Introduction: The article deals with the issues of protection against noise and vibrations engineering equipment, which spread into residential area through ventilation shafts, problems bringing to standards during operation diesel generators. purpose this work was development implementation methods means reduce vibration levels walls technological room in generator set installed. Materials Met...

BACKGROUND When measuring neighbourhood effects on health, it is both incorrect to treat individuals as if they were static and tied to their residential neighbourhood and to consider neighbourhoods rigid places whose geographical scales can be delineated a priori. We propose here to investigate the effects of residential medical density on health-seeking behaviours, taking into account the mon...

BACKGROUND A novel staffing model integrating peer support workers and clinical staff within a unified team is being trialled at community based residential rehabilitation units in Australia. A mixed-methods protocol for the longitudinal evaluation of the outcomes, expectations and experiences of care by consumers and staff under this staffing model in two units will be compared to one unit ope...

Managing urban growth in small to moderate size communities is often particularly challenging. Development pressures and desire for greater tax bases are often high, while resources and technologies to project the outcomes of planning decisions are often limited. Over the 1990s, the township of Williston, Vermont approved the development of as many as 300 residential units per year. During this...

AIM To describe the frequency of aggressive acts experienced by frontline staff working in two models of dementia care: Residential Alzheimer's Care Centers and Secured Dementia Units and to explore the associations between aggressive acts experienced by frontline staff and factors related to the work context and care providers. BACKGROUND Aggression towards healthcare providers in residentia...

BACKGROUND Scarce attention has been paid to establishing benchmarks for tertiary care for adults with severe mental disorders. Yet, the availability and efficient utilization of residential resources partly determines the capacity of a comprehensive system of care to avoid clogging ever-shrinking acute care bed facilities. OBJECTIVES To describe the actual utilization of and projected needs ...

Hong Kong is of subtropical climate where summer is hot and winter is warm. Natural ventilation is most desirable for cooling and providing fresh air in residential buildings in moderate seasons for better indoor air quality and thermal comfort. The natural ventilation performance is affected by a combination of internal and external factors. External factors include the location, the orientati...

This paper develops a forecasting model of residential property prices for Hong Kong using an artificial neural network approach. Quarterly time-series data are applied for testing and the empirical results suggest that property price index, lagged one period, rental index, and the number of agreements for sales and purchases of units are the major determinants of the residential property price...

In this article the authors describe how genetic optimization algorithms can be used to find the optimal size and location of distributed generation units in a residential distribution grid. Power losses are minimized while the voltage profile is kept at an acceptable level. The method is applied on a system based on an existing grid topology with production and residential load data based on m...

BACKGROUND As in most European countries, mental health care has shifted from large hospitals to smaller community based settings in Portugal. Our study objectives were to determine: a) the characteristics of users of mental health residential facilities in Portugal; b) the quality of care provided comparing community and hospital units; and c) to investigate associations between quality of car...