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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Time outdoors"”.
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Convertible Parks: New Architectural Strategies for Public Parks in a Changing Climate
… and wildfires, our ability to safely spend time outdoors is increasingly under threat. While a lot of attention has focused on bolstering the resilience of physical infrastructure, social infrastructure such as public parks are often left behind. To address this issue, this project uses East …
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Grow Where You Are Planted: The Use Of Gardening As Offender Rehabilitation In Prison
<p>Being outdoors is an integral part of our lives, even as we are experiencing rapid urbanization. Research shows that nature and purposeful work in it have a profound effect on physical and mental health. What, then, about prison inmates? They often do not have the opportunity to engage in nature …
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An integrated mosquito management program for James City County, Virginia
… Mosquitoes had an impact on the amount of time residents and campers spent outdoors. Forty-seven percent of the residents and 28% of the campers surveyed had their time outdoors limited by mosquitoes. There was no significant association between the area where the respondent was brought up …
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Influence of Light Exposure on the Melanopsin Driven Pupil Response and Circadian Rhythm
… quality can be modulated by decreasing nighttime input to the ipRGCs. Another goal was to investigate links between light exposure, ipRGCs, refractive error, and sleep. Methods: Experiment 1: Subjects (ages 17-42, n=21) wore short wavelength-blocking glasses prior to bedtime for two weeks. …
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BRINGING THE WONDER OF NATURE BACK TO EARLY CHILDHOOD CLASSROOMS
<p>Current research suggests that time spent in nature benefits all aspects of children’s development. However, children are spending little time outdoors. Additionally, there are few preschool programs that recognize the outdoors as an extension of the traditional classroom and even fewer college …
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Growing Minds: The Relationship Between Parental Attitude about Nature and the Development of Fine and Gross Motor Skills in Children
Adults associate their childhood with playing outdoors, often in natural settings. This type of free play is valuable to child development. Children tend to use outdoor play areas in physically active ways, and time spent outdoors relates positively to increased physical activity in children. …
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Opportunities and Challenges in Identification and Classification of Heat Stress Risk Based on Analysis of Individual and Neighborhood Level Factors
… on Days 1-2 and spent an additional 30 minutes outdoors daily on Days 3-7. Participants wore a small thermometer attached to the shoe and a pedometer at their waist to track steps. Neighborhood hygrometers/thermometers were deployed close to participants' homes to measure neighborhood level heat …