Browsing by Author "Zhu, Xuemei"
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Rampuria, NehaEcho Cancer Center is a project that will give architects an opportunity to design for the greater good and retrieve their relevance in an increasingly commercialized profession. This project provides enhanced care and a ...
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Ashour, Ziad Mohammednoor J (2022-07-22)Advances in computational technology provide opportunities to explore new methods to improve spatial abilities and the understanding of buildings in the domain of architecture education. This research devised and tested a ...
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Hussain, Tahseen 1986- (2012-12-05)Primary care clinics play a vital role in the US healthcare system, providing preventative and cost-effective care. New trends in healthcare such as the development of the medical home model for care, the application of ...
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Yu, Chia-Yuan (2014-07-01)Traffic safety has become an important concern in recent years. Built environmental characteristics have been identified as a critical factor in affecting traffic safety. However, several research gaps remain in the ...
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Zhu, Xuemei (2009-05-15)Walking can be a safe, healthy, and affordable mode of school transportation. However, most students today do not use walking for their school travel. More research is needed to understand the correlates of walking to or ...
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Xu, Junping (2013-11-08)To decrease auto use and encourage public transit usage, transit-oriented development has been growing in importance. However, a few existing studies have examined the travel modes to transit stations. This research addresses ...
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Zarrinmehr, Saied (2016-12-08)Evaluating design decisions is an important factor in a post-positivist design process. Understanding how people move in space is an important part of the evaluation processes. However, making accurate predictions of ...
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Li, Muzi; Dvorak, Bruce; Futrell Winslow, Jane; Zhu, Xuemei; Hicks Masterson, Jaimie; Thapa, Jeewasmi; Cooper, John Jr (2021-10-01)This booklet presents "Levee Green Space Design in the City of Wharton, Texas," as a ripple effect from design concepts developed by Master of Landscape Architecture students. The project proposes a levee green space along ...
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Xu, Minjie (2015-08-11)This dissertation consists of three studies to systematically evaluate the economic benefits of activity-friendly environmental features in Dallas Tax Increment Financing (TIF) districts, Dallas, Texas, and to examine if ...
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Jin, Sun Mi (2012-10-19)Public transportation policy plays a significant role in facilitating ridership as well as travel modes, economic activities, and environmental aspects. Seoul has experienced rapid urbanization. Also, high density developments ...
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Chandra Mouli, Sarayu (2020-04-20)This study focuses on the Kashmir Insurgency that has strained the economic and political relations between India and Pakistan and terrorizing the civilians of the valley. This dispute has resulted in severe loss of security, ...
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Lee, Jin Ting (2019-11-13)Background and Aims: Due to land constraints and a rapidly aging population, innovative design solutions are needed to improve the situation of eldercare in Singapore. This study explored an “Aging in Place” strategy based ...
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Sachs, Naomi (2017-08-30)As healthcare organizations and designers accept, and even embrace, healing gardens and other natural spaces as modalities for promoting the health and well-being of patients, visitors, and staff, the spaces provided must ...
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Uran SokoliReintroducing the public bath house to the American Society focuses on the important historical role of this typology in addressing public health and well being. In its beginnings the bath house served as a cleansing ...
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Lu, Yiwei (2018-08-07)Along with the rapidly increasing Chinese elderly population, the demand for sound practices that improve elderly people’s health and well-being in Chinese long-term care facilities grows synchronously. Spending time in ...
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Bai, Xin (2015-12-14)Previous research has shown the stress-reduction effects of daylight, nature views, and other environmental factors among adult patients, however, limited research has been conducted on the stress-reducing effects of these ...
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Setya, Nidhi (2014-04-29)Previous research has demonstrated the positive effects of family and friends support on the overall well-being of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) rehabilitation patients. This study explores the ways in which physical environment ...
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Schneider, Raechel (2011-08-08)This study examined the impact of social space design on student behavioral problems in middle schools. A mixed-method approach was used in the form of focus groups and surveys with teachers and students from four central ...
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Kim, Jong Yon (2012-11-29)Cities and their characteristics of energy use play an important role in climate change. While there is abundant research about the impact of energy use on transportation the impact of urban form and housing characteristics ...
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Qiu, Lingyi (2021-07-22)Children’s independent mobility (CIM) signifies their ability to move around in a neighborhood without adult supervision. It has declined steeply in recent decades despite its importance for children’s physical, mental, ...