London's Strand: From Pedestrianisation to Humanisation by Cristina Akemi Goldschmidt Kiminami, Stuart Dunn

“…Through GPS traces of their walking routes and qualitative interviews, we focused on understanding the benefits of pedestrianisation, the impact of new street furniture on pedestrian habits, and the transformation of the space into an area for both dwelling and traversing. …”
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Safe delivery of goods and services with smart door locks: Unlocking potential use by Gunnhild Beate Antonsen Svaboe, Kristin Ystmark Bjerkan, Solveig Meland

“…Regarding goods, they are more positive towards delivery of sports equipment and furniture and appliances. Due to the differentiated needs of Potential adopters and Non-adopters, we propose a typology based on three dimensions (Technological trust, Social trust and Life management needs). …”
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Evaluation of the effect of physical-environmental factors of public spaces on the mental health of citizens (Case study: Ardabil city) by Elmira Azimi, Dariush Sattarzadeh, Lida Bolillan, Akbar Abdollahzadeh Tarf, Mahsa Faramarzi Asli

“…The results of this study showed that legibility and visual quality, access to urban green space, security of urban space, quality of urban furniture, mixing and variety of uses have a positive and significant effect on the mental health of citizens. …”
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Investigation of Some Physical and Mechanical Properties of Basalt Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (BFRP) Woven Fabrics and Plaster Mesh (PSM) Reinforced Glued Laminated Oak Lumber by Abdurrahman Karaman, Huseyin Yesil

“…Accordingly, the LOL-BFRPWF and LOL-PSM samples have the potential to be used as viable options for both furniture and building materials.…”
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Application of a scoring evaluation of the state of preservation of historic residential and garden sites. case study: Wicimice and Iglice (Zachodniopomorskie Voivodeship) by Michał Uruszczak

“…The scoring evaluation is based on several critical components: site exploitation, state of compositions, state of architecture (including small structures and park furniture), state of vegetation, and state of the surroundings. …”
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Providing a conceptual model to design the municipal office space with an emphasis on the existential approach base on gegoraphical characteristic (Case study: Shahrekord city) by elham homayooni, elham pourmahabadian, sina razaghiasl

“…Additionally, factors such as design, flexibility, communication, workspace arrangement, furniture, and humidity can be categorized into two groups: psychological and physical components.…”
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Synthesis and applications of natural fiber‐reinforced epoxy composites: A comprehensive review by Md. Zobair Al Mahmud, S. M. Fazle Rabbi, Md. Didarul Islam, Nayem Hossain

“…Applications include automotive and furniture industries.…”
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Lounging Men, Standing Women: Pose and Posture in the Aesthetic Interior by Richard W. Hayes

“…The incident connects with other scenes that align Osmond, an aesthete, with furniture, cushions, and domestic décor as well with the bodily positions of sitting and resting. …”
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Evaluating the utilization of public art capabilities in cultural-led regeneration (Case study: Oudlajan neighborhood) by mahmood ARVIN, Mahsa ghaneh, ahmad pourahmad

“…By studying the related studies of public art indices in two permanent dimensions (furniture, green space and moving plants, mural painting, restoration of the monument, cafes and restaurants, library, statue, element, entrance and bridge design) and temporary (street display, competitions, Exhibitions and festivals, artists' residences, workshops, sound, light and sound, video broadcasting). …”
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Characterisation of Luffa cylindrica Fibre from Cameroon for Use in Composites: Effect of Alkaline Treatment by Jean Aimé Mono, Assona Appolince Rachelle, Claude Takoumbe, Odette Thérèse Adegono Assiene, Prince Hermann Pokem Nguimjeu, Fabrice Ella Belinga

“…The mechanical results, namely, stress at break (9.744-27.45 MPa), Young’s modulus (307.56-582.41 MPa), and elongation at break (3.45%-8.11%), are close to those of other plant fibres used as reinforcement in polymer matrix composites for applications in the automotive, insulation, furniture, and construction industries. Luffa cylindrica fibre could have applications in the same direction. …”
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Investigating Impact of Gasket Cylinder Addition and Octane Rating on Engine Performance by Bahtiar Rahmat, Mohammad Burhan Rubai Wijaya, Yuris Bahadur Wirawan, Fahmy Zuhda Bahtiar, Katiko Imamul Muttaqin

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Analyzing Urban Parks for Older Adults’ Accessibility in Summer Using Gradient Boosting Decision Trees: A Case Study from Tianjin, China by Haobo Zhao, Gang Feng, Wei Zhao, Yaxin Wang, Fei Chen

“…Furthermore, some improvement strategies are proposed for spatial facility configuration, park furniture arrangement, rational hardscape planning, as well as greening and landscape design. …”
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Artificial intelligence may affect diversity: architecture and cultural context reflected through ChatGPT, Midjourney, and Google Maps by Ingrid Campo-Ruiz

“…Results show how outputs written with ChatGPT-4o mostly listed museums and other venues popular among visitors, while Midjourney’s bot mostly represented cafes, streets, and furniture, reflecting a cultural context heavily shaped by buildings, consumption and commercial interests. …”
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Kitchen Workstation and Stress in Meal Preparation by Women in Households of Ogun State, Nigeria by Gbolahan Ayodapo Otufale, Modinat Iyadunni Lasisi

“…The results revealed that 42.9%, 47.6%, 57.1% of the women used modern kitchen workstation partially equipped with furniture and appliance with meal prepared two times daily and spent 3-5hours in preparing meal for members of the household. …”
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A Study of the Roots of Folding Urbanism Based on the Genealogy of Michel Foucault by arsalan Karimi khiavi, Siamak Panahi, Shahab Kariminia

“…Theories related to folding urban planning such as small-scale urban carpets in urban furniture have not been successful, but in single buildings have provided the desired philosophies and have been somewhat successful, and on a large scale in the city well phenomenology, unity in plurality , Contains rhizomes, anti-Oedipus and all the issues raised within it.…”
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Designing and study of composites reinforced with shredded corn stalks using a variety of matrices based on dammar, epoxy and acrylic resins by Cosmin Mihai Mirițoiu, Dan Dobrotă, Daniela Popa

“…The research ultimately emphasizes the promising mechanical properties of these composites, indicating their potential for use in the furniture industry, particularly in the production of chipboard.…”
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Chemicals That Disrupt the Endocrine System and Their Effects on Behavior by Yousaf Khan1, Abdul Sattar1, Syed Amin Ullah1, Zia-Ur-Rehman2, Hakimullah3, Madeeha Bibi4, Hina Sarfraz1, Anila Mukhtiar1

“…There are certain chemicals which include chlorpyrifos, DDT, insecticides, pesticides, fungicides and other daily use items such as plastics, paints, furniture, perfumes, toys polishes, electronic gadgets, items of food packaging are reported to have disturbed the normal hormonal functions in humans that are leading to numerous diseases due to either lack of production of specific hormone or increased production of a specific hormone by the action of these chemicals. …”
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Improved thermal stability and flame retardancy of soybean oil-based polyol rigid polyurethane foams modified with magnesium borate hydroxide and ammonium polyphosphate by Xu Zhang, Qihong Guan, Yueqi Wen, Zhi Wang, Hua Xie

“…These foams offer environmentally friendly, sustainable, and flame-retardant raw materials for the construction, automotive, and furniture industries. The 15 wt% soybean oil-based polyol rigid polyurethane foams (RPUF-S3A20B system) were modified with 20 wt% ammonium polyphosphate (APP) and homemade magnesium borate hydroxide (MgBO2(OH)). …”
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Physiological characteristics of IRR 400 series rubber clones (Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg.) under drought stress [version 4; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservation... by Mohammad Basyuni, Yaya Hasanah, Syarifah Aini Pasaribu, Edison Purba

“…Rubber plantations have many uses, such as foreign exchange sources, job sources, forest revitalization, and a source of alternative wood for building materials and furniture. The rubber plant’s response to drought stress is a complex biological process. …”
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Performance of Cunninghamia lanceolata / Uncaria Composite Particleboard by Qiaoyan Zhang, Longxu Wu, Huagang Liao, Qingqing Yang, Haiyuan Yang, Yang Yang, Xin He, Linjing Lan, De Li, Zhigang Wu

“…Results showed that: (1) IB, MOR, MOE, 2h-TS, and 2h-WA of pure C. lanceolata particleboard met service requirements of type-P2 furniture particleboard of GB/T 4897-2015. (2) With the increase of Uncaria particles, IB of composite particleboard decreased gradually, while MOR, MOE, TS, and WA first increased and then decreased. …”
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