In the early stages of a large-scale housing project, many interior design alternatives remain to be confirmed after a rough review of the costs. The project participants move on to the later stages of budgeting and construction without the exact information on the interior costs, and several occasions may arise when costs increase or time delays occur, driven by interior design specification c...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to investigate how persons with acquired brain damage experienced their 1-week stay in an apartment fitted with electronic aids to daily living (EADL). The study focused on how the individuals adapted to this artificial environment in their performance of daily activities and how their occupational experiences influenced their view of the future. METH...

In the present world scenario, everybody is on the lookout for suitable housing options, each having different needs (e.g., the elderly are looking for safe, quiet neighbourhood, while students are looking for affordable apartments close to the university/school). For e.g., Craigslist currently does not have a map version, making the process of apartment searching a very long and laborious proc...

Historically the kind of technologies used in homes has been in the form of electrical appliances such as washing machines, ovens, etc. Later was introduced the classic “Home Automation” concept, which involves improvements like computer-controlled devices such as lights, alarms, different sensors, etc. The classic devices have always been static, this means they are installed in the house and ...

Background: During the past decades, surgical intervention is the primary treatment modality for fronto-orbital fibrous dysplasia involving optic nerve. However, controversy has surrounded the role of intra-canal decompression in a number of ways. Objective: Our philosophy of saving optic nerve is that treatment paradigms should be tailored to the individual. Herein, we describe three patients ...

Since the quality of apartment buildings is noted, the way of increasing attachment and discovering its effective variables is challenging subjects for researchers in this field. Person, place and process (P.P.P) model of place attachment as the most precise model of them, evaluate attachment to three parts of person, place and process. What is going to be studied in this research is to evaluat...

Vol. XLV (April 2008), 1– 1 © 2008, American Marketing Association ISSN: 0022-2437 (print), 1547-7193 (electronic) *Christopher K. Hsee is Theodore O. Yntema Professor of Behavioral Science and Marketing (e-mail: [email protected]), JeanPierre Dubé is Professor of Marketing and Neubauer Faculty Fellow (e-mail: [email protected]), and Yan Zhang is a doctoral candidate (e-mail: yzhang6...

The effect of distance from the city centre on selling price, tax assessment and gross income is investigated for income property in proximity to the city centre. Hedonic estimation with a multiplicative model specii cation is used to estimate the relationship between property characteristics on the one hand and price, assessment and income on the other. The sample consists of centrally located...