Various kinds of biological sensors are now embedded in wearable devices and data on human information have recently become more widespread. Among various environmental stressors, sound has emotional impacts humans, it is worthwhile to investigate the relationship between subjective impressions responses such sounds. In this study, acoustic stimuli with two contrasting sounds, a murmuring river...

conclusions various risk factors in the workplace may contribute to msds in different upper extremities. preventive interventions should hence include ergonomic and office equipment modifications. results the predictors of shoulder msds in the past 12 months were uncomfortable sitting posture (β = 0.42, p = 0.04), limited rest breaks (β=0.73, p = 0.012), and no access to adjustable desks (β = 0...

After the 2008 crisis, smart sustainable development of port areas/cities should be developed on the basis of specific principles: the synergy principle (between different actors/systems, in particular the socio-cultural and economic system), the creativity principle and the circularization principle. The Historic Urban landscape (HUL) approach becomes the guarantee that the transition toward t...

1 Palaeoecology and Landscape Ecology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2 Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, USA, 3 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, Panama, 4 Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, US...

Assessing the model performance of an integrated hydrological and biogeochemical model for discharge and nitrate load predictions T. Pohlert, L. Breuer, J. A. Huisman, and H.-G. Frede Institute for Landscape Ecology and Resources Management, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26, 35392 Gießen, Germany Received: 12 July 2006 – Accepted: 28 August 2006 – Published: 12 September 2...

This paper examines the basic features of the music curriculum in the primary schools in order to improve the music education within the reality of the worldwide educational society. Music curriculum aims to: enhance the knowledge, to improve and expand pupils’ cognitive and artistic skills, reinforce the collaborative learning, and evaluate the different levels of understanding. Hence, the mus...