This paper presents results from a large scale study investigating the human response to vibration in residential environments. The main aim of this study was to derive exposure-response relationships for annoyance caused by vibration experienced within residential properties from sources outside of residents‘ control. The study took the form of a questionnaire administered to UK residents in t...

OBJECTIVES The overall aim of this study was to evaluate the perception of and annoyance due to the noise from wind turbines in populated areas of Poland. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study group comprised 156 subjects. All subjects were asked to fill in a questionnaire developed to enable evaluation of their living conditions, including prevalence of annoyance due to the noise from wind turbines...

BACKGROUND Exhaust emissions from vehicles is a well known problem with both epidemiological and experimental studies showing increasing adverse health effects with elevating levels. Many of the studies concerning vehicle exhausts and health are focused on health outcomes where the proportion attributed to exhaust is low, while there is less information on early and more frequent subjective ind...

AIMS Chronic noise exposure is associated with adverse pathophysiological effects and may contribute to the progression of cardiovascular disease. We, therefore, determined the risk of noise for the incidence of myocardial infarction. METHODS AND RESULTS In a case-control study, 4115 patients (3054 men, 56+/-9 years; 1061 women, 58+/-9 years) consecutively admitted to all 32 major hospitals i...

Employing privacy calculus theory, we examine why Gen Z consumers increasingly adopt ad blockers, use private browsers, or take other measures to limit data tracking. Specifically, evaluate consumer behaviors related personalized and non-personalized digital marketing in light of two personalization paradoxes: privacy–benefits avoidance–annoyance. Using structural equation modeling on a sample ...