Local wearable cooling may improve thermal comfort, emotion, and cognition

…, RF Hurley, S Djamasbi, GB Somasse… - Building and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The objective of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a local wearable cooling solution
in improving thermal comfort, emotional state, and cognitive performance. The study was …

[HTML][HTML] High CO2 exposure due to facemask wear is unlikely to impair cognition even in a warm environment after a long-term adaptation

…, MA Belyamani, S Djamasbi, GB Somasse… - Energy and Built …, 2024 - Elsevier
There is a lack of consensus regarding the impact of elevated indoor CO 2 exposure on
cognition. COVID-19 provided an opportunity to study responses to long-term elevated CO 2 …

Keeping More Achievers in School: Short-Term Enrollment and Achievement Effects of Free Primary Education in the Benin Republic

GB Somasse - Journal of African Development, 2022 - scholarlypublishingcollective.org
b. The enrollment rate in primary school was the number of children enrolled in primary
schools in 2006 (obtained from the Ministry of Education; rates higher than 1 are excluded). …

Free Education, Schooling Outcomes, and Wages: An Inequality Analysis in Benin after the 2006 Free Tuition Policy

GB Somasse - Education and Development: Outcomes for Equality …, 2020 - Springer
This chapter analyzes changes in the determinants of enrollment and student performance
in Benin after the 2006 Free Primary Education policy (FPE) and simulates the magnitude of …

Characterizing actions in a dynamic common pool resource game

GB Somasse, A Smith, Z Chapman - Games, 2018 - mdpi.com
We conducted a dynamic common pool resource experiment and found large differences
among groups in the total benefits (surplus) obtained from the resource. To shed light on the …

[PDF][PDF] Public Provision of Education and Educational Outcomes-Evidence from Benin's Free Primary Education Policy

G Somasse - African Development Bank, 2014 - afdb.org
In 2006, Benin government adopted a Free Primary Education (FPE) policy, abolishing
parentpaid tuition fees and increased significantly resources towards schools. In this paper, I …

A Clearer Picture: Using Photography as an Analogy to Motivate Students to Embrace Flipped Learning

GB Somasse - Available at SSRN 4773558, 2022 - papers.ssrn.com
Despite the benefits of flipped learning, faculty adopting this instructional strategy are often
met with resistance from students about undertaking the necessary individual learning of the …

Do We Overestimate the Impact of Carbon Dioxide on Cognition and Decision-Making? Preliminary Evidence

…, MA Belyamani, S Djamasbi, GB Somasse… - … Conference on Building …, 2022 - Springer
The purpose of this study is to investigate the combined impact of mask-wearing on cognitive
performance and risk-taking behaviors. Participants were divided into a control group (N = …

Low-Energy Wearable Cooling Strategy for Thermal Comfort at a Warm Environment

…, RF Hurley, H Zhang, S Djamasbi, GB Somasse… - … Conference on Building …, 2022 - Springer
The objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of wearable cooling in improving
thermal comfort for a warm environment that would become prevalent due to more frequent …

[PDF][PDF] Preparing the Next Generation Advanced Manufacturing Workforce Using Collaborative Robots and Experiential Learning (Work in Progress)

KC Mbanisi, P Shah, GB Somasse… - 2021 ASEE Virtual …, 2021 - academia.edu
The widening skills gap and shrinking workforce in advanced manufacturing is a critical
national problem. One solution is to open the minds of schoolchildren to the joy of robotics in …