Michael David Burnard

Michael David Burnard
InnoRenew CoE

PhD

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July 2017 - present
InnoRenew CoE
Position
  • Group Leader
July 2013 - present
University of Primorska
Position
  • Professor (Assistant)
Education
October 2013 - April 2018
University of Primorska
Field of study
  • Human Health In the Built Indoor Environment
September 2010 - December 2012
Oregon State University
Field of study
  • Wood Science

Publications

Publications (48)
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Background According to recently published 24-hour movement guidelines, adults should spend: ≥150 minutes/week in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA); <8 hours/day in sedentary behaviour (SB); and 7–9 hours/day sleeping. Objective We explored the association between meeting these recommendations and low back pain (LBP)—the most common mu...
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Visually pleasing materials and furnishings may be an important component of pleasant, restorative indoor spaces, where people can rest, relax, and recover from stress. We conducted two studies to examine human preferences for different wooden desk materials and designs. In Study 1, 77 participants evaluated the visual appearance of 20 wooden mater...
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is experiencing widespread adoption across industry sectors ranging from supply chain management to smart cities, buildings, and health monitoring. However, most software architectures for the IoT deployment rely on centralized cloud computing infrastructures to provide storage and computing power, as cloud providers ha...
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People seem to function and feel better in indoor natural environments, including spaces furnished with wood. When restorative effects of indoor spaces are not detected, suboptimal methodological approaches may be responsible, including stress-inducing activities and measures of affective states and cognitive performance. Our primary objectives wer...
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Background: Movement behaviours (i.e. physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep) collectively impact health and wellbeing. Nowadays, we face a high prevalence of unhealthy movement behaviours, including a lack of physical activity and sleep, which emerged in our industrialisation and urbanisation periods. To develop evidence-based intervent...
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Background: Older adults, a fast growing and vulnerable group, face physical, and psychosocial challenges, while losing resources to satisfy their own needs despite little change in their needs (ten Bruggencate et al., 2019). Because older adults interact with the built environment constantly, it is a promising way to support them as they face thes...
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Single edge-notched three-point bending tests (SEN-TPB) for mode I were utilized to experimentally evaluate fracture properties of adhesive bondlines in European beech (Fagus Sylvatica L.). The bondline was examined at two anatomical planes with TR and RT orientation and at control and two elevated temperatures (70°C and 140°C). Among epoxy (EPI),...
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Background Back pain is the most common musculoskeletal symptom. Several risk/protective factors, including sedentary behaviour, physical activity and sleep, have been proposed. Research has typically examined these time-use behaviours in isolation, ignoring the compositional nature of time-use data. The aim of this study was to determine the relat...
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is experiencing widespread adoption across industry sectors ranging from supply chain management to smart cities, buildings, and health monitoring. However, most software architectures for IoT deployment rely on centralized cloud computing infrastructures to provide storage and computing power, as cloud providers have h...
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Background: Adequate school furniture is important to prevent musculoskeletal discomfort among students. Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the suitability of school furniture compared to body dimensions of students. Methods: A cross-sectional study included a total of 442 students from primary school, secondary school, and universi...
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INTRODUCTION. The ageing European population brings new economic, health, and psychosocial challenges. These challenges present difficulties in maintaining and improving the health of older adults. In its healthy ageing paradigm, the World Health Organization sees older adults as active participants in the management of their health and well-being...
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Ustanova InnoRenew CoE Inštitut Andreja Marušiča Naslov ustanove Livade 6a, 6310 Izola Muzejski trg 2, 6000 Koper Povzetek: Naslov prispevka-slo Kako je mogoče zadovoljiti potrebe starejših odraslih v grajenem okolju? Title-en How can we meet the needs of older adults in the built environment? Ključne besede-slo Potrebe, starejši odrasli, grajeno o...
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Sleep, sedentary behaviour (SB), and physical activity are among key behavioural determinants of health. There is a need to evaluate questionnaires that capture movement behaviours across the full 24-h day. The aim of this study was to examine the measurement properties of the Daily Activity Behaviours Questionnaire (DABQ), a novel questionnaire (w...
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Background Information and communication technology solutions have the potential to support active and healthy aging and improve monitoring and treatment outcomes. To make such solutions acceptable, all stakeholders must be involved in the requirements elicitation process. Due to the COVID-19 situation, alternative approaches to commonly used face-...
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Background. Many building users prefer wood over other building materials, but it is unclear how modified wood is perceived compared to the unmodified wood. Additionally, it is unclear which material properties play a role in the general preference for wood, how tactile and tactile-visual perceptions of materials affect user preference for wood, an...
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Tactile interaction between humans and elements in the built environment, such as furniture, is often under-appreciated. The aim of this study was to objectively evaluate thermal properties of ten tabletop materials as well as user perceptions of those materials after use. Sixteen participants tested ten materials in a randomised order. Infrared th...
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is experiencing widespread adoption across industry sectors ranging from supply chain management to smart cities, buildings, and health monitoring. However, most software architectures for IoT deployment rely on centralized cloud computing infrastructures to provide storage and computing power, as cloud providers have h...
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The environmental impacts of a wooden single-family model house were compared in different locations in Europe using Life Cycle Assessment. The chosen locations were Munich, Ljubljana, Portorož, Madrid, and Valencia. The main purpose was to analyze the existing barriers for designing a regenerative wood house and how those barriers change depending...
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Preface We are pleased to welcome you to the third conference meeting of COST Action CA16226: "Indoor living space improvement: Smart habitat for the elderly" (Sheldon), which follows a hard period of distant joint work, along with some short-term scientific missions, and physical networking carried out early in 2021. It is the third time participa...
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The aim of this study was to develop a questionnaire to assess perceived school furniture suitability.
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Suitable school furniture is important to ensure students maintain proper posture, diminish risks for musculoskeletal discomfort and pain, and to promote students' well-being in the classroom. When assessing the suitability of school furniture, characteristics like student's posture and dimensional compatibility can be measured objectively. However...
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Older adults are the most vulnerable and fastest growing age group in Europe. Ageing introduces psychosocial and physical challenges that should be addressed (ten Bruggencate et al., 2019; Zallio and Berry, 2016). WHO views Healthy Ageing as a solution to these challenges, and considers older adults to be active participants in managing their healt...
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School furniture has been recognised as a potential risk factor for musculoskeletal pain among primary school pupils. The aim of this study was to assess student-furniture mismatch and to determine the association between unsuitable school furniture and musculoskeletal pain among Slovenian pupils. Firstly, pupils’ body dimensions were measured, and...
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Background: Muscle coordination is important for rational and effective planning of therapeutic and exercise interventions using equipment that mimics functional movements. Our study was the first to assess muscle coordination during flywheel (FW) squats. Methods: Time-of-peak electromyographic activation order was assessed separately for 8, 4,...
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This study investigated the effect of hemp fiber pretreatments (water and sodium hydroxide) combined with silane treatment, first on the fiber properties (microscale) and then on polylactide (PLA) composite properties (macroscale). At the microscale, Fourier transform infrared, thermogravimetric analysis, and scanning electron microscopy investigat...
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Visual and tactile properties of materials can influence human emotional and cognitive functioning. Existing studies indicate that exposure to wood may lead to more favourable outcomes than contact with other common materials, but evidence is limited. We measured affective states and cognitive performance in 16 participants before and after each sp...
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Background Bringing features of nature indoors can positively influence indicators of human stress. Since wood is a natural material, it may produce similar benefits. The objective of the review was to (1) examine the influence of visual (real or virtual) contact with either real or imitated indoor wooden surfaces on certain stress indicators, that...
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An optical method based on digital image correlation was used to investigate the impact of four decorative plywood manufacturing factors (core type, veneer type, adhesive type and lathe check orientation) on face veneer checking. The four core types were: combination core, medium density fibreboard, particleboard, and veneer core. The four veneer t...
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Stress is a major public health concern and work stress is a contributor to both acute and chronic stress. Moreover, most people spend the majority of their time indoors. It follows that the design of office spaces and other interior environments should consider the health impacts of individuals in terms of psychophysiological responses to stress....
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Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are a diverse group of compounds that can have a strong impact on indoor air quality. Wood and thermally modified wood emit VOCs, which are referred to as wood VOCs, and can elicit various negative or positive effects in different organisms, including humans. Wood is a complex multicomponent biopolymer with inheren...
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This document reports the State of the Art of science and practice on three topics related to smart and healthy ageing at home: furniture and habitats, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), and healthcare. The reports were prepared by the working groups of COST Action CA16226, Sheld-on. Sheld-on is a network of researchers, user represe...
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In this paper we present a prototype implementation of location aware floor tiling system. The prototype is based on cost effective and readily available sensors and controllers. They were designed to be easy to install and modular. A dynamic range adjustment algorithm was developed to make the system more flexible and more material agnostic. This...
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In the original publication, a recent source of funding was not included in the acknowledgements section.
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Common methods for assessment of surface checking in decorative plywood panels rely on manual handling and visual inspection of specimens, a laborious procedure practically limiting the number of materials and variables that may be considered within one project. In this study, a new automated optical method for detection and measurement of checks h...
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Within the Slovenian region of Istria, the olive growing and oil production industry is strong. This industry has a long history and the olives grown here have high levels of biologically active compounds including a variety of phenolic compounds. Using residual materials generated by this industry in potential wood protection systems would not onl...
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We performed a bibliometric analysis of peer-reviewed publications on wood modification and environmental impact assessment of wood retrieved from the Scopus® database. We used data mining and network analysis tools to investigate the development of the field over time. We explore both wood modification and environmental impact assessment separatel...
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Purpose of Review Stakeholder communication plays an important role in enhancing the societal sustainability and business acceptability of the forest sector. The purpose of this study is to present the current state of forest sector communication research with its stakeholders at different hierarchical levels of sustainability (i.e., societal, sect...
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Nothofagus pumilio and N. antarctica forests of Southern Patagonia, Argentina are currently being managed for production of saw logs with fast growing conditions. The result of these management strategies is faster growing forests, but also an increase in the percentage of low-density wood. The motivation for this study was to find a way to valoris...
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This chapter reviews and discusses the performance and environmental impacts of wood-plastic composites (WPCs) used in a variety of applications ranging from construction and automotive sectors to consumer goods. Performance is considered in terms of fitness for use, manufacturing methods, material components of WPCs, and user perceptions of the ma...
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Natural elements, life and life-like processes, as well as representations of them, can produce positive experiences within the built environment. Over the past decade, a number of empirical studies have found experiencing nature, both actively and passively, can reduce stress, increase human well-being, and produce positive emotional experiences....
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Individuals spend most of their time indoors, and therefore indoor environments are important aspects of one’s life. Creating healthful indoor environments should be a priority for building designers, and evidence-based design decisions should be used to ensure the built environment provides healthful benefits to occupants. This review was conducte...
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Consumer awareness, strengthened by legally imposed green constraints, has led to the need for the safe return of products from the field, as well as more environmentally friendly products. As a result, logistics planning must now consider both forward and return flows of products, parts, subassemblies, scrap, and packaging. Reverse logistics is th...

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