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Marcellinus Okafor
Researcher at Imo State University
Publications - 6
Citations - 85
Marcellinus Okafor is an academic researcher from Imo State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Thermal comfort & Architectural technology. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 5 publications receiving 39 citations.
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Evaluating assumptions of scales for subjective assessment of thermal environments – Do laypersons perceive them the way, we researchers believe?
Marcel Schweiker,Maíra André,Farah Al-Atrash,Hanan Al-Khatri,Rea Risky Alprianti,Hayder Alsaad,Rucha Amin,Eleni Ampatzi,Alpha Yacob Arsano,Elie Azar,Bahareh Bannazadeh,Amina Batagarawa,Susanne Becker,Carolina Buonocore,Bin Cao,Joon-Ho Choi,Chungyoon Chun,Hein A.M. Daanen,Siti Aisyah Damiati,Lyrian Daniel,Renata De Vecchi,Shivraj Dhaka,Samuel Domínguez-Amarillo,Edyta Dudkiewicz,Lakshmi Prabha Edappilly,Lakshmi Prabha Edappilly,Jesica Fernández-Agüera,Mireille Folkerts,Arjan J. H. Frijns,Gabriel Gaona,Vishal Garg,Stephanie Gauthier,Shahla Ghaffari Jabbari,Djamila Harimi,Runa Tabea Hellwig,Runa Tabea Hellwig,Gesche M. Huebner,Quan Jin,Mina Jowkar,Jungsoo Kim,Nelson King,Boris Kingma,M. Donny Koerniawan,Jakub Kolarik,Shailendra Kumar,Alison G. Kwok,Roberto Lamberts,Marta Laska,M. C.Jeffrey Lee,Yoonhee Lee,Vanessa Lindermayr,Mohammadbagher Mahaki,Udochukwu Marcel-Okafor,Laura Marín-Restrepo,Anna Marquardsen,Francesco Martellotta,Jyotirmay Mathur,Isabel Mino-Rodriguez,Azadeh Montazami,Di Mou,Bassam Moujalled,Mia Nakajima,Edward Ng,Marcellinus Okafor,Mark R. O. Olweny,Wanlu Ouyang,Ana De Abreu,Alexis Pérez-Fargallo,I Rajapaksha,Greici Ramos,Saif Rashid,Christoph Reinhart,Ma Isabel Rivera,Ma Isabel Rivera,Mazyar Salmanzadeh,Karin Schakib-Ekbatan,Stefano Schiavon,Salman Shooshtarian,Masanori Shukuya,Veronica Soebarto,Veronica Soebarto,Suhendri Suhendri,Mohammad Tahsildoost,Federico Tartarini,Despoina Teli,Despoina Teli,Priyam Tewari,Samar Thapa,Maureen Trebilcock,Jörg Trojan,Ruqayyatu B. Tukur,Conrad Voelker,Yeung Yam,Liu Yang,Gabriela Zapata-Lancaster,Yongchao Zhai,Yingxin Zhu,Zahra Sadat Zomorodian +97 more
TL;DR: In this article, a large international collaborative questionnaire study was conducted in 26 countries, using 21 different languages, which led to a dataset of 8225 questionnaires, and significant differences appeared between groups of participants in their perception of the scales, both in relation to distances of the anchors and relationships between scales.
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The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales
Marcel Schweiker,Amar Abdul-Zahra,Maíra André,Farah Al-Atrash,Hanan Al-Khatri,Rea Risky Alprianti,Hayder Alsaad,Rucha Amin,Eleni Ampatzi,Alpha Yacob Arsano,Montazami Azadeh,Elie Azar,Bannazadeh Bahareh,Amina Batagarawa,Susanne Becker,Carolina Buonocore,Bin Cao,Joon-Ho Choi,Chungyoon Chun,Hein A.M. Daanen,Siti Aisyah Damiati,Lyrian Daniel,Renata De Vecchi,Shivraj Dhaka,Samuel Domínguez-Amarillo,Edyta Dudkiewicz,Lakshmi Prabha Edappilly,Lakshmi Prabha Edappilly,Jesica Fernández-Agüera,Mireille Folkerts,Arjan J. H. Frijns,Gabriel Gaona,Vishal Garg,Stephanie Gauthier,Shahla Ghaffari Jabbari,Djamila Harimi,Runa Tabea Hellwig,Runa Tabea Hellwig,Gesche M. Huebner,Quan Jin,Mina Jowkar,Renate Kania,Jungsoo Kim,Nelson King,Boris Kingma,M. Donny Koerniawan,Jakub Kolarik,Shailendra Kumar,Alison G. Kwok,Roberto Lamberts,Marta Laska,M. C.Jeffrey Lee,Yoonhee Lee,Vanessa Lindermayr,Mohammadbagher Mahaki,Udochukwu Marcel-Okafor,Laura Marín-Restrepo,Anna Marquardsen,Francesco Martellotta,Jyotirmay Mathur,Grainne McGill,Isabel Mino-Rodriguez,Di Mou,Bassam Moujalled,Mia Nakajima,Edward Ng,Marcellinus Okafor,Mark R. O. Olweny,Wanlu Ouyang,Ana De Abreu,Alexis Pérez-Fargallo,I Rajapaksha,Greici Ramos,Saif Rashid,Christoph Reinhart,Ma Isabel Rivera,Ma Isabel Rivera,Mazyar Salmanzadeh,Karin Schakib-Ekbatan,Stefano Schiavon,Salman Shooshtarian,Masanori Shukuya,Veronica Soebarto,Veronica Soebarto,Suhendri,Mohammad Tahsildoost,Federico Tartarini,Despoina Teli,Despoina Teli,Priyam Tewari,Samar Thapa,Maureen Trebilcock,Jörg Trojan,Ruqayyatu B. Tukur,Conrad Voelker,Yeung Yam,Liu Yang,Gabriela Zapata-Lancaster,Yongchao Zhai,Yingxin Zhu,Zahra Sadat Zomorodian +100 more
TL;DR: This study aims to gain deeper knowledge on contextual influences on the interpretation of thermal perception scales and their verbal anchors by survey participants and offers potential for further analysis in the areas of building design and operation, psycho-physical relationships between human perception and the built environment, and linguistic analyses.
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Evaluation of Indoor Thermal Comfort Conditions of Residential Traditional and Modern Buildings in a Warm-Humid Climate
Marcellinus Okafor,Bankole Awuzie,Kenneth Osamudiamen Otasowie,Udochukwu Marcel-Okafor,Clinton Aigbavboa +4 more
TL;DR: In this article , an evaluation of indoor thermal comfort qualities of traditional and modern buildings during the dry season with the goal of developing design guidelines for a thermally pleasant environment in a town, Okigwe, which is situated in a warm, humid climatic region in Southeastern Nigeria.
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Publisher Correction: The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales.
Marcel Schweiker,Amar Abdul-Zahra,Maíra André,Farah Al-Atrash,Hanan Al-Khatri,Rea Risky Alprianti,Hayder Alsaad,Rucha Amin,Eleni Ampatzi,Alpha Yacob Arsano,Montazami Azadeh,Elie Azar,Bannazadeh Bahareh,Amina Batagarawa,Susanne Becker,Carolina Buonocore,Bin Cao,Joon-Ho Choi,Chungyoon Chun,Hein A.M. Daanen,Siti Aisyah Damiati,Lyrian Daniel,Renata De Vecchi,Shivraj Dhaka,Samuel Domínguez-Amarillo,Edyta Dudkiewicz,Lakshmi Prabha Edappilly,Lakshmi Prabha Edappilly,Jesica Fernández-Agüera,Mireille Folkerts,Arjan J. H. Frijns,Gabriel Gaona,Vishal Garg,Stephanie Gauthier,Shahla Ghaffari Jabbari,Djamila Harimi,Runa Tabea Hellwig,Runa Tabea Hellwig,Gesche M. Huebner,Quan Jin,Mina Jowkar,Renate Kania,Jungsoo Kim,Nelson King,Boris Kingma,M. Donny Koerniawan,Jakub Kolarik,Shailendra Kumar,Alison G. Kwok,Roberto Lamberts,Marta Laska,M. C.Jeffrey Lee,Yoonhee Lee,Vanessa Lindermayr,Mohammadbagher Mahaki,Udochukwu Marcel-Okafor,Laura Marín-Restrepo,Anna Marquardsen,Francesco Martellotta,Jyotirmay Mathur,Grainne McGill,Isabel Mino-Rodriguez,Di Mou,Bassam Moujalled,Mia Nakajima,Edward Ng,Marcellinus Okafor,Mark R. O. Olweny,Wanlu Ouyang,Ana De Abreu,Alexis Pérez-Fargallo,I Rajapaksha,Greici Ramos,Saif Rashid,Christoph Reinhart,Ma Isabel Rivera,Ma Isabel Rivera,Mazyar Salmanzadeh,Karin Schakib-Ekbatan,Stefano Schiavon,Salman Shooshtarian,Masanori Shukuya,Veronica Soebarto,Veronica Soebarto,Suhendri,Mohammad Tahsildoost,Federico Tartarini,Despoina Teli,Despoina Teli,Priyam Tewari,Samar Thapa,Maureen Trebilcock,Jörg Trojan,Ruqayyatu B. Tukur,Conrad Voelker,Yeung Yam,Liu Yang,Gabriela Zapata-Lancaster,Yongchao Zhai,Yingxin Zhu,Zahra Sadat Zomorodian +100 more
TL;DR: An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
Making Architectural Technology Programmes In Nigeria Relevant To 21st Century Design And Technology: A Case Study Of Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Nigeria
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the academic curriculum contents of architectural technology programs in Nigerian polytechnics in line with design and technological advancements of the 21st century with a view of establishing its relevance for national development.