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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"functional needs"”.
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The Development of a Conceptual Framework for Identifying Functional, Expressive, Aesthetic, and Regulatory Needs for Snowboarding Helmets
… for identifying perceived importance of functional, expressive, aesthetic, and regulatory (FEAR) needs of snowboarding helmets for current snowboarders. Data for this study was collected online. The final sample was composed of 391 participants, which represented a 13.67% response rate. …
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A place for anything and nothing
… a built structure that responds not only to functional needs but also provides revelations about the world in which we live. Architecture presents a dialogue at different levels and scales, allowing for many interpretations as well as revealing basic truths.
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Methodology for demand-supply selection of commercial off-the-shelf software-based systems : contextual approach of leading contractors in Portugal
… COTS-BasedSystems covering Operations Management functional needs of leading contractors in Portugal.Demand-side and supply-side research is undertaken, eliciting contractors' needs and analysingmarket offerings of COTS-Based Systems at Operations Management-level from a functionalperspective. A …
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Space identity
… system, enclosure system, circulation system, functional requirements, context, light, views, proportion, scale, forms, cultural characteristics, color and many others. In this thesis, I focus on the structural system, the spatial organization and quality of light with a view to how they …
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Spatial design thinking in the age of multimedia
… new materials, building technologies, and users' functional needs. Designers need to collect and reorganize a new spectrum of information in order to conduct design. Designer's thinking power plays an important role in creating space. Base on the research results in the realm of human cognitive …
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Consumer Xenocentrism And Consumer Cosmopolitanism: The De-Velopment And Validation Of Scales Of Constructs Influencing Attitudes Towards Foreign Product Consumption
… openness to new ideas and tendency to address functional needs with the kind of products or services that best deliver the desired function, regardless of tradition or social influence.</p> <p>Modern, robust scale creation techniques were be used for the scale creation and validation process …
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Transforming Architectural Practice Through Computational Design and Machine Learning: A Decision-Support Framework for Energy and Daylight Optimization
… design requires balancing aesthetic goals, functional needs, and environmental performance, often involving complex trade-offs. This research integrates machine learning and computational design to optimize building enclosure design, focusing on energy efficiency and daylight performance in …
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Building control automation for retirement homes: a therapeutic opportunity for the elderly
… suggests that a basic understanding of elderly functional needs and building control automation capabilities is required Ifn order to secure the opportunity for maintaining existing elderly functional abilities. This study explores the extent to which building control automation can be applied …
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Structural characteristics of electronic discourse : a comparative analysis of InterChange text
… to associate the characteristics with underlying functional factors in comparison with spoken and written discourse. The characteristics of Interchange were examined in terms of frequency and discourse functions.This comparative analysis has revealed that the structure of Interchange is …
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Locally manufactured wheelchairs in Tanzania : Do they meet the needs of Tanzanian wheelchair users?
… study was to determine the extent to which the needs of users of wheelchairs manufactured locally in Tanzanian are met. The specific objectives of the study were to determine users' satisfaction with the wheelchairs manufactured in Tanzania, their satisfaction with services associated with the …
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Availability, Integrity, and Confidentiality for Content Centric Network internet architectures
… evolution of data traffic types, non-functional needs of applications and users, and device diversity. The phrase ``future internet architecture'' can be interpreted as referring to a revised set of design principles. As Dr David Clark rightfully suggested, we need to ``allow for the …
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Selecting Appropriate Product Concepts for Manufacture in Developing Countries
… This is found to happen by way of Enterprise Needs which are needs that a product must fulfill to make it a viable option for manufacture. <p>Finally, a process is outlined and demonstrated to form Enterprise Needs and take them into account within a traditional concept selection process. …
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Identification of design requirements for a high-performance, low-cost, passive prosthetic knee through user analysis and dynamic simulation
… dynamic simulation. User analysis identified the needs and constraints of numerous stakeholders in the prosthesis development process. Members of the Indian biomechanics, prosthetics, and rehabilitation communities were interviewed to identify general requirements for the design, manufacturing, …
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An investigation of functional correlates and predictors of apathy in a Memory Clinic sample
… significant caregiver burden, cognitive and functional impairment, and poor quality of life. Marin's (1991) definition of apathy as an amotivational disorder has gained widespread acceptance, despite recent contentions about this conceptualization. Marin's Apathy Evaluation Scale reflects his …
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Downtime interventions : programming the next generation airport terminal
… designed without regard for their emotional and functional needs. Unless they have access to exclusive lounges, passengers must wait in their designated gate areas in vast fields of undifferentiated seating. A lack of programmatic specificity plagues the airport while passengers grow increasingly …
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Bespoke Design Meets Systems at Scale: A Design Study with Judy Heumann
… To do so, the study explores the sleep needs of Judy Heumann, a wheelchair user with evolving medical needs for assistive technology, and a world-renowned civil rights activist on disability inclusion. Heumann’s daily sleep routine involved thirty minutes of building an intricate …
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The social cognitive approach to understanding consumers' engagement behavior in online brand communities in South Korea
… of self-efficacy, the positive (social and functional benefits) and negative (embarrassment) outcome expectations associated with engagement behavior. Overall, the results supported the proposed model. First, self-efficacy was shown to directly and indirectly influence consumers' engagement …
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Character Education: A Relationship with Building Health
… levels are in harmony; and the school meets functional needs as it successfully copes with disruptive external forces and directs its energies toward its mission (Hoy, Tarter & Kottkamp, 1991). </p><p> School climate, school culture, and school health are used synonymously in the research. …
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Uncovering Structure-Property Relations in Biomimetic Lipid Membranes with Molecular Additives
… fine-tuned through evolution to meet the diverse functional needs of cells. These bilayers must strike a delicate balance: they need to be sufficiently rigid to act as protective barriers, yet fluid enough to facilitate the diffusion of proteins and molecular clusters crucial for various …
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The effects of therapeutic art therapy on cognitive function in post stroke older adults at the University Teaching Hospital
… many of the diverse cognitive, emotional and functional needs of people disabled by stroke. Attention, spatial processing, sequencing and planning seem to improve among those who persist with art therapy. Use of the stroke-affected limb may increase. Several studies report improvements in …
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