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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Evidence Based Design"”.
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Vieques Cancer Treatment Center: Applying evidence-based design strategies
… conditions, my thesis studies the possibility of designing a cancer center for the Viequenses. This cancer center's design is geared towards creating medicinal architecture through evidence-based design by applying a series of factors like natural lighting, ventilation, performance, efficiency, …
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Evidence Based Design of Heuristics: Usability and Computer Assisted Assessment
… unacceptable consequences, and that using an evidence based design approach GAA heuristics can be devised The thesis reports a series of evaluations that show severe usability problems do occur in three CAA applications. The process of creating domain specific heuristics is analysed, critiqued …
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Interstitial Building Space and its Relationship to Evidence Based Design
… is a response used in healthcare facility design and construction to counter uncertainties, such as changing medical technologies, medical science and regulations. Flexible infrastructure design offers healthcare facilities the opportunity to combat obsolescence stemming from uncertainties. …
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Essays on Evidence-Based Design as Related to Buildings and Occupant Health
… Review and Meta-Analysis, 2. Understanding Evidence-Based Design Through a Review of the Literature, 3. Future Directions for Evidence-Based Design in Health Care Facilities.;Essay one, entitled The Effect of Certified Green Office Buildings on Occupant Heath: A Systematic Review and …
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Evidence-based design for childbirth environments: the impacts of window view and daylight exposure on the health of post-cesarean section women
… provide positive distractions for patients. Redesigning patient wards to maximize the amount of daylight exposure patients receive and to increase satisfaction of window views may decrease usage of analgesic and reduce patients’ perceived pain. The three different combinations of two window …
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Evidence-based design, physiological efficacy testing and consumer analysis of an exemplar model of a fruit derived bioactive functional food for use in physical performance and exercise settings
… development practices used within the scientific design, development and testing of new nutritional products in the performance nutrition sector. Despite recent growth in the area there is a general lack of publicly available information to guide the incorporation of nutritional science into the …
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Toward a Convergent Evidence-Based Urban Design Approach
Urban designers do not typically include research or evidence in practice, though the need for an evidence-based approach is becoming increasingly apparent. The way our built environment is constructed affects our health, well-being, and sense of place, as prior research has uncovered. …
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MyRoom: A user-centred model of affective responsive architecture
… psychology, and in the more recent discipline of Evidence-Based Design. Research outcomes are beginning to converge with findings in neuroscience and neurophysiology, as we discover more about how the human brain and body functions, and reacts to environmental stimuli. What we see, hear, touch, …
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Nurturing creativity and innovation through activity-based courses for undergrad interior design curriculum
… literature review methodology. This study designed a four-part course to better teach creativity and innovation through design by using two principle questions. (a) What learning models are most effective at teaching creativity and innovation? (b) What teaching strategies are most effective …
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Looking good, feeling better, doing great: post-occupancy evaluation report on health care professionals workplace satisfaction
… Previous studies have shown that visual design elements can affect or even mitigate health care professionals’ perceived stress and therefore influence their workplace satisfaction. The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the effects of visual design elements such as window …
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Spatial design thinking in the age of multimedia
<p>There are several emerging design methods and design thoughts, such as Evidence-Based design, Universal design, and so on, that have been utilized in spatial design. Further, the space design has been changed in the wake of invention of new materials, building technologies, and users' functional …
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Urban design for small town regeneration: A socio-ecological approach
… in South Africa. This research applies urban design thinking and practice in a rural context; using evidence-based design research and a socio-ecological approach. Urban design is a critical spatial practice to ensure there is a focus on urban form and structure, and the creation of positive, …
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Space, light, and time : prospective analysis of Circadian illumination for health-based daylighting with applications to healthcare architecture
… link between human health and architectural design. Specifically, the link between daylight and human circadian rhythm (as a proxy for health) is explored. The purpose of this thesis is increase understanding about the health effects of daylighting in architecture. Little in the way of …
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Pedestrian Safety and Level of Service at Uncontrolled Crosswalks - Advanced Data to Enhance Evaluations
… is often hindered by the limitations of crash-based evaluation and the inconsistent quality of high-resolution all-traffic trajectory data collected from emerging sensing technologies. As agencies increasingly rely on behavioral and surrogate measures to diagnose risk, the need for reliable, …
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FUTURE MODEL FOR PEDIATRIC ICU (PICU) PATIENT ROOM: OPTIMIZE CARE IN TERMS OF PATIENT SAFETY AND STAFF EFFICIENCY BY DESIGN
… support safe and speedy care delivery. Study Design: This qualitative and quantitative case study is to 1) improve efficiency for care delivery by design (e.g., minimize steps Registered Nurses [RNs] take in delivering care); and 2) minimize the risk of HAIs (e.g., reduce contact …
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Using Gamification to enhance student engagement at a South African Private Higher Education Institution: A DBR approach
… Higher Education Institution (PHEI). Utilizing a Design-Based Research (DBR) framework, the research aims to develop evidence-based design principles for effectively incorporating gamification into teaching practices in higher education. The central research question focused on identifying …
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Open Design and medical products : An Open Medical Products methodology.
This research details the use of Open Design to enable participation in the conceptualisation, design and development of medical products for those who are excluded by their chronic health condition. The research was directed according to the Action Research methodology outlined by Checkland & …
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Open design and medical products
This research details the use of Open Design to enable participation in the conceptualisation, design and development of medical products for those who are excluded by their chronic health condition. The research was directed according to the Action Research methodology outlined by Checkland & …
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Added value through design for healthcare facilities/buildings in Saudi Arabia within the legislative regulations of Saudi Arabia
… positive effect on medical outcomes. The use of Evidence Based Designhas been shown to be of benefit to add value through design to a building . A comprehensive review of relevant literature was used to develop an understanding of the factors perceived to add value to a healthcare facility. Data …
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OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE AND SATISFACTION IN VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENTS WITH INTERVENTIONS USING THE DATA VISUALIZATION LITERACY FRAMEWORK
… of the DVL-FW, this dissertation provides evidence-based design recommendations for matching and movement tasks in VR and on desktop devices by comparing task completion time, accuracy, and user satisfaction across different implementations of the same application. Further, we derive design …
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