Heating and cooling indoor environments is responsible for the largest share of energy consumption in buildings [...]

Thermal comfort is one of the most important factors indoor environment quality, affecting occupants’ well-being and work efficiency. With advent smart control technology, personalized intelligent air conditioners have been promoted for occupant-centric air-conditioning control. Based on commonly used (AC), this paper quantitatively describes method occupant thermal preference adaptation, propo...

Positive indoor environments can improve occupant comfort and well-being by inducing positive perceptual outcomes [...]

Building performance indicators are widely used to guide building design and track benchmark operational performance. Traditional mostly focus on the energy efficiency perspective. As occupants primary service recipients in residential most commercial buildings, their comfort wellbeing crucial. This study first identified significant attributes of occupant-centric key (KPIs) analyzed diverse fa...

OBJECTIVE Public concern has arisen about the reliability of front air bags because Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) data indicate many nondeployed air bags in fatal frontal crashes. However, the accuracy of air bag deployment, the variable in question, is uncertain. This study aimed to provide more certain estimates of nondeployment incidence in fatal frontal crashes. METHODS Fatall...

INTRODUCTION Injuries and fatalities due to large truck and other vehicle crashes have decreased over the last decade, but motor vehicle injuries remain a leading cause of death for both the working and general populations. The present study was undertaken to determine semi truck driver and sleeper berth passenger injury risk in a moving semi truck collision using a matched-pair cohort study. ...

Injuries will inevitably occur when restraining loads are exerted on a car occupant by a seat belt during a crash. This study investigated the nature, frequency, and severity of such injuries to the chest and abdomen. Vehicle, occupant, and injury details were obtained from accidents occurring in the Midlands of England. The sample was chosen with emphasis on fatal and serious injuries while al...

Occupant behavior based on natural ventilation has a significant impact building energy consumption. It is important for the quantification of occupant-behavior models to select observed variables, i.e., features that affect state window opening and closing, consider machine learning are effective in predicting this state. In study, thermal comfort was investigated, data were analyzed 30 houses...