bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Student Satisfaction Towards Studies - Disciplinary, Demographic or Situation Related Variable?
Authors: Reunanen Tero , Taatila Vesa
Published: June 2022

Students´ satisfaction towards studies is one of the most interesting information for universities in student questionnaires. How satisfied our students are and how we could enhance the satisfaction or guarantee that it will be high also in future. The reasons why some students are more satisfied towards their studies than others are always crucial to develop organization and studies. Sometimes the reasons can be explained more easier way than others and sometimes the reasons are more critical to organizations future than others. We have already shown in our last article that student satisfaction is correlating with personnel´s felt justice. In this research we are scrutinizing things which are affecting to students´ satisfaction deeper. We are studying how if and how the available demographic variables are affecting to the results of felt satisfaction. It will also be interesting to note if there are some demographic variables that do not have an effect on the felt justice.This research will be conducted by utilizing two different questionnaire tool Student barometer. Student barometer is a questionnaire for higher education students in Finland. It´s objectives are to provide data and information for researchers, research institutes education developers and decision makers in the institutes. Student barometer handles a variety of different matters from student life by asking students´ opinions from quality of studies to their civil life activities and their expectations of the future. Student barometer data consists of 2165 individual students as respondents in year 2019. They answered at most to 201 different questions and propositions. As the questionnaire was dynamic and depended partly on the previous answers, not all the questions and propositions were targeted to all of the students. Also the students’ responses were grouped by their degree programs, which makes it possible to compare the felt justice of the staff members to that of the students per each degree program. We are studying data sets from year 2016 to 2021. Data is analyzed with Excel and SPSS. Samples were taken from the data mass and were composed to a statistical model with excel spreadsheet. Students were grouped under schools and arithmetic averages and standard deviations were calculated to each proposition. After calculating the arithmetic averages further analysis was done with SPSS statistical analysis program. In SPSS proposition’s correlations were analyzed by single tailed Pearson correlation.The overall research question is: Is there a correlation between student satisfaction and available demographic variables. If so, how can this/these correlations be interpreted and what conclusions can be made? Future research aspects and practical recommendations will also be issued in the paper.
The Impact of Social Advertising on Student Adaptation in Higher Education Institutions
Authors: Kravchenko Oksana , Baldyniuk Olena , Bondarenko Halyna , Pidvalna Yuliia , Okolnycha Tetiana
Published: June 2022

The article considers the organization of psychological and pedagogical work with first-year students. It is established that during the period of studentship young people are included in the system of relationships in a new social adult environment. In this regard, it is very important that young people are actively involved in the educational process in higher education institutions, successfully coping with the requirements for learning, receiving a set of necessary competencies that can be successfully applied in practice in the future. The main problems arising in the first-year students are outlined: the new system of education; a different mode, loading and requirements; a new social role; relationships with fellow students and teachers; problems in social and everyday life; independent life in the new conditions for nonresident students.Analysis of the scientific literature allowed us to conclude that a significant potential for solving the problem of student adaptation in higher education is social advertising.
Analysis of Political Debate Programs to Identify the Elements of Political Transition Process in Chile
Authors: Elórtegui Gómez Claudio , De La Fuente-Mella Hanns
Published: June 2022

The Chilean political transition has experienced strong questioning in recent years, especially at the level of the younger generations. These aspects have been made visible in the social mobilizations that took place in Chile in 2019 and in a growing context of political polarization, perception of corruption towards institutions and criticism of the media, spaces conceived from an agreed or semi-sovereign democracy. As a way of analyzing the political communication experienced in these original contexts of the return of Chilean democracy, the research will take a series of programs of political debates, broadcast on television between 1989 and 1991, that is, at the very beginning of the transition as historical process. The objective is through the use of probabilistic econometric models to measure the characteristics of the political debate, through the political identification of the panelists, types of participation of the participants in these programs and the dominant topics between the interactions, as a way of putting in perspective the critics towards that moment.
Construction Project Failures Around the World: What Have We Learned So Far?
Authors: Akinradewo Opeoluwa , Akinshipe Olushola , Aigbavboa Clinton
Published: June 2022

Project failure has become a global phenomenon in the built environment. Failures recorded on construction projects can be linked to various issues depending on the nature of the project, the synergy of the professional project team and external stakeholders. Also, external factors beyond the project team's control can lead to project failure. Given the different causes of project failure experienced globally, this study seeks to review project failure on monumental construction projects across the world. To achieve this, the study adopted an extensive review of literature to assess the causes of the failures recorded on the focused projects. The study also synthesised the different causes of failures recorded to project lessons learnt from the failed projects. Findings of the study revealed that lack of project planning before the inception of these projects and inadequate risk assessment contributed largely to the failures recorded on these projects.
Assessment of an Intelligent Robotic Rehabilitation Assistant
Authors: Koumpouros Yiannis , Karavasili Alexandra , Maragos Petros , Tzafestas Costas , - Stavroula Fotinea Evita , Efthimiou Eleni , Papastamatiou Nikos , Nikolakakis Alexandros , Papageorgiou Effie
Published: June 2022

This paper presents assessment findings of the “i-Walk” robotic rehabilitation assistant. i-Walk provides support to target groups of people with cognitive and/or mobility deficits via a pioneer robotic rollator that utilizes innovation in multimodal robot perception, user-adaptive robot autonomy and natural human-robot interaction. The i-Walk rollator was thoroughly evaluated in terms of its usability and acceptance from its intended end users (patients and therapists) in a rehabilitation centre. i-Walk was tested (i) as a whole, and in terms of (ii) its navigation and human-robot interaction functionalities, (iii) the provided walking support, and (iv) the rehabilitation exercises it offers. In total, twenty-two patients and twelve therapists evaluated the device under real conditions. The paper presents the findings from the evaluation testing of the i-Walk platform. A systematic methodology and protocol were used to test the intelligent robotic rehabilitation assistant in three different scenarios. The PYTHEIA scale was used to evaluate the subjective assessment of the device. With 5 being the highest score and 1 the lowest one, both i-Walk user groups (patients and therapists) rated the device very high to excellent (mean score of therapists = 3,74 and mean score of patients = 4,14). The same holds for the three different functionalities examined (mean score for patients and therapists relevant to: navigation and human-robot interaction support = 4.25 and 4.67; walking support = 4.27 and 4.51; rehab exercises offered = 4,33 and 4,80). As a conclusion, the i-Walk robotic rehabilitation assistant was found very good to excellent in all different domains examined.
Application of Robots for Enhancing Social Presence in Remote Communication Scenarios
Authors: Hsu Chun-Wei , Chen Chien-Hsu
Published: June 2022

The application of robots will be in various situations soon, including the growing need for remote communication accelerated by the COVID-19 epidemic. The usage rate of instant messaging is higher than regular calling, including text, internet calls, and video calls. Since remote communication is now more convenient and more used than before, it is important to make the user experience in remote communication better and clearer. This research aims to design a robot for remote communication to enhance the social presence of remote objects through the interaction between humans and robots and propose a human-robot interaction model based on this purpose. They focus on people’s emotional expressions since one of the most important parts of communication between humans. In order to make it easier for users to accept the robot and have a nice interactive experience with it, the shape of the robot is designed as a beast-like. A bionic quadruped robot that can move flexibly is used as the design prototype, making it possible to adjust the video lens and screen simultaneously and make rich and diverse interactive actions. In this case, the robot would help its user communicate with others, making the user’s emotion expressed appropriately by the robot’s movement, sound, and facial expression. In order to accomplish these functions, the robot should also be able to recognize human facial expressions and body movements by using camera and image recognition; therefore, the robot can react to those inputs.
Design, Development and Assessment of a Multipurpose Robotic Assistant in the Field of Cognitive Therapy
Authors: Santiago Berrezueta-Guzman Jonnathan , Krusche Stephan , Serpa-Andrade Luis
Published: June 2022

Advances in robotics have contributed to the support of different treatments for neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) in children around the world. Several studies have developed and used robotic assistants to support these treatments, making robotic assistants a key tool for this purpose. Their results have been promising and have provided insight into what can be leveraged from them for future research. Therefore, this article presents a robotic assistant whose design and functionality can be adapted to support cognitive therapy processes. To test the adaptability of its design, an experiment is performed where some electronic elements are changed and it is verified that the design has changed automatically. A second experiment will test the feasibility of using the same robotic assistant in various types of cognitive therapies by modifying its functionality. The results show that the design of this robotic assistant can be adapted and it is also possible to determine if the new design violates any physical constraints. In addition, the results of the exercise performed previous to a cognitive therapy show positive results and this robotic assistant has been recommended by most therapists to be part of cognitive therapies.
Experimental Evaluation of Mission-Planning Support in Multi-User Manned-Unmanned Teaming Applications with Shared Unmanned Systems
Authors: Roth Gunar , Schulte Axel
Published: June 2022

In this study, we evaluate our work towards sharing unmanned systems among multiple distributed users. We propose a hierarchical approach in which the use of unmanned systems can be requested by secondary users. To support the primary user in managing these requests, we developed a prototype of a planning agent that can generate and evaluate potential solutions that incorporate the request into the mission plan. These solutions can then be provided to support the primary user’s decision-making process. We implemented the planning agent in a helicopter research simulator and validated it with military pilots. Within an experiment, we investigated different configurations that supported the participants on different levels of automation. Results indicate that a higher level of automation caused a positive effect on performance but is accompanied with a loss in situational awareness.
Interdependence: A mathematical approach to the autonomy of human-machine systems
Authors: Lawless William , Sofge Donald
Published: June 2022

We update our theory of interdependence for autonomous human-machine teams operating in open systems (A-HMT-S). In closed systems, desired outcomes can be easily obtained with rational models (e.g., game theory); there, uncertainty can only be studied as part of a system’s internal com-plexity. In hindsight, the problems with closed system models are obvious: they are fragile, hard to replicate, and not generalizable, the latter being the fatal flaw for autonomous human-machine teams and systems. Surprisingly, no amount or aggregation of data from individuals can be recombined to replicate social data. In contrast, with open systems, interdependence theo-ry is state dependent, reactive to every situation and change, especially the environmental and social uncertainty caused by competition or conflict. More important, in contrast to social science’s reliance on the independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) data derived from individuals, interde-pendence theory is generalizable. But before we start, we acknowledge that machine learning is a closed system model, context dependent, and that ex-isting artificial intelligence (AI) models are insufficient to produce auton-omy today. Thus, we built a mathematical model based on first principles around interdependence and applicable to intelligent autonomous teams of any sort. With our model of interdependence, among the results we have found: reactiveness to bistable information requires intelligence, and boundaries as a barrier to impede its unwanted flow; independent infor-mation cannot replicate teammate dependence, effects, nor performance; in-terdependence creates tradeoffs between the structure and performance of autonomous systems, that, as byproducts, affords metrics, deception, sup-pression, and vulnerability, the latter being a new field of research that we have discovered and that is the motivation for innovation, mergers and ac-quisitions. We close with a brief review of future research opportunities.
Hazards and Risks of Automated Passenger Ferry Operations in Norway
Authors: O Johnsen Stig , Thieme Christoph , Myklebust Thor , Holte Even , Fjørtoft Kay , Jan Rødseth Ørnulf
Published: June 2022

The objective of this paper is to document experiences of hazard-analysis and risk analysis of automated passenger ferries planned to be operated in sheltered waters in Norway. The operation of autonomous ferries in Norway requires permission from the Norwegian Maritime Authority. This paper aims to describe hazard and risk analyses that address the requirements for operating autonomous and automated ferries. Two cases of automated ferry operations have been explored, both in sheltered water. One case with max 25Pax (persons on board) close to shore (2,5 km), and another case involving fjord crossing with max 130Pax (distance 16 km).The methods suggested have been based on the framework specified by IMO, guidelines for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) trials (MSC.1-Circ.1604) and the Concept of operation (ConOps) guidelines from the Maritime Safety Authority in Norway (SDIR RSV 12-2020). The first step has been to perform a hazard identification (i.e. HAZID analysis) of the two cases of automated passenger ferries in Norway in collaboration with key stakeholders (manufactures, maritime authority, operators and researches). The approach has been based on Action Research, building on industry experience and the risk perception of the stakeholders, through virtual and physical meetings. The hazid has been based on safety critical task analysis, building on prior experience/incidents; review of critical tasks and prioritization of hazards that may impact personnel safety and security. Based on the identified hazards (i.e. top events and initiating events), we have selected design options and "state of the art" solutions that should mitigate and/or reduce consequences of the level of automation that has been chosen for the ferries.We have described the relevant hazards and mitigating actions from an human factors perspective and the possible way forward to realize low- or unmanned passenger ferries in sheltered waters. We have identified five areas of concern together with the stakeholders, i.e.: Fire, Collision/Grounding, Man Overboard, Evacuation, and Sensor Failure. In addition we have described further work to identify gaps in the design with respect to the current rules and the requirements of search and rescue operations concerning the autonomous ferries' capabilities, based on acceptable adaptations as mentioned in IMO Guidelines for the Approval of Alternatives and Equivalents (MSC.1/Circ. 1455).
Lessons Learned and Future Direction of a Teaming Interface for Unmanned Vehicle Tasks
Authors: Frost Elizabeth , Ruff Heath , Behymer Kyle
Published: June 2022

Having multiple operators requires aspects critical to teaming, such as coordination and team awareness, to be considered during system design. A Task Manager interface was developed that supports shared awareness across team members by summarizing the relative priority, recency, assignment, and completion status of mission tasks. While the original design provided information essential to the operator, evaluation results indicated that critical information needed to be more accessible. Primarily, important unmanned vehicle (UV) task details should be available at the higher level without the need to “drill down” into the task. Evaluation results informed a Task Manager redesign that does not remove any functionality but altered how information is represented. The goal of these modifications is to improve awareness for the UV operators and support more efficient teaming between operator/autonomy teammates. This new design will be evaluated in future research, and those results will then inform future designs using an iterative design and evaluation process.
Learning to Master Robotic Arm Movements with Bimanual Joystick Control: Indicators for Evaluating the Difficulty of Movement Tasks
Authors: Dreger Felix , L Chuang Lewis , Rinkenauer Gerhard
Published: June 2022

Manual control of robotic arms is challenging and productive operators require extensive prior training. Effective training should systematically vary the difficulty level of the robot arm motions. This study investigates the extent to which Fitts’ law could define movement difficulty for bimanual controlled movements of robotic arms. Inspired by forestry work-methods, we designed Fitts’ tapping Task to assess the movement time and throughput of ten unskilled participants over nine training sessions. We found that robotic arm movements observe Fitts’ law for reaching in depth but deviate for lateral and concentric movements. In other words, training can utilize Fitts’ law to vary the difficulty of forward robot arm movements. Further studies on the difficulty of lateral and concentric movements are necessary to refine work methods and improve training.
Extreme Reality (EXR) Telemetry Interfaces
Authors: Cai Yang , Zheng Haocheng , Weiss Lenny
Published: June 2022

Extreme Reality (EXR) is an extended augmented reality that incorporates telemetry interfaces that can be operated in live or simulated extreme environments. In this study, we explore a few architectures of EXR, including real-time multimodal first-person view video streaming from the thermal, stereo, and panoramic sources, and incorporate live IoT (Internet of Things) data into extreme reality models via MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport) on an AR headset. This technology can be applied to real-time operations and simulation training for incident command posts (ICP) and first responders with head-up display (HUD) helmets in extreme environments such as flood, fire, smoke, and shooting. It can also be applied to other applications such as the telemetry interface for assisting in training low-vision drivers.
Automatic Control System of Transportation Equipment for Power Transmission Line
Authors: Wang Haiyan , Huang Chengyong , Zhou Junhong , Lian Wenzhuo , Hou Kang
Published: June 2022

In this paper, the automatic control system of transportation equipment for power transmission line is studied to realize the unmanned operation of the equipment. The speed control system, weighting system, sensor system for sensing the surrounding environment, slope detection system, operation state system and automatic parking system are installed in transportation equipment for power transmission line. So the automatic control system improves the work efficiency, reliability and safety of transportation equipment. In order to realize the unmanned control of transportation equipment for power transmission line, the overall structure and control is designed to realize the automatic work of the transportation equipment.
Building elements from totora stems joined with mechanical systems
Authors: Hidalgo Juan , Hidalgo Patricio , Ordoñez Alfredo , Orellana-Alvear Boris
Published: June 2022

For centuries, fast-growing species such as reeds and herbs have been used by ancient cultures to build a wide range of objects from handicrafts to huts and rafts. Several communities worldwide still use these kinds of plants as part of their traditional materials and building techniques. One of these species is totora (Schoenoplectus californicus) which grows in lakes and ponds in the Americas from California to Chile and some Pacific Islands. The most important examples of the use of this plant in the world are the group of floating islands of the Uros in Lake Titicaca and indigenous communities of the Andes, where local peoples have been using totora for more than 500 years applying mechanical joining techniques such as weaving and lashing to build their houses, boats, and utensils. This study focuses on developing new strategies supported by current technological possibilities for joining totora stems using mechanical means to produce building elements and study how the different parameters influence the mechanical properties of the parts made with these techniques.
Exploration Of Landscape Perception Of Jinshan Peasant Paintings Village
Authors: Jia Hanrui , Xu Rui , Wang Youyuan , Qiu Wenqian
Published: June 2022

Shanghai's countryside, despite its limited resources, contributes to the spiritual home of its residents. As a result, it is meaningful to conduct additional research and investigation. Under the current background of rural revitalization, Shanghai is actively exploring the modes of cultural revitalization and tourism revitalization of the countryside. Shanghai has established Jinshan Peasant Painting Village in the certain location to further encourage the development of peasant painting art and better protect local culture. Jinshan District, a creative park in Shanghai's countryside, is based on Jinshan peasant painting and aims to attract peasant painting artists from across the country. The presentation of creative landscape plays an important role in contributing to the creative atmosphere, which is one of the elements for the creative cluster, in terms of attracting creative talents and tourists. Nowadays, the low occupancy rate of peasant painters and a few tourists reveal Jinshan Peasant Painting village's lack of appeal. To gain a better understanding of the complex reasons for this, this study looks into the perspectives of various stakeholders in the painter village's landscape and attempts to investigate the creative park's long-term development from the standpoint of the material environment.Furthermore, it makes some new recommendations for improving the landscape of Jinshan Peasant Paintings village in order to promote better development. In conclusion, tourists of different genders, incomes, sources of information, educational backgrounds, ages, and occupations have obvious differences in their landscape perception of Jinshan peasant painting village from the standpoint of landscape aesthetic characteristics and landscape value perception.
Metro Public Art from the Perspective of Semiotics
Authors: Xu Zihan , Zhou Wuzhong
Published: June 2022

With the prosperity and development of China's subway construction, subway space has become an important functional node in the city. Public art first intervened in the subway space interface as a decorative role, and later developed to assume more and more functions. However, the public art design of many subway spaces now only attaches importance to function and form, but ignores the needs of the subject of use. There are many problems such as restricting passenger behavior, ignoring passenger psychology, and not allowing passengers to understand the works. Nowadays, "people-oriented" works of art have become the mainstream, and public art should also change from "aesthetic decoration type" to "humanistic function type". This study attempts to introduce "symbol coding system" from the perspective of semiotics, and analyze and summarize the symbolic semantic communication process of subway space public art. Through literature method, field research method, case analysis method, questionnaire survey method and experimental method, this paper focuses on the diversified and sustainable design thinking in the new era, hoping to provide new solutions and directions for the problems faced by the current subway public art design.
Modular fabric tensile structures
Authors: Diogo A. , Carvalho Cristina , Morais António
Published: June 2022

The main purpose of this research is the development of a constructive and structural system, which allows a great dimensional flexibility, portability and plastic expression. Able to create multiple uses spaces like temporary architecture, urban infrastructures, environmental moderators against the physical elements, emergency streets; interior design, sound regulators, pavilions for expositions. This system is based on the understanding and manipulation of structural phenomenological behavior that informs the shape design. Its geometric properties provide the induction of several levels of tension into the textile membranes configuring the surface.The generation of form through structural principal - Structural morphogenesis allows an optimization conception of the Shape and construction processes. This design methodology minimizes the impacts of the construction turn it more sustainable
The importance of the adobe brick for a sustainable architecture in Mexico
Authors: De Obaldia Marcela , Cortes Chavez Fabiola , Rossa-Sierra Alberto , Garcia-Hernandez Mariel
Published: June 2022

For many years, humans have being using the resources of the planet to create a more comfortable way of living without thinking the consequencues. Construction is considered to be one of the areas that generates great impact to the environment.Today, one of the biggest concerns is caring for the environment based on all the premises that sustainability recomends.Since humans became sedentary many great cities have been built with materials like adobe (soil and water) and today are still standing as a clear evidence of durability.In Mexico, adobe is a hardly used material that due to its composition and elaboration process is considered sustainable and should be considered important to analyze its past to propose how to bring the use of this material to the present needs
Current economic limits of housing affordability in the Czech and Slovak Republics
Authors: Spirkova Daniela , Stepanek Petr , Golej Julius , Brestovska Barbora
Published: June 2022

The unavailability of housing in the Czech and Slovak Republics is a fundamental problem, which is a consequence of many social, economic, political, and behavioural or historical aspects. The housing affordability deficit has the character of a systemic market failure, which is - paradoxically - linked to the growth of prosperity and resulting from the dual nature of the object (housing) in question - it is both an investment product and a de facto mandatory social need. It is an indicated market failure that justifies state intervention and public support. The housing problem no longer affects only the socially disadvantaged and the middle-income groups. Unfortunately, the deficit of housing affordability has a fatal impact on the competitiveness of cities and regions and its social cohesion and environmental and economic sustainability.
A Comparison of Physical Environmental Design/Assessment Methods in Elderly Care Facilities between UK and China
Authors: Li Chenran , Du Jiangtao
Published: June 2022

This study presented a comparative analysis of design/assessment methods of elderly care facility between UK and China, including eleven British instruments and three Chinese instruments, which were achieved using a systematic review. Two typical assessment methods were chosen to conduct a cross-country comparison, such as EVOLVE (UK) and CASCO (China). Compared with the British instrument, the Chinese method focused on the facility management; there was a clear lack of practical strategies for planning and assessing environmental performances. It is necessary to carry on more studies to develop reliable and valid assessment methods in Chinese elderly care facilities.
A systematic review of investigations into the physical environmental qualities in Chinese elderly care facilities
Authors: Li Chenran , Du Jiangtao , Mohammadpourkarbasi Haniyeh
Published: June 2022

This systematic review summarized findings from 36 articles on physical environmental qualities in Chinese elderly care facilities, including five topics: 1) assessment methods, 2) physical environmental factors, 3) safety, 4) overall satisfaction and 5) health. There was a lack of effective methods to support both design decision-making and environmental assessment of elderly care facilities by architects and engineers. These studies reviewed can be found with a low potential to develop practical design strategies due to the lack of strong evidence. It is still necessary to carry on investigations into methods/frameworks/strategies to improve environmental qualities in elderly care facilities in China.
A Survey of the Association between Perceived Environmental Qualities and Students’ Satisfaction in Chinese High Schools
Authors: He Yong , Zhang Xi , Guo Qianchen , Du Jiangtao
Published: June 2022

This article presented an online survey of how perceived environmental qualities affect Chinese students’ satisfaction in urban high schools. Key findings were as follows: 1) There was an association between students’ satisfaction and classroom environmental qualities including perceived qualities of facilities, furniture and wall decoration, indoor climate, indoor plant, and window view. 2) However, social capital and being away can fully mediate the effects of window view and indoor plants, while effects of perceived qualities (facilities, furniture and wall decoration) and indoor climate can be just partially mediated by them.
University High-end Equipment Dynamics and Control Team Laboratory Space Remodeling Design
Authors: Yang Tingyu , Ji Qian
Published: June 2022

As China gradually attaches importance to new-built laboratories, more and more laboratory construction and remodeling has been put on schedule, in order to improve the efficiency of university laboratories space utilization. This paper focuses on the research on remodeling design of the High-end Equipment Dynamic and Control Team（DDC）laboratory in School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, under the guidance of participatory design method to meet clients’ need. Participatory design method has been an important guiding principle in this design project. In the design process, designers sought out stakeholders to clarify the difference between designers’ and the users’ thinking, and explored design possibilities with stakeholders based on actual conditions, in order to raise a better design proposal.Before specific implementation, through on-site visit to the laboratories the design team discovered pain points of the laboratory environment. With ergonomics, environmental psychology, aesthetic psychology factors considered, further exploration and consideration of the needs of users were conducted and defined. Afterwards, the proposal has been raised to strive to create a safe, comfortable and beautiful scientific research space for the laboratory stakeholders. After renovated, the laboratory appears to have an unified style, where laboratory space and resources were reasonably arranged, ensuring the laboratory’s daily operation and development.
Design of Rural Public Cultural Activity Space
Authors: Wang Siyi
Published: June 2022

Rural public cultural activity space is an important space for villagers to communicate with neighbors. It is also the main place for villagers to conduct daily communication and participate in public affairs. However, at the time of rural development and construction, there has been a situation of integration of rural community space construction and urban space construction. Faced with these problems, this article takes Jinxing Village in China as an example. Starting from the cultural needs of community residents, this article conducts a specific investigation, research and analysis of the current situation of the use of public cultural activity space, in order to deeply explore the public cultural activities and community activities of community residents. It also provides reference and ideas for the design and renewal of other rural public cultural spaces.
Perception and Design of Traditional Village Public Landscape Based on Place Attachment - A Case Study of Futian Town, Jiangxi Province, China
Authors: Huang Wei , Lu Shizhu , Guo Yuqing
Published: June 2022

Traditional villages are an important carrier of traditional Chinese culture, and about 35.28% of China's population lives in villages. Because of the loss of local characteristics in public places and over-urbanization of villages, villagers' place attachment needs are not satisfied. Taking Futian town in Jiangxi province as an example, this paper measures the degree of place attachment of residents of different age groups to elements of the village public landscape by using a place attachment questionnaire and villagers' interviews, explores the factors of differences in attachment perceptions of residents of each age group and explores the characteristics of village public landscape that trigger local attachment of local residents.
Master plan of green areas for the conformation of public spaces after the COVID-19 pandemic. Case study: Isidro Ayora canton, Guayas, Ecuador
Authors: Macías Danny , Rafael Hechavarría Hernández Jesús , Sánchez Lorena
Published: June 2022

In the cities of Ecuador, the green area and public spaces are very important for recreation, interaction with people and the enjoyment of nature. The COVID-19 pandemic has generated significant changes in urban planning when considering green areas and public spaces according to the new demands of distancing for the population. The objective of the research work is to propose the master plan of green areas for the northern area of the cantonal head of Isidro Ayora, as a strategy for the conformation of the public space of free access to the population according to post-pandemic guidelines. The proposal is developed in La Ciénega, located in the northeast of the cantonal head, which is a land declared as a protected area by the Guayas provincial government. From the method of observation, surveys and the use of geographic information programs, the research methodology will be developed that includes: statistical analysis of 198 people according to a sample calculated with the INEC projection, diagnosis of the study sector and development of the intervention polygon through ArcGIS based on results.
Mapping Intermittent Practices in Lisbon
Authors: Ochoa Rita , Allegri Alessia
Published: June 2022

Worldwide, are emerging several forms of uses of space, activities, expressions, and relationships that enable and empower temporariness and sharing in the urban spaces: it is what we call Intermittent Practices (IP). IP are generating significant changes on the urban context and new challenges to policy, planning, and governance. The research project “Intermittent Lisbon. Temporary uses and sharing practices in the adaptive city” focuses on the distinctive sort of intermittences that occur in the different dimensions of public life, driving urban transformations and causing disruptions in the conventional relations between space, time and use.The present paper stems from this project and reports the mapping, systematization and interpretative reading of a collection of IP case studies. Using previously defined criteria, 10 examples will be addressed, covering the following five areas: 1. Housing and Working; Services, Leisure, Trade, 3. Culture and Artistic Action, 4. Mobility, 5. Public space and Community use.We consider that the reconceptualization of temporariness and sharing can lead to the definition of new disciplinary paradigms in which flexibility and adaptability become fundamental elements of the design processes. Therefore, a critical evaluation of this in progress phenomena is essential and an opportunity to rethink the way we live cities and design them, also in light of the pandemic crisis we have just experienced.Keywords: Intermittent Practices, Lisbon, Temporary uses, Sharing, Adaptive City
Environmentally Sustainable Construction implementation in Ghana: Perspective of professionals working with contractors
Authors: Pim-Wusu Mark , Aigbavboa Clinton , Thwala Didi
Published: June 2022

The study was conducted to determine the professionals’ perceptions of contractors providing design and construction solutions utilising sustainable construction practice standards. The core motive was to drive and enable SME construction firms to have the adaptive capacity to deliver construction projects in an environmentally sustainable manner to contribute to global sustainable development goals. A qualitative research approach complemented by face to face and virtual interviews were adopted. The data obtained brought out the meaningful and socially salient findings to benefit adaptive capacity. Interviewees included professionally registered members from the Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE) working with contractors, the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS) working with contractors, and the Ghana Institute of Architects (GIA) working with contractors. The findings of the interview survey revealed that the overall construction teams believe in having education and training and a centralised information hub with government support to ensure environmentally sustainable construction. It is recommended that the government, corporate, and professional institutions’ desire to preserve the country’s ecosystem be guided by this study’s adaptive capacity implementation guidelines.Keywords – Adaptive Capacity, Environmentally sustainable construction, Small and Medium-Sized Firms, Sustainable development
Strategic urban mobility plan: Case study in the central area of Daule city, Ecuador.
Authors: Salinas Diana , Rafael Hechavarría Hernández Jesús , Pin Maria
Published: June 2022

In recent decades, urban mobility problems have increased in the city of Daule, Ecuador, due to the indiscriminate growth of the central zone. These problems are due to vehicular congestion and negative social and environmental impacts on the quality of life and the deterioration of the urban image caused by the increase in motorized transport. The urban mobility model that is presented seeks to contribute to sustainability and increase safety through a strategy that promotes public transport and non-motorized transport based population's displacement needs and care of the environment. The research design is exploratory and descriptive based on quantitative and qualitative analysis of the appearance and diagnosis of the general characteristics of the sector. The graphic results are obtained with ArcGis where Jan Gehl's methodology on urban architecture is applied, which allows considering the human dimension of public space according to the scope B-Sustainable Mobility.
Sustainable Urban Delta: The Inspiration to PRD through the Comparative Analysis of Netherlands Reclamation History
Authors: Liu Yu , Hasdell Peter
Published: June 2022

Due to the significant demand for land resources and rapid urbanization, reclamation has become one of the essential choices for developing coastal cities. However, the intensive reclamation projects lead to the high vulnerability of the delta. Attention to the general discussion of ecological security, vulnerability, and sustainability has proliferated in recent years, but insufficient attention has been paid to a detailed explanation of the specific human activities' impact on the overall delta from a narrative historical aspect. In this article, the Deltas of Netherlands and Pearl River Delta (PRD) in multiple scales are selected as cases. The two deltas share similarities in geography, physical system description, ecological system, management Issues, and human activities. The comparative analysis offers a means to improve the understanding of mechanisms for addressing ecological vulnerability by comparing two deltas in social and environmental aspects.The analysis section elaborates the similar reclamation history of two deltas by the sequence of three stages. By comparing the diverse responses of respective projects in macroscale and microscale with similar morphological and ecological features, it is effortless to improve the understanding of reactive mechanisms of systems, which directly affect the vulnerability index. The Vulnerability index will also be listed and elaborated corresponding to the historical stages. Moreover, successful examples of the Netherlands show the advanced experiments in guild thinking, governance, strategies. Thus, the comparative analysis provides comprehensive syntheses, mechanistic insights, and feasible alternatives to PRD. And beneficial guidance to develop a sustainable urban delta could be proposed.
Construction Information Management: The role of Fourth Industrial Revolution Tools
Authors: Adekunle Peter , Aigbavboa Clinton , Thwala Didi , Oke Ayodeji , Akinradewo Opeoluwa
Published: June 2022

Construction Information management is the act of collecting, storing, distributing, archiving and deleting or destroying information to facilitate smooth running of construction projects. This information is important for planning, budgeting and completion of construction projects. In construction, managing of information is a vital part of decision-making procedure and it helps to guarantee that the accurate decisions are made by stakeholders at the appropriate time. 4th industrial revolution is poised to fundamentally alter the way construction activities are carried out. It represents a new era of innovation in technology, which will boost man-machine relation and catalyze effective and efficient information management in construction. Construction industry continues to encounter challenges in information management, but it is expected that the advent of 4th industrial revolution will assist in resolving these challenges. This research aims to evaluate the role of 4th industrial revolution tools in improving the management of construction information. Data from extensive review of literature were extracted to demonstrate the level of activities of 4IR tools in construction information management. The paper finds out that due to the heavy quantities of information generated, processed, and stored prior to, during and post construction, 4IR tools can assist in managing this information. The findings also provide new knowledge about the management of construction information. The study concluded that adoption of 4IR tools will enhance effective and efficient information management in the construction industry.
Legal Factors in the Nigerian Construction Industry
Authors: Sunkanmi Adeyemi Benjamen , Aigbavboa Clinton , D Thwala Wellington
Published: June 2022

The purpose of this study was to review literature on various legal factors in the Nigerian construction industry (NCI). This research utilised various sources of information from previous studies on conference papers, articles in journals, and so on. Various keywords were utilised to search for the information related to the subject matter of this study. Moreover, some of the legal factors revealed from literature are regulations regarding the environment, professional codes of practices, health and safety regulations, permit, tax and insurance, interpretation of contractual documents, fiduciary relations, misrepresentation, incapability of procurement system, right of clients to change design, avoidance of responsibility, and ambiguity of work legislation. The study likewise discusses legal theories such as natural legal and legal positivism theory. Thereafter, the legal principles in the NCI were discussed. However, this study increases the knowledge of construction stakeholders. It is highly recommended that all factors that can result to legal issues should be avoided, in order to improve the efficiency of the NCI.
Design of inclusive urban itineraries: Case study in ​Guayaquil, Ecuador
Authors: Solorzano Veronica , Marin Malena
Published: June 2022

The present work is the result of an investigation on a proposal for the design of inclusive urban itineraries in the patrimonial area of ​​Guayaquil. The applied methodology is based on the qualitative analysis of the traditional itineraries to universal access in the study area. The Right to the City is taken into account by giving participation to the different actors of territorial planning in decision-making to decide which areas should be considered as areas of interest to tourists. The results were illustrated in a tourist guide for the use of non-motorized mobility, considering the care of the environment, through the application of GIS tools that facilitate the understanding of national and international tourism.
Who plans and funds public space qualification projects? Policy, planning and delivery schemes in Lisbon metropolis.
Authors: Rafael Santos João , Sanchez Carvalho Luís
Published: June 2022

The article presents intermediate findings from “MetroPublicNet” research project, in which in which over one thousand delivered public space projects in Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Portugal) were identified and mapped. It offers a specific analysis of the projects delivered under the 2014-2020 EU funding framework, looking for its inception, rationales, funding and delivery frameworks. This focus on public sector-led projects allows for a sharper look in terms of policy priorities, programmatic guidelines and their impact in shaping Lisbon’s recent metropolitan development.