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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Design preferences"”.
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The landscape design preferences of older people
What are the landscape style preferences of older people? What are the preferred outdoor activities of older people? In this study I want to raise the issue of how the external environment is aesthetically perceived, and how we as designers might facilitate the user’s needs in design. In order to …
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School Uniform Design Preferences of Uniform Wearers and Terminal Values Attributed to Them
… the wearers. This study determined the uniform preferences of uniform-wearing students for middle school children, and described the five terminal values that these students attributed to uniformed students. This research also determined whether there were significant differences between the …
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The relationship between windows and interior design preferences in office spaces: an exploratory study
… the relationship between windows and interior design preferences in enclosed office spaces. The research sample consisted of forty executives from NASA. Subjects were asked to plan the interior design of an executive office space (simulated with a scale model) in response to four different …
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A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Cell Phone Interface Design Preferences from the Perspective of Nationality and Disability
… necessary to identify and explore the underlying design preferences. User interfaces of new technology may lead to anxiety and delayed technology acceptance, especially for users with disabilities. Even though the need for users participating in the design process has been realized, users with …
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Targeting uptake of exercise-promoting structured patient education intervention: foundational research and process description of a discrete choice experiment to understand perceived intervention utility and design preferences for men with prostate cancer
Beyond effectiveness, critical aspects of the design process for complex healthcare interventions, including the organisation of the various independent components and features of the interventions or how they are presented to the users, can influence their overall uptake and long-term …
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A comparison of self-help lower-income housing in community-based and individualistic settlements in urban Mexico
… The research investigates differences in housing design preferences of occupant-builders, reflections of these preferences in built environments, and resulting housing consolidation levels. Of seven elicited housing design preferences investigated, only one suggests statistically significant …
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Striking the Balance: Long-Term Groundwater Monitoring Design for Multiple Conflicting Objectives
The LTM design methodology developed in this research addresses the two most important problems LTM practitioners face in the design process: (1) selecting monitoring objectives and (2) balancing these objectives. This thesis demonstrates that combining higher order Pareto optimization (i.e., …
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The influence of layout and design on purchasing behavior: examining print advertisements for sneakers
… is to ascertain the influence layout and design of print advertisements has on consumers and how this influence affects purchasing behavior. This research further examines the difference in design preferences between men and women. Information acquired assists in the understanding of …
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Mokumitsu Districts in Tokyo
… subsidy for the developers hardly incentivizes design for the residents. Even with the direct subsidy for the residents, they face difficulties to rebuild their own houses that they would prefer on the small individual lands that would become even smaller and thinner after the road widening in …
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UDesign : toward a user-centered architecture
… companies encourage users to participate in the design of personalized products through online configuration tools, a new kind of user-centered business model emerges. One of the outcomes of this transformation, is the restructuring of a company's products - from a one-size-fits-all to a …
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Product design attributes and consumer preferences in the local furniture market
… and provides insightful information on the preferences of both first-time and second-time customers, particularly those looking for living room furniture. The central concern stems from how their decisions mirror their self-images and whether aesthetics or functionality take precedence in …
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Designing AI agents to improve virtual meeting inclusion
… requires understanding users’ values, design preferences, and outcomes in real workplace contexts. This dissertation investigates how artificial intelligence (AI) agents can be designed to improve inclusion in workplace meetings through three interconnected projects blending qualitative …
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The perception of elderly respondents to the interior features of sheltered housing
… people’s perceptions toward sheltered housing design. The principal aims are to examine and apply multi-methodologies to improve the effectiveness of data gathered from elderly respondents and to understand their perceptions of the interior environments they inhabit. Moreover, the purpose of …
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Beam Mechanism Failure in Multistory Steel Frame Structures
… growing concerns for carbon emissions force designers to cut material usage while retaining the same level of safety. Processes opt into one of two processes: an overall lighter unit or stiffening specific internal systems to encourage a load path. The problem with either of these options …
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Data-Driven Design Framework for Hybrid Workspaces
… that involves dynamic interactions between the design of physical environments and its occupants, serving diverse functionalities and expectations. Office design is shaped by social, economic and technological transformations, as well as organisational interests and individual preferences. The …
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The design and implementation of multifunctional woody polycultures: Landowner preferences and pathways to improve agricultural conservation
… such approaches can be complex and difficult to design, contributing to the limited adoption in the United States. Multifunctional woody polycultures (MWPs), a form of agroforestry, are one such option gaining interest in the U.S. Corn Belt for combining agricultural production and conservation …
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A framework for energy-efficient housing satisfying socio-cultural aspects in the Kingdom of Bahrain
… houses using renewable energy, bioclimate design, wind-induced natural ventilation for wind tower houses, smart energy management, and solar panels. Further research was conducted to build energy efficiency through building envelop-like orientation, window glazing type, floor type, shading, …