Background The majority of people live in cities and urbanization is continuing worldwide.
Cities have long been known to be society's predominant engine of innovation and wealth …

Background Road traffic noise is a major public health issue, given the documented
association with several diseases and the growing number of exposed persons all over the …

Noise pollution caused by construction activities in urban areas is a serious problem.
Construction noise can affect human health and well-being negatively. This study utilised …

Abstract Theory and research on self‐regulation, emotional adjustment, and interpersonal
processes focus increasingly on parasympathetic functioning, using measures of vagally …

Noise is often considered a distractor; however recent studies suggest that sub-attentive
individuals or individuals diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can benefit …

This paper reveals how exposure to noise pollution increases violent crime. To identify the
causal effect of noise pollution, I use daily variation in aircraft landing approaches to …

Background Most prior studies adopted a static residence-based approach in the
assessment of noise exposure, which may lead to biased exposure estimates and …

The measurement and analysis of heart rate variability (HRV), which is based on the
variation between consecutive NN intervals, has become an established procedure over the …

Over the past few years, there has been a noticeable advancement in environmental models
and information fusion systems taking advantage of the recent developments in sensor and …

Background: Exposure to acute noise can cause an increase in biological stress reactions,
which provides biological plausibility for a potential association between sustained noise …