Functional Materials and Innovative Strategies for Wearable Thermal Management Applications
Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 Highlights This article systematically reviews the thermal management wearables with a specific emphasis on materials and strategies to regulate the human body temperature.
Yeongju Jung +5 more
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Robust e-Voting Composition [PDF]
, 2011 This paper is concerned with the presentation of a perspective on robustness in e-voting systems. It is argued that the effective design of an e-voting system and its viability can be enhanced by a two-pronged approach to robustness. First, it requires a
Anane, Rachid, Cooke, Richard
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Wireless sensors and IoT platform for intelligent HVAC control [PDF]
, 2018 Energy consumption of buildings (residential and non-residential) represents approximately 40% of total world electricity consumption, with half of this energy consumed by HVAC systems.
Duarte, Hélder +3 more
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Innovating thermal treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW): Socio-technical change linking expectations and representations [PDF]
, 2017 This paper combines two theoretical perspectives: future technological expectations mobilising resources; and social representations assimilating new ideas through anchoring onto familiar frames of reference.
Berti, Les Levidow, Levidow, Paul Upham
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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 +7 more
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Occupational cooling practices of emergency first responders in the United States: A survey [PDF]
, 2018 This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Temperature on 29/07/2018, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/23328940.2018.1493907 The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version.©
ASTM International +12 more
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Journal of Industrial Textiles, 2022 Materials used in personal protective clothing (PPC) are important from both protection and thermal management perspectives, particularly as PPC frequently covers more than 90% of the wearer’s body.
Christopher Watson +3 more
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Evaluation of the Workplace Environment in the UK, and the Impact on Users’ Levels of Stimulation [PDF]
, 2013 The purpose of this study is to evaluate a number of recently completed workplaces in the UK. The first aim is to assess the impact of various aspects of the workplace environment on users’ levels of stimulation.
Abdou HG +37 more
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A daily representation of Great Britain's energy vectors : Natural gas, electricity and transport fuels [PDF]
, 2013 In much of Europe there is a strong push to decarbonise energy demands, including the largest single end-use demand – heat. Moving heat demands over to the electrical network poses significant challenges and the use of hybrid energy vector and storage ...
Hall, Peter J. +3 more
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A Review on Energy Consumption Optimization Techniques in IoT Based Smart Building Environments [PDF]
, 2019 In recent years, due to the unnecessary wastage of electrical energy in residential buildings, the requirement of energy optimization and user comfort has gained vital importance.
Fayaz, Muhammad +4 more
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