Urban planning and the creation of a comfortable green environment are two integral components sustainable urban development. Modern cities face many challenges related to pollution, limited resources lack space. However, development can help solve these problems. In addition, aims create compact convenient environments. This approach allows reducing traffic flows, using less energy for constru...

The paper analyzes the requirements of international standards for parameters that determine comfortable working conditions in office premises, particular when with computer. It has been proposed to microclimate premises by four and it is shown one promising methods a method based on calculation two indicators specify degree comfort, taking into account potential consumers. application approach...

Abstract The article deals with the question of extent to which urban microclimate determines state comfort environment. To determine environment, criterion Dutch urbanist Jan Gel is used. discusses spatial and temporal scales microclimatic phenomena notes that main characteristics are variability. Specific examples demonstrate how can affect possibilities contained in regulatory documents for ...

BACKGROUND Sexual health is an important quality-of-life issue for many cancer survivors; however, this issue remains inadequately discussed by healthcare providers (HCPs) and patients. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study is to explore whether clinical oncology HCPs have adequate knowledge and are comfortable addressing sexual health issues, and to explore and describe patients' attitudes, b...

Scientists are increasingly utilizing Grids to manage large data sets and execute scientific experiments on distributed resources. Scientific workflows are used as means for modeling and enacting scientific experiments. Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) is a major component of Microsoft’s .NET technology which offers lightweight support for long-running workflows. It provides a comfortable graph...

The three papers in this special issue represent an important advance in the effort to understand people's attachment to place. Economic factors do not provide an adequate explanation; it is necessary to seek less tangible influences. There are grounds for looking to the physical setting, and especially the natural environment available to residents. Access to other resources may also be import...

Multimedia interfaces are rapidly evolving to facilitate human/machine communication. Most of the technologies on which they are based are, as yet, imperfect. But, the interfaces do begin to allow information exchange in ways familiar and comfortable to the human|principally through natural actions in the sensory dimensions of sight, sound and touch. Further, as digital networking becomes ubiqu...

Students are comfortable sharing digital content with others, yet the effect of sharing of digital media for learning remains largely unexplored. Building on research in social network analysis and learning analytics, this research explores the use and sharing of digital media in learning activities, analyzing the effects of the design of the learning activities on the resulting networks of stu...

Online and blended learning modalities have made education accessible to those whose lifestyle, work obligations or geographical location would otherwise deny them such opportunities. The enthusiasm with which such approaches to learning have been embraced has often overlooked those factors within physical and virtual learning spaces that impact on the educational experience. This paper reports...

Huge masses of digital data about products, customers and competitors have become available for companies in the services sector. In order to exploit its inherent (and often hidden) knowledge for improving business processes the application of data mining technology is the only way for reaching good and efficient results, as opposed to purely manual and interactive data exploration. This paper ...