Background In a global effort to design better hospital buildings for people and organizations, some design principles are still surrounded by great mystery. The aim of this online study was to compare anxiety in an existing single-bed inpatient hospital room with three redesigns of this room in accordance …

Purpose: Until now, it is not clear whether there are differences in patient perception between multi-bedded rooms with two and four beds. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the physical (i.e. room type) and psychosocial (i.e. kindness of roommates and extraversion) aspects on …

Almere is a green city where the greenery extends into the centre through a framework of nature, forests, parks and canals. With this green environment, Almere fulfils an important condition for a liveable city, where it is pleasant to live and work. An important goal for the municipality is to challenge …

The process of sleep transitions (falling asleep and awakening) determines our perception of the consecutive morning experience. Factors contributing towards a productive and pleasant start of the day were evaluated in order to build context for the design of an innovative alarm clock. Two types of factors …

Photographers, videographers, and other creative individuals have a growing workload and an increasing number of equipment that they need to carry every day. The damage of carrying heavy equipment has both short- and long-term effects on the health of these individuals. Mobility, fitting the user well …

In daily life, the amount of carbon dioxide emitted from building heating, cooling and electricity consumption accounts for 47% of the total building carbon dioxide emissions. This makes people pay too much attention to energy conservation and emission reduction, which leads to the neglect of a pleasant …

In the literature about web survey methodology, significant e orts have been made to understand the role of time-invariant factors (e.g. gender, education and marital status) in (non-)response mechanisms. Time-invariant factors alone, however, cannot account for most variations in (non-)responses, especially …

A hospital visit is often an anxious and uncertain event for patients and their relatives. Patients are often concerned about a diagnosis and/or the treatment of their disease in an outpatient or inpatient setting. In these hospital settings, the impact of the environment on patients is still not well …

Talent&Pro is a Dutch secondment firm, which outsources specialized consultants to financial organizations and offers them professional traineeships. This advice report proposes a communication strategy for Talent&Pro, in order to boost its brand awareness and increase the number of applicants it attracts. …

The thermal walk investigates the influence of urban design on the thermal experience of pedestrians moving through a certain urban area. Thermal walks are often used by scientists to understand how residents experience heat in urban environments. However, thermal walks can also be beneficial to urban …