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Ortiz, Marco A. (author), Bluyssen, P.M. (author)Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of office workers were required to conduct their work from home. Little is known about the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) preferences and psychosocial comfort preferences of staff working from home. Therefore this study aimed to cluster office workers working at home based on their self-reported...journal article 2022
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Hamida, A.B. (author), Zhang, D. (author), Ortiz, Marco A. (author), Bluyssen, P.M. (author)During the COVID-19 outbreak, university courses were shifted online and students spent the majority of their time inside their homes. However, staying indoors can affect students’ health due to the exposure to several environmental stressors, such as background noise, and/or inefficient ventilation, and/or insufficient lighting. Previous...conference paper 2022
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Ortiz, Marco A. (author), Bluyssen, P.M. (author)The worldwide spread of the Coronavirus disease 2019 forced governments to enact different measures to mitigate the infections. Employers and workers had to adjust by shifting a substantial number of jobs to a “work from home” configuration (WFH). On average, people used to spend around 90% of their time indoors, however, this number may have...conference paper 2022
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Ortiz, Fernanda (author), Giunti, Guido (author)Introduction Several web portals for kidney patients are available, but assessments of their performance are scarce. A crucial aspect of living donation is to provide standardised information about the risks of the procedure. This is of particular interest among candidates for kidney living donation. In 2019, the Digital Care Path for Living...journal article 2022
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Zhang, D. (author), Ortiz, Marco A. (author), Bluyssen, P.M. (author)Because of COVID-19, the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in sports facilities has been a concern to environmental health practitioners. To develop an overall understanding of the available guidelines and standards and studies performed on IEQ in sports facilities, an extensive literature study was conducted, with the aim of identifying: (1)...journal article 2022
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Bluyssen, P.M. (author), Zhang, D. (author), Ortiz, Marco A. (author)Next to personal, psychosocial and physiological aspects, environmental aspects of homes may affect the health and comfort of their occupants. This study aimed to investigate the multifactorial character of both rhinitis and headaches among five groups of students from universities in five different cities: Taichung (Taiwan), Concepcion (Chile),...journal article 2021
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Eijkelenboom, A.M. (author), Ortiz, Marco A. (author), Bluyssen, P.M. (author)While the pressure on hospital workers keeps growing, they are generally more dissatisfied with their comfort than other occupants in hospitals or offices. To better understand the comfort of outpatient workers in hospitals, clusters for preferences and perceptions of the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and social comfort were identified in a...journal article 2021
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Ortiz, Marco A. (author), Itard, L.C.M. (author), Bluyssen, P.M. (author)There are indications that energy-retrofitted buildings can create risks for indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and therefore for health and comfort of occupants. A review was conducted to identify and verify those risks, within three themes: building envelope, heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC)-systems, and occupants. Publications...journal article 2020
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Bluyssen, P.M. (author), Zhang, D. (author), Kurvers, S.R. (author), Overtoom, M.E. (author), Ortiz, Marco A. (author)Background<br/>While the indoor environmental quality of classrooms is a potential issue because it may affect the wellbeing of school children, the relations are still poorly studied. This study aimed to investigate the relations between classroom characteristics and health and comfort of school children.<br/><br/>Material and methods<br/>A...journal article 2018
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Ortiz, Marco A. (author), Kurvers, S.R. (author), Bluyssen, P.M. (author)There is a need for reducing dwellings’ energy consumption while maintaining a comfortable and healthy indoor environment. This review was performed to provide a steppingstone for identifying new methods for studying everyday home energy use and comfort. First, an overview of comfort is given as seen from different disciplines, depicting the...journal article 2017
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Bluyssen, P.M. (author), Ortiz, Marco A. (author), Roda, C. (author)Background<br/>While the indoor environmental quality of student homes is a potential issue since it may affect the wellbeing of the students, the relations are still poorly studied. This study aimed to investigate the relations between home building characteristics and rhinitis in students.<br/><br/>Material and methods<br/>A questionnaire was...journal article 2016