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Regulation for Conservatives: Behavioral Economics and the Case for "Asymmetric Paternalism" [PDF]

, 2003
Regulation by the state can take a variety of forms. Some regulations are aimed entirely at redistribution, such as when we tax the rich and give to the poor.
Camerer, Colin, Issacharoff, Samuel, Loewenstein, George, O'Donoghue, Ted, Rabin, Matthew   +4 more
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Dynamic thermal radiation regulation for thermal management

Next Energy, 2023
With the improvement of living standards, energy consumption for heating and cooling is increasing. Traditional heaters or coolers (air conditioners etc.) consume lots of energy and only transfer heat to different places on Earth, which increases the ...
Na Guo, Ziying Zhao, Hongjie Yan, Meijie Chen   +3 more
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Spectrally Selective Nanocomposite Textile for Outdoor Personal Cooling

Advanced Materials, 2018
AbstractOutdoor heat stress poses a serious public health threat and curtails industrial labor supply and productivity, thus adversely impacting the wellness and economy of the entire society. With climate change, there will be more intense and frequent heat waves that further present a grand challenge for sustainability.
Lili Cai, Alex Y. Song, Wei Li, Po‐Chun Hsu, Dingchang Lin, Peter B. Catrysse, Yayuan Liu, Yucan Peng, Jun Chen, Hongxia Wang, Jinwei Xu, Ankun Yang, Shanhui Fan, Yi Cui   +13 more
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Integrating Smart Ceiling Fans and Communicating Thermostats to Provide Energy-Efficient Comfort [PDF]

, 2020
The project goal was to identify and test the integration of smart ceiling fans and communicating thermostats. These highly efficient ceiling fans use as much power as an LED light bulb and have onboard temperature and occupancy sensors for automatic ...
Arens, Edward, Brager, Gail, Brooks, Andy, Cohn, Sebastian, Douglas-Jaimes, David, Graham, Lindsay T, Greene, Mitch, Miller, Dana, Paliaga, Gwelen, Peffer, Therese, Present, Elaina, Raftery, Paul, Zhang, Hui   +12 more
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Compact Liquid Cooling Garment with Integrated Vapor Compression Refrigeration for Extreme High-Temperature Environments

Machines
Extreme high-temperature environments pose challenges for human thermal comfort and safety. This study introduces a compact portable liquid cooling garment weighing 3.6 kg in total with an integrated 1.99 kg vapor compression refrigeration unit (172 mm ×
Yuancheng Zhu, Yonghong He, Weiguo Xiong
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Dual‐mode smart flipping materials and devices for thermal management

Interdisciplinary Materials, 2023
Thermal management is of great significance for human activities. Attaining thermal comfort not only requires thermal control of building's macroenvironment, but also additionally personal thermal regulation.
Gaoyang Kong, Jianing Xu, Wei Xie, Ya Sun, Yile Fan, Haoyu Wang, Hiroki Kondo, Han Zhou   +7 more
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Experimental Characterization and Numerical Simulation of a Low-Scale Personal Cooling System with Integrated PCM

Energies
Phase Change Materials (PCMs), among the existing thermal storage technologies, are characterized by higher storage densities than conventional storage systems, and absorb and release thermal energy at nearly constant temperatures.
Francesco Miccoli, Augusto Cavargna, Luigi Mongibello, Marcello Iasiello, Nicola Bianco   +4 more
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The influence of the passive evaporative cooling vest on a chemical industry workers and physiological strain level in hot conditions [PDF]

Hemijska Industrija, 2015
The present study was conducted in order to evaluate efficiency of a personal body cooling system based on passive evaporative technologies and its effects on test subjects psycho-physiological suitability during exertional heat stress in hot ...
Karkalić Radovan M., Jovanović Dalibor B., Radaković Sonja S., Rajić Dušan S., Petrović Biljana V., Ivanković Negovan D., Senić Željko B.   +6 more
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Advances to ASHRAE Standard 55 to encourage more effective building practice [PDF]

, 2020
ASHRAE Standard 55 has been evolving in recent years to encourage more sustainable building designs and operational practices. A series of changes address issues for which past design practice has been deficient or overly constrained. Some of the changes
Arens, Edward, Heinzerling, David, Liu, Shichao, Paliaga, Gwelen, Pande, Abhijeet, Schiavon, Stefano, Zhai, Yongchao, Zhang, Hui   +7 more
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The interpretive approach to religious education : challenging Thompson's interpretation [PDF]

, 2012
In a recent book chapter, Matthew Thompson makes some criticisms of my work, including the interpretive approach to religious education and the research and activity of Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit. Against the background of a discussion
Clifford J., Cooling T., Cooling T., Cooling T., Cooling T., Cush D., Evans-Pritchard E.E., Geertz C., Grimmitt M.H., Grimmitt M.H., Habermas J., Ipgrave J., Ipgrave J., Jackson R., Jackson R., Jackson R., Jackson R., Jackson R., Jackson R., Jackson R., Jackson R., Knauth T., Massignon B., McKenna U., Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA), Robert Jackson, Sahin A., Thompson M.G., Valk P., Willaime J.-P., Wright A.   +30 more
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