scholarly journals Innovative Approaches to Noise Reduction

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mia Suhanek ◽  
Sanja Grubesa
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Noise Reduction ◽  
Noise Exposure ◽  
Harmful Effect ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Acoustic Environments

Nowadays, each individual is exposed to noise on a daily basis, and noise is often referred as in literature as a plague of modern society. Noise pollution is often overlooked when compared to other environmental pollutions (e.g. air, water, soil pollution). However, same as the all aforementioned pollutions, noise exposure has an accumulating character, meaning that the harmful effect of noise is detected only after a long period of time. Long exposure to noise pollution can be displayed as a bad mood, fatigue, insomnia, headache and loss of concentration, which causes reduced work ability and ultimately permanent hearing impairment. The goal of this chapter is to present two different approaches (traditional and contemporary) in noise reductions. The aim of both approaches is to link objective and subjective acoustic parameters, in order to plan future urban infrastructures while keeping in mind the existing acoustic environments, and to create and implement new solutions that will design, preserve and improve acoustic environments. Thus, we can conclude this chapter will be oriented towards human health and overall quality of life in terms of noise reduction.

scholarly journals Merging science education, citizen science and general population noise exposure data collection in the battle against noise pollution

2021 ◽  
Vol 263 (3) ◽  
pp. 2996-3007
Author(s):  
Luc Dekoninck ◽  
Wim Van Beggenhout ◽  
Mieke Sterken
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Noise Exposure ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Monitoring Data ◽  
Science Data

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics in education is commonly referred to as STEM. The last decades illustrate that our society is transferring into an ever accelerating technological environment. In parallel, the general public became an important driving force in collecting citizen science data to trigger legislative pressure and impact on policy makers to accelerate the improvement of their quality of life. That practice is currently extending into the environmental impact of noise related quality of life. This publication suggests to merge those educational STEM goals, citizen science monitoring and the need for population based noise monitoring data for efficient policy support. The presented educational project can be regarded as a proof-of-concept and can be repeated in different schools and classes every year. This approach has the potential to acquire abundant noise monitoring data and provides an unbiased population sampling dataset by design. This population driven involvement allows to assess real-life and long-term noise policy impact and could become a fundamental pillar in achieving the overall societal goal of improving noise related environmental quality of life.

Quality of Life Following Stroke: A Qualitative Study Across 30 Years

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-162
Author(s):  
Steffany M. Chleboun ◽  
Kathryn Brady ◽  
Jennie Zelenak
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Resilience Theory ◽  
Grounded Theory Methodology ◽  
Long Period ◽  
The Impact

Much of what we know about stroke is limited to the first 5 years postinjury; however, the effects of having a stroke remain several years, even decades, postinjury, and the impact this has on an individual's quality of life over a long period of time is not completely understood. Purpose The purpose of this study was to understand one woman's experience living with the effects of stroke over multiple decades postinjury and to explore factors that affected her quality of life during this time. Method Using Grounded Theory methodology, data were drawn from 28 years of journals kept by the participant and from semistructured family interviews. Results Four major interacting themes emerged from the data: family support, faith, personality, and journaling. Findings are discussed in the context of resilience theory.

scholarly journals Quality of life of elderly persons placed in a nursing home

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-88
Author(s):  
Nataša Egeljić-Mihailović ◽  
Jelena Pavlović ◽  
Nina Brkić-Jovanović ◽  
Dragana Milutinović
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Subjective Assessment ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
World Population ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Quality Life

Modern society in recent decades is facing a large increase in the share of people over 65 in the total population. The research shows that the trend of increasing the number of the elderly is such that it is estimated that the share of people aged 65 and over in the world population will increase significantly (by 56%), from 901 million (12.3%) in 2015 to 1.4 billion (16.5%) in 2030. Nursing homes for the accommodation and care of the elderly are safe places that provide the elderly with reduced physical and other abilities and a life worthy of a human being. A wide field of interest for the research is the perception and experience of home care users about what a quality life in this environment could represent. As part of the quality of life assessment, different domains are assessed, and a certain degree of subjective assessment is included in the choice of quality of life domains. Given the demographic changes that have led to an aging population, as well as longer life expectancy, new measures of social and health policy towards the elderly are increasingly aimed at raising the quality of life of the elderly, while scientific research is increasingly focused on identifying factors that affect the quality of life of the elderly.

Descriptors and Indicators of the Acoustic Environment in Andorra and Escaldes-Engordany

Proceedings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Rosa Alsina-Pagès ◽  
Laura Echevarría-Garuz
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
The Other ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Noise Sources ◽  
Acoustic Environment ◽  
Audio Recordings ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The City

Noise pollution is one of the growing issues in our cities. Every day the streets are full of vehicles of all kinds and works using noisy machinery; it seems difficult to find a quiet area that away from this acoustic environment. Presently, multiple studies are being carried out in the area of engineering in order to be able to attenuate the causes of this noise pollution, in order to improve citizens’ lives. Nevertheless, are cars the only cause of the noise in the city? Are there other noise sources that may affect the quality of life of the citizens? What defines a city as heavily polluted or not? Maybe it can be assumed that truck noise is annoying and that it contributes to noise pollution, while the sound of birds does not and it is pleasant for people. This paper pretends to analyze the physical parameters that allow us to define if any sound causes annoyance, taking into account its acoustic environment. To do this, a specific case will be analysed; we will study three locations measured in Andorra La Vella and Escaldes-Engordany. The audio recordings will be studied deeply, and compared one to the other using data from two different days and all day schedule. We will finally evaluate the annoyance of each location using parameters such as loudness, sharpness and roughness, and taking into account both day and time, as well as giving details about the several types of sound labelled in each recording.

Feeding and Swallowing Strategies for the Individual With Dementia

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-53
Author(s):  
George A. Voyzey
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Speech Language Pathologist ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Person With Dementia ◽  
Restrictive Diet

As the 24 million individuals living with some form of dementia follow the course of the disease, they experience deterioration in cognitive and swallowing capabilities. The speech-language pathologist can guide the individual and his/her caregivers and family to support a safe intake and the least restrictive diet. This article will familiarize clinicians with feeding and swallowing techniques, as well environmental and physical recommendations to facilitate assessment and management of individuals with dysphagia and dementia. The goal is to ensure the individual with dementia can experience quality of life on a daily basis by focusing on one of the last remaining skills a person with dementia possesses: The ability to eat and enjoy food with both safety and dignity.

Wyzwania edukacyjne w kontekście narastających nierówności społecznych

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (3 (249)) ◽  
pp. 138-149
Author(s):  
Mariola Badowska
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Antisocial Behaviour ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Economic Success ◽  
Functional Systems

The problem of modern society is that it does not integrate its members into functional systems as a collectivity of individuals with a sense of community and interdependence, but makes them a group of consumers who want to achieve success on their own and for their own benefits. However, not everyone is able to achieve the desired goal. As a result, we have social inequalities that significantly affect relationships and social processes. For many years, economists and sociologists have pointed to the fact that economic success does not necessarily translate into welfare (or quality of life) of societies. They even talk about the “breakdown of society” phenomenon, i.e., an increase in antisocial behaviour and a loss of a sense of community. In the current social reality, we can identify many examples of the fact that their fears are justified. All this makes the need for educational measures to stop or even reverse these phenomena threatening social cohesion seem reasonable.

scholarly journals The influence of heel height related on quality of life on the foot in a sample of women

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 324-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel López-López ◽  
Javier Marañon-Medina ◽  
Marta Elena Losa-Iglesias ◽  
César Calvo-Lobo ◽  
David Rodríguez-Sanz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Foot Health ◽  
Heel Height ◽  
Health Domains ◽  
Reported Data

SUMMARY Many women have worn high-heel shoes (HHS) at some point in their lives and many wear them on a daily basis, with higher prevalence between 39% and 78% observed in institutional and clinical settings. The purpose of this study was to describe and compare the scores obtained with regard to foot health and health in general in a sample of women that use HHS as opposed to a sample of women without HHS with normalized reference values. A sample of 120 participants with a mean age of 41.94 ± 13.912 came to a health center where self-reported data were registered. The subjects with and without HHS were determined and the scores obtained were compared in the Foot Health Status Questionnaire (FHSQ). This questionnaire is made of 13 questions that assess 4 health domains of the feet, namely pain, function, general health and footwear. The women in the HHS group showed a worse quality of life related to health in general and to foot health specifically. Differences between the two groups were evaluated by means of a t-test for independent samples, showing statistical significance (P<0.01). Women with HHS present a negative impact on the quality of life related to foot health.

scholarly journals Antibiotic resistance is a common problem in medicine and veterinary

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 00049
Author(s):  
Michael Naumov ◽  
Ludmila Reznichenko ◽  
Yana Masalykina ◽  
Ivan Styazhkin
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Antibiotic Resistance ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Complete Picture ◽  
Historical Period ◽  
Scientific Article ◽  
Global Level

This scientific article deals with the problem of antibiotic resistance. It is very difficult to give a complete picture of the resistance of microorganisms to antibiotics, because this topic is very diverse and is being actively investigated. Accordingly, information about more and more cases of antibiotic resistance appears very quickly. Less than a century has passed since the beginning of large-scale use of antibiotics. In this short historical period of time, the threat of antibiotic resistance has reached a global level, and it would be wrong to deny that it is humanity that has created such an enemy through its own efforts. Antibiotic resistance is a property of a microorganism that is associated with a decrease in the quality of the effect of an antibiotic on a given culture. The driving force behind this phenomenon is evolution. With the help of random mutations, an individual appears that is not susceptible to the effects of a previously used drug. The emergence of superbugs-cultures that do not respond to the use of currently existing antibiotics will lead to a decrease in the quality of life of people. Diseases that no longer caused concern in modern society will once again become deadly.

scholarly journals INTEGRATED NOISE CONTROL SOLUTIONS FOR DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING A COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT IN MEDIUM AND SMALL TOWNS IN SIBERIA

2020 ◽  
pp. 4-4
Author(s):  
Taisya S. Bolshanina ◽  
Olga G. Litvinova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Noise Control ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Industrial Facilities ◽  
Modern Methods ◽  
Set Up

The study is devoted to improving the quality of life in Siberian medium and small settlements through a range of noise control solutions. Field studies carried out in 2019 and 2020 revealed a problem of noise pollution in these settlements caused by highways cutting through their planning structure and industrial facilities set up in the immediate vicinity of residential buildings. Modern methods of protecting residential buildings against noise were considered and the noise control experiences of historical settlements were reviewed. The consideration of available engineering solutions along with cultural heritage restoration and reconstruction technologies suggested a range of actions to protect residential buildings located in the immediate vicinity of highways against noise.

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