Reviving natural ventilation (NV) for urban sustainability presents challenges for indoor
acoustic comfort. Active control and interference-based noise mitigation strategies, such as …

Several international studies have shown that traffic noise has a negative impact on people's
health and that people's annoyance does not depend only on noise energetic levels, but …

Despite the undeniable advantages of image-guided surgical assistance systems in terms of
accuracy, such systems have not yet fully met surgeons' needs or expectations regarding …

Acoustic metamaterials (AMMs) have become so far a resourceful solution for standard
materials' physical limitations, and their tuneable acoustic properties have shown potential …

Physical attributes of sound interact perceptually, which makes it challenging to present a
large amount of information simultaneously via sonification, without confusing the user. This …

Whereas noise generated by road traffic is an important factor in urban pollution, little
attention has been paid to this issue in the field of hydrogen-fueled vehicles. The objective of …

In modern urban scenarios, all the aspects of the historical heritage, including public open
spaces and ancient buildings, have to meet the high increase of density of infrastructures …

One of the major problems in the auralization of complex urban scenarios is the creation of
ambience, ie the diffuse background which represents the sound floor on which the acoustic …

Acoustics is generally defined as the science that deals with the production, transmission,
and reception of sound and the understanding and control of its effects. In fact, the fields of …

The A-weighted sound pressure level (SPL) is commonly used to assess the effect of noise
reduction measures on noise-induced annoyance. While for road traffic noise loudness …