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- Coradeshi, Silvia, et al.
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User Requirements and Design Principles
- 2012
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Delivery 1.1 for the Project GiraffPlus. Combining social interaction and long term monitoring for promoting independent living. EC. Seventh Framework Programme Grant agreement no. 288173
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- Linnell, Mikael, 1976-
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Governing (through) anticipation, vigilance, affect
- 2019
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The perceived increase in and transformation of societal insecurities necessitates novelapproaches for governing societal responses to future disruption (e.g. O’Malley, 2008). Onesuch novel approach is the establishing of public disaster simulation centres to ensure avigilant and prepared population. Societal insecurities do not necessarily mean transboundaryor de-localized modern risks (in Beck’s, 2009, sense), but may just as well implythreats to geographically delimited communities, societies, and regions, for example natureinduced(yet social) disasters like earthquakes and tsunamis, and insecurities originating fromextreme weather conditions due to climate change (e.g. hurricanes, heatwaves, landslides,flooding). This paper presents a case of public simulation centres understood as amanifestation of the Foucauldian notion of self-technology, emphasizing, as it does, themodification of individual conduct: not only skills but also attitudes must be aligned towardsthe overarching goal of preparedness (Foucault, 1988:18). In other words, is the proliferationof public simulation centres to be understood as a concrete sign of ongoing processes ofresponsibilization? Alternatively, is it an expression of political and economic prestige: thefact that governments choose to spend huge resources on public preparedness? Based on adiverse assemblage of empirical sources (including individual’s accounts of their simulationexperiences, notes from sensuous ethnographic field work, governmental rationalizing of theneed for public simulation centres, and sketches of a giant simulation centre that was nevermaterialized), the paper puts forward an analysis of the mechanisms and technologies bywhich individuals and communities become “resilient”. One overall tentative conclusion isthat the sensuous-affective experiences conveyed by the simulation (like excitement, thrill,discomfort, stress) are intended to have an empowering effect on the participants.
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- Dawson, Lucas, et al.
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Why don't we go outside? - Perceived constraints for users of urban greenspace in Sweden
- 2023
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In: Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. - : Elsevier BV. - 1618-8667 .- 1610-8167. ; 82
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Urban greenspace (UGS) is important for human wellbeing, particularly physical and mental health, and is claimed to support social cohesion. However, the expansion and densification of urban centres in recent decades has occurred largely at the expense of UGS. This risks its attractiveness for users. Although recent research has identified various factors that influence the use of UGS in different contexts, few studies have taken an explicit, bottom-up approach to understand which factors constrain willingness to use it. This study analyses responses from an online survey in Sweden (N = 2806) to identify the main constraints to UGS usage, and for whom these are constraints. Respondents could select from 22 different types of constraints – relating to incivilities, management, accessibility and availability, safety, and personal issues. Respondents could also provide comments to identify additional constraints. Incivilities were the most perceived problem. For example, litter was selected by 53% of respondents, while vandalism was selected by 24%. At the same time, many respondents perceived few or no constraints – 59% stated that nothing prevented them from using UGS, while 35% stated that they saw no problems. Safety-related and accessibility/availability constraints were not strongly identified although many respondents commented that UGS in Sweden is inadequate given the large number of users, and that the UGS that people want to use the most is often inaccessible without a car. Multiple binary logistic regression was used to investigate relationships between perceptions of constraints and fourteen predictor variables. Odds ratios were used to determine whether significant (p < 0.05) relationships were meaningful. Our findings show that different groups have starkly divergent perceptions of constraints relating to UGS. Several key factors – including age, self-reported nature-connectedness, distance to UGS, and frequency of use – were associated with a heightened likelihood of perceiving different groups of constraints. However, relationships between constraints and factors relating to environmental justice were not straightforward. These findings indicate the complexity of UGS planning challenges relating to densification, the New Urban Agenda and promotion of societal benefits, and a need to further integrate multiple user perspectives, especially of younger adults and infrequent users.
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- Wingårdh, Ann, et al.
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Effectiveness of Energy Conservation Techniques in Patients with COPD.
- 2020
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In: Respiration. International review of thoracic diseases. - : S. Karger AG. - 1423-0356. ; 2020:99, s. 409-416
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) might suffer from severe dyspnea, which importantly impacts on the performance of activities of daily living (ADL). Patient training of energy conservation techniques (ECTs) might be useful to improve the tolerance and execution of these ADL, but objective studies evaluating the effect of teaching ECTs on the metabolic equivalent of task (MET) in patients with COPD are sparse.The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that practicing ECTs after a 2-week ECT teaching period would reduce the energy expenditure (MET) in performing an activity in patients with severe COPD.Energy expenditure was assessed with a gas exchange system (OxyconTM Mobile) during one out of five standardized ADL before and after a 2-week intervention period in which ECTs were taught. These ECTs comprised a good breathing technique, an ergonomic way of performing the activity, and the use of assistive devices.Thirty-two patients with COPD (mean FEV1: 39 ± 14%; female: n = 18; age: 68 ± 7 years) were included. A significantly lower MET (2.3 ± 0.6 to 2.1 ± 0.5; p < 0.05) and less desaturation (89.7 ± 5.2 vs. 91.1 ± 5.5% HbO2; p < 0.05) were seen while performing the same activity after the intervention. However, there was no significant difference in the time spent on the task performed (6.0 ± 3.9 vs. 6.7 ± 4.0 min; p > 0.05).A 2-week educative program on ECTs successfully reduces the energy spent for performing ADL relevant to the patient without any significant increase in the time spent on the activity.
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- Clark, Andrew, et al.
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Neighbourhoods as relational places for people living with dementia
- 2020
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In: Social Science and Medicine. - Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier. - 0277-9536 .- 1873-5347. ; 252
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- An increase in the number of people living independently with dementia across the developed world has focused attention on the relevance of neighbourhood spaces for enabling or facilitating good social health and wellbeing. Taking the lived experiences and daily realities of people living with dementia as a starting point, this paper contributes new understanding about the relevance of local places for supporting those living with the condition. The paper outlines findings from a study of the neighbourhood experiences, drawing on new data collected from a creative blend of qualitatively-driven mixed methods with people living in a diverse array of settings across three international settings. The paper details some of the implications of neighbourhoods as sites of social connection based on material from 67 people living with dementia and 62 nominated care-partners. It demonstrates how neighbourhoods are experienced as relational places and considers how people living with dementia contribute to the production of such places through engagement and interaction, and in ways that may be beneficial to social health. We contend that research has rarely focused on the subjective, experiential and ‘everyday’ social practices that contextualise neighbourhood life for people living with dementia. In doing so, the paper extends empirical and conceptual understanding of the relevance of neighbourhoods as relational sites of connection, interaction, and social engagement for people living with dementia.
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- Francart, Nicolas, 1993-, et al.
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Environmental Sustainability Building Criteria for an Open Classification System
- 2019
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In: Cold Climate HVAC 2018. - Cham : Springer Nature. ; , s. 1005-1016
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Existing classification systems linked to the environmental performance of buildings provide limited added value for practitioners. A survey among Swedish construction entrepreneurs showed that there is a real demand for better formulated criteria and clearer guidance. At the same time, critical investigation of requirements based on fixed average values for primary energy factors (such as in the EU Environmental Performance of Buildings Directive) shows that they are insufficient to provide guidance towards environmental sustainability building practices. They fail to take into account a number of methodological issues, including seasonal and hourly variability of energy supply and demand, and the future evolution of energy mixes. This is illustrated in the case of Sweden. The outline of an Open Classification System, currently under development, is then presented. This system focuses on methodological transparency and validity, as well as ease of use for practitioners. It addresses specifically issues where other existing systems were found to be lacking, and its methodology will be assessed to ensure that it provides optimal guidance towards environmentally sustainable practices. The system is based on three criteria: the energy resource index and global warming potential, calculated with attributional and consequential life cycle approaches, and a heat loss factor to assess the building's energy performance independently from the supply side.
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