Volume 4, Number 1, March, 1996 - Noise News International
Volume 4, Number 1, March, 1996 - Noise News International
Volume 4, Number 1, March, 1996 - Noise News International
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in hospitals in Saudi Arabia: a case study, King Rahd hospitalof the University, Al-Khobar • <strong>Noise</strong> reduction of a rollingpiston hermetic rotary compressor. <strong>Noise</strong> studies at threeairports in Turkey. Numerical simulation of laboratory soundinsulation determination experiments • Optimum conditionsearch for tangential flow fan integrated to an air conditioningsystem with a diffusing ceiling • Outdoor entertainment inHong Kong - a noise balancing act • Outline for a programtowards technology for an environmentally friendly aircraft.Population's reaction on road traffic noise: a field survey.Predicting impact sound insulation of wooden joist floors - anapplication of European models. Prediction, assessment andcontrol of construction site noise. Reduction of steam turbinevibration and noise by means of bearing layout modification• Relationships among various single-number indices forsound insulation of building walls. Research into the controlof motor sport noise. Review on noise abatement measuresat military training facilities in Germany. Scale modelling oftraffic noise propagation in a city street canyon • Someunusual entertainment noise problems • Sound insulationcharacteristics of multistory dwellings with RC suspendedslabs • Structure-borne insulation under different loading.Study of acoustical environment of a city. Temporal distributionsof outdoor noise levels in densely built-up areas.Testing of software for outdoor noise prediction. The city ofnoise. The efficiency of a new building construction designfor noise and vibration control • The impact of noise frompublic entertainments on local communities and the controlmeasures taken by a local authority. The noise environmentin two typical Portuguese industries in the framework of ECdirective 861188/CEE • Trends in traffic noise research over25 years. Urban noise survey for the City of Porto Alegre,Brazil. Valuation of noise consequence of civil constructionin Brazil. Vibration reduction index Kij, a new quantity forsound transmissions at junctions of building elementsImmission: Effectsof <strong>Noise</strong>A comparative study of human response to blast noise andsonic booms • A laboratory study of physiological stress inhumans exposed to simulated military aircraft flyover noise• A method of strategic traffic noise impact analysis. A roadtraffic index for the night-time. A study of the noise ofSheffield supertram • Acoustic features in vehicle interiornoise quality. Acoustical and non-acoustical factors in noiseannoyance: an epidemiological assessment. Activity interferenceand noise annoyance: contradictory results and possibleinterpretations • Aircraft noise - flight operationalaspects. Aircraft noise and neuro-behavioral effects in childrenliving around Schiphol Airport, a feasibility study. Anacoustical comfort chart: a simple way of evaluating the noisedisturbance inside urban transport vehicles • An improvednoise criteria for areas of occupancy within buildings. Annoyanceafter change in airport noise environment. Annoyancecaused by impulse sounds produced by small,medium-large, and large firearms. Approaches to the studyof noise induced sleep disturbance • Assessment of noiseimpacts on threatened and endangered species. Audibility related means for assessing community response to noisefrom outdoor events. Characterization of complex transportationnoise with psychoacoustical parameters • Characterizationof the natural ambient sound environment •Classification of environmental noise by means of percentilelevels • Combined assessment of noise from shooting andtraining areas. Combined methods to investigate effects ofnoise exposure and subjective noise assessment. Communityreactions to noise and vibrations from railway traffic. Com-munity response to major changes in runway configuration,operating procedures and aircraft noise at Sydney Airport •Comparison of response to road traffic noise between detachedand apartment house residents - a survey in Sapporo,Japan. Comparison of the number of people affected by noisefrom different modes of transport. Control and managementof outdoor concert sound - a review of experience in NorthAmerica. Correlations between subjective and objectiveevaluations of refrigerator noise. Design of a field study onthe effects of railway noise and road traffic noise. Determiningacceptable limits for aviation noise. Development of anew ANSI standard for assessment of combined noise environments• Development of new methods of noise control forapplication ofEC directives. Direct loudness scaling of trafficnoise in natural settings. Disturbance of every day activitiesby noise. Does noise from low level flying training affecthealth. Does reducing aircraft noise at airports reduce noiseimpacts? • Effects of a belt of trees on road traffic noiseannoyance. Effects of adaptation to noise stimuli on auditoryevoked potentials. Elevated catecholamine levels in urine intraffic noise exposed subjects. Environmental assessment forthe relocation of the main road No. 43 • Evaluating sleepdisturbance: a review of methods. Fatiguing effects of occupationalnoise exposure. Fuzzy sets and screening diagram• Guideline for community noise in Korea. Heathrow Airport- evaluation of alternative runway operating strategies. 1INCE Information document on community noise. Introductionto experience with efforts to standardize (parts of) socialnoise surveys. Introduction to experiences with internationalco-operation: reconciliation of different approaches Introductionto the need of standardization by a user of research results• Introduction to the TNO data archive. Judged loudness ofmoving sound sources. Loudness and sharpness as determinantsof noise similarity and preference. Loudness of weaponimpulsive noise and dynamic characteristics of hearing • Lowflying military aircraft noise and human health - a tri-nationalstudy of the feasibility of epidemiological research: phase II• Making sound quality audible • Maximum noise levels inroad traffic noise. Measurement of annoyance components• Measurements and analyses of temporal variations in noiseand the relation to noise annoyance. Measuring residents'reactions to noise with magnitude scales. <strong>Noise</strong> and sleepquality in two hospitals in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil• <strong>Noise</strong> considerations associated with the development ofmajor automobile racing facilities. <strong>Noise</strong> exposition evaluationin industrial environment: ergonomic approach appliedto the measurement strategy. <strong>Noise</strong> impacts from the HongKong airport railway, problems solutions and lessons learned• Non-auditory health effects of noise: updated review Occupationalnoise exposure, use of hearing protectors over timeand blood pressure levels: the results of a case control study• On penalties to sound levels to meet human response onshooting noise • On the noticeability of small and gradualdeclines in aircraft noise exposure levels. Oscillation modesof supersonic multi-jet. People'sattitude toward airport resultingfrom decrease in number of flights. Phase effect onroughness sensation of complex tones. Prevalence of medicationuse around Schiphol Airport using drug dispensingpharmacy data. Progress report on Sydney Airport healthstudies, phase 1 • Progress report, the AES Working Group(WG-ll) on music acoustical levels • Recent field studies inthe United States involving the disturbance of sleep fromaircraft noise • Recommendations of the <strong>Noise</strong> WorkingGroup. Relationship between noise emission, annoyance andself-reported sleep disturbance results of different field studies• Research that supports response question comparison32<strong>Noise</strong>l<strong>News</strong> <strong>International</strong><strong>1996</strong> <strong>March</strong>