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Large Eddy Simulation of Air Escape through a Hospital Isolation Room Single Hinged Doorway--Validation by Using Tracer Gases and Simulated Smoke Videos by Saarinen, Pekka E, Kalliomäki, Petri, Tang, Julian W, Koskela, Hannu

“…The use of hospital isolation rooms has increased considerably in recent years due to the worldwide outbreaks of various emerging infectious diseases. However,…”
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Airflow patterns through single hinged and sliding doors in hospital isolation rooms – Effect of ventilation, flow differential and passage by Kalliomäki, Petri, Saarinen, Pekka, Tang, Julian W., Koskela, Hannu

“…Negative pressure isolation rooms are used to house patients with highly contagious diseases (e.g. with airborne diseases) and to contain emitted pathogens to…”
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Annoyance of low-level tonal sounds – A penalty model by Hongisto, Valtteri, Saarinen, Pekka, Oliva, David

“…•Tonal sounds can be more annoying than non-tonal sounds.•Penalty is applied in many countries to consider the annoyance of tonal sounds.•Penalty means that a…”
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Indoor air-related symptoms and volatile organic compounds in materials and air in the hospital environment by Rautiainen, Paavo, Hyttinen, Marko, Ruokolainen, Joonas, Saarinen, Pekka, Timonen, Jussi, Pasanen, Pertti

“…In this case study, hospital workers did suffer from symptoms related to the poor indoor air quality. To investigate reasons for symptoms MM40-survey and house…”
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Large-eddy simulation of the containment failure in isolation rooms with a sliding door—An experimental and modelling study by Saarinen, Pekka, Kalliomäki, Petri, Koskela, Hannu, Tang, Julian W.

“…In hospital isolation rooms, door operation can lead to containment failures and airborne pathogen dispersal into the surrounding spaces. Sliding doors can…”
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Different types of door-opening motions as contributing factors to containment failures in hospital isolation rooms by Tang, Julian W, Nicolle, Andre, Pantelic, Jovan, Klettner, Christian A, Su, Ruikun, Kalliomaki, Petri, Saarinen, Pekka, Koskela, Hannu, Reijula, Kari, Mustakallio, Panu, Cheong, David K W, Sekhar, Chandra, Tham, Kwok Wai

“…Hospital isolation rooms are vital for the containment (when under negative pressure) of patients with, or the protection (when under positive pressure) of…”
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Sound insulation dataset of 30 wooden and 8 concrete floors tested in laboratory conditions by Hongisto, Valtteri, Alakoivu, Reijo, Virtanen, Juho, Hakala, Jarkko, Saarinen, Pekka, Laukka, Johann, Linderholt, Andreas, Olsson, Jörgen, Jarnerö, Kirsi, Keränen, Jukka

“…In a Finnish-Swedish consortium project, a large amount of sound insulation tests was conducted for several intermediate floors in laboratory conditions to…”
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An easy-to-use turbulent inlet boundary condition for large-eddy simulation of radial diffusers by Saarinen, Pekka, Koskela, Hannu, Siikonen, Timo

“…When applying time-accurate computational fluid dynamics, large-eddy simulation (CFD LES) to room ventilation, a common problem is that the supply jets do not…”
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Correction: Different Types of Door-Opening Motions as Contributing Factors to Containment Failures in Hospital Isolation Rooms by Tang, Julian W., Nicolle, Andre, Pantelic, Jovan, Klettner, Christian A., Su, Ruikun, Kalliomaki, Petri, Saarinen, Pekka, Koskela, Hannu, Reijula, Kari, Mustakallio, Panu, Cheong, David K. W., Sekhar, Chandra, Tham, Kwok Wai

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Thermal plumes of kitchen appliances: Idle mode by Kosonen, Risto, Koskela, Hannu, Saarinen, Pekka

“…In the kitchen environment, pollutant fumes of the cooking process are released into the ambient air by the convection plumes. The practical problem is to…”
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Dynamic properties of resilient studs used in soundproof multilayer constructions – Measurement method and database by Saarinen, Pekka, Keränen, Jukka, Hongisto, Valtteri

“…The sound insulation of mechanically coupled multilayered constructions, such as most lightweight floors and walls, strongly depends on the resiliency of…”
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Health effects of wind turbine noise and road traffic noise on people living near wind turbines by Radun, Jenni, Maula, Henna, Saarinen, Pekka, Keränen, Jukka, Alakoivu, Reijo, Hongisto, Valtteri

“…Very few surveys have investigated the health effects of both wind farms and road traffic so that the public health effects of environmental stressors are…”
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Prediction accuracies of ray-tracing and regression models in open-plan offices by Keränen, Jukka, Saarinen, Pekka, Hongisto, Valtteri

“…The purpose was to determine the prediction accuracies of an empirical regression model (Model 1) and a ray-tracing model (Model 2) in acoustically different…”
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Impact sound insulation of floating floors: A psychoacoustic experiment linking standard objective rating and subjective perception by Hongisto, Valtteri, Virjonen, Petra, Maula, Henna, Saarinen, Pekka, Radun, Jenni

“…Floating floor increases the impact sound insulation of a load bearing concrete slab but very little is known about the subjective perception of impact sounds…”
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"Design for Somebody" - Approach Enabling Mobile Technology Development by Sirkka, Andrew, Merilampi, Sari, Koivisto, Antti, Tommiska, Janika, Saarinen, Tatu-Pekka

“…This paper presents case examples of Design for Somebody (DfS) philosophy used both in developing novel technologies and modifying existing main stream…”
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Acoustic properties of commercially available thermal insulators − An experimental study by Hongisto, Valtteri, Saarinen, Pekka, Alakoivu, Reijo, Hakala, Jarkko

“…Thermal insulators are used structural applications, such as walls, floors, doors, roofs, duct wrappings, machine and wall linings, and vehicle envelopes…”
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Emissions, airflow patterns and modeling of test compounds in controlled hospital environments by Rautiainen, Paavo, Ruokolainen, Joonas, Saarinen, Pekka, Pasanen, Pertti, Hyttinen, Marko

“…Spreading and distribution of selected volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released as point source emissions in a hospital environment were investigated in two…”
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Impact of heat load location and strength on air flow pattern with a passive chilled beam system by Kosonen, Risto, Saarinen, Pekka, Koskela, Hannu, Hole, Alex

“…A passive chilled beam is a source of natural convection, creating a flow of cold air directly into the occupied zone. Experiments were conducted in a mock-up…”
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On-line analysis of stack gas composition by a low resolution FT-IR gas analyzer by JAAKKOLA, P. T, VAHLMAN, T. A, ROOS, A. A, SAARINEN, P. E, KAUPPINEN, J. K

“…Stack gases of wood and oil burning boilers were analyzed by a low resolution FT-IR gas analyzer. Concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO^sub 2^), carbon monoxide…”
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Thermal plumes of kitchen appliances: Cooking mode by Kosonen, Risto, Koskela, Hannu, Saarinen, Pekka

“…The main method in the design practice of kitchen ventilation has been the calculation of the airflow rate, which is sufficient to extract the convective heat…”
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