Assessments of extreme psychological constructs often face a persistent challenge: the ceiling effect, in which a significant proportion of respondents select the highest score on a scale, thus obscuring meaningful variation within the population. Th...
Due to the high consumption of resources and energy in the construction sector, the development of resource-efficient and sustainable construction solutions is gaining increasing attention. The awareness of sustainability and resource conservation re...
The paper presents an analysis of the innovative connector for manufacturing a steel–concrete composite beam. The connector consists of a corrugated metal sheet in the shape of a dovetail and shot nails. The nails are shot through the sheet fol...
The construction sector faces increasing pressure to reduce the embodied energy of building materials while valorizing industrial waste streams. This study evaluates the direct incorporation of post-industrial textile waste (100% cotton and cotton&nd...
This paper discusses the spread of several special techniques for tomb ceiling construction in Northeast Asia from the 2nd to the 5th centuries and the mixed beliefs of Buddhism and the cult of the Queen Mother of the West (Xiwangmu 西王&...
A valid seismic damage scene for indoor nonstructural components is critical for virtual earthquake safety drills which can teach occupants how to survive in earthquakes. A virtual scene construction method for the seismic damage of suspended ceiling...
Villa Cicogna Mozzoni, located in Bisuschio near Varese and Lake Lugano, on the border between Lombardy and Switzerland, has origins dating back to the 1540s as a hunting lodge owned by the Mozzoni family. In the 16th century, significant renovations...
This study analyzed the temperature characteristics of ceiling jets in corridor spaces by conducting experiments with varying heat release rates and ceiling heights and comparing the results with predictive equations based on the energy conservation...
Over the past two decades, the South Korean government has been regulating the supply and prices of multi-family housing (MFH) projects to stabilize the national population. Recently, active research has been conducted on the construction costs for b...
Despite several policies and legislation enactments to address gender inequality in the post-apartheid South African employment landscape, a significant proportion of female academics still face marginalization and underrepresentation in senior execu...
In Korean residential buildings, floor impact sounds were reduced over the past few decades mainly through a floating floor system. However, ceiling constructions for impact sound reduction have not been applied actively because of a lack of useful i...
In Korea, the earthquakes in Gyeongju (2016) and Pohang (2017) have led to increased interest in the seismic design of nonstructural elements. Among these, the suspended ceiling can cause personal injury and property damage. In addition, most suspend...
Mineral wool ceilings supported by iron sheet-backed painted runners are commonly used in public buildings without specific seismic design intensity requirement, which is not good for resilient civil infrastructure. However, standard and fundamental...
16 December 2021
With reference to the requirements of CNS 15038 and testing principles, this study proposes a set of equipment for measuring the leakage volume of ceilings and provides detailed assembly specifications for future users. In this study, a total of 405...
The key focus of the research is on the smoke leakage rate from suspended ceiling system, referencing CNS 15038 norm and its experimental principles to build a set of monitoring equipment for measuring air leakage rate and the provision of detailed a...
The distribution characteristics of the temperature below ceilings in curved tunnel fires have not been quantitatively studied. A small-scale tunnel was constructed in this work to study the maximum temperature and longitudinal attenuation of the tem...
A suspended ceiling system (SCS) is one of the most fragile and non-structural elements during earthquakes. However, effective seismic protection technologies for enhancing the suspended ceiling system have not been developed other than the steel bra...
Due to climate change, ceiling paintings in many historic buildings are subjected to increasingly high short-term temperature change, resulting in high thermal tension caused by the construction assembly. This article focuses on the combined use of t...
In the historical period, different mosques were built in the Anatolian side; the differences in size, typology and style were affected by the climate conditions, cultural and social aspects, availability of materials and the construction techniques...
Carbon reinforced concrete (in short: carbon concrete) allows thin cross sections and lightweight, high-strength structures. This is demonstrated in this article using the example of a lightweight, prefabricated ceiling girder. In addition to the new...
Routine rodent inspection is essential to curbing rat-borne diseases and infrastructure damages within the built environment. Rodents find false ceilings to be a perfect spot to seek shelter and construct their habitats. However, a manual false ceili...
The aim of this study was to determine the load-bearing capacity of Klein’s floors under fire conditions using analytical and numerical analyses. Analytical and numerical simulations were performed considering different structural variants of K...
This paper provides understanding of the fire performance of exposed cross-laminated-timber (CLT) in large enclosures. An office-type configuration has been represented by a 3.75 by 7.6 by 2.4 m high enclosure constructed of non-combustible blockwork...
Pressed-in ventilation provides the possibility of implementing fire smoke control in tunnels during construction. In this study, the impact of the velocity at the air duct outlet, the heat release rate (HRR), and the tunnel geometry on the longitudi...
In this study, a 1/10 reduced-scale model tunnel with one end closed was constructed to investigate maximum temperature profiles beneath the tunnel ceiling during fire events. By varying the heat release rates (HRRs) and tunnel slopes (0%, 2%, 5%, an...
10 October 2021
The aim of the current study was to examine the psychometric properties of the upper extremity functional index (UEFI) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Seventy patients with stable COPD completed the UEFI and St. George...
Large-surface radiant heating ceiling systems favor energy-efficient solutions on the heat generation side because of the relatively low temperature of the heat transfer medium. Additionally, their application in the renovation of existing buildings...
This study presents the retrofit acoustic dq1esign of the Italian theatre “Cavallino Bianco”. In its historical configuration, the hall had a curved roof with a pressed-plant fiber ceiling, which was demolished and replaced with a wooden...
In considering the problem of saving spaces during the transportation of items from one station to another, for example, in warehouses, factories, hospitals, etc., an automatic transportation system (ATS) that could take advantage of the above ceilin...
There are no regulations in Taiwan that clearly forbid the current practice of configuring a pipeline that passes through the floor of a condo to reach the ceiling of another condo downstairs with different ownership, giving rise to potential dispute...
The aim of this study is to build a mathematical model of the productivity of construction workers. It does so by selecting 17 factors that influence the productivity of construction workers and categorising them into five groups. For the mathematica...
The Building Information Model (BIM) has been increasingly adopted for building maintenance and management. For existing buildings lacking prior digital models, a BIM is often generated from 3D scanned point clouds. In recent years, the automatic con...
Multidimensional conflicts in farmland expropriation originate from the game of multidimensional interests between the local government and farmers. The strategy choices and equilibrium results of the two sides have evolved with changes to the situat...
Monitoring the performance and functional status of baseball pitchers’ upper extremity is important in maintaining the athlete’s health and performance. This study validated a Dutch translation of the original English Kerlan-Jobe Orthopae...
The knowledge of the air velocity distribution in the supply jets is essential when designing ventilation and air conditioning systems. In this study, we tested and analyzed the velocity distributions in the radial wall jets—these jets are comm...
Multi-purpose gymnasiums are typically designed for sport events and large-scale gatherings. However, the gymnasium investigated in this study lacked sufficient consideration of acoustic performance during its design phase, resulting in severe echo p...
7 April 2021
(1) Background: Life-space mobility assessments for institutionalized settings are scarce and there is a lack of comprehensive validation and focus on persons with cognitive impairment (CI). This study aims to evaluate the psychometric properties of...
Background: Personalized and accurate assessment of functional performance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) requires patient-centered tools that capture individualized activity limitations. The Patient-Specific Functional Scale (PSFS)...
The Stockholm Public Library was realized in two distinct phases of construction in the 1920s and early 1930s, and remains a well-known work in twentieth-century architecture, with a heritage status today. While previous studies have focused on the l...
14 June 2020
Background: Stroke causes a wide variety of clinical manifestations that may have a negative impact on quality of life. Therefore, it is very important to use specific instruments for measuring quality of life in individuals who suffered a stroke. Th...
29 July 2022
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus is associated with psychological/emotional disturbances. This study aimed to assess internal consistency, reliability, and construct validity of the Hospital Anxiety and Depressive Sc...
Compared with a stationary fire, the spread of smoke in a moving fire source is more complex, which means hazardous consequences. The study of smoke flow and distribution of ceiling temperature is essential for effective emergency response strategies...
This field study explores construction workers’ perceptions of using a passive shoulder exoskeleton to better understand how to improve its adoption in construction. We provided forty-one construction workers with an exoskeleton to perform thei...
Background: In occupational science and therapy, occupations are understood as meaningful activities. Satisfaction with the amount and variety of occupations is called occupational balance. The “Occupational Balance in Informal Caregivers&rdquo...
The energy performance prediction of buildings plays a significant role in the design phases. Theoretical analysis and statistical analysis are typically carried out to predict energy consumption. However, due to the complexity of the building charac...
This paper aims to facilitate in the reduction of issues related to agricultural wastes such as disposal and burning by incorporating two widely produced agricultural wastes in Pakistan, i.e., Rice Husk and Wheat Straw, in gypsum false ceiling plates...
Spanish teachers, in general, are committed, sensitised and in favour of integrating gender equality into their professional development. Despite this, the gender perspective has not been systematically integrated into the training of future teachers...
Background: The Children’s Experiences of Dental Anxiety Measure (CEDAM-14) is a child-centred measure of dental anxiety which assesses a range of behaviours, thoughts and feelings/physical symptoms related to dental anxiety. A short form of the CEDA...
Climate change has brought a compelling need for cooling living spaces to the attention of researchers as well as construction professionals. The problem of overheating enclosures is now exacerbated in traditionally affected areas and is also affecti...
Energy consumption in buildings depends on many factors, including envelope materials. This paper aims to propose a method based on cluster analysis for finding reference models based on actual construction systems of low-income housing. Such referen...
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