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Showing 1 to 20 of 2208 for “"homes"”.
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Many mini model homes
… their designs. My thesis, Many Mini Model Homes, fits directly within the literary lineage of architectural design methodology and recrafts a relationship between architectural author and reader. As history has clearly expressed, the book has been utilized as a simultaneous pedagogical …
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Disaster Preparedness for Nursing Homes
… these vulnerable elderly reside in nursing homes. Nursing homes are often overlooked as a health resource, and are usually not incorporated into their community’s disaster plans. However, it is crucial that nursing homes are thoroughly prepared not only to care for their residents, but to …
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Remote service provision for connected homes.
This research study proposed to view a remote service delivery system from three distinct perspectives: connected home environments (user perspective), remote service delivery platform (service enabler), and remote service providers (service provider perspective); to establish a holistic view on …
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Middleware for assisted living homes (MiddAALware)
… less than ideal for the more modest scale of AAL homes targeted at individuals, such as those with early-stage dementia. The development of personalised and adaptive AAL systems necessitates middleware that is both flexible and lightweight, enabling deployment in environments with limited …
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Ergonomics Programs In Kentucky's Nursing Homes
… study sought to determine how many nursing homes had implemented ergonomics programs, and how closely these programs followed the NIOSH/OSHA model. It also sought to investigate relationships that might exist between ergonomics programs and MSD rates occurring among direct care workers …
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Rural Homes and Secondary School Integration
After twenty years of experience in Catholic rural institutions of learning the writer has concluded that a false philosophy has been taught in the rural secondary schools. The ideas that labor is "degrading and disgraceful" and that money is the end of education have been the bane of educators. It …
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Equilibrium Quality Choices in Nursing Homes
… the resulting equilibrium quality for nursing homes from changes in the Medicaid reimbursement rate. The first chapter summarizes and evaluates the current literature on nursing homes. The second chapter builds upon the model in the present literature by allowing Medicaid patients to value …
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Making localization work for smart homes
There is a great interest in enabling smart homes that interact with their occupants and react to their needs. Central to this vision is the ability to identify and locate each occupant continuously. Current indoor localization systems, however, fall into two classes: device-based localization …
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Capsule homes : creating space within space
… examines and realizes the need for compact homes. The need of reducing a small living space to the bare necessities, whilst allowing consumers to quickly transform and personalize the function requires great understanding of space efficiency and construction methods. Realizing a carefully …
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Exposure to hazardous air pollutants in homes
… to hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) occurs in homes; however, the depth of these assessments was limited by the extent of the analyzed data. The present Ph.D. dissertation focused on air contaminants of concern in residential buildings, the possible sources of these pollutants, and population …
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Starter homes : middle income housing in Boston
This thesis assesses the residential real estate development industry in Greater Boston and makes policy recommendations to increase the supply of middle-income housing. Boston's rapid growth in the decade since the Great Recession has caused a housing shortage for middle-income families who cannot …
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Habitable Walls, Courtyard Homes in Urban Places
In the United States, the living urban environment in the last two centuries has almost completely disappeared. Dense urban environments as viable and normal places to live have become a thing of the past. Living in the suburbs has become the trend and everyone has looked to the outskirts of the …
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Towards new notions of reliability for smart homes
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-05-01
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Principles and recommendations to design aging-friendly homes
… how older adults live and move within their homes, as well as what their emotional and functional expectations of their homes are. The outcome of this work is a set of principles and recommendations that design professionals can use when designing home environments or home-related products. …
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Passive solar homes and their interiors: homeowner attitudes
… for, and feelings about, living in passive solar homes. Satisfaction, use, and extent of involvement with the home and solar features were determined. Twenty-eight owners of passive solar homes from the state of Virginia participated in this study. Data were collected by a hand-delivered …
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Economic Determinants Of Quality Of Care In Nursing Homes
… DETERMINANTS OF QUALITY OF CARE IN NURSING HOMES</p> <p>This dissertation examines the factors that will affect nursing home quality of care using several national data sources on market regulation, county demographic characteristics, market structural and the characteristics of different …
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The concerns of foster children in their foster homes
… the concerns of foster children in their foster homes. A phenomenological approach was used to explore the lived experiences of former foster children. The study utilized the concepts of developing person and the microsystem of Bronfenbrenner's bioecological model. In this study, there was one …
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