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Integration of Active Clothing with a Personal Cooling System within the NGIoT Architecture for the Improved Comfort of Construction Workers

open access: yesApplied Sciences
Intense physical activity and high ambient temperature cause construction workers to be exposed to an increased risk of overheating, especially in the summer season.
Anna Dąbrowska   +4 more
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Liquid Cooling System for CPU by Electroconjugate Fluid

open access: yesAdvances in Mechanical Engineering, 2014
The dissipated power of CPU for personal computer has been increased because the performance of personal computer becomes higher. Therefore, a liquid cooling system has been employed in some personal computers in order to improve their cooling ...
Yasuo Sakurai   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

What's new in mouth rinse nutrition? Update on fluid and menthol [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This session will provide an update on the perceptual, physiological and performance effects of menthol mouth swilling during exercise performance, and the associated mechanisms underpinning these changes.
Best, Russell
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Evaluate the Cooling Effect of Cooling Garments: A Review

open access: yesJournal of Natural Fibers
Personal cooling garments have the advantages of being highly effective and economically practical, and are widely used in industry, medicine and aerospace. Personal cooling garments exhibit different cooling efficiencies and thermal comfort in different
Tian-Hong He   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spectral selective composite mask media for personal cooling and efficient PM removal

open access: yesJournal of Industrial Textiles, 2022
Face masks are commonly used to protect an individual’s respiratory system from inhaling fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) in polluted air, as well as the airborne pathogens, especially during the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic ...
Yang Lei   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human cooling solutions: alternatives to conventional cooling solutions

open access: yesFrontiers in Thermal Engineering
To break the cycle of traditional air conditioning, rising carbon emissions, and increasing urban heat, a fundamental redesign of how humans achieve thermal comfort is essential.
Elisa Y. M. Ang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Location of the Snow Line in Protostellar Disks

open access: yes, 2009
The snow line in a gas disk is defined as the distance from the star beyond which the water ice is stable against evaporation. Since oxygen is the most abundant element after hydrogen and helium, the presence of ice grains can have important consequences
Morris Podolak, van de Hulst
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Physiological tolerance to uncompensated heat stress in soldiers: Effects of various types of body cooling systems [PDF]

open access: yesVojnosanitetski Pregled, 2014
Background/Aim. In military services, emergency situations when soldiers are exposed to a combination of nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) contamination combined with heat stress, are frequent and complex.
Jovanović Dalibor   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

User interaction patterns of a personal cooling system: A measurement study [PDF]

open access: yesScience and Technology for the Built Environment, 2017
Personal cooling systems provide cooling for individual office occupants to maintain thermal comfort at their workplace when cooling is needed. The indoor temperature of the office can be maintained at several degrees higher than is customary in offices today when personal cooling is available, which results in energy saving for office buildings as a ...
Verhaart, J.C.G., Li, R., Zeiler, W.
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Can you take the heat? – Geothermal energy in mining [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In 2013, there are less than 20 documented examples of operational geothermal systems on mine sites worldwide. This is surprising, since on remote mine sites, where fuels may have to be shipped in over great distances, heating and cooling from low ...
Preene, M., Younger, P.L.
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