Performance of Excess Heat Factor Severity as a Global Heatwave Health Impact Index [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018 The establishment of an effective policy response to rising heatwave impacts is most effective when the history of heatwaves, their current impacts and future risks, are mapped by a common metric. In response meteorological agencies aim to develop seamless climate, forecast, and warning heat impact services, spanning all temporal and spatial scales ...
John Nairn, Bertram Ostendorf, Peng Bi
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The Excess Heat Factor: A Metric for Heatwave Intensity and Its Use in Classifying Heatwave Severity [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2014 Heatwaves represent a significant natural hazard in Australia, arguably more hazardous to human life than bushfires, tropical cyclones and floods. In the 2008/2009 summer, for example, many more lives were lost to heatwaves than to that summer’s bushfires which were among the worst in the history of the Australian nation.
Nairn, John, Fawcett, Robert
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A METHODOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF EXCESS HEAT FACTOR INDEX (EHF)
, 2018 Heat-wave is an important meteorological factor characterized by presence of abnormal heat, which has caused death historically over Indian region. Rising temperature on a global scale plays a vital role in increased frequency, duration and intensity of heat-waves. Excess heat factor calculation is used to identify the presence of heat waves. Different
M. Sakthivel*1, Dharani G2 & Manoj Hari3
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Influence of extreme heat waves as an aggravating factor in the cause of death from cardiovascular diseases in Southeast Brazil [PDF]
Cadernos de Saúde PúblicaExtreme heat waves (HW) have intensified with climate change and represent a growing threat to cardiovascular health. Brazil, particularly the Southeast region, concentrates densely populated metropolitan areas and is highly vulnerable to the health ...
Ronaldo André Castelo dos Santos de Almeida +5 more
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Flow patterns and heat transfer for flow boiling in small to micro diameter tubes [PDF]
, 2008 An overview of the recent developments in the study of flow patterns and boiling heat transfer in small to micro diameter tubes is presented. The latest results of a long-term study of flow boiling of R134a in five vertical stainless steel tubes of ...
Karayiannis, TG +3 more
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A realistic view on heat reuse from direct free air-cooled data centres
Energy Conversion and Management: X, 2023 This paper examines the opportunities to reuse excess heat from direct free air-cooled data centres without incorporating heat pumps to upgrade the heat. The operation of a data centre in northern Sweden, Luleå, was simulated for a year.
Hampus Markeby Ljungqvist +3 more
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Subset of heat-shock transcription factors required for the early response of Arabidopsis to excess light [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013 Sunlight provides energy for photosynthesis and is essential for nearly all life on earth. However, too much or too little light or rapidly fluctuating light conditions cause stress to plants. Rapid changes in the amount of light are perceived as a change in the reduced/oxidized (redox) state of photosynthetic electron transport ...
Jung, Hou-Sung +7 more
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217Using excess heat factor to measure effect of heatwave severity on foodborne disease incidence [PDF]
International Journal of Epidemiology, 2021 Abstract Background This study aims to analyse the distribution characteristics of ideal cardiovascular health (ICH) metrics status of the oldest-old and centenarians, and also to explore the relationships with disability and quality of life. Methods
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Deteriorated stress response in stationary-phase yeast: Sir2 and Yap1 are essential for Hsf1 activation by heat shock and oxidative stress, respectively. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Stationary-phase cultures have been used as an important model of aging, a complex process involving multiple pathways and signaling networks. However, the molecular processes underlying stress response of non-dividing cells are poorly understood ...
Inbal Nussbaum +4 more
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Weather and Climate Extremes, 2023 The intensity, frequency, and duration of heatwaves are increasing worldwide. Still, heatwaves are systematically underreported and underresearched across the African continent. This study examines heatwaves across Mozambique, a country highly vulnerable
Carolina Pereira Marghidan +6 more
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