This paper presents some of the findings of the European project, RUROS, primarily concerned with the environmental and comfort conditions of open spaces in cities. The results of the microclimatic and human monitoring, in relation to the thermal environment and comfort conditions in open spaces are presented. The database consists of nearly 10,000 from field surveys in 14 different case study ...

This paper utilises the distinctive transient pulse feature of the Third-Order Cumulant Diagonal Slice (TOCDS) of ECG signals to detect the number of occurrences of fetal heart beats during each of the maternal cycles. The fetal ECG signal is a comparatively weak signal (less than 20 percent of the mother ECG) and often embedded in noise. The fetal heart rate (FHR) lies in the range from 1.3 Hz...

Noise and vibrations are major sources of discomfort in helicopter cabins manufacturers seeking to estimate passenger based on noise vibration measurements. To this end, series perceptive experiments have been conducted link subjective assessments objective Firstly, it has shown that is governed by perceived intensity an acoustic comfort equation established a sound loudness metric. A second te...

OBJECTIVES The original COMFORT scale, including both observational and physiologic items, has been validated for measuring distress in children admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit. However, physiologic variables are influenced by drugs given in the pediatric intensive care unit setting. The objectives of this study were to assess the usefulness of physiologic variables in judgment of s...

Three visual habituation studies using abstract animations tested the claim that infants' attachment behavior in the Strange Situation procedure corresponds to their expectations about caregiver-infant interactions. Three unique patterns of expectations were revealed. Securely attached infants expected infants to seek comfort from caregivers and expected caregivers to provide comfort. Insecure-...

Nowadays, efforts are being made to estimate the thermal comfort in vehicles by measuring each environmental parameter air temperature, air humidity, mean radiant temperature, air velocity, human activity and clothing insulation. An optimum level of comfort in the vehicle is obtained only by using an automatic air conditioning and climate control system. The paper focuses on the analysis of the...

OBJECTIVES Successes of the professional athlete as individuals and team, across codes of football are contingent upon performance measures. The aim of the study was to examine associations between comfort and performance. DESIGN Prospective measures of lower limb comfort and coach rating performance criterion. Comfort and performance associations were described using Pearson's correlation co...

Energy inefficiency and underlying occupant discomfort associated with building thermal management systems have led to development of human-in-the-loop control system. Minimizing total energy consumption and maximizing comfort of all the occupants present is the major objective of such system based on human comfort feedback. However, the approaches proposed so far lack a built-in mechanism to e...

Introduction: Microbubbles are widely used as contrast agent in diagnostic ultrasound. Recently they have shown good potential for applications in the therapeutic field such as drug delivery to the brain. Recent studies have shown focused ultrasound in conjunction with injected micro-bubbles could temporarily disrupt blood-brain barrier and let therapeutic agents transport into...

The term comfort is often seen relating to the marketing of products like chairs, cars, clothing, hand tools and even airplane tickets, while in the scientific literature, the term discomfort shows up often, since it is used in research. Few papers explain the concept of a localized comfort experience in relation to product use, although people use these products daily. Therefore, in this speci...