Residential Dwelling

Gollnhofer and associates set out to learn more about clutter.  They share that “Most relatively affluent consumers are fighting a losing battle with material disorder in their homes. No matter how hard they try to rein it in, material disorder always comes out on top. We argue that part of the continued obduracy of material disorder is because of its messy understanding. We clarify material disorder’s muddled conceptual boundaries by theorizing from an ethnographic investigation of consumers who recently dealt with material disorder through decluttering their homes.

Buczylowska lead a team that found a link between children living near greenspaces and ADHD among those children generated via the effects of that greenspace on how physically active those children were.  The researchers share that they “examined the association between lifelong exposure to greenspace and ADHD diagnosis and potential underlying mechanisms (i.e., perceived greenspace, PA [ physical activity], neighbourhood social cohesion, and neighbourhood safety) in children aged 10–13 with and without ADHD. . . .

Wu and colleagues investigated links between being continuously exposed to residential bright artificial outdoor light at night (LAN) and air pollution (PM2.5; PM10 , nitrogen oxide) and the risk of cerebrovascular disease (CeVD). They found that “Levels of exposure to outdoor LAN and air pollution were positively associated with the risk of CeVD.

Rucker and associates studied at-home and at-workplace creativity.  They share that they “conducted an experimental study with a German company whose employees usually work in an activity-based workspace consisting of open, closed and informal spaces that can be used by employees depending on the task at hand. Employees self-assessed their creative performance for different creative tasks (individual vs. team) and in different work environments (office vs. home office). Our findings reveal that for individual creative tasks (e.g.

Nie and colleagues evaluated lighting’s influence on sleep quality and cognitive performance; participants in their study were 18 to 25 years old.  The researchers reported that they “optimized and fabricated a four-channel mixed white light with peak wavelengths of 429, 523, 591, and 621 nm. Comparing with common white light emitting diode (LED) (5798 K, 212.7 lx), the mixed white light has lower correlated color temperature (CCT) (2799 K), higher illuminance (356.2 lx), similar melanopic illuminance, and better color fidelity. . . .