In our component model, the interface of the component is described by the way of points of interaction.
In our component model, each component defines some input ports for the consumption of streams, depending on the component type, and at most one output port where new stream items are produced.
Therefore we believe that the patients included in our component trials were sufficiently similar to meet the similarity assumptions for network meta-analysis.
In addition, our components were only based on trials included within the systematic reviews.
Two exceptions were the configurations of factor loadings for AC and vegetation variables in our principal components analysis that may be particular to desert cities.
The third dimension, also mentioned in our PICO components, was clearly separate, stemming from the studies forming the data of this integrative review.
The sustainable-building movement tries to encourage the use of renewable resources instead of depleting the ones we have been consuming in our construction components.
In our principal component analysis, we have now improved our analysis of the principal components to describe all the 1000 principal components in a more objective way.
This is especially true to determine if the associations found in our principal component analysis are robust.
