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Marttila, Tero, Jukka Lahdensivu, and Juha Pekkanen. "Comprehensive assessment brings out shortcomings in almost every school building." E3S Web of Conferences 172 (2020): 23002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202017223002.
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Consideration of the big picture is needed when evaluating aspects of the building with relevance for reporting of poor indoor air quality or symptoms. Even the most accurate longitudinal measurements do not remove the need for expertise and broad understanding of the different possible sources and causes of indoor air exposures. Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), in collaboration with Tampere University (TAU), studies the association between school buildings of Helsinki and pupil reported health symptoms. The present paper focuses on introducing the methods and classifications as well as presenting the results about the condition of the buildings. Characteristics of 53 school buildings have been assessed by visiting the buildings and by going through the previous building investigation reports. Visits relied mainly on visual inspections with an extensive checklist and some none intrusive momentary measurements about the dampness, pressure difference, and indoor air quality (IAQ). The major strength of the study is that all the possible school buildings in certain areas were inspected and assessed using the same methods, irrespective if the building had a long history of indoor air problems or not. That makes it possible to evaluate the general prevalence of the problems in school buildings, which has been highlighted as an open question by the National Indoor Air and Health Program 2018-2028, coordinated by THL. The first results indicate that every school building has its shortcomings. However, none of the studied buildings was in a very bad condition either. The results indicate that it is not possible to draw a clear line between the buildings with ‘good’ or ‘poor’ IAQ.
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Wilking, Cara L., Angie L. Cradock, and Steven L. Gortmaker. "Harnessing the Public Health Power of Model Codes to Increase Drinking Water Access in Schools and Childcare." Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 43, S1 (2015): 69–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jlme.12220.
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Drinking water is an important health behavior to support overall child health. Research indicates that children are consuming too little water and too many sugary drinks. Overconsumption of sugary drinks increases child risk for the epidemics of obesity and diet-related chronic diseases like type-II diabetes, stroke, and heart disease. Increasing access to appealing, low-cost drinking water in schools and childcare where children spend much of their time supports efforts to reduce sugary drink consumption. Drinking water infrastructure is key to water access in childcare and schools. In 2012-2013, almost one-third of permanent U.S. school buildings had plumbing systems in fair or poor condition, and almost 40 percent had major renovations or repairs planned.3 Basic plumbing standards for new construction and major renovations or repairs are contained in state and local plumbing codes, and many of these codes are derived from model codes established by private organizations. This article describes the model code process and intervention points where the public health community can work to improve plumbing standards in school buildings and childcare centers.
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Rainieri, Carlo, Giovanni Fabbrocino, and E. Cosenza. "Automated Operational Modal Analysis as Structural Health Monitoring Tool: Theoretical and Applicative Aspects." Key Engineering Materials 347 (September 2007): 479–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.347.479.
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The aim of structural health monitoring for civil structures is not only detection of sudden or progressive damages but also monitoring their performance under operational conditions or under some particular environmental issues such as earthquakes. Seismic protection of buildings at risk can be reached increasing the knowledge of the structural behavior of existing constructions. This circumstance points out the opportunity of monitoring the performance of civil structures over their operational lives. The present paper deals with automated Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) technologies adopted for the School of Engineering Main Building at the University of Naples “Federico II”. In particular, the attention is focused on the development of an automated procedure based on the Operational Modal Analysis (OMA) that must ensure the continuous monitoring and extraction of the modal parameters of the building. Some numerical examples are then discussed in order to point out effectiveness of the algorithm and relevant issues that need to be improved.
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Jain, Nishesh, Esfand Burman, Craig Robertson, Samuel Stamp, Clive Shrubsole, Francesco Aletta, Edward Barrett, et al. "Building performance evaluation: Balancing energy and indoor environmental quality in a UK school building." Building Services Engineering Research and Technology 41, no. 3 (December 31, 2019): 343–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0143624419897397.
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There is a policy-driven focus, at present, on improving the energy performance of buildings. However, energy-related issues alone do not capture the full impact of buildings on occupants and the wider environment. The performance of a building also includes occupant wellbeing and indoor environmental quality. Specifically, in schools, indoor environmental quality (thermal comfort, indoor air quality, lighting and acoustics) is an important aspect. Additionally, the issue of the ‘performance gap’, generally focused on energy, also affects indoor environmental quality parameters and needs to be addressed holistically. This paper reports on a holistic building performance evaluation covering aspects of energy, thermal comfort, indoor air quality, lighting and acoustics. It assesses the performance issues and inter-relationships between energy and indoor environmental quality in a recently built school campus in London. Based on the evidence collated from this case study and supplementary literature, the endemic issues and constraints within the construction industry are explored, such as inappropriate design calculations and resistance to new low-carbon technologies. Further, lessons for improved performance in the design, operation and maintenance of schools are highlighted such as factoring in the changing building use trends during design and the significance of optimal operations and maintenance of building systems for better energy and indoor environmental quality performance. This study shows that if the building design focus primarily remains on energy, unintended consequence of indoor environmental quality underperformance may occur where there are conflicts between energy and indoor environmental quality objectives. An integrated approach to building performance can help address this issue. Practical application: There are often conflicts between energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality (IEQ) objectives in building design and operation. Most building performance evaluations are primarily focused on one set of these performance criteria. This building performance evaluation was done with an integrated energy and IEQ perspective. The study identifies the causes of underperformance in energy and IEQ in a recently built school in London. Some of the findings from this study provide lessons that are relevant across the industry for the delivery of low-carbon and healthy buildings. These lessons include methods to further strengthen the policy frameworks and design protocols along with overall improvements in the processes followed during design, construction and operation of schools and other non-domestic buildings. The paper can also inform building designers, contractors and facility managers about the ways to reduce the performance gap and achieve energy targets without unintended consequences for indoor environment.
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Vlček, Pavel, Karel Kubečka, Hana Vaculikova, Darja Kubečková, and Veronika Sojkova. "Risk Analysis of Asbestos Structures and their Impact on the Internal Environment of Buildings." Advanced Materials Research 899 (February 2014): 431–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.899.431.
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Asbestos products were abundantly used in the civil engineering in 70's and 80's. In some objects they still persist till nowadays namely in office and school buildings where they represent a health risk for people who stay in such premises on a long-term basis. These products have very often negative impacts on health of users of such premises. They negatively influence the internal environment of buildings and its hygienic aspects. One of the possible ways of risk rate evaluation of these aspects on man is using the application of risk analysis.
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Al Omari, Hafsa, and E. Luma Al Dabbagh. "Developing a Green Building Assessment Tool for Schools (Case Study in Mosul City)." Advanced Materials Research 433-440 (January 2012): 5821–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.433-440.5821.
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The green building or green architecture has come to light as a strong architectural movement at the end of 1990's and as a main trend in architectural practice. The architectural green is a modern architectural philosophy which deals with the competent relationship between the functional constructive systems and its vital environmental, by controlling the inputs and outputs of this system with the least negative effects on the environment and occupant's health, and the least energy consumption during the various stages of the building ( construction, operation, maintenance and destruction ) to achieve the functional activities and the inventive and efficient architectural structures. The importance of this movement lies in trying to achieve the sustainable development in its environmental, social and economic aspects because of the problems that developed and developing countries ( e.g. Iraq ) face such as energy consumption and pollution. Several international standards of different classifications, depending on local context of each country, has been appeared. Some of these tools are (BREEAM, LEED, CO-CHPS Colorado, GBTool, CASBEE) which aim to assess the performance of the building from green Architecture's perspective. Although there is a similarity in the classification levels including the sustainable location, how to use (water, energy and atmosphere, materials, resources) effectively, indoor environment quality and the design's innovation, they differ in other aspects that its importance relies on the environmental and local context. The problem of our research was the absence of the practical evaluation tool of the green building ( school buildings ) for the Iraq's local context in general and Mosul in particular, compatibly with the city climate. The research aims at making theoretical construction to identify the assessment indicators of the school buildings from green architecture's perspective, in order to create suitable and general assessment tool for schools building in Mosul city which can help improving the performance of these schools, decreasing the effect on the health, sparing energy coasts, and other benefits in the stages of the project ( pre-construction, construction, post-construction ). The research supposes that the multi-dimensional designing strategy is an active tool used in establishing the tool classification of assessment. For reaching goals, the research adopts the theoretical method and questionnaire. Finally, the research provides an assessment tool for school building in Mosul from the green architecture's perspective (AGBS) Green Building Assessment Tool for school ) in conformity with the local context of the city for enabling the designer to follow it in order to achieve the investment within his school architectural products. Results indicate six categories for assessment tool. First Sustainable Sites category (SS) which have the greatest weight 25.7%, , then Indoor Environment Quality(IEQ) 24.35667%. then Materials & Resources (M&R), Energy & Atomosphere (A&E), Water Efficiency(WE),and Innovotion in design (ID), have 17.32% ، 10.5% ، 3.987181% , Respectively.
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Sroufe, Robert. "Business Schools as Living Labs: Advancing Sustainability in Management Education." Journal of Management Education 44, no. 6 (September 11, 2020): 726–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1052562920951590.
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The buildings in which we teach management and decision analysis are ideal labs for advancing sustainability in management education, experiential learning, and integrated performance measurement. Utilizing building-based learning and design competition, student teams can learn about aspects of sustainability while proposing investments into the spaces we spend over 90% of our time inside of buildings. Buildings on university campuses provide an opportunity to design and deliver hands-on assignments showing how the actions taken on an existing building can improve the overall health and performance of that building and its owners and occupants. Contributions of this study include a primer on how to develop and deliver building-based learning and demonstrating ways in which to integrate a social cost of carbon in investments with a proven approach to assess and measure the return on integration of financial, environmental, and human health and productivity in a return on integration, integrated rate of return, and integrated future value. Insights and the lessons learned provide linkages to learning outcomes and assessment so that learning objectives are aligned with and advance sustainability in management education and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals with outcomes generalizable to any building and business.
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Sadick, Abdul-Manan, and Mohamed H. Issa. "Differences in teachers’ satisfaction with indoor environmental quality and their well-being in new, renovated and non-renovated schools." Indoor and Built Environment 27, no. 9 (June 26, 2017): 1272–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1420326x17717074.
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Most studies on buildings’ renovations in relation to indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and occupants’ well-being have focused on offices, while those investigating schools focused on students rather than teachers. Most of these studies limited their assessment of well-being to occupants’ satisfaction with IEQ factors, overlooking essential aspects related to psychological, social and physical well-being. This article presents results of a research conducted in 32 schools in Manitoba, Canada, to assess teachers’ IEQ satisfaction and well-being in new, renovated and non-renovated schools. The research involved adapting and refining an IEQ satisfaction survey and developing and refining three new surveys to assess teachers’ psychological, social and physical well-being. The results of the refined surveys showed statistically significant differences in teachers’ satisfaction with IEQ factors between the new and renovated schools on one hand and the non-renovated ones on the other. However, no statistically significant differences were found in teachers’ psychological, social and physical well-being perceptions between all pairs of the three school categories analysed. Association analyses suggested a potential indirect impact of schools’ renovations on teachers’ well-being via their satisfaction with IEQ. The results of this study should aid school managers in making strategic decisions about the maintenance of their existing schools.
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Patton, George C., Sara Glover, L. Bond, Helen Butler, Celia Godfrey, Gayle Di Pietro, and Glen Bowes. "The Gatehouse Project: A Systematic Approach to Mental Health Promotion in Secondary Schools." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 34, no. 4 (August 2000): 586–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/j.1440-1614.2000.00718.x.
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Objective: The objective of this paper is to outline the conceptual background and strategy of intervention for a systematic and sustainable approach to mental health promotion in secondary schools. Method: The conceptual origins of the Gatehouse Project are described in terms of the epidemiology of adolescent mental health problems, attachment theory, education reform research and health promotional theory and practice. The elements of health promotional work are described in terms of structural change and priority setting; implementation at multiple levels within the participating schools is described. Results: The conceptual framework of the Gatehouse Project emphasises healthy attachments with peers and teachers through the promotion of a sense of security and trust, effective communication and a sense of positive self-regard based on participation in varied aspects of school and community life. A school social climate profile is derived from a questionnaire survey of students. An adolescent health team uses this information to set priorities for change within the school. Interventions may focus on the promotion of a positive social climate of the whole school or in the classroom. Curriculum-based health education is also used and based on materials that are relevant to the normal developmental experiences of teenagers. These are integrated into the mainstream curriculum and incorporate a strong component of teacher professional development. Lastly, the intervention promotes linkage between the school and broader community with a particular emphasis on the needs of young people at high risk of school drop-out. Conclusions: Educational environments are complex systems undergoing continuous and simultaneous changes. The Gatehouse Project will provide unique information on the relationship between the social environment and the emotional wellbeing of young people. More importantly it outlines a sustainable process for building the capacity of schools to promote the social and emotional development of young people.
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Tibbitts, Byron, Kathryn Willis, Tom Reid, Simon J. Sebire, Rona Campbell, Ruth R. Kipping, Rebecca Kandiyali, and Russell Jago. "Considerations for Individual-Level Versus Whole-School Physical Activity Interventions: Stakeholder Perspectives." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 14 (July 18, 2021): 7628. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147628.
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Strategies to address declining physical activity levels among children and adolescents have focused on ‘individual-level’ approaches which often fail to demonstrate impact. Recent attention has been on an alternative ‘whole-school’ approach to increasing physical activity that involves promoting physical activity throughout all aspects of the school environment. There is, however, a lack of evidence on how whole-school physical activity approaches could be implemented in the UK. This qualitative study explored perspectives of key stakeholders on potential reasons for the lack of impact of individual-level school-based interventions on children’s physical activity, and key considerations for adopting a whole-school approach. Nineteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with a range of stakeholders involved in the implementation of physical activity programmes in UK schools. Data were analysed using an inductive approach. Respondents suggested that individual-level school-based interventions to increase physical activity often failed to consult end users in the design and were typically implemented in environments unsupportive of long-term change. They subsequently outlined specific barriers and key facilitators for the adoption and implementation of whole-school approaches in UK settings and recommended a shift in research foci towards building an evidence base around educational outcomes and whole-school implementation insights.
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Kostenius, Catrine, Sebastian Gabrielsson, and Eva Lindgren. "Promoting Mental Health in School—Young People from Scotland and Sweden Sharing Their Perspectives." International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 18, no. 6 (December 26, 2019): 1521–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11469-019-00202-1.
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AbstractThe rate of mental ill health has increased among children and youth during the past decade in Scotland and Sweden. School is important in influencing both health and education. The starting point for health promotion in school involves those who are affected, the students. The aim of this study was to describe and understand how mental health can be promoted in school from the perspective of young people. A total of 14 Scottish and Swedish young people aged 15–21, 11 girls and 3 boys from 3 municipalities, participated in 4 focus groups. The phenomenological analysis resulted in one main theme: Everyone is being there for each other encompassing three themes without any relative order of precedence: being in a safe, inclusive, and well-informed space; meeting adults who are available, listening, and taking action; and feeling significant and being of significance to others. Based on these findings, we suggest the following aspects to be essential when aiming to promote mental health in schools: (1) value and appreciate young people’s experiences, (2) view everyone in school regardless of age or profession to be an important piece in the mental health promotion puzzle by adopting a “whole school approach,” (3) foster a listening culture that focuses on building enabling relationships, (4) promote health and learning simultaneously to increase health literacy, (5) educate about mental health to minimize stigma and increase confidence in taking appropriate action.
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Clegg, E. J. "Aspects of Fertility in Suva, Fiji." Journal of Biosocial Science 20, no. 3 (July 1988): 295–312. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021932000006635.
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SummaryRecent changes in vital rates in Fiji suggest that the Melanesian (MF) component of the population is growing faster than the Indian (IF) component, thus reversing a long-standing demographic trend.Patterns of family building were studied in the respondent families of 302 MF and 324 IF children at school in the capital, Suva. Melanesian families were larger than IF families, even when corrected for differences in maternal age and social class. Particularly among IF families, there was a significant effect of social class on family size, higher status families having fewer children. Among all groups there was evidence of a secular trend to earlier childbearing and, less clearly, to an earlier cessation of childbearing. Among both races age-specific fertility levels were similar in younger age-groups, but older IF mothers showed significantly lower fertility.It is suggested that among IF families, who form a more urbanized and commercially/industrially oriented segment of the Fijian population, two factors may account for the reduction in fertility: (i) pressure to limit population growth in the interests of racial harmony; and (ii) economic pressure resulting in a demographic transition. The latter suggestion is supported by the fact that the greatest decrease in fertility occurs among high status families. Among MFs the reduction in fertility has been less, due probably to the absence of a ‘racial harmony’ incentive and also to a lesser economic stimulus.
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Cortina, Melissa A., Judith Shipman, Felicity Saunders, Laurie Day, Rachel Blades, Jaime Smith, and Miranda Wolpert. "Embedding interagency working between schools and mental health specialists: A service evaluation of theMental Health Services and Schools and Colleges Link Programmeworkshops." Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 24, no. 4 (May 23, 2019): 906–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359104519849640.
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There is increasing focus on the need for schools to work more effectively with specialist mental health providers, but there have been historic challenges in embedding closer interagency working. This article reports the results of a service evaluation of a 2-day workshop designed to facilitate improved working between schools and children and young people’s mental health services (CYPMHS). Mental health leads from 255 schools, mental health professionals and other key stakeholders all took part in one of 26 two-day workshops across the United Kingdom. The impact on interagency working was examined using changes in pre- and post-survey results, changes in self-reported aspects of interagency working and 10 local reviews of practice. The pre–post questionnaires showed improvements in interagency working (e.g. 55% of school leads reported being in ‘monthly’ or ‘continuous’ contact with the National Health Service (NHS) CYPMHS1at follow-up, compared with 24% at baseline). The group-completed CASCADE framework showed an overall increase in collaborative working, although some areas continued to report significant challenges such as in relation to common outcome measures. The local reviews found positive changes in interagency working, in terms of building relationships, improved communication and sharing good practice. This service evaluation of the workshops found some evidence of improved interagency working between schools and CYPMHS, but more controlled research is needed to consider generalisability and scalability.
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Ignjatovic, Tanja. "Child witnesses of domestic violence: Potential implications on procedures used by educational institutions." Zbornik Instituta za pedagoska istrazivanja 50, no. 2 (2018): 286–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/zipi1802286i.
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Children?s witnessing scenes of violence in the family context incurs numerous and diverse consequences on their health and wellbeing, including school activities and personal achievement, their social relations and risk of subsequent bullying behaviour or victimization at school. At the same time, the school environment can play an important role in developing strategies of overcoming and recovering from the traumatic experience such as one?s exposure to domestic violence. This paper presents an overview of the main foreign and domestic findings on the connection between violence against children and violence against women, their mothers, the consequences that violence in a partnership has on various aspects of childrens? development and health, children?s strategies for overcoming and their resilience, and institutional reactions to childrens? testimony about instances of domestic violence. Special attention is placed on the implications that this phenomenon has on the operation and responsibility educational institutions to ensure a safe environment for these children within the family and at school and to provide them with assistance and support. This points to the importance of the relevant regulations and their interpretations, the dilemmas that teachers and schools can face in their application, available information and expertise, the development of close collaboration between schools and relevant community institutions, or the systematic and systematic nature of capacity building for teachers and schools for attentive and the consistent application of preventive and intervention programs.
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Sarah, Dr Bundotich. "Influence of Selected Psychosocial Factors on Parents and Learners’ Mental Wellbeing During the Long School Holiday Due to Corona Virus (Covid-19): A Perception Parents and Learners in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya." Journal of Education and Practice 4, no. 2 (August 4, 2020): 34. http://dx.doi.org/10.47941/jep.427.
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Purpose: The aim of study was to establish whether there was any influence of Selected Psychosocial Factors on Parents and Learners Mental Wellbeing during the long school holiday Due to Corona Virus (COVID-19). School seemed to plays an important role in protecting children from various psychosocial harm and the sudden closure worried parents.Methodology: The study adopted an explanatory survey design and a mixed method approach. Sampling techniques included purposive and stratified sampling methods. The target populations were all learners in the county aged between 10-19 years old totaling up to 278,791 and 1080 parents. Data collection instruments were sets of questionnaire and focus group discussion. Findings: After computing data statistically, the findings of the study were (r = 0. 592, p < 0.05) physical aspects; (r=0. 596, p<0.05) social aspects and (r=0.685, ρ<0.05) psychological aspect and observed positive and significant effect on the relationship between selected psychosocial factors on parents and learner’s mental wellbeing during the long school holiday due to (COVID-19).Conclusion: The study concluded that the sudden closure of schools strained parents and learners physically, socially and psychologically causing psychosocial distress. Therefore, parents and learners need to nurture resilience to recover quickly from difficulties. The physical, social and emotional security of children needs to be prioritized by all parents.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study recommends that parents and learners need to nurture resilience which is the capacity to recover quickly or spring back into normal from difficulties. This means as the Ministry of Health update the public on the status of COVID -19, there is need to have psychologists to offer advice to the public on how to cope and manage the situation mentally and socially as a way of building resilience.
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Wegmann, David. "Child labor in the US." Ciência & Saúde Coletiva 8, no. 4 (2003): 1029–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1413-81232003000400024.
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This paper presents a report on child labor in the U.S. that reviewed the positive and negative aspects of work for youth. Working was found to provide young people with valuable lessons about responsibility, punctuality, interacting with people and learning about money management, increasing self-esteem and helping them become independent and skilled. Research findings suggested that working during high school may contribute to increased rates of employment and better wages up to a decade after high school completion. Research concerning the hazards associated with work indicated that, each year, tens of thousands of young people are seen in hospital emergency departments for work-related injuries, hundreds require hospitalization, and more than 70 die of work-related injuries. Long work hours during the school year were associated with problem behaviors. The report points out some important questions: updating regulations on allowable work hours, eliminating less stringent regulation of agricultural work, revising outdated rules against hazardous work, developing and implementing a comprehensive plan for monitoring the injuries, illnesses, and hazards, building workplace health and safety information into school-based programs, and developing criteria for designating "commendable workplaces for youth."
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Thomassen, Gheir, and Carl Crh Bachke. "FORMER PUPILS’ EXPERIENCED MENTAL HEALTH (MH) AND QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL) SOME YEARS AFTER COMPLETION OF ADAPTED SECONDARY EDUCATION." SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference 3 (May 26, 2016): 166. http://dx.doi.org/10.17770/sie2016vol3.1435.
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The article addresses the following research question: Some years after having completed adapted secondary education, (a) how do former pupils assess their present status of MH and QoL, and (b) what aspects of the adapted education do they consider to have contributed positively to this status? The purpose of the study is to look for positive outcomes of adapted secondary education in pupils’ adult life, regarding their MH and QoL in particular. The study may also contribute knowledge that may be relevant in reducing drop-out from secondary vocational schools. Data collection was done by interviewing nine former pupils, all from the same school. Their statements were analyzed by a combination of editing analysis and quantitative content analysis. Firstly, findings show that the informants’ scored QoL of a similar level as found in other studies of the general Norwegian population. Presumably the MH is also similar. Secondly, the following aspects of the adapted secondary education are reported to contribute positively to this status: (1) The set of attitudes and relationship-building competence of the staff; (2) the good peer-milieu, and the efforts the staff invested in it; (3) the school’s well-organized program for apprenticeship and possibilities of working practically; and (4) the latter plus the modes of teaching which made the pupils achieve a feeling of coping.
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Bihastuti, Endhita Januar. "PENERAPAN HEALING ENVIRONMENT PADA PERANCANGAN SEKOLAH DASAR LUAR BIASA BAGIAN TUNALARAS." ARSITEKTURA 15, no. 2 (November 1, 2017): 447. http://dx.doi.org/10.20961/arst.v15i2.12596.
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<em>Children with emotional and behavioral disorders are one of kind children with special education need. Education as a basic right of every child in Indonesia, especially children with emotional and behaviour disorder, has not been fully realized, this is due to the lack of awareness of parents and teachers. The earlier the children with emotional and behaviour disorders are detected, the higher the expectation to recovery is, so special elementary school for emotional and behaviour disorder facilities are essential. For designing a building that maximizes space program and environmental atmosphere available with the type of needs and program activities that take place, the healing environment is chosen as a design solution at the planned school. Healing environment is related to the creation of an environment that affects health by influencing action and interaction by applying the sensory, natural, and psychological aspects. Aspects of the healing environment will be applied to the spatial, site, form and mass arrangement, and landscape.</em>
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Blunt, Madeleine, Liyana Joseph, Caroline George, and Shelby Garner. "Building youth health champions in an Indian subpopulation for non-communicable disease prevention." Health Education Journal 79, no. 3 (October 17, 2019): 303–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0017896919880931.
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Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a leading cause of death in India, creating the need to research strategies for preventing and recognising these diseases. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to develop and research an interactive health education programme on NCDs in a rural subpopulation of Bengaluru and to build ‘health champions’ among young people to contribute to the prevention of NCDs in India. Design: A descriptive qualitative approach was used to develop and evaluate an interactive educational programme. Students, aged 12–16, from a rural secondary school took part in the study. Method: Participants were separated into five focus groups covering different NCDs including hypertension, diabetes mellitus, otitis media, oral cancer and malnutrition. Each focus group was interviewed face-to-face before, during and after all activities. Content analysis was conducted using a directed approach. Results: Findings were organised into themes that described aspects of learning that enhanced or detracted from student understanding about NCDs. Conclusion: Findings from this study show that creative methods have a positive impact on educating students, aged 12–16, on NCDs.
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Benfer, Emily A., Abbe R. Gluck, and Katherine L. Kraschel. "Medical-Legal Partnership: Lessons from Five Diverse MLPs in New Haven, Connecticut." Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 46, no. 3 (2018): 602–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1073110518804210.
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This article examines five different Medical-Legal Partnerships (MLPs) associated with Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut to illustrate how MLP addresses the social determinants of poor health. These MLPs address varied and distinct health and legal needs of unique patient populations, including: 1) children; 2) immigrants; 3) formerly incarcerated individuals; 4) patients with cancer in palliative care; and 5) veterans. The article charts a research agenda to create the evidence base for quality and evaluation metrics, capacity building, sustainability, and best practices; it also focuses specifically on a research agenda that identifies the value of the lawyers in MLP. Such a focus on the “L” has been lacking and is overdue.
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Norazman, Norsafiah, Adi Irfan Che Ani, Nor Haslina Ja’afar, and Muhamad Azry Khoiry. "Indoor Lighting in Classroom Environment Influences on Students’ Learning Performance." Journal of Social Sciences Research, SPI6 (December 25, 2018): 986–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.32861/jssr.spi6.986.990.
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Students learning in educational institutions is associated with classroom environment which normally equipped with physical aspects consists of furniture, air-conditioning, fan, lamp, whiteboard, soft board and etc. The effectiveness and efficiency of learning process in the classroom may not be measured only through the students’ ability and capability, whereas student’s concentration and attention during the lesson also influenced by its physical classroom environment mainly related to indoor lighting. In this study, it’s focused on how the students’ learning performance affected by the indoor lighting in the classroom. The scope of this study is within the secondary school building around Selangor. The results showed the current practice in most of the classrooms at school building focused on the usage of artificial lighting compared to natural lighting. Even those aware of its benefit and teachers also agreed students’ learning performance is influenced on quality lighting in a classroom either directly or indirectly through daily activities and tasks during a lesson at school. Students and teachers realized that lighting is important in order to improve the effectiveness of learning and to avoid from any health problem usually related to vision that could result headache.
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Zannettino, Dr Lana. "Belonging, Connectedness, and Self-Worth: Building Socially Sustainable Communities through a School based Student Support Program." Journal of Student Wellbeing 1, no. 1 (June 26, 2007): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.21913/jsw.v1i1.108.
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This article draws from an evaluation of a school-based student support program operating in the Elizabeth-Munno Para region of South Australia (“Author”, 2005). Based on a community development model, The Turn Around Program (TAP) extends beyond the parameters of the classroom to provide educational, social and health services to students and families affected by economic and social disadvantage. Data collected from children, parents, teachers and school principals, indicated that the Program enhanced the capacity of families and communities affected by disadvantage and poverty to more effectively support and nurture their children. The marked improvements in parenting capacity and in child-parent interaction and communication provided children with a more open and supportive home environment, which in turn, improved children’s experience of schooling and their capacity for learning. Through an examination of key aspects of the Program, the paper demonstrates how TAP has successfully melded long held ecological perspectives on schooling and child development with a number of strategies that promote the development of socially sustainable communities.
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Tsai, Jennifer. "Building Structural Empathy to Marshal Critical Education into Compassionate Practice: Evaluation of a Medical School Critical Race Theory Course." Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 49, no. 2 (2021): 211–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jme.2021.31.
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AbstractIdeas of racial genetic determinism, though unsupported by scientific evidence and atavistic, are common and readily apparent in American medical education. These theories of biologic essentialism have documented negative effects in learners, including increased measures of racial prejudice.
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Sutrisno, Sutrisno. "KONDISI SOSIAL PETANI KOPI DESA UJUNG BULU, KECAMATAN RUMBIA, KABUPATEN JENEPONTO." Al-Din: Jurnal Dakwah dan Sosial Keagamaan 4, no. 1 (December 31, 2019): 120–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.35673/ajdsk.v5i2.592.
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Abstract This study aims to determine the socio-economic conditions of Ujung Bulu Village, Rumbia District, Jeneponto Regency. This research uses descriptive quantitative research methods which are generally economic conditions viewed from economic aspects such as livelihoods, welfare and income levels. then from the social aspect seen from the level of education, health and perceptions of young people. The data source used 187 household respondents. Data were collected using a questionnaire and supported by structured interviews.The results showed that the level of income of the majority of people in Ujung Bulu Village was middle to lower, as well as the income of the agricultural sector community. The majority of Ujung Bulu Village residents work as farmers, while other sectors are mostly traders.The majority of households in Ujung Bulu Village already have a decent place to live according to some criteria and ownership status of their own building. Based on the educational background in general, Ujung Bulu Village people have a low education level with the last level of education being the elementary school level. Keywords: Socio-Economic Conditions, Farming, Income, Education Level, Welfare
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Ma'mur, Jamal. "BUILDING THE TRANSFORMATIVE ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION REASERCH ON GAIT OF K.H. M.A. SAHAL MAHFUDH." ADDIN 11, no. 1 (May 17, 2017): 181. http://dx.doi.org/10.21043/addin.v11i1.1999.
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Historical evidence shows that K.H. M.A. Sahal Mahfudh is building the transformative Islamic civilization towards g a prosperous, fair, and progressive Muslim community buildings. Kiai Sahal Mahfudh encourages Muslims to be the best people able to provide profusely expediency to others. According to Kiai Sahal Mahfudh, the best people are productive people, the man who is sensitive to the needs of the environment, controlling information, having organizational competence and high creativity, so that they can create jobs and grow the economy comprehensive insight. For these ideals, the aspect of education, health, and the economy must be developed maximally. These three fields are interrelated and inseparable. Transformative Islamic civilization championed by Kiai Sahal Mahfudh is relevant to maqasidus sharia theory, that is the Islamic law which purposes to keep religion, keep the soul, keep the property, keep the mind and keep the offspring. Kiai Sahal Mahfudh struggle in improving the quality of education in boarding school and university Maslakul Huda, Islamic Mathaliul Falah Kajen in order to keep religion and reason. Economic empowerment in BPPM and BPR Artha Huda Abadi in order to keep the property. While the struggle of Kiai Sahal Mahfudh in establishing Islamic Hospital Pati in order to preserve life and heredity. This study is a qualitative research with the primary sources of Kiai Sahal Mahfudh works. The result of this study is analyzed by the theory of <em>maqasid asy-syari‘ah</em>.
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Chen, Xinjie, Xitao Fan, Hoi Yan Cheung, and Joseph Wu. "The subjective well-being of academically gifted students in the Chinese cultural context." School Psychology International 39, no. 3 (May 3, 2018): 291–311. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0143034318773788.
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This study examined the subjective well-being, as reflected as their satisfaction with life, of academically gifted secondary school students in China, under the framework of the broaden-and-build theory. A total number of 351 academically gifted secondary students participated in the study. Multiple scales were used to measure these academically gifted students’ satisfaction with life and other relevant constructs. The results indicated that girls had significantly higher satisfaction with life than boys. Consistent with the broaden-and-build theory, the study showed that positive emotions and some variables from the broadened mindset and four building resources aspects of the theory were significantly interrelated for these academically gifted students. Based on the hierarchical regression results, positive affect, agency hope, parents’ trust, general health, and social functioning were found to be contributing factors to the subjective well-being, while negative affect, peers alienation, depression, anxiety, were found to be negatively related to their life satisfaction.
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Ramli, Nur Aqlima, Emma Marinie Zawawi, Nor Rima Muhamad Ariff, Siti Solehah Kadir, and Nurul Nadiah Zainol. "Green Cleaning: A Study on Benefits for Malaysian School Building." MATEC Web of Conferences 266 (2019): 01008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201926601008.
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Cleaning is one of the important activities during the operation and maintenance stage to any type of core business. Schools nowadays are looking seriously at the cleaning aspect as they realize the availability of health and environmentally friendly facilities that encourage academic performance and staff welfare. These concerns are due to the conventional cleaning practices and products used to keep the school clean. The cleaning contractors are responsible to understand that chemicals with high levels of volatile organic compound (VOCs) emissions and other carcinogens plus dust from poorly filtered vacuums can have a negative impact on the health of students, staff and janitors. Thus, it is a good time for the building managers to make a move to green cleaning practice in school, as a rising number of green cleaning products that are much more effective are available. This study was hence conducted to identify the critical benefits that can be gained through the implementation of green cleaning practice in Malaysian school. Twelve benefits were identified from the literature, and a questionnaire survey that involved green cleaning experts was carried out. Frequency analysis and Importance Index calculation were performed to rank the benefits. The result indicates that “improve indoor air quality (IAQ)” and “provide a safe and healthy environment to occupants and janitors” are the most important benefits of green cleaning practice during operation and maintenance stages in Malaysian school. The findings of this study can provide a significant contribution to the built environment industry. By knowing the benefits that can be gained through green cleaning implementation, efforts can be carried out to explore measures that can be taken to implement the green cleaning practice in Malaysian school or other types of building.
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Lee, Sewon, and Kyung Sun Lee. "A Study on the Improvement of the Evaluation Scale of Discomfort Glare in Educational Facilities." Energies 12, no. 17 (August 24, 2019): 3265. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en12173265.
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The lighting environment is a factor that significantly affects the physical and psychological aspects of occupants of a building. In particular, educational facilities should be designed to provide adequate natural lighting because it has a profound impact on students’ health and learning performance. Although environmental certification systems include evaluation items for improving the indoor light environment, there is a lack of evaluation criteria regarding the corresponding issue of glare. Therefore, this study aims to help visualize areas where indoor glare problems occur, and to improve the evaluation scale of discomfort glare in environmental certification systems. A standard high school classroom in Seoul was analyzed to study glare issues in the educational space. DIVA for Rhino—Grasshopper, a light environment simulation program based on Radiance and DAYSIM program, was used to obtain reliable light analysis simulation results, and the daylight glare probability (DGP) measure was used to calculate discomfort glare. The results of the simulation and analysis suggest this is a method for improving glare evaluation measures that are lacking in indoor environmental certification standards. The visualized frequency of discomfort glare data is useful for planning the layout of the indoor space, opening, and shading design of a building to prevent glare problems.
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Pinho, P. G., M. Pinto, Ricardo M. S. F. Almeida, S. M. Lopes, and L. T. Lemos. "Aspects concerning the acoustical performance of school buildings in Portugal." Applied Acoustics 106 (May 2016): 129–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2016.01.002.
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Cherny, Robert W. "San Francisco's New Deal Murals in Long-Term Perspective." California History 97, no. 1 (2020): 3–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/ch.2020.97.1.3.
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The federal art programs of the New Deal produced public art in quantities not seen before or since. Historians have studied many aspects of the New Deal's art programs, but few have considered the long-term history of works produced by them. New Deal art programs produced large numbers of public murals—so many that such murals are often thought of as the typical form of New Deal art. They thus provide readily available examples of the long-term experience of New Deal art. San Francisco has a particularly rich collection of these murals. Some of them have been well cared for over the past eight decades, but public officials have proved negligent stewards—and occasionally destructive stewards—of others. Some of San Francisco's murals were considered so controversial at the time they were created that they were modified or even destroyed. Others became controversial later, with calls for modification or destruction. Some of the latter were covered, some were vandalized, and some have deteriorated. Most of the damaged murals have been restored, sometimes more than once. This article looks at the city's New Deal murals at Coit Tower, the Mothers Building at the Zoo, the Beach Chalet, the University of California San Francisco, the Alemany Health Center, Treasure Island/City College, and Rincon Annex/Center, with special attention to the George Washington High School murals that have recently been highly controversial. Controversies over the murals at Coit Tower, Rincon Annex, and George Washington High School also reveal significant changes in the role of the city's political and civic leadership with regard to public art.
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Kostadinova Kolovska, Tsvetanka. "EDUCATIONAL AND THEMATIC REVIEW OF FOLKLOR IN MUSIC TRAINING IN KINDERGARDEN." KNOWLEDGE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL 30, no. 2 (March 20, 2019): 459–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.35120/kij3002459k.
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The course of the changes in the Bulgarian education system is a direct reflection of the changes in the different structures and institutions in recent years. Among the key areas of refor, the pre-school and school education system has undergone significant changes in structures, models and practices. The personal development process starts from childhood, with the upbringing in the kindergarten, where children get acquainted with the world and themselves. The musical upbringing has an important role for their socialization and formation of social and civic competences. In the pre-school music education curricula developed in accordance with the new SER for educational content and approved by the Ministry of Education and Science, Bulgarian musical folklore as a factor for children's musical, emotional, intellectual and physical development is educational and thematic. The positive aspects of communication between children from the earliest age with its models - the variety of songs and music for performance and perception, movements, folk dances and games - is the basis for the authors of all approved educational materials for the kindergarten in the educational field Music to include it. During the work with Bulgarian musical folklore in the contemporary educational process of music in the kindergarten the musical pedagogue skillfully combines traditional and interactive methods, integrates knowledge, experience and skills with the other educational directions. This greatly encourages unity to be enjoyable and beneficial. Children learn easily about music content in an interesting and entertaining way. Working with musical folklore provides incredible opportunities to develop the individual abilities and interests of each child, while building team skills. The specificity of musical-pedagogical work with folklore in the kindergarten reflects the personal and professional profile of the musical pedagogue, covers both the methods and approaches that the teacher uses in the music education, the acquired knowledge, skills and competences on a professional basis, as well as the personal attitude that the teacher uses to present the Bulgarian musical folklore as a national spiritual value. Building this value in children from pre-school is one of the most important. The professional training of the music pedagogues allows them to gain both knowladge and develop self-discipline. It models the conditions in which the child enriches his personality, forms any kind of culture - ethic, moral, musical, mathematical, ecological, health, physical. In this sense, the figure of the music pedagogue is also a factor and a condition in the process of building the child's personality, as well as the guardian of the national values. In the kindergarten the modern music teacher performs new tasks in the modern educational environment, adopts new criteria for structuring the pedagogical and educational process of music, preserving the individuality and stimulating the creativity of the children. The educational and thematic presence of Bulgarian musical folklore is the basis for understanding these ideas.
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Miranda, Elaine, Claudia Santos-Pinto, Clarice Antunes, Larissa Ferreira, and Claudia Osorio-de-Castro. "Primary Care Pharmacist Interventions in Risk Reduction for the Zika Virus Epidemic: A Study in Campa Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 34, s1 (May 2019): s62—s63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x19001407.
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Introduction:Pharmaceutical services for public health emergencies, such as the Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic, are relevant for service effectiveness in the Brazilian health system. Pharmacists can act strategically in risk reduction. However, official guidelines do not consider pharmaceutical services when approaching health emergencies.Aim:To identify and understand primary healthcare pharmacist interventions in risk reduction for the recent ZIKV epidemic in Brazil.Methods:The study took place in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, in November 2017. A semi-structured questionnaire was developed, including general issues related to knowledge of Zika, risk communication, and the pharmacist's role in patient care for ZIKV disease. The instrument was pre-tested. Primary healthcare center (PHC) pharmacists were subsequently interviewed. Aspects related to knowledge, risk reduction measures, and role were categorized and analyzed. The project received approval from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health.Results:Forty-two of the 48 PHC pharmacists in Campo Grande were interviewed. Risk reduction measures were cited by most interviewees. Among these strategies, 92% were collective measures, such as making information available for the population (30%) and for the health workers (8%), and vector control strategies (43%). Use of mosquito nets was the most cited individual risk-reduction strategy. Only one pharmacist cited risk for pregnant women and suggested birth control as a strategy. Another pharmacist pointed to ZIKV “treatment.” No interviewee mentioned measures related to preparedness of pharmaceutical services.Discussion:PHC pharmacists do not place themselves at the frontline of risk reduction for the ZIKV epidemic. In the face of potential hazards and consequences of this disease, action by pharmacists is deemed critical. This study highlights pharmacist's misconceptions and lack of focused knowledge, pointing to the need for training and capacity-building in order to increase quality of care and positive management of future epidemics.
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Töpper, Daniel, and Fanny Isensee. "From «School Buildings» to «School Architecture» – School Technicians, Grand School Buildings and Educational Architecture in Prussia and the USA in the Nineteenth Century." Historia y Memoria de la Educación, no. 13 (December 14, 2020): 375. http://dx.doi.org/10.5944/hme.13.2021.27537.
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The history of school buildings is commonly written as a history of architecture, focusing on outstanding architects and buildings. However, the connection between pedagogical-administrative prescriptions and educational architecture has been studied less, particularly in the nineteenth century. This article highlights the often-overlooked agency of school technicians and proposes to interpret the nineteenth-century history of building schools as a history of implementing pedagogical-administrative objectives. The design of schools followed the inner differentiation of school curricula, at the same time being affected by the growth of school sizes prompted by school management structures and their efficiency aims. We will show how in larger cities the initial one-classroom schools developed into multiple-classroom buildings, taking on their final form in “grand school buildings”. The organizational developments tried and tested here would later become the national standard, with rural schools following with a certain delay. In order to grasp the emergence of the phenomena of these “grand school buildings” we combine the Prussian and US-American cases in their transatlantic connection in order to comprehend the transnational dimension of school building norms. Being closely connected through mutual observation, the US and Prussian contexts established two decisive aspects: in the Prussian case, the division into separate classrooms as functional units of school construction was implemented, while in the United States additional school rooms such as the assembly hall and specific subject-related rooms were introduced. “Grand school buildings” initiated the interest of the architectural profession, leading to negotiations between school technicians and architects.
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Khotimah, Khusnul, Agus Saputra, Baiq Niswatul Khair, and Susi Rahayu. "PENDIDIKAN GEOSISTA SEBAGAI UPAYA MEMINIMALKAN PENGGUNAAN GADGET PADA ANAK: SEMINAR-WORKSHOP UNTUK GURU DAN ORANG TUA." Jurnal Komunitas : Jurnal Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat 3, no. 2 (January 25, 2021): 60–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.31334/jks.v3i2.1264.
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Currently, the use of gadgets has been rampant in all levels of society, including among children. Uncontrolled use of gadgets has more negative impacts, both from social, health, academic and psychosocial aspects. In this regard, the role of parents and teachers is needed to anticipate or reduce the negative impact of using gadgets. However, an understanding of the dangers of gadgets to children and how to prevent or overcome them is not necessarily understood comprehensively by parents and teachers. Seeing these conditions, an innovative activity was carried out which aims to 1) provide an understanding of the dangers of exposure to gadgets and social media in children and 2) socialize and demonstrate the concept of geoscience education and geo-tourism based on geopark as an alternative to reduce gadget exposure to children, as well as enrich practical experiences using the concept of geoscience and geotourism (geosista). This activity is designed for teachers and parents with the hope of being a source of inspiration and also as a guide to be practiced when with children both at school and at home. The concept of GEOSISTA (geoscience and geo-tourism based on Geopark) is considered important for the people of the island of Lombok by considering the potential of a landscape that can provide benefits in both economic, social and cultural aspects. The activities, which are packaged in the form of seminars and workshops, are felt to have an impact on increasing participants' understanding and skills in applying the Geosista concept as an effort to reduce gadget dependence on children. In addition, building a generation that has a strong character in preserving the environment through science can be expected to be a joint mission, both for teachers and parents
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�������� and Marina Zvezdina. "FEATURES OF NEW-GENERATION STANDARTS AS TO NURTURNIG HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AMONG SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN." Standards and Monitoring in Education 1, no. 5 (October 31, 2013): 3–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1456.
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The article discusses the national policy aimed at maintaining, enhancing
and building-up health of the rising generation through engraining habits of healthy
lifestyle during the schooldays. The school is considered to be the most sustainable
social institution and efficient conductor of the national policy in the field of health.
The author compares how Educational standards of the 1st and 2nd generations deal
with the goal of cultivating ideas of healthy lifestyle among students. Special emphasis
is made on fundamental differences in targets and performance requirements for
education at primary, secondary and senior school. The role of certain subjects in
nurturing the culture of healthy lifestyle is highlighted.
Educational standards are analyzed with respect to current trends, observed both
in this country and abroad, concerning the role of school education in upbringing
healthy generation. The main trends are: shift from the tradition of public healthcare to
caring about health of individuals and the recognition of lifestyle as the leading factor
of individual�s health. Hence the declared objective of school education is to nurture
the culture of healthy lifestyle among students. The author mentions two fundamental
ideas for boosting education in the field of health: to make education more individually-,
axiologically- and culturally-oriented and also to enhance its pragmatic aspect.
Such subjects as physical training and FFI play the leading role in implementing these
ideas at all levels of education, while the subject of �Surrounding World� is crucial
for the primary school education, and Biology � for secondary and senior school.
The 2nd generation educational standards, the author argues, tend to integrate educational
goals of different subjects, e.g., physical training and FFI, in order to implement
systems-and-activity approach in education.
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Farsäter, Karin, and Stefan Olander. "Early decision-making for school building renovation." Facilities 37, no. 13/14 (October 7, 2019): 981–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/f-10-2017-0102.
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Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate how decisions are taken in the early stages of a renovation project, up to the design brief, leading up to the decisions on how to proceed with the renovation in the design phase. Although many technical solutions are visualised in the design phase, it is in the early evaluations of needs and demands, leading up to the design brief, that set the requirements for viable solutions in the design and production phases. Design/methodology/approach The study was carried out as a longitudinal case study of the planning phases of a school renovation. The studied buildings were researched by document analysis and by attending meetings over a four-year period between the building owners and the municipality. Findings Aspects such as technical status, energy use and indoor environment in the buildings were not discussed to any great extent. A few inventories were carried out in the buildings to establish their technical and accessibility status. The aspects mainly discussed in the studied renovation project have been: accessibility, functionality with respect to teaching and learning requirements in addition to architectural and cultural values. Originality/value This study illustrates the comprehensive analysis needed when renovating a building and on difficulties of addressing and evaluating all the viable aspects of concern. It also shows that this planning for a renovation is not a straight line but rather a process where conditions are continuously changing.
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Saraiva, Tatiana Santos, Manuela Almeida, Luís Bragança, and Maria Teresa Barbosa. "Verification of the Adequacy of the Portuguese Sustainability Assessment Tool of High School Buildings, SAHSBPT, to the Francisco de Holanda High School, Guimarães." Sustainability 11, no. 17 (August 22, 2019): 4559. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11174559.
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Sustainable development can be achieved through several activities. The building and construction sector (B & C sector) is one of the major industries, and it can play a crucial role in the improvement of the most relevant environmental impacts. Nowadays, there are major concerns related to sustainability in construction. All types of buildings have different technical aspects; therefore, it is required to develop specific sustainability assessment tools. A school building has peculiarities connected to aspects of sustainability, as it is a building planned to offer adequate environments for the education of adolescents and children. This article shows the application of the SBTool methodology developed specifically for Portuguese high schools, SAHSBPT (Sustainable Assessment for High School Buildings) methodology, that is being elaborated by the first author in her PhD Thesis. This methodology allows architects, engineers and designers to improve sustainability in school buildings, in projects or in the rehabilitation of buildings. The objective of this research is to apply that evaluation tool in order to verify the efficiency of this methodology, as well as to recognize the level of sustainability of the Francisco de Holanda High School Building, in Guimarães, Portugal. The values found in the application of the Sustainable Assessment for High School Buildings in that high schools demonstrate a good result, as the overall value is A, 75% of the total result.
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Franklin, Geraint. "‘Built-in variety’: David and Mary Medd and the Child-Centred Primary School, 1944-80." Architectural History 55 (2012): 321–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0066622x00000149.
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Children are the basis of school design.(Ministry of Education Building Bulletin 1,1949, David and Mary Medd)Connections between ideas of ‘child-centred’ primary education and the design of schools were arguably closer in post-war Britain than any period before or since. These relationships provide a commentary on the role of public architecture within a British post-war social democracy that combined the social objectives of architectural Modernism with an awareness of, and continuity with, preceding reformist movements for the advancement of public health and education. The ‘social’ aspect of the post-war school-building programme stemmed not so much from the application of labour or technology to processes of building, nor even the equitable distribution of common resources, but rather from the ability of the designer to shape and articulate processes of teaching and learning within the locus of the welfare state. Social and pedagogical ends were often pursued to the almost total exclusion of architectural self-expression. If this ‘humane functionalism’ was rooted in an understanding of the activities and experiences of learning, it was dependent on a multi-disciplinary, investigative and creative collaboration between architect and educational ‘client’.
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Auer, Thomas, Philipp Vohlidka, and Christine Zettelmeier. "The Right Amount of Technology in School Buildings." Sustainability 12, no. 3 (February 5, 2020): 1134. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12031134.
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What is an adequate school building nowadays and which amount of technology does it need? How high is the indoor comfort in terms of thermal, visual, hygienic, and acoustical comfort? Are there technical aspects that stand out to other solutions? How do users feel and act in the buildings? For this purpose, the Chair compared, in total, twelve selected modern, older, and renovated school buildings from different building age groups. For the comparison, it was essential to intensively analyze each of the twelve schools. This included visiting the schools, talking with the participating architects, specialist planners, builders, and school managers, procuring and analyzing planning documents and, where available, publications and reports, performing simulations and measurements in the classrooms, and surveying the buildings’ users. The predominant energy demand in schools is the energy expenditure for heating and cooling the air, especially for heating the air in the winter. Nevertheless, it turns out that from a purely energy-focused perspective, mechanical ventilation cannot be justified. It is also evident that transmission heat losses play a negligible role in school construction, which is why the “passive house” as a goal for renovations must be called into question.
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Frič, Lukáš, Iva Sýkorová, Eva Velísková, and Olga Rubinová. "Quantitative Microbiological Aspects of the Indoor Environment." Applied Mechanics and Materials 824 (January 2016): 251–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.824.251.
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The paper analyzes the microbial constituents residing in buildings with more people, such as basic school or office spaces. The aim is to determine whether these areas with similar equipment and similar cleaning regime have similar parameters of microbial environment. Within the quantitative analysis we have carried out the collection of microbial particles dispersed in the air and deposited on floors, furniture and walls inequalities. It was found that the internal environment of buildings with natural ventilation is significantly on the condition of ambient air. In the environment of greater occupancy there are more bacteria than fungi. Rooms in the same building, but not directly neighbouring, have an independent environment.
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Shirokova, Olga, and Alena Pavlyuk. "Modular system in the development of pre-school buildings." MATEC Web of Conferences 251 (2018): 02037. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201825102037.
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The present work is devoted to the study of the possibility of applying an integrated modular approach in the development of buildings for children's educational institutions. Three aspects of the problem are considered. Firstly - the need to comply with the requirements for the device, content and organization of the mode of operation of children's preschool organizations. Secondly - ensuring urban planning maneuverability of structures. Parameters of the premises of a children's institution allow using a single module for any functional area. Thus, it is possible to arrange individual function blocks in different ways, and, by changing the number of units, vary the filling number of a children. Thirdly, the integration of architectural design with the simultaneous design of developing territorial complexes - locales in children's educational institutions.
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Amboro, Kian, Elis Setiawati, and Adi Setiawan. "Identifications of Character Values from the History of Dokterswoning Cultural Heritage Buildings and Potentials for Learning History Resources in Schools." International Journal of Research and Review 8, no. 5 (May 21, 2021): 273–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20210535.
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History learning is full of value, both from past stories that can be used as learning, as well as from the various traces left behind. The traces left by history have now become cultural heritage which has important meaning for human life. In the context of education, this cultural heritage has the potential to be used as a source of historical learning because it has important values and character values that can be developed. One of the cultural heritages found in Metro, Lampung is the Dokterswoning cultural heritage building. This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach with inductive methods, to produce general conclusions. The results showed that 1) Dokterswoning Cultural Heritage Building is a historical building from the era of the Dutch East Indies colonial government, which was built in 1939-1940 and is a residence for government doctors who were given the task of providing health services for colonists in Metro; 2) the important value of Dokterswoning as a source of historical learning lies in the contextual historical aspect and its existence as the guardian of a collective memory; 3) integrating the character values of the Dokterswoning Cultural Heritage Building into historical learning by the values of the national character in the Guidelines for the Development of Cultural Education and National Character and can be implemented according to Core Competencies and Basic Competencies in historical subjects. It is concluded that the history and heritage buildings of Dokterswoning have important values as sources of historical learning as well as some character values that can be developed in historical learning. Keywords: moral values, character values, cultural heritage buildings, learning resources, history learning, history education.
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Campopiano, Antonella, Stefano Casciardi, Flavia Fioravanti, and Deborah Ramires. "Airborne Asbestos Levels in School Buildings in Italy." Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 1, no. 4 (April 2004): 256–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15459620490433771.
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Trandafir, Marinela. "Căminul cultural „Regele Carol al II-lea“ din Grăjdana, Județul Buzău (1934-1940)." Teologie și educație la "Dunărea de Jos" 17 (June 12, 2019): 275–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.35219/teologie.2019.11.
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Community centres have been institutions acting like driving forces in the cultural life of villages. They were based on direct collaboration with intellectuals in each village: the priest, the teacher, the notary, the doctor. The cultural life of community centres was diverse and included various fields of activity aiming at multiple aspects in the life of each community. Generally, such activities were oriented towards solving economic issues, without limitation to them. It should be mentioned here the concern for public health, the control of epidemics, the rearing and education of children, the moral and intellectual development thereof.The community centre organizes various cultural activities where explanations are given to community, including people of all ages, about our historic past, thepresent time finding of paths and the future time for whose wellbeing they should a harmonious development. Starting from such points of interest, this work covers aspects of the community cultural life at Grăjdana, where the community centre established in 1934 played a major role in the development thereof, due to its achievements marking the period 1934-1940. A particularly significant contribution in the cultural becoming and development of the Grăjdana community was brought by the parish priest together with the village intellectuals. Thanks to their love for the people, they managed to invigorate the community in a short time by involving the villagers in various activities of spiritual, scientific, moral, artistic and recreational nature. According to the minutes executed on 3 July 1934, the initiative of creating a community centre was wholeheartedly approved, with the knowledge that it would be useful for the community. The following took part in the creation of the Grăjdana community centre: the priest Constantin Bunea, the teachers Ion Marinescu, Caliopia M. Rădulescu, Elisabeta Bunea and the notary Mihail Rădulescu. In addition to the creation of the centre, the people found out that the centre library was enhanced with all the parish library brochures and magazines that were made available, with new subscriptions for magazines, and that a people pharmacy was established. In time, the people would attend the meetings by categories of age and measures would be continuously taken so as to fulfil the articles of the Rules for the Functioning of Community Centres.In addition to the promotion of culture, the manager of “Regele Carol II“ Community Centre of Grăjdana together with active members bore in mind charitytoo, raising funds for building a monument dedicated to the heroes killed in the Great War, for helping orphans and the injured, for maintaining school canteens, for helping the locals get trained in the agricultural field. The good functioning of the Grăjdana Community Centre was successful also due to the collaboration with “Principele Carol“ Cultural Royal Foundation which approved and upheld the proposals submitted by the centre management, providing books, magazines, medicines, awards in cash and in kind, diplomas and decorations to encourage and select the cultural work. In addition to the local management continuous work and capacity, the envisaged goals were achieved also due to the kindness of distinguished persons, most of whom the Centre declared Honorary Members. One of them was Colonel I. Săndulescu, who made a number of donations, such as 8 plows and plowshares needed by the community. On the celebration of the Heroes’ Day, Regele Carol II Community Centre of Grăjdana conducted a number of activities with the participation of: widows, orphans, the war disabled, the Decorați (The War Decorated) and Foști Luptători (Former Fighters) associations, members of the centre council, commune authorities, schools led by teachers, premilitaries and villagers. The Grăjdana Church performed the Divine Liturgy praying in memorial of heroes. At the Heroes’ Monument blessings were delivered by the representatives of: the church, the mayor’s office, the forest range, war disabled and others. For its fruitful activity, in addition to the thanks received from various institutions such as the Ministry for Endowment of the Army, the Red Cross Society, Principele Carol Cultural Royal Foundation, the community centre of Grăjdana was awarded a prize in 1940 and called Model Community Centre together with other 50 community centres from throughout Greater Romania. The Centre managers were also rewarded with the Centenarul Regelui Carol I (Charles I Centenary) medal. In 1940, the Community Centre of Grăjdana achieved the following: fundraising for raising two school buildings, for opening three school canteens for the disadvantaged pupils, a people pharmacy store providing medicines to people at cost prices. At the Centre consulting room 261 vaccines were delivered against tuberculosis for children, as well as medical consultations free of charge. Poor families were helped with food supplies. The library was endowed with new books and magazines, a nursery of fruit trees, locust trees and grafted fruit trees and selected seeds was created. The Centre made donations to the army amounting to Lei 1882 and delivered courses on hygiene, religion, morality, household. Under the Community Centre patronage the following developed: Hora tinerilor (The Youth Round-Dance), Foștii luptători (Former Fighters) Association, Asociația Decoraților de războiu (The Association of the War Decorated), Post-Militari (Post-Militaries) Association, Crucea Roșie (Red Cross) Society. Although no solid material basis was available in the beginning, as the community was quite poor, the means that were employed allowed the development of love and respect for the historic past, keeping authenticity and the perpetuation of traditions.
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Pereira, Paula Roberta Pizarro, Doris Catharine Cornelie Knatz Kowaltowski, and Marcella Savioli Deliberador. "Analysis support for the design process of school buildings." Ambiente Construído 18, no. 3 (September 2018): 375–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1678-86212018000300287.
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Abstract This paper presents an analysis procedure to improve school design. The procedure uses design parameters, precedent examples and comparisons for a Brazilian context. A literature review on methods and tools to analyse and evaluate architectural school design projects was undertaken. Three methods were singled out to structure the procedure. Design parameters were selected specifically for the Foundation for Educational Development (Fundação para o Desenvolvimento da Educação - FDE). The FDE manages over 5,000 public (non-private) school buildings in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The literature on school architecture supplied the precedent examples. The procedure contains a structured design analysis method based on design parameters and comparisons between precedents and local design solutions. Tests on 34 design proposals brought to light important parameters for school design and decision-making was more transparent and efficient. The procedure broadens reflections on multidisciplinary aspects of the contemporary school environment and is seen as a design process tool for various contexts to inspire school architecture with users and learning in mind.
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Chrysostomou, C. Z., N. Kyriakides, A. J. Kappos, L. Kouris, E. Georgiou, and M. Millis. "Seismic Retrofitting and Health Monitoring of School Buildings of Cyprus." Open Construction and Building Technology Journal 7, no. 1 (December 27, 2013): 208–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874836801307010208.
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The vulnerability of existing buildings to seismic forces and their retrofitting is an international problem. The majority of structures in seismic-prone areas worldwide are structures that have been designed either without the consideration of seismic forces, or with previous codes of practice specifying lower levels of seismic forces. In Cyprus, after the three earthquakes that occurred in 1995, 1996, and 1999, the Cyprus State, acting in a pioneering way internationally, has decided the seismic retrofitting of all school buildings, taking into account the sensitivity of the society towards these structures, which house the future generation of the society. In this paper the overall assessment methodology is presented, along with details of the over 10 year ongoing retrofitting program of the school buildings of Cyprus, with emphasis on the description of the program and the development of a wireless monitoring system. In addition, mathematical models of selected school buildings are presented and comparison is made with in-situ measurement.
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Stankovic, Danica, Ivana Bogdanovic, and Milan Tanic. "Functional analysis of the existing school buildings in the rural settlements of the city of Nis." Facta universitatis - series: Architecture and Civil Engineering 3, no. 1 (2004): 99–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/fuace0401099s.
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Criteria for evaluation of the existing school buildings registered in the rural settlements of the city of Nis have been formed, by defining the relevant parameters for evaluation from different aspects, such a conditions at location, functional-organizational and architectonic-engineering characteristics of the buildings. On the basis of the established criteria and the formed data base, which consists of the systematized documentation about the existing buildings, the research that had to discover the extent of presence of certain organizational units in the existing village school buildings and the ways of their functioning was conducted. The results of this research have been presented in this paper.
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Parammal Vatteri, Ahsana, and Dina D’Ayala. "Classification and seismic fragility assessment of confined masonry school buildings." Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 19, no. 5 (March 2021): 2213–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10518-021-01061-9.
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AbstractSchool buildings being a critical social infrastructure, assessment of their seismic behaviour is of utmost importance in ensuring safe schooling facilities in locations of high seismicity. This study presents two important aspects in analysing any existing building stock for seismic behaviour: the development of an appropriate taxonomy system and an appropriate analytical method to conduct fragility assessment. A detailed desk study of existing schools’ databases and tailored field investigation in Guwahati, Assam, situated in India’s highest seismic zone, reveal that the majority of school buildings can be categorised within the confined masonry (CM) typology. This study discusses first, the addition to the World Bank promoted Global Library of School Infrastructure taxonomy of the specific category relating to CM as to include the buildings under study, which are non-engineered CM buildings with flexible roofs. Identifying the density of confinement and quality of connections as critical parameters for the seismic response of these buildings, varying seismic design levels are defined in relation to these indicators. Secondly, the paper presents an approach for carrying out nonlinear static pushover analysis of these buildings with flexible diaphragms and elaborates on the criteria adopted for determining the performance drift limits in buildings with varying levels of seismic design. Numerical analysis for the capacity assessment of selected index buildings is carried out using a commercial software that enables nonlinear extreme loading analysis. Different failure mechanisms as a function of the level of confinement are identified and the performance range for three damage states for three index buildings is obtained by using the N2 method. The study shows the influence of both choices of performance indicators and intensity measure on the resulting fragility functions. Given the consistency of the educational building stock in Guwahati, the results can be used for investment on retrofit decision making at regional level.
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Zhou, Xue Feng, and Xiang Chen. "Seismic Strengthening on Masonry Structure of Primary and Secondary School Buildings." Applied Mechanics and Materials 71-78 (July 2011): 626–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.71-78.626.
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It is an important issue for engineers and technicians that how to conduct safe identification and earthquake resistant strengthening of the primary and secondary school buildings after Wenchuan earthquake. The paper comprehensively reviewed aspects of quality detection, safety identification and strengthening design of the primary and secondary school buildings in Xi’an district. To address existed security risks, construction progress, construction complexity and period were comprehensively considered to choose corresponding seismic strengthening method based on seismic qualification and site survey. Project proposal was given according to problems in the design, which provides reference to design and construction of following similar projects.
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Andréewitch, S. "The OCD school: Diagnostic aspects." European Psychiatry 13, S4 (1998): 171s. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0924-9338(99)80147-3.
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