@article{Hamza2023,
title = {BeeLive: The IoT platform of Beemon monitoring and alerting system for beehives},
journal = {Smart Agricultural Technology},
volume = {6},
pages = {100331},
year = {2023},
issn = {2772-3755},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atech.2023.100331},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772375523001600},
author = {Abdelbaset S. Hamza and Rahman Tashakkori and Bejamen Underwood and William O'Brien and Chris Campell},
keywords = {Beehive, Honey bees, Internet-of-Things (IoT)},
abstract = {Monitoring honey beehives is mainly done manually by beekeepers to evaluate the health of their hives and determine their growth and yield. With the emergence of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and tools, there have been some efforts in recent years to automate such monitoring. This can significantly benefit beekeepers as they can obtain critical data and insight into their hives' health and performance more regularly. In this paper, we use IoT devices and the Thingsboard dashboard to track the status of 28 honey beehives installed in the Western region of North Carolina as part of the Appalachian Multi-Apiary Informatics System (AppMAIS) project. In order to acquire data from a beehive, humidity and temperature sensors, as well as a microphone, have been placed inside the hives. In addition, a video camera has been placed at the top of the hive's entrance to obtain video recordings of the bees entering and leaving the hives, and a scale is placed under the hive to report the weight. The data collected from the sensors and peripherals installed in each of the AppMAIS hives are sent to the Thingsboard dashboard for management and visualization. In this paper, we report on our success with Thingsboard IoT tool to monitor honey beehives and take advantage of their capabilities to interact with the devices as needed to adjust operational parameters.}
}
@InProceedings{Reis2020,
author="dos Reis, Alexandre Soares
and Gielen, Elien
and Wopereis, Ko
and Pasternak, Marcel
and Sooäär, Vaido
and Schneider, Tobias
and Duarte, Abel J.
and Malheiro, Benedita
and Justo, Jorge
and Ribeiro, Cristina
and Silva, Manuel F.
and Ferreira, Paulo
and Guedes, Pedro",
editor="Silva, Manuel F.
and Luís Lima, José
and Reis, Luís Paulo
and Sanfeliu, Alberto
and Tardioli, Danilo",
title="Smart Companion Pillow -- An EPS@ISEP 2019 Project",
booktitle="Robot 2019: Fourth Iberian Robotics Conference",
year="2020",
publisher="Springer International Publishing",
address="Cham",
pages="465--476",
abstract="This paper describes the design and development of a Smart Companion Pillow, named bGuard, designed by a multinational and multidisciplinary team enrolled in the European Project Semester (EPS) at Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP) in the spring of 2019. Nowadays, parents spend most of the day at work and become naturally worried about the well-being of their young children, specially babies. The aim of bGuard is to provide a 24-hour remotely accessible baby monitoring service, contributing to reduce parenting stress. The team, based on the survey of related products, as well as on marketing, sustainability, ethics and deontology analyses, developed a remotely interactive Smart Companion Pillow to monitor the baby's health and room air quality. The collected data, once it is saved on an Internet of Things (IoT) platform, becomes remotely accessible. The bGuard pillow, thanks to its shape, reduces the risk of the baby rolling from back to tummy, lowering the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).",
isbn="978-3-030-36150-1"
}
@article{Lee2018,
title = "Design and Implementation of Monitoring System Architecture for Smart Bicycle Platform",
journal = "Procedia Computer Science",
volume = "134",
pages = "464--469",
year = "2018",
note = "The 15th International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing (MobiSPC 2018) / The 13th International Conference on Future Networks and Communications (FNC-2018) / Affiliated Workshops",
issn = "1877-0509",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2018.07.182",
url = "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877050918311475",
author = "YeongKyun Lee and Jongpil Jeong",
keywords = "Remote monitoring, Wireless sensor network, Smart phone based monitoring, Bicycle monitoring",
abstract = "This paper proposes the smart phone as a central monitoring device for the bicycle and the WIFI network as a communication channel between the smart phone and the sensors. It will show how to implement the sensor boards with WIFI and relevant firmware, the software on the smart phone to communicate with the sensor boards and the evaluation results with the open source software called Goldencheetah. The knowledge in this paper is not limited to bicycles but can be expanded to any other monitoring systems using the remote sensors based on smart phone."
}
@article{Ranjith2020,
title = "Prediction of Exhaust Gas Emission characteristics using Neem oil blended bio-diesel in diesel engine",
journal = "Materials Today: Proceedings",
volume = "21",
pages = "870 - 875",
year = "2020",
note = "International Conference on Recent Trends in Nanomaterials for Energy, Environmental and Engineering Applications",
issn = "2214-7853",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2019.07.706",
url = "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214785319329116",
author = " Ranjith and V. Velmurugan and S. Thanikaikarasan",
keywords = "Accelerometer, Diesel engine, Neem oil, Renewable, Alternative, Viscosity, Volatility",
abstract = "As a renewable, sustainable and alternative fuel for diesel engine, biodiesel instead of diesel has been increasingly fuelled to study its effects on engine performances and emissions. Biodiesel production is a modern and technological area for researchers due to constant increase in the prices of petroleum, diesel, and environmental advantages. Increased environmental awareness and depletion of resources are driving industry to develop viable alternative fuels from renewable resources that are environmentally more acceptable. Neem oil is a potential alternative fuel. The most detrimental properties of neem oils are its high viscosity and low volatility, and these cause several problems during their long duration usage in diesel engines. From the review it is found that the use of biodiesel leads to the substantial reduction in CO2, HC, CO and NOx emissions."
}
@article{Sobhani2018,
title = "Impact of smartphone distraction on pedestrians crossing behaviour: An application of head-mounted immersive virtual reality",
journal = "Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour",
volume = "58",
pages = "228 - 241",
year = "2018",
issn = "1369-8478",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2018.06.020",
url = "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369847818300998",
author = "Anae Sobhani and Bilal Farooq",
keywords = "Head-mounted immersive virtual reality, Pedestrian, Distracted street crossing, Multi-tasking, Smartphone use, Surrogate analysis, Smart LED lights safety treatment",
abstract = "A novel head-mounted virtual immersive/interactive reality environment (VIRE) is utilized to evaluate the behaviour of participants in three pedestrian road crossing conditions while 1) not distracted, 2) distracted with a smartphone, and 3) distracted with a smartphone with a virtually implemented safety measure on the road. Forty-two volunteers participated in our research who completed thirty successful (complete crossing) trials in blocks of ten trials for each crossing condition. For the two distracted conditions, pedestrians are engaged in a maze-solving game on a virtual smartphone, while at the same time checking the traffic for a safe crossing gap. For the proposed safety measure, smart flashing and color changing LED lights are simulated on the crosswalk to warn the distracted pedestrian who initiates crossing. Surrogate safety measures as well as speed information and distraction attributes such as direction and orientation of participants head were collected and evaluated by employing a Multinomial Logit (MNL) model. Results from the model indicate that females have more dangerous crossing behaviour especially in distracted conditions; however, the smart LED treatment reduces this negative impact. Moreover, the number of times and the percentage of duration the head was facing the smartphone during a trial and a waiting time respectively increase the possibility of unsafe crossings; though, the proposed treatment reduces the safety crossing rate. Hence, our study shows that the smart LED light safety treatment indeed improves the safety of distracted pedestrians and enhances the successful crossing rate."
}
@article{Obayashi2020,
title = "Pilot and Feasibility Study on Elderly Support Services Using Communicative Robots and Monitoring Sensors Integrated With Cloud Robotics",
journal = "Clinical Therapeutics",
year = "2020",
issn = "0149-2918",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinthera.2020.01.001",
url = "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149291820300278",
author = "Kazuko Obayashi and Shigeru Masuyama",
keywords = "activities of daily living, cloud robotics, communicative robot, elderly care, robotics utilization, support services",
abstract = "Purpose
This pilot before-after study investigated the possible effects of communicative robots, used with a sensing system supported by cloud robotics, in caring for elderly people.
Methods
Two elderly women in nursing homes and 4 care workers participated in the trial. The overnight life rhythm assessments of the study participants and care workers were surveyed to determine when and how the robots should be integrated into care. The system consisted of the robot Sota, a noncontact vital sensor and a sheet-shaped bed sensor. Real-time sensing data and conversations between the participants and robots were sent to the servers, prompting a quick verbal response by the robot supported by cloud robotics.
Findings
Care workers devoted 3 h to the maintenance of records during their most stressful periods. Automatic recording of vital information using robot sensors can improve the quality of nursing care work. Care workers' stress levels were maximized when responding to nurse calls. Temporary responses to nurse calls by the robots may help to effectively reduce the burden on nursing care workers. Robots can stimulate elderly people to communicate more with others (P < 0.05). Appropriate vocalization by communicative robots may prevent the deterioration of quality of life in elderly individuals.
Implications
Communicative robots, used with a sensing system, may stimulate elderly people to activate a communication link with others and help care workers to effectively reduce the burden during the night shift. A follow-up study involving a broader research program on communicative robots and elderly care would be beneficial."
}
@article{Thapa2019,
title = "Study on the wintry thermal improvement of makeshift shelters built after Nepal earthquake 2015",
journal = "Energy and Buildings",
volume = "199",
pages = "62 - 71",
year = "2019",
issn = "0378-7788",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.06.031",
url = "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378778819306309",
author = "Rita Thapa and Hom Bahadur Rijal and Masanori Shukuya and Hikaru Imagawa",
keywords = "Nepal, Earthquake, Temporary shelters, Indoor air temperature, Thermal insulation, Thermal improvement",
abstract = "After massive earthquake 2015, thousands of Nepalese who lost their permanent houses by the hardest hits were forced to live in makeshift temporary shelters. The field measurement on indoor thermal environment in five shelters was conducted in one of the district hit by the earthquake, Lalitpur, in winter. The mean indoor and outdoor air temperatures during the measured nighttime were found to be 10.3 °C and 7.6 °C, respectively, and the nocturnal indoor air temperature remained below the lowest acceptable temperature of 11 °C. This result assured that these shelters are not good for winter and must create various problems. We therefore analyzed the thermal characteristics of those shelters based on the measured results in order to seek a possible improvement. The total heat loss coefficient estimated per floor area in five shelters ranged from 11.3 to 15.2 W/(m2·K); that is thermal insulation was very low. We made a simple numerical analysis on the variation of indoor air temperature with the assumption of improved thermal characteristics and thereby found that it needs to be reduced about 2∼7 W/(m2·K) to have the indoor air temperature higher than 11 °C for 70\% of the whole nocturnal hours. Such reduction of heat loss was found to be realized by adding affordable materials, e.g., cellular polyethylene foam and clothes for respective walls and roof. Thus, the knowledge obtained from this study should hopefully be applied to actual improvement of indoor thermal environment in existing shelters and also to a development for the preparation against future disaster."
}
@MISC{gartner2021,
author = "{Gartner}",
title = "{Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms}",
url = "{https://www.gartner.com/en/documents/3998753}",
urldate = "{March 2021}",
year = "{2021}",
address = "{[Accessed in April 2021]}",
}
@MISC{android41,
author = "{Android Open Source Project}",
title = "{Android Developers: Android 4.1 APIs}",
url = "{http://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-4.1.html}",
urldate = "{May 2014}",
year = "{2014}",
address = "{[Accessed in April 2017]}",
}
@MISC{cloudexpo2008,
AUTHOR = "{Cloud Expo}",
title = "{Twenty-One Experts Define Cloud Computing}",
url = "{http://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/612375}",
urldate = "{October 2013}",
year = "{2008}",
address = "{[Accessed in April 2021]}",
}
@BOOK{Bandyopadhyay2013,
title={Unsupervised Classification: Similarity Measures, Classical and Metaheuristic Approaches, and Applications},
author={Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra and Saha, Sriparna},
year={2013},
isbn={978-3-642-32450-5},
publisher={Springer},
address = {Berlin, Germany},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-32451-2}
}
@ARTICLE{Llorente2009,
author ="{Sotomayor, B. and Montero, Ruben S. and Llorente, I.M. and Foster, I.}",
journal ="Internet Computing, IEEE",
title ="{Virtual Infrastructure Management in Private and Hybrid Clouds}",
year ="{2009}",
month ="{Sept}",
volume ="{13}",
number ="{5}",
pages ="{14-22}",
abstract = {One of the many definitions of "cloud" is that of an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) system, in which IT infrastructure is deployed in a provider's data center as virtual machines. With IaaS clouds' growing popularity, tools and technologies are emerging that can transform an organization's existing infrastructure into a private or hybrid cloud. OpenNebula is an open source, virtual infrastructure manager that deploys virtualized services on both a local pool of resources and external IaaS clouds. Haizea, a resource lease manager, can act as a scheduling back end for OpenNebula, providing features not found in other cloud software or virtualization-based data center management software.},
doi = {10.1109/MIC.2009.119}
}
@article{Mulder2013,
title = "Development of a Motion System for an Advanced Sailing Simulator ",
journal = "Procedia Engineering",
volume = "60",
number = "0",
pages = "428 - 434",
year = "2013",
note = "6th Asia-Pacific Congress on Sports Technology (APCST) ",
issn = "1877-7058",
doi = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2013.07.030",
url = "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877705813010813",
author = "Fabian A. Mulder and Jouke C. Verlinden",
keywords = "Sailing",
keywords = "Dinghy",
keywords = "Virtual reality",
keywords = "Training simulation",
keywords = "Force feedback",
abstract = "Abstract To train competitive sailing in a virtual setting, motion of the boat as well as haptic feedback of the sail lines is essential. When discussing virtual environments (VEs) the concept of presence is often used. In this study we develop a sailing simulator motion system to research what factors contribute to the participants’ sensation of presence when sailing in a VE. The developed simulator includes the development of a mainsheet force feedback system and a novel motion platform, connected to a high-quality graphics sailing simulation. In future research, the developed system will be used to study which sail training type can be performed in simulated environments, and if the system can be used as a valid testbed for perception-action experiments."
}
@article{Mahn2006,
title = {A BEHAVIOUR-BASED NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR AN AUTONOMOUS INDOOR BLIMP},
journal = {IFAC Proceedings Volumes},
volume = {39},
number = {16},
pages = {837-842},
year = {2006},
note = {4th IFAC Symposium on Mechatronic Systems},
issn = {1474-6670},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.3182/20060912-3-DE-2911.00144},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1474667015342725},
author = {Manuel Mahn and Markus Kemper},
keywords = {control, indoor navigation},
abstract = {This paper describes a behaviour-based navigation system for airborne autonomous robots. The work has been validated by controlling an indoor blimp with a finite-state machine. It is shown that behaviour-based navigation, especially concerning mobile robots for indoor applications, is predestined to perform reconnaissance of unknown areas and moreover for navigation tasks in familiar environment. Due to the inability of most autonomous indoor aerial vehicles to carry heavy sensors, these systems lack of metrical information and therefore the explicit localization is yet impossible until today. The behaviour-based navigation is combined with a variety of path-planning methods (tree-search, potential fields, etc.) using obstacle-maps of known surroundings enabling the robot to acquire a desired position in a correspondent cluster of rooms.}
}
@INPROCEEDINGS{Khan2018,
author={Khan, Tareq},
booktitle={2018 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology (EIT)},
title={A Smart Wearable Gadget for Noninvasive Detection and Notification of Diaper Moister},
year={2018},
volume={},
number={},
pages={0240-0244},
abstract={Wearing a wet diaper for a long time can be uncomfortable and cause health issues such as diaper rash. The best way to avoid diaper rash is to change the diaper often and as soon as possible after the baby urinates or passes stool. Daycare caregivers or parents sometimes forget or do not have time to manually check the diaper condition of the babies throughout the day. In this age of smart devices, many people are busy with their cell phones or tablets for social networking, texting, gaming, music etc. In this project, a novel wearable gadget is developed which sends an automatic notification to caregivers smart devices whenever the baby urinates. The proposed wearable detects urination event noninvasively by sensing the temperature rise on the outer surface of the diaper. The gadget is a small size, low power, low cost and reusable electronic device that is attached externally to the outer surface of the diaper using hook-and-Ioop fasteners. The gadget can be used with any disposable diaper, thus no change in the diaper production process or price increase is required. The smartphone app logs the urination events and creates databases and reports. This record can facilitate treating disease such as dehydration, where accurate previous records of urination are required. A prototype of the hardware gadget and a smartphone app is developed and tested.},
keywords={},
doi={10.1109/EIT.2018.8500233},
ISSN={2154-0373},
month={May},
}
@INPROCEEDINGS{Nassiraei2006,
author={Nassiraei, Amir A.F. and Masakado, Seiji and Matsuo, Takayuki and Sonoda, Takashi and Takahira, Isao and Fukushima, Hajime and Murata, Masayuki and Ichikawa, Koudai and Ishii, Kazuo and Miki, Tsutomu},
booktitle={2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems},
title={Development of an Artistic Robot "Jumping Joe"},
year={2006},
volume={},
number={},
pages={1720-1725},
abstract={In this paper, we describe the design, modeling, simulation and implementation of an entertainment robot named "Jumping Joe". Jumping Joe, an artistic and agile robot, can perform several rapid movements such as fast wake up, jumping and somersault. In order to realize acrobatic movements, four different actuators which can create the high-speed movements are developed. Jumping Joe with eight DOF, which are two DOF in each hip joint and one DOF in each knee joint and each foot, can also perform the routine movements of a legged robot such as standing, walking etc. First we describe the principle of the developed actuators. Second we investigate the feasibility of the special movements performed by our artistic robot through simulations using 3D dynamical analysis software. Next we show experimentally that a prototype of our artistic robot "Jumping Joe" can demonstrate all the above rapid movements.},
keywords={Robots;Actuators;Legged locomotion;Hip;Knee;Foot;Analytical models;Performance analysis;Software performance;Software prototyping;Artistic Robot;Jumping;Somersault;Parallel Mechanism;Jumping Joe},
doi={10.1109/IROS.2006.282131},
ISSN={2153-0866},
month={Oct}
}
@ARTICLE{Kuo2015,
AUTHOR={Kuo, Ming },
TITLE={How might contact with nature promote human health? Promising mechanisms and a possible central pathway},
JOURNAL={Frontiers in Psychology},
VOLUME={6},
YEAR={2015},
URL={https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01093},
DOI={10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01093},
ISSN={1664-1078},
ABSTRACT={<p>How might contact with nature promote human health? Myriad studies have linked the two; at this time the task of identifying the mechanisms underlying this link is paramount. This article offers: (1) a compilation of plausible pathways between nature and health; (2) criteria for identifying a possible central pathway; and (3) one promising candidate for a central pathway. The 21 pathways identified here include environmental factors, physiological and psychological states, and behaviors or conditions, each of which has been empirically tied to nature and has implications for specific physical and mental health outcomes. While each is likely to contribute to nature’s impacts on health to some degree and under some circumstances, this paper explores the possibility of a central pathway by proposing criteria for identifying such a pathway and illustrating their use. A particular pathway is more likely to be central if it can account for the size of nature’s impacts on health, account for nature’s specific health outcomes, and subsume other pathways. By these criteria, <italic>enhanced immune functioning</italic> emerges as one promising candidate for a central pathway between nature and health. There may be others.</p>}}
@article{Frumkin2017,
author = {Howard Frumkin and Gregory N. Bratman and Sara Jo Breslow and Bobby Cochran and Peter H. Kahn Jr and Joshua J. Lawler and Phillip S. Levin and Pooja S. Tandon and Usha Varanasi and Kathleen L. Wolf and Spencer A. Wood },
title = {Nature Contact and Human Health: A Research Agenda},
journal = {Environmental Health Perspectives},
volume = {125},
number = {7},
pages = {075001},
year = {2017},
doi = {10.1289/EHP1663},
URL = {https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/abs/10.1289/EHP1663},
eprint = {https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/pdf/10.1289/EHP1663}
}
@article{Kaplan1995,
title = {The restorative benefits of nature: Toward an integrative framework},
journal = {Journal of Environmental Psychology},
volume = {15},
number = {3},
pages = {169-182},
year = {1995},
note = {Green Psychology},
issn = {0272-4944},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/0272-4944(95)90001-2},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0272494495900012},
author = {Stephen Kaplan},
abstract = {Directed attention plays an important role in human information processing; its fatigue, in turn, has far-reaching consequences. Attention Restoration Theory provides an analysis of the kinds of experiences that lead to recovery from such fatigue. Natural environments turn out to be particularly rich in the characteristics necessary for restorative experiences. An integrative framework is proposed that places both directed attention and stress in the larger context of human-environment relationships.}
}
@ARTICLE{Stenfors2019,
AUTHOR={Stenfors, Cecilia U. D. and Van Hedger, Stephen C. and Schertz, Kathryn E. and Meyer, Francisco A. C. and Smith, Karen E. L. and Norman, Greg J. and Bourrier, Stefan C. and Enns, James T. and Kardan, Omid and Jonides, John and Berman, Marc G. },
TITLE={Positive Effects of Nature on Cognitive Performance Across Multiple Experiments: Test Order but Not Affect Modulates the Cognitive Effects},
JOURNAL={Frontiers in Psychology},
VOLUME={10},
YEAR={2019},
URL={https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01413},
DOI={10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01413},
ISSN={1664-1078},
ABSTRACT={<p>Interactions with natural environments and nature-related stimuli have been found to be beneficial to cognitive performance, in particular on executive cognitive tasks with high demands on directed attention processes. However, results vary across different studies. The aim of the present paper was to evaluate the effects of nature vs. urban environments on cognitive performance across all of our published and new/unpublished studies testing the effects of different interactions with nature vs. urban/built control environments, on an executive-functioning test with high demands on directed attention—the backwards digit span (BDS) task. Specific aims in this study were to: (1) evaluate the effect of nature vs. urban environment interactions on BDS across different exposure types (e.g., real-world vs. artificial environments/stimuli); (2) disentangle the effects of testing order (i.e., effects caused by the order in which experimental conditions are administered) from the effects of the environment interactions, and (3) test the (mediating) role of affective changes on BDS performance. To this end, data from 13 experiments are presented, and pooled data-analyses are performed. Results from the pooled data-analyses (<italic>N</italic> = 528 participants) showed significant time-by-environment interactions with beneficial effects of nature compared to urban environments on BDS performance. There were also clear interactions with the order in which environment conditions were tested. Specifically, there were practice effects across environment conditions in first sessions. Importantly, after parceling out initial practice effects, the positive effects of nature compared to urban interactions on BDS performance were magnified. Changes in positive or negative affect did not mediate the beneficial effects of nature on BDS performance. These results are discussed in relation to the findings of other studies identified in the literature. Uncontrolled and confounding order effects (i.e., effects due to the order of experimental conditions, rather than the treatment conditions) may explain some of the inconsistent findings across studies in the literature on nature effects on cognitive performance. In all, these results highlight the robustness of the effects of natural environments on cognition, particularly when confounding order effects have been considered, and provide a more nuanced account of when a nature intervention will be most effective.</p>}}
@article{
Ulrich1984,
author = {Roger S. Ulrich },
title = {View Through a Window May Influence Recovery from Surgery},
journal = {Science},
volume = {224},
number = {4647},
pages = {420-421},
year = {1984},
doi = {10.1126/science.6143402},
URL = {https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.6143402},
eprint = {https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.6143402},
abstract = {Records on recovery after cholecystectomy of patients in a suburban Pennsylvania hospital between 1972 and 1981 were examined to determine whether assignment to a room with a window view of a natural setting might have restorative influences. Twenty-three surgical patients assigned to rooms with windows looking out on a natural scene had shorter postoperative hospital stays, received fewer negative evaluative comments in nurses' notes, and took fewer potent analgesics than 23 matched patients in similar rooms with windows facing a brick building wall.}}
@article{McMahan2015,
author = {Ethan A. McMahan and David Estes and},
title = {The effect of contact with natural environments on positive and negative affect: A meta-analysis},
journal = {The Journal of Positive Psychology},
volume = {10},
number = {6},
pages = {507--519},
year = {2015},
publisher = {Routledge},
doi = {10.1080/17439760.2014.994224},
URL = {
https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2014.994224
},
eprint = {
https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2014.994224
}
,
abstract = { A growing body of empirical research suggests that brief contact with natural environments improves emotional well-being. The current study synthesizes this body of research using meta-analytic techniques and assesses the mean effect size of exposure to natural environments on both positive and negative affect. Thirty-two studies with a total of 2356 participants were included. Across these studies, exposure to natural environments was associated with a moderate increase in positive affect and a smaller, yet consistent, decrease in negative affect relative to comparison conditions. Significant heterogeneity was found for the effect of nature on positive affect, and type of emotion assessment, type of exposure to nature, location of study, and mean age of sample were found to moderate this effect. The implications of these findings for existing theory and research are discussed, with particular emphasis placed on potential avenues for fruitful future research examining the effects of nature on well-being. }
}
@article{Lisberg2009,
author = {Lisberg Jensen, Ebba},
institution = {Malmö högskola, Department of Urban Studies (US)},
journal = {Our schools, our selves},
number = {1},
pages = {129--134},
publisher = {The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives},
title = {To Know is to Cherish? Learning from Swedish Environmental Education},
volume = {19},
keywords = {environmental education, species, Linneaus, Sweden, environment},
abstract = {I denna artikel diskuteras den svenska utomhuspedagogiska traditionen, Linnés arv av att artbestämma, samla in och katalogisera växter och dessa företeelsers eventuella betydelse för ungdomars miljöengagemang och känsla för den hållbara utvecklingen. },
URL = {http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_7688/is_200910/ai_n42854669/?tag=content;col1},
year = {2009}
}
@ARTICLE{Kuo2019,
AUTHOR={Kuo, Ming and Barnes, Michael and Jordan, Catherine },
TITLE={Do Experiences With Nature Promote Learning? Converging Evidence of a Cause-and-Effect Relationship},
JOURNAL={Frontiers in Psychology},
VOLUME={10},
YEAR={2019},
URL={https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00305},
DOI={10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00305},
ISSN={1664-1078},
ABSTRACT={<p>Do experiences with nature – from wilderness backpacking to plants in a preschool, to a wetland lesson on frogs—promote learning? Until recently, claims outstripped evidence on this question. But the field has matured, not only substantiating previously unwarranted claims but deepening our understanding of the cause-and-effect relationship between nature and learning. Hundreds of studies now bear on this question, and converging evidence strongly suggests that experiences of nature boost academic learning, personal development, and environmental stewardship. This brief integrative review summarizes recent advances and the current state of our understanding. The research on personal development and environmental stewardship is compelling although not quantitative. Report after report – from independent observers as well as participants themselves – indicate shifts in perseverance, problem solving, critical thinking, leadership, teamwork, and resilience. Similarly, over fifty studies point to nature playing a key role in the development of pro-environmental behavior, particularly by fostering an emotional connection to nature. In academic contexts, nature-based instruction outperforms traditional instruction. The evidence here is particularly strong, including experimental evidence; evidence across a wide range of samples and instructional approaches; outcomes such as standardized test scores and graduation rates; and evidence for specific explanatory mechanisms and active ingredients. Nature may promote learning by improving learners’ attention, levels of stress, self-discipline, interest and enjoyment in learning, and physical activity and fitness. Nature also appears to provide a calmer, quieter, safer context for learning; a warmer, more cooperative context for learning; and a combination of “loose parts” and autonomy that fosters developmentally beneficial forms of play. It is time to take nature seriously as a resource for learning – particularly for students not effectively reached by traditional instruction.</p>}}
@Article{Kompier2006,
author = "Kompier, Michiel AJ",
title = "New systems of work organization and workers’ health",
journal = "Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health",
year = "2006",
month = "Dec",
day = "32",
number = "6",
pages = "421--430",
keywords = "changing world of work; new organizational practice; new system; review; work characteristic; work organization; workers’ health",
abstract = "<p>This paper aims at identifying major changes in and around work organizations, their effects upon job characteristics and the health and well-being of today’s employees, and related research challenges. Increased internationalization and competition, increased utilization of information and communication technology, the changing workforce configuration, and flexibility and new organizational practices are considered. As work has changed from physical to mental in nature, job characteristics have changed significantly. Meanwhile work and family life have blended. New systems of work organization have become more prevalent, but they do not represent a radical change across the whole economy. New practices may have an adverse impact upon job characteristics, but their effects depend on their design, implementation, and management. Research recommendations include improved monitoring of changes in work organization and studies into their health and safety consequences, intervention studies, studies into the motivating potential of modern work practices, studies of marginalized workers and workers in less developed countries, and “mechanism studies”.</p>",
issn = "0355-3140",
doi = "10.5271/sjweh.1048",
url = "https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=1048",
url = "https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.1048"
}
@ARTICLE{Peterson2021,
AUTHOR={Petersson Troije, Charlotte and Lisberg Jensen, Ebba and Stenfors, Cecilia and Bodin Danielsson, Christina and Hoff, Eva and Mårtensson, Fredrika and Toivanen, Susanna },
TITLE={Outdoor Office Work – An Interactive Research Project Showing the Way Out},
JOURNAL={Frontiers in Psychology},
VOLUME={12},
YEAR={2021},
URL={https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.636091},
DOI={10.3389/fpsyg.2021.636091},
ISSN={1664-1078},
ABSTRACT={<p>The physical boundaries of office work have become increasingly flexible. Work is conducted at multiple locations outside the office, such as at clients’ premises, at home, in cafés, or when traveling. However, the boundary between indoor and outdoor environment seems to be strong and normative regarding how office work is performed. The aim of this study was to explore how office work may be conducted outdoors, understanding how it is being experienced by office employees and identifying its contextual preconditions. Based on a two-year interactive research project, the study was conducted together with a Swedish municipality. Fifty-eight participants engaged in the collaborative learning process, including 40 half-day workshops and reflective group discussions, co-interviews, and participants’ independent experimentation of bringing work activities outdoors. Data was collected via interviews, group discussions and a custom-made mobile application. The results showed that a wide range of work activities could be done outdoors, both individually and in collaboration with others. Outdoor work activities were associated with many positive experiences by contributing to a sense of well-being, recovery, autonomy, enhanced cognition, better communication, and social relations, but also with feelings of guilt and illegitimacy. Conditions of importance for outdoor office work to happen and function well were found in the physical environment, where proximity to urban greenspaces stood out as important, but also in the sociocultural and organizational domains. Of crucial importance was managers’ attitudes, as well as the overall organizational culture on this idea of bringing office work outdoors. To conclude, if working life is to benefit from outdoor office work, leaders, urban planners and policymakers need to collaborate and show the way out.</p>}}
@MISC{Crook2020,
author = "{Crook}",
title = "{Powerhouse Company reveals floating off-grid office in Rotterdam}",
url = "{https://www.dezeen.com/2020/02/04/powerhouse-company-sustainable-floating-office-rotterdam/}",
urldate = "{}",
year = "{2020}",
address = "{}",
}
@MISC{soofa2024,
author = "{Changing Environments, Inc.}",
title = "{Soofa}",
url = "{https://soofadigital.com/}",
urldate = "{}",
year = "{2024}",
address = "{}",
}
@MISC{strawberrye2025,
author = "{Strawberry Energy}",
title = "{Smart Bench 1 symbolises the flow and transformation from solar to electrical energy.}",
url = "{https://strawberrye.com/smart-bench-1/}",
urldate = "{}",
year = "{2025}",
address = "{}",
}
@MISC{kubee2024,
author = "{Kubee}",
title = "{Phone charging and free wifi
on the solar powered smartbenches}",
url = "{https://kuube.hu/en/}",
urldate = "{}",
year = "{2024}",
address = "{}",
}
@MISC{amai2021,
author = "{Dirk Wynants for Extremis}",
title = "{AMAi}",
url = "{https://www.extremis.com/en/collections/amai/amai}",
urldate = "{}",
year = "{2021}",
address = "{}",
}
@MISC{eps2023_t1,
author = "{EPS 2023 - Amplea}",
title = "{Ergonomic Adjustable Furniture}",
url = "{https://www.eps2023-wiki1.dee.isep.ipp.pt/doku.php?id=report}",
urldate = "{}",
year = "{2023}",
address = "{}",
}
@MISC{eps2021_t3,
author = "{EPS 2021 - FreeDesk}",
title = "{Ergonomic Reconfigurable Home-Desk}",
url = "{https://www.eps2021-wiki3.dee.isep.ipp.pt/doku.php?id=report}",
urldate = "{}",
year = "{2021}",
address = "{}",
}
@MISC{Guevara2024,
author = "{Patricia Guevara}",
title = "{A Guide to Understanding 5x5 Risk Assessment Matrix}",
url = "{https://safetyculture.com/topics/risk-assessment/5x5-risk-matrix/}",
urldate = "{}",
year = "{2024}",
address = "{}",
}
@MISC{sixsigma2024,
author = "{SixSigma.us}",
title = "{Your Guide to Stakeholder Analysis Matrix: Master Project Management}",
url = "{https://www.6sigma.us/project-management/stakeholder-analysis-matrix/}",
urldate = "{}",
year = "{2024}",
address = "{}",
}
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title = {Directive 2014/35/EU on Low Voltage},
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year = {2014},
note = {Accessed 5 June 2025}
}
@misc{EU2014_30,
title = {Directive 2014/30/EU on Electromagnetic Compatibility},
howpublished = {Official Journal of the European Union L96},
year = {2014},
note = {Accessed 5 June 2025}
}
@misc{EU2014_53,
title = {Directive 2014/53/EU on Radio Equipment},
howpublished = {Official Journal of the European Union L153},
year = {2014},
note = {Accessed 5 June 2025}
}
@misc{EU2011_65,
title = {Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS II)},
howpublished = {Official Journal of the European Union L174},
year = {2011},
note = {Accessed 5 June 2025}
}
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title = {Directive 2001/95/EC on General Product Safety},
howpublished = {Official Journal of the European Union L11},
year = {2001},
note = {Accessed 5 June 2025}
}
@misc{EU2019_771,
title = {Directive (EU) 2019/771 on the Sale of Goods},
howpublished = {Official Journal of the European Union L136},
year = {2019},
note = {Accessed 5 June 2025}
}
@misc{ETSI303645,
title = {{ETSI EN 303 645}: Cybersecurity for Consumer IoT},
howpublished = {European Telecommunications Standards Institute},
year = {2024},
note = {Accessed 5 June 2025}
}
@MISC{ShinrinYoku,
title = "{Shinrin-yoku --- {Wikipedia}{,} The Free Encyclopedia}",
url = "{https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shinrin-yoku&oldid=1295177120}",
year = "{2025}",
}