. In this study, library patrons using study carrels were observed while two people talked nearby. The library patron's behaviors in response to this event were recorded. In addition, …
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Research into building vibrations
… vibrations to below threshold levels for human annoyance, but they could dampen levels to resist structural damage if enough material was used to bring the apparent natural frequency away from the range characteristic of traffic vibration. In addition, for resonant cases, the materials did not …
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Grind, Mash, Distill
… alterer of buildings be seen not as a problem or annoyance for the architect, but as a generous and reliable source of inspiration, a giver of richness, even a generator of good design? The project aims to answer this question by suggesting a way of building slowly, over decades, always looking …
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