A5047439701- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Noise Effects and Management
- Energy Efficiency and Management
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Wind and Air Flow Studies
- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses
- Facilities and Workplace Management
- Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods
- Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Microscopic Colitis
- Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Green IT and Sustainability
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Smart Cities and Technologies
- IoT-based Smart Home Systems
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
Sechenov University
2025
University of Southampton
2016-2024
National Statistical Institute of Portugal
2022
Energy Institute
2012-2020
University College London
2011-2020
Polytechnic University of Bari
2020
Sustainable Energy Systems (United Kingdom)
2019
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
2018
Halliburton (United Kingdom)
2007
Importance A safe and effective treatment for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is urgently needed. Antibiotics kill toxin-producing bacteria but do not repair the disrupted microbiome, which promotes spore germination recurrence. Objectives To evaluate safety rate of CDI recurrence after administration investigational microbiome therapeutic SER-109 through 24 weeks. Design, Setting, Participants This phase 3, single-arm, open-label trial (ECOSPOR IV) was conducted at 72 US...
People's subjective response to any thermal environment is commonly investigated by using rating scales describing the degree of sensation, comfort, and acceptability. Subsequent analyses results collected in this way rely on assumption that specific distances between verbal anchors placed scale exist relationships from different dimensions are assessed (e.g. sensation comfort) do not change. Another inherent such independent context which they used (climate zone, season, etc.). Despite...
We tested whether the colour temperature of illumination (realised through manipulating ceiling light) impacted on thermal comfort, based hypothesis that a lower is associated with feeling warmer and higher cooler. If confirmed, then light might be tool for energy-saving allowing ambient air temperatures to vary over wider range hence reducing need space heating cooling. Testing took place in climate chamber. In Study 1, comfort ratings were collected using surveys (N = 32). 2, an...
Current research on human comfort has identified a gap in the investigation of multi-domain perception interactions. There is lack understanding interrelationships different physio-socio-psychological factors and manifestation their contextual interactions into cross-modal perception. In that direction, this study used data from post occupancy evaluation survey (n = 26), two longitudinal studies 1079 n 52) concurrent measurements indoor environmental quality (one building) to assess effect...
Although existing standards typically prescribe fixed ventilation rates, a large portion of the building stock lacks mechanical systems. Such buildings obtain outdoor air through unintentional infiltration, open windows, and operation exhaust fans, which are mainly dependent on user awareness behavior. This study investigates whether presence simple CO2 meter display can alter behavior improve indoor quality (IAQ) in dwellings. We conducted two-week monitoring concentration, temperature,...
Occupancy patterns are necessary to estimate energy demand and evaluate thermal comfort in households. Because of this, many European countries developing representative domestic schedules replace outdated criteria. This paper evaluates the state knowledge UK occupancy develops new profiles for England. The presented research (1) characterizes methods collecting data inferring patterns; (2) identifies assesses quality categories used building simulation; (3) updated profiles. A systematic...
Abstract Thermal discomfort is one of the main triggers for occupants’ interactions with components built environment such as adjustments thermostats and/or opening windows and strongly related to energy use in buildings. Understanding causes thermal (dis-)comfort crucial design operation any type building. The assessment human perception through rating scales, example post-occupancy studies, has been applied several decades; however, long-existing assumptions these scales had questioned by...
For many decades, heart transplantation has been the “gold standard” for terminal chronic failure resistant to medical therapy treatment. However, there is a significant number of patients with contraindications orthotopic transplantation. The only effective treatment method these may be implantation long-term mechanical circulatory support systems. This article provides information practicing physicians on evolution systems, main criteria selecting implantation, and specifics their...
There is a complex link between building fabric, habitant expectation and behavior, energy consumption actual internal conditions. Home owners exert total control of their homes how people actually use buildings not as we think they do. Therefore, mapping occupants' understanding it relates to comfort essential. To address this necessity, the paper reviews techniques systems used monitor occupants through time location. Furthermore, assesses complexity, robustness, accuracy performance each...
Naturally ventilated offices enable users to control their environment through the opening of windows. Whilst this level is welcomed by users, it creates risk in terms energy performance, especially during heating season. In older office buildings, facilities managers usually obtain information at building level. They are often unaware or unable respond non-ideal facade interaction as a result poor environmental provision. summer months, may mean use free cooling opportunities, whereas...
Heating energy demand in buildings depends part on occupants' behavioural responses to thermal discomfort during the heating season. The understanding of this has become one priorities quest reduce demand. Thermal comfort models have long been associated with behaviour by predicting their state or rather discomfort. These assumed that occupants would act upon level through three types response: mechanisms thermoregulation, psychological adaptation and responses. Little research focused...
Prediction of heat demand is distinct importance for policy planning in social housing, where residents are higher danger falling into fuel poverty. Understanding the behavioural response vulnerable households against weather allows generating accurate baseline energy models and estimations savings. This paper evaluates weekly profiles 462 housing dwellings five tower blocks South UK, monitored over two years. Linear segmented regressions fitted through ‘segmented’ package R Studio to...
Recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (rCDI) often occurs after standard-of-care antibiotics. VOWST oral spores (VOS, previously SER-109), an FDA-approved orally administered microbiome therapeutic, is indicated to prevent rCDI following antibiotics for rCDI.
The need to predict occupants’ perception of thermal discomfort has become one the priorities in quest reduce energy demand buildings. Drawn from physical and physiological principles, current comfort models have long been associated with environmental personal variables. Research shown that there is often gap between modelled perceived sensation. One reasons may be additional parameters playing a role which are not currently accounted for models. plausible candidate causal pathway elevated...
This paper examines the influence of building characteristics, occupant demographics and behaviour on gas electricity consumption, differentiating between family groups; homes with children; elderly; without either. Both regression Lasso analyses are used to analyse data from a 2019 UK-based survey 4358homes (n = 1576 children, n 436 elderly, 2330 either). Three models (building, occupants, behaviour) were tested against consumption for each group. Results indicated that children or elderly...
Abstract Fact-based information campaigns aimed at encouraging more sustainable behaviour have typically resulted in minor effects that tend not to last. Scholars the fields of entertainment education proposed storytelling as an alternative strategy. Most existing studies focused on health communication, but there is increasing interest exploring promote pro-environmental behaviours. Our focus this study are behaviours which both and environmental implications: personal cleaning, household...