Decarbonization in several countries is now linked to the prospect of implementing a national hydrogen economy. In with extensive natural gas infrastructure, may provide real opportunity decarbonize space heating. While this approach prove technically and economically feasible long-term, it unclear whether consumers will be willing adopt hydrogen-fueled appliances for heating cooking should tec...

This article presents the results of economic and energy analysis operation five types windows in residential buildings. The aim this study was to determine (a) what extent construction various insulation parameters affect operating costs buildings, when using different heating systems, (b) significant cost purchasing with better is compensated by lower building (heating lifecycle windows), (c)...

INTRODUCTION Modern healthcare, including nursing home care, goes together with the use of technologies to support treatment, the provision of care and daily activities. The challenges concerning the implementation of such technologies are numerous. One of these emerging technologies are location technologies (RTLS or Real-Time Location Systems). that can be utilized in the nursing home for mon...

The analysis of building characteristics indicates that there are some uncertainties influencing its energy performance: Environment, volumetry or operating conditions. It is important to have a low-cost system performs this and management by optimizing the coupling between production consumption. Knowing relationship annual thermal needs with different construction parameters can help define a...

Acknowledgments Thanks to Montse Pardàs and Gloria Haro to direct this Master Thesis with attention and dedication in all moment. And special acknowledgments to my family to be close to me in all moments.

Introduction: Losing items is a time-consuming occurrence in nursing homes that is ill described. An explorative study was conducted to investigate which items got lost by nursing home residents, and how this affects the residents and family caregivers. Method: Semi-structured interviews and card sorting tasks were conducted with 12 residents with early-stage dementia and 12 family caregivers. ...

Nickel oxide films were prepared by electrochemically precipitating the hydroxide and heating it in air to form the oxide. The resulting oxide films behave as a capacitor. The capacitance of the oxide depends on the heating temperature, showing a maximum at 3008C. The mechanism of charge storage was studied by measuring the capacitance and surface area as a function of heating temperature, and ...

PURPOSE Getting dressed is an activity that is of particular difficulty for many persons with dementia, given the need for hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, and overall planning skills. Despite several studies concerning interventions to improve dressing behavior, very little is known about the dressing process as it is currently performed. The purpose of this study is to characterize t...