Top Research Papers on Interior Design

Mycelium-based composites (MBCs) have attracted growing attention due to their role in the development of eco-design methods and their weaknesses are insufficient load capacity, unfavourable water affinity, and unknown reliability.

Hydrogen and deuterium isotopic evidence indicates that the source of terrestrial water was mostly meteorites, with additional influx from nebula gas during accretion. There are two Earth models, with large (7–12 ocean masses) and small (1–4 ocean masses) water budgets that can explain the geochemical, cosmochemical, and geological observations. Geophysical and mineral physics data indicate that the upper and lower mantles are generally dry, whereas the mantle transition zone is wetter, with heterogeneous water distribution. Subducting slabs are a source of water influx, and there are three ma...

The results suggest that the visual brain harbors sensitivities to psychological dimensions of coherence, fascination, and hominess in the context of architectural interiors, and valuation of architectural processing in visual cortices varies by dimension and task.

A bstract Recent work has shown how to obtain the Page curve of an evaporating black hole from holographic computations of entanglement entropy. We show how these computations can be justified using the replica trick, from geometries with a spacetime wormhole connecting the different replicas. In a simple model, we study the Page transition in detail by summing replica geometries with different topologies. We compute related quantities in less detail in more complicated models, including JT gravity coupled to conformal matter and the SYK model. Separately, we give a direct gravitational argume...

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A novel first-order policy optimization method is proposed, Interior-point Policy Optimization (IPO), which augments the objective with logarithmic barrier functions, inspired by the interior-point method, which can handle general types of cumulative multi-constraint settings.

Abstract Exoplanets orbiting M-dwarfs present a valuable opportunity for their detection and atmospheric characterization. This is evident from recent inferences of H 2 O in such atmospheres, including that of the habitable-zone exoplanet K2-18b. With a bulk density between Earth and Neptune, K2-18b may be expected to possess a H/He envelope. However, the extent of such an envelope and the thermodynamic conditions of the interior remain unexplored. In the present work, we investigate the atmospheric and interior properties of K2-18b based on its bulk properties and its atmospheric transmission...

A strategy to control the pore interior of faujasite zeolites by the confinement of isolated open nickel(II) sites in their six-membered rings is reported, which unlocked their potential in challenging industrial separations.

A coarse-to-fine interior attention-aware network (IAANet) for infrared small target detection is proposed, capable of detecting targets precisely, of suppressing a variety of false alarm sources, and works effectively in various background environments and target appearances.

Abstract Martian meteorites are the only direct samples from Mars, thus far. Currently, there are a total of 262 individual samples originating from at least 11 ejection events. Geochemical analyses, through techniques that are also used on terrestrial rocks, provide fundamental insights into the bulk composition, differentiation and evolution, mantle heterogeneity, and role of secondary processes, such as aqueous alteration and shock, on Mars. Martian meteorites display a wide range in mineralogy and chemistry, but are predominantly basaltic in composition. Over the past 6 years, the number o...

A bstract In this note, we consider entanglement and Renyi entropies for spatial subsystems of a boundary conformal field theory (BCFT) or of a CFT in a state constructed using a Euclidean BCFT path integral. Holographic calculations suggest that these entropies undergo phase transitions as a function of time or parameters describing the subsystem; these arise from a change in topology of the RT surface. In recent applications to black hole physics, such transitions have been seen to govern whether or not the bulk entanglement wedge of a (B)CFT region includes a portion of the black hole inter...

Abstract The academic literature offers some insights about lagging progress on circular economy (CE) transition, including cultural, regulatory, market, and technical barriers. There is also an increasing body of knowledge about barriers to CE adoption that takes a macro‐level perspective across industries. However, such studies have largely neglected the industry scale. This study fills that gap by examining barriers to CE transition in the Dutch technical and interior textiles industries. Using data from 27 interviews with manufacturers and retailers, the study finds that high costs for pro...

In the development of Li-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), Ni-rich layered oxides are anticipated to be promising cathode materials. However, the rapid capacity fading originating from microcracks has prevented practical applications of Ni-rich cathodes. Herein, we systematically perform post-mortem analyses of Li[NixCoyMn1-x-y]O2 (x = 0.8 and 0.9) cathodes after long-term cycling, focusing on the particle interior. The results demonstrate that microcracks and the resultant degradation of the secondary particle interior by exposure to the deleterious electrolyte are dominant factors i...

Abstract. The Global Ocean Data Analysis Project (GLODAP) is a synthesis effort providing regular compilations of surface-to-bottom ocean biogeochemical data, with an emphasis on seawater inorganic carbon chemistry and related variables determined through chemical analysis of seawater samples. GLODAPv2.2020 is an update of the previous version, GLODAPv2.2019. The major changes are data from 106 new cruises added, extension of time coverage to 2019, and the inclusion of available (also for historical cruises) discrete fugacity of CO2 (fCO2) values in the merged product files. GLODAPv2.2020 now ...

Abstract. The Global Ocean Data Analysis Project (GLODAP) is a synthesis effort providing regular compilations of surface-to-bottom ocean biogeochemical bottle data, with an emphasis on seawater inorganic carbon chemistry and related variables determined through chemical analysis of seawater samples. GLODAPv2.2022 is an update of the previous version, GLODAPv2.2021 (Lauvset et al., 2021). The major changes are as follows: data from 96 new cruises were added, data coverage was extended until 2021, and for the first time we performed secondary quality control on all sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) dat...

Abstract The nanoreactor holds great promise as it emulates the natural processes of living organisms to facilitate chemical reactions, offering immense potential in catalytic energy conversion owing to its unique structural functionality. Here, we propose the utilization of precisely engineered carbon spheres as building blocks, integrating micromechanics and controllable synthesis to explore their catalytic functionalities in two-electron oxygen reduction reactions. After conducting rigorous experiments and simulations, we present compelling evidence for the enhanced mass transfer and microe...

Ultrafast water permeation in aquaporins is promoted by their hydrophobic interior surface. Polytetrafluoroethylene has a dense fluorine surface, leading to its strong water repellence. We report a series of fluorous oligoamide nanorings with interior diameters ranging from 0.9 to 1.9 nanometers. These nanorings undergo supramolecular polymerization in phospholipid bilayer membranes to form fluorous nanochannels, the interior walls of which are densely covered with fluorine atoms. The nanochannel with the smallest diameter exhibits a water permeation flux that is two orders of magnitude greate...

The alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (A-HER) holds great promise for clean hydrogen fuel generation but its practical utilization is severely hindered by the sluggish kinetics for water dissociation in alkaline solutions.

This study examined the role of color in a luxury service setting. To understand the effect of color, this study investigated how each dimension of color (hue, saturation, or value) contributed to customers' aesthetic perceptions of a luxury hotel room. We interpreted customers' emotional and behavioral responses to a luxury hotel room painted various colors by applying the S–O–R model. The results showed that muted and bright colors encouraged both classical and expressive aesthetic perceptions within the same hue. Moreover, the results indicated that customers' aesthetic perceptions influenc...

A unified algorithm is designed to achieve arbitrary injection for low-speed sensorless control and seamless transition across full-speed region and the feasibility of the proposed estimation algorithm is verified for a 15-kW IPMSM drive.

Solar-like stars ( M ≲ 1.3 M ⊙ ) lose angular momentum through their magnetized winds. The resulting evolution of the surface rotation period, which can be directly measured photometrically, has the potential to be an accurate indicator of stellar age, and is constrained by observations of rotation periods of coeval stars, such as members of Galactic open clusters. A prominent observational feature of the mass–rotation period diagrams of open clusters is a sequence of relatively slower rotators. The formation and persistence of this slow-rotator sequence across several billion years imply an a...

Abstract Earth’s high latitudes are projected to experience warmer and wetter summers in the future but ramifications for soil thermal processes and permafrost thaw are poorly understood. Here we present 2750 end of summer thaw depths representing a range of vegetation characteristics in Interior Alaska measured over a 5 year period. This included the top and third wettest summers in the 91-year record and three summers with precipitation close to mean historical values. Increased rainfall led to deeper thaw across all sites with an increase of 0.7 ± 0.1 cm of thaw per cm of additional rain. D...

A systematic literature review on the relationship between the interior space of offices and physical, psychological and social well-being identifies the characteristics of interior office space that have been studied in relation to employee health, and outlines the empirical evidence.

In this study, a biobased phenolic adhesive was successfully developed by entirely substituting both petroleum-based phenol and formaldehyde with an unmodified corn stover biorefinery lignin and glyoxal (a biobased dialdehyde), respectively. Lignin-glyoxal resins were synthesized using an alkaline catalyst with a molar ratio of lignin to glyoxal of 1:2. Chemical, thermal, and mechanical properties of the lignin, lignin-based resins, and final adhesives were assessed following appropriate standard test methods. The analysis of lignins and lignin-based resin molar mass was performed using gel pe...

It is reported that Ser22-phosphorylated Lamin A/C was localized to the nuclear interior in human fibroblasts throughout the cell cycle and suggested that LaminA/C regulates gene expression by enhancer binding, which may underlie the pathogenesis of disorders caused by LMNA mutations.

A correlated structural and chemical evolution of silicon and the solid–electrolyte interphase was unveiled in three dimensions by integrating sensitive elemental tomography, an advanced algorithm and cryogenic scanning transmission electron microscopy.

For electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in alkaline media, it is urgently needed to accelerate the generation of H*. Here, using Se doped phosphides inside nitrogen doped carbon (skin-core structure) as catalysts, the HER performance in alkaline electrolyte was improved. The overpotential of 261 mV at 400 mA cm−2 was among the top level reported so far. Based on the combination of experimental results and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, the interior CoSe phase generated by Se modification provides faster charge transfer from the inner to carbon layer, facilitating ...

The study synthesises a readily usable agenda for hybridising CV with other data-driven technologies to improve automation in ICPM by presenting a full spectrum of CV-based approaches, tools, and algorithms adopted for indoor construction progress monitoring.

This paper aims to present the application of extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) to the prediction of the punching shear resistance of reinforced concrete (R/C) interior slabs without shear reinforcement. For the training and testing of the XGBoost model, which was developed using the XGBoost 1.1.1 package, 497 experimental data of interior slab-column connections were collected from the literature. The input variables were the column section dimension, slab effective depth, concrete compressive strength, steel yield strength, and reinforcement ratio at the top and bottom of the slab. The tar...

About the Author. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part One: Understanding Design. 1. The Nature of Design. Design Activities. Design Problems. Problem Structures. 2. Design Ability. What Designers Say. How Designers Think. Learning to Design. 3. The Design Process. Descriptive Models. Prescriptive Models. An Integrative Model. Part Two: Doing Design. 4. New Design Procedures. Systematic Procedures. Design Methods. Creative Methods. Rational Methods. 5. Identifying Opportunities. The User Scenarios Method. 6. Clarifying Objectives. The Objectives Tree Method. 7. Establishing Functions. The Func...

Inclusive design considers the needs and capabilities of the whole population to decrease the actual or perceived mismatch between the user and the design object. We review the inclusive design literature across multiple disciplines to conceptualize inclusive design, identify who should be included in the inclusive design process, present an overview of the evolution of design approaches, and summarize best practices on how organizations can facilitate inclusive design. We posit three levels of inclusive design based on the diminishing degree of mismatch between the user and the design object:...

The outcomes of this study help researchers and designers to apply DOEs that consider the extent of nonlinearity and interaction of factors in the investigated process in order to select the most successful and the most efficient designs for the specific process characterization.

This book discusses design in action from Prototyping by Demonstration to Cooperative Prot prototyping, from System Descriptions to Scripts for Action, and sets the stage for Design as Action.

From the Publisher: The design of computer systems capable of understanding and effectively meeting human needs is of great importance to our economy and well-being. It is generally agreed by those who have studied design that we can greatly improve the ultimate systems by improving the way we go about designing them. Researchers and practitioners in a variety of fields have been involved in this effort. The concept of design rationale, the why of designing, has emerged as a key to making design processes more intelligible and easier to deal with. Design rationale refers broadly to issues in t...

An exploration of how design might be led by marginalized communities, dismantle structural inequality, and advance collective liberation and ecological survival. What is the relationship between design, power, and social justice? “Design justice” is an approach to design that is led by marginalized communities and that aims expilcitly to challenge, rather than reproduce, structural inequalities. It has emerged from a growing community of designers in various fields who work closely with social movements and community-based organizations around the world. This book explores the theory and prac...

The first book to be published on the work of their partnership (in 2001), Design Noir is the essential primary source for understanding the theoretical and conceptual underpinnings for Dunne & Raby's work. Consisting of three elements - a 'manifesto' on the possibilities of designing with and for the 'secret life' of electronic objects; notes for an embryonic network of critical designers and, most famously, the presentation of the Placebo Project – a prototype for a critical design poetics enacted around electronic furniture-objects – Design Noir offers an in-depth exploration of one of ...

Abstract This article outlines the origin and evolution of one of the most influential design thinking perspectives in the Innovation Management discourse. This study addresses two significant criticisms of design thinking, namely, theoretical grounding and construct clarity. It also illustrates how this humanistic and creative design practice transcended into a comprehensive Innovation Management approach, facilitating entrepreneurship and innovation. Our research analyzes the evolution of the design philosophy and practices developed at Stanford University from 1957 to 2005 through document ...

A conceptual framework is offered, alongside guidance in applying the ‘design for experience’ approach, which aims to facilitate value propositions that support public service users to co-create value in their lifeworlds.

This paper proposes a new network design strategy, i.e., to design the network architecture based on gradient path analysis, to enhance the expressive ability of the trained model by improving the network learning ability.

This proof-of-concept study shows that the sequence-to-drug concept can serve as an alternative method to SBDD, particularly for proteins that do not yet have high-quality 3D structures available.