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Mobility in Old Age: Doors Must Facilitate Access, Not Make it Harder

Mobility in Old Age: Doors Must Facilitate Access, Not Make it Harder

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In the bestselling novel The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, a Swedish pensioner is tired of being underestimated because of his age. The charming protagonist Allan Karlsson decides to take control. He walks outside his window in his slippers — and the rest is history.

BIM: From “Building Information Modeling” to “Better Information Modeling”

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Upon reading the acronym “BIM”, one often thinks of the three-dimensional mapping of products in a digital model. But there’s much more to it: With BIM, architects and planners can manage any information related to building design and represent processes, thus making data available at the right time and to the right extent.

Food Safety: Hygiene Essentials for Food Factories

Food Safety: Hygiene Essentials for Food Factories

“Let thy food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food,” famously said the Ancient Greek philosopher Hippocrates (400 BC), to emphasize the link between nutrition and health. Indeed, there’s no way to disagree: Food gives us life, health

Biodiversity in Construction: From a Conundrum to Possibilities

Biodiversity in Construction: From a Conundrum to Possibilities

Biodiversity is the variety of life on the Earth. Its spectrum might include anything from the number of species of plants, animals, microorganisms, and the gene pools in these species to the different ecosystems on the planet, such as deserts, rainforests, and coral reefs.