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Seeking refuge? : The potential of urban climate shelters to address intersecting vulnerabilities
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Amorim Maia, Ana Terra (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ;
Anguelovski, Isabelle (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ;
Connolly, James J. T. (University of British Columbia) ;
Chu, Eric (University of California. Department of Human Ecology)
Climate shelters are critical urban infrastructures to support adaptation to extreme weather. They offer spaces - e. g. , parks, libraries, and civic centers - where residents can take refuge during episodes of extreme temperatures. [...]
2023 - 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104836
Landscape and urban planning, Vol. 238 (October 2023) , art. 104836
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Tackling energy poverty through collective advisory assemblies and electricity and comfort monitoring campaigns
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Ortiz, Joana (Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya) ;
Jiménez Martínez, Mariana (Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya) ;
Alegría-Sala, Alba (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria de Projectes i de la Construcció) ;
Tirado Herrero, Sergio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ;
González-Pijuan, Irene (Enginyeria Sense Fronteres) ;
Guiteras Blaya, Mònica (Enginyeria Sense Fronteres) ;
Canals Casals, Lluc (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria de Projectes i de la Construcció)
The present work aims to describe and analyze the results of the interventions carried out in the Barcelona pilot site of the EmpowerMed project. The overall objective of EmpowerMed is to tackle energy poverty and to help improve the health of people in coastal areas of Mediterranean countries, with a particular focus on women. [...]
2021 - 10.3390/su13179671
Sustainability, Vol. 13, Issue 17 (September 2021) , art. 9671
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Impacts of compost bedded pack barns on the welfare and comfort of dairy cows
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Fernández, Ana (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments) ;
Mainau, Eva (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments) ;
Manteca Vilanova, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments) ;
Siurana Marina, Adriana (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments) ;
Castillejos, Lorena (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments)
Three loose housing systems for lactating cows (compost bedded pack, CBP; conventional bedded pack, BP; and freestalls, FS) were assessed on one farm in terms of cow behavior and welfare. An on-farm welfare assessment based on the Welfare Quality protocols was used four times every three months on 757 cows. [...]
2020 - 10.3390/ani10030431
Animals, Vol. 10 Núm. 3 (march 2020) , p. 431
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Instruments to assess the patient comfort during hospitalization : a psychometric review
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Lorente Sánchez, Sonia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de Ciències de la Salut) ;
Losilla Vidal, Josep Maria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de Ciències de la Salut) ;
Vives Brosa, Jaume (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de Ciències de la Salut)
Aim: To analyse the psychometric properties and the utility of instruments used to measure patient comfort, physical, social, psychospiritual and/or environmental, during hospitalization. Background: There are no systematic reviews nor psychometric reviews of instruments used to measure comfort, which is considered an indicator of quality in health care associated with quicker discharges, increased patient satisfaction and better cost-benefit ratios for the institution. [...]
2018 - 10.1111/jan.13495
Journal of advanced nursing, Vol. 74, núm. 5 (2018)
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Instruments to assess the patient comfort during hospitalization : a psychometric review protocol
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Lorente Sánchez, Sonia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de Ciències de la Salut) ;
Vives Brosa, Jaume (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de Ciències de la Salut) ;
Losilla Vidal, Josep Maria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de Ciències de la Salut)
The aim of this study was to analyse the psychometric properties, outcomes and utility of instruments measuring the patient comfort during hospitalization. Background: While there are numerous systematic reviews assessing the psychometric properties of healthcare instruments, none of them is devoted to evaluate the psychometric properties of instruments measuring comfort, which is considered an indicator of quality in health care and is associated to quicker discharges, increased patient satisfaction and stronger cost-benefit ratios for the institution.
2017 - 10.1111/jan.13180
Journal of advanced nursing, Vol. 73 Num. 3 (March 2017) , p. 735-741
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A Multi-Stage Human Factors and Comfort Assessment of Instrumented Insoles Designed for Use in a Connected Health Infrastructure
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Harte, Richard (NUI Galway (Galway, Irlanda). School of Engineering and Informatics) ;
Quinlan, Leo R. (NUI Galway (Galway, Irlanda). School of Medicine) ;
Glynn, Liam (NUI Galway (Galway, Irlanda). School of Medicine) ;
Rodriguez-Molinero, Alejandro (NUI Galway (Galway, Irlanda). School of Engineering and Informatics) ;
Scharf, Thomas (NUI Galway (Galway, Irlanda). Institute for Lifecourse and Society) ;
Carenas, Carlos (CETTEMSA (Mataró, Catalunya)) ;
Reixach, Elisenda (CETTEMSA (Mataró, Catalunya)) ;
García García, Juan José (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica) ;
Carrabina Bordoll, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Microelectrònica i Sistemes Electrònics) ;
ÓLaighin, Gearóid (NUI Galway (Galway, Irlanda). School of Engineering and Informatics)
Wearable electronics are gaining widespread use as enabling technologies, monitoring human physical activity and behavior as part of connected health infrastructures. Attention to human factors and comfort of these devices can greatly positively influence userexperience, with a subsequently higher likelihood of user acceptance and lower levels of device rejection. [...]
2015 - 10.3390/jpm5040487
Journal of personalized medicine, Vol. 5 (2015) , p. 487-508
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El espacio público y el derecho a excluir
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Urzúa Bastida, Verónica
Este texto plantea que la noción de «espacio público», tal y como se utiliza actualmente, legitima, a la vez que fundamenta, lo que podría llamarse el derecho a excluir, que no es algo que en sí mismo pase por la ley, pero sí por la cultura. [...] This paper raises that the notion of "public space", as is currently used, legitimize, at the same time is the base of what might be called the right to exclude. This is not happening by law, but culture. [...]
2012 - 10.5565/rev/athenead/v12n1.919
Athenea digital : revista de pensamiento e investigación social, Vol. 12, Núm. 1 (Marzo 2012) , p. 159-168
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