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Research on Environmental Health: Sustainability and Innovation

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2024 | Viewed by 1134

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Dr. Ana Monteiro

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H&TRC—Health & Technology Research Center, ESTeSL—Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, 1600-560 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: exposure assessment; occupational exposure; occupational health; aerosols; bacteriology; atmosphere pollution; indoor air quality; environmental health
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Dr. Marina Almeida-Silva

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H&TRC-Health & Technology Research Center, Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde (ESTeSL), Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, 1900-096 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: environmental health; healthy ageing; susceptible population exposure to air pollutants; human health impacts to air pollutants; indoor and atmospheric air quality assessment; source apportionment
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Environment health research delivers research results and innovation in various domains. This includes the generation of harmonized data for risk assessment, the advancement of technologies, contributions towards informed decision making, and the production of knowledge applicable in academia, the health sector, policymaking, and public health by protecting citizens' health and well-being. To achieve this aim, it is crucial to foster environmental sustainability by adopting sustainability innovation, following the SDGs defined by the United Nations until 2030.

The new trend in societal development not only relates environmental health issues with sustainable innovation, but also with the entrepreneurial vision. Entrepreneurship has been considered a strategy for the growth and development of societies, where it plays a vital role in the leadership of today's societies (Santana-Domínguez et al., 2022), leading to technical and innovative changes that can generate economic growth, also converting new knowledge into modern and more sustainable products and services (Melnikova & Zaščerinska, 2021).

Taking all of these into consideration, we encourage submissions related to the following topics:

  • Research across different disciplinary domains studying the relationship between environmental health, entrepreneurship, innovation, and well-being or sustainability;
  • Public health and new, innovative, and sustainable solutions that might improve the population’s well-being;
  • Relationships between different kinds of indoor air pollutants and their effects on human health;
  • Methodologies and/or frameworks that cross the domains of environmental health and new and innovative solutions following the SDGs.

Dr. Ana Monteiro
Dr. Marina Almeida-Silva
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Applied Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • environment
  • health
  • sustainability
  • innovation
  • entrepreneurship

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Electroencephalography (EEG)-Based Comfort Evaluation of Free-Form and Regular-Form Landscapes in Virtual Reality
by Hongguo Ren, Ziming Zheng, Jing Zhang, Qingqin Wang and Yujun Wang
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(2), 933; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14020933 - 22 Jan 2024
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Urban landscape parks play a crucial role in providing recreational opportunities for citizens. Different types of landscapes offer varying levels of comfort experiences. However, the assessment of landscape comfort primarily relies on subjective evaluations and basic physiological measurements, which lack sufficient quantification of [...] Read more.
Urban landscape parks play a crucial role in providing recreational opportunities for citizens. Different types of landscapes offer varying levels of comfort experiences. However, the assessment of landscape comfort primarily relies on subjective evaluations and basic physiological measurements, which lack sufficient quantification of relevant data. This study employed electroencephalography (EEG) technology and subjective questionnaire evaluation methods. Participants observed two sets of landscape demonstration videos using virtual reality (VR) devices, and EEG alpha values and subjective evaluation scores were collected to assess the comfort levels of free-form landscape and regular-form landscape. Additionally, this study explored the correlation between landscape characteristics and physiological comfort. The analysis of the results showed that: 1. The average amplitude of EEG alpha waves recorded from 11 electrodes in the left temporal lobe and right parietal lobe of the participants was higher after they watched the free-form landscape demonstration. The increased alpha values suggest that free-form landscapes are more likely to induce physiological comfort in these specific brain regions. In contrast, regular-form landscape was found to induce higher alpha values at seven specific electrodes located in the occipital cortex, right temporal lobe, and central regions of the participants. In general, free-form landscape provided physiological comfort to a greater number of brain regions. 2. The two groups of landscapes exhibit distinct subjective cognitive differences in terms of their landscape characteristics. These differences, ranked in order of magnitude, include rhythmicity, sense of order, sense of security, and sense of dependence. 3. This study examined the α-waves of specific brain regions, including the right and left temporal lobe and occipital lobe, as well as subjective scoring. It discovered that the rhythmicity, degree of variation, degree of color, and sense of nature of a landscape impact the α-wave value of electrodes in different brain regions. Moreover, there exists a certain linear relationship between the four landscape features and the α-wave values in different regions of the brain. The results of this study provide some reference for the creation of a comfortable landscape design. Full article
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