scholarly journals Curating light: daylight-centric design for promoting wellness

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Alexander
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Impact ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Connection To Nature ◽  
Sensory Awareness ◽  
Direct Light ◽  
Common Notion ◽  
Experiential Process ◽  
The Common ◽  
Diffused Light ◽  
Design Factors

Daylighting in architecture has traditionally been a practice-based, intuitive and experiential process, based on the common notion that daylight enhances our spatial and sensory awareness. This Thesis tests the effectiveness of daylight as a mechanism for creating a psychological and emotional impact, and promoting wellness within the confines of designed spaces. The creation of the project is based on a Maggie’s Cancer Centre model of patient-centric design. Maggie’s Centers have been traditionally located in suburban settings, where they may be ideally oriented for day-light infiltration and outdoor connectivity. The Maggie’s model promotes three primary design factors: i) abundance of daylight, ii) connection to nature, and iii) a de-institutionalized environment. The design project was purposefully situated within the specific constraint of an urban environment, in downtown Toronto, Ontario; where the goal is to achieve a spatial character that embodies these three design factors where daylight and access to views of nature are limited by the urban context. The project demonstrates a method of daylight centric design that utilizes three primary techniques for daylighting that were extracted from precedent analysis: i) Direct light, ii) Bounced light, and iii) Diffused light. Through the methodical harvesting and manipulation of daylight, the project highlights its potential for positively enhancing patient experience and aptly demonstrates the curation of varied experiential narratives in light.

scholarly journals Curating light: daylight-centric design for promoting wellness

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Alexander
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Impact ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Connection To Nature ◽  
Sensory Awareness ◽  
Direct Light ◽  
Common Notion ◽  
Experiential Process ◽  
The Common ◽  
Diffused Light ◽  
Design Factors

Daylighting in architecture has traditionally been a practice-based, intuitive and experiential process, based on the common notion that daylight enhances our spatial and sensory awareness. This Thesis tests the effectiveness of daylight as a mechanism for creating a psychological and emotional impact, and promoting wellness within the confines of designed spaces. The creation of the project is based on a Maggie’s Cancer Centre model of patient-centric design. Maggie’s Centers have been traditionally located in suburban settings, where they may be ideally oriented for day-light infiltration and outdoor connectivity. The Maggie’s model promotes three primary design factors: i) abundance of daylight, ii) connection to nature, and iii) a de-institutionalized environment. The design project was purposefully situated within the specific constraint of an urban environment, in downtown Toronto, Ontario; where the goal is to achieve a spatial character that embodies these three design factors where daylight and access to views of nature are limited by the urban context. The project demonstrates a method of daylight centric design that utilizes three primary techniques for daylighting that were extracted from precedent analysis: i) Direct light, ii) Bounced light, and iii) Diffused light. Through the methodical harvesting and manipulation of daylight, the project highlights its potential for positively enhancing patient experience and aptly demonstrates the curation of varied experiential narratives in light.

scholarly journals On Smart Contracts and Organisational Performance: A Review of Smart Contracts through the Blockchain Technology

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zaheer Allam
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Resistance To Change ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Smart Contracts ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
Organisational Performance ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Common Notion ◽  
The Common

AbstractAs the Blockchain technology is gaining momentum in popular culture through Cryptocurrencies, its full implication and application to businesses, on a concrete and factual level, is still seen to be in its infancy stage. While the technology provides numerous advantages regarding stability, trust, speed and others, the robustness of the technology is not widely disseminated. This is further coupled by the common notion of resistance to change in business management processes. This paper explores the concept of Smart Contracts through the blockchain technology and its relevance to the business sector and further outlines the advantages and limitations of its applicability as of date.

scholarly journals Emotional Impact Survey of Dental Patients with Tooth Loss in Unsyiah Dental Hospital, Banda Aceh, Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liana Rahmayani ◽  
Cut Fera Novita ◽  
Wirdatul Ahya
Keyword(s):  
Tooth Loss ◽  
Emotional Impact ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Dental Patients ◽  
Anterior Teeth ◽  
Dental Hospital ◽  
The Common ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Emotional Effects ◽  
Banda Aceh

ABSTRACT Introduction Loss of teeth is a condition where one or several teeth are lost from the socket. Loss of one or several anterior teeth can cause esthetic disruption, loss of confidence, concerns about appearance, and lost function of the teeth, thereby greatly affecting an individual's mind and activity. The loss of some or all of the teeth has many impacts, one of which is the emotional impact. Emotional impact is a feeling or assessment reaction that is derived from the nervous system in response to stimuli from the outside or inside due to loss of teeth, which is known through the categories affected, avoidance, depression, irritability, embarrassment, and feeling old. Aim This study aimed to describe the emotional impact of tooth loss in patients at Unsyiah Dental Hospital, Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Materials and methods This research was a descriptive, cross-sectional design. Sampling was done by random sampling method, which included 100 respondents. Results The results showed that the emotional impact that can be caused by tooth loss in patients at Unsyiah Dental Hospital in the period from January to March is as follows: 50% classified as mild, 39% moderate, and 11% severe. Emotional effects of losing a tooth are as follows: 49% disturbed category, 7% avoidance, 7% depression, 4% offended, 30% embarrassed, and 54% feeling old. Conclusion The emotional impact of tooth loss in patients at our dental hospital is classified as mild to severe, of which a mild emotional impact was found often. Clinical significance Tooth loss is one of the common problems that often occurred at the dental clinic, and loss of teeth function can greatly affect an individual's mind and activity. How to cite this article Rahmayani L, Novita CF, Ahya W. Emotional Impact Survey of Dental Patients with Tooth Loss in Unsyiah Dental Hospital, Banda Aceh, Indonesia. World J Dent 2018;9(1):24-28.

The wave front in a homogeneous anisotropic medium

1980 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. 2097-2101
Author(s):  
M. J. Yedlin
Keyword(s):  
Dispersion Relation ◽  
Wave Front ◽  
Group Velocity ◽  
Anisotropic Medium ◽  
Slowness Surface ◽  
Constant Frequency ◽  
Common Notion ◽  
The Common ◽  
Intuitive Method ◽  
Homogeneous Anisotropic Medium

abstract A simple geometric construction is derived for the shape of the wave front in a homogeneous anisotropic medium. It is shown to be equivalent to the intuitive method of constructing a wave front using Huygen's principle. Although this construction has been referred to and tersely described in the literature (Musgrave, 1970; Kraut, 1963; Duff, 1960), it is instructive to demonstrate its relationship to the common notion of the wave front obtained via consideration of the group velocity. The wave front is shown to be the polar reciprocal of the slowness surface (the dispersion relation at constant frequency). An appreciation of the pole-polar correspondence between the two surfaces allows quick inference of some of the important features of the wave front in a homogeneous anisotropic medium.

The Nature of Criminal Disenfranchisement

2018 ◽  
pp. 46-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milena Tripkovic
Keyword(s):  
Security Measures ◽  
Criminal Offenders ◽  
Significant Discrepancy ◽  
Normative Analysis ◽  
Common Notion ◽  
The Common ◽  
Equal Citizenship

This chapter sets up the frame for the subsequent normative analysis by seeking to establish the nature of criminal disenfranchisement. Departing from the common notion that criminal disenfranchisement is a form of punishment, the chapter first contrasts the traits of these two sanctions. A significant discrepancy between them is uncovered, which is based on the finding that disenfranchisement may never be considered a principal or sufficient response to crime, that it stands against the principle of ultima ratio, and that it fundamentally targets the offender rather than the offense. Moving away from punishment, the chapter next establishes that, due to its non-penal aims, disenfranchisement is more akin to security measures but nevertheless lacks the preventive, “risk-based” element that characterizes these sanctions. Ultimately, the chapter proposes that criminal disenfranchisement is a sui generis sanction that—rather than pursuing penal goals—targets the equal citizenship of criminal offenders.

Resisting subalternity: Palestinian mimicry and passing in the Israeli cultural industries

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 1293-1308
Author(s):  
Amal Jamal ◽  
Noa Lavie
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Production ◽  
Cultural Industries ◽  
Media Industry ◽  
Full Compliance ◽  
Subaltern Agency ◽  
Common Notion ◽  
Creative Workers ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Common

This article explores the complexity of minority creative workers in the media industry. It challenges the common notion in the literature that minority creative workers are fully submissive to the dominant power structure and examines whether such workers could still be conceived as active agents by resisting submission and marginalization even when they cannot influence their own representation in hegemonic media texts. To answer this question, it explores the performances of minority creative workers in a hegemonic cultural industry. To determine whether one can speak of subaltern agency and, if possible, examine how it manifests itself in reality, it addresses the daily performances of Palestinian creative workers during the production of the second season of the Israeli television series, Fauda. Observations conducted during production demonstrate that since in such contexts minority creative workers cannot avoid being projected in negative roles in the media text, they adopt creative subversive practices of passing and transgressive mimicry, resisting full compliance with the production, without endangering their own position. By doing so, the article contributes not only to the emerging field of creative entrepreneurship in cultural production, but also enables determination of common practices of creative subversion in the cultural industries.

The bright side of indebtedness

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-34
Author(s):  
Guglielmo Faldetta
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Negative Feeling ◽  
Gift Giving ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
Common Notion ◽  
Positive Meaning ◽  
The Common ◽  
Bright Side

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to show that indebtedness can have a positive meaning for people who are embedded in social relationships in organizations if it is meant in the light of the notion of gratitude, gift-giving and generalized reciprocity. Design/methodology/approach The study reviews the literature on the common notion of indebtedness and integrates it with the literature on gratitude, gift-giving and generalized reciprocity. Findings The study reveals that through the notion of gratitude, gift-giving and generalized reciprocity people may conceive their indebtedness as gratitude for having received something, so triggering giving behaviors that does not necessarily aim to repay the debt, but to develop and feed their social relationships. Originality/value In the past indebtedness has been conceived as a negative feeling. This study reveals that it may have also a bright side when it is applied to people in flesh and bones, as they are immersed in good quality social relationships.

Paradoxical effects of mild hypoxia and moderate altitude on human visual perception

1992 ◽  
Vol 83 (5) ◽  
pp. 633-636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Schlaepfer ◽  
Peter Bärtsch ◽  
Hans U. Fisch
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Moderate Altitude ◽  
Human Visual Perception ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Hypoxic Conditions ◽  
Paradoxical Effects ◽  
Common Notion ◽  
The Common ◽  
Mild Hypoxia

1. Prolonged (> 10h) exposure to hypoxia and high altitude (> 5000 m) invariably have detrimental effects on cognitive performance. Paradoxically, mild improvements in cognitive function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after cessation of oxygen therapy have been reported. 2. We studied in each of 10 healthy subjects the effect of an acute altitude challenge [rapid helicopter transport to the Jungfraujoch (3450 m), experiment 1] and of an acute exposure to mild hypoxia (fractional inspiratory oxygen concentration 14.5%, experiment 2) on a simple test of cognitive performance (the time needed to read briefly displayed letters). 3. Under both hypoxic conditions the time needed to read briefly presented letters decreased, from 12.1 ± sd 3.8 ms to 8.3 ± 1.5 ms (P<0.01) in experiment 1, and from 11.9 ± 1.9 ms to 8.1 ± 1.1 ms (P<0.01) in experiment 2. 4. A rapid and mild hypoxic challenge seems to improve a simple measure of cognitive performance above normal values. The common notion that exposure to hypoxia and altitude invariably impairs cognitive performance may have to be re-evaluated.

scholarly journals LA NAQLA, ÉTUDE DU CONCEPT DE TRANSFERT DANS L’ŒUVRE D’AL-FĀRĀBĪ

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
GUILLAUME DE VAULX D’ARCY
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual History ◽  
Central Concept ◽  
Transmission Of Knowledge ◽  
Historical Processes ◽  
Common Notion ◽  
The Common ◽  
First Time

AbstractThis article aims at presenting for the first time a central concept in al-Fārābī’s work that constitutes a keystone in understanding his thought, be it in its logical or political aspects. This concept is that of naqla, which, in terms of transmission and translation, its generic transcription can be rendered as ‘transfer’. The naqla is a notion that pertains to rupture in linguistic, logical or temporal continuities, and hints at confusing contiguities in the use of words, in demonstrations and in historical processes. This notion of naqla is at the centre of the preoccupations of al-Fārābī in his various domains of thinking. First of all, in terms of his linguistic reflection that consists of thinking about the transfer (naqla) of a given word in between its notions of first and second imposition. Then, in logic, the integration of the modes of reasoning of the theologians in Aristotelian syllogism, which passes by way of a mechanism of logical transference in the case of induction and the shift in paradigm. Finally, the Fārābian conception of intellectual history, as a transmission of knowledge, cannot be grasped in its fullest scope except through an understanding, not only of the common notion of naqla, but rather in terms of its particular Fārābian sense; namely as a concept that entirely renews the question of transmission and translation.

Provocative Wealth: Non-Muslim Elites in Eighteenth-Century Aleppo

2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-237
Author(s):  
Maurits van den Boogert
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Ottoman Empire ◽  
Legal System ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
The Status ◽  
Common Notion ◽  
The Common ◽  
Shed Light

AbstractIn the Western sources, the Ottoman legal system is often portrayed as unreliable and incidents of Europeans or Ottoman protégés of Western embassies and consulates who claimed to have been maltreated abound. These reports strengthened the common notion in Europe that Ottoman government officials were rapacious and corrupt. The article challenges these views by analyzing two incidents from 18th-century Aleppo, which shed light not only on the dynamics of Ottoman-European relations on the ground, but also on the status of non-Muslim elites in the Ottoman Empire.

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