A Study on the Relationship between Young People's Perceived Restorative Environment and Stress Relief in Urban Parks

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-120
Author(s):  
Mei Qing Fang ◽  
Jae Cheol Kang
Keyword(s):  
Urban Parks ◽  
Stress Relief ◽  
Restorative Environment ◽  
The Relationship

Experimental Study on the Relationship between Dislocation Density and Internal Stress in Micro Electroforming Layer

2015 ◽  
Vol 645-646 ◽  
pp. 405-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Song ◽  
Li Qun Du ◽  
Tong Yang ◽  
Lei Luo ◽  
You Sheng Tao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Dislocation Density ◽  
Internal Stress ◽  
Compressive Stress ◽  
Stress Relief ◽  
Ultrasonic Power ◽  
Pile Up ◽  
Ultrasonic Stress Relief ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Dislocation Density Increase

In the micro electroforming process, the existence of electroforming layer defects caused by macro internal stress seriously limits the application and development of the micro electroforming technology. Currently, some studies have shown that ultrasonic can reduce the internal stress. But the formation process of the internal stress and the mechanism of ultrasonic stress relief in micro electroforming layer are still unclear now. In this paper, the relationship between dislocation density and internal stress under ultrasonic was studied. The results show that the ultrasonic can make the dislocation density increase and the compressive stress decrease. When the ultrasonic power is 200W, the dislocation density and the compressive stress culminate 3.8×10-15m-2 and-144.4MPa, respectively. The ultrasonic can excite the movement of dislocation proliferation, pile-up and opening, which leads to a micro plastic deformation in the crystal, and thereby releases the internal stress.

scholarly journals Exploring Perceived Well-Being from Urban Parks: Insights from a Megacity in Latin America

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7586
Author(s):  
Andrea Parra-Saldívar ◽  
Sebastián Abades ◽  
Juan L. Celis-Diez ◽  
Stefan Gelcich
Keyword(s):  
Native Species ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Urban Parks ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
The Relationship

Urbanization has impacted biodiversity and ecosystems at a global scale. At the same time, it has been recognized as a driver of the physical and emotional gap between humans and nature. The lack of direct contact with nature can have a negative impact on several aspects of human well-being and change knowledge and attitudes of people towards the environment. However, this phenomenon is still poorly understood in megacities outside developed countries. Here, we explore the relationship between ecological knowledge and self-reported well-being in an important urban park in Santiago, Chile. We conducted semi-structured surveys of park users to explore their beliefs, preferences, ecological knowledge of plants and birds, and self-reported well-being. Citizens associated urban parks mainly with “nature,” and particularly with the presence of trees and plants. Trees were recognized as the most relevant elements of urban parks; in turn, birds were ranked as the less relevant. Regarding formal ecological knowledge, respondents correctly identified an average of 2.01 plants and 2.44 birds out of a total of 10 for each taxon, and exotic species were more likely to be recognized. Park users also reported high scores for self-reported well-being. Interestingly, variance of self-reported well-being scores tended to increase at low levels of ecological knowledge of trees, but no significant relationship was detected with knowledge of birds, nor native species. Ecological knowledge of trees was positively related to self-reported well-being. Results suggest that parks can positively contribute to bring people closer to nature in middle-income countries. Improving ecological knowledge can be critical to restore the relationship between humans and nature in megacities.

The Smartphone as a Pacifying Technology

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiri Melumad ◽  
Michel Tuan Pham
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Stress Relief ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Personal Nature ◽  
Scale Field ◽  
Large Scale Field ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Actual Stress

Abstract In light of consumers’ growing dependence on their smartphones, this article investigates the nature of the relationship that consumers form with their smartphone and its underlying mechanisms. We propose that in addition to obvious functional benefits, consumers in fact derive emotional benefits from their smartphone—in particular, feelings of psychological comfort and, if needed, actual stress relief. In other words, in a sense, smartphones are not unlike adult pacifiers. This psychological comfort arises from a unique combination of properties that turn smartphones into a reassuring presence for their owners: the portability of the device, its personal nature, the subjective sense of privacy experienced while on the device, and the haptic gratification it affords. Results from one large-scale field study and three laboratory experiments support the proposed underlying mechanisms and document downstream consequences of the psychological comfort that smartphones provide. The findings show, for example, that (a) in moments of stress, consumers exhibit a greater tendency to seek out their smartphone (study 2); and (b) engaging with one’s smartphone provides greater stress relief than engaging in the same activity with a comparable device such as one’s laptop (study 3) or a similar smartphone belonging to someone else (study 4).

Stress Forming of Fine Metal Wire Based on Ultrasonic Vibration

2014 ◽  
Vol 599-601 ◽  
pp. 587-590
Author(s):  
Yi Luo ◽  
Chuan Long Yang ◽  
Yue Ming Song ◽  
Xiao Dong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Internal Stress ◽  
Ultrasonic Vibration ◽  
Stress Relief ◽  
Metal Wire ◽  
Time Increase ◽  
Fine Wire ◽  
Experimental Apparatus ◽  
Ultrasonic Stress Relief ◽  
The Relationship

The assembling process of the flex lead of an accelerometer can bring in internal stress, which causes drift error and affects the precision of the accelerometer. The paper introduces a method using ultrasonic vibration to reduce the internal stress, discusses the theory of ultrasonic stress relief on fine wires, shows ultrasonic stress relief experimental apparatus which uses an optimized ultrasonic tool head to inflict ultrasonic vibration to fine wires. By introducing the displacements of the fine wire ends into ANSYS, changes of the internal stress of the fine wire can be obtained. The experiment studies the performance of ultrasonic vibration to fine wire internal stress and deals with the relationship between infliction time and results. The experiment results confirmed that by selecting the suitable experiment parameters, ultrasonic vibration is an effective way to internal stress relief, the internal stress decline as infliction time increase then stays.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Fatigue Recovery after Late-night Shifts and Stress Relief Awareness

2014 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 116-120
Author(s):  
Takeyasu Kakamu ◽  
Masayoshi Tsuji ◽  
Tomoo Hidaka ◽  
Tomohiro Kumagai ◽  
Takehito Hayakawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stress Relief ◽  
Late Night ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Fatigue Recovery ◽  
Night Shifts

scholarly journals Contribution of Design Indicators in Perception of Social Capital, and Interference of Socio-Demographic Information in the Process

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3589
Author(s):  
Akbar Rahimi ◽  
Mahsa Tarashkar ◽  
Banafshe Jahantab
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Social Indicators ◽  
Urban Parks ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Informal Social Control ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Effective Contribution

Social capital is the effective contribution of social groups through providing a context for cooperation, sense of identity, and perception of social norms. Urban parks are important components of cities, helps building the social capital within urban societies. This study examines the social capital of important urban parks of Tehran, Iran, using three main criteria: informal social control, social cohesion, and social leverage. A stratified random sample of 330 users were selected and asked to rank the social capital criteria using a questionnaire involving five-point Likert scale questions. The results show mutual relationship between informal social control and social leverage (r = 0.62, α = 0.00), and also inter-relationship between design indicators and perceived social capital. People from lower age group and higher educational level show highest perception of social capital. Perceptual difference were observed between genders. Women experience higher esthetic perception (α = 0.00), security (α = 0.01), and accessibility (α = 0.03). The study, while proving the relationship between social indicators and design features, and the impact of personal characteristics on the perception of social capital, indicates social inequality in citizens’ equal benefit of social capital. Measures must be taken to increase social capital in society and solve the significant lower perceptions of some social capital indicators among specific groups.

Assessing the Impact of Vegetation in the Visibility Connection and Thermal Comfort in the Urban Outdoors (Case Study: Shafagh Park)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alireza Karimi ◽  
Darya Gachkar ◽  
Sadaf Gachkar ◽  
soheila aghlemand
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Urban Parks ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Outdoor Thermal Comfort ◽  
Favorable Conditions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Good Visibility

Abstract Regarding the significant impact of visibility, landscape, and thermal comfort on the presence of users’ attendance in urban parks, there is a severe interest in studies on the amount of visibility and the outdoor thermal comfort especially in a district with hot summers. this research, after investigating the shafagh park based on space laws and the relationship between park spaces with each other in terms of accessibility and visibility to achieve the effect of plants, then, based on the obtained data, the role of plants in evaluating thermal comfort conditions in the park space was investigated and finally, their relationship with each other has been examined. results have revealed that, plants have an undeniable role in improving the conditions of thermal comfort and visual visibility and user movement in spaces, so that, the best points in terms of thermal comfort, had a favorable view and perspective, while, areas of the park that did not have good visibility and landscape did not experience favorable conditions in terms of thermal comfort. Therefore, architects, landscape architects, and urban designers who research the problem of thermal comfort and landscape analysis in urban parks can use the findings of this article for effective outcomes, especially in parks with climatic conditions use similar in Tehran.

scholarly journals Examining the Relationship between Park Neighborhoods, Features, Cleanliness, and Condition with Observed Weekday Park Usage and Physical Activity: A Case Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerry Hamilton ◽  
Andrew T. Kaczynski ◽  
Melissa L. Fair ◽  
Lucie Lévesque
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Quality Indicators ◽  
Direct Observation ◽  
Urban Parks ◽  
Neighborhood Context ◽  
Type Condition ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Neighborhood Type

Background. Little research has comprehensively explored how park features, quality indicators, and neighborhood environments are associated with observed park usage and physical activity (PA). This case study examined whether weekday park usage and PA differ by neighborhood type, across numerous categories of park features, and according to park feature condition and cleanliness.Methods. Direct observation was used to capture the number of users and PA levels within 143 park features in 6 parks (3 urban, 3 suburban) over the course of six weeks. Audits of park environments assessed the type, condition, and cleanliness of all features and amenities.Results. Urban parks experienced greater usage, but a higher proportion of sedentary users than suburban parks. Usage and PA levels differed across types of park features, with splash pads, pools, paths, and play structures having the greatest proportion of active users. Usage did not differ by park feature condition and cleanliness, but greater condition and cleanliness were generally associated with higher PA levels.Conclusions. Factors such as neighborhood context, types of park features, and condition and cleanliness can impact park usage and PA levels and should be targets for researchers and planners aiming to foster more user-friendly and active neighborhood park environments.

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