Two common assertions about leisure activities in retirement housing were studied: ( I ) that residence in special retirement housing for the elderly will result in more leisure activities than will residence in conventional dispersed housing, and (2) that greater participation in leisure activities is associated with a more favorable outlook on life. Two waves of interviews were conducted with...

regarding to the importance of residence in the constitution of the low of islamic republic of iran, in this article housing price and its spatial distribution in mashhad city in account of help to decision making have been invisbiyated. the used data's in this studing, which are exceeded of 775 sample, have been gathered from khorasan newspaper (the needs part) since april 2010 to no nove...

BACKGROUND There are a number of supported housing options for people with severe mental illness (SMI), but limited knowledge about residents' experiences. The aim of this study was to explore how people with SMI experienced sheltered housing consisting of both a private fully equipped apartment and a shared accommodation room for socializing. METHODS Fourteen people with SMI living in shelte...

OBJECTIVES Legionnaires' disease (LD) is a severe type of pneumonia caused by inhalation of aerosols contaminated with Legionella. On September 22, 2016, a single case of LD was reported from a newly built apartment building in Gyeonggi province. This article describes an epidemiologic investigation of LD and identification of the possible source of infection. METHODS To identify the source o...

Ubiquitous robotic systems present a number of interesting application areas for socially assistive robots that aim to improve quality of life. In particular the combination of smart home environments and relatively inexpensive robots can be a viable technological solutions for assisting elderly and persons with disability in their own home. Such services require an easy interface like spoken d...

INTRODUCTION Child undernutrition is a major public health problem in Nigeria and other Sub-Saharan African countries. However, few analytical studies have quantified the role of risk factors. This study was conducted to determine the socio-economic and family related risk factors for undernutrition among children in Ibadan, Nigeria. METHODS A case-control study was conducted among children 1...

The outbreak of the COVID-19 disease, which afterwards became a pandemic, impacted world. Because rapid spread and ongoing research, WHO government had created regulations that are changing constantly. President Joko Widodo has recommended unused buildings be used as emergency hospitals in order to accelerate handling Covid-19 virus Indonesia. Lippo Group's owner wants assist by converting Plaz...

This paper assesses the energy and water consumption practices of existing housing in Saudi Arabia, with the ultimate aim of establishing guidelines for delivering sustainable residential buildings in the near future. In order to achieve this aim the current status of a typical Saudi residence (i.e. an apartment complex) is investigated in terms of energy and water consumption using simulation ...

theory about the origins, process and structure of the universe. Theologies and cosmologies outline how the universe happened, how it works and how it continues to happen. Consider how the Medieval world worked, according to both theologians and scientists. The universe was a three-story apartment building. Heaven on the penthouse, full of stars and God. Earth on the middle floor, housing peopl...